Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, November 14, 2022

4,497 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.88/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 532 lb · 55 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $156.86/cwt -1.99 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 473 lb · 42 head

light 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $132.75/cwt +1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $558/hd at 420 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,497	1,297	5,070
Feeder cattle	3,801	963	4,234
Slaughter cattle	492	203	448
Replacement cattle	204	131	388

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 3.00 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
330–345	338	2	197.00–205.00	$201.09	$680	+16.89
365–395	380	2	192.00–200.00	$195.84	$744	—
415	415	1	182.00	$182.00	$755	+12.42
460–485	470	15	172.00–191.00	$177.57	$835	+10.88
500–545	528	8	165.00–180.00	$168.25	$888	+3.03
550–580	562	21	156.00–170.00	$162.04	$911	+0.25
605–635	613	12	147.00–158.00	$152.82	$937	-5.39
650 value added	650	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,040	—
655–695	673	4	140.00–148.00	$143.89	$968	-8.67
875	875	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,216	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	187.00–194.00	$190.58	$635	—
355–385	367	6	177.00–187.00	$181.69	$667	+4.93
400–435	416	7	164.00–186.00	$174.26	$725	-0.35
455–485	468	7	162.00–177.00	$168.88	$790	+12.17
505–545	526	4	167.00–168.00	$167.25	$880	+10.29
560–585	568	3	150.00–155.00	$151.64	$861	-3.37
625–640	632	5	140.00–144.00	$142.02	$898	-0.61
650–670	660	2	130.00–137.00	$133.55	$881	—
790	790	2	124.00	$124.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	5	160.00–187.00	$173.86	$652	+10.87
405–445	419	4	164.00–177.00	$170.45	$714	—
455–470	459	4	156.00–167.00	$159.75	$733	—
505–540	523	5	140.00–157.00	$151.38	$792	—
550–580	563	4	140.00–147.00	$143.00	$805	—
600–610	605	2	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$802	—
655	655	2	126.00	$126.00	$825	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	6	153.00–160.00	$156.47	$513	-1.51
360–395	380	15	150.00–160.00	$154.43	$587	-0.57
400–445	431	11	147.50–158.00	$153.02	$660	+0.79
445 value added	445	19	157.00	$157.00	$699	—
455–485	478	33	140.00–156.00	$150.19	$718	+2.09
500–545	532	55	138.00–150.00	$144.88	$771	+3.09
565 value added	565	1	153.00	$153.00	$864	+11.07
550–595	569	23	135.00–147.00	$142.37	$810	+3.33
600–645	620	20	130.00–143.00	$136.40	$846	-0.77
640 value added	640	1	149.00	$149.00	$954	—
657 fancy	657	4	143.00	$143.00	$940	—
655–685	671	10	126.00–139.00	$133.13	$893	+0.52
700–745	722	12	120.00–135.00	$128.68	$929	+1.56
755–765	760	2	112.50–117.50	$115.02	$874	-3.15
765 value added	765	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	327	15	145.00–163.00	$151.98	$497	+10.45
351–395	367	18	140.00–163.00	$151.89	$557	+8.56
405–445	429	28	135.00–155.00	$145.20	$623	+7.62
450–495	474	27	130.00–151.00	$141.93	$673	+8.18
500–545	521	30	125.00–148.00	$139.65	$728	+4.31
550–585	571	24	120.00–139.00	$126.27	$721	-7.78
610–645	622	10	115.00–132.00	$122.30	$761	+7.30
685	685	1	120.00	$120.00	$822	+25.00
725–740	732	3	112.00–115.00	$113.66	$832	+1.50
755	755	3	120.00	$120.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	330	8	130.00–157.00	$142.41	$470	—
350–395	375	15	125.00–157.00	$147.62	$554	—
400–445	420	37	117.00–150.00	$132.75	$558	+1.79
450–495	477	26	115.00–145.00	$130.07	$620	—
500–535	516	14	110.00–137.00	$129.26	$667	+9.32
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	—
605–630	617	5	100.00–111.00	$104.41	$644	—
695	695	1	115.00	$115.00	$799	—
735	735	1	106.00	$106.00	$779	+6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	339	9	177.50–187.50	$179.75	$609	+8.15
