Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, February 28, 2022

2,092 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $145.70/cwt +4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 473 lb · 36 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $149.71/cwt +5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 426 lb · 35 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.50/cwt ≈ $1,167/hd at 855 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,092	1,699	3,321
Feeder cattle	1,594	1,225	2,780
Slaughter cattle	321	264	352
Replacement cattle	177	210	189

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	190.00	$190.00	$542	—
320–325	324	8	172.00–200.00	$194.03	$629	—
355–395	374	6	170.00–185.00	$175.80	$657	+0.46
400–430	418	10	165.00–187.00	$174.84	$731	+4.49
450–495	467	9	162.00–179.00	$171.42	$801	+5.05
505–535	518	10	156.00–169.00	$160.32	$830	+1.72
555–590	577	10	152.00–165.00	$160.04	$923	+10.29
625–645	643	8	155.00–160.00	$155.61	$1,001	+7.82
655–690	673	2	130.00–143.00	$136.67	$920	—
725	725	1	135.00	$135.00	$979	+5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	190.00	$190.00	$656	—
355–375	365	2	179.00–186.00	$182.40	$666	-6.19
410–445	427	3	175.00–186.00	$180.18	$769	-7.82
455–495	474	10	172.00–193.00	$182.24	$864	—
505–545	530	6	168.00–175.00	$171.00	$906	+3.51
560–595	575	8	157.00–169.00	$161.71	$930	+5.60
610–645	627	3	150.00–153.00	$151.66	$951	-2.09
660 value added	660	1	150.00	$150.00	$990	—
700–720	710	3	135.00–142.00	$139.63	$991	—
760 value added	760	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,041	—
765	765	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	+3.00
855–870	863	2	128.00–130.00	$129.01	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	35	136.50	$136.50	$1,167	—
930	930	6	129.50	$129.50	$1,204	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	178.00	$178.00	$525	-13.00
320–340	330	2	180.00–184.00	$181.94	$600	+21.72
365–375	370	3	165.00–172.00	$169.01	$625	+3.35
445	445	1	169.00	$169.00	$752	+15.69
470–490	480	2	155.00–167.00	$161.13	$773	—
510	510	3	154.00–157.00	$155.00	$790	+10.00
695	695	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,001	—
755–765	763	4	128.00–137.00	$130.23	$994	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	5	150.00–157.00	$151.76	$425	+1.62
305–345	316	18	145.00–168.00	$151.81	$480	-0.94
365–390	381	22	145.00–167.00	$156.67	$597	+5.39
400–445	426	35	140.00–160.00	$149.71	$638	+5.66
450–493	473	36	136.00–152.00	$145.70	$689	+4.75
500–545	522	18	133.00–148.00	$141.22	$737	-2.05
550–595	576	18	128.00–143.00	$134.50	$775	+0.32
600–640	623	9	124.00–132.00	$128.89	$803	+3.07
665–685	677	5	119.00–131.00	$124.18	$841	+8.18
725	725	4	126.00	$126.00	$914	+16.00
795	795	3	118.00	$118.00	$938	-0.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	338	4	158.00–174.00	$168.23	$569	+8.32
350–395	372	11	157.00–166.00	$161.79	$602	+2.47
410–445	427	24	152.50–170.00	$160.94	$687	+7.00
455–495	478	33	146.00–162.00	$153.58	$734	+3.11
505–540	516	12	139.00–150.00	$145.09	$749	-3.76
565 value added	565	4	149.00	$149.00	$842	-2.00
550–595	566	10	140.00–147.00	$142.52	$807	-0.63
600–637	624	15	129.00–148.00	$139.92	$873	-0.65
665–690	672	8	130.00–137.00	$135.36	$910	—
714 fancy	714	6	130.00	$130.00	$928	—
745	745	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,006	+3.00
795	795	1	119.00	$119.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	321	23	140.00–160.00	$148.73	$477	+2.79
350–375	365	12	135.00–160.00	$144.01	$526	+4.96
405–445	422	15	130.00–150.00	$139.61	$589	+3.25
455–495	472	11	129.00–142.00	$136.87	$646	+5.17
500–525	518	9	122.00–135.00	$128.06	$663	-5.52
550–575	566	10	120.00–130.00	$124.78	$706	+4.82
620–645	630	5	115.00–120.00	$117.95	$743	—
675–685	680	2	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$765	+7.48
725	725	1	111.00	$111.00	$805	—
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	281	8	180.00–200.00	$186.51	$524	+9.61
305–345	328	15	176.00–200.00	$184.64	$606	+9.34
350–390	373	21	164.00–190.00	$170.93	$638	+3.29
410–445	427	15	158.00–184.00	$169.01	$722	+11.92
450–495	476	20	151.00–181.00	$165.34	$787	+12.25
505–545	522	15	150.00–166.00	$155.72	$813	+9.03
555–585	568	8	140.00–155.00	$145.10	$824	+4.26
600–645	623	16	130.00–141.00	$135.76	$846	-2.72
655–695	671	10	127.50–137.00	$133.01	$892	+4.01
710–715	713	3	115.00–127.00	$122.00	$870	+2.00
755–780	768	2	115.00–117.00	$115.98	$891	+3.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	195.00	$195.00	$507	—
305–345	333	14	191.00–215.00	$198.96	$663	+17.95
355–390	365	17	176.00–202.00	$186.61	$681	+6.95
415–445	432	21	167.00–187.50	$174.74	$755	+2.09
455–495	477	13	160.00–180.00	$167.55	$799	+3.13
505 fancy	505	1	172.00	$172.00	$869	—
505–540	523	19	153.00–172.50	$160.36	$839	+2.73
555–590	567	7	147.00–157.50	$152.96	$867	+2.63
600–640	620	2	145.00–150.00	$147.58	$915	+9.56
685	685	1	140.00	$140.00	$959	+4.03
720–735	727	3	132.00–145.00	$137.38	$999	+4.76
755–775	761	7	120.00–127.00	$122.58	$933	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	282	5	170.00–172.00	$170.41	$481	-1.59
315–335	320	11	155.00–187.00	$163.67	$524	+0.81
355–395	376	13	147.00–180.00	$161.66	$608	+3.10
405–445	424	9	150.00–171.00	$163.85	$695	+16.18
460–495	480	5	148.00–157.00	$151.57	$728	+8.56
530–545	538	2	135.00–140.00	$137.53	$740	-0.96
555–590	573	7	131.00–135.00	$134.02	$768	+1.85
600–605	603	2	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$778	—
655–670	658	5	118.00–128.00	$121.62	$800	+0.62
725–735	734	7	123.00–125.00	$123.28	$905	—
765	765	1	121.00	$121.00	$926	+15.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1415	1111	80-85%	36	63.00–79.00	$70.57	$784	+0.39
975–1380	1128	80-85%	33	69.00–83.00	$75.47	$851	+5.29
975–1410	1192	80-85%	21	79.00–89.00	$82.75	$986	+7.59

