Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, May 9, 2022

2,571 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.02/cwt +4.53 vs last sale · ≈ $897/hd at 669 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.94/cwt -2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 471 lb · 36 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $152.15/cwt -1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,035/hd at 680 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,571	2,356	2,053
Feeder cattle	1,913	1,672	1,398
Slaughter cattle	438	355	280
Replacement cattle	220	329	375

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 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
362	362	2	200.00	$200.00	$724	+17.70
415	415	2	180.00	$180.00	$747	+1.34
450–490	478	15	168.00–185.00	$174.34	$833	+2.77
515–548	527	19	158.00–177.00	$166.40	$877	-4.43
555–590	570	24	155.00–170.00	$160.83	$917	-7.17
615 value added	615	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,009	—
605–645	622	11	149.00–161.00	$153.07	$952	-7.03
650–681	680	35	147.00–152.50	$152.15	$1,035	-1.85
715–740	734	4	138.00–141.00	$140.27	$1,030	-9.73
755	755	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,034	-6.48
788 value added	788	28	143.50	$143.50	$1,131	—
810	810	9	133.00	$133.00	$1,077	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	178.00	$178.00	$561	-4.01
365–380	373	2	172.00–190.00	$180.82	$674	+8.39
415–445	429	8	164.00–182.00	$172.54	$740	+5.00
455–495	481	14	157.00–177.00	$166.07	$799	+2.74
500–545	526	15	153.00–170.00	$163.41	$860	+6.38
580–595	587	3	147.00–157.00	$152.03	$892	-7.80
605	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	-3.41
660	660	2	135.00	$135.00	$891	+5.00
725	725	1	124.00	$124.00	$899	-6.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	175.00	$175.00	$481	—
355–390	376	7	145.00–187.00	$175.26	$659	+8.13
400–420	413	4	175.00–177.00	$176.50	$729	+8.38
465–490	478	2	167.00–168.00	$167.51	$801	+18.00
575	575	6	125.00	$125.00	$719	-22.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	4	123.00	$123.00	$1,144	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	165.00	$165.00	$503	+5.66
365–385	377	3	160.00–167.50	$164.13	$619	+4.70
410–445	427	22	145.00–162.00	$152.69	$652	-2.08
450–480	471	36	145.00–157.00	$150.94	$711	-2.15
505–540	523	16	135.00–155.00	$144.39	$755	-6.63
555–595	570	31	130.00–147.00	$143.33	$817	+0.48
600–640	614	9	127.00–140.00	$133.44	$819	-8.56
650–690	669	41	124.00–135.00	$134.02	$897	+4.53
720	720	2	127.00	$127.00	$914	-1.81
770–785	781	4	122.00–124.00	$123.51	$965	—
800 fancy	800	13	125.00	$125.00	$1,000	—
820	820	5	115.00	$115.00	$943	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	274	4	155.00–160.00	$158.05	$433	+1.08
310–345	327	13	142.50–163.00	$153.67	$503	-2.89
350–395	376	8	140.00–150.00	$145.46	$547	-8.81
400–445	419	22	135.00–155.00	$143.23	$600	-7.21
450–495	471	29	130.00–152.00	$144.34	$680	-0.49
500–535	522	21	125.00–147.00	$137.95	$720	-3.04
550–595	571	17	120.00–142.00	$132.06	$754	-5.19
600–640	624	25	127.00–132.00	$129.55	$808	+3.73
660–670	665	3	115.00–122.00	$119.68	$796	-2.32
720	720	1	115.00	$115.00	$828	-4.50
905–945	935	4	109.00–113.00	$109.97	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345–348	348	9	146.00–161.00	$159.35	$555	+8.98
365–385	377	22	130.00–158.00	$144.95	$546	+6.38
405–445	430	33	117.00–152.00	$139.14	$598	-9.12
480–490	485	2	142.00–145.00	$143.48	$696	+5.05
505–545	516	13	125.00–140.00	$133.23	$687	+6.34
550–585	571	13	115.00–132.00	$127.04	$725	+6.77
605–630	620	3	110.00–125.00	$120.12	$745	+9.12
715	715	1	101.00	$101.00	$722	—
765	765	4	105.00	$105.00	$803	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	272	5	173.00–185.00	$178.89	$487	—
305–340	321	10	165.00–197.00	$181.86	$584	+3.35
350–395	378	26	155.00–187.00	$172.59	$652	+1.20
400–440	423	34	155.00–178.00	$166.78	$705	+1.06
450–495	481	28	150.00–168.00	$160.07	$770	+5.86
505–545	524	32	140.00–156.00	$149.75	$785	+4.12
555–595	577	11	134.00–147.00	$142.67	$823	+5.87
605–645	623	8	128.00–143.00	$137.15	$854	+6.39
655–695	678	4	130.00–139.00	$133.20	$903	+9.22
705–730	722	3	120.00–127.50	$125.06	$903	+4.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–255	253	2	192.50–195.00	$193.74	$490	—
305–320	311	4	175.00–187.50	$182.45	$567	—
350–360	355	6	168.00–190.00	$181.97	$646	-7.91
400–440	412	12	165.00–187.00	$179.99	$742	+8.36
455–495	478	12	155.00–177.00	$167.17	$799	+5.14
500–545	515	15	147.00–170.00	$159.31	$820	+0.85
550–590 fancy	570	3	162.00–170.00	$165.91	$946	—
555–595	570	12	150.00–160.00	$153.29	$874	+0.30
600–645	622	6	142.00–150.00	$146.48	$911	+0.06
650–675	663	4	130.00–140.00	$136.01	$902	+7.00
665 fancy	665	1	145.00	$145.00	$964	—
705–735	720	2	126.00–132.00	$129.06	$929	—
755 fancy	755	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,004	-7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	317	12	145.00–187.00	$166.23	$527	-13.20
365–390	376	12	152.00–177.00	$170.03	$639	+0.78
400–445	430	9	152.00–167.00	$163.78	$704	+8.41
450–495	477	16	135.00–157.00	$146.77	$700	+0.74
510–545	522	9	130.00–147.00	$139.75	$729	+4.35
605–615	610	2	120.00	$120.00	$732	+1.69

