Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, September 20, 2022

4,819 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $159.57/cwt ≈ $981/hd at 615 lb · 96 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $141.88/cwt +0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 523 lb · 56 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $138.14/cwt -0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 577 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,819	3,811	5,822
Feeder cattle	3,808	3,098	4,931
Slaughter cattle	910	505	637
Replacement cattle	101	208	254

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	7	192.00–200.00	$196.57	$639	-2.80
355–395	373	18	182.00–200.00	$188.52	$703	+4.82
420–445	437	19	171.00–185.00	$178.18	$779	+1.02
450–490	472	24	167.00–177.00	$172.92	$816	+0.19
505–535	521	37	140.00–169.00	$159.86	$833	-4.68
557–586	575	21	155.00–166.00	$159.73	$918	+5.83
603–640	617	41	150.00–160.00	$156.67	$967	+7.99
650–687	672	24	140.00–150.00	$145.27	$976	+2.59
705–725	721	7	140.00–146.00	$143.01	$1,031	+7.01
775–785	776	7	138.00–140.00	$139.00	$1,079	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	11	165.00–192.00	$180.03	$587	-1.57
350–385	367	10	160.00–180.00	$170.21	$625	-5.59
405–445	423	9	155.00–170.00	$160.88	$681	-7.50
458–495	467	8	151.00–168.00	$160.34	$749	+3.62
525–535	528	3	155.00	$155.00	$818	-0.53
555–590	562	6	130.00–155.00	$149.97	$843	-0.72
625–635	625	21	140.00–149.00	$147.00	$919	+5.97
674–675	674	9	135.00–140.00	$136.11	$917	-7.89
714	714	7	135.00	$135.00	$964	—
773	773	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,020	-5.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	376	8	197.00–205.00	$201.61	$758	-1.65
415–429	423	9	187.50–194.00	$191.16	$809	+1.16
585	585	1	145.00	$145.00	$848	-19.80
610–645	628	2	144.00–146.00	$145.03	$911	-17.29
670	670	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,059	+6.00
735 value added	735	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	—
760–765	762	3	141.00–155.00	$149.34	$1,138	—
823 fancy	823	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,177	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	22	166.00	$166.00	$979	—
605	605	6	155.00	$155.00	$938	—
694	694	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,006	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	33	140.00–165.00	$152.01	$575	+0.90
400–445	418	50	143.00–158.00	$150.41	$629	+3.41
455–497	474	47	137.00–152.00	$144.17	$683	-1.06
503–545	523	56	135.00–148.00	$141.88	$742	+0.46
550–599	577	56	129.00–142.00	$138.14	$797	-0.07
600–645	623	27	126.00–137.00	$131.96	$822	+2.06
655–695	672	45	120.00–133.00	$128.21	$862	-2.07
730	730	2	122.00	$122.00	$891	+2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	392	6	154.00–167.00	$159.66	$626	-5.17
415 fancy	415	7	166.00	$166.00	$689	—
405–440	418	14	152.00–165.00	$157.83	$660	+0.02
460–490	474	30	149.00–159.00	$154.08	$730	+1.35
500–540	532	12	144.00–152.00	$147.82	$786	-1.99
550–583	561	49	140.00–147.00	$143.11	$803	-0.90
600–640	615	42	135.00–147.00	$139.00	$855	-3.02
650 fancy	650	1	145.00	$145.00	$942	—
655–695	669	23	130.00–146.00	$137.91	$923	+3.24
710–735	727	12	132.00–141.00	$134.75	$980	+5.21
765–790	772	7	117.00–130.00	$124.46	$961	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606–608	607	33	149.00–149.50	$149.20	$906	—
619 value added	619	63	165.00	$165.00	$1,021	—
719	719	5	144.50	$144.50	$1,039	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	322	13	140.00–148.00	$143.19	$461	-9.38
365–396	382	18	140.00–159.00	$144.29	$551	-0.88
400–440	422	19	129.00–147.00	$137.64	$581	-5.94
460–495	479	17	129.00–144.00	$136.17	$652	-1.32
500–540	524	17	112.00–140.00	$130.43	$683	-5.02
570–575	571	5	126.00–130.00	$127.00	$725	-3.68
600–635	620	4	122.00–125.00	$124.23	$770	—
665–675	672	3	115.00–120.00	$118.35	$795	-0.65

