Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 15, 2022

4,067 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.96/cwt +1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $836/hd at 581 lb · 73 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.25/cwt ≈ $1,113/hd at 766 lb · 69 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.67/cwt +0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 416 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,067	1,767	4,161
Feeder cattle	3,219	1,408	3,236
Slaughter cattle	555	269	646
Replacement cattle	293	90	279

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
330	330	1	187.00	$187.00	$617	-16.20
350–375	366	7	176.00–195.00	$186.52	$683	-10.70
413–445	429	10	176.00–195.00	$182.85	$784	-5.93
470–498	489	20	176.00–197.00	$187.59	$917	+2.23
502–537	527	60	170.00–192.00	$183.67	$968	+8.08
555–598	587	31	165.00–185.00	$175.51	$1,030	+4.28
594 value added	594	5	189.00	$189.00	$1,123	—
605–645	635	4	155.00–177.00	$160.24	$1,018	-1.18
675–676	676	18	149.00–152.00	$151.83	$1,026	+0.40
700–723	714	3	135.00–142.00	$138.99	$992	-6.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	188.00–190.00	$188.98	$548	—
305–345	313	5	180.00–186.00	$181.32	$568	-0.13
365–395	376	23	175.00–196.00	$185.83	$699	+7.40
400–445	425	11	171.00–190.00	$177.58	$755	+1.38
450–492	479	28	165.00–189.00	$180.07	$863	+6.37
505–545	530	16	162.00–180.00	$170.66	$904	+4.52
550–585	569	8	156.00–171.00	$160.39	$913	+5.36
606–640	612	14	150.00–163.00	$157.62	$965	+7.26
650–695	672	7	134.00–148.00	$140.23	$942	-1.66
735–740	738	2	125.00–137.00	$131.02	$967	—
770–780	775	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$950	-10.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	12	197.00	$197.00	$804	—
722	722	10	135.00	$135.00	$975	—
766	766	69	145.25	$145.25	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	378	5	170.00–177.00	$173.75	$657	+4.58
465–495	485	4	132.00–178.00	$153.96	$747	-12.06
620–640	630	2	146.00–153.00	$149.44	$941	—
655	655	1	135.00	$135.00	$884	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	260	4	163.00–165.00	$164.47	$428	—
315–345	329	7	145.00–175.00	$156.48	$515	—
350–380	369	10	140.00–175.00	$163.17	$602	-2.22
400–435	416	66	157.00–170.00	$161.67	$673	+0.96
450–498	481	65	137.00–164.00	$155.52	$748	+0.98
505–520 fancy	513	2	153.00–155.00	$153.99	$790	—
500–545	517	57	137.00–160.00	$150.33	$777	+2.42
535 value added	535	1	155.00	$155.00	$829	—
555–595	581	73	131.00–149.00	$143.96	$836	+1.25
619 value added	619	15	149.00	$149.00	$922	—
600–645	627	11	132.00–142.00	$138.06	$866	+1.14
650–695	660	13	127.00–137.00	$133.48	$881	+1.48
661 value added	661	11	143.00	$143.00	$945	—
710–735	724	11	122.00–127.00	$125.08	$906	-1.94
755–795	792	24	119.00–125.00	$124.35	$985	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	265	3	150.00–155.00	$153.21	$406	-2.29
300–335	316	34	131.00–172.00	$160.99	$509	+2.69
355–390	374	39	133.00–165.00	$153.55	$574	-0.51
400–445	431	62	143.00–158.00	$153.11	$660	+2.29
455–495	473	42	137.00–155.00	$147.14	$696	+0.60
500–545	526	31	131.00–148.00	$141.25	$743	-1.01
550–595	574	25	128.00–140.00	$135.30	$777	-1.13
600–645	621	17	122.00–132.00	$127.95	$795	-1.44
655–675	668	3	125.00–128.00	$127.02	$848	+6.02
720–725	723	3	118.00–120.00	$119.33	$863	-0.67
760	760	1	115.00	$115.00	$874	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	333	22	145.00–165.00	$156.08	$520	+7.08
355–398	383	18	139.00–154.00	$149.17	$571	+3.21
405–445	428	20	135.00–150.00	$143.26	$613	-2.73
450–495	470	11	126.00–145.00	$136.04	$639	-0.15
515–537	525	16	120.00–137.00	$128.74	$676	-0.43
555–595	577	6	117.00–126.00	$122.48	$707	-5.99
625–635	629	4	116.00–120.00	$117.51	$739	—
705–745	725	2	110.00–116.00	$112.92	$819	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	4	134.00	$134.00	$848	—
698	698	31	125.00	$125.00	$872	—
722	722	54	132.75	$132.75	$958	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	268	5	190.00–192.00	$190.79	$511	—
