Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, August 31, 2022

2,976 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.28/cwt +1.28 vs last sale · ≈ $946/hd at 638 lb · 60 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.34/cwt +7.12 vs last sale · ≈ $837/hd at 525 lb · 54 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.37/cwt -3.12 vs last sale · ≈ $733/hd at 475 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,976	4,707	1,204
Feeder cattle	2,317	3,889	1,023
Slaughter cattle	467	599	105
Replacement cattle	192	219	76

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady to 4.00 lower. 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
315–335	325	2	217.00–222.00	$219.58	$714	+0.46
365–395	391	12	187.00–202.00	$194.47	$760	-5.00
405–445	417	9	182.00–206.00	$194.35	$810	-3.01
470–477	476	20	178.00–190.00	$180.87	$861	-5.87
505–535	520	28	174.50–181.00	$177.85	$925	-0.45
550–585	575	37	167.00–178.00	$171.50	$986	-0.78
600–630	609	12	160.00–175.00	$168.96	$1,029	+3.47
650–685	666	4	150.00–157.00	$153.25	$1,021	-5.74
675 value added	675	18	167.50	$167.50	$1,131	—
725	725	3	149.00	$149.00	$1,080	-1.31
775	775	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,100	-11.50
790 value added	790	16	155.00	$155.00	$1,224	—
1140	1140	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,596	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	188.00	$188.00	$592	-17.41
355–375	368	11	180.00–193.00	$185.74	$684	-12.30
435–440	436	9	185.00–190.00	$186.45	$813	+2.93
460–495	471	42	165.00–184.00	$177.47	$836	+6.49
500–545	524	8	160.00–172.00	$166.15	$871	-4.72
605–645	629	13	153.00–162.00	$158.23	$995	+2.06
650–690	678	14	139.00–157.00	$145.28	$985	-3.70
700–745	732	8	135.00–145.00	$141.65	$1,037	-0.23
760	760	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,079	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
762	762	46	167.00	$167.00	$1,273	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	371	5	165.00–175.00	$171.84	$638	-8.86
420–440	430	3	160.00–180.00	$167.32	$719	+9.94
455–470	463	2	170.00–174.00	$172.03	$796	+7.72
520	520	2	156.00	$156.00	$811	—
555–595	575	4	144.00–155.00	$149.48	$860	-4.52
695	695	1	137.00	$137.00	$952	-6.92
730	730	1	130.00	$130.00	$949	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	6	164.00–166.00	$164.67	$560	-5.58
360–390	377	38	157.00–182.00	$163.83	$618	-1.94
400–445	418	30	150.00–172.00	$158.46	$662	-4.53
440 value added	440	10	158.00	$158.00	$695	—
450–495	475	49	145.00–165.00	$154.37	$733	-3.12
505–545	524	32	140.00–162.00	$149.26	$782	-2.96
525 value added	525	11	162.00	$162.00	$850	—
520–533 fancy	527	10	187.50–190.00	$188.73	$995	—
545	545	1	159.00	$159.00	$867	+6.78
560	560	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,131	+50.25
555–570 value added	566	7	151.00–160.00	$157.48	$891	—
560–590	573	19	132.00–153.00	$147.65	$846	-4.10
605–645	624	18	141.00–150.00	$145.56	$908	+1.57
635–646 value added	644	42	144.00–150.00	$149.44	$962	—
660–680	664	12	126.00–140.00	$135.91	$902	-5.42
735–745	742	3	135.00–137.00	$135.66	$1,007	+2.91
775	775	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,008	+0.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	168.00	$168.00	$462	+13.00
310–340	323	19	156.00–165.00	$158.94	$513	-2.56
350–395	372	18	145.00–170.00	$159.69	$594	+5.10
400–445	425	37	137.00–166.00	$153.31	$652	-1.33
455–495	473	32	145.00–157.00	$149.27	$706	-1.36
500–545	522	33	130.00–150.00	$144.32	$753	-2.64
550–595	572	17	127.00–147.00	$139.35	$797	-3.37
610–645	632	17	125.00–140.00	$130.69	$826	-8.38
665–695	680	2	117.00–132.00	$124.33	$845	-8.00
705–735	720	4	114.00–131.00	$122.32	$881	-8.95
785	785	3	120.00	$120.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	5	158.00–160.00	$159.21	$435	—
310	310	3	156.00	$156.00	$484	+6.12
380	380	10	150.00–154.00	$152.00	$578	—
410–445	427	16	136.00–157.00	$143.37	$612	+2.33
455–495	473	21	127.00–147.00	$135.84	$643	-5.85
505–540	521	8	139.00–142.00	$140.23	$731	+4.07
620–640	624	6	110.00–130.00	$124.10	$774	-4.28
655–675	662	3	121.00–130.00	$126.94	$840	—
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	327	14	178.00–204.00	$194.04	$635	+9.30
355–395	375	15	165.00–203.00	$191.06	$716	+3.56
405–445	427	19	170.00–188.00	$177.24	$757	-1.75
