Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, February 1, 2023

2,116 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.72/cwt ≈ $1,313/hd at 774 lb · 130 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.50/cwt ≈ $1,163/hd at 659 lb · 62 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $156.48/cwt +0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 475 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,116	2,563	2,012
Feeder cattle	1,591	2,173	1,546
Slaughter cattle	313	285	346
Replacement cattle	212	105	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 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 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	62	176.50	$176.50	$1,163	—
761	761	64	171.50	$171.50	$1,305	—
786 value added	786	66	168.00	$168.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	2	215.00–218.00	$216.45	$671	-0.86
375–390	385	6	198.00–205.00	$200.99	$774	-15.09
430–445	437	6	195.00–202.50	$197.61	$864	-10.50
455–485	474	19	185.00–207.00	$193.25	$916	-16.14
500–545	528	10	183.00–194.00	$189.90	$1,003	-7.63
559–585	565	15	185.00–194.00	$191.14	$1,080	+1.14
605–630	627	29	169.00–184.00	$179.69	$1,127	-0.51
660–685	669	14	156.00–176.00	$170.63	$1,142	-2.56
744	744	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,257	-7.22
781	781	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	206.00–212.00	$209.20	$471	-7.51
315	315	1	190.00	$190.00	$598	-12.26
375	375	2	190.00	$190.00	$712	-7.51
420–445	439	14	185.00–195.00	$192.01	$843	-1.87
455–485	473	6	180.00–190.00	$186.66	$883	-3.09
500–545	518	8	170.00–186.00	$178.48	$925	-10.66
565	565	20	169.00	$169.00	$955	-11.44
576	576	11	175.00	$175.00	$1,008	-5.44
615–645	630	8	154.00–165.00	$160.00	$1,008	-16.21
695	695	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,098	—
760	760	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	326	6	173.00–184.00	$180.80	$589	-3.93
355–390	368	5	174.00–184.00	$178.78	$658	+3.42
410	410	2	176.00	$176.00	$722	—
495	495	1	180.00	$180.00	$891	+14.50
525–530	526	4	170.00–175.00	$171.26	$901	+1.76
575	575	1	165.00	$165.00	$949	+1.64
785	785	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,099	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	8	159.00–173.00	$165.57	$530	-3.03
355–380	371	22	158.00–172.50	$166.41	$617	+3.32
405–445	425	31	155.00–167.00	$162.28	$690	-0.85
450–495	475	38	149.00–164.00	$156.48	$743	+0.19
500–545	521	30	139.00–159.00	$148.40	$773	-4.25
560–595	575	15	130.00–155.00	$145.39	$836	+0.37
605–635	618	6	130.00–144.00	$138.74	$857	+4.12
655–685	673	5	120.00–140.00	$132.21	$890	+1.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	313	3	177.50–180.00	$178.53	$559	-1.47
350–395	384	18	172.00–177.50	$174.90	$672	+0.89
405–445	428	22	165.00–177.00	$171.12	$732	+1.75
450–495	471	34	145.00–175.00	$168.43	$793	-1.17
505–530	513	3	173.00–174.00	$173.34	$889	+11.35
510–520 fancy	515	2	165.00–167.00	$165.99	$855	—
505–545	522	13	160.00–170.00	$164.11	$857	+2.12
555	555	1	173.00	$173.00	$960	+13.57
555–595	578	7	147.00–167.50	$155.61	$899	-3.82
600–630	615	17	140.00–158.00	$149.18	$917	+0.93
615 fancy	615	1	162.00	$162.00	$996	—
650–695	668	8	131.00–150.00	$137.32	$917	-12.81
705–745	725	4	120.00–125.00	$123.78	$897	-12.26
750–785	758	6	115.00–133.00	$128.57	$975	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	329	6	147.00–162.00	$156.94	$516	-0.93
355–395	379	14	145.00–162.00	$155.11	$588	+3.18
420–440	432	16	137.00–159.00	$150.13	$649	+0.75
465–490	477	5	128.00–150.00	$141.88	$677	-8.12
500–540	522	6	137.00–150.00	$145.04	$757	+7.31
550–595	578	9	132.50–146.00	$142.43	$823	+1.42
605	605	2	140.00	$140.00	$847	+10.49
685	685	2	130.00	$130.00	$890	+11.70

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	314	8	202.00–215.00	$205.10	$644	-4.93
350–388	374	10	193.00–205.00	$200.33	$749	-21.85
405–445	428	21	181.00–192.00	$189.10	$809	-8.24
455–495	479	16	180.00–190.00	$184.58	$884	-10.53
501 fancy	501	4	185.00	$185.00	$927	—
500–540	526	15	167.00–182.00	$174.76	$919	-15.23
550–590	564	18	160.00–170.00	$163.15	$920	—
605–635	617	10	150.00–160.00	$157.07	$969	—
655–695	670	10	149.00–158.00	$150.03	$1,005	—
840–845	843	2	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$1,142	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	321	5	192.00–200.00	$194.27	$624	+10.08
355–395	380	7	180.00–190.00	$187.09	$711	-12.77
400–445	422	21	165.00–189.00	$177.16	$748	-16.58
455–495	472	12	157.50–182.00	$171.42	$809	-12.42
500–545	519	15	155.00–173.00	$162.73	$845	-8.05
550–595	573	9	150.00–160.00	$155.44	$891	-7.61
610–645	624	6	135.00–147.50	$142.08	$887	-11.14
745	745	1	125.00	$125.00	$931	-12.99
765	765	1	118.00	$118.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	180.00–185.00	$182.59	$493	—
380	380	4	180.00	$180.00	$684	+9.00
425–448	440	3	150.00–170.00	$156.43	$688	-20.62
450–485	468	2	160.00–165.00	$162.59	$761	-3.41
507–540	520	5	145.00–158.00	$150.40	$782	-2.86
555–595	575	2	140.00–147.00	$143.62	$826	-10.45
715–745	730	2	130.00–132.00	$131.02	$956	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1500	1080	80-85%	46	68.00–83.00	$76.63	$828	—
830–1405	1111	80-85%	61	73.00–89.00	$82.87	$921	+7.64
980–1515	1212	80-85%	32	83.00–96.00	$91.30	$1,107	+8.06

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–925	898	85-90%	11	71.00–79.00	$73.83	$663	—
745–1190	929	85-90%	11	54.00–70.00	$60.58	$563	—
835–1350	1001	85-90%	25	58.00–82.00	$68.37	$684	-4.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1525	1436	75-80%	8	84.00–100.00	$93.92	$1,349	—
1350–1620	1486	75-80%	6	75.00–91.00	$85.49	$1,270	+10.49
1435–1640	1503	75-80%	3	68.00–84.00	$78.18	$1,175	-13.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1905	1451	8	80.00–102.00	$91.42	$1,327	—
1330–1765	1548	13	90.00–108.00	$100.54	$1,556	-0.34
1220–2175	1732	12	102.00–117.00	$110.68	$1,917	—

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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	5	600.00–770.00	$666.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	315.00–400.00	$357.50

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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)	3	1,175.00–1,350.00	$1,258.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	775.00–1,350.00	$1,010.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	540.00–1,100.00	$704.58
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	650.00–1,150.00	$918.18

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)	8	575.00–925.00	$727.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	600.00–875.00	$703.13

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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	825.00	$825.00
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,625.00–1,950.00	$1,750.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,435.00

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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
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–775.00	$733.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,235.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,550.00–1,725.00	$1,637.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	925.00–1,525.00	$1,270.31	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	600.00–950.00	$829.41	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	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.