Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, June 8, 2022

2,613 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $155.83/cwt +2.70 vs last sale · ≈ $737/hd at 473 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $137.97/cwt -3.31 vs last sale · ≈ $668/hd at 484 lb · 37 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.09/cwt -2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 523 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,613	5,838	2,457
Feeder cattle	2,014	4,637	1,915
Slaughter cattle	359	973	353
Replacement cattle	240	228	189

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with good 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
300–330	310	3	177.50–182.50	$179.11	$555	-9.96
360–390	369	7	175.00–180.00	$178.41	$658	-3.27
400–440	419	7	167.50–177.00	$171.19	$717	-7.35
465–495	475	9	162.50–170.00	$166.17	$789	-6.98
500–545	528	13	158.00–164.00	$160.02	$845	-8.37
555–595	572	17	152.00–160.00	$156.73	$896	-5.72
603–620	607	9	144.00–153.00	$149.38	$907	-0.97
655–695	680	26	139.00–160.00	$148.29	$1,008	+0.96
704 value added	704	4	146.50	$146.50	$1,031	—
705–725	720	5	130.00–134.00	$131.19	$945	-12.12
755–775	765	3	127.00–136.00	$130.70	$1,000	-3.30
835	835	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,086	—
853	853	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,126	—
950	950	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–435	433	2	160.00–162.00	$160.99	$697	-8.29
450–495	487	11	148.00–160.00	$155.25	$756	-7.85
505–535	520	2	150.00–152.00	$151.03	$785	-6.57
556–585	572	11	140.50–168.00	$152.33	$871	-0.37
610	610	1	160.00	$160.00	$976	+14.09
655–670	663	4	135.00–142.50	$138.79	$920	+0.69

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	323	6	152.00–160.00	$157.71	$509	-4.38
365–395	378	4	150.00–154.00	$151.96	$574	-4.80
420	420	4	150.00	$150.00	$630	-7.86
455	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	-22.70
580	580	1	141.00	$141.00	$818	-0.71
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	180.00	$180.00	$414	—
265–285	275	5	152.00–175.00	$157.63	$433	—
300–340	324	5	152.00–170.00	$160.25	$519	+3.50
350–395	376	12	147.00–154.00	$149.65	$563	-5.26
400–445	425	22	144.00–170.00	$149.63	$636	+1.02
450–495	466	24	139.00–152.00	$143.43	$668	-4.97
500–545	523	36	135.00–147.00	$142.09	$743	-2.05
550–590	573	26	134.00–145.00	$139.63	$800	-1.83
589 value added	589	7	156.00	$156.00	$919	—
600–635	620	18	128.00–144.00	$137.54	$853	+3.47
654–698	673	17	123.00–138.00	$130.90	$881	+3.48
705–749	739	19	116.00–120.00	$118.05	$872	-4.92
750–755	753	3	115.00–122.00	$117.66	$886	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	170.00	$170.00	$468	+18.68
325–335	333	4	147.50–160.00	$150.81	$502	+2.86
355–390	374	21	138.00–160.00	$142.74	$534	-3.30
400–435	419	33	135.00–155.00	$141.64	$593	-4.74
455–495	484	37	130.00–152.00	$137.97	$668	-3.31
500–540	521	23	127.00–145.00	$135.28	$705	-1.36
560–595	576	10	126.00–137.00	$131.35	$757	+0.35
608–645	620	15	120.00–132.00	$125.08	$775	-2.07
650–690	681	8	105.00–127.00	$119.18	$812	-1.21

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	140.00	$140.00	$378	-6.02
310–343	332	11	132.00–155.00	$147.01	$488	+0.85
370–395	384	14	130.00–152.00	$133.70	$513	-6.24
420–440	429	12	130.00–149.00	$135.09	$580	-4.20
455–475	471	9	128.00–140.00	$131.33	$619	+0.16
515–545	532	9	120.00–135.00	$124.32	$661	-0.66
575–590	586	7	114.00–121.00	$117.84	$691	-7.71
600–630	615	2	115.00–120.00	$117.44	$722	-0.87
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	+5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	261	8	170.00–174.00	$171.46	$448	-10.02
340	340	3	170.00	$170.00	$578	-7.76
355–395	376	9	150.00–180.00	$163.96	$616	-1.62
400–445	418	28	138.00–175.00	$161.81	$676	+3.80
450–495	473	40	140.00–166.00	$155.83	$737	+2.70
500–545	523	27	122.50–155.00	$142.14	$743	-7.11
550–590	569	19	125.00–147.00	$134.51	$765	-4.49
605–640	626	18	125.00–135.00	$128.27	$803	-6.97
655–695	675	7	115.00–128.00	$124.70	$842	-7.51
705–735	718	3	110.00–118.00	$112.62	$809	-12.59
755–790	776	5	110.00–111.00	$110.39	$857	-7.19

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	3	176.00–180.00	$177.32	$493	—
300–340	315	11	170.00–192.00	$179.02	$564	-6.68
360–395	379	11	170.00–185.00	$173.63	$658	-8.45
410–445	435	24	150.00–176.00	$167.61	$729	-3.04
455–490	467	18	145.00–171.00	$160.06	$747	-5.22
500–540	527	21	142.00–162.00	$147.85	$779	-3.51
550–595	566	17	137.00–162.00	$145.37	$823	-3.47
600–645	616	16	130.00–142.00	$133.99	$825	-8.98
660–695	678	9	122.50–135.00	$128.32	$870	-9.40
710–720	718	4	120.00–123.00	$121.37	$871	-7.10
755–795	770	4	110.00–120.00	$115.05	$886	—
805–815	810	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	160.00	$160.00	$544	-10.12
350–380	374	7	154.00–172.00	$160.97	$602	+0.41
405–445	425	19	145.00–162.00	$151.74	$645	+0.69
460–495	477	22	135.00–152.00	$142.68	$681	-2.24
505–545	534	15	120.00–145.00	$131.99	$705	-7.30
555–590	570	3	120.00–137.00	$130.69	$745	-3.86
645	645	5	114.00–120.00	$118.20	$762	-9.29

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1360	1062	80-85%	38	67.00–82.00	$73.66	$782	—
980–1380	1124	80-85%	33	83.00–90.00	$86.61	$973	—
875–1415	1127	80-85%	55	74.00–88.00	$79.85	$900	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1180	903	85-90%	19	40.00–64.00	$53.30	$481	-6.98
720–1130	962	85-90%	20	64.00–71.00	$68.18	$656	+4.42
785–1280	1006	85-90%	37	53.00–77.00	$64.85	$652	-3.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1470	1318	75-80%	12	85.00–90.00	$87.78	$1,157	—
1325–1530	1396	75-80%	4	67.00–81.00	$74.64	$1,042	-13.01
1045–1680	1428	75-80%	18	74.00–87.00	$80.60	$1,151	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1835	1445	10	83.00–105.00	$96.40	$1,393	+0.04
1520–1845	1671	8	103.00–116.00	$109.36	$1,827	—
1290–2185	1674	16	97.00–110.00	$102.39	$1,714	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–690	667	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	525.00–720.00	$624.38
875 fancy	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	945.00	$945.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	600.00–700.00	$653.57

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	600.00–830.00	$682.22
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,110.00–1,275.00	$1,169.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	700.00–1,075.00	$880.76
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–950.00	$912.50
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	915.00	$915.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	530.00	$530.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	495.00–585.00	$540.00

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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
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	925.00–1,275.00	$1,146.82	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,099.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,325.00	$1,312.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	875.00–1,100.00	$970.83	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	700.00–875.00	$746.43	—

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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.