355–395	378	23	162.00–184.00	$171.24	$647	+10.46
400–445	420	32	147.00–177.00	$166.01	$697	+3.36
450–495	473	42	153.00–165.00	$156.86	$742	-1.99
500–545	519	33	134.00–155.00	$149.76	$777	+5.08
565–595	581	33	128.00–151.00	$140.41	$816	+2.40
600–645	630	15	122.00–135.00	$128.65	$810	+3.01
650–680	674	8	117.00–130.00	$122.48	$826	-6.87
750–790	775	5	110.00–116.00	$113.40	$879	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	336	7	190.00–196.00	$192.64	$647	+11.27
350–395	369	21	178.00–200.00	$185.78	$686	+13.62
400–445	429	33	170.00–190.00	$176.40	$757	+11.51
455–485	471	11	151.00–175.00	$165.89	$781	+6.90
500–545	519	10	142.00–165.00	$155.84	$809	+1.99
550–580	559	16	143.00–155.00	$147.29	$823	+3.89
610–645	628	11	125.00–142.00	$136.91	$860	-1.83
670–680	678	11	126.00–140.00	$135.10	$916	+0.63
720–745	739	9	121.00–130.00	$124.65	$921	+1.19
750–795	768	9	118.00–127.50	$122.47	$941	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	158.00	$158.00	$411	—
300–340	314	16	160.00–182.00	$171.38	$538	—
350–385	362	12	152.50–175.00	$162.33	$588	—
400–445	426	13	150.00–167.00	$159.28	$679	+18.28
455–495	474	25	140.00–157.00	$149.81	$710	+19.81
500–545	520	10	128.00–147.00	$139.61	$726	+17.57
555–595	572	12	115.00–137.00	$128.18	$733	—
600–645	626	9	114.00–125.00	$119.06	$745	+9.06
680	680	1	110.00	$110.00	$748	—
700–725	713	2	110.00–112.00	$110.98	$791	—
755–790	775	4	100.00–105.00	$103.02	$798	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1330	1120	80-85%	72	52.00–69.00	$61.48	$689	+7.33
815–1455	1139	80-85%	70	60.00–73.00	$67.08	$764	+12.93
1035–1445	1240	80-85%	24	70.00–79.00	$73.22	$908	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1230	991	85-90%	30	44.00–70.00	$53.95	$535	+5.39
725–1145	1016	85-90%	30	42.00–60.00	$56.23	$571	+7.52
795–1190	1045	85-90%	47	38.00–67.00	$58.71	$614	+4.13

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1670	1404	75-80%	18	61.00–72.00	$67.16	$943	—
1405–1795	1508	75-80%	10	62.00–67.00	$64.77	$977	—
1155–1975	1560	75-80%	4	72.00–79.00	$76.03	$1,186	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1870	1432	16	75.00–87.00	$81.89	$1,173	+4.42
1365–1825	1580	10	92.00–100.00	$94.01	$1,485	+8.30
1270–1930	1667	25	85.00–95.00	$89.14	$1,486	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	900.00–1,100.00	$1,071.43
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	500.00–680.00	$583.12

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	650.00–1,125.00	$936.36
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	850.00–1,200.00	$970.38

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00	$675.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	725.00–874.00	$793.63
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–1,025.00	$862.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–800.00	$740.00

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)	1	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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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)	3	840.00–925.00	$876.67

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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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	875.00–1,100.00	$1,008.33	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–775.00	$762.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	850.00–1,200.00	$1,069.32	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,187.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	550.00–750.00	$721.43	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,058.33	—

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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.