Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, March 20, 2023

2,548 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $200.02/cwt -9.58 vs last sale · ≈ $946/hd at 473 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $213.96/cwt -8.13 vs last sale · ≈ $807/hd at 377 lb · 30 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $254.86/cwt +10.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,099/hd at 431 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,548	1,898	2,047
Feeder cattle	1,963	1,514	1,559
Slaughter cattle	414	222	325
Replacement cattle	171	162	163

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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
300–345	334	16	270.00–285.00	$278.78	$931	+26.78
350–385	369	10	260.00–270.00	$267.19	$986	+17.15
370–395 value added	378	3	275.00–280.00	$278.26	$1,052	—
410–425 value added	418	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,108	+14.47
400–449	433	24	250.00–260.00	$253.59	$1,098	+15.24
455–485	469	6	224.00–245.00	$234.70	$1,101	—
500–525	516	8	220.00–230.00	$223.95	$1,156	-9.73
555–580	565	13	212.00–224.00	$217.03	$1,226	-3.01
575 value added	575	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,380	—
630 value added	630	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,399	—
640	640	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,344	-6.13
660	660	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	280.00	$280.00	$756	—
320	320	1	234.00	$234.00	$749	—
360–380	373	4	220.00–240.00	$234.40	$874	—
442	442	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,083	+18.44
450–495	468	6	216.00–235.00	$228.20	$1,068	-1.45
505–545	523	6	211.00–225.00	$217.70	$1,139	-1.52
575	575	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,162	-6.12
625	625	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,281	+12.60
663	663	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,253	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	371	7	190.00–232.00	$218.18	$809	-7.21
410–435	420	3	225.00–235.00	$229.98	$966	+13.96
515–525	520	2	177.00–200.00	$188.61	$981	+1.61
715	715	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,244	+4.00
770	770	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,294	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	12	286.00	$286.00	$1,030	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	240.00	$240.00	$504	—
310–345	327	15	216.00–225.00	$219.90	$719	-5.85
355–395	377	30	206.00–220.00	$213.96	$807	-6.16
400–440	418	23	197.50–210.00	$205.08	$857	-9.47
450–495	473	37	195.00–208.00	$200.02	$946	-4.65
500–535	516	20	185.00–198.00	$193.06	$996	+0.62
555 fancy	555	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,054	—
555–590	577	13	180.00–185.00	$181.70	$1,048	-1.35
605	605	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,028	-6.49
650–665	657	3	160.00–165.00	$163.34	$1,073	+2.34
750 fancy	750	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,178	—
775	775	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,124	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	277	3	202.50–212.50	$208.48	$577	-13.58
305–345	325	15	195.00–217.00	$208.70	$678	-7.82
365–395	380	13	190.00–207.00	$199.36	$758	-12.31
405–435	423	19	184.00–204.00	$194.65	$823	-8.07
460–495	483	22	180.00–196.00	$189.27	$914	-6.03
500–545	525	19	172.00–188.00	$181.02	$950	-2.25
550–595	569	16	165.00–182.00	$171.32	$975	-4.88
615–625	620	4	160.00–170.00	$165.50	$1,026	-4.59
650–695	668	4	150.00–167.00	$157.14	$1,050	-9.86
755	755	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	280	4	215.00	$215.00	$602	+3.00
300–345	323	11	195.00–205.00	$199.71	$645	-3.64
350–395	378	12	186.00–200.00	$192.14	$726	-8.01
415–425	421	10	160.00–190.00	$180.06	$758	-5.56
465–495	479	7	175.00–181.00	$177.47	$850	-4.35
515–545	533	10	165.00–178.00	$171.96	$917	-2.28
590	590	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,015	+14.97
610–635	621	4	150.00–157.00	$151.75	$942	-11.37
655–690	672	5	147.00–164.00	$157.33	$1,057	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	278	6	235.00–275.00	$261.02	$726	+13.16
300–335	320	11	228.00–260.00	$238.34	$763	-2.41
350–395	376	15	214.00–245.00	$225.41	$848	-11.87
400–440	425	20	208.00–235.00	$220.37	$937	-2.79
450–497	477	25	196.00–220.00	$208.56	$995	-2.62
505–545	521	14	190.00–210.00	$200.70	$1,046	-0.17
555–595	578	14	180.00–195.00	$188.91	$1,092	-4.38
600–645	619	14	170.00–190.00	$179.53	$1,111	-6.16
650–695	670	8	162.50–173.00	$166.48	$1,115	-15.46
700–745	721	8	150.00–170.00	$156.72	$1,130	-7.63
790–795	792	3	144.00–150.00	$147.99	$1,172	-18.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	240.00	$240.00	$612	-15.98
310–345	326	7	240.00–275.00	$253.94	$828	+1.80
350–395	379	12	228.00–265.00	$248.95	$944	+5.65
415–445	428	22	226.00–250.00	$238.71	$1,022	+10.34
470–491	486	6	220.00–235.00	$228.42	$1,110	+3.44
500–530	516	16	206.00–215.00	$208.75	$1,077	-5.08
550–585	563	3	192.50–200.00	$195.83	$1,103	-9.39
600–645	618	3	180.00–195.00	$186.59	$1,153	-12.25
650–685	668	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,136	-13.94
735	735	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	216.00–255.00	$236.58	$639	—
310–315	313	7	210.00–220.00	$215.75	$675	-11.66
355–395	376	9	200.00–230.00	$208.19	$783	-16.79
420–430	425	4	208.00–220.00	$213.27	$906	+8.36
455–490	472	11	160.00–210.00	$191.15	$902	-4.35
505–540	523	6	186.00–202.00	$192.01	$1,004	+5.01
580–595	588	4	152.00–185.00	$173.19	$1,018	-6.22
600–630	622	5	165.00–180.00	$172.65	$1,074	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1395	1103	80-85%	34	74.00–100.00	$89.85	$991	-0.90
875–1415	1147	80-85%	31	83.00–105.00	$96.31	$1,105	-0.64
880–1720	1194	80-85%	17	92.00–109.00	$103.50	$1,236	+2.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1110	937	85-90%	16	69.00–89.00	$77.40	$725	-9.03
745–1210	987	85-90%	22	57.00–95.00	$78.00	$770	-4.55
820–1450	1033	85-90%	23	66.00–94.00	$82.53	$853	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1555	1356	75-80%	15	82.00–106.00	$94.16	$1,277	+4.65
1185–1705	1409	75-80%	20	85.00–100.00	$89.52	$1,261	—
1325–1590	1436	75-80%	9	96.00–109.00	$103.33	$1,484	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1420	1358	3	99.00–109.00	$104.54	$1,420	—
1495–2055	1784	9	105.00–119.00	$113.92	$2,032	+2.52
1410–2240	1863	11	113.00–129.00	$121.04	$2,255	—

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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	6	610.00–975.00	$832.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	590.00–625.00	$607.50

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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)	17	825.00–1,450.00	$1,118.47
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,283.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	975.00–1,170.00	$1,049.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,075.00–1,700.00	$1,378.33

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)	4	750.00–900.00	$818.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	900.00–1,075.00	$1,000.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	995.00–1,010.00	$1,002.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	795.00–950.00	$872.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	690.00–715.00	$702.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	975.00–1,025.00	$1,000.00

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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)	2	900.00–950.00	$925.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–1,000.00	$962.50	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,375.00	$1,312.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,100.00	$983.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,700.00	$1,383.33	—

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	750.00–875.00	$812.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00	—

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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.