Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, November 7, 2022

3,894 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $159.84/cwt ≈ $1,076/hd at 673 lb · 54 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $174.91/cwt +12.78 vs last sale · ≈ $661/hd at 378 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.92/cwt +1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 518 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,894	3,473	5,025
Feeder cattle	3,246	2,712	4,178
Slaughter cattle	440	499	563
Replacement cattle	208	262	284

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. 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
350–390	365	3	170.00–195.00	$184.50	$673	—
405–432	426	11	168.00–190.00	$183.37	$781	+0.01
455 value added	455	6	178.00	$178.00	$810	—
465	465	8	170.00–185.00	$176.88	$822	-7.89
520 value added	520	12	172.00	$172.00	$894	—
510–545	531	15	146.00–178.00	$168.61	$895	+7.16
550–572 value added	559	7	177.50	$177.50	$992	-0.50
550–590	569	16	142.00–172.50	$163.81	$932	-1.88
605–630	618	14	155.00–165.00	$161.28	$997	+8.54
670–688	682	16	138.00–160.00	$155.06	$1,058	+3.72
725	725	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,030	-5.00
728 value added	728	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,114	—
755–780	768	2	133.00–138.00	$135.46	$1,040	+0.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608	608	6	166.00	$166.00	$1,009	—
659–696	673	54	157.00–165.00	$159.84	$1,076	—
717	717	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,111	—
750–797	755	36	145.00–150.00	$148.90	$1,124	—
802	802	6	129.50	$129.50	$1,039	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	178.00	$178.00	$427	—
330	330	3	168.00	$168.00	$554	-7.00
355–375	359	7	166.00–180.00	$173.40	$623	-4.93
420–449	434	11	168.00–185.00	$177.00	$768	+6.81
465–480	472	5	162.00–178.00	$167.67	$791	+1.20
505–545	527	9	140.00–170.00	$156.34	$824	-4.20
555–578	570	11	139.00–156.00	$146.64	$836	-2.98
610	610	2	137.00	$137.00	$836	-14.31
660–691	682	13	133.00–137.00	$135.49	$924	-4.51
730–745	738	2	130.00–133.00	$131.48	$970	-3.52

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	164.00	$164.00	$459	—
355–375	365	2	152.00–157.00	$154.57	$564	-15.43
425	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	+6.00
460–475	468	6	130.00–142.00	$136.78	$640	-23.22
505–546	534	10	135.00–136.00	$135.72	$725	-14.28
561–595	570	14	123.00–145.00	$126.90	$723	-18.45
605–645	631	5	118.00–130.00	$122.65	$774	-12.37
655	655	1	127.00	$127.00	$832	—

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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	8	165.00–167.50	$165.94	$564	—
360–380	372	17	150.00–165.00	$157.13	$585	+0.68
420–435	426	35	146.00–157.50	$153.16	$652	-2.19
455 fancy	455	1	154.00	$154.00	$701	—
450–490	474	15	142.00–157.00	$150.11	$712	-1.94
515 value added	515	14	152.00	$152.00	$783	—
500–531	520	24	142.00–152.00	$147.12	$765	-9.88
550–587	568	31	136.00–149.00	$144.04	$818	-0.35
605–645	618	25	127.00–145.00	$138.87	$858	-1.74
655 fancy	655	9	143.00	$143.00	$937	—
659 value added	659	5	140.00	$140.00	$923	-4.00
665–695	685	4	124.00–137.00	$129.76	$889	-20.24
700–735	718	2	125.00–130.00	$127.56	$916	+1.22
760–765	763	2	115.00–122.00	$118.49	$904	-4.38

