Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 28, 2024

2,643 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $245.00/cwt ≈ $1,541/hd at 629 lb · 81 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $256.90/cwt +8.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,364/hd at 531 lb · 48 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $284.18/cwt +9.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,765/hd at 621 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,643	878	2,845
Feeder cattle	2,056	744	2,240
Slaughter cattle	379	91	457
Replacement cattle	208	43	148

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–426	414	10	324.00–341.00	$332.03	$1,375	-12.97
460–492	476	8	300.00–330.00	$313.27	$1,491	—
503–535	521	28	295.00–326.00	$312.01	$1,626	+1.01
559 value added	559	19	307.00	$307.00	$1,716	—
552–595	563	23	288.00–311.00	$296.75	$1,671	—
604–632	621	48	280.00–300.00	$284.18	$1,765	+9.18
658–689	675	18	265.00–277.00	$271.72	$1,834	—
708–709	708	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,770	—
780–797	795	17	233.00–239.00	$235.41	$1,872	—
802	802	32	238.75	$238.75	$1,915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	350.00	$350.00	$875	—
305–335	323	12	325.00–350.00	$340.30	$1,099	—
355–395	374	17	310.00–355.00	$332.46	$1,243	+2.87
400–435	422	12	300.00–337.00	$319.76	$1,349	-2.30
450–495	462	30	285.00–320.00	$308.52	$1,425	-3.40
500–540	525	19	280.00–310.00	$297.31	$1,561	+4.81
550–596	579	30	280.00–297.00	$287.07	$1,662	-2.93
615–640	635	35	260.00–280.00	$271.59	$1,725	+14.59
650–695	673	4	250.00–275.00	$260.67	$1,754	—
705–725	718	3	250.00–260.00	$253.27	$1,818	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	317	5	325.00–340.00	$336.15	$1,066	+7.16
365–375	374	13	315.00–325.00	$321.53	$1,203	+4.53
400	400	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,260	+30.37
468–490	478	6	283.00–303.00	$297.61	$1,423	—
515–545	539	8	280.00–290.00	$283.12	$1,526	+3.12
575–595	581	4	270.00–277.00	$273.97	$1,592	—
605	605	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,573	—
673–675	673	48	250.00–257.00	$250.33	$1,685	—
705–724	720	7	230.00–236.00	$231.55	$1,667	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	357.00	$357.00	$875	—
260 fancy	260	1	360.00	$360.00	$936	—
265–295	285	5	340.00–350.00	$345.02	$983	+5.02
305–340	321	14	310.00–345.00	$334.17	$1,073	—
350–390	373	13	300.00–330.00	$315.80	$1,178	+5.80
405–445	420	13	284.00–310.00	$296.90	$1,247	-3.10
460–480	473	13	270.00–302.00	$291.62	$1,379	+4.12
500–545	517	28	260.00–280.00	$265.84	$1,374	+3.34
555–590	565	37	250.00–277.00	$263.99	$1,492	—
605–645	629	81	240.00–270.00	$245.00	$1,541	—
675	675	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,546	-6.00
710–725	719	12	228.00–236.00	$229.83	$1,652	—
755–795	773	12	222.00–232.00	$223.35	$1,726	+18.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	277	7	300.00–337.00	$324.09	$898	+2.09
305–345	326	9	285.00–320.00	$304.45	$993	+17.82
360–395	377	27	290.00–312.00	$297.84	$1,123	+11.27
400–447	428	20	262.00–295.00	$281.82	$1,206	+9.12
455–495	476	35	250.00–280.00	$267.64	$1,274	-4.57
500–549	531	48	248.00–271.00	$256.90	$1,364	+8.20
550–595	567	33	240.00–255.00	$247.37	$1,403	+10.94
600–645	623	23	228.00–247.00	$236.58	$1,474	+7.25
660–691	675	15	222.00–237.00	$230.42	$1,555	—
706–720	713	12	205.00–230.00	$220.32	$1,571	—
750	750	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	310.00–313.00	$311.49	$913	—
305–345	324	7	282.00–305.00	$297.21	$963	+18.53
365–395	374	6	277.00–295.00	$283.31	$1,060	+12.38
405–445	425	5	270.00–276.00	$271.64	$1,154	-1.48
450–498	476	24	245.00–270.00	$259.97	$1,237	+5.16
510–540	527	12	240.00–255.00	$249.02	$1,312	+24.38
565–595	581	8	232.00–240.00	$237.09	$1,377	+7.84
605–625	621	11	215.00–230.00	$225.49	$1,400	+30.49
680–695	690	5	210.00–222.00	$216.59	$1,494	+23.08
730	730	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,402	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	367.00–375.00	$371.04	$1,013	—
305–345	326	4	325.00–365.00	$343.20	$1,119	-5.27
350–390	373	11	285.00–337.00	$323.68	$1,207	+2.41
410–445	427	15	284.00–325.00	$312.56	$1,335	+21.72
450–480	473	15	280.00–310.00	$297.44	$1,407	+6.94
505–545	529	21	265.00–295.00	$279.97	$1,481	-1.74
550–590	574	13	250.00–285.00	$265.99	$1,527	-13.01
605–647	630	18	235.00–275.00	$249.37	$1,571	-8.09
695	695	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,633	—
740	740	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,754	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	282	3	340.00–398.00	$370.04	$1,044	—
315–325	320	4	332.00–355.00	$341.22	$1,092	—
350–380	361	11	320.00–352.00	$336.98	$1,216	+4.98
404–445	416	18	313.00–332.00	$321.66	$1,338	—
450–460	454	4	300.00–321.00	$314.00	$1,426	—
505–530	517	3	280.00–292.00	$285.62	$1,477	-7.38
560–570	563	3	272.00–280.00	$277.30	$1,561	—
600–645	610	5	260.00–270.00	$266.31	$1,624	—
665–675	669	4	235.00–245.00	$237.77	$1,591	—
700–745	726	8	221.00–235.00	$222.82	$1,618	—
765	765	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,721	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	342.00	$342.00	$992	+12.00
305–345	328	9	327.00–337.00	$333.02	$1,092	-0.44
365–395	389	11	313.00–327.00	$324.13	$1,261	+20.64
400–445	426	10	290.00–310.00	$299.91	$1,278	+15.39
455–485	471	10	275.00–295.00	$285.24	$1,343	+14.42
510–545	528	6	260.00–280.00	$269.42	$1,423	+3.25
555–595	573	6	240.00–260.00	$247.97	$1,421	-16.01
615–635	625	3	240.00–245.00	$242.31	$1,514	+7.27
685	685	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,610	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1295	1159	80-85%	24	136.00–154.00	$146.30	$1,696	+12.35
850–1440	1179	80-85%	34	121.00–135.00	$128.23	$1,512	-5.72
795–1435	1188	80-85%	41	127.00–145.00	$135.02	$1,604	+1.07

