Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, May 11, 2022

2,018 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.73/cwt ≈ $888/hd at 674 lb · 103 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.00/cwt ≈ $958/hd at 710 lb · 72 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.86/cwt +1.91 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 429 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,018	3,172	2,190
Feeder cattle	1,562	2,506	1,621
Slaughter cattle	264	494	372
Replacement cattle	192	172	197

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. 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
300–340	320	4	167.00–182.00	$173.41	$555	-19.59
400–415	410	3	165.00–170.00	$168.37	$690	-13.53
465–485	474	4	165.00–175.00	$168.97	$801	-3.73
504–545	529	33	156.00–177.00	$161.49	$854	-8.34
555–598	572	10	155.00–165.00	$157.00	$898	-4.33
605–635	616	10	150.00–156.00	$152.78	$941	-1.21
650–686	669	10	141.00–152.00	$146.14	$978	-3.26
716–749	725	24	137.50–146.00	$142.52	$1,033	-1.27
760–780	770	4	132.00–145.00	$139.24	$1,072	+6.76
800	800	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,056	—
870–873	872	13	124.50–131.00	$125.69	$1,096	-10.31
905–945	916	4	117.00–119.00	$118.01	$1,081	—
962–990	976	6	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$1,161	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	175.00–176.00	$175.50	$588	-0.50
375–385	380	2	157.00–168.00	$162.43	$617	-6.86
405–415	413	4	165.00	$165.00	$681	+3.00
460–485	467	7	155.00–177.00	$165.19	$771	-2.96
510–540	532	14	149.00–167.00	$160.16	$852	-0.38
565–585	578	8	145.00–153.00	$149.67	$865	-3.50
600–642	625	10	134.00–148.00	$142.81	$893	-5.19
655–695	680	5	130.00–145.00	$137.34	$934	+0.62
710–745	728	2	127.50–130.00	$128.78	$938	+0.77
895	895	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	365	16	149.00–182.00	$162.65	$594	-3.10
405–444	431	10	142.00–174.00	$164.41	$709	-7.59
475–493	489	4	158.00–166.00	$164.06	$802	+7.63
535–540	538	2	151.00–156.00	$153.49	$826	+17.13
615	615	3	141.00	$141.00	$867	—
690	690	6	140.00	$140.00	$966	—
715	715	1	130.00	$130.00	$930	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	5	158.00–164.00	$159.65	$535	+1.71
365–395	375	25	152.00–159.00	$155.14	$582	-5.39
400–440	429	49	147.50–160.00	$153.86	$660	+1.91
455–497	474	43	145.00–155.00	$150.63	$714	+0.24
505–545	529	24	130.00–151.00	$145.77	$771	+0.52
558–595	565	25	136.50–145.00	$141.81	$801	-2.56
585	585	1	147.50	$147.50	$863	+3.13
609 value added	609	9	136.50	$136.50	$831	—
600–645	620	14	126.00–138.00	$134.01	$831	+3.59
650–680	663	22	120.00–136.00	$129.43	$858	-2.05
666 value added	666	9	133.00	$133.00	$886	+1.50
705–725	713	3	122.00–133.00	$128.02	$913	-0.98
756 value added	756	21	133.50	$133.50	$1,009	+8.27
770–795	772	15	117.00–128.00	$126.12	$974	+2.87
813–848	821	11	118.00–125.50	$122.47	$1,005	—
875 fancy	875	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,068	—
888	888	3	110.00	$110.00	$977	—
910	910	1	105.00	$105.00	$956	—
995	995	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,094	—
1130	1130	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–675 value added	674	103	131.00–132.00	$131.73	$888	—
710 value added	710	72	135.00	$135.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	8	142.00–156.00	$152.17	$507	-9.01
360–395	378	16	135.00–162.00	$148.17	$560	-1.40
400–445	424	17	145.00–157.00	$149.77	$635	+0.72
450–495	477	15	130.00–149.00	$142.78	$681	+0.72
505–545	524	16	125.00–145.00	$138.58	$726	+1.76
550–595	574	15	117.00–140.00	$131.81	$757	-4.34
610–630	618	5	130.00–131.00	$130.40	$806	+3.53
650–660	655	2	119.00–125.00	$122.02	$799	+5.02
720	720	1	117.00	$117.00	$842	-1.64
780–790	785	2	112.00–115.00	$113.51	$891	+2.07
1075	1075	1	90.00	$90.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	7	147.00–160.00	$151.14	$491	+6.48
350–395	377	17	140.00–157.00	$146.25	$551	+0.23
415–435	421	11	122.50–152.00	$138.30	$582	-2.06
465–495	476	12	122.50–135.00	$130.07	$619	-6.73
515–547	540	5	128.00–139.00	$136.50	$737	+3.89
570	570	2	125.00	$125.00	$712	-2.21
610–640	625	4	105.00–127.00	$118.34	$740	+3.08
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	325	5	176.00–190.00	$179.13	$582	+4.79
350–385	373	18	152.50–182.00	$165.40	$617	-6.12
400–445	423	24	140.00–173.00	$158.35	$670	-4.10
450–495	469	16	131.00–150.00	$143.59	$673	-11.09
500–545	526	18	135.00–155.00	$144.54	$760	-6.49
555–595	573	13	130.00–147.00	$133.44	$765	-9.82
605–630	616	6	125.00–130.00	$127.67	$786	-7.68
680–685	683	7	120.00–122.00	$120.28	$822	-8.73
700–745	725	6	115.00–118.00	$116.36	$844	-3.64
770	770	1	116.00	$116.00	$893	-1.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	335	5	172.00–187.00	$178.51	$598	+2.54
375–395	386	7	160.00–172.00	$164.60	$635	-3.89
405–445	420	20	143.00–167.00	$153.33	$644	+1.56
455–495	475	17	135.00–157.00	$143.14	$680	-9.88
505–545	515	11	132.00–145.00	$138.76	$715	+3.32
615–645	630	2	120.00–127.00	$123.58	$779	+1.39
790	790	1	101.00	$101.00	$798	-6.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	377	5	160.00–167.50	$163.99	$618	-17.85
410–415	413	2	155.00–166.00	$160.53	$663	-20.70
480–485	483	3	148.00–159.00	$154.99	$749	-9.94
505–545	528	6	135.00–154.00	$146.68	$774	-9.63
550–580	561	14	140.00–157.00	$146.10	$820	-8.78
605–640	611	8	130.00–148.00	$133.39	$815	-13.15
655–695	677	6	124.00–129.00	$126.82	$859	-12.78
729–740	733	11	122.00–124.00	$123.27	$904	-10.07
755–795	775	2	118.00–120.00	$118.97	$922	-11.03
808	808	2	109.00	$109.00	$881	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1355	1033	80-85%	31	63.00–77.00	$67.51	$697	—
775–1510	1123	80-85%	24	75.00–89.00	$78.01	$876	+6.58
725–1385	1155	80-85%	39	68.00–84.00	$73.40	$848	-8.52

