Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

3,294 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $219.16/cwt +4.07 vs last sale · ≈ $924/hd at 422 lb · 50 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $214.70/cwt +2.19 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 382 lb · 44 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $206.32/cwt -1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $895/hd at 434 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,294	2,269	3,743
Feeder cattle	2,471	1,661	2,717
Slaughter cattle	514	373	685
Replacement cattle	309	235	341

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 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
310–315	313	2	264.00–266.00	$264.99	$829	+5.91
370–385	378	2	270.00–275.00	$272.55	$1,030	+15.15
405–445	419	16	236.00–266.00	$246.59	$1,033	-0.43
455–485	470	8	232.00–258.00	$240.50	$1,130	-2.93
470 value added	470	2	239.00	$239.00	$1,123	-36.00
520 value added	520	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,227	—
515–525	523	9	229.00–260.00	$235.05	$1,229	+1.27
560–580	565	13	216.00–240.00	$225.29	$1,273	-0.62
603	603	6	222.50	$222.50	$1,342	—
652	652	19	214.00	$214.00	$1,395	—
710	710	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,384	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	264.00	$264.00	$779	+15.05
320–345	330	7	240.00–262.00	$250.08	$825	+5.08
355–395	373	15	230.00–265.00	$236.39	$882	-5.77
405–430	415	14	226.00–262.00	$238.80	$991	+3.49
456–475	463	6	220.00–250.00	$236.83	$1,097	+6.92
505–545	532	7	210.00–240.00	$220.62	$1,174	-5.05
575–590	586	4	207.00–212.00	$208.23	$1,220	-8.74
605–615	610	2	204.00–207.00	$205.49	$1,253	-14.51
685	685	3	192.00	$192.00	$1,315	+14.30
735	735	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,367	+6.00
790–795	793	2	174.00–178.00	$175.99	$1,396	+4.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	244.00	$244.00	$647	+4.00
315–340	326	8	225.00–235.00	$231.47	$755	-2.03
355–395	385	8	222.00–255.00	$236.99	$912	+7.32
485	485	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,140	+13.05
505	505	1	175.00	$175.00	$884	-42.00
685	685	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,267	—
755	755	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,223	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	250.00	$250.00	$588	—
255–295	278	8	227.50–235.00	$232.71	$647	+14.16
300–345	330	27	210.00–235.00	$221.87	$732	+2.56
350–395	382	44	205.00–220.00	$214.70	$820	+2.19
415–445	434	44	200.00–217.00	$206.32	$895	-1.02
450–490	476	24	190.00–212.00	$202.11	$962	+2.75
500–545	517	21	180.00–207.00	$197.04	$1,019	+5.11
555–595	575	12	175.00–190.00	$179.68	$1,033	-5.53
605–645	631	28	168.00–188.00	$178.13	$1,124	+3.43
655–695	675	3	158.00–170.00	$163.21	$1,102	+3.21
760	760	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 fancy	250	1	255.00	$255.00	$638	—
277	277	3	245.00	$245.00	$679	-5.00
308 fancy	308	3	250.00	$250.00	$770	—
315–345	322	9	226.00–240.00	$235.07	$757	+14.11
365–395	385	25	217.00–232.50	$223.64	$861	+3.33
405 fancy	405	1	235.00	$235.00	$952	—
405–445	422	49	212.00–225.00	$218.84	$924	+3.75
450–498	469	32	205.00–220.00	$215.49	$1,011	+7.44
470–475 fancy	471	6	222.00–235.00	$224.68	$1,058	+5.68
515–545	533	42	195.00–210.00	$200.94	$1,071	-0.15
560–570	565	2	187.00–195.00	$191.04	$1,079	-6.44
610–635	624	9	175.00–177.00	$175.87	$1,097	-11.41
667	667	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,267	—
765	765	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,262	+9.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	230	2	235.00–240.00	$237.34	$546	—
265–275	272	6	225.00–230.00	$227.48	$619	+2.48
305–345	327	14	197.00–225.00	$208.02	$680	-2.89
350–390	368	16	187.00–215.00	$200.57	$738	-2.67
405–445	425	10	185.00–205.00	$194.04	$825	-2.92
465–495	480	2	185.00–193.00	$189.13	$908	-0.16
500–545	523	8	178.00–195.00	$183.85	$962	-6.56
585	585	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,082	+11.33
610–640	621	7	157.00–176.00	$165.51	$1,028	-0.49
655–695	677	6	157.00–170.00	$160.84	$1,089	+15.84
710–745	729	4	145.00–166.00	$151.65	$1,106	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	208	2	290.00–295.00	$292.53	$608	+42.53
215–225 fancy	220	2	300.00–305.00	$302.56	$666	—
255 fancy	255	1	300.00	$300.00	$765	—
275	275	4	268.00–280.00	$277.00	$762	—
