Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 5, 2022

2,786 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.34/cwt -1.43 vs last sale · ≈ $768/hd at 518 lb · 77 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.39/cwt +0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $727/hd at 468 lb · 67 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.00/cwt ≈ $1,100/hd at 803 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,786	3,206	4,826
Feeder cattle	2,165	2,432	3,627
Slaughter cattle	492	509	642
Replacement cattle	129	265	557

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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
305–330	318	4	192.00–195.00	$193.37	$615	—
350–395	373	5	186.00–202.00	$193.32	$721	-13.68
405–440	426	14	176.00–198.00	$186.19	$793	-4.20
455–490	477	22	160.00–188.00	$180.30	$860	+1.07
530–533	533	11	166.00–168.00	$167.09	$891	-12.84
555–570	556	12	167.00–169.00	$168.83	$939	-1.17
611 value added	611	9	161.00	$161.00	$984	—
610–620	614	4	146.00–171.00	$159.30	$978	+2.93
650–685	652	21	145.00–149.00	$145.64	$950	-1.75
739–749	741	21	140.00–145.00	$144.05	$1,067	+3.03
784–795	785	43	140.00–150.00	$142.77	$1,121	+8.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	319	10	178.00–195.00	$186.44	$595	+4.54
350–399	382	12	170.00–187.00	$181.88	$695	+4.35
416–445	424	10	166.00–182.00	$178.32	$756	+0.54
455–495	478	11	145.00–177.00	$169.80	$812	-5.41
510–548	533	20	155.00–173.00	$162.12	$864	-4.44
560–575	572	11	149.00–169.00	$158.80	$908	+3.00
607–640	619	7	136.00–157.00	$143.18	$886	-1.15
651–670	654	10	144.00–147.00	$145.10	$949	+1.07
705–720	713	2	136.00–137.00	$136.51	$973	+3.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
803 value added	803	62	137.00	$137.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	183.00	$183.00	$531	—
320–325	324	9	172.00–180.00	$177.33	$575	—
355–395	375	4	170.00–175.00	$172.18	$646	+2.84
425–445	436	10	150.00–175.00	$164.42	$717	+16.42
460	460	1	164.00	$164.00	$754	-0.88
520–525	524	4	143.00–150.00	$148.26	$777	-10.20
575–595	586	4	137.00–150.00	$143.72	$842	+0.25
605	605	1	150.00	$150.00	$908	+18.00
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	158.00–159.00	$158.48	$425	—
330–340	337	5	154.00–167.00	$163.24	$550	-0.98
355–395	370	10	150.00–163.00	$159.82	$591	+2.81
405–447	436	40	141.00–167.00	$160.89	$701	+4.28
450–497	468	67	136.00–163.00	$155.39	$727	+1.73
500–545	518	77	133.00–159.00	$148.34	$768	-1.43
560 fancy	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	—
555–599	577	35	130.00–151.00	$144.08	$831	-1.33
605–645	619	9	130.00–140.00	$135.18	$837	-2.53
638 value added	638	5	141.00	$141.00	$900	-9.00
655	655	1	135.00	$135.00	$884	-0.18
700–735	725	4	120.00–132.00	$125.41	$909	-3.52
785	785	1	118.00	$118.00	$926	-0.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	5	144.00–175.00	$157.60	$410	—
300–340	326	12	137.00–167.00	$154.56	$504	-3.40
350–396	377	43	141.00–162.00	$154.64	$583	+0.12
400–445	421	33	135.00–160.00	$151.02	$636	+2.92
450–495	475	36	130.00–152.00	$144.04	$684	-2.58
500–545	530	13	130.00–145.00	$138.21	$733	+0.29
555–590	571	8	118.00–141.00	$132.83	$758	-0.67
610–640	626	5	125.00–134.00	$130.35	$816	-0.95
655–695	666	8	120.00–130.00	$124.12	$827	-1.70
700–715	708	2	116.00–120.00	$118.02	$836	-2.38

