Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

2,711 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $143.36/cwt -0.29 vs last sale · ≈ $750/hd at 523 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $151.53/cwt +0.06 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 469 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $135.43/cwt +0.32 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 523 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,711	2,450	3,074
Feeder cattle	2,024	1,817	2,441
Slaughter cattle	492	396	336
Replacement cattle	195	237	297

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes sold uneven, mostly 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	320	3	170.00–174.00	$171.29	$548	-3.71
360–370	366	4	167.00–180.00	$173.60	$635	+6.83
405–440	424	9	156.00–175.00	$165.89	$703	+3.94
450–495	480	12	151.00–177.00	$163.40	$784	+3.68
510–545	525	24	146.00–167.00	$153.84	$808	+4.96
550–595	575	11	141.00–160.00	$147.93	$851	+1.93
605–625	620	4	133.00–142.00	$137.46	$852	-11.62
655	655	1	140.00	$140.00	$917	-2.00
710–725	720	5	125.00–127.00	$125.80	$906	-6.20
795	795	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,049	+2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	166.00	$166.00	$780	-6.70
500–548	530	14	168.00–174.00	$171.34	$908	+4.30
560–595	567	5	160.00–169.00	$167.11	$948	+8.83
610–635	631	13	146.00–160.00	$154.13	$973	+0.04
646 value added	646	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,014	—
650–655	653	2	145.00–147.00	$146.00	$953	+1.74
715–720	718	2	139.00–142.00	$140.49	$1,009	+2.54
775	775	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	3	164.00–167.00	$164.99	$533	—
355–385	370	13	157.00–164.00	$159.71	$591	+2.37
400–410	403	3	170.00–177.00	$174.02	$701	+21.38
460–495	473	9	140.00–152.00	$145.94	$690	-5.03
510–540	520	4	142.00–150.00	$146.01	$759	-3.99
585–595	588	3	142.00–147.00	$144.68	$851	+4.68
645	645	1	130.00	$130.00	$838	-7.04
715–730	718	5	110.00–120.00	$117.37	$843	—
790	790	1	113.00	$113.00	$893	-7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	147.50	$147.50	$332	—
295	295	1	152.50	$152.50	$450	—
300–340	315	8	142.50–167.00	$150.95	$475	-5.54
355–395	374	24	139.00–162.00	$147.44	$551	-3.44
400–445	418	39	135.00–157.00	$143.92	$602	-1.65
450–495	475	34	130.00–151.00	$139.34	$662	-0.52
500–545	523	42	125.00–145.00	$135.43	$708	+0.32
555–595	570	30	120.00–137.00	$128.23	$731	-2.45
600–630	617	24	115.00–132.00	$125.37	$774	+2.25
650–670	657	3	110.00–115.00	$111.70	$734	-5.12
705–745	718	6	100.00–115.00	$107.80	$774	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	381	4	150.00–155.00	$151.83	$578	-3.18
410–445	427	12	144.00–164.00	$151.27	$646	-1.71
450–490	467	30	139.00–159.00	$147.49	$689	+2.01
500–545	521	23	135.00–151.00	$141.35	$736	-0.74
555–575	567	22	130.00–142.00	$136.12	$772	-0.92
625	625	2	130.00	$130.00	$812	-0.34
653–697	674	9	117.50–133.00	$129.80	$875	-0.20
700–720	710	5	112.50–131.00	$122.11	$867	+0.35
775–790	783	2	107.50–112.00	$109.77	$859	-12.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	336	9	135.00–162.00	$149.24	$501	+1.31
355–390	365	17	139.00–155.00	$144.12	$526	-0.87
400–445	427	18	129.00–152.00	$139.30	$595	+1.34
455–495	479	30	120.00–145.00	$135.24	$648	+3.27
510–545	527	7	117.00–132.00	$125.51	$661	-1.26
555–580	568	9	110.00–130.00	$120.55	$685	-4.32
705–730	718	3	106.00–114.00	$110.64	$794	+1.92
765	765	1	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
275–290	280	3	185.00–190.00	$186.73	$523	—
300–345	327	15	161.00–180.00	$169.74	$555	-4.95
350–390	368	24	154.00–180.00	$167.65	$617	+8.46
400–445	420	34	148.00–175.00	$161.39	$678	+4.92
450–490	469	44	141.00–162.00	$151.53	$711	+0.06
500–545	523	45	135.00–155.00	$143.36	$750	-0.29
555–595	573	21	130.00–147.00	$139.48	$799	+1.30
600–645	628	18	129.00–137.00	$133.18	$836	+1.17
660–695	674	11	122.00–132.00	$127.34	$858	+2.36
700–715	708	4	116.00–120.00	$117.98	$835	-3.02
780	780	1	112.00	$112.00	$874	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	324	6	155.00–182.00	$168.12	$545	-0.08
355–395	368	14	145.00–175.00	$162.94	$600	+6.82
405–445	424	20	139.00–165.00	$150.89	$640	-3.02
450–490	471	19	133.00–152.00	$143.85	$678	+1.13
505–545	525	22	125.00–145.00	$135.85	$713	+0.72
550–595	582	14	120.00–135.00	$124.87	$727	-3.48
605–630	616	7	110.00–130.00	$119.06	$733	-5.94
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	—
755–790	773	2	108.00	$108.00	$835	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	335	6	170.00–182.00	$173.57	$581	—
355–390	375	6	164.00–170.00	$166.15	$623	-2.24
440	440	1	159.00	$159.00	$700	-7.54
485	485	1	177.00	$177.00	$858	+15.76
505–540	517	12	147.00–165.00	$158.44	$819	+2.79
550–585	568	3	150.00–154.00	$152.38	$866	+8.49
600–615	608	2	145.00–149.00	$146.98	$894	+8.32
650–690	670	4	131.00–137.00	$134.97	$904	+2.95
705–730	718	4	120.00–123.00	$121.75	$874	-0.25

