Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 8, 2022

4,933 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.02/cwt +6.85 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 514 lb · 106 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.41/cwt +9.11 vs last sale · ≈ $972/hd at 718 lb · 90 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.65/cwt +6.49 vs last sale · ≈ $675/hd at 422 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,933	3,810	6,120
Feeder cattle	3,667	2,856	4,878
Slaughter cattle	695	542	836
Replacement cattle	571	412	406

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate 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
365–375	368	12	188.00–190.00	$189.49	$697	-1.83
403–445	418	36	182.50–199.00	$191.08	$799	+12.47
455–498	492	34	170.00–195.00	$179.88	$885	+5.77
509–545	517	21	165.50–174.00	$167.58	$866	-0.49
540 value added	540	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,026	—
555 value added	555	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,054	—
550–594	582	21	162.00–182.00	$165.14	$961	+1.06
604 value added	604	10	186.00	$186.00	$1,123	—
607–635	614	48	155.00–177.00	$158.50	$973	+3.91
652–695	674	10	150.50–152.50	$151.47	$1,021	+10.47
705 value added	705	11	146.00	$146.00	$1,029	-1.00
736	736	11	147.00	$147.00	$1,082	+3.01
758	758	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,061	+2.42
763 value added	763	19	142.00	$142.00	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	5	175.00–190.00	$182.02	$579	-12.65
365–395	381	10	167.00–187.00	$175.92	$670	-4.32
405–440	426	7	170.00–187.00	$176.36	$751	+6.68
455–485	471	7	164.00–179.00	$173.48	$817	+8.02
500–549	531	26	150.00–176.00	$166.11	$882	+1.58
550–576	570	15	140.00–166.00	$161.41	$920	+11.41
620–640	626	4	135.00–160.00	$148.66	$931	+1.47
650–685	668	6	130.00–160.00	$148.92	$995	+9.20
715	715	1	130.00	$130.00	$930	-0.93
812	812	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
838 value added	838	52	136.00	$136.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	316	9	175.00–183.00	$180.99	$572	+5.10
365–395	380	11	168.00–182.00	$173.91	$661	-1.19
410–435	423	2	167.00–170.00	$168.54	$713	+2.58
460–495	473	5	150.00–172.00	$160.81	$761	+0.98
505–535	514	7	145.00–157.00	$153.83	$791	+5.70
575–595	585	2	145.00–148.00	$146.47	$857	+1.22
605–625	615	3	140.00–142.00	$140.66	$865	+5.21
690	690	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,000	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	329	5	157.00–165.00	$159.84	$526	+2.13
355–395	374	9	154.00–170.00	$158.39	$592	+3.00
410–420 value added	416	30	162.00–165.50	$164.00	$682	—
405–445	429	30	150.00–162.00	$155.30	$666	+2.14
455–495	476	35	145.00–162.00	$150.75	$718	+4.88
504–543 value added	508	37	155.00–157.00	$155.23	$789	—
508 fancy	508	5	154.00	$154.00	$782	—
500–540	518	64	140.00–152.00	$148.35	$768	+4.18
550–590	563	53	136.00–145.50	$143.22	$806	+2.65
600–635	607	20	134.00–139.00	$134.96	$819	-3.38
617–633 value added	625	29	148.50–152.50	$150.62	$941	—
652 value added	652	2	147.00	$147.00	$958	+12.00
650–693	670	16	120.00–139.00	$130.30	$873	-0.71
703–735 value added	718	74	135.00–144.00	$137.58	$988	—
715–721	719	16	115.00–129.00	$125.37	$901	-0.93
753–790	773	9	120.00–124.00	$122.04	$943	+1.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	288	7	152.00–160.00	$155.91	$449	—
310–345	333	29	145.00–165.00	$155.27	$517	+6.18
355–395	373	28	145.00–165.00	$150.45	$561	-1.53
400–445	425	42	140.00–156.00	$149.51	$635	+3.48
450–495	471	31	135.00–150.00	$144.40	$680	-2.38
500–545	522	36	124.00–149.00	$138.13	$721	+0.34
550–590	570	21	122.00–139.00	$133.10	$759	+3.82
605–640	629	30	120.00–133.00	$126.75	$797	+2.64
654–695	661	6	110.00–127.00	$124.02	$820	-0.32
705–720	713	2	108.00–117.00	$112.45	$802	-5.88
760–795	778	2	110.00–118.00	$114.09	$888	+4.43

