Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, April 13, 2022

2,416 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.50/cwt ≈ $1,216/hd at 878 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.16/cwt -3.46 vs last sale · ≈ $768/hd at 529 lb · 49 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $156.20/cwt +1.07 vs last sale · ≈ $961/hd at 615 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,416	4,112	4,093
Feeder cattle	2,013	2,932	3,275
Slaughter cattle	306	820	509
Replacement cattle	97	360	309

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
295	295	1	190.00	$190.00	$560	-5.00
300–349	336	10	184.00–187.00	$185.01	$622	—
350–395	361	5	181.00–183.00	$181.62	$656	-5.65
405–428	417	15	175.00–185.00	$177.57	$740	+3.11
454–490	472	25	170.00–187.00	$173.72	$820	-5.08
500–540	523	11	165.00–175.00	$169.27	$885	+0.59
565–585	575	4	164.00–172.00	$167.93	$966	+3.01
600–630	615	48	154.00–159.00	$156.20	$961	+2.62
650–685	668	8	149.00–156.00	$151.75	$1,014	+4.26
740	740	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,073	+2.22
765–770	768	2	132.00–135.00	$133.50	$1,025	-5.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	180.00	$180.00	$468	—
325–345	330	5	173.00–178.00	$175.44	$579	-2.54
350–385	370	14	170.00–185.00	$175.03	$648	+3.17
410–445	422	19	162.00–172.00	$168.93	$713	-2.08
455–495	477	10	160.00–175.00	$165.15	$788	+0.51
505–545	523	30	155.00–170.00	$162.61	$850	-3.62
565–580	576	12	155.00–162.00	$157.82	$909	+6.47
610–640	628	9	136.00–151.00	$147.16	$924	-1.13
665–690	673	7	130.00–150.00	$142.66	$960	+8.21
705–730	715	7	136.00–149.00	$145.69	$1,042	—
765–795	780	6	135.00–145.00	$139.65	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
878 value added	878	58	138.50	$138.50	$1,216	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	324	5	159.00–170.00	$161.75	$524	-11.42
355–380	373	6	152.00–161.00	$156.83	$585	-13.17
415	415	2	162.00	$162.00	$672	-1.98
470	470	1	145.00	$145.00	$682	-13.00
515–540	527	5	152.00–155.00	$153.63	$810	+13.80
560–570	568	5	140.00–153.00	$144.98	$823	+22.98
655–690	680	13	132.00–143.00	$136.83	$930	—
705–735	719	12	131.00–143.00	$134.14	$964	—
755–760	757	3	135.00–140.00	$136.67	$1,035	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	162.00–180.00	$168.00	$521	+3.20
350–380	365	11	158.00–175.00	$164.22	$599	+6.10
405–445	429	33	152.00–175.00	$157.08	$674	-0.72
440 value added	440	4	165.00	$165.00	$726	—
450–495	475	30	147.00–165.00	$151.68	$720	-0.48
475 value added	475	3	164.00	$164.00	$779	—
500–545	529	49	141.00–152.00	$145.16	$768	-2.49
555–595	573	33	137.00–150.00	$142.01	$814	-1.37
595 value added	595	11	144.00	$144.00	$857	—
600–640	630	16	134.00–143.00	$138.84	$875	+1.66
661–690	669	25	129.00–138.00	$132.57	$887	+0.63
710–730	724	7	124.00–125.00	$124.28	$900	+1.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	158.00	$158.00	$450	-19.62
315–340	332	17	150.00–170.00	$157.80	$524	+2.14
355–395	378	40	147.00–170.00	$150.96	$571	-5.25
410–445	425	19	142.00–162.00	$149.35	$635	-3.27
465–495	482	33	137.00–152.00	$142.89	$689	-3.56
510–545	525	14	130.00–142.00	$137.55	$722	-1.20
560–595	585	31	124.00–138.00	$131.70	$770	-4.37
605–640	617	14	120.00–135.00	$129.45	$799	+2.85
655–695	679	7	117.00–132.00	$122.57	$832	+2.57
710–740	725	4	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$815	-0.55
785–790	788	2	120.00–122.00	$121.00	$953	+9.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	332	11	140.00–150.00	$144.44	$480	-0.47
360–375	373	8	137.00–141.00	$139.37	$520	-6.23
410–430	423	12	133.00–155.00	$138.21	$585	+1.57
460–490	475	10	120.00–136.00	$128.78	$612	-2.87
505–530	518	4	130.00–132.00	$131.02	$679	+5.33
570–575	572	5	115.00–128.00	$120.23	$688	+0.68
605–625	615	4	105.00–112.00	$108.56	$668	-3.27
710	710	3	120.00	$120.00	$852	—
755	755	2	118.00	$118.00	$891	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	180.00	$180.00	$495	-11.65
325–335	329	5	174.00–195.00	$183.35	$603	+4.97
350–395	379	14	156.00–190.00	$171.06	$648	-2.79
400–445	426	30	149.00–180.00	$165.52	$705	-2.52
455–495	472	11	144.00–165.00	$157.44	$743	-3.14
500–545	520	14	132.00–155.00	$146.84	$764	-4.81
550–595	570	11	132.00–150.00	$141.72	$808	-4.97
615–640	627	11	129.00–147.00	$133.53	$837	-1.48
665–695	680	7	128.00–137.00	$130.16	$885	-3.06
740	740	1	125.00	$125.00	$925	+6.20