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1310	968	85-90%	24	41.00–67.00	$56.53	$547	-3.11
800–1175	970	85-90%	30	49.00–71.00	$62.56	$607	+2.92
860–1100	1012	85-90%	24	62.00–76.00	$72.56	$734	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1515	1354	75-80%	7	82.00–87.00	$84.83	$1,149	—
1220–1550	1395	75-80%	6	65.00–75.00	$71.45	$997	—
1110–1635	1411	75-80%	11	73.00–78.00	$75.42	$1,064	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1705	1459	4	82.00–93.00	$87.84	$1,282	—
1235–2090	1681	11	96.00–105.00	$98.79	$1,661	—
1615–2100	1872	19	104.00–112.00	$107.52	$2,013	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	430.00–520.00	$475.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1200	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	750.00–900.00	$826.96
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00
1090–1330	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–925.00	$873.90
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–890.00	$860.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–945.00	$919.29
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	830.00	$830.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–940	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	525.00–650.00	$588.86
925–1005	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	650.00–825.00	$734.84
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	680.00–750.00	$703.33
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	780.00–830.00	$805.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–980	945	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,060.00	$977.04
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 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 $
790–800	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	835.00–900.00	$867.70
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
750–885	818	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,136.47	—
1020–1175	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	825.00–1,425.00	$1,300.07	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–1,050.00	$950.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	58	975.00–1,500.00	$1,226.72	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910–1075	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–850.00	$797.96	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,051.67	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–825.00	$783.33	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00	$725.00	—

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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.