Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, May 25, 2022

2,413 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.73/cwt +4.62 vs last sale · ≈ $790/hd at 558 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $133.96/cwt -4.37 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 527 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $159.74/cwt -3.29 vs last sale · ≈ $929/hd at 582 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,413	4,868	2,261
Feeder cattle	1,781	3,739	1,623
Slaughter cattle	341	827	413
Replacement cattle	291	302	225

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
395	395	1	178.00	$178.00	$703	-1.64
410–435	428	6	168.00–177.00	$173.82	$744	-4.17
455–480	470	3	165.00–171.00	$167.99	$790	-4.99
505–545	517	17	156.00–167.00	$157.33	$813	-8.56
575 value added	575	8	157.00	$157.00	$903	-8.82
555–587	584	22	158.00–161.00	$160.74	$939	+3.28
615–640	626	5	145.00–149.00	$147.40	$923	-7.46
650	650	1	140.00	$140.00	$910	+1.91
675 value added	675	6	147.00	$147.00	$992	-7.86
725	725	2	132.00	$132.00	$957	-6.65
780	780	1	120.00	$120.00	$936	-14.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	5	168.00–174.00	$170.67	$551	+0.67
365–375	368	7	162.00–175.00	$167.53	$617	-0.73
400–420	415	5	155.00–162.00	$160.25	$665	-2.41
460–485	469	10	145.00–160.00	$151.26	$709	-8.11
505–545	521	11	140.00–158.00	$148.23	$772	-11.68
550–595	574	12	132.00–150.00	$144.19	$828	-2.45
605–615	610	8	130.00–140.00	$136.24	$831	-4.60
655–690	674	5	128.00–135.00	$129.77	$875	+6.18
710–730	720	2	125.00–130.00	$127.53	$918	+0.44
755–780	768	2	125.00–128.00	$126.48	$971	-1.81

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	170.00	$170.00	$484	—
355–395	371	9	145.00–177.00	$156.85	$582	-2.89
415–445	420	14	147.00–170.00	$154.95	$651	-5.35
450–480	474	5	150.00–165.00	$152.85	$725	+2.38
505–525	515	4	137.00–142.00	$139.55	$719	-4.21
570–590	578	6	135.00–145.00	$139.33	$805	-0.67
630	630	3	125.00	$125.00	$788	-9.00
680–695	683	6	120.00–125.00	$123.82	$846	-2.60
710	710	3	120.00	$120.00	$852	—

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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	332	8	148.00–151.00	$148.90	$494	-12.86
380–395	383	6	142.00–165.00	$151.42	$580	+3.22
405–440	426	29	135.00–160.00	$142.92	$609	-3.13
455–485	472	28	130.00–150.00	$141.59	$668	-2.47
505–545	527	32	127.00–142.00	$133.96	$706	-4.37
560–595	574	18	125.00–135.00	$129.58	$744	-4.50
600–645	611	7	120.00–127.00	$122.41	$748	-3.38
665–670	667	5	117.00–120.00	$118.21	$788	-0.25
720–745	730	4	110.00–116.00	$113.26	$827	-3.52
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	+1.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301 value added	301	8	202.00	$202.00	$608	—
356 value added	356	9	190.00	$190.00	$676	—
360–380	368	10	152.00–157.00	$153.80	$566	+1.40
415–435	426	18	145.00–152.00	$148.04	$631	-1.76
455–485	474	12	142.00–160.00	$147.58	$700	-0.70
500–530	521	14	138.00–152.00	$141.54	$737	-1.10
555–580	557	26	135.00–140.00	$139.19	$775	+2.08
560 value added	560	8	150.00	$150.00	$840	—
610–635	624	10	129.00–135.00	$131.00	$817	-0.81
660–685	673	2	126.00–127.00	$126.49	$851	+0.06
705–720	713	2	119.00–120.00	$119.49	$852	-5.84
755	755	6	120.00	$120.00	$906	-2.53

