Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

4,402 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.09/cwt +3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $790/hd at 473 lb · 89 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.46/cwt +0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 524 lb · 50 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $147.21/cwt -2.23 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 527 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,402	4,388	1,452
Feeder cattle	3,555	3,646	1,175
Slaughter cattle	607	526	162
Replacement cattle	240	216	115

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. 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
260	260	1	235.00	$235.00	$611	—
305–345	320	4	202.00–225.00	$212.69	$681	+3.47
350–395	373	11	205.00–227.50	$214.28	$799	+10.08
400–445	421	14	198.00–217.50	$204.74	$862	+8.29
450–490	466	26	182.00–202.50	$196.20	$914	-3.80
505 value added	505	1	197.00	$197.00	$995	—
500–545	521	22	175.00–195.00	$187.25	$976	-2.49
555 value added	555	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,054	—
555–595	572	6	175.00–185.00	$179.88	$1,029	-3.42
600–640	614	14	160.00–175.00	$169.04	$1,038	-10.44
610–634 value added	621	11	180.00–183.00	$181.80	$1,129	-6.90
650–680	665	2	150.00–152.00	$151.02	$1,004	-22.51
680 value added	680	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,108	-21.00
725 value added	725	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,131	—
700–747	740	19	140.00–160.00	$151.48	$1,121	-11.73
760	760	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,064	-20.78
760–785 value added	768	3	152.00–157.00	$155.30	$1,193	—
815	815	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,247	—
875–877 value added	877	11	140.00	$140.00	$1,228	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	321	7	198.00–208.00	$201.66	$647	-6.40
370–390	379	8	194.00–200.00	$196.64	$745	+2.53
415–440	426	14	187.00–197.00	$191.59	$816	+3.75
455–495	469	7	175.00–187.00	$183.36	$860	-1.23
510–545	528	10	172.00–188.00	$183.07	$967	+5.14
550–590	577	3	162.00–167.00	$165.41	$954	-6.28
630	630	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,002	-8.26
690	690	1	140.00	$140.00	$966	-27.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	321	4	190.00–205.00	$195.64	$628	+1.12
360–395	376	9	160.00–195.00	$186.74	$702	+7.01
410–430	422	3	172.00–180.00	$177.28	$748	+4.81
460–490	471	17	154.00–180.00	$175.69	$827	-0.47
590	590	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	$900	-11.56
610–640	625	2	140.00–145.00	$142.56	$891	—
710	710	1	140.00	$140.00	$994	+7.54

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	329	6	170.00–175.00	$172.14	$566	+1.14
360–385	380	15	165.00–174.00	$170.47	$648	+3.01
405–445	431	24	160.00–172.00	$167.71	$723	+4.54
455–495	472	82	152.50–170.00	$166.59	$786	+3.54
479 fancy	479	7	173.00	$173.00	$829	+8.00
505–518 fancy	515	6	170.00	$170.00	$876	—
520 value added	520	2	170.00	$170.00	$884	-2.18
505–548	525	42	147.50–167.00	$159.83	$839	+2.62
555–590 fancy	570	3	160.00–165.00	$162.30	$925	+10.30
555–595	573	23	145.00–162.00	$153.13	$877	+1.80
600–635	612	12	142.00–152.00	$148.98	$912	-2.40
625 value added	625	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,025	+7.81
658 fancy	658	7	150.00	$150.00	$987	—
660–695	683	19	139.00–145.00	$141.35	$965	-5.49
700–727	718	9	135.00–147.00	$141.93	$1,019	+4.28
760–775	762	11	125.00–133.00	$132.17	$1,007	-3.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	287	3	165.00–170.00	$167.49	$481	—
315–345	333	12	164.00–176.00	$167.91	$559	+3.55
350–398	374	41	155.00–172.00	$163.72	$612	+3.31
410–445	428	34	150.00–167.00	$159.61	$683	+2.91
450–495	480	38	140.00–162.00	$155.44	$746	-0.46
500–545	527	45	130.00–157.00	$147.21	$776	-2.23
550–595	569	24	132.00–154.00	$139.73	$795	-6.18
600–645	614	14	130.00–152.00	$140.68	$864	+4.74
665–685	674	4	120.00–135.00	$128.25	$864	-2.94
715–720	719	4	125.00–139.00	$130.99	$942	+10.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	326	18	151.00–167.00	$158.82	$518	-2.69
355–395	373	19	146.00–165.00	$156.89	$585	+2.65
410–445	429	18	140.00–157.00	$146.80	$630	-0.34
455–495	467	16	130.00–155.00	$139.74	$653	+1.95
505–545	522	22	133.00–147.00	$139.73	$729	+11.31
560–595	579	11	120.00–140.00	$128.42	$744	-3.48
615–633	624	7	121.00–130.00	$124.96	$780	+3.64
675–695	685	3	116.00–125.00	$121.03	$829	+6.98
730	730	3	115.00	$115.00	$840	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	220.00	$220.00	$462	—
255–290	273	2	210.00	$210.00	$573	±0.00
300–345	322	9	195.00–205.00	$200.82	$647	+5.60
350–385	371	13	190.00–197.00	$192.22	$713	+3.25
400–445	426	30	177.00–196.00	$184.58	$786	+4.43
460–495	477	24	167.50–177.00	$174.20	$831	+1.54
500–545	525	17	157.50–177.00	$166.91	$876	+5.43
565–590	577	12	154.00–164.00	$158.04	$912	+5.79
605–645	627	10	138.00–152.50	$144.15	$904	+1.13
660–695	678	12	128.00–150.00	$138.52	$939	+8.90
705–745	719	9	123.00–141.00	$130.59	$939	—
760–780	769	10	117.00–140.00	$136.28	$1,048	+14.78

