Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 2, 2022

5,946 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.07/cwt +0.63 vs last sale · ≈ $834/hd at 575 lb · 130 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $144.42/cwt +6.72 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 521 lb · 107 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $160.19/cwt -2.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,012/hd at 632 lb · 104 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,946	3,031	5,150
Feeder cattle	4,993	2,539	4,309
Slaughter cattle	789	353	624
Replacement cattle	164	139	217

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 1.00 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
295	295	2	202.00	$202.00	$596	—
350–390	375	14	195.00–210.00	$203.28	$762	+5.78
400–440	428	29	186.00–206.00	$192.91	$826	+3.23
456 value added	456	6	205.00	$205.00	$935	—
450–498	482	32	170.00–193.00	$187.54	$904	+5.61
504–545	518	44	167.00–186.00	$176.64	$915	+3.91
541 value added	541	8	198.00	$198.00	$1,071	—
550–595	569	95	163.00–179.00	$168.48	$959	-1.95
605–638	632	104	156.00–173.00	$160.19	$1,012	-1.10
650–696	682	48	148.00–164.00	$152.38	$1,039	-8.02
725–745	739	48	142.00–157.00	$148.23	$1,095	+4.23
758–795	769	13	138.00–150.00	$144.07	$1,108	+4.07
905	905	2	134.00–137.00	$135.50	$1,226	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	200.00	$200.00	$590	—
310–335	326	17	185.00–204.00	$195.86	$639	—
350–395	374	14	182.00–192.00	$188.79	$706	+1.01
405–445	431	29	172.00–187.00	$183.19	$790	+3.51
455–495	479	51	160.00–182.50	$176.72	$846	+3.98
510–545	531	62	155.00–179.00	$172.23	$915	+10.35
550–595	588	29	131.00–170.00	$158.82	$934	+2.06
600–640	621	61	150.00–162.00	$158.06	$982	+10.95
655–695	685	8	133.00–155.00	$139.41	$955	+3.41
720–743	733	34	129.00–149.00	$145.62	$1,067	+15.62
765	765	1	125.00	$125.00	$956	—
820–830	825	2	122.00–125.00	$123.49	$1,019	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	19	165.00	$165.00	$1,028	—
712	712	13	161.00	$161.00	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	333	4	180.00–188.00	$184.46	$614	-10.54
366–385	369	14	176.00–185.00	$182.89	$675	+15.82
460–490	482	6	157.00–163.00	$161.54	$779	+6.73
525	525	1	128.00	$128.00	$672	—
605–645	625	2	120.00–124.00	$121.94	$762	-23.06
665–675	670	2	119.00–135.00	$127.06	$851	—
785–790	788	2	114.00–125.00	$119.52	$942	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	3	168.00–200.00	$178.91	$420	—
255	255	6	165.00–168.00	$166.50	$425	+1.29
300–345	325	5	165.00–168.00	$166.58	$541	+3.65
354 fancy	354	8	179.00	$179.00	$634	—
365–397	386	26	139.00–177.00	$168.47	$650	+12.33
405–440	419	73	131.00–170.00	$159.98	$670	+9.15
445 fancy	445	19	173.00	$173.00	$770	—
468 value added	468	46	163.00	$163.00	$763	—
470 fancy	470	1	165.00	$165.00	$776	—
450–495	474	45	128.00–166.00	$152.51	$723	+3.69
505 fancy	505	1	160.00	$160.00	$808	—
515 value added	515	9	154.50	$154.50	$796	+0.45
505–545	531	51	125.00–158.00	$147.74	$784	+0.38
570 fancy	570	1	154.00	$154.00	$878	+1.50
550–595	575	129	129.00–155.00	$145.00	$834	+3.08
605–645	624	48	121.00–147.00	$139.73	$872	±0.00
629–637 value added	636	43	147.00–149.00	$148.82	$946	+3.47
655–695	667	31	127.00–141.00	$132.63	$885	-0.39
669 value added	669	22	147.50	$147.50	$987	+6.51
700–740	722	21	127.00–135.00	$131.35	$948	+5.68
725–735 fancy	726	13	135.00–142.00	$141.45	$1,027	—
750–795	765	5	124.00–129.00	$126.58	$968	+5.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	4	165.00	$165.00	$346	—
255–291	279	14	156.00–175.00	$167.55	$467	+19.26
300–345	325	27	134.00–172.00	$158.04	$514	+1.36
350–395	373	43	130.00–167.00	$155.14	$579	+4.07
400–445	428	71	140.00–157.00	$148.66	$636	+1.77
463–495	478	72	122.00–154.00	$146.00	$698	+4.17
500–545	521	107	134.00–150.00	$144.42	$752	+6.72
550–595	576	26	120.00–144.00	$137.39	$791	+3.18
605–645	623	18	112.00–139.00	$130.79	$815	+4.23
650–690	668	10	115.00–135.00	$126.54	$845	+6.54
740–745	743	2	100.00–106.00	$103.01	$765	-13.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	11	140.00–160.00	$152.13	$502	-3.66
355–395	381	12	143.00–160.00	$149.51	$570	+6.36
405–445	429	17	127.00–152.00	$138.62	$595	-1.89
455–495	474	13	111.00–145.00	$132.49	$628	-1.73
500–540	526	9	104.00–138.00	$131.77	$693	+4.05
