Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, November 30, 2022

3,917 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $165.75/cwt ≈ $1,369/hd at 826 lb · 61 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.02/cwt +1.13 vs last sale · ≈ $741/hd at 475 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.82/cwt +2.59 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 519 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,917	6,893	4,340
Feeder cattle	3,172	5,757	3,597
Slaughter cattle	522	880	486
Replacement cattle	223	256	257

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: No trends available due to markets being closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	2	207.00–210.00	$208.44	$673	-8.25
360–390	374	11	197.00–207.00	$200.77	$751	+13.24
400–445	423	12	182.00–202.00	$188.91	$799	+0.56
425 value added	425	10	203.00	$203.00	$863	—
450–495	468	12	177.00–186.00	$181.50	$849	-5.32
505–545	526	32	162.00–181.00	$171.89	$904	-2.55
548 value added	548	8	171.00	$171.00	$937	—
550–580	561	19	160.00–175.00	$169.11	$949	+6.86
629 fancy	629	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,164	—
625–635	633	6	150.00–160.00	$158.36	$1,002	+3.66
649 value added	649	12	174.00	$174.00	$1,129	—
655	655	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,035	-3.06
715	715	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,072	-5.51
736 value added	736	45	168.00	$168.00	$1,236	—
770–790	780	2	142.00–147.00	$144.53	$1,127	-7.08
785 value added	785	12	160.00	$160.00	$1,256	+5.05
826 value added	826	61	165.75	$165.75	$1,369	—
872–892 value added	877	8	141.00–142.00	$141.25	$1,239	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	334	10	185.00–192.00	$188.91	$631	-10.15
355–395	380	18	178.00–197.00	$188.01	$714	+6.41
400–430	420	4	172.00–176.00	$173.70	$730	-2.62
450–490	476	31	155.00–178.00	$171.62	$817	-3.42
505–546	529	31	154.00–171.00	$163.25	$864	-4.85
550–580	570	19	154.00–162.00	$158.40	$903	-10.14
600–645	622	15	140.00–158.00	$152.77	$950	-8.07
655–695	675	3	145.00–150.00	$146.72	$990	+1.72
715–740	726	7	139.00–147.00	$141.72	$1,029	—
755–775	765	4	130.00–140.00	$136.23	$1,042	+5.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	324	4	177.00–187.00	$183.01	$593	+5.17
358	358	6	169.00	$169.00	$605	-9.06
445	445	3	176.00	$176.00	$783	+10.00
465	465	4	164.00–165.00	$164.50	$765	+3.75
510–545	531	8	152.00–157.00	$155.23	$824	+4.42
575–590	583	4	149.00–150.00	$149.51	$872	+14.15
605–625	613	5	143.00–145.00	$143.82	$882	+2.88
680–690	685	5	139.00–141.00	$139.99	$959	+11.95
715–740	728	2	130.00–137.00	$133.44	$971	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	174.00–180.00	$177.11	$581	+5.69
350–385	372	13	160.00–179.00	$172.36	$641	+7.60
400–440	416	43	150.00–174.00	$159.00	$661	-1.07
432 value added	432	3	170.00	$170.00	$734	—
451–490	475	56	146.00–161.50	$156.02	$741	+1.13
500–545	519	47	135.00–159.00	$149.82	$778	+3.48
555–570 value added	560	9	150.00–158.00	$152.71	$855	+4.42
550–595	566	24	132.00–155.00	$143.36	$811	-1.02
615–645	631	7	125.00–149.00	$142.32	$898	+6.37
653–656 value added	656	14	153.00–157.00	$156.43	$1,026	+13.22
655–685	673	13	118.00–145.00	$129.91	$874	-2.91
675	675	1	147.00	$147.00	$992	+14.18
700–745 fancy	723	2	140.00–145.00	$142.58	$1,031	—
705–745	723	4	119.00–135.00	$126.96	$918	-5.73
755–765	758	3	115.00–132.00	$123.04	$933	-3.63
758 value added	758	12	151.00	$151.00	$1,145	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	14	155.00–175.00	$166.69	$538	+10.36
350–395	382	32	146.00–166.00	$157.82	$603	+6.89
405–445	427	43	135.00–160.00	$152.21	$650	+1.57
455–495	478	44	130.00–154.00	$145.77	$697	+0.93
500–545	523	37	125.00–146.00	$138.20	$723	-0.88
565–595	579	17	120.00–144.00	$135.69	$786	+1.58
605–645	622	14	116.00–141.00	$131.51	$818	-0.74
715–725	720	9	107.00–129.00	$125.76	$905	+7.76
755–785	772	7	120.00–125.00	$122.10	$943	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	329	13	144.00–160.00	$151.73	$499	+5.93
380–385	383	5	150.00–154.00	$151.59	$581	+2.10
400–445	428	8	135.00–148.00	$141.62	$606	-1.11
470–495	480	14	125.00–142.00	$136.08	$653	-0.75
500–545	522	12	120.00–139.00	$128.52	$671	-3.87
565–595	579	10	115.00–132.00	$124.81	$723	+2.77
645	645	1	122.00	$122.00	$787	+4.29
675–690	685	3	119.00–124.00	$120.64	$826	+5.63
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—
795	795	4	118.00	$118.00	$938	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	323	8	182.00–188.00	$185.21	$598	+0.03
355–395	376	14	174.00–187.00	$181.71	$683	+1.87
405–445	422	28	165.00–180.00	$172.05	$726	-0.46
455–485	473	41	155.00–165.00	$161.26	$763	-1.27
500–540	521	35	145.00–157.00	$150.03	$782	-0.93
560–595	569	18	138.00–150.00	$144.52	$822	+1.57
635–645	640	2	133.00–135.00	$133.99	$858	-3.44
655–680	668	2	127.00–132.00	$129.45	$865	+2.14
705–735	718	7	115.00–120.00	$117.81	$846	-5.71
770	770	1	115.00	$115.00	$886	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	334	6	195.00–205.00	$202.53	$676	+14.15
355–390 fancy	375	4	200.00–210.00	$203.62	$764	—
355–390	380	11	185.00–200.00	$193.21	$734	+6.85
410–440	424	12	177.00–180.00	$179.50	$761	-2.54
410–435 fancy	425	3	192.00–200.00	$195.69	$832	—
450–475	460	9	167.00–175.00	$171.43	$789	-1.86
510–545	526	15	154.00–169.00	$159.19	$837	+1.26
567–580	569	10	146.00–155.00	$148.12	$843	-4.76
600–640 fancy	619	4	152.00–155.00	$153.02	$947	—
600–645	626	13	137.00–145.00	$142.90	$895	+0.22
680	680	2	140.00	$140.00	$952	+8.52
755–765	760	2	123.00–127.00	$124.99	$950	+5.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	6	175.00–180.00	$177.48	$556	+10.80
355–390	376	14	165.00–175.00	$170.86	$642	-3.32
425–445	433	8	162.00–170.00	$167.56	$726	+6.66
454–485	470	18	150.00–160.00	$153.48	$721	+0.95
545	545	2	145.00	$145.00	$790	+3.79
565–595	573	6	122.00–140.00	$133.59	$765	+3.16
620	620	3	135.00	$135.00	$837	+9.62
655–695	665	4	110.00–120.00	$117.39	$781	-1.61
705–715	712	3	110.00–117.00	$112.67	$802	+2.67

