Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, April 3, 2024

1,861 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $211.50/cwt ≈ $1,690/hd at 799 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $304.64/cwt -11.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,456/hd at 478 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $255.35/cwt +1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,330/hd at 521 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,861	3,921	2,379
Feeder cattle	1,472	2,854	1,820
Slaughter cattle	217	756	353
Replacement cattle	172	311	206

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	340.00	$340.00	$884	—
305–345	324	4	320.00–362.00	$341.98	$1,108	-19.60
370–395	379	5	332.00–345.00	$340.12	$1,289	-4.80
410–430	416	7	315.00–350.00	$331.65	$1,380	-1.19
460–495	478	34	295.00–332.00	$304.64	$1,456	-11.76
500–540	526	9	290.00–318.00	$306.19	$1,611	-3.57
555–585	563	15	275.00–317.00	$297.08	$1,673	+15.93
620–643	632	16	267.00–285.00	$270.51	$1,710	+18.15
655–685	672	19	250.00–260.00	$253.68	$1,705	-7.20
710–745	734	18	234.00–250.00	$244.32	$1,793	+14.60

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	331	9	330.00–340.00	$338.56	$1,121	-9.00
360–380	374	10	320.00–330.00	$322.97	$1,208	-11.66
400–430	422	9	315.00–330.00	$320.77	$1,354	—
470–495	484	5	310.00–322.00	$314.48	$1,522	+16.24
560–590	581	8	275.00–286.00	$281.33	$1,635	+31.33
670–685	680	3	232.00–244.00	$235.94	$1,604	+15.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	360.00	$360.00	$918	±0.00
325–330	328	2	357.00–358.00	$357.50	$1,173	-12.05
370	370	1	364.00	$364.00	$1,347	-4.33
400–403	402	3	335.00–340.00	$336.66	$1,353	-19.18
475	475	1	362.00	$362.00	$1,720	+33.00
503–540	515	17	310.00–328.00	$322.83	$1,663	+14.37
555–570	563	2	314.00–320.00	$316.96	$1,784	+25.22
605–615	611	8	280.00–301.00	$284.50	$1,738	+17.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
736	736	26	246.00	$246.00	$1,811	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	320.00	$320.00	$816	+2.37
310–340	323	8	300.00–327.00	$314.26	$1,015	+5.33
355–395	378	32	272.00–307.00	$287.97	$1,089	-9.68
405–445	428	22	252.00–300.00	$274.33	$1,174	-12.98
455–480	473	14	250.00–280.00	$263.98	$1,249	-5.55
505–545	521	33	245.00–272.00	$255.35	$1,330	+1.78
555–595	580	12	235.00–251.00	$241.31	$1,400	-2.37
610–645	625	12	228.00–240.00	$234.49	$1,466	+1.84
680	680	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,612	+9.81
710	710	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,491	+0.19

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	314.00	$314.00	$911	+6.11
305–345	324	11	260.00–322.00	$291.09	$943	-8.07
370–395	385	9	250.00–288.00	$259.15	$998	-20.88
405–445	424	14	240.00–292.00	$267.05	$1,132	-3.62
460–495	471	15	235.00–277.00	$257.21	$1,211	-4.17
510–545	519	4	254.00–258.00	$256.95	$1,334	+14.40
555–585	568	5	230.00–237.00	$233.20	$1,325	-6.04
605–625	617	3	220.00–230.00	$225.62	$1,392	+7.81
665	665	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,443	+31.98
715	715	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,509	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	275	3	335.00–360.00	$343.03	$943	+9.80
355–380	365	3	300.00–335.00	$320.37	$1,169	+7.30
405–445	432	11	288.00–298.00	$292.56	$1,264	-7.98
452–480	464	14	265.00–300.00	$288.08	$1,337	+3.15
510–530	518	3	272.00–280.00	$275.72	$1,428	+12.23
560–590	575	4	250.00–260.00	$256.20	$1,473	+0.44
605–635	628	4	238.00–240.00	$238.48	$1,498	-2.22
663	663	11	236.00	$236.00	$1,565	+1.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
799	799	39	211.50	$211.50	$1,690	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	352.00	$352.00	$898	-0.19
305–345	333	11	335.00–382.00	$364.67	$1,214	+24.52
355–390	374	8	320.00–350.00	$340.13	$1,272	+12.73
400–445	426	20	310.00–337.00	$320.87	$1,367	+4.42
455–485	470	16	287.00–320.00	$305.33	$1,435	+8.62
505–540	521	19	275.00–300.00	$288.10	$1,501	+2.00
560–585	573	8	270.00–295.00	$279.26	$1,600	+17.36
605–635	620	4	247.00–288.00	$263.84	$1,636	+11.70
655–690	673	4	238.00–245.00	$241.79	$1,627	+2.92
720–725	723	2	182.00–225.00	$203.43	$1,471	-18.57
800	800	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,440	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	5	330.00–342.00	$335.57	$1,091	+20.56
350–390	378	16	317.00–338.00	$329.01	$1,244	+19.84
405–435	427	23	300.00–318.00	$309.76	$1,323	+13.38
455–495	469	14	277.00–303.00	$294.50	$1,381	+16.94
500–540	524	9	270.00–285.00	$277.99	$1,457	+5.54
560–595	581	7	257.00–272.00	$264.96	$1,539	+2.00
610–645	633	5	215.00–270.00	$254.79	$1,613	+11.16
670–690	680	3	230.00–236.00	$233.03	$1,585	+2.53
735	735	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 value added	320	1	357.00	$357.00	$1,142	—
310–335	327	3	360.00–397.00	$371.70	$1,215	+9.23
355–390	374	4	355.00–375.00	$362.16	$1,354	+17.33
400–440	419	8	325.00–350.00	$336.55	$1,410	+5.28
450–490	475	5	315.00–320.00	$317.43	$1,508	+0.80
500–545	522	3	303.00–310.00	$307.67	$1,606	+3.87
560	560	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,596	+5.35
605	605	1	298.00	$298.00	$1,803	+42.92

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1425	1163	80-85%	10	113.00–125.00	$120.58	$1,402	-7.78
910–1485	1177	80-85%	33	119.00–137.00	$127.18	$1,497	-1.18
1055–1380	1192	80-85%	13	131.00–141.00	$135.46	$1,615	+7.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1035	954	85-90%	12	116.00–128.00	$121.77	$1,162	+11.02
905–1175	973	85-90%	10	104.00–111.00	$106.67	$1,038	-4.08
825–1205	1018	85-90%	23	109.00–119.00	$113.68	$1,157	-3.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1545	1397	75-80%	7	124.00–138.00	$129.91	$1,815	—
1425–1665	1559	75-80%	7	116.00–130.00	$121.58	$1,895	—
1390–1860	1577	75-80%	3	134.00–142.00	$138.56	$2,185	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1605	1366	11	120.00–149.00	$138.85	$1,897	—
1335–2200	1584	11	137.00–157.00	$148.24	$2,348	—
1635–2245	1918	8	152.00–163.00	$157.02	$3,012	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	900.00–980.00	$943.08

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–900.00	$862.50

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,375.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,225.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,550.00–1,800.00	$1,672.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,225.00–1,650.00	$1,413.89
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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)	3	1,075.00–1,175.00	$1,141.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,575.00–1,900.00	$1,723.75	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	2,000.00–2,650.00	$2,308.33	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,390.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$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	2	1,250.00–1,650.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.