Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, August 15, 2022

3,848 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.04/cwt -5.58 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 579 lb · 71 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $159.88/cwt +0.35 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 471 lb · 60 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.86/cwt -0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 519 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,848	3,432	3,147
Feeder cattle	3,291	2,545	2,732
Slaughter cattle	458	543	344
Replacement cattle	99	344	71

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. 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
320–330	325	8	200.00–205.00	$201.50	$655	-9.59
360–395	372	10	190.00–200.00	$195.08	$726	-17.77
400 value added	400	1	217.00	$217.00	$868	—
400–405	403	2	200.00–202.00	$201.01	$810	-1.98
460–496	480	22	175.00–190.00	$183.46	$881	-2.93
510–545	531	32	170.00–179.00	$173.04	$919	+0.93
565–590 value added	571	10	175.00–183.00	$178.99	$1,022	—
555–595	574	36	164.00–172.00	$168.08	$965	-4.28
605–645	626	28	156.00–167.50	$160.51	$1,005	-4.44
650 value added	650	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,092	—
665–690	681	19	152.00–164.00	$159.96	$1,089	+3.73
735–749	747	10	143.00–148.00	$145.10	$1,084	-5.20
750–795	771	4	132.00–145.00	$139.01	$1,072	-5.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	202.50	$202.50	$587	—
320–340	331	7	185.00–205.00	$193.24	$640	-4.53
350–375	370	15	179.00–202.00	$187.78	$695	+7.44
405–435	426	22	170.00–187.00	$177.27	$755	+0.76
450–490	467	10	167.00–178.00	$171.26	$800	-3.09
500–545	519	12	160.00–169.00	$164.36	$853	-0.23
575–595	583	6	150.00–164.00	$158.99	$927	-5.31
615–645	630	5	150.00–157.00	$153.39	$966	-2.97
660–695	683	4	149.00–161.00	$152.50	$1,042	+3.50
735	735	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,014	-4.64
755	755	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,004	-3.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	195.00	$195.00	$624	+21.13
355–375	366	5	164.00–180.00	$172.57	$632	-5.18
400–445	424	29	147.00–180.00	$158.85	$674	-1.93
475	475	1	167.00	$167.00	$793	+5.94
505–530	519	8	150.00–160.00	$157.68	$818	+4.02
572–590	577	10	132.00–152.00	$143.02	$825	-10.12
625	625	1	142.00	$142.00	$888	+6.01
685	685	1	143.00	$143.00	$980	—
785	785	1	122.00	$122.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	8	182.50	$182.50	$1,106	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	327	7	156.00–167.50	$162.38	$531	-8.03
365–395	386	14	152.00–172.00	$159.95	$617	-8.26
400 fancy	400	2	170.00	$170.00	$680	—
400–435	418	29	147.00–165.00	$155.82	$651	-5.11
455–491	477	47	147.00–162.00	$151.44	$722	-4.85
500–545	519	54	144.00–157.50	$149.52	$776	-0.46
520 value added	520	3	156.00	$156.00	$811	—
575 value added	575	7	152.00	$152.00	$874	-8.45
575 fancy	575	1	154.00	$154.00	$886	—
550–595	579	63	140.00–150.00	$145.25	$841	-0.38
600–645	624	31	135.00–149.00	$141.55	$883	+0.20
640 value added	640	2	149.00	$149.00	$954	-6.38
650 fancy	650	1	141.00	$141.00	$916	+1.99
650–695	670	12	125.00–142.00	$132.44	$887	-3.80
705–745	717	21	127.00–136.00	$132.96	$953	—
755–790	775	5	115.00–130.00	$123.80	$959	-7.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	281	5	150.00–153.00	$151.17	$425	—
310–345	328	26	148.00–160.00	$154.68	$507	-7.57
355–395	381	29	146.00–165.00	$152.40	$581	-5.39
400–445	424	43	140.00–160.00	$148.08	$628	-2.23
450–495	474	54	137.00–152.00	$143.31	$679	-3.31
505–545	524	28	134.00–148.00	$140.18	$735	-1.28
550–595	580	17	128.00–140.00	$134.79	$782	-1.29
600–645	620	6	125.00–130.00	$128.34	$796	-5.10
655–695	683	6	120.00–132.00	$126.44	$864	-3.56
765–795	780	2	120.00–122.00	$120.98	$944	+1.24

