Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 23, 2022

5,836 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.53/cwt +2.48 vs last sale · ≈ $859/hd at 571 lb · 128 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.48/cwt +1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $798/hd at 527 lb · 96 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $177.47/cwt +3.10 vs last sale · ≈ $928/hd at 523 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,836	4,467	5,450
Feeder cattle	4,519	3,709	4,641
Slaughter cattle	1,014	583	670
Replacement cattle	303	175	139

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. 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
310–348	336	13	210.00–240.00	$217.87	$732	+4.96
350–395	373	21	196.00–218.00	$206.90	$772	+5.43
408–435	428	48	184.00–207.00	$192.86	$825	+1.78
450–495	470	65	175.00–190.00	$186.64	$877	+4.77
500–548	523	96	169.00–185.00	$177.47	$928	+3.10
555–580	563	64	163.00–178.00	$172.75	$973	+2.87
600–645	627	14	151.00–164.00	$160.35	$1,005	-3.76
659–665 value added	663	29	168.00–168.50	$168.21	$1,115	-6.79
650–695	685	35	151.00–167.00	$155.70	$1,067	-4.99
700–745	717	19	140.00–154.00	$151.13	$1,084	+1.93
765 value added	765	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,186	—
765–795	789	25	135.00–147.00	$140.88	$1,112	-2.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	8	197.00–220.00	$211.52	$683	+13.88
375–395	382	9	184.00–203.00	$195.63	$747	+8.82
406–445	425	13	170.00–197.00	$183.86	$781	+2.74
455–495	481	20	159.00–180.00	$171.48	$825	-2.55
510–545	533	31	155.00–174.00	$168.31	$897	+0.61
555–598	578	40	146.00–166.00	$161.23	$932	+0.05
600–635	622	17	146.00–164.00	$155.75	$969	-1.70
650–690	681	20	130.00–157.50	$152.06	$1,036	+6.37
705	705	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,050	+5.64
775–790	781	11	130.00–146.50	$138.45	$1,081	-4.06
815	815	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–440	436	4	160.00–184.00	$173.87	$758	—
455–470	464	5	160.00–165.00	$161.96	$751	+7.22
500–545	525	11	150.00–167.00	$157.17	$825	—
555–585	577	11	150.00–155.00	$151.18	$872	+1.39
625–645	635	2	148.00–150.00	$149.02	$946	+8.21
650–680	665	2	122.00–124.00	$122.98	$818	-12.18
795	795	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	4	198.00	$198.00	$713	—
435	435	7	194.50	$194.50	$846	—
467	467	11	184.00	$184.00	$859	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	8	167.00–177.00	$171.29	$557	+7.31
350–390	369	46	161.00–180.00	$169.62	$626	+3.07
400–445	423	64	151.00–174.00	$163.64	$692	+5.44
450–495	471	79	141.00–167.00	$155.43	$732	+1.88
476 value added	476	13	168.50	$168.50	$802	+7.50
500–546	526	91	140.00–159.00	$151.12	$795	+0.95
540 value added	540	5	158.00	$158.00	$853	—
565–571 value added	567	28	155.00–160.50	$159.11	$902	—
550–596	572	100	137.00–155.00	$148.13	$847	+0.68
600–627 value added	616	12	151.00–157.00	$153.44	$945	—
600–645	623	45	130.00–152.00	$141.59	$882	-11.61
653–680 fancy	655	15	148.00–156.00	$155.45	$1,018	+14.45
650–695	679	19	130.00–144.00	$135.94	$923	-0.13
715 fancy	715	1	139.00	$139.00	$994	+4.00
712–745	727	14	129.00–133.00	$132.21	$961	+2.05
738 value added	738	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,033	—
760–770	763	4	122.00–129.00	$127.23	$971	+2.23
870	870	1	110.00	$110.00	$957	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	322	21	152.00–177.00	$164.01	$528	+6.99
350–395	377	33	150.00–169.00	$156.76	$591	+0.06
400–448	431	67	140.00–162.00	$151.00	$651	+0.80
450–495	471	56	133.00–155.00	$144.69	$681	+0.65
500–545	522	56	130.00–150.00	$143.14	$747	+2.91
555–590	575	16	128.00–145.00	$137.30	$789	+0.68
600–645	613	16	126.00–138.00	$132.76	$814	+1.42
660–675	671	7	121.00–132.00	$127.57	$856	-0.88
700–735	718	2	117.00–120.00	$118.46	$851	-6.54