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	280	3	188.00–207.00	$198.43	$556	-4.64
300–325	316	7	175.00–192.00	$184.96	$584	-6.04
355–395	373	10	170.00–195.00	$177.39	$662	-1.88
415–445	429	52	157.00–182.00	$171.80	$737	-2.13
455–495	472	27	159.00–171.00	$165.18	$780	+1.94
500–545	522	34	150.00–162.00	$156.14	$815	+0.66
550–590	574	33	142.00–156.00	$148.80	$854	-1.18
605–640	620	25	135.00–148.00	$139.67	$866	+0.29
650–695	666	20	130.00–144.00	$138.11	$920	-0.44
700–735	721	4	121.00–136.00	$127.92	$922	-2.57
750–775	761	6	118.00–132.00	$127.65	$971	+1.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	271	8	165.00–197.00	$175.25	$475	-15.83
330–345	339	5	160.00–187.00	$167.44	$568	-12.56
350–390	371	10	155.00–177.00	$164.83	$612	-3.89
400–445	428	16	150.00–169.00	$159.29	$682	+0.99
460–495	477	23	145.00–159.00	$152.42	$727	-0.73
505–540	521	12	138.00–150.00	$143.78	$749	-1.20
550–575	570	6	135.00–140.00	$136.64	$779	-0.52
610–630	626	19	124.00–139.00	$132.81	$831	+0.13
680	680	1	125.00	$125.00	$850	-6.48
710–730	720	2	115.00–121.00	$118.04	$850	-1.21

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	4	182.00–207.00	$194.92	$731	+4.83
400–445	417	16	177.00–188.00	$183.29	$764	-1.82
450–475	461	11	170.00–178.00	$172.92	$797	+2.81
505–530	513	9	151.00–170.00	$165.00	$846	+3.36
555–590	569	8	152.00–169.00	$157.15	$894	+2.43
610–635	615	11	142.00–154.00	$150.33	$925	+6.36
650–695	674	5	135.00–139.00	$136.98	$923	-3.02
690 fancy	690	1	143.00	$143.00	$987	—
707–735	712	6	127.00–129.00	$127.34	$907	-10.90
785–795	790	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$991	-8.96

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1405	1172	80-85%	85	63.00–76.00	$68.73	$806	—
905–1465	1199	80-85%	109	70.00–83.00	$75.06	$900	—
1035–1520	1246	80-85%	43	77.00–87.00	$80.20	$999	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1365	984	85-90%	49	40.00–74.00	$58.05	$571	—
770–1355	1003	85-90%	61	50.00–73.00	$64.98	$652	-4.82
865–1145	1019	85-90%	20	57.00–71.00	$64.35	$656	-5.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1650	1332	75-80%	56	73.00–82.00	$77.15	$1,028	-6.58
1050–1545	1337	75-80%	25	68.00–76.00	$70.79	$946	-12.94
1315–1745	1489	75-80%	6	80.00–86.00	$82.92	$1,235	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–2130	1465	15	81.00–100.00	$91.31	$1,338	-1.62
1095–2090	1614	22	90.00–107.00	$97.92	$1,580	—
1520–2060	1791	7	104.00–112.00	$109.18	$1,955	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1285	1131	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	590.00–885.00	$720.65
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	612.00–700.00	$676.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1255	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	975.00–1,175.00	$1,069.96
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	975.00–1,175.00	$1,083.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00–925.00	$881.25

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–900	821	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–850.00	$690.18
905–935	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$825.55
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	700.00–850.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–825.00	$703.57
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–850.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–925.00	$875.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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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.