Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

3,206 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.14/cwt +7.80 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 608 lb · 53 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $146.62/cwt +4.15 vs last sale · ≈ $696/hd at 475 lb · 50 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.76/cwt +11.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,029/hd at 741 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,206	2,098	1,918
Feeder cattle	2,432	1,569	1,527
Slaughter cattle	509	300	228
Replacement cattle	265	229	163

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. 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
350	350	1	207.00	$207.00	$724	—
405–430	415	23	183.00–205.00	$190.39	$790	+8.42
450–478	471	29	176.00–192.00	$179.23	$844	+3.70
500–542	524	11	175.00–185.00	$179.93	$943	+3.54
514–539 value added	525	31	181.00–190.00	$182.64	$959	+6.64
550–580	560	12	164.00–176.00	$170.00	$952	+3.00
570 value added	570	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,009	—
600–640	627	17	155.00–165.00	$156.37	$980	-5.06
663 value added	663	17	155.50	$155.50	$1,031	—
665–675	670	5	140.00–154.00	$147.39	$988	-4.28
735–745	738	3	137.00–146.00	$141.02	$1,041	—
750–780	767	5	130.00–140.00	$134.02	$1,028	-8.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	192.00	$192.00	$499	—
305–325	315	2	179.00–185.00	$181.90	$573	+4.60
365–395	378	11	173.00–185.00	$177.53	$671	+2.80
400–440	422	15	170.00–192.00	$177.78	$750	+4.01
475–490	482	5	174.00–177.00	$175.21	$845	+2.80
505–545	513	12	162.00–172.00	$166.56	$854	+7.68
560–595	577	6	148.00–160.00	$155.80	$899	+4.35
605–635	624	12	142.00–150.00	$144.33	$901	-10.67
655–685	673	3	141.00–149.00	$144.03	$969	-1.62
730	730	1	133.00	$133.00	$971	—
770	770	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–365	364	6	165.00–171.00	$169.34	$616	+2.00
445	445	1	148.00	$148.00	$659	-24.41
455–490	472	3	152.00–172.00	$164.88	$778	+0.42
510–545	540	11	140.00–162.00	$158.46	$856	—
570–595	583	2	142.00–145.00	$143.47	$836	+8.47
615	615	1	132.00	$132.00	$812	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	310	3	162.50–167.50	$164.22	$509	-0.31
375–395	385	12	155.00–162.50	$157.01	$604	-0.28
400–440	428	39	150.00–161.00	$156.61	$670	+1.90
460 fancy	460	1	165.00	$165.00	$759	—
450–495	470	32	147.00–160.00	$153.66	$722	+1.07
499 value added	499	6	160.00	$160.00	$798	—
505–545	525	34	140.00–158.00	$149.77	$786	+2.37
555–595	575	25	135.00–151.00	$145.41	$836	+2.32
604 value added	604	45	150.00	$150.00	$906	—
610–645	631	8	130.00–145.00	$137.71	$869	-2.63
655–685	665	11	131.00–143.00	$135.18	$899	+7.18
705–745	720	3	125.00–132.00	$128.93	$928	+6.25
743 value added	743	40	139.50	$139.50	$1,036	—
760–770	765	2	117.00–120.00	$118.51	$907	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	10	152.50–165.00	$157.96	$520	+4.42
350–395	375	12	145.00–165.00	$154.52	$579	+4.53
405–445	422	26	140.00–162.00	$148.10	$625	+0.14
450–495	475	50	132.50–155.00	$146.62	$696	+4.15
505–545	526	30	125.00–147.00	$137.92	$725	-0.69
550–595	578	30	120.00–142.00	$133.50	$772	-1.02
605–645	621	14	124.00–135.00	$131.30	$815	+4.09
655–690	670	6	121.00–130.00	$125.82	$843	+6.35
700–730	719	5	115.00–127.00	$120.40	$866	-0.60
775	775	1	119.00	$119.00	$922	+9.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	331	7	140.00–165.00	$151.86	$503	+9.84
350–395	375	25	139.00–160.00	$148.48	$557	-4.06
420–445	430	23	136.00–152.00	$142.84	$614	-7.04
455–475	461	6	130.00–138.00	$135.97	$627	-1.57
500–545	528	6	125.00–138.00	$131.73	$696	+0.59
560–595	574	5	120.00–130.00	$126.10	$724	-1.07
615–645	635	3	115.00–125.00	$118.23	$751	—
675–690	682	3	110.00–122.00	$117.35	$800	—
785	785	1	108.00	$108.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	10	153.00	$153.00	$734	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	198.00	$198.00	$544	—
305–335	323	20	185.00–197.50	$193.01	$623	-13.71
355–395	375	11	185.00–197.00	$190.34	$714	-4.53
400–445	427	23	174.00–187.00	$180.64	$771	-5.68
450–490	469	36	163.00–182.00	$171.31	$803	-0.11
505 fancy	505	1	175.00	$175.00	$884	—