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	324	16	140.00–165.00	$156.09	$506	+4.23
355–390	374	22	130.00–160.00	$143.51	$537	-4.97
400–440	422	24	120.00–152.00	$141.16	$596	-1.68
455–495	471	13	120.00–145.00	$135.71	$639	-0.26
505–530	521	11	120.00–135.00	$128.47	$669	-3.26
555–595	567	12	99.00–132.00	$122.42	$694	-3.68
625	625	2	120.00	$120.00	$750	+1.77
675–685	678	3	110.00–117.00	$112.36	$762	-4.99
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
775	775	1	108.00	$108.00	$837	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	237	3	204.00–218.00	$211.32	$501	—
250–280	260	3	196.00–200.00	$197.60	$514	-0.40
305–330	320	5	192.00–198.00	$195.41	$625	+2.40
355–380	375	20	176.00–200.00	$191.62	$719	+1.28
400–440	418	30	170.00–192.00	$181.65	$759	+1.01
450–495	475	28	150.00–187.00	$170.92	$812	-0.39
500–545	527	18	142.00–178.00	$160.06	$844	-3.22
550–595	568	12	140.00–161.00	$152.26	$865	-0.77
600–645	621	8	134.00–153.00	$144.79	$899	-0.90
655–695	673	11	140.00–145.00	$142.82	$961	+6.14
705–715	712	3	134.00–139.00	$136.67	$973	+1.67
755	755	1	129.00	$129.00	$974	+0.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	205	2	190.00–195.00	$192.56	$395	-1.93
250–290	280	5	188.00–210.00	$193.57	$542	+3.90
300–345	328	14	166.00–192.00	$183.55	$602	+1.95
360–395	375	18	160.00–188.00	$177.42	$665	+1.34
405–445	423	40	146.00–182.00	$172.01	$728	+3.44
450–490	469	18	144.00–177.00	$163.12	$765	+3.69
505–540	523	18	140.00–169.00	$156.21	$817	+3.97
555–590	580	9	135.00–154.00	$144.65	$839	+4.15
615–645	626	8	129.00–143.00	$136.73	$856	-0.73
655–685	668	3	132.00–142.00	$138.03	$922	+11.77
705–745	725	2	121.00–125.00	$122.94	$891	-0.55
780–790	785	3	104.00–118.00	$113.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	277	6	177.00–200.00	$185.88	$515	+7.16
310–345	331	11	168.00–180.00	$173.03	$573	+5.85
355–395	380	13	147.00–175.00	$169.19	$643	+7.06
400–435	422	17	140.00–171.00	$161.90	$683	+1.87
465–495	482	16	137.00–166.00	$154.61	$745	+6.87
505–530	515	11	135.00–156.00	$146.69	$755	+3.05
560–595	576	5	130.00–142.00	$137.36	$791	+4.36
605–620	610	4	130.00–136.00	$133.51	$814	+8.51
655–685	670	2	120.00–122.00	$121.02	$811	—
740	740	3	115.00	$115.00	$851	—
795	795	1	106.00	$106.00	$843	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1395	1073	80-85%	55	69.00–78.00	$74.16	$796	—
835–1400	1119	80-85%	83	75.00–89.00	$82.21	$920	+7.46
1025–1380	1184	80-85%	51	83.00–96.00	$88.22	$1,045	+6.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1650	1362	75-80%	23	88.00–97.00	$91.49	$1,246	+1.07
1105–1935	1378	75-80%	42	77.00–90.00	$83.81	$1,155	+4.99
1055–1595	1401	75-80%	22	75.00–83.00	$80.08	$1,122	-2.45

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1290	951	85-90%	37	62.00–81.00	$69.77	$664	—
700–1160	978	85-90%	32	55.00–80.00	$67.61	$661	—
810–1295	1008	85-90%	13	52.00–69.00	$62.65	$632	-11.10

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1865	1446	11	73.00–104.00	$95.33	$1,378	—
1180–2225	1685	15	88.00–111.00	$103.61	$1,746	—
1585–2065	1779	11	108.00–117.00	$112.42	$2,000	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–985	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	855.00–985.00	$920.50
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	660.00–730.00	$706.67

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	720.00	$720.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1230–1295	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,094.00	$1,045.79
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–885.00	$838.75
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	720.00–925.00	$822.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	360.00–450.00	$405.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	450.00–600.00	$525.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–995	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–800.00	$787.63
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
930	930	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$750.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,050.00	$1,000.00

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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
1250–1340	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–1,425.00	$1,352.61	—
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	950.00–1,250.00	$1,125.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	630.00–850.00	$762.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	420.00–560.00	$490.00	—

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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.