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	385	14	150.00–161.00	$158.43	$610	-7.34
405–435	420	13	142.00–155.00	$148.89	$625	-9.28
455–490	469	20	140.00–155.00	$145.95	$685	-7.82
505–545	520	15	127.00–145.00	$137.71	$716	-7.96
555–575	566	9	120.00–135.00	$129.48	$733	-5.88
695	695	1	117.00	$117.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	331	7	184.00–189.00	$185.56	$614	-0.61
350–375	367	7	180.00–200.00	$187.74	$689	+1.03
405–430	420	11	172.00–192.00	$181.10	$761	+8.19
450–475	461	9	166.00–177.00	$171.12	$789	+10.03
515–545	529	7	155.00–166.00	$159.69	$845	+2.45
555–590	575	9	150.00–157.00	$151.62	$872	-2.36
600–645	621	10	145.00–152.00	$148.33	$921	-0.33
705	705	2	132.00	$132.00	$931	—
755	755	3	120.00	$120.00	$906	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1325	1049	80-85%	31	64.00–75.00	$71.42	$749	—
865–1365	1170	80-85%	52	69.00–82.00	$77.36	$905	-0.75
965–1505	1262	80-85%	11	82.00–88.00	$83.82	$1,058	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1150	930	85-90%	12	38.50–60.00	$52.43	$488	—
870–1090	1026	85-90%	17	60.00–77.00	$69.78	$716	-0.75
840–1245	1069	85-90%	17	59.00–73.00	$64.92	$694	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	75-80%	2	90.00	$90.00	$940	—
1215–1590	1443	75-80%	25	70.00–82.00	$75.97	$1,096	—
1325–1530	1496	75-80%	6	65.00–73.00	$66.18	$990	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1960	1644	18	103.00–110.00	$106.01	$1,743	—
1475–1910	1713	6	98.00–103.00	$100.32	$1,718	—
1430–2200	1845	6	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$2,076	—

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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	425.00–550.00	$487.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–870	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	600.00–810.00	$675.28

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,060.00–1,150.00	$1,105.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	875.00–1,300.00	$1,009.62

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–885	873	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	710.00–825.00	$766.68
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
1110–1270	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,025.00	$1,001.68	—
1235–1290	1263	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,525.00	$1,512.77	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,400.00–1,675.00	$1,485.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,153.57	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	800.00–950.00	$875.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790–965	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,100.00	$1,032.48	—
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	675.00–775.00	$718.75	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00	$825.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.