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–260	255	4	217.50–220.00	$218.77	$558	—
305–345	325	12	205.00–215.00	$212.15	$689	-2.06
355–390	369	18	200.00–210.00	$206.48	$762	+6.90
400–440	422	26	190.00–202.50	$193.29	$816	+6.79
450–495	468	19	180.00–190.00	$185.58	$869	+7.33
503–545	519	29	175.00–185.00	$178.10	$924	+10.23
550–595	570	12	165.00–175.00	$168.73	$962	+13.77
600–645	613	9	147.00–165.00	$155.64	$954	+6.67
650–680	676	10	140.00–147.00	$141.58	$957	+4.17
700–740	721	5	130.00–140.00	$136.56	$985	+1.56
750–755 fancy	753	2	130.00–137.00	$133.49	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	200.00–205.00	$202.54	$577	+19.90
320	320	1	190.00	$190.00	$608	+7.74
365–390	383	6	175.00–185.00	$183.37	$702	+6.87
405–445	424	12	160.00–180.00	$170.15	$721	-1.50
460–490	469	10	162.00–170.00	$167.61	$786	+10.92
505–545	526	7	141.00–160.00	$152.12	$800	+4.68
570–580	575	4	145.00–156.00	$153.02	$880	+10.88
610–645	632	3	135.00–150.00	$141.53	$894	+3.08
675–690	683	2	116.00–121.00	$118.53	$810	-10.47
725–745	735	4	120.00–134.00	$127.21	$935	+5.88
760–795	778	2	110.00–115.00	$112.56	$876	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1085	934	85-90%	39	50.00–65.00	$57.99	$542	—
770–1250	987	85-90%	66	49.00–69.00	$61.47	$607	-7.37
775–1680	1057	85-90%	51	59.00–74.00	$67.34	$712	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1430	1154	80-85%	42	64.00–74.00	$69.68	$804	-5.95
915–1455	1189	80-85%	72	71.00–81.00	$75.69	$900	+0.06
1050–1525	1292	80-85%	20	78.00–88.00	$82.85	$1,070	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1825	1435	75-80%	11	81.00–86.00	$83.41	$1,197	-1.13
1125–1815	1451	75-80%	14	70.00–79.00	$74.31	$1,078	+5.24
1385–1905	1556	75-80%	9	68.00–73.00	$70.18	$1,092	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1875	1439	31	79.00–90.00	$86.61	$1,246	—
1010–2035	1655	20	91.00–99.00	$94.83	$1,569	—
1485–2055	1751	9	98.00–105.00	$102.47	$1,794	—

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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	600.00–950.00	$704.71
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,031.25

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	475.00–600.00	$537.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	465.00–610.00	$560.00

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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)	18	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,222.22
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	730.00–840.00	$791.11
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	850.00–1,075.00	$930.77
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	964.00	$964.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	950.00–980.00	$965.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	875.00–1,138.00	$1,022.69

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)	10	700.00–800.00	$740.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	400.00–725.00	$633.93
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–900.00	$862.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

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

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	875.00–990.00	$915.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	625.00–800.00	$708.33	—

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	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	925.00–1,275.00	$1,155.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,133.33	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–950.00	$850.00	—

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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.