460–495	480	36	155.00–180.00	$167.62	$805	-0.69
500–540	520	34	147.00–162.00	$155.27	$807	-1.94
555–590	567	26	143.00–157.00	$151.45	$859	+1.32
605–645	630	17	138.00–152.00	$146.02	$920	+1.65
650–655	652	3	128.00–134.00	$130.01	$848	-12.16
705–740	725	5	117.00–142.00	$127.26	$923	-8.74
785–795	788	3	130.00–132.00	$131.33	$1,035	+12.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	327	15	210.00–222.00	$214.92	$703	-8.53
355–395	379	9	179.00–216.00	$197.03	$747	-3.11
400–445	424	21	175.00–196.00	$186.20	$789	-1.11
455–470	459	10	172.00–192.00	$184.00	$845	+7.94
510–540	523	22	160.00–170.00	$166.91	$873	+2.59
550–595	561	12	153.00–165.00	$159.58	$895	+0.01
620–635	625	9	151.00–156.00	$154.10	$963	+1.43
655–680	668	4	147.00–150.00	$148.74	$994	+1.71
701–720	705	9	140.00–148.00	$142.03	$1,001	-1.73
770	770	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,078	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	366	8	188.00–190.00	$188.89	$691	+23.28
400–440	422	9	140.00–175.00	$164.43	$694	+2.39
460–495	484	12	130.00–168.00	$152.64	$739	+2.24
510–530	527	6	141.00–152.00	$148.02	$780	+5.99
575–585	583	5	145.00–147.00	$145.39	$848	+13.06
635	635	5	140.00	$140.00	$889	—
790	790	1	120.00	$120.00	$948	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1370	1088	80-85%	40	63.00–82.00	$76.20	$829	+3.16
905–1260	1101	80-85%	33	79.00–95.00	$84.19	$927	—
850–1475	1124	80-85%	56	70.00–89.00	$79.97	$899	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1245	942	85-90%	26	40.00–66.00	$51.45	$485	—
780–1280	978	85-90%	46	52.00–83.00	$67.18	$657	+1.43
780–1140	1033	85-90%	35	72.00–79.00	$74.59	$771	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1505	1236	75-80%	12	84.00–96.00	$91.83	$1,135	—
1185–1830	1399	75-80%	27	78.00–90.00	$84.25	$1,179	—
1060–1690	1406	75-80%	9	72.00–82.00	$77.42	$1,089	-6.77

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1780	1492	14	85.00–102.00	$93.80	$1,399	—
1325–1995	1688	11	94.00–110.00	$99.82	$1,685	-12.74
1525–2005	1718	4	104.00–110.00	$107.45	$1,846	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–960	861	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	430.00–670.00	$527.00
1045 fancy	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	835.00	$835.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	625.00–800.00	$737.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150 fancy	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	690.00–1,025.00	$844.17
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,275.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	875.00–1,150.00	$959.74
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,010.00–1,100.00	$1,040.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	550.00–650.00	$607.14
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	750.00–800.00	$772.73

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–825	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–600.00	$551.08
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–740.00	$673.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–675.00	$616.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	575.00–775.00	$658.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–930.00	$865.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–870.00	$810.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,691.67

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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
1090	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+227.06
1070–1365	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,400.00	$1,273.00	-277.00
1110–1295	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,346.15	—
1205 fancy	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1160–1305	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,550.00	$1,526.47	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,025.00	$975.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,025.00–1,375.00	$1,135.00	—

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

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1040–1125	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–950.00	$924.02	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.