Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, March 7, 2022

3,810 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.01/cwt -5.21 vs last sale · ≈ $807/hd at 568 lb · 49 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $137.79/cwt -4.48 vs last sale · ≈ $717/hd at 520 lb · 34 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.16/cwt -6.76 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 418 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,810	2,581	4,818
Feeder cattle	2,856	1,954	4,075
Slaughter cattle	542	370	442
Replacement cattle	412	257	301

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate 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
300–345	323	2	192.50–212.00	$201.57	$651	-0.78
355–380	364	7	187.50–202.00	$191.32	$696	-1.95
400–445	425	17	172.00–190.00	$178.61	$759	-6.97
450–495	474	7	170.00–180.00	$174.11	$825	-4.73
500–545	525	29	160.00–178.00	$168.07	$882	-4.68
550–565	559	7	156.00–167.00	$164.08	$917	-2.22
609–630	615	18	152.00–156.00	$154.59	$951	-4.35
670	670	1	141.00	$141.00	$945	-10.18
705–716	713	14	142.00–149.00	$143.99	$1,027	-8.93
710–740 value added	725	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,066	—
750–781	764	18	135.75–140.00	$137.58	$1,051	-2.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	8	190.00–205.00	$194.67	$635	+4.69
350–390	375	11	170.00–197.00	$180.24	$676	+0.05
405–440	422	20	160.00–187.00	$169.68	$716	-6.19
470–485	478	20	162.00–171.00	$165.46	$791	-2.18
505–525	519	15	155.00–169.00	$164.53	$854	-0.28
570	570	1	150.00	$150.00	$855	-4.51
600–645	620	8	139.00–151.00	$147.19	$913	+2.19
655–690	679	10	135.00–142.00	$139.72	$949	-3.42
710–735	723	2	127.00–135.00	$130.93	$947	—
920	920	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,187	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	278	3	170.00–205.00	$181.75	$505	-6.25
305–335	317	5	163.00–192.00	$175.89	$558	—
360–395	377	10	160.00–182.00	$175.10	$660	+14.66
405–445	425	5	142.00–177.00	$165.96	$705	+1.96
460–485	471	7	148.00–167.00	$159.83	$753	-5.17
500–545	534	5	137.00–157.00	$148.13	$791	-0.87
560–565	561	8	135.00–147.00	$145.25	$815	-4.75
605–625	619	7	130.00–140.00	$135.45	$838	—
705–735	718	3	117.00–126.00	$122.60	$880	+2.60

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	150.00–154.00	$151.96	$425	-26.88
305–345	325	8	150.00–164.00	$157.71	$513	-11.63
355–385	371	20	148.00–166.00	$155.39	$576	-13.05
405–440	418	32	145.00–166.00	$153.16	$640	-6.76
455–497	475	28	140.00–154.00	$145.87	$693	-10.45
505–540	520	24	138.00–154.00	$144.17	$750	-9.36
556 value added	556	13	146.00	$146.00	$812	—
555–585	573	36	134.00–147.00	$140.57	$805	-6.65
620 fancy	620	2	143.00	$143.00	$887	—
610–635	628	16	127.50–142.00	$138.34	$869	-9.96
655–675	662	9	125.00–142.00	$131.01	$867	-2.71
665 value added	665	6	135.00	$135.00	$898	—
706–720	712	7	125.00–128.00	$126.30	$899	-1.74
755–790	782	12	119.00–127.00	$120.59	$943	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
315–345	324	17	140.00–163.00	$149.09	$483	-14.07
350–395	371	32	138.00–165.00	$151.98	$564	-10.13
400–440	428	31	135.00–157.00	$146.03	$625	-9.69
450–495	471	21	135.00–152.00	$146.78	$691	-3.84
500–545	520	34	125.00–146.00	$137.79	$717	-4.48
555–590	575	9	120.00–140.00	$129.28	$743	-9.58
605–640	624	10	110.00–133.00	$124.11	$774	-10.00
660–680	666	18	120.00–126.00	$124.34	$828	+6.91
730	730	3	115.00–120.00	$118.33	$864	+6.66
765–795	778	3	107.00–112.00	$109.66	$853	+3.69