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1445	1109	80-85%	44	60.00–76.00	$68.98	$765	-5.98
820–1325	1153	80-85%	64	67.00–82.00	$75.02	$865	—
1045–1380	1185	80-85%	39	76.00–87.00	$80.74	$957	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1065	909	85-90%	16	50.00–67.00	$56.78	$516	+3.28
810–1240	978	85-90%	47	47.00–69.00	$60.69	$594	+1.44
705–1200	1046	85-90%	48	54.00–74.00	$67.44	$705	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1665	1354	75-80%	8	85.00–89.00	$87.04	$1,179	—
1220–1680	1454	75-80%	11	72.00–84.00	$77.24	$1,123	—
1300–1565	1456	75-80%	8	68.00–77.00	$73.67	$1,073	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1680	1407	15	74.00–100.00	$91.77	$1,291	—
1265–2275	1676	25	93.00–108.00	$99.47	$1,667	—
1625–1910	1800	5	105.00–112.00	$109.53	$1,972	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1220	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	800.00–1,050.00	$945.94
1060–1265	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	950.00–1,075.00	$1,018.01
1045–1385	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,211.05
1355 fancy	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	615.00–720.00	$645.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	820.00	$820.00
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,045.00	$1,045.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	675.00–900.00	$840.63
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	915.00	$915.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–845	823	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00
920–1475	1204	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	925.00–1,025.00	$969.24

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
965–975	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–800.00	$699.48

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960 fancy	960	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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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
795–1310	992	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,125.00–1,350.00	$1,186.93	—
1055–1510	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,304.42	—
1345–1495	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,300.00	$1,240.80	—
1545 fancy	1545	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,168.75	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,275.00–1,325.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760–985	923	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,081.73	-56.43

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00	$700.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.