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	138.00	$138.00	$380	—
300–340	318	17	130.00–160.00	$148.00	$471	+9.76
350–390	372	26	130.00–155.00	$145.07	$540	+5.57
405–440	426	25	117.00–150.00	$131.52	$560	-5.99
455–495	474	29	110.00–145.00	$126.28	$599	-4.55
500–545	528	15	115.00–135.00	$125.89	$665	+3.95
570–590	584	14	110.00–132.00	$115.97	$677	-5.03
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	-9.02
675	675	1	108.00	$108.00	$729	-8.00
765	765	1	104.00	$104.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	262	3	146.00–160.00	$153.32	$402	—
305–335	313	10	150.00–160.00	$154.51	$484	+2.77
360–395	383	20	140.00–155.00	$147.32	$564	+0.12
410–445	425	21	140.00–155.00	$148.15	$630	+1.07
455–495	482	25	126.00–151.00	$137.30	$662	-4.79
500–545	522	26	119.00–145.00	$131.26	$685	-5.01
560–590	578	13	115.00–140.00	$123.98	$717	-7.76
630–645	635	9	115.00–133.00	$120.15	$763	-5.68
675	675	1	116.00	$116.00	$783	-8.66
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	-5.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–647	641	29	142.00–146.00	$142.52	$914	—
723	723	18	134.00	$134.00	$969	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	174.00	$174.00	$496	—
315–345	334	9	170.00–187.50	$177.80	$594	+7.00
350–395	378	38	162.00–182.50	$174.91	$661	+12.78
400–445	427	16	155.00–175.00	$166.72	$712	+6.83
450–495	479	37	149.00–167.50	$162.19	$777	+8.60
500–545	524	27	131.00–160.00	$150.07	$786	+3.25
550–595	569	11	124.00–152.50	$141.82	$807	+4.48
600–630	616	16	119.00–143.00	$133.92	$825	+2.16
655–690	666	8	120.00–137.50	$126.61	$843	-0.09
725–745	735	2	115.00–119.00	$117.03	$860	-7.00
755–795	777	5	115.00–119.00	$117.37	$912	-0.81

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	323	9	160.00–182.00	$174.63	$564	+1.96
350–395	378	13	140.00–173.00	$163.10	$617	-1.36
400–445	424	20	146.00–167.00	$160.04	$679	+9.31
455–495	480	20	122.00–157.00	$146.44	$703	+9.72
500–545	522	15	140.00–147.00	$143.13	$747	+8.57
555–595	584	18	115.00–137.50	$129.33	$755	+3.98
620–625	623	2	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$794	+26.49
685–695	692	3	118.00–125.00	$120.65	$835	—
705–740	722	3	110.00–115.00	$112.65	$813	-9.35
770–780	777	3	100.00–107.00	$102.31	$795	-16.69

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	318	8	170.00–181.00	$177.93	$566	+3.01
355–375	362	13	168.00–195.00	$177.81	$644	+0.25
410–445	428	12	162.00–185.00	$165.22	$707	+1.04
455–475	461	11	151.00–175.00	$162.11	$747	+5.19
505–525	520	10	150.00–167.50	$159.51	$829	+4.87
555–595	565	11	136.00–155.00	$149.73	$846	-3.24
600–620	613	4	129.00–145.00	$137.44	$843	-1.39
655	655	1	142.00	$142.00	$930	+5.16
700–745	723	2	125.00–130.00	$127.42	$921	—
760–770	765	2	120.00–122.00	$120.99	$926	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1505	1140	80-85%	51	45.00–64.00	$59.24	$675	—
890–1475	1173	80-85%	65	60.00–71.00	$65.66	$770	-0.95
1010–1360	1241	80-85%	31	66.00–79.00	$71.79	$891	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1250	983	85-90%	44	45.00–57.00	$51.22	$503	—
780–1270	989	85-90%	36	38.00–51.00	$45.64	$451	—
810–1230	1038	85-90%	42	50.00–67.00	$57.57	$598	+10.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1600	1368	75-80%	10	55.00–62.00	$59.90	$819	-0.04
1185–1820	1466	75-80%	30	62.00–70.00	$65.01	$953	—
1385–1740	1521	75-80%	5	68.00–80.00	$73.77	$1,122	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1770	1560	12	75.00–89.00	$85.10	$1,328	—
1405–2005	1754	12	84.00–98.00	$90.45	$1,586	—
1620–1960	1774	6	92.00–103.00	$97.15	$1,723	—

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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	16	430.00–600.00	$515.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	525.00–945.00	$648.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	350.00–530.00	$440.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,193.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–975.00	$837.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	750.00–1,225.00	$959.35
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	700.00–1,075.00	$923.21
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	665.00–750.00	$701.43
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,293.75

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	700.00–875.00	$782.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–925.00	$893.75

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–875.00	$816.67
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	925.00–1,375.00	$1,247.22	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	875.00–1,100.00	$967.86	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	550.00–750.00	$670.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00	$625.00	—

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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.