Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, March 2, 2022

2,581 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $155.72/cwt +2.31 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 424 lb · 35 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.92/cwt +0.68 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 431 lb · 33 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.22/cwt +1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 579 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,581	3,235	2,148
Feeder cattle	1,954	2,649	1,837
Slaughter cattle	370	426	219
Replacement cattle	257	160	92

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good 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
275–295	282	3	203.00–218.00	$210.33	$593	—
313–340	319	15	198.00–207.00	$202.35	$645	-5.10
355–395	373	13	188.00–197.00	$193.27	$721	-0.06
405–445	423	14	180.00–192.00	$185.58	$785	-4.48
455–492	476	13	176.00–181.00	$178.84	$851	-6.98
505–548	526	14	170.00–178.00	$172.75	$909	-4.89
560–585	570	3	162.00–172.00	$166.30	$948	-0.99
605–645	623	25	158.00–162.00	$158.94	$990	+3.35
665–690	678	18	148.00–158.00	$151.18	$1,025	-5.87
705–723	721	22	142.00–154.00	$152.92	$1,103	—
775–780	777	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,088	—
820–845	833	2	145.00–150.00	$147.54	$1,229	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	193.00	$193.00	$540	—
325–345	335	12	180.00–195.00	$189.98	$636	-0.08
355–390	373	10	174.00–187.00	$180.19	$672	+0.55
405–445	427	13	170.00–180.00	$175.87	$751	-4.55
455–495	476	15	165.00–172.00	$167.64	$798	-4.50
500–545	518	22	158.00–175.00	$164.81	$854	-2.92
550–585	568	17	145.50–162.00	$154.51	$878	-2.07
640	640	1	145.00	$145.00	$928	-9.18
662–690	671	3	138.00–153.00	$143.14	$960	-0.90

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	242	3	188.00–190.00	$188.68	$457	—
295	295	1	188.00	$188.00	$555	—
365–395	380	2	159.00–162.00	$160.44	$610	-10.19
415	415	2	164.00	$164.00	$681	—
465	465	1	165.00	$165.00	$767	+7.55
535	535	1	149.00	$149.00	$797	-11.00
585	585	1	150.00	$150.00	$878	±0.00
690	690	1	140.00	$140.00	$966	+4.00
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–271	269	6	178.00–179.00	$178.84	$481	—
328–345	332	14	167.00–180.00	$169.34	$562	-0.10
360–395	378	21	158.00–175.00	$168.44	$637	+2.24
415–445	431	33	150.00–168.00	$159.92	$689	+0.68
455–495	477	27	145.00–160.00	$156.32	$746	+1.55
505–545	529	32	140.00–158.00	$153.53	$812	+2.29
550–595	579	33	140.00–156.00	$147.22	$852	+2.26
600–620 value added	614	6	146.00–150.00	$146.99	$903	—
600–645	614	25	135.00–155.00	$148.30	$911	+8.83
652–690	664	8	127.00–150.00	$133.72	$888	-1.26
700–715	708	4	120.00–143.00	$128.04	$907	+1.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–255	253	2	159.00–166.00	$162.53	$411	—
310–345	326	21	150.00–175.00	$163.16	$532	-2.71
350–380	370	16	158.00–168.00	$162.11	$600	+4.81
405–445	424	35	140.00–162.00	$155.72	$660	+2.31
450–490	469	20	145.00–154.00	$150.62	$706	+2.19
505–545	527	18	137.00–150.00	$142.27	$750	+1.43
555–595	571	18	120.00–148.00	$138.86	$793	+3.48
605–645	624	16	122.00–144.00	$134.11	$837	+6.28
650–685	668	7	113.00–120.00	$117.43	$784	-5.95
730–740	735	3	110.00–113.00	$111.67	$821	—
765–781	776	6	104.00–110.00	$105.97	$822	+10.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	4	158.00–160.00	$159.04	$450	-5.96
330–345	337	11	147.00–158.00	$154.49	$521	+2.54
375–395	386	15	145.00–156.00	$150.44	$581	+0.71
400–430	421	7	130.00–151.00	$144.28	$607	+2.45
460–480	470	14	140.00–145.00	$142.72	$671	+3.59
500–545	518	12	117.00–135.00	$128.80	$667	-1.57
555–595	577	9	115.00–141.00	$131.42	$758	-1.58
600–630	610	5	117.00–122.00	$119.58	$729	-0.42
710–720	715	2	107.00–110.00	$108.51	$776	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	4	188.00–200.00	$192.95	$550	—
320–345	332	9	180.00–195.00	$187.23	$622	+1.18
350–390	373	22	170.00–185.00	$176.00	$656	+2.43
405–440	427	30	160.00–179.00	$166.10	$709	-5.99
450–490	468	18	151.00–165.00	$159.00	$744	-3.77
515–545	526	15	146.00–158.00	$153.31	$806	-1.84
565–595	575	24	140.00–153.00	$148.34	$853	+3.03
605–645	619	13	136.00–147.00	$139.28	$862	-2.76
665–685	675	3	126.00–134.00	$130.02	$878	+3.06
715–720	717	3	120.00–125.00	$123.33	$884	-1.67
755–770	762	3	108.00–116.00	$112.68	$859	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	204.00–205.00	$204.48	$579	+9.48
305–345	323	13	190.00–205.00	$195.00	$630	+8.96
350–380	366	30	182.00–192.00	$187.60	$687	+3.81
405–445	420	29	172.00–184.00	$178.25	$749	-0.60
450–495	476	17	162.00–173.00	$169.31	$806	-2.91
500–520	513	14	157.00–169.00	$162.13	$832	-0.91
550–585	568	14	150.00–160.00	$155.58	$884	+0.69
600–645	622	9	140.00–149.00	$145.93	$908	+0.26
655–685	668	4	132.00–139.00	$135.43	$905	-5.25
705	705	1	135.00	$135.00	$952	+6.74
750	750	1	117.00	$117.00	$878	-4.72

