Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, May 18, 2022

2,450 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $159.19/cwt -9.43 vs last sale · ≈ $589/hd at 370 lb · 61 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $139.86/cwt -2.82 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 476 lb · 49 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $167.04/cwt -4.79 vs last sale · ≈ $859/hd at 514 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,450	4,711	2,452
Feeder cattle	1,817	3,649	1,903
Slaughter cattle	396	806	307
Replacement cattle	237	256	242

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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
325	325	1	185.00	$185.00	$601	+4.00
365–385	380	7	170.00–178.00	$175.61	$667	—
405–430	420	12	168.00–175.00	$171.45	$720	-3.94
452–495	471	13	165.00–182.00	$172.70	$813	+4.92
510–525	514	42	160.00–170.00	$167.04	$859	+0.22
555–565	558	3	150.00–165.00	$158.28	$883	-1.06
605–642	626	8	141.00–162.00	$154.09	$965	+2.19
650–695	673	3	140.00–147.00	$144.26	$971	-1.80
685 value added	685	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,089	+4.00
710–745	723	3	135.00–143.00	$137.95	$997	-1.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	178.00	$178.00	$472	—
320	320	2	175.00	$175.00	$560	+7.98
355–395	378	6	165.00–170.00	$166.77	$630	-3.53
410–440	418	4	159.00–165.00	$161.95	$677	-8.11
450–495	472	16	152.00–167.00	$159.72	$754	-4.63
500–540	519	16	142.00–156.00	$148.88	$773	-9.66
555–595	572	16	137.00–157.00	$146.00	$835	-4.03
610–641	632	20	133.00–154.00	$149.08	$942	+4.64
690	690	3	142.00	$142.00	$980	+1.63
705	705	1	132.00	$132.00	$931	-1.19
770	770	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,001	+1.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	372	9	153.00–177.00	$157.34	$585	-5.10
405–430	415	4	147.00–157.00	$152.64	$633	-2.26
460–495	478	6	146.00–157.00	$150.97	$722	-7.00
525	525	2	150.00	$150.00	$788	—
555	555	2	140.00	$140.00	$777	+3.09
620–645	636	4	132.00–140.00	$137.04	$872	—
665–695	672	5	130.00–135.00	$133.38	$896	+11.38
755	755	1	120.00	$120.00	$906	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	329	7	154.00–160.00	$156.49	$515	+3.82
350–395	382	35	140.00–162.00	$150.88	$576	+3.30
400–445	427	32	135.00–157.00	$145.57	$622	-0.07
455–495	476	49	130.00–150.00	$139.86	$666	-2.82
500–540	515	18	125.00–142.00	$135.11	$696	-3.73
550–595	565	11	122.00–137.00	$130.68	$738	-2.73
610–645	619	7	119.00–127.00	$123.12	$762	-2.11
655–695	674	8	110.00–123.00	$116.82	$787	-0.39

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	364	6	154.00–157.00	$155.01	$564	-2.29
400–440	424	17	145.00–165.00	$152.98	$649	+2.51
455–495	473	14	141.00–157.00	$145.48	$688	+2.65
500–545	522	21	135.00–155.00	$142.09	$742	-1.43
550–590	567	15	130.00–145.00	$137.04	$777	-0.94
600 value added	600	8	143.50	$143.50	$861	+8.50
600–645	617	9	124.00–136.00	$130.34	$804	-4.88
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	+2.46
700–735	714	7	115.00–128.00	$121.76	$869	-2.34
714 value added	714	8	135.00	$135.00	$964	+0.45
755–795	767	11	117.00–130.00	$122.03	$936	+4.55
821	821	20	126.50	$126.50	$1,039	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	325	10	138.00–160.00	$147.93	$481	-2.14
355–395	374	32	135.00–151.00	$144.99	$542	+0.09
405–435	429	15	135.00–145.00	$137.96	$592	-1.72
455–485	480	6	130.00–137.00	$131.97	$633	-7.71
505–545	519	23	120.00–135.00	$126.77	$658	-4.47
550–595	567	12	120.00–127.00	$124.87	$708	+0.95
600–645	626	9	105.00–120.00	$114.83	$719	-0.73
680	680	4	115.00	$115.00	$782	+3.22
700–745	722	3	105.00–111.00	$108.72	$785	+6.27