555–595	570	6	125.00–135.00	$130.32	$743	+20.32
600–640	624	4	114.00–130.00	$119.73	$747	+7.73
655–695	671	5	105.00–122.00	$113.49	$762	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558 fancy	558	7	168.00	$168.00	$937	—
565	565	13	153.00	$153.00	$864	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	223	6	185.00–190.00	$187.36	$418	-22.64
285–290	288	3	185.00–217.00	$195.54	$563	-11.46
300–340	319	13	168.00–207.00	$186.13	$594	-3.87
355–390	373	27	145.00–200.00	$176.21	$657	-3.35
400–445	432	51	138.00–185.00	$168.68	$729	+1.42
450–495	475	36	127.00–172.00	$159.50	$758	+2.67
505–545	527	41	124.00–161.00	$152.93	$806	+1.21
550–590	573	21	140.00–154.00	$148.08	$848	+6.34
605–635	621	27	132.00–149.00	$142.09	$882	+3.39
652–695	673	21	122.00–145.00	$137.74	$927	+6.28
705–745	721	15	105.00–138.00	$127.37	$918	-5.35
770–795	783	2	117.00–130.00	$123.60	$968	-1.42
1015	1015	1	92.00	$92.00	$934	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	218	6	210.00–220.00	$215.00	$469	-4.03
255–275	264	4	195.00–205.00	$201.43	$532	-5.62
300–340	326	7	193.00–220.00	$203.23	$663	-1.00
373–390 fancy	378	5	202.00–205.00	$202.60	$766	+2.60
365–395	383	17	186.00–210.00	$197.57	$757	+4.01
405–445	426	37	166.00–200.00	$185.39	$790	+3.22
450–495	465	29	152.00–185.00	$169.65	$789	+1.95
500–546	524	31	152.00–169.00	$163.88	$859	+6.23
550–595	568	14	135.00–163.00	$154.55	$878	+2.19
600–645	629	39	142.00–156.00	$148.05	$931	+3.18
650–695	675	26	135.00–150.00	$144.42	$975	+5.93
700–725	706	9	130.00–143.00	$139.33	$984	+2.94
755–780	764	5	126.00–136.00	$131.43	$1,004	—
825	825	1	120.00	$120.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	320	5	170.00–195.00	$177.60	$568	+3.57
360–395	371	12	134.00–178.00	$167.44	$621	+5.26
405–439	423	28	147.00–175.00	$161.48	$683	+4.13
450–499	485	30	117.00–160.00	$148.76	$721	+3.16
500–545	529	24	140.00–150.00	$145.16	$768	+2.80
565–590	583	13	130.00–141.00	$137.19	$800	+6.76
625–645	633	3	123.00–137.00	$128.42	$813	—
680–690	688	4	122.00–130.00	$123.98	$853	-6.02
715–725	720	2	125.00–130.00	$127.48	$918	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1475	1108	80-85%	98	61.00–76.00	$68.10	$755	—
840–1520	1155	80-85%	145	64.00–80.00	$73.25	$846	+2.36
910–1465	1200	80-85%	56	74.00–89.00	$81.32	$976	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1070	936	85-90%	43	40.00–67.00	$58.57	$548	—
735–1290	992	85-90%	75	45.00–73.00	$61.86	$614	—
835–1275	1013	85-90%	35	55.00–79.00	$66.52	$674	+5.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1685	1350	75-80%	27	78.00–87.00	$83.05	$1,121	+10.96
1130–1695	1380	75-80%	51	70.00–87.00	$75.70	$1,045	+3.61
1340–1690	1553	75-80%	8	71.00–74.00	$72.47	$1,125	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1695	1478	14	74.00–96.00	$88.67	$1,311	—
1095–2140	1635	21	93.00–107.00	$100.48	$1,643	+8.32
1100–1935	1732	10	99.00–115.00	$108.32	$1,876	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1080	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	820.00–835.00	$827.41
965–1295	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	850.00–1,025.00	$937.08
1015–1165 fancy	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,173.57
1090–1200	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,148.80
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	700.00–1,175.00	$912.31
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	590.00–890.00	$761.36

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)	9	360.00–650.00	$522.78
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00–750.00	$650.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	485.00–600.00	$580.83

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–875.00	$712.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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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
1010	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	875.00–1,175.00	$1,008.82	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	650.00–850.00	$783.33	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00	+25.00
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–810.00	$736.67	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	880.00	$880.00	—

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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.