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1380	1144	80-85%	33	69.00–76.50	$73.79	$844	+11.80
890–1430	1146	80-85%	66	55.00–67.00	$61.92	$710	-0.07
930–1500	1198	80-85%	68	60.00–73.00	$67.43	$808	-1.33

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1175	1006	85-90%	46	38.00–56.00	$46.95	$472	-5.60
745–1245	1009	85-90%	43	43.50–63.00	$52.86	$533	+0.31
785–1120	1045	85-90%	27	50.00–63.00	$58.33	$610	+1.93

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1610	1349	75-80%	5	74.00–79.00	$76.30	$1,029	—
1220–1780	1471	75-80%	16	60.00–68.00	$64.32	$946	—
1110–1880	1480	75-80%	25	62.00–75.00	$68.68	$1,016	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1795	1512	3	81.00–85.00	$83.08	$1,256	+0.59
1040–2115	1598	20	82.00–93.00	$87.65	$1,401	-2.26
1385–2005	1692	12	92.00–100.00	$94.69	$1,602	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	620.00–875.00	$767.35

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	400.00–590.00	$460.00

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,200.00–1,700.00	$1,364.29
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,683.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	700.00–1,000.00	$831.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	900.00–1,300.00	$1,133.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	800.00–1,075.00	$913.33

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–800.00	$743.75
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	525.00–675.00	$600.00

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)	3	450.00–600.00	$533.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	650.00–750.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–825.00	$818.75

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,150.00	$1,006.25

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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
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00–1,400.00	$1,387.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,012.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,128.75	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	810.00–825.00	$817.50	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,350.00–1,700.00	$1,561.54	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–700.00	$666.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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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.