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1400	1051	80-85%	51	61.00–73.00	$67.99	$715	-13.98
790–1545	1144	80-85%	73	70.00–83.00	$75.50	$864	-0.64
945–1550	1232	80-85%	18	77.00–86.00	$80.29	$989	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1130	900	85-90%	31	41.00–55.00	$50.64	$456	—
745–1210	1003	85-90%	55	49.00–70.00	$59.02	$592	-1.29
705–1275	1007	85-90%	46	56.00–72.00	$64.71	$652	+4.40

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1585	1385	75-80%	3	77.00–85.00	$80.54	$1,115	-1.91
1095–1855	1423	75-80%	30	69.00–83.00	$75.88	$1,080	—
1270–1710	1473	75-80%	14	69.00–76.00	$73.55	$1,083	+2.02

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1900	1557	17	92.00–105.00	$98.03	$1,526	—
1400–2325	1574	9	85.00–95.00	$90.59	$1,426	—
1615–1850	1753	7	105.00–118.00	$108.38	$1,900	—

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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	12	600.00–675.00	$637.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1100	1022	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	800.00–1,055.00	$996.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
565–683	654	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	375.00–410.00	$382.57

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1200	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	725.00–925.00	$847.52
1335 fancy	1335	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,015.00	$1,015.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	725.00–1,020.00	$905.71
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,450.00–1,850.00	$1,600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	500.00–1,100.00	$803.57
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	725.00–1,235.00	$1,061.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,550.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	790.00–860.00	$832.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	730.00–770.00	$746.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	425.04	$425.04
765–970	858	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–700.00	$654.90

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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
1470	1470	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-11.32
1485	1485	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	+38.68
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,160.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,475.00	$1,218.75	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	600.00–775.00	$697.22	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	475.00	$475.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1105	1047	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–1,075.00	$916.44	—
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–750.00	$725.00	—

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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.