300–345	332	16	244.00–272.50	$262.98	$873	+10.82
360–370 fancy	365	2	262.00–265.00	$263.52	$962	—
350–395	374	28	230.00–260.00	$247.64	$926	+1.63
400–447	431	30	222.00–255.00	$242.13	$1,044	+7.06
450–485	465	20	216.00–245.00	$229.09	$1,065	+12.07
470–476 fancy	474	7	247.00–252.50	$249.78	$1,184	—
510–545	526	11	215.00–227.50	$221.75	$1,166	+10.50
550–595	570	13	204.00–220.00	$213.70	$1,218	+5.35
610–625	616	7	200.00–207.50	$202.36	$1,247	+4.17
690	690	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,311	-2.02
760–785	773	2	167.00–175.00	$170.94	$1,321	—
815	815	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,345	—
860	860	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,393	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	275.00	$275.00	$660	—
250–295	276	8	255.00–265.00	$260.86	$720	—
300–340	323	14	230.00–255.00	$241.71	$781	+4.11
365–395	380	12	220.00–245.00	$230.77	$877	-2.73
400–445	431	21	212.00–240.00	$226.79	$977	+6.77
450–490	475	14	202.00–230.00	$220.30	$1,046	+12.18
500–545	519	7	204.00–218.00	$210.28	$1,091	+3.72
555–595	568	14	192.00–205.00	$197.77	$1,123	+5.35
605–645	634	10	184.00–196.00	$190.69	$1,209	+5.66
650–675	665	7	185.00–190.00	$188.14	$1,251	+16.18
840	840	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	3	260.00–265.00	$263.32	$600	—
260–295	280	4	255.00	$255.00	$714	+15.00
305–345	325	5	216.00–245.00	$233.47	$759	+2.65
360–385	370	12	210.00–230.00	$221.36	$819	-3.50
440–445	445	15	192.00–225.00	$196.04	$872	-13.50
465–497	479	8	185.00–215.00	$208.34	$998	-5.16
540	540	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,134	+7.46
555–595	581	4	189.00–195.00	$191.03	$1,110	—
610–620	615	3	170.00–182.00	$177.34	$1,091	—
670–690	680	4	175.00–184.00	$179.21	$1,219	+14.14
750	750	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,125	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1345	1140	80-85%	67	85.00–95.00	$89.79	$1,024	—
845–1480	1175	80-85%	82	92.00–102.00	$95.27	$1,119	+3.78
1140–1385	1251	80-85%	12	99.00–105.00	$102.42	$1,281	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1070	965	85-90%	39	70.00–86.00	$80.63	$778	+2.95
755–1185	1018	85-90%	26	79.00–93.00	$85.50	$870	—
835–1230	1058	85-90%	56	71.00–95.00	$82.72	$875	-7.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1650	1340	75-80%	14	91.00–101.00	$94.51	$1,266	-8.86
1350	1350	75-80%	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,323	—
1080–1785	1391	75-80%	20	84.00–96.00	$89.18	$1,240	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1660	1360	9	89.00–110.00	$101.09	$1,375	—
1330–1935	1622	25	105.00–119.00	$113.10	$1,834	—
1670–2130	1867	10	110.00–125.00	$117.75	$2,198	—

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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	32	670.00–1,020.00	$810.91
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	932.00–974.00	$953.00

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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)	23	850.00–1,175.00	$1,071.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,265.00–1,305.00	$1,285.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	900.00–1,300.00	$1,154.63
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	750.00–950.00	$868.58

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,010.00–1,150.00	$1,072.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	855.00–950.00	$895.40
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	750.00–875.00	$818.75

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)	1	725.00	$725.00

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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)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,025.00–1,275.00	$1,150.00

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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
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,475.00	$1,312.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,425.00–1,700.00	$1,506.25	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	1,000.00–1,650.00	$1,366.38	—

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	700.00–900.00	$816.67	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,175.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,195.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.