Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, September 27, 2022

5,963 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.35/cwt +4.67 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 613 lb · 108 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $142.56/cwt +0.48 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 475 lb · 102 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $156.05/cwt +5.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,041/hd at 667 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,963	3,911	6,186
Feeder cattle	4,995	3,123	5,205
Slaughter cattle	841	604	758
Replacement cattle	127	184	223

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 3.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 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
305–340	318	3	180.00–184.00	$182.37	$580	-31.46
360–395	376	7	178.00–202.00	$191.57	$720	-11.41
415–445	427	11	175.00–195.00	$183.46	$783	-9.61
455–486	481	44	170.00–180.50	$177.39	$853	-5.54
505–547	541	20	153.00–172.00	$167.54	$906	-2.32
570–580	571	50	147.00–161.00	$160.47	$916	-5.18
610–643	627	25	147.00–164.00	$158.04	$991	+2.29
656–668 value added	659	44	165.00–173.00	$167.14	$1,101	—
650–683	674	52	143.00–155.00	$146.67	$989	-3.99
700–731 value added	724	11	152.00–167.00	$165.13	$1,196	+2.63
718–733	731	24	140.00–141.50	$141.25	$1,033	-3.75
772 value added	772	66	162.50	$162.50	$1,254	—
785	785	1	125.00	$125.00	$981	—
875 value added	875	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,094	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–341	327	12	170.00–202.50	$190.07	$622	-11.16
355–375	367	7	171.00–195.00	$182.76	$671	-6.95
405–445	435	16	168.00–185.00	$170.60	$742	-6.45
455–495	473	55	160.00–180.00	$169.86	$803	-2.34
500–541	516	28	141.00–171.00	$159.08	$821	+2.38
555–595	575	68	145.00–163.00	$151.67	$872	+4.28
600–648	635	46	132.00–150.00	$140.87	$895	-2.30
670–690	676	17	140.00–142.00	$140.70	$951	-2.24
700–745	719	7	130.00–137.00	$134.80	$969	-4.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	368	5	170.00–182.00	$175.61	$646	+6.53
415–435	425	3	150.00–170.00	$159.10	$676	-9.80
485–495	490	2	153.00–154.00	$153.51	$752	-3.58
510–545	532	14	142.00–152.00	$144.62	$769	-3.02
560–590	577	12	135.00–147.00	$140.04	$808	-0.08
603–645	623	8	130.00–138.00	$133.99	$835	+4.28
655–678	664	3	126.00–132.00	$129.37	$859	-5.63
715	715	1	133.00	$133.00	$951	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	9	153.00	$153.00	$880	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	314	6	140.00–155.00	$151.92	$477	+3.75
355–395	378	23	135.00–158.00	$151.65	$573	+3.99
403–445	424	61	129.00–155.00	$147.56	$626	+0.20
450–499	475	102	127.00–151.00	$142.56	$677	+0.48
500–545	525	53	125.00–145.00	$136.17	$715	+0.09
550–595	578	55	124.00–140.00	$136.21	$787	+3.44
605–645	620	19	117.00–136.00	$126.46	$784	-3.71
660–685	663	20	120.00–130.00	$125.84	$834	+0.11
715–730	725	3	118.00–125.00	$120.30	$872	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	367	5	158.00	$158.00	$580	+3.90
405–435	416	21	150.00–160.00	$157.13	$654	+4.32
450–495	478	74	136.00–157.00	$150.30	$718	+2.05
502–545	514	34	132.00–149.00	$143.12	$736	+0.26
550 fancy	550	5	147.00–153.00	$150.60	$828	—
570 value added	570	1	147.00	$147.00	$838	+2.35
555–590	577	34	133.00–150.00	$141.42	$816	+3.46
600–630	609	92	128.00–143.00	$141.31	$861	+4.49
630–643 fancy	638	16	147.00–150.50	$148.30	$946	+0.80
655–690	668	26	125.00–140.00	$134.13	$896	+2.38
677 value added	677	2	136.00	$136.00	$921	—
715–740	733	9	131.50–135.00	$132.61	$972	+4.12
741 value added	741	10	132.00	$132.00	$978	—
750–775	767	6	127.00–135.00	$132.19	$1,014	+14.72

