Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Alabama Daily Auction Summary, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 23, 2022

1,699 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.13/cwt +0.94 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 428 lb · 46 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.53/cwt +2.26 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 473 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $155.00/cwt ≈ $910/hd at 587 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,699	3,363	2,503
Feeder cattle	1,225	2,569	1,902
Slaughter cattle	264	580	421
Replacement cattle	210	214	180

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–381	373	18	186.00–194.00	$188.59	$703	-22.14
405–415	410	8	180.00–191.00	$188.00	$771	+10.89
446 value added	446	29	193.50	$193.50	$863	—
478 value added	478	13	187.50	$187.50	$896	+2.50
500–535	521	4	165.00–170.00	$167.49	$873	-0.81
550–575	569	7	155.00–160.00	$156.11	$888	+7.11
599 value added	599	8	165.50	$165.50	$991	-9.50
610–645	621	4	150.00–160.00	$153.75	$955	-3.93
655–695	671	16	151.50–155.50	$153.62	$1,031	+6.52
750	750	1	132.00	$132.00	$990	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	368	5	170.00–180.00	$175.34	$645	-2.50
410–435	423	6	155.00–180.00	$170.35	$721	-1.65
455–495	463	10	160.00–171.00	$166.37	$770	-1.62
505–545	527	7	152.00–164.00	$158.60	$836	-1.87
550–590	576	6	144.00–161.00	$149.75	$863	+4.29
605–635	623	5	140.00–157.00	$147.79	$921	+2.78
715	715	1	130.00	$130.00	$930	-7.00
795	795	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,105	+6.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	4	191.00	$191.00	$535	—
325	325	9	159.00–162.00	$160.22	$521	-9.74
360–395	382	9	145.00–177.00	$165.66	$633	-2.77
405–440	420	4	145.00–162.00	$153.31	$644	-11.44
540	540	1	145.00	$145.00	$783	-5.03
600	600	1	135.00	$135.00	$810	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
315–345	333	7	158.00–162.00	$159.91	$533	-7.64
366 value added	366	10	169.00	$169.00	$619	—
360–390	370	16	154.00–161.00	$159.32	$589	±0.00
400–445	426	27	149.00–158.00	$153.94	$656	-4.25
432 value added	432	19	166.50	$166.50	$719	—
450–495	472	29	145.00–157.00	$150.47	$710	-0.33
476 value added	476	14	166.00	$166.00	$790	+6.90
505–540	517	18	142.00–152.00	$148.85	$770	+2.77
555 value added	555	2	151.00	$151.00	$838	+8.00
550–590	561	14	140.00–151.00	$143.15	$803	+2.14
605–630	617	7	135.00–147.00	$140.57	$867	+2.57
735	735	3	132.00	$132.00	$970	+3.01
870	870	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	268	13	148.00–152.00	$150.14	$402	-16.07
315–340	331	7	150.00–155.00	$152.75	$506	-1.62
360–390	370	22	140.00–157.00	$151.28	$560	+1.57
400–430	423	18	135.00–152.00	$144.05	$609	-3.94
455–495	471	11	136.00–145.00	$140.95	$664	-4.97
505–545	528	10	135.00–148.00	$143.27	$756	+3.33
550–595	565	11	122.00–142.00	$134.18	$758	-0.39
600–645	628	6	120.00–132.00	$125.82	$790	-0.30
685	685	1	116.00	$116.00	$795	-1.96
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	-4.95
775–785	780	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$924	+3.42

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	324	17	135.00–160.00	$145.94	$473	-0.65
365–395	379	14	130.00–152.00	$139.05	$527	-5.70
405–435	418	17	128.00–147.00	$136.36	$570	-2.32
465–495	481	5	128.00–142.00	$131.70	$633	-2.65
500–535	514	5	127.00–137.00	$133.58	$687	+3.07
580–590	585	2	115.00–125.00	$119.96	$702	-4.56
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587 value added	587	39	155.00	$155.00	$910	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	4	171.00–182.00	$176.90	$483	-10.60
305–335	319	13	167.00–182.00	$175.30	$559	-7.52
355–380	366	14	162.00–172.00	$167.64	$614	-8.64
400–445	419	14	150.00–165.00	$157.09	$658	-9.97
455–490	480	7	147.00–159.00	$153.09	$735	-6.92
500–545	527	7	140.00–153.00	$146.69	$773	-0.26
575–585	583	6	138.00–145.00	$140.84	$821	-2.61
605–620	613	2	137.00–140.00	$138.48	$849	-0.58
655–675	671	6	122.00–131.00	$129.00	$866	+4.23
745	745	3	120.00	$120.00	$894	-0.97
770–790	780	2	110.00–115.00	$112.47	$877	-7.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	180.00–182.00	$181.01	$621	-15.48
380–395	387	21	174.00–188.00	$179.66	$695	+7.40
405–430	417	15	168.00–182.00	$172.65	$720	+0.57
455–495	473	7	160.00–172.00	$164.42	$778	-0.28
505–545	521	17	149.00–165.00	$157.63	$821	+1.37
565–570	568	3	149.00–152.00	$150.33	$854	-1.45
615–645	636	4	135.00–140.00	$138.02	$878	-8.13
655–695	667	5	133.00–139.00	$135.97	$907	-0.55
710–745	725	3	130.00–136.00	$132.62	$961	+10.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	180.00	$180.00	$378	-12.00
275	275	2	172.00	$172.00	$473	-13.00
305–335	313	4	157.00–165.00	$162.86	$510	-12.68
355–395	383	7	150.00–162.00	$158.56	$607	-6.52
415–425	419	7	140.00–154.00	$147.67	$619	-13.11
455–495	464	9	140.00–155.00	$143.01	$664	-6.88
505–525	519	8	133.00–140.00	$138.49	$719	-4.35
570–595	585	5	129.00–137.00	$132.17	$773	-5.98
685	685	1	121.00	$121.00	$829	-4.39
795	795	1	106.00	$106.00	$843	-7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1420	1122	80-85%	31	65.00–77.00	$70.18	$787	+2.33
880–1425	1149	80-85%	21	75.00–89.50	$83.34	$958	—
950–1385	1185	80-85%	43	66.00–80.00	$75.16	$891	+0.71

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1145	921	85-90%	9	59.00–74.00	$63.34	$583	—
775–1090	943	85-90%	15	40.00–60.00	$50.56	$477	—
705–1135	972	85-90%	18	50.00–66.00	$59.64	$580	+4.13

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1560	1303	75-80%	24	70.00–87.00	$77.29	$1,007	—
1270–1595	1486	75-80%	4	82.00–90.00	$85.68	$1,273	+17.36
1470–1645	1558	75-80%	2	71.00–72.00	$71.47	$1,114	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1720	1436	10	77.00–95.00	$85.89	$1,233	—
1285–1975	1598	13	91.00–108.00	$100.86	$1,612	+6.76
1680–2195	1903	6	101.00–118.00	$109.67	$2,087	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	600.00–900.00	$717.11

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1175	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	870.00–1,000.00	$939.55
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00
1235 fancy	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,450.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	825.00–1,350.00	$1,070.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,483.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	700.00–950.00	$783.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	750.00–1,050.00	$945.83

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	650.00–925.00	$810.71
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	575.00–725.00	$625.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
965	965	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1275	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,131.85	—
1130–1360 fancy	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,413.87	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	1,300.00–2,600.00	$1,775.93	—
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	950.00–1,325.00	$1,107.95	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–1,000.00	$925.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	600.00–850.00	$793.18	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.