Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, July 8, 2024

3,580 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $254.95/cwt -3.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,076/hd at 422 lb · 60 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $305.03/cwt -10.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,315/hd at 431 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $271.96/cwt +4.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,150/hd at 423 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,580	2,090	3,874
Feeder cattle	2,997	1,495	3,099
Slaughter cattle	461	389	508
Replacement cattle	122	206	267

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: No trends available due to the markets being closed last week for the holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	380.00	$380.00	$893	—
305–340	321	18	335.00–370.00	$352.60	$1,132	-2.01
360–395	381	27	315.00–355.00	$334.36	$1,274	-3.73
410–445	424	10	314.00–325.00	$318.56	$1,351	-6.40
455–495	481	15	280.00–315.00	$303.44	$1,460	-7.49
510–545	527	24	275.00–300.00	$291.23	$1,535	-9.45
555–590	568	25	262.00–285.00	$274.80	$1,561	-1.61
605–640	628	16	245.00–275.00	$258.12	$1,621	-4.26
665–685	672	6	244.00–257.00	$253.17	$1,701	+7.05
700–745	716	10	235.00–252.00	$246.06	$1,762	+13.30
755–795	762	7	220.00–239.00	$232.77	$1,774	+10.84

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	327	5	362.00–395.00	$378.99	$1,239	+15.60
360–375	368	9	340.00–358.00	$345.43	$1,271	-6.57
405–435	421	40	315.00–342.00	$334.61	$1,409	-0.39
455–495	473	13	295.00–328.00	$318.42	$1,506	-0.63
500–545	533	12	295.00–324.00	$312.45	$1,665	+6.69
550–595	572	9	285.00–305.00	$293.27	$1,678	+3.27
625	625	1	287.00	$287.00	$1,794	+17.00
650–692	688	11	262.00–270.00	$262.69	$1,807	-2.31
700–720	702	10	248.00–250.00	$249.79	$1,754	—
780–788	785	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,884	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	323	6	320.00–336.00	$327.63	$1,058	-11.14
365–395	376	9	320.00–325.00	$322.23	$1,212	-5.72
435	435	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,218	-34.16
475–495	479	8	285.00–300.00	$293.66	$1,407	-4.70
500–525	505	8	280.00–287.00	$285.84	$1,443	+9.15
560–590	580	8	252.00–275.00	$262.14	$1,520	-5.38
625	625	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,562	+15.00
680	680	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,680	+10.91
715	715	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,716	—
785	785	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,766	+20.10

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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	345.00	$345.00	$811	-5.00
255–295	278	7	320.00–335.00	$328.51	$913	+4.51
325–348	340	33	285.00–325.00	$307.04	$1,044	-7.82
355–395	377	16	275.00–307.00	$287.36	$1,083	-10.07
400–445	423	42	260.00–292.00	$271.96	$1,150	+4.16
450–495	478	27	250.00–280.00	$260.98	$1,247	+2.84
500–545	525	31	242.00–260.00	$252.18	$1,324	+5.84
555–595	578	38	235.00–258.00	$241.76	$1,397	+5.96
605–645	630	11	227.00–235.00	$232.68	$1,466	+5.65
655–695	674	9	210.00–230.00	$221.21	$1,491	+14.95
730–745	735	3	215.00–217.00	$216.32	$1,590	+13.57
787	787	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,653	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	335.00	$335.00	$770	—
290	290	1	310.00	$310.00	$899	—
325–340	332	17	270.00–310.00	$280.88	$933	-28.54
360–390	376	31	257.00–290.00	$266.71	$1,003	-17.03
400–445	422	60	230.00–282.00	$254.95	$1,076	-3.62
450–490	469	30	240.00–270.00	$253.85	$1,191	+6.00
500–540	524	14	235.00–245.00	$238.65	$1,251	+3.20
560–595	579	5	220.00–235.00	$230.10	$1,332	+0.10
610–630	620	6	212.00–220.00	$217.38	$1,348	+1.40
655–695	685	5	210.00–220.00	$212.31	$1,454	+22.31
705–710	709	6	200.00–207.00	$201.16	$1,426	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	350.00	$350.00	$798	-20.00
265 fancy	265	1	365.00	$365.00	$967	—
265–295	279	9	330.00–350.00	$340.98	$951	+5.50
305–325	317	11	325.00–340.00	$331.76	$1,052	+13.81
360–390	371	6	300.00–320.00	$313.74	$1,164	—
415–418	418	27	296.00–297.00	$296.04	$1,237	+1.04
455–495	468	9	267.00–300.00	$278.85	$1,305	-7.37
510–545	523	23	257.50–270.00	$262.30	$1,372	+2.97
550–590	573	16	250.00–266.00	$255.32	$1,463	+5.32
605–630	624	17	240.00–250.00	$245.05	$1,529	+15.05
655 fancy	655	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,638	—
650–688	670	20	235.00–245.00	$244.14	$1,636	—
725–745	735	2	220.00–224.00	$222.03	$1,632	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	365.00–370.00	$367.53	$893	+2.53
285	285	2	338.00	$338.00	$963	-24.57
305–340	328	9	332.00–367.00	$344.03	$1,128	-14.81
350–390	374	24	320.00–345.00	$328.13	$1,227	-5.81
400–445	431	45	290.00–327.00	$305.03	$1,315	-10.61
465–495	484	26	275.00–307.00	$286.61	$1,387	-2.73
510–545	529	34	264.00–285.00	$271.97	$1,439	+2.96
560–575	569	16	250.00–275.00	$261.59	$1,488	+5.39
603–645	622	15	226.00–270.00	$248.91	$1,548	+3.35
650–665	661	8	224.00–250.00	$244.91	$1,619	+11.22
725–730	728	2	230.00–237.00	$233.49	$1,700	+17.12
755–775	768	3	205.00–212.00	$207.29	$1,592	+5.29

