Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, June 22, 2022

2,932 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.13/cwt ≈ $1,087/hd at 719 lb · 78 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.67/cwt -0.30 vs last sale · ≈ $760/hd at 518 lb · 62 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $145.48/cwt +0.93 vs last sale · ≈ $617/hd at 424 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,932	3,386	2,641
Feeder cattle	2,004	2,392	1,888
Slaughter cattle	727	802	500
Replacement cattle	201	192	253

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. All Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	190.00	$190.00	$542	—
315–330	319	4	190.00–195.00	$191.29	$610	—
355–395	374	10	181.00–190.00	$186.66	$698	+6.66
405–440	429	19	175.00–180.00	$176.77	$758	-10.23
455–490	471	24	166.00–179.00	$174.44	$822	+0.37
515 value added	515	8	169.00	$169.00	$870	—
520–540	527	12	165.00–174.00	$170.84	$900	+4.12
550–585	574	5	160.00–163.00	$161.81	$929	+6.78
605–640	615	10	145.00–154.00	$149.58	$920	-3.48
655–685	675	12	140.00–153.00	$145.18	$980	-1.82
710–739	730	17	130.00–153.00	$144.85	$1,057	+4.85
864	864	12	142.00	$142.00	$1,227	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	278	3	184.00–188.00	$185.37	$515	—
315–335	325	2	178.00–184.00	$181.09	$589	—
370–390	385	4	170.00–176.00	$174.56	$672	+0.69
425–435	431	5	170.00–173.00	$171.18	$738	+1.16
450–480	463	11	165.00–172.00	$169.46	$785	+4.15
505–540	534	8	155.00–160.00	$158.65	$847	-5.30
555–595	576	5	145.00–158.00	$150.57	$867	+3.38
620–645	632	11	138.00–150.00	$144.62	$914	+0.33
655–695	677	8	130.00–143.00	$136.89	$927	-5.11
710–720	715	5	120.00–137.00	$129.42	$925	-6.21
785	785	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	175.00	$175.00	$464	—
325–335	329	7	172.00–177.00	$173.55	$571	—
385	385	1	166.00	$166.00	$639	-0.67
405–445	413	5	160.00–162.00	$161.57	$667	-3.43
455–475	468	3	152.00–160.00	$155.72	$729	—
505–540	531	4	145.00–152.00	$150.34	$798	+12.34
555	555	3	140.00	$140.00	$777	+8.57
615–630	623	2	132.00–138.00	$135.04	$841	—
675	675	2	130.00	$130.00	$878	-1.00
755	755	1	125.00	$125.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
681	681	16	166.00	$166.00	$1,130	—
906	906	9	133.00	$133.00	$1,205	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	180.00	$180.00	$423	+10.00
255–280	264	5	162.00–168.00	$165.69	$437	+0.69
305–330	318	8	153.00–167.00	$159.79	$508	+0.05
370	370	4	150.00–161.00	$152.75	$565	+6.75
405–436	427	15	145.00–152.00	$146.91	$627	-2.47
465–485	469	23	140.00–152.00	$146.32	$686	+1.36
508 value added	508	17	149.50	$149.50	$759	—
505–538	522	45	139.00–152.00	$145.60	$760	+0.33
555 value added	555	11	157.00	$157.00	$871	+11.00
550–590	570	20	130.00–143.00	$137.37	$783	-4.30
600–645	625	21	128.00–137.00	$133.10	$832	-4.27
653–685 fancy	669	8	136.00–139.00	$137.54	$920	—
653–690	670	11	125.00–131.00	$129.45	$867	+2.10
715–740	728	7	116.00–130.00	$124.51	$906	-18.49
770–795	783	4	111.00–125.00	$117.06	$917	-2.91
803 fancy	803	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,044	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	-7.85
305–335	328	8	148.00–160.00	$151.60	$497	+0.99
355–390	368	18	139.00–175.00	$146.21	$538	+0.56
400–445	424	36	136.00–155.00	$145.48	$617	+0.93
455–495	473	19	130.00–147.00	$142.11	$672	-0.26
505–545	523	23	129.00–143.00	$134.84	$705	+0.11
555–595	585	11	127.00–132.00	$129.55	$758	-2.56
605–645	621	13	118.00–130.00	$122.76	$762	-0.17
660–695	671	11	115.00–130.00	$121.51	$815	+4.51
705–735	718	4	110.00–120.00	$117.19	$841	-4.43
775	775	3	110.00	$110.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	19	154.50	$154.50	$981	—
717–730	719	78	141.00–153.00	$151.13	$1,087	—
759–798	766	28	136.00–144.50	$142.92	$1,095	-9.93
848	848	11	127.00	$127.00	$1,077	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	276	4	140.00–144.00	$141.01	$389	-2.97
320–330	326	9	140.00–147.00	$143.58	$468	-1.26
360–390	369	17	127.00–144.00	$135.21	$499	-6.58
405–432	423	9	115.00–146.00	$133.24	$564	-1.64
475–485	480	6	105.00–125.00	$115.03	$552	-21.56
500–535	519	5	120.00–135.00	$130.06	$675	-0.30
565–575	574	8	120.00–130.00	$122.11	$701	-1.44
605–630	617	6	115.00–121.00	$117.81	$727	-0.19
680	680	3	110.00	$110.00	$748	+2.01

