Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, February 7, 2023

3,582 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $166.98/cwt ≈ $1,055/hd at 632 lb · 138 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.69/cwt +3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $886/hd at 525 lb · 61 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.91/cwt +1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,005/hd at 621 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,582	2,222	4,062
Feeder cattle	2,798	1,790	2,903
Slaughter cattle	476	260	823
Replacement cattle	308	172	336

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 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
265	265	1	222.00	$222.00	$588	—
305–340	323	18	212.00–225.00	$219.71	$710	-1.82
350–390	368	3	216.00–220.00	$218.26	$803	-6.22
405–447	443	27	212.00–220.00	$215.21	$953	-0.54
452–495	471	22	200.00–217.00	$204.61	$964	-0.15
505–542	532	42	189.00–211.00	$200.03	$1,064	+5.74
565–567 value added	566	18	192.00–193.00	$192.28	$1,088	—
550–590	569	14	180.00–202.00	$189.34	$1,077	+6.11
610–630	619	6	175.00–181.00	$176.66	$1,094	+0.06
601–649 value added	637	33	184.00–188.50	$185.87	$1,184	—
682–684 value added	683	18	181.50–199.00	$191.21	$1,306	—
680–699	696	6	172.00–175.00	$174.51	$1,215	—
706–736	725	14	172.00–174.00	$173.30	$1,256	—
750–790	779	9	157.00–164.00	$162.37	$1,265	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	206.00	$206.00	$566	—
320–346	337	21	196.00–225.00	$214.91	$724	-0.13
358–395	373	26	190.00–220.00	$208.99	$780	+1.20
400–440	421	10	185.00–210.00	$200.47	$844	-0.23
455–495	470	20	177.00–200.00	$186.07	$875	-2.31
505–545	536	14	180.00–190.00	$185.72	$995	+6.60
560–590	570	5	170.00–186.00	$176.22	$1,004	-0.17
620–635	627	3	170.00–184.00	$178.61	$1,120	—
675–695	680	4	162.00–175.00	$168.96	$1,149	+13.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	324	6	202.00–212.00	$207.66	$673	+8.44
360–380	374	8	195.00–205.00	$199.10	$745	+8.33
475–485	477	6	179.00–185.00	$182.32	$870	+5.63
530–540	537	3	159.00–175.00	$164.27	$882	+4.27
560–585	580	6	154.00–168.00	$161.17	$935	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	195.00	$195.00	$478	—
265	265	2	182.00–190.00	$186.00	$493	-2.52
335–345	342	7	180.00–185.00	$181.00	$619	-5.04
355–395	378	15	176.00–184.00	$179.63	$679	-0.68
409–412 value added	411	9	184.00–185.00	$184.78	$759	—
400–445	419	44	168.00–180.00	$173.97	$729	-0.63
455–490	482	47	166.00–175.00	$171.82	$828	+0.77
502–526 value added	522	11	174.00–175.00	$174.17	$909	—
500–540	526	50	158.00–171.00	$167.48	$881	+1.93
565	565	1	170.00	$170.00	$960	+13.14
550–595	573	34	155.00–169.00	$161.76	$927	+4.90
575 value added	575	2	173.00	$173.00	$995	+5.00
605–642	621	60	150.00–168.00	$161.91	$1,005	+13.59
655–682	670	16	150.00–162.50	$159.69	$1,070	+9.69
673 value added	673	7	157.00	$157.00	$1,057	—
704–715	705	10	145.00–159.50	$156.78	$1,105	—
750	750	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,050	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	185.00–187.00	$186.02	$409	—
255–295	273	6	174.00–180.00	$177.08	$483	-0.47
325–345	327	13	170.00–176.00	$173.54	$567	-2.75
350–399	374	33	164.00–175.00	$170.06	$636	-2.87
400–447	427	41	155.00–172.00	$167.11	$714	+0.07
465–495	477	31	152.00–170.00	$162.88	$777	+3.81
505–545	526	28	150.00–168.00	$159.03	$836	+7.09
555–590	575	21	142.00–165.00	$155.65	$895	+12.95
605–620	616	15	144.00–157.00	$153.49	$945	+5.73
650–690	673	6	137.00–144.00	$141.53	$952	+4.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
619–641 value added	632	138	166.25–167.50	$166.98	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	170.00	$170.00	$391	-2.00
305–345	324	12	160.00–168.00	$164.46	$533	-2.97
355–390	375	22	147.00–165.00	$161.34	$605	+0.50
415–440	426	11	150.00–160.00	$157.19	$670	+3.29
455–485	467	9	135.00–157.00	$148.30	$693	-2.74
510–545	520	5	141.00–149.00	$146.14	$760	+0.95
550–585	566	9	136.00–147.00	$141.21	$799	+0.72