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	-0.87
315–345	338	13	140.00–146.00	$142.84	$483	-3.06
375–390	381	9	133.00–140.00	$137.43	$524	-5.51
400–445	426	14	125.00–150.00	$133.51	$569	-6.48
457–475	465	8	130.00–144.00	$136.30	$634	-1.42
520–540	529	12	115.00–132.00	$121.02	$640	-10.02
550–590	573	5	120.00–127.00	$122.37	$701	-3.38
605–640	626	8	110.00–118.00	$113.52	$711	-4.07
665–675	673	6	100.00–110.00	$107.50	$723	+1.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645 value added	645	2	138.00	$138.00	$890	—
655 value added	655	6	135.00	$135.00	$884	—
720 value added	720	4	130.00	$130.00	$936	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	162.00	$162.00	$454	-18.90
325	325	2	160.00	$160.00	$520	-7.24
355–395	386	22	145.00–172.00	$151.00	$583	-13.93
400–445	421	28	140.00–166.00	$155.68	$655	+2.02
455–490	474	18	130.00–152.00	$138.18	$655	-12.05
505–545	526	11	130.00–142.00	$134.18	$706	-5.59
555–598	569	10	120.00–135.00	$126.25	$718	-11.64
615–645	627	7	116.00–125.00	$120.73	$757	-6.07
660–688	674	9	110.00–120.00	$113.88	$768	-20.12
755	755	2	107.00	$107.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	175.00–187.00	$180.67	$497	-0.81
320–335	326	10	166.00–170.00	$168.60	$550	-5.14
370–375	374	4	154.00–160.00	$155.48	$581	-12.14
403–415	409	6	150.00–170.00	$159.04	$650	-0.42
450–488	467	23	145.00–165.00	$153.95	$719	+3.25
500–545	521	27	130.00–155.00	$139.38	$726	-8.53
555–590	583	6	130.00–140.00	$134.82	$786	-9.00
625–645	638	9	120.00–132.00	$123.86	$790	-12.60
655–695	677	12	117.00–130.00	$121.32	$821	-6.00
715–730	726	6	114.00–119.00	$117.34	$852	-8.87
770	770	3	110.00	$110.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–289	289	9	178.00–222.50	$217.62	$629	—
315–323	320	23	172.00–207.50	$195.35	$625	+18.41
355–375	366	9	163.00–170.00	$167.81	$614	-10.04
415–430	421	5	160.00–164.00	$161.63	$680	-5.08
455–475	469	5	153.00–175.00	$165.21	$775	+2.24
515	515	2	144.00	$144.00	$742	-9.62
575–595	592	6	138.00–141.00	$139.16	$824	-10.95
645	645	1	137.00	$137.00	$884	-3.10
705–745	725	2	122.00–125.00	$123.54	$896	-2.93

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1435	1089	80-85%	54	62.00–77.00	$66.98	$729	—
735–1400	1160	80-85%	74	71.00–85.00	$74.51	$864	-2.06
920–1605	1188	80-85%	31	77.00–84.50	$79.21	$941	+2.64

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1180	907	85-90%	9	40.00–64.00	$49.60	$450	—
730–1175	991	85-90%	31	58.00–72.00	$62.81	$622	—
825–1125	1008	85-90%	28	53.00–71.00	$61.17	$617	-4.88

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1650	1449	75-80%	31	72.00–78.00	$73.84	$1,070	-11.43
1125–1665	1462	75-80%	15	66.00–72.00	$68.69	$1,004	-11.14
1535	1535	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,382	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1640	1477	8	96.00–105.00	$99.23	$1,466	—
1575–1640	1603	6	86.00–97.00	$90.53	$1,451	-9.42
1690	1690	2	102.00	$102.00	$1,724	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–955	792	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	640.00–870.00	$753.41
1080–1090	1087	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	765.00–800.00	$776.60
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	600.00–825.00	$698.08

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–955	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	420.00–460.00	$442.60

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,060.00–1,080.00	$1,070.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	750.00–1,150.00	$936.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	800.00–1,050.00	$930.77
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,191.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	700.00–880.00	$732.86
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	650.00–750.00	$735.71

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–885	850	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–965.00	$885.90
880	880	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1000–1105	1023	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,288.55
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
820–1095	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	1,200.00–1,475.00	$1,351.71	—
950–1040	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	900.00–1,125.00	$1,018.23	—
995–1075 fancy	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,620.17	+320.17
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1125–1245	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,214.59	—
1185–1205	1198	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,675.00–1,700.00	$1,683.24	—
1325 fancy	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1370 fancy	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1425	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	1,400.00–2,375.00	$1,683.82	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	710.00–840.00	$775.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	900.00–1,025.00	$989.29	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,115.71	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–935	901	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	775.00–925.00	$863.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	575.00–775.00	$675.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.