Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, July 20, 2022

3,317 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $178.99/cwt -3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $862/hd at 482 lb · 50 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $153.92/cwt -5.77 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 629 lb · 49 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.85/cwt -8.42 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 520 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,317	5,537	2,730
Feeder cattle	2,630	4,258	2,280
Slaughter cattle	421	1,012	321
Replacement cattle	266	267	129

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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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	311	4	187.50–197.50	$193.01	$600	—
360–395	372	7	180.00–190.00	$186.62	$694	-7.28
400–445	426	14	175.00–188.00	$182.86	$779	+1.33
455–495	477	25	170.00–182.00	$173.97	$830	-8.72
486 value added	486	25	184.00	$184.00	$894	—
500–548	527	35	160.00–175.00	$166.97	$880	-1.00
550–595	571	47	152.00–165.00	$160.51	$917	-5.75
620–635 value added	624	17	162.00	$162.00	$1,011	—
600–645	631	32	145.00–158.00	$149.63	$944	-10.06
650–695	678	33	140.00–157.00	$146.40	$993	-4.80
705 value added	705	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,079	-1.50
723–745	729	13	135.00–139.50	$138.23	$1,008	-10.33
751–796	774	21	125.00–140.00	$131.38	$1,017	—
800	800	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	180.00	$180.00	$612	-1.26
350–390	373	17	168.00–184.00	$173.50	$647	-3.06
430–447	441	7	170.00–179.00	$175.41	$774	-5.10
465–490	474	12	160.00–172.00	$167.75	$795	+4.41
505–545	528	13	151.00–163.00	$157.39	$831	-3.57
580–596	594	15	144.00–150.00	$144.79	$860	-9.17
600–645	627	5	140.00–157.00	$148.97	$934	+1.04
654–695	663	14	127.50–137.00	$133.27	$884	-12.19
744	744	4	126.00	$126.00	$937	—
780	780	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,014	—
875	875	1	114.00	$114.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	178.00	$178.00	$507	—
375–380	378	2	175.00	$175.00	$662	+12.58
415–440	428	2	155.00–165.00	$159.85	$684	+2.58
450–485	474	9	157.00–160.00	$157.86	$748	-1.00
615–648	644	8	130.00–135.00	$134.40	$866	+14.40
735	735	1	105.00	$105.00	$772	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	369	24	144.00–154.00	$148.82	$549	-11.30
400–448	423	37	140.00–160.00	$146.37	$619	-9.23
450–490	470	31	133.00–155.00	$140.61	$661	-5.07
500–545	519	42	130.00–150.00	$135.64	$704	-8.45
525 value added	525	5	147.00	$147.00	$772	+1.00
550–598	572	32	125.00–142.00	$132.10	$756	-6.59
580–585 value added	584	9	140.00–148.00	$144.00	$841	-0.02
601–640	612	26	125.00–137.00	$128.81	$788	-6.87
620–630 value added	621	8	145.00–147.00	$146.75	$911	+7.25
660–675	667	12	122.50–130.00	$124.87	$833	-1.87
705–745	726	14	116.00–127.00	$121.03	$879	+1.41
770–795	784	8	120.00–127.00	$122.76	$962	+17.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	-12.25
310–345	332	17	140.00–172.00	$144.93	$481	-12.11
350–395	369	32	140.00–165.00	$145.32	$536	-3.76
400–445	421	23	135.00–156.00	$144.58	$609	+1.14
450–490	466	29	125.00–150.00	$135.81	$633	-2.32
500–545	522	31	120.00–140.00	$129.60	$677	-6.73
550–595	566	35	120.00–137.00	$127.71	$723	-4.62
605–645	626	13	120.00–132.00	$122.90	$769	-1.99
651–685	658	11	120.00–122.00	$120.38	$792	-0.54
715–738	729	6	105.00–120.00	$114.87	$837	-4.67
750–785	773	3	90.00–95.00	$91.62	$708	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	322	19	132.00–163.00	$146.86	$473	-2.16
355–390	374	6	130.00–140.00	$134.83	$504	-9.96
410–445	424	18	128.00–150.00	$140.33	$595	+2.22
450–495	473	14	105.00–140.00	$120.72	$571	-10.09
500–545	529	17	117.00–134.00	$125.14	$662	-4.42
555–580	568	5	115.00–127.00	$122.57	$696	-0.30
600–630	612	20	110.00–122.00	$114.51	$701	-0.49
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	+8.49
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	+7.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	7	131.00	$131.00	$951	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	332	12	184.00–200.00	$187.91	$624	-7.99
350–385	366	20	177.00–192.00	$182.56	$668	+1.59
380 fancy	380	1	202.00	$202.00	$768	—
409–435	416	25	164.00–190.00	$175.54	$730	-0.15
455–485	471	17	152.50–172.00	$159.09	$749	-8.86
505–545	518	36	145.00–159.00	$150.92	$782	-11.41
555–595	565	14	143.00–155.00	$147.80	$835	-5.40
600–630	619	13	137.50–145.00	$141.01	$873	-2.01
650–685	662	11	130.00–139.00	$134.10	$888	-9.65
710–745	725	3	127.50–135.00	$130.15	$944	+7.71
790–795	793	2	124.00–126.00	$125.00	$991	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	3	180.00–202.00	$188.80	$525	-3.71
310–345	325	11	169.00–197.00	$183.18	$595	-3.38
365–395	379	8	170.00–185.00	$176.12	$667	+2.25
400–445	419	16	150.00–175.00	$160.65	$673	-4.04
450–495	476	46	140.00–162.00	$151.28	$720	-8.62
500–545	523	26	139.00–155.00	$145.72	$762	-6.60
550–590	566	7	130.00–145.00	$138.50	$784	-7.50
600–645	625	11	130.00–135.00	$132.02	$825	-3.58
665–696	680	3	121.00–131.00	$124.67	$848	-2.95
715–730	721	4	115.00–125.00	$119.98	$865	+0.22
795	795	1	117.00	$117.00	$930	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	190.00	$190.00	$542	—
315–335	327	3	160.00–185.00	$170.03	$556	-5.48
355–390	373	10	162.00–177.00	$170.89	$637	+2.26
410–445	425	13	142.00–167.00	$151.62	$644	-4.07
450–490	469	12	135.00–152.00	$143.61	$674	-6.18
505–540	518	7	130.00–145.00	$136.45	$707	-4.56
568–590	582	7	130.00–137.00	$135.56	$789	+5.45
605–610	608	2	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$754	+2.00
665	665	1	115.00	$115.00	$765	—
730	730	1	111.00	$111.00	$810	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1485	1095	80-85%	48	51.00–70.00	$62.90	$689	—
745–1630	1122	80-85%	80	60.00–77.00	$69.69	$782	+4.01
910–1560	1180	80-85%	34	67.50–83.00	$76.65	$904	+6.15

