Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 12, 2022

4,112 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.16/cwt +1.66 vs last sale · ≈ $723/hd at 475 lb · 61 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $138.75/cwt +2.68 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 520 lb · 49 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.62/cwt -1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $779/hd at 524 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,112	2,094	4,892
Feeder cattle	2,932	1,692	3,723
Slaughter cattle	820	306	731
Replacement cattle	360	96	438

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. 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
290	290	1	195.00	$195.00	$566	—
355–398	388	5	184.00–188.00	$187.27	$727	—
402–435	415	9	172.00–177.00	$174.46	$724	-4.49
450–480	467	24	163.00–185.00	$178.80	$835	+2.94
505–543	524	29	159.00–177.00	$168.68	$884	-5.19
550–595	577	17	155.00–172.00	$164.92	$952	-1.08
610–630	621	25	152.00–162.00	$153.58	$954	-6.40
635 value added	635	3	168.00	$168.00	$1,067	—
655–693	685	18	144.00–164.00	$147.49	$1,010	-9.50
725–745	739	4	137.00–148.00	$142.78	$1,055	+0.78
765–770	767	5	135.00–142.50	$139.49	$1,070	-1.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	333	10	170.00–185.00	$177.98	$593	-0.83
350–395	385	38	157.00–182.00	$171.86	$662	-3.98
403–440	417	20	150.00–180.00	$171.01	$713	-5.84
455–495	469	15	150.00–175.00	$164.64	$772	-4.37
515–545	519	8	160.00–167.50	$166.23	$863	+2.77
555–590	570	3	138.00–160.00	$151.35	$863	-7.27
610–645	622	6	144.00–155.00	$148.29	$922	-3.00
655–695	674	16	126.00–148.00	$134.45	$906	-15.37
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	332	10	170.00–175.00	$173.17	$575	+3.45
360–395	376	6	168.00–172.00	$170.00	$639	-0.21
425–445	435	2	163.00–165.00	$163.98	$713	+1.51
465	465	1	158.00	$158.00	$735	+7.47
505–540	528	4	129.00–150.00	$139.83	$738	-12.46
585	585	5	122.00	$122.00	$714	-25.53

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	152.00–158.00	$155.00	$341	—
260	260	1	185.00	$185.00	$481	—
310–335	322	7	152.00–170.00	$164.80	$531	-9.35
350–385	371	24	142.00–167.00	$158.12	$587	-4.02
357–392 value added	375	14	170.00–175.00	$172.38	$646	—
405	405	1	156.00	$156.00	$632	-1.40
405–445	429	43	139.00–168.00	$157.80	$677	+0.40
450–498	475	61	132.00–162.00	$152.16	$723	+1.66
505–542	524	43	134.00–155.00	$147.65	$774	-2.26
525 value added	525	5	157.00	$157.00	$824	—
550–595	572	25	126.00–153.00	$143.38	$820	-0.44
600–645	628	21	130.00–141.00	$137.18	$861	-1.15
650–695	670	19	127.00–134.50	$131.94	$884	+0.02
722 value added	722	3	132.00	$132.00	$953	—
720–745	733	2	120.00–125.00	$122.46	$898	-8.99
761 value added	761	24	130.00	$130.00	$989	—
755–770	764	6	116.00–123.00	$120.49	$921	—
805	805	13	124.00	$124.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	175.00–180.00	$177.62	$476	+15.07
300–340	328	26	140.00–165.00	$155.66	$511	-1.17
350–395	375	25	141.00–165.00	$156.21	$586	+3.59
405–445	430	37	147.00–157.00	$152.62	$656	+2.88
450–495	472	38	140.00–154.00	$146.45	$691	+3.66
500–545	520	49	119.00–147.00	$138.75	$722	+2.68
555–590	575	24	128.00–143.00	$136.07	$782	+3.21
610–645	627	17	120.00–134.00	$126.60	$794	+1.54
685	685	2	120.00	$120.00	$822	—
725	725	1	113.00	$113.00	$819	-5.48
760–770	765	2	111.00–112.00	$111.50	$853	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	14	131.00–153.00	$144.91	$471	-1.67
365–395	381	10	140.00–150.00	$145.60	$555	+6.15
405–445	426	20	117.00–147.00	$136.64	$582	+1.33
450–495	475	10	112.00–140.00	$131.65	$625	+3.39
505–540	519	4	120.00–130.00	$125.69	$652	-0.28
555–595	574	7	118.00–125.00	$119.55	$686	+5.42
605–645	623	5	110.00–115.00	$111.83	$697	-12.18