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	269	5	158.00–163.00	$160.84	$433	+2.83
305–345	316	7	144.00–167.00	$155.13	$490	-0.38
365–395	375	11	142.00–160.00	$148.99	$559	+3.99
405–445	421	24	125.00–154.00	$139.93	$589	-0.35
465–495	480	14	134.00–148.00	$140.88	$676	+7.92
510–545	522	13	120.00–140.00	$131.56	$687	+0.27
560–585	575	3	129.00–135.00	$133.05	$765	—
620	620	2	110.00–122.00	$116.00	$719	-4.60
660	660	1	121.00	$121.00	$799	—
720	720	1	118.00	$118.00	$850	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	289	8	208.00–215.00	$212.01	$613	—
300–345	325	8	194.00–215.00	$206.50	$671	-4.33
350–360 fancy	355	2	217.00	$217.00	$770	+12.00
350–395	381	29	187.00–212.00	$202.76	$773	+4.07
400–445	424	28	172.00–200.00	$186.60	$791	-0.29
450–496	484	42	158.00–188.00	$172.63	$836	-1.06
505 fancy	505	1	177.00	$177.00	$894	+1.33
500–545	517	38	150.00–174.00	$162.79	$842	-1.16
555–595	567	21	147.00–170.00	$160.35	$909	+2.56
600–645	622	28	148.00–164.00	$155.86	$969	+3.21
650–685	660	13	136.00–155.00	$148.30	$979	+4.76
715–745	727	13	131.00–148.00	$141.59	$1,029	+1.29
750–790	766	7	121.00–172.00	$137.29	$1,052	+4.33
960	960	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	195.00–200.00	$197.46	$563	-1.38
320–325	323	4	180.00–198.00	$190.47	$615	-0.32
355–395	373	19	170.00–200.00	$185.23	$691	-0.06
405–445	419	28	162.00–185.00	$174.41	$731	-0.50
450–495	472	32	150.00–178.00	$160.97	$760	-0.49
510–545	525	34	146.00–167.00	$157.97	$829	+4.02
550–595	578	39	127.00–161.00	$152.83	$883	+5.10
605–640	619	21	139.00–153.00	$146.13	$905	+5.03
650–695	671	9	130.00–143.00	$135.55	$910	+1.99
705–735	717	9	132.00–139.00	$136.55	$979	+0.34
755–790	778	3	120.00–130.00	$126.77	$986	-4.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	200.00	$200.00	$580	+10.00
305–345	326	8	167.00–195.00	$179.77	$586	-0.88
360–395	375	7	183.00–189.00	$185.36	$695	+9.66
410–425	420	6	152.00–175.00	$160.83	$675	-0.40
455–490	472	17	137.00–164.00	$153.00	$722	+3.30
505–545	525	12	145.00–157.00	$154.50	$811	+15.20
550–590	572	11	132.00–150.00	$142.61	$816	+14.08
610–635	625	12	117.00–144.00	$131.38	$821	+6.38
655–690	661	8	121.00–137.00	$134.66	$890	+1.66
730	730	1	124.00	$124.00	$905	-4.00
755	755	2	120.00	$120.00	$906	-4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1390	1117	80-85%	127	66.00–85.00	$77.45	$865	+2.64
860–1695	1213	80-85%	164	75.00–94.00	$84.14	$1,021	—
1005–1450	1244	80-85%	47	83.00–99.00	$89.83	$1,117	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1150	921	85-90%	78	45.00–70.00	$62.59	$576	+4.33
725–1255	1022	85-90%	122	52.00–77.00	$69.72	$713	+0.64
880–1285	1041	85-90%	52	62.00–83.00	$75.27	$784	+6.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1655	1358	75-80%	61	82.00–95.00	$86.60	$1,176	-1.19
1165–1780	1424	75-80%	33	90.00–101.00	$91.76	$1,307	+10.28
1090–1605	1429	75-80%	26	74.00–84.00	$80.87	$1,156	+4.75

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1780	1384	16	82.00–104.00	$93.08	$1,288	—
1055–2170	1590	23	99.00–112.00	$104.66	$1,664	—
1505–2305	1916	16	105.00–120.00	$113.27	$2,170	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
530–720	625	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	605.00–690.00	$641.04

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1020	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	695.00–825.00	$760.97
1210–1255	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,061.82
1245–1385	1307	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,171.81
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,500.00–1,575.00	$1,554.55
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	775.00–1,300.00	$1,049.07
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,337.50
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	960.00–985.00	$972.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	675.00–1,150.00	$895.91
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	950.00–1,075.00	$1,012.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,623.44
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,175.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	775.00–1,375.00	$1,103.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–850	727	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	425.00–600.00	$500.69
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	875.00–1,050.00	$943.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	330.00–505.00	$417.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	974.00	$974.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–849.00	$795.75
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00

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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
1520	1520	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1600	1600	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	53	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,284.91	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,450.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	975.00–1,125.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	875.00–1,175.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.