Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, April 25, 2022

3,743 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.14/cwt -1.91 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 466 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $165.35/cwt +0.10 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 424 lb · 43 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.01/cwt -3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 422 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,743	1,923	2,590
Feeder cattle	2,717	1,325	2,082
Slaughter cattle	685	290	319
Replacement cattle	341	308	189

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady to 2.00 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
305–310	308	2	190.00–196.00	$193.02	$595	—
405–440	419	4	177.00–181.00	$179.25	$751	+3.13
460–470	469	7	173.00–180.00	$175.41	$823	-2.62
508 value added	508	10	190.00	$190.00	$965	—
505–540	523	21	165.00–177.50	$171.93	$899	+4.40
553 value added	553	27	180.00	$180.00	$995	—
550–575	559	7	160.00–175.00	$169.76	$949	+5.91
605–610	607	3	154.00–160.00	$157.99	$959	+0.78
675–680	678	2	145.00–150.00	$147.51	$1,000	-5.71
745	745	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,021	—
795	795	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,073	-1.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	321	6	175.00–186.00	$181.81	$584	—
355–390	375	6	172.00–185.00	$177.17	$664	+3.23
410–435	420	5	169.00–187.00	$178.38	$749	+6.06
450–495	479	10	165.00–180.00	$171.33	$821	+5.87
500–530	515	5	166.00–170.00	$168.17	$866	+9.82
550–595	581	11	145.00–167.00	$157.74	$916	-2.82
645	645	1	154.00	$154.00	$993	—
650–690	674	6	135.00–151.00	$145.48	$981	-9.52
775–790	783	2	130.00–132.00	$130.99	$1,026	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	178.00	$178.00	$392	—
325–340	328	5	169.00–173.00	$169.83	$557	+12.84
365–375	374	10	165.00–170.00	$168.11	$629	+10.35
420–445	430	6	151.00–180.00	$161.71	$695	+15.21
450–490	465	3	157.00–170.00	$164.47	$765	—
540	540	1	157.00	$157.00	$848	+3.55
600–615	608	2	137.00–140.00	$138.48	$842	-3.52
660	660	1	136.00	$136.00	$898	—
735–740	738	2	122.00–127.00	$124.51	$919	+0.51