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	188.00–210.00	$199.11	$484	—
260–290	275	3	187.00–200.00	$191.65	$527	+7.48
310–345	327	14	168.00–195.00	$178.38	$583	+4.43
355–390	376	11	149.00–190.00	$173.85	$654	+4.85
405–445	423	26	145.00–175.00	$168.04	$711	+3.41
450–495	472	23	145.00–170.00	$160.58	$758	+4.62
500–545	527	21	126.00–164.00	$151.65	$799	+1.64
555–595	575	13	136.00–152.00	$146.69	$843	+3.78
600–635	619	13	115.00–142.00	$135.01	$836	+1.07
660–695	677	7	123.00–139.00	$133.22	$902	+4.49
720–745	733	2	107.00–131.00	$118.80	$871	-1.87
795	795	1	125.00	$125.00	$994	+5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	258	3	195.00–208.00	$201.50	$520	+5.25
320–335	327	6	182.00–190.00	$186.17	$609	-3.80
350–395	376	13	175.00–197.00	$186.71	$702	+2.51
400–445	421	28	159.00–188.00	$172.91	$728	-3.19
450–495	473	21	140.00–175.00	$161.09	$762	-8.86
500–545	524	25	133.00–170.00	$157.24	$824	-4.13
547 fancy	547	4	173.00	$173.00	$946	—
550–595	570	14	132.00–162.00	$153.98	$878	+0.33
605–640	619	6	147.00–152.00	$148.66	$920	+3.52
650–690	667	15	130.00–149.00	$138.20	$922	-3.14

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	170.00–175.00	$172.46	$492	+1.45
325–340	335	3	170.00–187.00	$180.60	$605	+14.23
355–380	361	11	136.00–175.00	$165.77	$598	+8.80
415–440	428	8	150.00–165.00	$158.17	$677	+3.59
455–470	462	12	140.00–160.00	$153.77	$710	+1.78
505–535	516	13	132.00–155.00	$145.67	$752	+6.46
575–595	581	8	130.00–140.00	$135.36	$786	+4.11
625	625	3	130.00	$130.00	$812	+1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1620	1146	80-85%	61	61.00–75.00	$71.24	$816	-13.32
840–1465	1175	80-85%	148	72.00–83.00	$78.11	$918	-0.69
750–1665	1186	80-85%	55	82.00–93.00	$84.68	$1,004	+5.88

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1265	993	85-90%	67	45.00–74.00	$64.44	$640	-1.61
755–1150	998	85-90%	41	50.00–68.00	$64.88	$648	-1.17
775–1250	1001	85-90%	48	55.00–83.00	$70.53	$706	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1790	1372	75-80%	23	83.00–93.00	$86.65	$1,189	—
1140–1855	1380	75-80%	44	73.00–84.00	$78.93	$1,089	—
1125–1770	1454	75-80%	20	65.00–77.00	$73.02	$1,062	-5.52

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1910	1508	19	90.00–108.00	$98.39	$1,484	+8.49
1160–2200	1675	36	95.00–116.00	$105.52	$1,767	—
1565–2415	1944	12	104.00–124.00	$112.51	$2,187	—

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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	10	500.00–600.00	$550.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1070	986	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,075.00–1,325.00	$1,223.22
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1000–1010	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,175.17
1000–1235	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	800.00–1,000.00	$913.54
1015–1460	1146	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,350.00	$1,212.79
1130–1205 fancy	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,425.00–1,525.00	$1,483.71
1050–1280 fancy	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,486.11
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	560.00–700.00	$653.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	885.00–1,085.00	$932.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	750.00–1,000.00	$851.25

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–870	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–1,000.00	$935.41
865–895	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	675.00–800.00	$740.97
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	420.00–560.00	$477.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	570.00–700.00	$630.63
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	575.00–940.00	$757.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–900.00	$866.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	950.00–1,150.00	$1,035.71
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,272.92

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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
950 fancy	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
810–1205	979	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,200.00	$1,112.51	—
1025–1250 fancy	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00–1,675.00	$1,549.81	—
1320 fancy	1320	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1320–1355	1341	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,171.77	-96.82
1290–1430 fancy	1383	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–1,550.00	$1,515.54	—
1390–1415	1403	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,450.45	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	825.00–1,250.00	$1,056.25	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755 fancy	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
735–780	758	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,075.00	$1,026.49	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	625.00–950.00	$806.67	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	500.00–685.00	$561.67	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	850.00–1,000.00	$931.25	—

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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.