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1065	913	85-90%	13	41.00–51.00	$47.41	$433	—
770–1210	919	85-90%	14	53.00–65.00	$59.19	$544	—
705–1320	1019	85-90%	47	40.00–66.00	$54.40	$554	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1665	1383	75-80%	13	56.50–74.00	$67.37	$932	-7.72
1035–1790	1417	75-80%	49	60.00–79.00	$68.22	$967	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1820	1506	5	83.00–98.00	$91.43	$1,377	—
1510–1985	1714	10	85.00–97.00	$90.66	$1,554	—
1660–1865	1763	2	101.00–105.00	$103.12	$1,818	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1120	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	570.00–760.00	$660.53
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	43	550.00–750.00	$662.42

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1015	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	730.00–860.00	$796.31
1035–1275	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	680.00–900.00	$777.08
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,200.00	$975.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	750.00–1,000.00	$826.97
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	695.00–850.00	$766.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	410.00–700.00	$620.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	340.00–435.00	$393.13

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	280.00–350.00	$305.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–805	795	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$687.34
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	925.00–950.00	$935.71

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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
935–990 thin fleshed	963	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–710.00	$704.86	—
1325	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,700.00–2,050.00	$1,820.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	925.00–1,275.00	$1,115.63	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	725.00–975.00	$792.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–575.00	$537.50	—

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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.