Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, January 9, 2023

4,006 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $166.30/cwt +4.90 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 370 lb · 46 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $158.27/cwt -0.99 vs last sale · ≈ $674/hd at 426 lb · 46 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $153.03/cwt -3.32 vs last sale · ≈ $731/hd at 478 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,006	1,808	2,197
Feeder cattle	3,226	1,395	1,833
Slaughter cattle	561	287	269
Replacement cattle	219	126	95

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	327	14	206.00–225.00	$214.46	$701	—
365–395	374	8	204.00–225.00	$213.06	$797	+17.89
400–420	410	17	192.00–220.00	$208.82	$856	+17.54
450–475	463	14	192.00–205.00	$196.31	$909	+5.64
500–545	521	20	172.00–195.00	$184.00	$959	-1.84
565–590	586	23	170.00–179.00	$177.18	$1,038	-2.40
605–625	615	6	165.00–185.00	$172.26	$1,059	-3.32
650–670	662	11	162.50–178.00	$168.68	$1,117	+3.06
705–745	735	5	150.00–172.00	$166.98	$1,227	+1.97
760	760	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,102	-15.00
820	820	7	164.00	$164.00	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	329	12	192.00–212.00	$206.47	$679	+12.74
365–390	375	12	192.00–211.00	$200.74	$753	+6.51
400–445	421	23	178.00–207.50	$194.23	$818	+7.62
450–495	468	12	180.00–192.50	$186.60	$873	+5.82
500–535	520	15	175.00–182.50	$176.96	$920	-2.03
555–570	563	6	165.00–182.00	$174.23	$981	+1.45
625	625	2	144.00	$144.00	$900	-20.77
660	660	1	143.00	$143.00	$944	-18.14
785–795	792	3	155.00–160.00	$158.35	$1,254	+8.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	180.00	$180.00	$621	—
375–395	379	10	177.00–195.00	$183.24	$694	—
425	425	1	164.00	$164.00	$697	-8.93
470–495	481	20	172.00–178.00	$175.06	$842	-0.94
520–525	523	2	160.00–167.00	$163.48	$855	-6.52
605–610	606	4	150.00–157.00	$151.76	$920	-3.99

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	160.00–162.50	$161.25	$403	-5.95
300–345	322	19	157.50–178.00	$170.09	$548	+7.87
350–395	370	46	150.00–176.00	$166.30	$615	+4.90
405–445	426	46	145.00–170.00	$158.27	$674	-0.99
455–495	478	44	140.00–166.00	$153.03	$731	-3.32
500–545	523	22	135.00–157.00	$146.31	$765	-4.52
555–585	577	25	130.00–145.00	$138.40	$799	-4.95
605–645	624	7	130.00–142.00	$133.74	$835	-5.68
655–675	663	3	125.00–131.00	$127.04	$842	-12.96
710–745	728	5	115.00–134.00	$125.29	$912	+0.29

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	3	177.50–190.00	$182.58	$599	+15.00
350–390	368	16	167.50–188.00	$173.25	$638	+7.25
400–442	428	29	157.50–167.00	$163.21	$699	+0.31
450–490	463	29	150.00–169.00	$159.18	$737	-3.38
505–545	520	30	145.00–165.00	$156.81	$815	-1.39
550 fancy	550	1	152.00	$152.00	$836	—
555–595	572	22	142.00–157.00	$148.83	$851	-6.03
605–615 fancy	610	2	147.00	$147.00	$897	—
603–630	623	14	137.50–156.00	$148.95	$928	+1.13
665 value added	665	7	157.00	$157.00	$1,044	+1.69
650–695	668	6	132.50–155.00	$145.87	$974	-2.11
690	690	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,208	+27.02
710 value added	710	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,093	—
715 fancy	715	2	132.00–133.00	$132.50	$947	—
730	730	2	132.50	$132.50	$967	-9.94
760–790	772	3	130.00–144.00	$137.91	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	2	172.00–174.00	$172.96	$476	—
305–335	317	33	135.00–167.00	$158.34	$502	+3.65
350–395	377	32	130.00–161.00	$151.31	$570	-4.34
405–445	422	21	130.00–153.00	$145.53	$614	-5.38
465–490	474	19	120.00–150.00	$139.26	$660	-8.56
500–545	518	14	115.00–146.00	$131.23	$680	-9.70
555–595	575	8	110.00–141.00	$120.98	$696	-7.87