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	332.00–340.00	$336.04	$951	-13.96
310–345	331	12	318.00–340.00	$331.29	$1,097	-12.42
355–395	366	12	310.00–332.00	$319.12	$1,168	-0.88
425–445	434	14	275.00–304.00	$291.77	$1,266	-4.00
465–490	477	19	260.00–295.00	$276.05	$1,317	+6.64
505–540	525	16	250.00–270.00	$258.29	$1,356	+1.17
560–580	573	4	240.00–260.00	$249.83	$1,432	+2.51
625–635	630	4	222.00–245.00	$230.46	$1,452	-4.05
675–680	678	3	214.00–245.00	$230.30	$1,561	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	365.00–390.00	$377.37	$879	—
255–290	270	3	362.00–375.00	$368.77	$996	-5.05
305–335	326	7	355.00–370.00	$362.40	$1,181	+3.85
375–395	380	4	328.00–355.00	$335.65	$1,275	-9.99
400–445	421	21	310.00–337.00	$321.60	$1,354	-1.15
460–490	473	7	295.00–320.00	$306.19	$1,448	+6.19
500–535	513	8	274.00–302.00	$287.70	$1,476	+5.70
560	560	3	255.00–277.00	$262.33	$1,469	-7.67

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1370	1180	80-85%	50	127.00–139.00	$132.39	$1,562	-4.43
1015–1525	1226	80-85%	54	132.00–147.00	$139.38	$1,709	—
1055–1500	1275	80-85%	30	141.00–155.00	$146.29	$1,865	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1195	1017	85-90%	35	106.00–128.00	$120.33	$1,224	+5.46
830–1295	1040	85-90%	53	111.00–139.00	$123.47	$1,284	+8.60
865–1360	1076	85-90%	31	118.00–148.00	$129.37	$1,392	+2.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1650	1442	75-80%	6	143.00–158.00	$150.43	$2,169	—
1245–1670	1451	75-80%	20	136.00–148.00	$142.82	$2,072	-5.49
1405–1945	1639	75-80%	4	130.00–135.00	$133.38	$2,186	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1615	1369	21	147.00–161.00	$155.59	$2,130	—
1320–2140	1683	29	153.00–173.00	$162.60	$2,737	-23.51
1390–2055	1734	16	159.00–182.00	$172.46	$2,990	—

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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	785.00–895.00	$833.89

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00–1,875.00	$1,837.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,495.00–2,100.00	$1,736.43
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,220.00–1,920.00	$1,567.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,035.00–2,050.00	$2,042.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,475.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,020.00	$2,020.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,079.00	$2,079.00

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)	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
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,200.00–2,450.00	$2,300.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,137.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,750.00–2,500.00	$2,047.06	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,975.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–1,725.00	$1,662.50	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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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.