Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 16, 2022

4,829 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $175.50/cwt ≈ $971/hd at 553 lb · 188 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.42/cwt +7.42 vs last sale · ≈ $927/hd at 621 lb · 110 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.32/cwt +5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $857/hd at 566 lb · 108 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,829	3,848	5,932
Feeder cattle	3,937	3,291	4,813
Slaughter cattle	766	458	854
Replacement cattle	126	99	265

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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	1	220.00	$220.00	$649	—
325–340	327	14	215.00–225.00	$220.25	$720	+18.75
350–395	369	12	186.00–227.00	$202.99	$749	+7.91
400–449	430	18	180.00–203.00	$192.39	$827	-8.62
450–495	481	37	179.00–190.00	$182.73	$879	-0.73
500–545	523	78	162.00–185.00	$178.87	$935	+5.83
550–595	570	68	167.00–179.00	$174.19	$993	+6.11
605–647	633	56	161.00–173.00	$166.53	$1,054	+6.02
650–695	665	76	147.00–171.00	$161.96	$1,077	+2.00
715–725 value added	716	8	162.00	$162.00	$1,160	—
701–743	717	27	144.00–155.00	$153.60	$1,101	+8.50
755–795	767	13	142.00–151.50	$148.49	$1,139	+9.48
755–778 value added	770	12	157.00–158.00	$157.08	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	322	5	207.00–210.00	$209.39	$674	+16.15
380–395	387	6	180.00–211.00	$192.97	$747	+5.19
400–445	419	11	163.00–185.00	$173.57	$727	-3.70
450–492	474	22	160.00–188.00	$173.09	$820	+1.83
505–548	528	43	162.50–173.00	$169.85	$897	+5.49
550–595	582	31	146.00–170.00	$163.86	$954	+4.87
600–648	631	28	150.00–165.00	$159.84	$1,009	+6.45
655–695	675	10	145.00–159.00	$153.12	$1,034	+0.62
705–730	726	11	134.00–150.00	$140.05	$1,017	+2.05
760–795	778	4	133.00–142.00	$138.21	$1,075	+5.21

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	320	3	190.00–195.00	$191.61	$613	-3.39
365–390	374	5	180.00–188.00	$185.71	$695	+13.14
405–445	427	11	141.00–188.00	$169.81	$725	+10.96
480	480	4	170.00–179.00	$172.25	$827	+5.25
505	505	2	158.00	$158.00	$798	+0.32
561–595	582	33	139.00–155.00	$149.00	$867	+5.98
605–625	616	5	145.00–152.00	$147.79	$910	+5.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	8	155.00	$155.00	$953	-27.50