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	327	5	175.00–180.00	$176.99	$579	-3.21
365–395	381	5	158.00–170.00	$163.60	$623	-7.27
400–445	420	8	156.00–167.00	$160.20	$673	-4.84
455–495	468	8	150.00–155.00	$152.75	$715	-3.61
520–547	538	8	140.00–146.00	$143.02	$769	-4.31
560–595	579	10	130.00–140.00	$135.49	$784	-0.03
685	685	1	126.00	$126.00	$863	+27.00
705–715	710	2	116.00–124.00	$119.97	$852	—
780	780	1	105.00	$105.00	$819	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1390	1134	80-85%	41	67.00–77.00	$72.49	$822	—
935–1375	1155	80-85%	42	70.00–85.00	$79.38	$917	-4.67
910–1515	1214	80-85%	56	79.00–91.00	$86.97	$1,056	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1110	911	85-90%	14	50.00–55.00	$52.35	$477	-1.24
790–1140	989	85-90%	21	50.00–68.00	$62.93	$622	+1.46
870–1260	1005	85-90%	23	60.00–74.00	$68.61	$690	+2.79

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1650	1474	75-80%	11	65.00–83.00	$76.36	$1,126	—
1300–1675	1475	75-80%	13	88.00–95.00	$91.61	$1,351	—
1460–1660	1564	75-80%	14	75.00–88.00	$85.36	$1,335	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–2270	1667	13	79.00–95.00	$85.36	$1,423	—
1105–2300	1679	12	85.00–107.00	$99.52	$1,671	—
1230–2340	1834	9	107.00–119.00	$112.52	$2,064	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–885	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	630.00–815.00	$728.04
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	655.00	$655.00
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	900.00–950.00	$926.32
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	550.00–750.00	$625.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	460.00	$460.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	875.00–1,100.00	$991.36
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	775.00–950.00	$847.22
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	925.00–1,400.00	$1,128.85
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	750.00–875.00	$837.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,083.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	500.00–600.00	$546.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	750.00–850.00	$808.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	62	1,000.00–1,450.00	$1,379.03	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,176.92	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	925.00–1,000.00	$946.43	—

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

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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.