Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

3,385 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $151.72/cwt -1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 425 lb · 44 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 bulls $135.00/cwt -2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $641/hd at 475 lb · 35 head

light 4-weight M&L 3 bulls $141.51/cwt -6.13 vs last sale · ≈ $596/hd at 421 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,385	3,117	2,844
Feeder cattle	2,635	2,125	2,293
Slaughter cattle	564	468	337
Replacement cattle	186	524	214

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 7.00 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
350–385	370	4	170.00–175.00	$173.70	$643	+5.09
405–430	419	6	155.00–162.00	$156.98	$658	-7.50
455–495	481	17	145.00–155.00	$149.79	$720	-9.90
505–545	528	3	138.00–147.00	$143.27	$756	-10.72
570	570	1	145.00	$145.00	$826	-2.52
610–635	616	4	137.00–142.00	$138.29	$852	+2.07
670	670	1	135.00	$135.00	$904	-0.84
795	795	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	172.00	$172.00	$559	—
375–395	380	8	140.00–155.00	$146.66	$557	—
465–490	476	4	142.00–150.00	$145.94	$695	-8.02
540–545	543	3	122.00–130.00	$127.35	$692	-11.54
555	555	3	120.00	$120.00	$666	-15.00
680	680	3	115.00	$115.00	$782	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	165.00	$165.00	$792	±0.00
530–535	531	6	158.00–160.00	$158.34	$841	—
575 value added	575	1	165.00	$165.00	$949	—
575–585	581	8	148.00–152.00	$150.52	$875	-2.52
620	620	1	150.00	$150.00	$930	+2.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–845	841	16	126.00–130.00	$126.99	$1,068	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–345	321	12	124.00–157.00	$135.93	$436	-9.47
355–390	361	11	119.00–151.00	$141.41	$510	-4.16
405–445	429	17	116.00–145.00	$129.07	$554	-10.76
450–485	477	27	116.00–141.00	$131.98	$630	-3.98
505–545	523	16	123.00–135.00	$128.38	$671	-5.93
555–597	573	17	112.00–127.00	$119.57	$685	-8.31
600–640	617	9	115.00–123.00	$119.44	$737	-2.63
675–685	677	6	110.00–115.00	$113.00	$765	-5.84
700–720	710	2	105.00–110.00	$107.54	$764	-5.97
750–795	778	3	100.00–110.00	$105.09	$818	-4.27

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	4	140.00–147.00	$143.42	$485	-6.24
350–380	371	16	115.00–142.00	$130.23	$483	-1.17
405–435	421	18	114.00–137.00	$125.98	$530	-2.00
450–495	465	28	115.00–132.00	$125.47	$583	+1.44
505–545	524	19	110.00–125.00	$116.52	$611	-1.20
560–585	574	4	114.00–120.00	$116.78	$670	-0.18
605–645	626	7	100.00–115.00	$107.88	$675	-28.12

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	148.00	$148.00	$651	+2.54
460	460	5	146.00	$146.00	$672	+8.18
500–545	513	21	135.00–144.00	$137.75	$707	-2.14
560–590	571	19	131.00–142.00	$134.77	$770	+0.49
600–635	615	6	125.00–135.00	$129.49	$796	-3.31
630 fancy	630	1	145.00	$145.00	$914	—
650–675	659	4	117.00–125.00	$121.21	$799	-10.62
720 fancy	720	1	121.00	$121.00	$871	—
720–740	728	3	112.00–118.00	$115.67	$842	+3.67
755–775	767	6	115.00–121.00	$118.93	$912	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	271	10	164.00–177.50	$169.37	$459	—
305–335	325	7	165.00–177.00	$171.05	$556	—
355–395	374	31	155.00–170.00	$161.36	$603	-1.66
400–445	425	44	146.00–165.00	$151.72	$645	-1.72
455–495	480	33	140.00–155.00	$144.76	$695	-2.67
500–545	515	21	125.00–147.50	$138.22	$712	+1.01
550–595	572	28	123.00–140.00	$129.81	$743	-0.89
605–645	621	19	120.00–132.00	$126.90	$788	+2.19
660–695	672	9	112.00–125.00	$118.99	$800	+1.39
700–725	720	5	97.00–112.00	$101.93	$734	-12.08
775	775	1	102.00	$102.00	$790	-10.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	265	3	150.00–172.00	$159.03	$421	—
315–345	336	11	142.50–167.00	$154.27	$518	-5.09
355–395	369	21	137.50–162.00	$147.32	$544	-2.68
400–445	421	34	130.00–152.00	$141.51	$596	-6.13
450–495	475	35	125.00–145.00	$135.00	$641	-2.54
500–545	528	34	115.00–135.00	$125.17	$661	-6.11
555–595	573	22	110.00–125.00	$118.26	$678	-2.26
630–645	638	8	110.00–117.00	$112.90	$720	-1.78
655–695	678	16	90.00–114.00	$102.60	$696	-7.14
705–745	725	6	100.00–108.00	$103.50	$750	-1.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	177.50	$177.50	$577	-10.48
350–385	362	3	170.00–175.00	$173.23	$627	-5.00
400–425	413	9	161.00–172.00	$167.30	$691	-1.29
455–485	469	7	157.00–167.00	$161.97	$760	—
565–580	570	3	137.00–150.00	$141.41	$806	-3.86
600–630	613	4	127.00–135.00	$129.75	$795	-5.25
655	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	-0.81
705–710	708	2	123.00–137.50	$130.28	$922	+8.28
760–785	773	2	112.00–117.00	$114.46	$885	-0.54

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1530	1130	80-85%	88	52.00–69.00	$55.81	$631	-15.53
1000–1530	1210	80-85%	69	58.00–75.00	$61.84	$748	—
1075–1560	1278	80-85%	30	64.00–79.00	$68.46	$875	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1055	942	85-90%	12	35.00–51.00	$45.14	$425	—
775–1475	1000	85-90%	34	37.00–56.00	$45.37	$454	—
720–1295	1036	85-90%	71	45.00–61.00	$49.83	$516	-2.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1480	1344	75-80%	15	64.00–67.00	$64.97	$873	—
1060–1700	1353	75-80%	15	55.00–64.00	$59.21	$801	-17.80
1090–1810	1378	75-80%	41	58.00–71.00	$63.41	$874	-13.60

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1830	1450	11	77.00–85.00	$82.51	$1,196	—
1405–2260	1699	23	75.00–95.00	$88.51	$1,504	—
1570–2045	1817	11	85.00–105.00	$95.07	$1,727	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	480.00–525.00	$502.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–950	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	710.00–765.00	$736.91

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1280	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00–800.00	$789.38
1055–1240	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–850.00	$783.11
1085–1190	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–875.00	$783.46
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	690.00–820.00	$740.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	840.00–1,275.00	$997.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	830.00–1,025.00	$872.08

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–875	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	475.00–775.00	$615.91
805–940	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	375.00–600.00	$520.69
885–945	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	575.00–775.00	$669.63
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–625.00	$612.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	575.00–680.00	$610.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$916.67
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	747.00–825.00	$786.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1015	890	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–800.00	$767.77
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	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
1160–1285	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–900.00	$833.22	—
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1390 fancy	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–1,000.00	$925.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.