Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, February 27, 2023

2,853 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $189.05/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 434 lb · 57 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $188.24/cwt ≈ $996/hd at 529 lb · 47 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $170.67/cwt +3.97 vs last sale · ≈ $889/hd at 521 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,853	2,724	2,092
Feeder cattle	2,230	1,998	1,594
Slaughter cattle	425	372	321
Replacement cattle	198	354	177

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 3.00 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	236.00	$236.00	$661	+6.00
325–345	335	2	227.00–230.00	$228.54	$766	+3.00
355–390	374	16	216.00–227.00	$222.49	$832	+8.00
400–445	423	8	212.00–222.00	$215.00	$909	+6.02
455–490	472	25	207.00–215.00	$210.51	$994	+6.12
505–545	534	11	192.00–202.00	$194.47	$1,038	+6.41
570–595	583	17	184.00–196.00	$190.56	$1,111	-2.45
645	645	18	185.00	$185.00	$1,193	-5.00
655–695	666	8	152.00–181.00	$173.82	$1,158	-5.50
720–735	728	5	150.00–177.00	$169.35	$1,233	-4.95

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	244.00	$244.00	$708	—
330–335	333	3	250.00–257.50	$252.48	$841	+9.21
357–385	369	7	230.00–248.00	$237.77	$877	+11.32
400–440	414	19	220.00–237.50	$226.68	$938	+9.59
460–490	475	7	212.00–222.00	$216.69	$1,029	+2.02
515–540	520	6	200.00–217.00	$212.56	$1,105	+3.13
565–590	574	16	192.00–205.00	$200.23	$1,149	-2.67
610–635	626	14	190.00–204.00	$196.02	$1,227	+2.36
665–680	678	9	183.00–194.00	$187.32	$1,270	+0.81
760	760	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	215.00–220.00	$217.54	$729	—
365–390	378	10	185.00–210.00	$196.56	$743	-2.55
410–445	425	8	198.00–208.00	$201.73	$857	+1.73
465–470	468	4	170.00–175.00	$172.51	$807	—
540	540	2	188.00–193.00	$190.50	$1,029	—
580–590	583	3	150.00–160.00	$156.63	$913	-20.37
635	635	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	-2.00
720	720	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,015	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	281	7	180.00–220.00	$204.80	$575	+8.80
300–345	326	25	175.00–196.00	$189.10	$616	-1.06
350–395	373	41	167.50–198.00	$183.26	$684	-1.62
400–445	426	34	162.50–188.00	$179.92	$766	+0.32
455–495	474	30	157.50–183.00	$169.52	$804	-4.66
500–545	521	42	150.00–177.00	$170.67	$889	+3.97
555–595	573	21	150.00–170.00	$161.11	$923	+0.72
600–645	625	39	142.50–166.00	$162.59	$1,016	+3.10
650–695	671	5	137.50–160.00	$150.97	$1,013	+4.76

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	285	5	195.00–234.00	$215.32	$614	—
305–340	314	7	200.00–228.00	$210.16	$660	+11.14
355–385	375	19	180.00–216.00	$188.19	$706	-2.54
388 fancy	388	15	207.50	$207.50	$805	—
405–445	432	47	175.00–196.00	$187.29	$809	-1.21
443–445 fancy	443	10	197.00–200.00	$197.30	$874	—
450–485 fancy	466	14	190.00–197.00	$193.35	$901	—
450–495	473	26	170.00–193.00	$180.94	$856	-5.11
500–505 fancy	503	2	180.00–182.00	$181.00	$910	—
500–545	525	24	165.00–182.00	$173.65	$912	-4.52
555–595	573	7	160.00–174.00	$164.74	$944	-4.93
620 fancy	620	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,035	—
605–647	623	15	155.00–169.00	$159.41	$993	-3.18
650–685	671	8	147.50–165.00	$155.11	$1,041	+2.87
705–740	721	6	140.00–148.00	$142.19	$1,025	-7.81
710–740 fancy	727	3	149.00–150.00	$149.67	$1,088	—
790 fancy	790	3	142.00–145.00	$143.00	$1,130	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	3	190.00–212.00	$198.93	$553	—
305–345	320	12	172.00–186.00	$177.85	$569	-3.01
355–395	369	25	162.00–182.00	$172.74	$637	-2.01
400–445	423	18	150.00–175.00	$167.87	$710	+7.48
455–490	476	15	156.00–168.00	$160.99	$766	-1.79
500–545	526	9	150.00–165.00	$156.55	$823	+3.49
555–595	573	8	150.00–161.00	$153.20	$878	+13.20
615–635	623	6	125.00–155.00	$144.22	$898	+9.23
675–690	683	2	139.00–145.00	$142.03	$970	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–530	529	47	185.00–189.00	$188.24	$996	—
576	576	14	177.00	$177.00	$1,020	—
672	672	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,075	—
731	731	4	152.00	$152.00	$1,111	—