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	10	140.00–157.00	$149.76	$494	-4.73
365–375	370	12	130.00–155.00	$140.46	$520	-9.98
405–445	428	20	128.00–150.00	$141.32	$605	-2.96
450–490	471	22	126.00–145.00	$134.25	$632	-8.47
510–545	528	12	120.00–135.00	$130.57	$689	+1.77
550–595	568	8	115.00–131.00	$123.74	$703	-7.68
600–635	612	7	120.00–125.00	$123.40	$755	+3.82
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—
745	745	1	108.00	$108.00	$805	-0.51
775	775	1	100.00	$100.00	$775	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	210.00	$210.00	$504	—
250–295	279	7	175.00–187.50	$179.88	$502	-13.07
300–345	324	21	167.00–192.00	$173.96	$564	-13.27
350–395	383	25	160.00–187.00	$169.87	$651	-6.13
405–445	428	20	157.00–172.00	$166.10	$711	±0.00
460–485	477	21	150.00–167.00	$156.59	$747	-2.41
500–545	524	28	145.00–159.00	$151.43	$793	-1.88
550–595	577	18	140.00–150.00	$142.55	$823	-5.79
605–640	618	13	130.00–140.00	$135.91	$840	-3.37
650–670	658	5	127.00–132.50	$130.09	$856	+0.07
700–740	727	6	115.00–130.00	$122.45	$890	-0.88
750–785	769	5	112.00–122.50	$117.38	$903	+4.70

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	220.00	$220.00	$528	—
255	255	1	192.50	$192.50	$491	-11.98
335–345	340	4	185.00–195.00	$188.81	$642	-6.19
360–395	370	14	170.00–190.00	$176.35	$652	-11.25
410–440	424	19	159.00–182.00	$171.54	$727	-6.71
455–490	474	16	154.00–175.00	$162.72	$771	-6.59
500–535	516	15	151.00–165.00	$159.35	$822	-2.78
550–585	560	8	150.00–155.00	$152.67	$855	-2.91
620–625	623	2	140.00–145.00	$142.51	$888	-3.42
650–695	683	14	132.00–138.00	$136.97	$936	+1.54
700–745	716	5	130.00–136.00	$132.18	$946	-2.82
755–780	765	3	120.00–122.00	$121.34	$928	+4.34
905	905	5	106.00	$106.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	313	12	145.00–182.00	$164.46	$515	-12.53
355–395	378	10	140.00–177.00	$168.63	$637	+5.03
405–445	427	8	135.00–167.00	$154.18	$658	-6.02
455–490	470	11	142.00–157.00	$150.86	$709	-1.89
510–545	524	7	134.00–147.00	$143.30	$751	+0.28
550–590	570	5	130.00–135.00	$132.36	$754	-3.13
630	630	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$803	—
655–695	683	4	108.00–122.00	$116.10	$793	-9.90
730	730	1	107.00	$107.00	$781	-12.97

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1350	1076	80-85%	58	64.00–81.00	$70.79	$762	—
820–1515	1118	80-85%	63	71.00–87.00	$77.62	$868	+5.13
785–1405	1150	80-85%	58	78.00–96.00	$84.32	$970	+4.94

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1085	896	85-90%	34	44.00–65.00	$52.47	$470	—
700–1210	1013	85-90%	34	58.00–79.00	$68.02	$689	-0.59
750–1160	1018	85-90%	46	51.00–73.00	$61.75	$629	-6.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1525	1335	75-80%	18	77.00–90.00	$82.43	$1,100	—
1180–1870	1369	75-80%	19	84.00–93.00	$87.93	$1,204	—
1395–1695	1536	75-80%	10	68.00–77.00	$71.69	$1,101	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1705	1394	18	75.00–96.00	$90.21	$1,258	—
1175–1880	1432	23	96.00–108.00	$100.64	$1,441	—
1330–2055	1683	21	104.00–121.00	$110.55	$1,861	+11.03

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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	24	500.00–630.00	$565.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
930–1070	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	675.00–950.00	$800.00
985–1150	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	825.00–925.00	$883.48
1025–1390	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–1,175.00	$980.70
1215 fancy	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1250 fancy	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,010.00	$1,010.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–900.00	$775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	900.00–1,200.00	$1,030.68
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	700.00–975.00	$834.26
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,350.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,072.22

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590–830	754	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	400.00–625.00	$491.45
730–810	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	575.00–600.00	$588.15
840–855	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–700.00	$662.83
805–976	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–725.00	$705.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1030–1265	1174	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	975.00–1,050.00	$1,013.79
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–925.00	$891.67
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,140.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,375.00–1,400.00	$1,387.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	78	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,249.36	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	850.00–975.00	$916.67	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	1,425.00–1,675.00	$1,538.89	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	880.00–950.00	$915.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	28	700.00–1,075.00	$848.21	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
810–1020	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–675.00	$652.77	—
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	975.00–1,075.00	$1,022.22	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 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.