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	336	14	130.00–146.00	$138.91	$467	-5.12
360–395	378	26	128.00–155.00	$140.24	$530	-0.78
400–445	422	16	125.00–150.00	$140.85	$594	+3.79
455–490	475	27	123.00–145.00	$133.51	$634	+1.76
505–540	524	9	120.00–135.00	$129.06	$676	+1.30
565–575	571	9	100.00–130.00	$116.60	$666	-10.29
600–640	628	10	111.00–125.00	$117.37	$737	-2.63
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	88	163.75	$163.75	$1,118	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	322	9	170.00–192.00	$174.57	$562	-7.89
350–395	382	29	164.00–185.00	$172.33	$658	-12.37
400–445	420	28	157.00–175.00	$166.96	$701	-2.69
450–490	474	37	148.00–170.00	$157.58	$747	-2.97
500–545	516	38	140.00–157.00	$149.57	$772	+0.72
550–590	571	37	137.00–150.00	$141.81	$810	-1.30
600–645	629	25	131.00–142.00	$135.77	$854	+0.11
650–690	663	25	123.00–135.00	$130.71	$867	+1.16
713–731	725	8	121.00–124.00	$123.14	$893	-5.33
750–795	773	2	122.00–129.00	$125.60	$971	+5.60

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	327	3	177.00–180.00	$177.99	$582	+4.66
350–395	371	9	150.00–175.00	$164.97	$612	+2.33
405–445	422	10	149.00–162.00	$157.59	$665	+3.36
460–495	481	18	140.00–156.00	$146.64	$705	-0.96
500–545	523	24	128.00–150.00	$142.09	$743	+0.59
550–595	569	10	120.00–137.00	$133.43	$759	+0.26
605–645	623	6	125.00–132.00	$128.70	$802	+1.89
665–695	678	6	112.00–122.00	$117.82	$799	—
745	745	1	114.00	$114.00	$849	-2.00
750–785	767	3	105.00–110.00	$107.69	$826	-2.31

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	3	185.00–205.00	$194.95	$669	-11.29
355–390	363	10	178.00–200.00	$192.67	$699	-4.12
400–445	422	16	177.00–195.00	$182.24	$769	+0.40
450–475	461	9	170.00–185.00	$175.31	$808	+6.58
505	505	2	160.00–162.00	$161.00	$813	—
550–590	564	9	145.00–152.00	$149.00	$840	-1.49
610–632	623	7	138.00–146.00	$143.01	$891	-1.72
650	650	1	137.00	$137.00	$890	+2.79
700–705	703	2	132.00–136.00	$134.01	$942	+0.02
710–730 fancy	720	2	137.00–138.00	$137.49	$990	-1.01
770 fancy	770	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,032	+0.03
780	780	1	120.00	$120.00	$936	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1420	1152	80-85%	91	55.00–75.00	$69.45	$800	—
800–1520	1204	80-85%	122	60.00–82.00	$72.47	$873	-2.90
1005–1490	1237	80-85%	28	72.00–87.00	$80.71	$998	+5.34

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1185	1004	85-90%	65	37.00–68.00	$55.87	$561	-5.25
775–1345	1039	85-90%	67	42.00–73.00	$61.68	$641	+0.56
745–1335	1070	85-90%	26	50.00–69.00	$63.43	$679	-4.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1635	1333	75-80%	21	65.00–74.00	$69.16	$922	-7.34
1065–1705	1360	75-80%	52	73.00–83.00	$76.31	$1,038	—
1255–1760	1495	75-80%	11	80.00–83.00	$81.60	$1,220	-1.21

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–2005	1519	20	75.00–99.00	$89.13	$1,354	—
1200–2105	1594	30	88.00–105.00	$97.72	$1,558	—
1735–2055	1884	6	97.00–112.00	$103.59	$1,952	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1385	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	680.00–915.00	$812.52
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	600.00–723.00	$656.86
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	736.00–751.00	$744.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–885	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	470.00–620.00	$559.72

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	400.00–525.00	$483.33

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1135 fancy	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,275.00	$1,250.33
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1190–1385 fancy	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,140.34
1235–1430	1333	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–1,125.00	$990.85
—	—	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)	1	925.00	$925.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	650.00–925.00	$830.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	600.00–775.00	$682.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	837.00–850.00	$843.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1040	1038	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–950.00	$862.29

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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
1015–1175	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–900.00	$873.17	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	800.00–1,050.00	$930.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.