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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	283	3	228.00–245.00	$239.10	$677	+18.47
305–345	319	16	214.00–235.00	$222.95	$711	+13.33
362–395	372	26	202.00–230.00	$210.68	$784	+3.39
400–445	427	23	186.00–220.00	$200.94	$858	+5.71
450–495	474	27	177.00–205.00	$191.54	$908	+3.56
500–545	522	24	170.00–198.00	$183.93	$960	+0.75
555–595	573	13	170.00–180.00	$174.61	$1,001	+4.18
600–640	619	7	160.00–169.00	$165.65	$1,025	+3.18
650–685	668	6	150.00–163.00	$156.85	$1,048	+3.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	226.00–234.00	$230.17	$529	—
255–295	287	7	232.00–247.50	$235.70	$676	—
315–345	326	15	226.00–247.00	$234.80	$765	+7.15
350–395	372	21	206.00–245.00	$225.02	$837	+5.94
400–445	425	28	196.00–235.00	$220.46	$937	+10.98
465–485	473	8	210.00–215.00	$211.88	$1,002	+14.71
510–520 fancy	515	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,092	—
505–545	523	12	180.00–210.00	$194.66	$1,018	+0.15
555–585	571	9	175.00–195.00	$186.39	$1,064	+1.21
620–645	637	3	170.00–175.00	$171.62	$1,093	-3.39
655–695	675	3	162.00–170.00	$165.96	$1,120	—
750–785	765	5	142.00–147.00	$144.20	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	3	212.00–235.00	$225.32	$626	+15.32
305–345	329	7	195.00–225.00	$208.82	$687	+2.52
360–395	389	6	180.00–190.00	$181.54	$706	-10.10
410–440	428	14	170.00–200.00	$184.16	$788	+6.02
450–490	466	12	165.00–190.00	$180.70	$842	+9.55
505–540	519	7	157.00–180.00	$167.09	$867	+9.41
555–595	575	4	162.00–168.00	$165.72	$953	+3.72
600–635	618	5	150.00–160.00	$152.93	$945	+3.80
655–660	658	2	158.00–160.00	$159.00	$1,046	+9.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1500	1123	80-85%	45	73.00–91.00	$81.98	$921	-3.10
925–1370	1131	80-85%	64	84.00–100.00	$91.31	$1,033	+6.23
1020–1465	1243	80-85%	24	92.00–109.00	$97.83	$1,216	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1255	941	85-90%	27	50.00–80.00	$63.80	$600	—
705–1180	956	85-90%	41	59.00–86.00	$70.92	$678	+3.69
830–1200	999	85-90%	34	67.00–86.00	$78.78	$787	+3.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1455	1300	75-80%	2	79.00–80.00	$79.56	$1,034	—
1085–1590	1389	75-80%	5	89.00–105.00	$96.41	$1,339	+4.58
1270–1700	1401	75-80%	13	82.00–99.00	$91.77	$1,286	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–2210	1414	24	96.00–110.00	$102.05	$1,443	+8.14
1030–1840	1648	10	89.00–100.00	$93.16	$1,535	—
1505–2115	1749	18	106.00–118.00	$110.15	$1,927	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	560.00–695.00	$617.50

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	700.00–1,125.00	$897.19
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–845.00	$830.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–775.00	$737.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	800.00–1,225.00	$1,039.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	715.00–745.00	$735.00

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)	2	675.00–700.00	$687.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	700.00–900.00	$775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–775.00	$725.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	550.00–690.00	$630.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	700.00–850.00	$783.33

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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	2	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	880.00–1,040.00	$978.75	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,087.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–800.00	$766.67	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00–1,225.00	$1,183.33	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–775.00	$737.50	—

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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.