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	8	156.00–185.00	$174.69	$569	+2.84
355–395	370	61	150.00–185.00	$159.19	$589	-9.43
405–445	428	22	140.00–170.00	$156.47	$670	-4.52
450–495	469	29	138.00–165.00	$151.47	$710	-1.14
500–545	523	32	135.00–155.00	$143.65	$751	-4.48
555–590	570	14	132.00–147.00	$138.18	$788	-3.66
605–640	618	12	125.00–137.00	$132.01	$816	-4.57
660–695	675	3	123.00–127.00	$124.98	$844	-5.03
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	+12.98
765	765	1	120.00	$120.00	$918	+6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–333	324	17	160.00–185.00	$168.20	$545	-4.55
360–395	381	10	150.00–172.00	$156.12	$595	-4.30
400–445	422	26	135.00–165.00	$153.91	$650	+1.20
455–490	473	31	135.00–155.00	$142.72	$675	-5.83
500–545	525	22	115.00–146.00	$135.13	$709	-4.84
555–585	573	4	110.00–137.00	$128.35	$735	+0.76
619–635	622	5	125.00	$125.00	$778	+0.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	185.00–200.00	$192.36	$529	-2.64
355–385	371	5	166.00–172.00	$168.39	$625	-5.69
400–445	420	14	160.00–175.00	$166.54	$699	-1.91
450–495	472	6	155.00–165.00	$161.24	$761	-0.72
510–545	525	11	150.00–162.00	$155.65	$817	+1.93
550–595	579	13	139.00–150.00	$143.89	$833	-7.63
600–645	630	11	131.00–145.00	$138.66	$874	-7.89
650 fancy	650	4	147.00	$147.00	$956	—
660–695	676	7	128.00–137.00	$132.02	$892	-7.68
710	710	1	122.00	$122.00	$866	-5.36

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1400	1073	80-85%	32	80.00–93.00	$81.97	$880	—
860–1360	1108	80-85%	47	64.00–80.00	$70.20	$778	—
700–1350	1134	80-85%	69	70.00–88.00	$76.14	$863	+3.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1690	1344	75-80%	33	71.00–85.00	$76.23	$1,025	—
1235–1650	1372	75-80%	10	78.00–87.00	$82.45	$1,131	-4.10
1280–1660	1476	75-80%	11	67.00–79.00	$71.53	$1,056	-1.54

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1240	971	85-90%	30	50.00–72.00	$61.84	$600	-0.62
785–1150	1012	85-90%	16	58.00–65.00	$60.31	$610	-7.67
920–1210	1089	85-90%	6	58.00–68.00	$61.43	$669	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1415	1286	6	87.00–104.00	$93.72	$1,205	—
1055–2480	1714	22	92.00–111.00	$98.00	$1,680	—
1555–2270	1881	7	103.00–109.00	$107.01	$2,013	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–920	873	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	720.00–865.00	$810.97
955–1250	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	945.00–1,175.00	$1,035.71
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–825.00	$675.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–945	867	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	620.00–790.00	$701.47

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1105	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00–1,025.00	$940.58
1130–1400	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–1,025.00	$902.17
1465 fancy	1465	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00–1,000.00	$920.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	550.00–950.00	$715.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	775.00–985.00	$871.88

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	700.00–750.00	$725.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
915–920	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–900.00	$824.80
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–755.00	$690.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
1030–1240	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,103.64	—
1280–1300	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.39	-24.61
1225–1385 fancy	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,326.53	—
1360 fancy	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1100–1470	1363	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,222.56	—
1320–1590	1471	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,311.32	-49.64
1565 fancy	1565	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—
1280–1715	1574	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,400.00	$1,303.10	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,287.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	800.00–1,520.00	$1,101.07	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690–950	776	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–850.00	$794.61	—
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–925.00	$866.67	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	725.00–810.00	$746.25	—

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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.