305–345	318	5	186.00–200.00	$192.43	$612	-2.31
320 fancy	320	1	207.00	$207.00	$662	—
354 fancy	354	24	201.00	$201.00	$712	—
350–390	366	19	181.00–212.00	$196.58	$719	+8.72
400–435	422	19	162.00–197.00	$184.39	$778	+4.41
455–495	462	36	168.00–190.00	$177.91	$822	+6.22
515 fancy	515	3	172.00–175.00	$173.00	$891	—
505–545	527	18	158.00–183.00	$165.47	$872	+5.20
550–595	574	16	150.00–168.00	$157.42	$904	+4.68
600–630	617	8	141.00–151.00	$147.03	$907	+2.76
650–665	658	5	139.00–146.00	$141.39	$930	+3.39
700–710	705	2	134.00–136.00	$134.99	$952	+2.97
750–785	775	4	125.00–134.00	$130.56	$1,012	+0.56
820	820	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	185.00	$185.00	$435	—
260–295	274	4	180.00–185.00	$182.45	$500	-4.58
305–345	327	13	170.00–210.00	$186.44	$610	+4.51
350–395	367	21	170.00–200.00	$181.30	$665	+4.52
400–445	425	25	158.00–187.00	$175.73	$747	+6.10
450–495	475	27	160.00–179.00	$166.66	$792	+7.26
500–545	530	34	125.00–168.00	$155.85	$826	+3.06
565–595	579	12	140.00–159.00	$146.64	$849	+4.10
600–645	625	10	130.00–144.00	$137.89	$862	+3.18
665–695	683	6	132.00–139.00	$135.18	$923	+11.67
710–745	733	4	125.00–130.00	$128.53	$942	+13.53
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	—
815–835	825	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$916	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	2	177.00–202.00	$188.76	$402	—
265	265	3	175.00	$175.00	$464	-5.00
305–340	327	6	168.00–187.00	$176.20	$576	-4.12
355–395	378	25	133.00–177.00	$167.56	$633	+0.18
415–440	430	15	122.00–175.00	$160.31	$689	-2.55
450–475	464	13	145.00–168.00	$157.22	$730	+2.80
505–535	523	16	132.00–155.00	$144.44	$755	+4.06
580	580	2	145.00	$145.00	$841	+13.00
745	745	1	120.00	$120.00	$894	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1300	1057	80-85%	63	67.00–77.00	$71.45	$755	+0.13
765–1380	1113	80-85%	80	72.00–88.00	$78.65	$875	—
970–1350	1166	80-85%	48	80.00–91.00	$84.43	$984	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1180	900	85-90%	13	50.00–68.00	$58.60	$527	+6.68
705–1210	946	85-90%	41	60.00–78.00	$68.17	$645	+10.28
780–1270	967	85-90%	39	52.00–74.00	$63.49	$614	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1605	1312	75-80%	30	81.00–94.00	$88.43	$1,160	—
1115–1615	1353	75-80%	37	74.00–86.00	$80.39	$1,088	-2.27
1220–1650	1424	75-80%	14	67.00–80.00	$74.41	$1,060	-12.93

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–2330	1504	18	91.00–100.00	$96.76	$1,455	—
1180–2230	1607	20	99.00–109.00	$103.61	$1,665	—
1205–2280	1727	17	107.00–118.00	$112.06	$1,935	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–955	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	710.00–870.00	$782.96

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
575–760	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	330.00–485.00	$382.46

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1010–1045	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$949.15
955–1105	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	975.00–1,075.00	$1,026.21
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	935.00	$935.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00–950.00	$916.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,050.00	$991.67

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
825–925	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–900.00	$781.88
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1010–1110	1047	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–950.00	$917.68

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,080.00

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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
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,100.00–1,325.00	$1,212.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	900.00–1,350.00	$1,138.64	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00	$500.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	1,025.00–1,250.00	$1,100.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.