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	280	3	145.00–148.00	$147.07	$412	—
310–340	324	10	140.00–148.00	$142.33	$461	-7.43
370–397	389	23	136.00–156.00	$149.62	$582	+9.16
400–445	425	26	130.00–150.00	$140.32	$596	-1.00
455–490	473	12	125.00–145.00	$137.57	$651	+3.32
515–545	529	7	125.00–137.00	$130.00	$688	-0.57
560–595	576	6	117.00–130.00	$121.90	$702	-1.84
610–640	624	6	110.00–120.00	$114.50	$714	-8.90
660–695	678	2	110.00	$110.00	$746	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	5	185.00–192.00	$187.44	$506	+7.56
305–340	324	14	180.00–197.00	$186.91	$606	+12.95
360–390	380	12	173.00–187.00	$178.03	$677	+8.16
405–445	430	25	165.00–180.00	$172.54	$742	+6.44
455–490	471	33	147.00–177.50	$165.32	$779	+8.73
510–545	527	30	148.00–164.00	$152.99	$806	+1.56
550–595	572	24	140.00–150.00	$143.15	$819	+0.60
600–645	620	34	132.00–141.00	$138.37	$858	+2.46
650–690	671	16	120.00–142.00	$131.69	$884	+1.60
705–710	708	3	122.00–126.00	$124.33	$880	+1.88
765–795	780	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$877	-4.93

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	280	5	175.00–182.00	$179.07	$501	—
305–345	327	9	168.00–187.00	$173.61	$568	+9.15
355–390	378	6	165.00–172.00	$168.22	$636	-0.41
405–435	421	12	150.00–167.00	$162.48	$684	+8.30
450–495	477	17	147.00–165.00	$155.44	$741	+4.58
510–540	530	18	125.00–153.00	$144.85	$768	+1.55
550–595	575	17	130.00–138.00	$134.61	$774	+2.25
605–635	624	10	110.00–130.00	$124.89	$779	-2.61
655–695	673	4	118.00–123.00	$120.22	$809	+4.12
750–780	763	3	102.00–107.00	$104.70	$799	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	10	190.00–207.00	$199.13	$657	+10.32
350–375	360	11	185.00–200.00	$192.02	$691	+15.67
405–435	413	8	177.00–192.00	$181.55	$750	+10.01
450–495	468	19	172.00–187.00	$176.50	$826	+13.78
505–545	524	10	159.00–176.00	$165.22	$866	+5.87
550–585	567	10	150.00–164.00	$156.32	$886	+3.65
605	605	1	148.00	$148.00	$895	+5.49
655–695	673	7	132.00–146.00	$139.91	$942	+2.94
715–745	730	2	129.00–136.00	$132.43	$967	+0.25
750–785	771	6	117.00–129.00	$122.86	$947	+1.52

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1720	1135	80-85%	129	74.00–89.00	$79.18	$899	+1.56
890–1455	1137	80-85%	66	68.00–76.00	$71.61	$814	-6.01
985–1510	1199	80-85%	42	81.00–90.00	$85.48	$1,025	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1050	895	85-90%	34	49.00–65.00	$58.85	$527	+6.38
800–1295	964	85-90%	53	49.00–74.00	$65.29	$629	—
795–1220	1025	85-90%	41	63.00–82.00	$70.37	$721	+8.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1445	1255	75-80%	20	88.00–98.00	$91.80	$1,152	—
1095–1795	1371	75-80%	20	70.00–80.00	$76.17	$1,044	-11.76
1120–1780	1412	75-80%	31	76.00–88.00	$81.91	$1,157	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2550	1562	17	82.00–100.00	$94.15	$1,471	—
1105–2020	1580	25	95.00–110.00	$104.11	$1,645	—
1390–1985	1699	15	106.00–117.00	$111.19	$1,889	+0.64

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–935	826	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	554.00–701.00	$646.20
848–968 fancy	894	(<2 yrs)	Open	33	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,636.59
757–981	897	(<2 yrs)	Open	25	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,230.25
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	925.00–1,100.00	$1,042.65

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	440.00–540.00	$490.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–755	727	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	330.00–600.00	$517.02

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1005–1260	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	875.00–1,075.00	$922.73
1081–1270 fancy	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,641.35
1320 fancy	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1160–1415	1326	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,090.27
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	725.00–1,025.00	$855.45
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	850.00–1,025.00	$937.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–970	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–975.00	$896.64
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
868–945	916	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	700.00–875.00	$779.21
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–750.00	$716.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	650.00–700.00	$690.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	575.00–600.00	$587.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	825.00–900.00	$862.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
758–1020	848	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	750.00–900.00	$807.42
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	700.00–775.00	$745.83
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	825.00–875.00	$850.00

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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
914	914	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1160–1410	1285	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,185.00	$1,180.49	—
1285–1340	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,598.95	—
1485 fancy	1485	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	60	850.00–1,425.00	$1,107.83	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,280.00	—
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	1,450.00–1,525.00	$1,482.14	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	850.00–975.00	$930.88	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,206.25	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
930–995	967	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	885.00–1,050.00	$962.78	+412.78

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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.