Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, June 14, 2022

3,920 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $161.24/cwt ≈ $906/hd at 562 lb · 124 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.11/cwt +0.23 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 516 lb · 65 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.26/cwt +3.38 vs last sale · ≈ $821/hd at 565 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,920	1,652	4,709
Feeder cattle	3,096	1,268	3,898
Slaughter cattle	711	332	610
Replacement cattle	113	52	201

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold 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
310–345	329	6	166.00–175.00	$169.72	$558	—
355–385	373	5	165.00–175.00	$169.63	$633	+8.63
403–447	432	38	161.00–182.00	$172.77	$746	+5.14
465–487	484	23	160.00–174.00	$171.92	$832	+16.55
515–525	521	17	155.00–167.00	$162.20	$845	+5.09
574 unweaned	574	24	157.00	$157.00	$901	—
560–584	575	24	146.00–159.00	$151.77	$873	-1.50
612–639	626	27	140.00–154.00	$148.67	$931	+7.67
635 unweaned	635	2	136.00	$136.00	$864	—
655–695	675	5	138.00–147.00	$142.75	$964	+1.53
725–745	728	6	130.00–140.00	$135.81	$989	+0.81
755–775	766	4	125.00–135.00	$129.50	$992	+6.01
807	807	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	225.00	$225.00	$540	—
290 fancy	290	1	230.00	$230.00	$667	—
310–335	325	12	180.00–190.00	$185.86	$604	—
455–470	467	5	177.00–180.00	$179.42	$838	+1.16
505–537	532	16	157.00–175.00	$162.91	$867	-5.83
554 value added	554	10	188.00	$188.00	$1,042	+16.00
586–593	591	10	159.00–163.00	$160.19	$947	-7.17
604–635	605	30	151.00–162.50	$162.10	$981	+4.79
675	675	4	149.00–150.00	$149.50	$1,009	+0.58
705–725	715	2	146.00–149.00	$147.52	$1,055	+5.52
901	901	4	133.00	$133.00	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541 value added	541	18	174.50	$174.50	$944	—
556–582	571	24	165.00–175.00	$169.06	$965	—
607 value added	607	29	168.50	$168.50	$1,023	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	383	3	157.00–170.00	$162.42	$622	+15.42
405–420	413	2	150.00–153.00	$151.47	$626	-18.53
465–486	482	19	148.00–162.00	$156.96	$757	-8.04
515	515	1	140.00	$140.00	$721	-11.67
555–595	578	3	136.00–142.00	$138.59	$801	—
615	615	4	133.00	$133.00	$818	—
715	715	2	128.00	$128.00	$915	+5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	148.00	$148.00	$377	—
300–340	325	24	138.00–165.00	$150.04	$488	+5.25
350–390	373	32	128.00–155.00	$146.70	$547	+6.10
405–445	427	50	137.00–151.00	$143.63	$613	+2.20
450–495	473	50	125.00–148.00	$139.71	$661	-1.82
500–545	526	41	114.00–146.00	$136.16	$716	-1.13
555–590	573	55	123.00–139.00	$132.43	$759	+0.11
600–640	628	20	119.00–132.00	$123.93	$778	-2.78
660–695	677	12	113.00–126.00	$122.07	$826	+1.52
700–740	720	3	105.00–118.00	$112.79	$812	-2.21
775	775	1	112.00	$112.00	$868	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	155.00	$155.00	$418	—
300	300	1	162.00	$162.00	$486	—
350–390	366	7	133.00–162.00	$147.69	$541	—
400–445	421	25	129.00–160.00	$148.70	$626	+3.09
450–495	471	56	128.00–155.00	$150.14	$707	+1.97
480	480	1	150.00	$150.00	$720	+1.83
509 value added	509	16	147.00	$147.00	$748	—
500–542	518	49	124.00–150.00	$143.17	$742	-0.71
550–561 value added	554	25	143.00–150.00	$147.45	$817	—
550–585	574	33	126.00–147.00	$143.60	$824	+1.72
605 value added	605	14	149.00	$149.00	$901	—
600–615	607	3	130.00–137.00	$132.99	$807	-2.51
645	645	1	134.00	$134.00	$864	-1.50
660–665	663	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$892	+4.60
650–680	669	4	119.00–130.00	$123.99	$829	-5.91
708–745	717	6	117.00–125.00	$121.80	$873	-0.58
760–780	770	2	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$893	-0.59
810	810	1	112.00	$112.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554–576	562	124	147.00–164.25	$161.24	$906	—
615	615	12	142.00	$142.00	$873	-3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	140.00	$140.00	$371	+4.00
315–335	325	6	119.00–137.00	$127.43	$414	-6.10