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1060	931	85-90%	19	45.00–60.00	$54.74	$510	—
780–1105	944	85-90%	11	43.00–56.00	$50.40	$476	—
835–1185	1012	85-90%	14	60.00–66.00	$62.08	$628	-4.03

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1405	1251	75-80%	8	76.00–92.00	$85.93	$1,075	—
1030–1595	1351	75-80%	19	68.00–80.50	$74.57	$1,007	—
1110–1650	1417	75-80%	11	64.00–79.00	$70.26	$996	-14.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1460	1313	2	79.00–82.00	$80.33	$1,055	—
1340–1785	1528	17	90.00–100.00	$96.98	$1,482	—
1640–2150	1897	10	105.00–110.00	$107.27	$2,035	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–950	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	525.00–635.00	$574.61

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
900–1230	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	850.00–1,050.00	$942.25
1390–1450 fancy	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,180.00–1,225.00	$1,202.02
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	700.00–975.00	$823.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	600.00–925.00	$749.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	800.00–1,125.00	$917.86

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	540.00	$540.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	270.00–575.00	$431.36
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	560.00–700.00	$645.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$737.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1345	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	940.00–950.00	$945.65

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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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
1165–1360	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	+100.00
1505	1505	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	50	975.00–1,225.00	$1,067.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	700.00–950.00	$888.24	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	625.00–860.00	$764.55	—

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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.