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	200.00–205.00	$202.34	$552	+12.34
310–345	324	27	194.00–211.00	$201.29	$652	+11.76
350–393	375	17	182.00–197.50	$191.68	$719	+4.52
410–445	429	39	170.00–195.00	$178.24	$765	-3.64
450–495	473	40	167.00–188.00	$176.59	$835	+3.83
500–540	525	18	152.00–176.00	$163.99	$861	+8.35
550–590	572	16	148.00–165.00	$155.35	$889	-1.07
605–640	618	19	145.00–159.00	$148.71	$919	-0.31
685	685	1	136.00	$136.00	$932	-6.00
718	718	3	135.00	$135.00	$969	±0.00
755–795	775	2	125.00–130.00	$127.44	$988	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	268	4	208.00–217.00	$212.43	$569	-17.57
305–345	322	26	202.00–222.50	$212.15	$683	+12.09
357 value added	357	6	215.00	$215.00	$768	—
350–398	373	17	200.00–212.50	$206.74	$771	+13.96
400–440	419	31	184.00–207.50	$191.28	$801	+0.30
450–495	470	32	178.00–200.00	$184.69	$868	-0.29
500–545	515	11	160.00–180.00	$171.19	$882	+4.29
550–575	561	5	165.00–175.00	$167.97	$942	+10.47
600–645	622	5	154.00–160.00	$158.17	$984	-1.21
665–680	673	2	150.00–152.00	$150.99	$1,016	+3.65
685–690 value added	688	2	157.00–158.00	$157.50	$1,084	—
705–725	721	17	135.00–142.00	$137.93	$994	-5.03
750–775	760	3	125.00–133.00	$128.05	$973	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	3	200.00–210.00	$203.33	$468	—
260–290	279	6	185.00–197.00	$190.35	$531	—
320–345	326	7	180.00–192.00	$182.37	$595	-0.98
350–385	367	13	168.00–185.00	$176.29	$647	-3.51
405–440	424	14	165.00–181.00	$173.18	$734	+1.49
450–480	470	11	160.00–172.00	$165.69	$779	+1.30
500–540	521	28	144.00–165.00	$153.79	$801	+6.21
550–590	571	5	142.00–150.00	$145.41	$830	-2.13
605–625	617	3	130.00–137.00	$133.04	$821	—
690–695	693	2	120.00–127.00	$123.49	$856	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1540	1195	80-85%	69	69.00–83.00	$76.93	$919	+3.05
855–1560	1205	80-85%	48	62.00–76.00	$69.77	$841	—
1005–1430	1271	80-85%	31	80.00–88.00	$84.05	$1,068	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1150	930	85-90%	36	42.00–68.00	$55.80	$519	-0.07
700–1325	968	85-90%	45	54.00–75.00	$65.55	$635	—
765–1285	1003	85-90%	47	48.00–69.00	$61.52	$617	-1.96

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1890	1399	75-80%	15	71.00–76.00	$73.20	$1,024	—
1230–1530	1439	75-80%	22	76.00–83.00	$80.40	$1,157	-2.34
1325–1635	1451	75-80%	8	66.00–70.00	$69.17	$1,004	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1900	1441	21	77.00–90.00	$83.32	$1,201	—
1165–1945	1546	14	89.00–103.00	$94.52	$1,461	—
1745–2645	2131	9	97.00–101.00	$99.21	$2,114	—

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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	12	550.00–650.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	600.00–800.00	$725.00

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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)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	785.00–1,100.00	$976.60
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	900.00–1,125.00	$1,031.06
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	600.00–897.00	$679.73
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,155.00	$1,155.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	825.00–850.00	$837.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–875.00	$810.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–750.00	$716.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00

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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)	4	650.00–750.00	$712.50

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	975.00–1,275.00	$1,091.67	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–850.00	$816.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	700.00–900.00	$787.50	—

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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.