620–625	623	2	135.00–145.00	$139.98	$872	—
765	765	1	125.00	$125.00	$956	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	200.00	$200.00	$430	—
255–280	272	3	194.00–196.00	$194.63	$529	-12.95
300–345	319	15	190.00–212.00	$198.57	$633	-5.54
350–390	376	16	185.00–205.00	$194.85	$733	+0.33
404–446	427	54	174.00–203.00	$193.45	$826	+5.03
450–495	469	27	167.00–195.00	$179.82	$843	-0.51
500–545	519	31	160.00–184.00	$174.17	$904	+7.77
550–595	578	19	153.00–182.00	$163.23	$943	-0.49
600–635	614	8	147.00–158.00	$151.28	$929	-10.55
655–680	670	6	143.00–150.00	$147.16	$986	-4.55
710–725	718	2	141.00–144.00	$142.48	$1,023	—
755	755	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,034	+4.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	217	3	205.00–212.00	$208.96	$453	—
285	285	1	208.00	$208.00	$593	-20.00
310–330	316	4	200.00–215.00	$208.15	$658	-13.68
365–395	381	5	200.00–206.00	$204.17	$778	-8.93
405–440	420	10	184.00–202.00	$193.21	$811	-7.57
455–490	470	18	180.00–197.50	$192.01	$902	+1.90
505–530	517	9	162.00–186.00	$179.18	$926	+0.38
565–590	573	3	174.00–177.00	$175.36	$1,005	+3.72
600–602	601	4	165.00	$165.00	$992	+3.31
650–690	672	7	152.00–162.00	$155.65	$1,046	-0.35
715	715	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	328	5	182.00–184.00	$183.17	$601	-2.81
390	390	3	182.00	$182.00	$710	+3.53
405–445	427	9	170.00–190.00	$179.72	$767	+10.32
455–490	467	5	170.00–180.00	$173.39	$810	+12.38
515	515	1	166.00	$166.00	$855	+6.99
590	590	2	150.00	$150.00	$885	-0.36
715	715	1	135.00	$135.00	$965	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1165	975	85-90%	25	70.00–94.00	$80.06	$781	+20.97
855–1140	985	85-90%	44	50.00–80.00	$73.53	$724	+14.44
865–1280	1036	85-90%	47	62.00–87.00	$80.68	$836	+11.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1475	1119	80-85%	50	83.00–94.00	$89.54	$1,002	—
850–1470	1123	80-85%	42	73.00–88.00	$83.42	$937	—
970–1555	1246	80-85%	20	91.00–103.00	$97.41	$1,214	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1670	1332	75-80%	12	97.00–106.00	$100.66	$1,341	—
1120–1610	1358	75-80%	17	85.00–95.00	$91.09	$1,237	+13.16
1455–1615	1535	75-80%	2	83.00–84.00	$83.47	$1,281	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1920	1485	16	91.00–103.00	$96.52	$1,433	—
1135–2090	1643	20	94.00–111.00	$103.81	$1,706	—
1475–2090	1822	13	107.00–120.00	$115.03	$2,096	+5.47

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,120.00–1,275.00	$1,197.50
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	550.00–1,055.00	$715.63

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	400.00–650.00	$478.75

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 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	950.00–1,300.00	$1,123.13
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	800.00–1,300.00	$981.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	650.00–1,025.00	$825.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	725.00–800.00	$752.27
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	875.00–925.00	$900.00

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)	1	525.00	$525.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–950.00	$883.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	525.00–800.00	$705.56

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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)	10	850.00–1,025.00	$935.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,200.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	875.00–950.00	$907.14	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	800.00–1,350.00	$1,098.44	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,400.00–1,450.00	$1,428.57	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	600.00–700.00	$661.54	—

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	825.00–850.00	$837.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	650.00–1,050.00	$847.22	—

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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.