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1215	990	85-90%	28	109.00–117.00	$113.54	$1,124	+8.50
915–1220	1048	85-90%	36	110.00–123.00	$119.14	$1,249	—
915–1190	1071	85-90%	23	115.00–135.00	$126.31	$1,353	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1685	1394	75-80%	16	136.00–153.00	$143.95	$2,007	+22.18
1170–1685	1402	75-80%	17	132.00–142.00	$136.97	$1,920	—
1310–1485	1408	75-80%	5	126.00–131.00	$128.70	$1,812	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1855	1473	10	140.00–149.00	$142.61	$2,101	-7.63
1190–2510	1758	21	145.00–168.00	$156.17	$2,745	—
1660–2060	1842	6	156.00–172.00	$162.25	$2,989	—

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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	9	800.00–900.00	$844.44
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,076.00–1,276.00	$1,182.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	2,000.00–2,600.00	$2,238.75
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	2,250.00–2,650.00	$2,416.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	1,475.00–1,850.00	$1,681.14
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,341.67
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,850.00	$1,775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,750.00–2,050.00	$1,920.00

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)	2	1,450.00–1,600.00	$1,525.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	900.00–1,375.00	$1,208.33
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	915.00–1,100.00	$998.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,175.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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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	5	1,675.00–2,100.00	$1,875.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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	1,700.00–2,150.00	$1,925.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00–900.00	$787.50	—

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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.