Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, January 2, 2023

2,559 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $155.00/cwt +12.99 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 422 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $192.45/cwt +11.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,006/hd at 523 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.48/cwt ≈ $834/hd at 520 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,559	435	1,805
Feeder cattle	2,004	306	1,384
Slaughter cattle	382	18	267
Replacement cattle	173	111	154

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trends not available due to most markets being closed for the Christmas and New Years holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	230.00	$230.00	$494	—
295	295	1	217.00	$217.00	$640	—
310–335	327	5	207.00–212.00	$208.56	$682	—
360–395	375	6	200.00–227.50	$215.17	$807	+19.46
427 value added	427	5	212.50	$212.50	$907	—
405–440	428	7	195.00–217.50	$204.36	$875	+17.62
475–495	486	5	195.00–204.00	$198.38	$964	—
490 value added	490	3	202.00	$202.00	$990	—
505–545	515	13	180.00–198.00	$183.76	$946	+2.77
500–528 value added	526	28	192.00–197.50	$196.48	$1,033	—
560–575	571	7	177.00–185.00	$179.70	$1,026	—
608–618 value added	616	13	179.00–180.00	$179.23	$1,104	—
605–644	628	7	167.00–175.00	$171.86	$1,079	—
655	655	1	152.00	$152.00	$996	—
715	715	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,001	—
795	795	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,192	—
860	860	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,281	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	322	6	194.00–207.00	$199.32	$642	+8.47
355–385	374	15	190.00–200.00	$192.90	$721	+5.91
425–430	426	4	182.00–190.00	$187.98	$801	+4.98
455–485	469	10	177.00–194.00	$183.85	$862	+3.85
501–532	512	16	166.00–189.00	$179.93	$921	+9.25
560–585	575	3	159.00–164.00	$161.70	$930	+9.48
620–640	627	3	157.00–169.00	$164.91	$1,034	—
665–680	673	2	150.00–156.00	$153.03	$1,030	—
720	720	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,044	—
790	790	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	331	4	182.00–192.00	$188.41	$624	—
390–395	393	2	170.00–180.00	$174.97	$688	—
410–445	427	6	160.00–180.00	$169.22	$723	—
465–480	478	16	170.00–180.00	$176.63	$844	—
520–545	532	5	130.00–168.00	$150.69	$802	—
585	585	1	150.00	$150.00	$878	—
615–630	622	3	130.00–145.00	$138.94	$864	—
670–685	678	2	141.00–142.00	$141.51	$959	—
755	755	1	120.00	$120.00	$906	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	164.00	$164.00	$549	—
360–395	367	5	167.50–170.00	$169.46	$622	—
400–445	430	22	157.50–171.00	$163.82	$704	+10.82
455–490 fancy	475	3	170.00	$170.00	$808	—
450–495	476	23	150.00–170.00	$160.40	$764	+9.03
514–520 fancy	515	7	162.00–171.00	$169.70	$874	—
505–535	521	28	150.00–165.00	$158.17	$824	—
560 value added	560	4	157.00	$157.00	$879	—
556–593 fancy	563	15	159.00–167.00	$165.32	$931	—
550–595	566	14	145.00–155.00	$148.52	$841	+4.36
617 value added	617	5	155.00	$155.00	$956	+3.00
605–640	627	9	140.00–147.50	$141.90	$890	+3.23
650–675	661	5	130.00–137.50	$132.85	$878	-2.15
661–676 fancy	673	14	147.50–148.00	$147.89	$995	—
705–745	721	4	125.00–132.00	$128.63	$927	—
775	775	1	126.00	$126.00	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	180.00	$180.00	$423	—
305–345	327	12	155.00–175.00	$166.38	$544	+12.07
350–395	377	20	150.00–167.00	$161.99	$611	+14.80
400–445	422	41	145.00–164.00	$155.00	$654	+12.99
450–495	474	29	140.00–162.00	$150.42	$713	+13.29
500–545	514	15	135.00–155.00	$144.11	$741	+11.07
550–590	573	8	130.00–142.00	$135.13	$774	—
615–645	629	15	125.00–146.00	$136.13	$856	—
670–690	683	3	125.00–129.00	$127.69	$872	—
710	710	2	120.00	$120.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	170.00	$170.00	$348	—
260–290	274	4	150.00–167.00	$158.28	$434	—
320–345	330	16	140.00–165.00	$154.36	$509	—
360–395	368	17	130.00–157.00	$142.04	$523	—
405–430	417	7	122.00–142.00	$131.15	$547	—