500–545	521	26	158.00–170.00	$163.28	$851	+3.73
550–595	567	13	146.00–162.00	$153.03	$868	-2.99
600–645	613	11	140.00–152.00	$145.69	$893	-3.13
670 fancy	670	1	148.00	$148.00	$992	—
660–680	673	3	135.00–140.00	$136.68	$920	-4.61
710	710	1	135.00	$135.00	$958	+5.00
750–755	753	2	125.00–132.00	$128.49	$968	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	215	2	194.00–195.00	$194.49	$418	—
275	275	3	188.00–193.00	$189.67	$522	—
305–345	320	19	175.00–192.00	$181.60	$581	-5.53
350–395	379	20	167.50–187.00	$176.08	$667	-3.44
405–445	420	32	160.00–177.00	$168.57	$708	+0.26
450–495	479	17	154.00–170.00	$159.43	$764	-1.38
500–540	529	18	145.00–157.00	$152.24	$805	-0.35
560–595	579	11	137.00–145.00	$140.50	$813	-1.46
600–635	614	7	135.00–142.00	$137.46	$844	+0.58
655–695	680	4	125.00–128.00	$126.26	$859	-2.36
725–735	730	2	122.00–125.00	$123.49	$901	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	207.00	$207.00	$414	—
250–285	278	5	175.00–190.00	$178.72	$497	—
330–345	335	12	155.00–187.00	$167.18	$560	-6.80
355–390	376	19	152.00–177.00	$162.13	$610	-11.20
405–440	424	19	145.00–170.00	$160.03	$679	+1.47
450–490	461	7	135.00–157.00	$147.74	$681	+3.80
530–540	535	3	140.00–150.00	$143.64	$768	+9.03
590	590	1	133.00	$133.00	$785	+8.41
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	-5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1580	1133	80-85%	45	70.00–80.00	$74.75	$847	-8.35
785–1345	1155	80-85%	52	72.00–88.00	$81.48	$941	—
960–1495	1248	80-85%	38	85.00–93.00	$88.87	$1,109	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1045	888	85-90%	26	45.00–68.00	$55.98	$497	—
810–1325	1022	85-90%	45	62.00–87.00	$73.75	$754	+4.14
745–1230	1036	85-90%	43	53.00–77.00	$69.13	$716	-0.48

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1545	1353	75-80%	10	84.00–95.00	$90.42	$1,223	+14.15
1180–1625	1386	75-80%	19	72.00–83.00	$78.82	$1,092	+2.55
1055–1600	1416	75-80%	34	77.00–89.00	$82.53	$1,169	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1565	1272	16	90.00–103.00	$96.36	$1,226	—
1265–2100	1736	29	101.00–110.00	$107.49	$1,866	—
1545–2220	1870	13	108.00–118.00	$113.46	$2,122	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610–790	684	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	775.00–825.00	$800.34
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	775.00–875.00	$855.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1040	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00–900.00	$863.42
1095 fancy	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
960–1225	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	775.00–1,100.00	$989.51
1065–1235 fancy	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,225.00	$1,133.95
1255	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	995.00–1,035.00	$1,012.14
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	970.00–1,320.00	$1,141.43
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	900.00–1,130.00	$958.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1200	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–975.00	$961.43
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00–825.00	$800.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
955–975	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.63
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–575.00	$562.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–965	908	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–1,075.00	$981.34

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 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
900 fancy	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,600.00	—
740–1070	946	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,431.13	—
1245–1360	1303	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,263.05	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,144.74	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	650.00–825.00	$766.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–925.00	$908.33	—

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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.