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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	337	5	175.00–185.00	$177.86	$599	+15.48
355–395	373	12	150.00–177.00	$165.38	$617	+5.43
400–446	432	65	142.00–175.00	$168.04	$726	+12.22
471 fancy	471	8	168.00	$168.00	$791	—
455–496	473	49	137.00–163.00	$154.93	$733	+3.49
500–549	526	45	134.00–159.00	$151.14	$795	+1.62
545	545	1	146.00	$146.00	$796	-3.52
553–567 value added	558	27	155.00–161.00	$158.42	$884	+6.42
565	565	2	148.00	$148.00	$836	+2.75
555–593	569	79	132.00–156.00	$148.98	$848	+3.73
600–640	619	48	125.00–151.00	$143.78	$890	+2.23
602–634 value added	622	62	149.00–155.50	$153.79	$957	+4.79
659 value added	659	2	151.00	$151.00	$995	—
660	660	1	134.00	$134.00	$884	+1.56
655–685	670	16	130.00–143.00	$137.68	$922	+5.24
725 value added	725	6	143.50	$143.50	$1,040	—
700–745	726	15	125.00–136.00	$131.43	$954	-1.53
755–765	758	4	120.00–123.00	$122.24	$927	-1.56
853	853	15	124.50	$124.50	$1,062	—
1013	1013	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	188	175.50	$175.50	$971	—
610	610	22	158.00	$158.00	$964	—
692	692	72	163.50	$163.50	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	168.00–175.00	$170.33	$494	+19.16
305–345	327	18	152.50–172.00	$161.88	$529	+7.20
355–395	376	29	142.00–165.00	$154.31	$580	+1.91
405–445	423	45	131.00–163.00	$149.66	$633	+1.58
455–495	478	22	134.00–155.00	$145.42	$695	+2.11
505–545	522	47	130.00–150.00	$145.70	$761	+5.52
550–595	569	26	126.00–147.00	$143.34	$816	+8.55
605–645	628	17	126.00–144.00	$136.81	$859	+8.47
660–675	671	5	124.00–132.00	$128.41	$862	+1.97
700–720	710	2	116.00–117.50	$116.74	$829	—
770–785	778	2	111.00–115.00	$113.02	$879	-7.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	322	8	145.00–167.00	$157.47	$507	+10.52
350–395	380	13	130.00–160.00	$148.60	$565	+4.00
405–440	416	26	124.00–155.00	$143.71	$598	+8.59
455–490	474	7	122.00–143.00	$134.81	$639	+4.80
505–545	523	4	133.00–142.00	$137.97	$722	+12.89
565–575	571	5	127.00–135.00	$130.82	$747	+4.81
620–645	629	6	114.00–130.00	$124.15	$781	+4.15
715–745	730	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$821	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	205.00	$205.00	$594	—
315–345	333	3	177.00–200.00	$187.58	$625	-6.83
360–385	374	18	144.00–194.00	$172.95	$647	-9.23
405–445	429	30	143.00–188.00	$172.15	$739	+2.49
450–495	475	40	137.00–176.00	$161.40	$767	+1.52
505–545	522	52	133.00–167.00	$156.18	$815	+4.78
550–599	578	36	137.00–158.00	$152.61	$882	+8.39
600–643	623	31	130.00–150.00	$144.57	$901	+3.07
660–695	679	11	131.00–145.00	$139.43	$947	+1.55
700–710	705	4	121.00–138.00	$127.53	$899	-2.46
775–795	785	2	125.00–126.00	$125.51	$985	+1.23
832	832	3	117.00	$117.00	$973	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	215.00	$215.00	$624	-3.04
305–325	316	7	205.00–215.00	$207.98	$657	+2.70
355–370 fancy	363	2	207.00	$207.00	$751	+1.99
360–395	381	15	173.00–205.00	$189.63	$722	-4.43
400–445	424	25	164.00–203.00	$185.42	$786	+3.52
425–430 fancy	428	2	194.00–195.00	$194.50	$832	—
455–460 fancy	458	2	187.00	$187.00	$856	—
450–495	470	36	152.00–185.00	$174.30	$819	+5.70
505–545	528	30	148.00–173.00	$164.82	$870	+5.02
550–590	572	34	140.00–170.00	$159.21	$911	+2.52
600–640	621	23	138.00–161.00	$153.30	$952	+4.70
665 fancy	665	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,024	—
650–690	669	17	131.00–157.00	$148.43	$993	+5.73
705–725	716	6	138.00–147.00	$142.68	$1,022	+6.80
755–770	763	3	131.00–135.00	$132.65	$1,012	—
915	915	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	205.00	$205.00	$482	—
305–340	324	7	165.00–190.00	$182.00	$590	+3.87
375–390	383	5	160.00–180.00	$168.92	$647	+2.92
405–445	431	15	158.00–178.00	$164.49	$709	+5.54
455–495	473	20	135.00–167.00	$151.70	$718	+1.92
500–545	524	19	122.00–155.00	$143.34	$751	+7.40
555–590	571	10	125.00–148.00	$134.64	$769	+3.38
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	+3.97
675–690	681	5	114.00–125.00	$119.55	$814	—
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	+5.00
790	790	1	120.00	$120.00	$948	+2.03

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1435	1118	80-85%	83	68.00–84.00	$76.03	$850	+2.31
860–1480	1148	80-85%	133	77.00–90.00	$81.64	$937	+7.92
860–1425	1231	80-85%	67	82.00–95.00	$88.20	$1,086	+3.20

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1190	964	85-90%	45	44.00–72.00	$63.49	$612	+5.84
835–1270	1004	85-90%	46	63.00–82.00	$71.94	$722	+9.42
810–1465	1018	85-90%	80	54.00–78.00	$69.68	$709	+7.16

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1490	1339	75-80%	64	83.00–89.00	$86.48	$1,158	—
1125–1545	1369	75-80%	12	90.00–96.00	$92.84	$1,271	+6.28
1055–1635	1382	75-80%	28	74.00–82.00	$80.37	$1,111	-6.19

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1685	1475	14	88.00–103.00	$95.98	$1,416	+3.15
1175–2000	1605	25	93.00–112.00	$104.11	$1,671	+0.72
1385–1850	1671	15	103.00–119.00	$110.32	$1,843	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	500.00–620.00	$572.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–855	719	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	300.00–450.00	$353.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1255	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	870.00–900.00	$885.85

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070 fancy	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1040–1175	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	920.00–1,150.00	$1,030.80
985–1210	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	720.00–1,050.00	$936.11
1200–1265	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,045.00–1,350.00	$1,170.10
1365 fancy	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	920.00	$920.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	580.00	$580.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	900.00–1,245.00	$969.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	800.00–925.00	$841.67
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	625.00–725.00	$705.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–875	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	610.00–630.00	$620.23
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00–750.00	$662.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–760.00	$755.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	918.00	$918.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–765	698	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	840.00–855.00	$846.77

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	825.00–885.00	$865.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.