Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 16, 2023

4,575 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $197.00/cwt -2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,310/hd at 665 lb · 80 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $206.50/cwt +2.85 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 469 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $197.58/cwt +0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,033/hd at 523 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,575	2,916	4,711
Feeder cattle	3,571	2,111	3,649
Slaughter cattle	717	545	806
Replacement cattle	287	260	256

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate 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
315–325	319	9	240.00	$240.00	$766	+2.67
360–385	371	14	238.00–244.00	$241.69	$897	+11.69
412 value added	412	9	244.00	$244.00	$1,005	—
420–440	430	18	230.00–239.00	$234.14	$1,007	-1.39
450–495	479	31	220.00–237.00	$229.10	$1,097	+5.10
525–545	530	4	218.00–222.00	$220.00	$1,166	-8.58
550–595	563	17	207.00–224.00	$216.54	$1,219	-0.10
610–620	611	19	206.50–207.00	$206.53	$1,262	-0.22
694	694	25	210.00	$210.00	$1,457	+22.49
720–741	738	11	182.00–190.00	$189.01	$1,395	+7.01
810	810	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,474	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	365	3	240.00–275.00	$253.01	$923	+7.96
410–445	423	8	245.00–255.00	$251.47	$1,064	-3.38
455–499	486	49	236.00–250.00	$242.95	$1,181	+4.37
507 value added	507	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,242	±0.00
505–545	520	53	230.00–245.00	$240.92	$1,253	+10.31
555–575	567	6	227.00–233.00	$230.00	$1,304	+0.42
630	630	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,354	-2.54
665–670	665	15	213.00–218.00	$217.66	$1,447	—
767	767	13	187.00	$187.00	$1,434	+2.00
845	845	6	174.00	$174.00	$1,470	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	9	257.50	$257.50	$942	—
427	427	10	248.00	$248.00	$1,059	—
572	572	6	223.00	$223.00	$1,276	—
713	713	28	202.75	$202.75	$1,446	—
965 value added	965	40	182.25	$182.25	$1,759	—
975	975	10	159.50	$159.50	$1,555	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	332	3	228.00–232.00	$230.01	$764	—
375–385	379	6	224.00–232.00	$227.54	$862	-2.33
410–445	435	8	216.00–237.00	$220.11	$957	—
455–495	471	6	216.00–227.00	$219.66	$1,035	+3.31
515–549	543	16	190.00–215.00	$213.52	$1,159	-1.48
605–649	644	20	180.00–200.00	$193.77	$1,248	—
730	730	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,219	-3.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	225.00–230.00	$227.52	$667	-9.23
300–340	311	15	206.00–227.00	$219.09	$681	-6.45
350–395	377	37	198.00–225.00	$214.40	$808	-4.15
405–445	423	41	190.00–216.00	$209.24	$885	-2.86
450–495	469	63	200.00–210.00	$206.50	$968	+2.85
505–545	523	58	186.00–204.00	$197.58	$1,033	+0.71
560–580	573	13	167.00–200.00	$184.97	$1,060	-1.95
610–645	628	15	166.00–190.00	$180.35	$1,133	-2.99
655–695	668	15	160.00–182.00	$171.13	$1,143	+1.47
710–743	727	12	160.00–178.00	$175.17	$1,273	+13.95
775	775	3	150.00–170.00	$156.67	$1,214	-9.31