450–495	481	7	138.00–147.00	$143.90	$692	—
510–540	527	10	111.00–142.00	$127.70	$673	—
575–590	583	2	128.00–131.00	$129.52	$755	—
600–640	618	6	120.00–128.00	$123.50	$763	—
680	680	1	117.00	$117.00	$796	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	281	4	196.00–200.00	$198.38	$557	—
325	325	3	197.50	$197.50	$642	—
355–395	375	13	180.00–195.00	$188.55	$707	—
400–445	422	28	170.00–189.00	$178.88	$755	—
455–495	466	20	160.00–182.00	$169.57	$790	+12.10
500–545	517	11	146.00–170.00	$158.41	$819	+4.43
560–590	571	11	148.00–157.50	$152.70	$872	+6.70
605–640	633	6	130.00–147.50	$136.21	$862	+2.11
650	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	—
705–745	726	4	122.00–135.00	$129.82	$942	—
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	3	202.00–208.00	$205.33	$458	—
275	275	2	200.00	$200.00	$550	—
300–340	321	6	194.00–215.00	$201.77	$648	—
350–390	367	13	190.00–214.00	$206.29	$757	—
400–440	423	15	190.00–205.00	$196.72	$832	—
450–490	466	14	180.00–195.00	$187.80	$875	—
500–520	512	6	172.00–185.00	$177.38	$908	—
555–585	564	17	157.00–175.00	$166.61	$940	—
607–610	609	4	147.00–157.00	$154.49	$941	—
675	675	1	140.00	$140.00	$945	—
710 value added	710	15	142.50	$142.50	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	2	190.00	$190.00	$522	—
300–330	314	9	162.00–185.00	$174.23	$547	—
360–395	380	4	177.00–180.00	$178.49	$678	—
405–445	428	11	150.00–172.00	$164.63	$705	—
455–480	471	8	140.00–162.00	$148.45	$699	—
525–545	533	3	142.00–152.00	$146.61	$781	—
555–590	566	6	133.00–140.00	$136.69	$774	—
610–630	625	5	115.00–129.00	$124.83	$780	—
665	665	1	128.00	$128.00	$851	—
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1495	1180	80-85%	43	59.00–67.00	$63.13	$745	—
895–1460	1181	80-85%	69	64.00–76.00	$69.40	$820	—
980–1330	1202	80-85%	20	72.00–82.00	$74.86	$900	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1200	943	85-90%	21	40.00–60.00	$49.35	$465	-6.55
780–1310	993	85-90%	38	47.00–68.00	$56.70	$563	—
770–1270	1062	85-90%	29	53.00–68.00	$59.24	$629	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1550	1359	75-80%	18	67.00–73.00	$69.81	$949	—
1280–1750	1478	75-80%	9	73.00–78.00	$75.43	$1,115	—
1570–1585	1578	75-80%	2	60.00–66.00	$63.01	$994	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1930	1464	13	72.00–88.00	$80.14	$1,173	—
1210–1935	1661	24	80.00–101.00	$89.85	$1,492	-10.40
1145–1995	1740	4	85.00–104.00	$91.10	$1,585	—

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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	18	465.00–520.00	$492.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	420.00–630.00	$518.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	610.00–710.00	$676.67

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	670.00–790.00	$730.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	700.00–1,076.00	$888.27
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00–893.00	$843.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	850.00–1,175.00	$990.63
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,212.50

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	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	425.00–625.00	$525.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	500.00–700.00	$612.50

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)	2	775.00–800.00	$787.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	550.00–1,043.00	$729.60

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	570.00–660.00	$615.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–700.00	$650.00

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	970.00–1,075.00	$1,022.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	875.00–1,200.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–900.00	$850.00	—

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	650.00–675.00	$662.50	—

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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.