360–390	375	11	120.00–146.00	$138.23	$518	+4.92
400–445	424	17	130.00–140.00	$134.24	$569	-8.03
453–485	467	17	130.00–137.00	$133.61	$624	-5.63
500–530	518	7	111.00–130.00	$124.98	$647	-6.58
575–595	588	5	119.00–124.00	$121.40	$714	-1.78
630–645	638	3	115.00–121.00	$118.67	$757	-2.33
695	695	1	106.00	$106.00	$737	-4.00
755	755	1	105.00	$105.00	$793	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	45	158.00	$158.00	$558	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228–240	231	4	201.00–205.00	$202.04	$467	—
255–280	267	6	177.00–197.00	$185.64	$496	+11.63
300–345	330	10	134.00–185.00	$171.54	$566	+4.47
360–395	378	15	138.00–175.00	$156.21	$590	-11.28
405–445	426	29	136.00–168.00	$155.88	$664	-5.62
450–490	472	16	129.00–160.00	$149.33	$705	-5.36
500–545	528	41	124.00–150.00	$144.15	$761	-1.14
555–595	580	17	124.00–150.00	$140.29	$814	+0.70
600–645	615	12	120.00–140.00	$133.79	$823	+2.41
653–695	669	22	120.00–141.00	$129.39	$866	+4.03
700–735	718	2	112.00–115.00	$113.46	$815	—
755	755	1	123.00	$123.00	$929	+1.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 fancy	240	1	220.00	$220.00	$528	—
255–290	272	5	190.00–202.00	$193.84	$527	+13.84
300–340	316	10	168.00–190.00	$180.02	$569	+3.06
350–395	367	12	160.00–179.00	$175.20	$643	-1.31
400–445	419	16	144.00–179.00	$160.31	$672	-12.57
450–495	472	19	136.00–171.00	$154.64	$730	-9.64
500–545	524	20	132.00–163.00	$149.15	$782	-15.85
550–595	567	6	129.00–150.00	$141.83	$804	-1.06
605–625	613	6	139.00–149.00	$142.65	$874	+4.18
650–675	663	6	121.00–143.00	$136.25	$903	-0.52
710–735	719	4	130.00–140.00	$134.95	$970	+7.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	195.00	$195.00	$478	—
265–290	280	4	170.00–185.00	$178.93	$501	—
310–340	330	7	162.00–180.00	$169.26	$559	-0.43
355–365	360	2	160.00–163.00	$161.48	$581	+7.76
400–445	433	13	127.00–158.00	$145.76	$631	-7.18
460–495	484	26	125.00–153.00	$144.75	$701	-0.88
505–545	523	17	130.00–142.00	$136.24	$713	-0.60
560–590	571	6	125.00–135.00	$131.42	$750	+2.88
605–635	621	8	117.00–132.00	$124.73	$775	-0.55
687–695	689	4	110.00–126.00	$114.03	$786	-2.97
720	720	1	118.00	$118.00	$850	+8.00
785–795	790	2	113.00–114.00	$113.50	$897	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	33	159.00	$159.00	$603	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	10	208.00	$208.00	$607	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1885	1173	80-85%	76	71.50–82.00	$76.32	$895	+0.78
1030–1885	1237	80-85%	81	74.00–88.00	$82.39	$1,019	-5.38
1040–1680	1277	80-85%	49	81.00–93.00	$88.15	$1,126	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1200	974	85-90%	34	50.00–69.00	$62.22	$606	-2.08
705–1350	1023	85-90%	63	60.00–77.00	$69.19	$708	+13.23
830–1290	1071	85-90%	33	67.00–83.00	$72.11	$772	+2.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1565	1336	75-80%	37	79.00–88.00	$84.54	$1,129	—
1105–1735	1343	75-80%	41	82.50–94.00	$89.41	$1,201	—
1305–1630	1402	75-80%	10	75.00–81.00	$78.83	$1,105	-13.95

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1805	1540	22	94.00–104.00	$98.30	$1,514	—
1240–1905	1645	19	96.00–114.00	$106.63	$1,754	—
1275–1995	1785	12	107.00–125.00	$115.10	$2,055	—

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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)	1	740.00	$740.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	680.00–900.00	$822.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	720.00–780.00	$740.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	340.00–480.00	$396.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	975.00–1,000.00	$981.25

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	820.00–1,250.00	$1,020.67	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,170.00	$1,123.33	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,060.00–1,100.00	$1,078.33	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	570.00–750.00	$660.00	—

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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.