Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, September 21, 2022

1,585 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $155.23/cwt -2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 677 lb · 52 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.20/cwt -1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $761/hd at 521 lb · 36 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $159.66/cwt -0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $833/hd at 522 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,585	4,819	3,089
Feeder cattle	1,344	3,808	2,598
Slaughter cattle	155	910	291
Replacement cattle	86	101	200

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	190.00	$190.00	$750	-11.61
400–420	410	10	181.00–190.00	$186.66	$765	-4.50
458–480	474	21	170.00–185.00	$174.17	$826	—
505–545	521	25	163.00–175.00	$170.07	$886	—
550–588	574	28	162.00–176.00	$171.79	$986	+26.79
630–645	644	22	145.00–168.00	$155.54	$1,002	+10.51
650–695	677	52	139.00–167.00	$155.23	$1,051	-2.77
705–730	719	9	138.00–154.00	$147.28	$1,059	—
790	790	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,066	-14.34
810–830	814	5	132.50–157.00	$152.00	$1,237	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	380	6	174.00–183.00	$176.45	$671	-12.07
470–480	475	5	154.00–165.00	$162.80	$773	-10.12
510–525	522	33	159.00–162.00	$159.66	$833	-0.20
625–630	628	4	148.00–160.00	$154.02	$967	-2.65
675–690	680	3	125.00–139.00	$134.26	$913	-11.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	328	3	169.00–170.00	$169.66	$556	-10.37
365–380	374	4	164.00–170.00	$167.97	$628	-2.24

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	182.50	$182.50	$511	—
300–345	321	7	157.00–167.00	$160.09	$514	—
350–395	372	20	152.00–158.00	$155.40	$578	-4.26
400–440	418	24	146.00–160.00	$153.86	$643	-3.97
450–485	471	29	142.50–156.00	$146.82	$692	-7.26
510–515	513	2	165.00–167.00	$166.00	$852	+18.18
510–535	521	34	133.00–155.00	$145.03	$756	-2.79
555–585	567	11	130.00–147.00	$134.62	$763	-8.49
605 value added	605	2	153.00	$153.00	$926	—
615	615	1	137.00	$137.00	$843	-2.00
600–640	621	15	133.00–137.00	$134.68	$836	-4.32
655	655	4	135.00–137.00	$136.50	$894	-1.41
660–695	677	14	130.00–135.00	$132.62	$898	-5.29
660–699 value added	695	10	140.00	$140.00	$973	—
755–775	762	3	128.00–129.00	$128.34	$978	+3.88
793 value added	793	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	335	3	130.00–140.50	$133.60	$448	—
350–395	371	10	140.00–155.00	$147.78	$548	-4.23
420–440	429	26	136.00–157.00	$146.38	$628	-4.03
465–485	474	29	135.00–150.00	$144.05	$683	-0.12
520–535	530	28	125.00–142.00	$133.99	$710	-7.89
555–595	586	20	125.00–137.00	$130.31	$764	-7.83
645	645	1	132.00	$132.00	$851	+0.04
720	720	1	119.00	$119.00	$857	-3.00
785	785	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	320	21	122.50–143.00	$133.03	$426	-10.16
375–385	376	9	135.00–140.00	$136.45	$513	-7.84
420–435	426	4	131.00–145.00	$139.06	$592	+1.42
470–490	481	8	115.00–128.00	$123.25	$593	-12.92
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	+4.57
560–585	573	3	110.00–125.00	$118.36	$678	-8.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510 value added	510	18	162.50	$162.50	$829	—
575–595 value added	593	12	152.00–156.00	$155.68	$923	—
625 value added	625	3	150.00	$150.00	$938	-15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	188.00	$188.00	$564	—
370–395	379	13	175.00–185.00	$181.49	$688	-13.43
410–445	432	10	168.00–175.00	$170.54	$737	-12.75
450–485	474	7	158.00–168.00	$161.91	$767	-11.01
505–545	519	27	149.00–160.00	$154.38	$801	-10.62
550–590	567	29	140.00–157.00	$145.70	$826	-11.45
625–645	636	12	135.00–142.00	$139.57	$888	-10.76
650–677	667	11	133.00–138.00	$135.55	$904	-1.43
715–735	730	4	127.00–135.00	$131.03	$957	+3.69
750	750	2	120.00	$120.00	$900	—
825–830	828	2	90.00–98.00	$93.99	$778	—
950	950	1	80.00	$80.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	320	8	162.50–175.00	$167.35	$536	-17.61
370	370	1	165.00	$165.00	$610	-12.39
400–445	427	15	150.00–174.00	$161.16	$688	-10.64
455–480	472	20	145.00–170.00	$155.40	$733	-9.78
510–545	531	26	140.00–160.00	$147.38	$783	-8.76
555–590	573	13	130.00–147.00	$137.12	$786	-11.68
610–640	621	6	132.50–137.00	$135.26	$840	-4.41
660–680	673	3	125.00–130.00	$126.63	$852	-11.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	434	9	146.00–162.00	$150.23	$652	-9.06
460–485	478	8	140.00–155.00	$146.17	$699	-6.25
510–545	533	10	135.00–150.00	$140.08	$747	-3.70
595	595	1	135.00	$135.00	$803	-1.64
615–645	630	3	117.00–127.00	$123.26	$777	-9.55
770	770	1	105.00	$105.00	$808	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1165	1060	80-85%	12	55.00–69.00	$61.97	$657	—
985–1385	1139	80-85%	6	67.00–80.00	$71.93	$819	—
990–1580	1194	80-85%	32	60.00–77.00	$65.17	$778	-9.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1585	1420	75-80%	5	54.00–70.00	$64.35	$914	—
1325–1455	1423	75-80%	4	66.00–68.00	$66.47	$946	—
1160–1710	1430	75-80%	26	58.00–77.00	$65.61	$938	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$551	-0.05
945–1160	1033	85-90%	5	42.00–60.00	$50.03	$517	-14.32
845–1235	1036	85-90%	19	50.00–68.00	$59.39	$615	-4.96

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1695	1507	7	70.00–96.00	$77.13	$1,162	—
1365–1980	1750	5	80.00–105.00	$92.77	$1,623	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	860.00–910.00	$885.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	525.00–715.00	$609.29
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	600.00–1,050.00	$753.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	310.00–480.00	$398.89
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–600.00	$583.33

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

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	575.00–875.00	$742.22	—

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	4	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.