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	275	4	162.00–169.00	$164.39	$452	+0.39
315–325	320	4	156.00–161.00	$158.01	$506	-5.55
360–380	374	18	153.00–167.50	$159.55	$597	-0.08
400–445	422	36	150.00–160.00	$155.01	$654	-3.04
450–495	466	45	148.00–159.00	$152.14	$709	-1.91
507–540	529	25	145.00–158.00	$148.70	$787	-0.77
550–585	566	26	140.00–151.00	$148.27	$839	+3.16
600–625	611	8	132.50–140.00	$136.75	$836	+0.73
652 fancy	652	9	145.00	$145.00	$945	—
650–685	666	7	127.50–138.00	$132.52	$883	+2.52
720	720	2	125.00	$125.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	333	25	149.00–163.00	$157.76	$525	+3.50
350–395	370	13	143.00–154.00	$148.91	$551	+0.72
400–445	423	34	140.00–160.00	$148.80	$629	-2.14
455–495	473	27	137.50–152.00	$146.48	$693	+4.33
500–545	525	33	132.00–148.00	$140.87	$740	-0.24
555–595	572	22	127.00–142.00	$135.27	$774	+1.17
600–640	620	19	122.00–136.00	$130.22	$807	+5.57
660–690	675	4	119.00–121.00	$120.00	$810	-7.04
720–745	732	3	115.00–118.00	$116.84	$855	—
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847	-5.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	148.00	$148.00	$414	—
310–345	321	12	140.00–155.00	$149.82	$481	+3.93
360–390	378	20	135.00–158.00	$144.74	$547	+2.23
400–445	421	25	127.00–152.00	$140.61	$592	-0.16
450–480	469	9	120.00–145.00	$129.31	$606	-2.08
500–545	524	7	128.00–140.00	$135.75	$711	+6.94
550–575	561	6	127.00–137.00	$131.49	$738	+5.17
600–635	623	4	110.00–125.00	$117.42	$732	+0.94
665–680	671	4	116.00–120.00	$118.99	$798	—
730–745	735	3	113.00–114.00	$113.34	$833	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	226	4	180.00–204.00	$193.68	$438	+7.55
265–285	272	10	175.00–194.00	$182.12	$495	+1.09
300–345	320	11	165.00–190.00	$178.71	$572	+0.13
355–395	374	14	168.00–185.00	$174.94	$654	-2.92
400–445	424	43	150.00–177.00	$165.35	$701	+0.10
455–495	475	28	145.00–167.00	$156.91	$745	+0.59
500–545	523	25	145.00–157.00	$150.65	$788	+2.96
555–590	576	28	134.00–150.00	$143.80	$828	+0.81
600–645	625	14	126.00–143.00	$136.95	$856	+3.78
670–695	685	3	122.50–130.00	$125.86	$862	-5.11
700–715	708	2	120.00	$120.00	$850	-6.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	197.50–200.00	$198.75	$507	-4.20
305–345	328	14	190.00–197.50	$194.22	$637	+2.22
350–395	380	25	180.00–190.00	$184.70	$702	+4.39
400–445	426	20	171.00–180.00	$177.45	$756	-2.64
457–490	480	28	162.00–175.00	$170.70	$819	+4.46
500–540	517	28	151.00–172.00	$161.36	$834	+2.54
555–590	573	13	145.00–162.00	$150.62	$863	-0.64
605–640	626	7	135.00–147.00	$143.00	$895	+1.99
655–695	680	9	131.00–138.00	$135.00	$918	-3.52
700–740	727	3	130.00–132.00	$130.68	$950	+1.93
750–771	766	4	127.00–128.00	$127.24	$975	+4.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	171.00	$171.00	$479	-0.97
305–345	331	15	155.00–187.00	$169.25	$560	—
350–395	374	21	140.00–177.00	$161.57	$604	-5.45
400–445	425	24	152.00–167.00	$161.18	$685	+1.67
450–495	475	21	130.00–157.00	$144.95	$689	+0.91
505–545	525	6	138.00–145.00	$141.84	$745	-1.32
560–595	586	6	124.00–135.00	$131.83	$773	-0.66
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	—
785	785	1	113.00	$113.00	$887	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1545	1155	80-85%	59	65.00–79.00	$72.09	$833	—
920–1425	1196	80-85%	86	69.00–85.00	$77.39	$926	—
720–1490	1236	80-85%	39	76.00–91.00	$83.09	$1,027	-1.61

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1200	951	85-90%	44	44.00–66.00	$57.53	$547	+4.35
775–1195	993	85-90%	59	53.00–73.00	$64.99	$645	+1.30
820–1240	1019	85-90%	53	58.00–80.00	$69.52	$708	+4.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1610	1343	75-80%	9	85.00–95.00	$90.14	$1,211	+16.38
1140–1510	1361	75-80%	22	74.00–89.00	$80.62	$1,097	—
1130–1695	1474	75-80%	14	66.00–83.00	$73.10	$1,077	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1620	1342	9	91.00–103.00	$97.59	$1,310	—
1190–1970	1712	23	90.00–110.00	$103.02	$1,764	—
1640–2235	1896	10	105.00–116.00	$110.28	$2,091	—

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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	14	555.00–620.00	$587.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–840	825	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	715.00–800.00	$756.73
870–960	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–750.00	$702.46

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1200	1041	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	800.00–985.00	$880.27
1000–1470	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	825.00–1,350.00	$1,081.73
1015–1230	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	900.00–1,100.00	$998.35
1170–1235 fancy	1203	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,160.00–1,225.00	$1,193.38
1225 fancy	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	920.00–1,080.00	$973.33
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,010.00	$940.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	700.00–815.00	$762.73
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	790.00–820.00	$802.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,010.00–1,100.00	$1,045.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–970	893	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–785.00	$765.98
850–1045	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$861.01
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–975	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	750.00–800.00	$788.29

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1070	958	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$928.78
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
920–1300	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,138.55	—
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1125–1135	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–1,000.00	$900.44	—
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1210 fancy	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,250.00–1,450.00	$1,316.67	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	900.00–1,075.00	$985.87	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	700.00–825.00	$775.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–955	927	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,066.41	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00	$550.00	—

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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.