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	320	6	214.00–237.00	$226.20	$724	-3.23
350–392	375	17	221.00–232.00	$226.63	$850	-0.03
420 fancy	420	1	212.00	$212.00	$890	—
405–448	432	27	214.00–226.00	$219.50	$948	-4.36
463 value added	463	4	228.00	$228.00	$1,056	—
450–490	466	50	208.00–222.00	$214.09	$998	+1.09
506 value added	506	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,113	—
515 fancy	515	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,107	-0.66
500–545	519	26	200.00–216.00	$206.43	$1,071	+1.50
550–585	567	20	190.00–200.00	$197.10	$1,118	+5.20
565–575 fancy	570	2	202.00–208.00	$204.97	$1,168	-2.97
600 fancy	600	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,170	-3.40
601–641	628	32	170.00–198.00	$188.26	$1,182	-0.61
660–695	672	6	165.00–186.00	$178.51	$1,200	—
710–735	720	3	170.00–177.00	$173.96	$1,253	+6.86
815	815	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,296	—
855	855	7	153.50	$153.50	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	220.00–225.00	$222.63	$623	-4.80
310–340	323	10	208.00–217.00	$212.93	$688	-0.46
350–395	376	18	203.00–215.00	$208.89	$785	+1.51
410–445	429	16	182.00–206.00	$199.36	$855	+1.21
455–495	483	30	177.00–197.00	$190.52	$920	+3.23
505–545	533	49	171.00–192.00	$189.62	$1,011	+4.06
565–585	575	6	164.00–177.00	$169.86	$977	-5.21
605–635	625	14	158.00–170.00	$164.08	$1,026	-10.94
670–695	683	2	155.00–160.00	$157.55	$1,076	+5.55
705–730	718	2	150.00–152.00	$150.98	$1,084	-1.33
775–795	790	4	140.00–150.00	$147.55	$1,166	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	13	225.00	$225.00	$794	—
665	665	80	197.00	$197.00	$1,310	—
701	701	24	188.00	$188.00	$1,318	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	328	8	230.00–250.00	$236.94	$777	-8.94
355–390	374	4	226.00–244.00	$233.10	$872	-3.82
400–445	422	26	202.00–230.00	$219.74	$927	-3.39
450–495	471	32	200.00–226.00	$212.93	$1,003	-1.88
505–545	524	16	200.00–224.00	$212.90	$1,116	+4.25
555–580	566	10	182.00–209.00	$201.90	$1,143	+6.79
610–645	633	7	185.00–195.00	$190.26	$1,204	+5.59
660–690	674	5	180.00–190.00	$186.83	$1,259	+6.83
720–745	734	7	169.00–189.00	$179.97	$1,321	+4.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	315	3	237.00–245.00	$240.63	$758	+8.10
365–390	383	9	200.00–235.00	$213.44	$817	-10.57
405–445	427	21	192.00–227.00	$207.19	$885	-1.91
460–495	480	19	182.00–214.00	$198.92	$955	-15.21
505–535	524	9	180.00–207.00	$197.56	$1,035	+0.73
575–595	578	8	170.00–192.00	$177.80	$1,028	-12.20
615	615	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,046	-0.76
655–685	670	2	170.00–175.00	$172.56	$1,156	-0.63
735–745	740	2	159.00–165.00	$161.98	$1,199	+4.32
780	780	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170	-5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	325	8	234.00–260.00	$243.55	$792	-19.85
350–390	375	6	238.00–260.00	$245.32	$920	-5.36
405–445	425	15	210.00–246.00	$230.28	$979	-12.86
450–485	469	8	218.00–230.00	$223.52	$1,048	-9.51
505–535	518	10	210.00–231.00	$219.29	$1,136	+5.23
550–580	566	10	207.00–217.00	$212.01	$1,200	+0.36
600 fancy	600	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,302	—
600–640	616	5	200.00–211.00	$205.07	$1,263	+5.58
650–680	661	5	188.00–198.00	$193.56	$1,279	+5.56
725	725	3	180.00–184.00	$181.33	$1,315	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1530	1139	80-85%	64	85.00–94.00	$89.62	$1,021	—
880–1500	1171	80-85%	101	92.00–100.00	$96.54	$1,130	—
975–1510	1243	80-85%	22	99.00–110.00	$102.78	$1,278	+4.01

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1180	1009	85-90%	47	69.00–95.00	$83.22	$840	+3.88
740–1355	1019	85-90%	50	78.00–94.00	$85.82	$875	+6.48
830–1210	1026	85-90%	56	60.00–89.00	$78.34	$804	-1.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1570	1346	75-80%	18	96.00–100.00	$98.18	$1,322	+1.06
1170–1760	1399	75-80%	27	87.00–103.00	$95.23	$1,332	—
1255–1535	1420	75-80%	14	84.00–96.00	$88.05	$1,250	-0.58

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–2110	1358	14	97.00–111.00	$103.40	$1,404	—
1185–2055	1681	21	110.00–121.00	$114.54	$1,925	—
1685–2165	1910	13	118.00–127.00	$121.41	$2,319	—

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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	9	659.00–1,115.00	$830.78
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	908.00–1,076.00	$956.17

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	550.00–700.00	$645.50

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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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	800.00–1,360.00	$1,040.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	750.00–1,125.00	$970.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	825.00–1,265.00	$1,034.29

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	950.00–975.00	$962.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,062.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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)	2	700.00–875.00	$787.50

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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	1,385.00	$1,385.00

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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	3	1,650.00–1,875.00	$1,775.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,125.00–1,475.00	$1,318.75	—
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,725.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–1,800.00	$1,775.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,453.57	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,100.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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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.