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	288	4	135.00–140.00	$136.15	$392	-30.85
315–345	326	22	135.00–160.00	$146.95	$479	-1.97
350–395	367	29	135.00–160.00	$144.60	$531	+0.46
405–445	424	31	130.00–152.00	$135.12	$573	-5.09
455–495	472	10	120.00–142.00	$130.01	$614	-5.75
500–545	523	16	110.00–140.00	$125.08	$654	-8.77
560–595	573	9	124.00–132.00	$126.01	$722	+2.46
620	620	1	120.00	$120.00	$744	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	3	205.00–210.00	$206.67	$517	—
300–345	330	11	185.00–204.00	$194.41	$642	+8.64
355–395	374	19	172.00–190.00	$182.18	$681	-11.12
405–440	418	47	155.00–188.00	$169.66	$709	-1.83
450–497	471	60	147.00–170.00	$159.88	$753	+0.35
505–530	520	24	140.00–160.00	$151.40	$787	+0.03
550–595	570	32	135.00–155.00	$144.22	$822	-0.19
600–645	622	16	130.00–149.00	$141.50	$880	+1.31
660–680	668	3	125.00–146.00	$137.88	$921	+3.34
700–745	733	7	117.00–138.00	$129.99	$953	+5.95
770–795	785	4	120.00–126.00	$124.28	$976	+0.96

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	271	5	210.00–225.00	$218.04	$591	—
305–340	324	10	197.00–220.00	$205.28	$665	-13.29
350–395	369	26	185.00–202.00	$194.06	$716	-18.39
370–376 fancy	375	4	202.00–206.00	$205.01	$769	—
405–435	418	16	170.00–200.00	$181.90	$760	-14.36
450–490	461	24	157.00–180.00	$168.60	$777	-17.94
505–545	517	16	150.00–172.00	$159.80	$826	+0.37
550–585	566	19	150.00–165.00	$156.69	$887	+2.50
605–645	626	16	140.00–157.50	$148.60	$930	±0.00
650–690	670	6	136.00–145.00	$142.70	$956	+3.77
705–710 fancy	708	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,005	—
710–745	725	4	127.00–142.00	$135.88	$985	-0.25

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	195.00	$195.00	$497	—
320–345	327	10	160.00–190.00	$178.13	$582	-3.16
350–395	377	24	150.00–183.00	$166.00	$626	-10.80
400–440	425	35	140.00–176.00	$158.95	$676	-3.80
450–490	475	26	130.00–160.00	$149.78	$711	-3.03
505–545	529	18	122.00–150.00	$135.94	$719	-6.97
555–590	573	10	115.00–140.00	$131.26	$752	—
610–645	628	2	125.00–127.00	$126.03	$791	-6.01
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	—
780–795	788	2	115.00–121.00	$117.97	$930	-7.03

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1440	1149	80-85%	49	62.00–80.00	$73.72	$847	-9.70
890–1455	1164	80-85%	84	71.00–88.00	$79.63	$927	—
935–1515	1224	80-85%	31	80.00–94.00	$85.00	$1,040	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1120	952	85-90%	41	45.00–74.00	$57.65	$549	-2.25
700–1275	1001	85-90%	47	55.00–80.00	$62.52	$626	-2.98
970–1250	1080	85-90%	30	63.00–72.00	$68.48	$740	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1685	1384	75-80%	13	84.00–92.00	$86.56	$1,198	+7.79
1115–1675	1411	75-80%	21	77.00–86.00	$81.13	$1,145	-11.58
1185–1825	1468	75-80%	11	70.00–79.00	$74.39	$1,092	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–2040	1455	10	89.00–96.00	$92.83	$1,351	—
1175–2125	1625	12	93.00–112.00	$103.39	$1,680	—
1655–2215	2005	12	100.00–110.00	$104.95	$2,104	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1140	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	675.00–800.00	$752.11
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,380.00	$1,352.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	750.00–1,000.00	$873.07
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	850.00–975.00	$928.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,100.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	510.00–590.00	$541.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	925.00–1,300.00	$1,060.71	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,362.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
670	670	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	910.00–925.00	$917.50	—

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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.