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	288	9	175.00–185.00	$178.03	$513	—
300–325	314	9	165.00–176.00	$172.14	$541	-5.48
355–395	382	17	160.00–177.00	$166.41	$636	-2.46
400–445	427	17	155.00–165.00	$158.90	$679	-2.78
450–495	477	34	140.00–165.00	$153.36	$732	+0.26
500–545	517	31	135.00–155.00	$143.79	$743	-1.56
555–590	577	11	135.00–147.00	$139.06	$802	-0.12
615–645	629	12	127.00–138.00	$131.76	$829	-1.63
650	650	1	122.00	$122.00	$793	-3.32
725–730	728	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$834	-8.52
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	+7.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	197.00	$197.00	$532	+6.15
300–345	335	11	175.00–195.00	$182.15	$610	-4.67
355–395	375	19	170.00–187.00	$176.47	$662	+2.25
400–430	420	13	164.00–175.00	$168.73	$709	-1.90
455–480	469	6	152.00–165.00	$156.64	$735	-5.71
505–525	513	3	145.00–158.00	$152.71	$783	+0.66
550 fancy	550	1	160.00	$160.00	$880	—
550–590	573	8	140.00–160.00	$151.06	$866	+5.69
600–625	613	4	140.00–148.00	$144.52	$886	+5.50
655–680	667	3	130.00–138.00	$132.72	$885	+1.17
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	-4.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	175.00	$175.00	$359	—
295	295	2	170.00	$170.00	$502	-13.31
380	380	3	155.00	$155.00	$589	-4.74
400–445	423	20	147.00–160.00	$152.11	$643	-1.90
460–485	476	13	140.00–150.00	$142.92	$680	-1.58
510–545	526	15	130.00–142.00	$134.78	$709	-0.44
555–585	568	6	125.00–131.00	$128.21	$728	+6.04
605–640	620	4	124.00–127.00	$125.02	$775	+1.36
660	660	4	120.00	$120.00	$792	+1.50
780–795	788	2	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$898	+4.01

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1470	1052	80-85%	111	68.00–90.00	$83.38	$877	—
975–1420	1129	80-85%	100	75.00–98.00	$88.21	$996	+10.31
905–1400	1130	80-85%	69	82.00–102.00	$95.51	$1,079	+17.61

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–980	891	85-90%	27	45.00–69.00	$62.97	$561	—
735–1190	965	85-90%	72	55.00–81.00	$73.02	$705	+4.84
745–1170	983	85-90%	75	60.00–82.00	$77.64	$763	+4.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1475	1347	75-80%	21	86.00–101.00	$92.00	$1,239	—
1145–1705	1358	75-80%	30	76.00–94.00	$86.56	$1,175	-7.67
1145–1645	1394	75-80%	8	72.00–87.00	$82.57	$1,151	-11.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1900	1408	11	88.00–106.00	$100.37	$1,413	—
1210–2110	1713	13	102.00–116.00	$110.29	$1,889	+2.47
1445–2210	1736	5	104.00–119.00	$110.94	$1,926	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	500.00–650.00	$567.27

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1440	1440	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	800.00–1,175.00	$1,058.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	800.00–1,075.00	$927.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	750.00–825.00	$775.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–725.00	$683.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–750.00	$733.33
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	645.00	$645.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	890.00	$890.00

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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
1060–1235	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–1,100.00	$1,019.17	—
1465 fancy	1465	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,235.00	$1,235.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,000.00–1,070.00	$1,023.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,170.56	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	725.00–925.00	$891.67	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,040.00–1,250.00	$1,124.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	875.00–900.00	$887.50	—

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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.