Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, March 4, 2026

1,797 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $501.02/cwt +10.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,914/hd at 382 lb · 38 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $478.26/cwt +4.19 vs last sale · ≈ $2,047/hd at 428 lb · 35 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $423.37/cwt -5.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,041/hd at 482 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,797	3,222	1,554
Feeder cattle	1,413	2,588	1,185
Slaughter cattle	202	305	210
Replacement cattle	182	329	159

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold firm.

▼ Feeder cattle: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower
→ Replacement cows: Replacement cattle sold firm
▼ Slaughter bulls: slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,876	+4.80
365–375	369	5	495.00–540.00	$521.71	$1,925	-13.40
425–435	430	4	500.00–530.00	$510.12	$2,194	-1.16
460–495	481	11	470.00–495.00	$481.87	$2,318	+4.80
500–545	516	14	448.00–480.00	$464.99	$2,399	+15.59
560–595	583	22	405.00–435.00	$419.86	$2,448	-9.85
610–645	628	4	376.00–380.00	$377.94	$2,373	-30.29
690	690	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,380	-34.56

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	640.00	$640.00	$1,696	+38.52
320	320	2	570.00	$570.00	$1,824	+1.01
352	352	3	610.00	$610.00	$2,147	+55.07
405–410	406	12	520.00–555.00	$550.43	$2,235	+34.94
460–480	467	14	500.00–515.00	$504.96	$2,358	+11.12
510–515	512	3	480.00–485.00	$481.68	$2,466	+0.35
552–582	571	13	436.00–470.00	$460.02	$2,627	-8.44
750–767	761	5	330.00–350.00	$344.08	$2,618	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	285	3	465.00–485.00	$478.57	$1,364	—
405–430	413	7	485.00–500.00	$493.46	$2,038	—
455	455	2	470.00	$470.00	$2,138	+30.00
525–545	538	5	420.00–430.00	$426.77	$2,296	+8.67
585–590	588	4	370.00–408.00	$389.08	$2,288	-14.41

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	270	5	480.00–550.00	$514.11	$1,388	+5.28
310–349	335	12	440.00–520.00	$475.40	$1,593	-10.12
355–395	379	20	435.00–505.00	$473.06	$1,793	+5.22
400–445	423	19	405.00–490.00	$460.46	$1,948	+15.30
450–497	482	33	400.00–450.00	$423.37	$2,041	-5.51
500–545	521	33	355.00–420.00	$383.66	$1,999	-19.34
560–590	573	11	367.00–395.00	$377.85	$2,165	-0.69
615–645	627	5	340.00–360.00	$350.19	$2,196	-8.65
660–680	669	7	330.00–350.00	$338.87	$2,267	+6.97
705–725	719	8	305.00–322.00	$313.62	$2,255	+16.42
770–795	779	7	295.00–314.00	$305.52	$2,380	+14.96

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	685.00	$685.00	$1,610	+78.85
290	290	5	585.00–600.00	$591.00	$1,714	+55.43
300–340	320	14	490.00–540.00	$513.53	$1,643	+11.08
350–398	382	38	470.00–530.00	$501.02	$1,914	+10.30
406 value added	406	11	475.00	$475.00	$1,928	—
405–435	417	19	450.00–510.00	$474.96	$1,981	+3.53
450–495	476	10	430.00–490.00	$467.82	$2,227	+25.85
505–545	526	17	395.00–420.00	$409.98	$2,156	-10.61
555–590	565	12	360.00–440.00	$378.30	$2,137	-9.52
600–635	613	8	330.00–382.00	$357.36	$2,191	-22.69
660–675	668	4	340.00–350.00	$344.94	$2,304	+6.70
705–710	708	4	330.00–340.00	$335.02	$2,372	+20.02
785–790	788	3	320.00–326.00	$324.01	$2,553	+19.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	450.00	$450.00	$900	-105.00
285–295	287	5	500.00–535.00	$527.80	$1,515	+47.49
320	320	4	410.00–485.00	$466.25	$1,492	+14.23
365–390	378	13	390.00–475.00	$454.06	$1,716	+29.22
400–445	419	13	370.00–460.00	$428.15	$1,794	+0.71
470–495	476	7	395.00–418.00	$413.31	$1,967	+15.43
525–545	529	5	305.00–390.00	$372.49	$1,970	+0.56
575	575	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,070	+14.13
635	635	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,222	+3.70
670–675	673	5	310.00–330.00	$322.04	$2,167	-4.59
745	745	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,235	+50.00
795	795	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,385	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	230	10	620.00–685.00	$663.42	$1,526	-36.58
260–295	281	10	575.00–635.00	$615.62	$1,730	+17.12
310–345	332	14	550.00–590.00	$567.95	$1,886	+38.55
355–395	382	23	485.00–560.00	$539.00	$2,059	+33.65
410–445	428	35	430.00–520.00	$478.26	$2,047	+4.19
450–495	469	18	430.00–505.00	$461.76	$2,166	+7.40
505–535	516	16	415.00–465.00	$433.85	$2,239	-4.87
550–590	572	22	365.00–410.00	$394.74	$2,258	-7.66
610–625	616	13	360.00–390.00	$372.08	$2,292	-16.97
655–690	674	6	340.00–365.00	$349.45	$2,355	-12.28
715–745	731	5	320.00–345.00	$328.52	$2,401	-4.26
760–795	778	2	310.00–325.00	$317.33	$2,469	+1.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	226	4	640.00–710.00	$681.77	$1,541	+121.77
250–290	276	14	610.00–650.00	$635.63	$1,754	+20.63
300–345	321	21	600.00–630.00	$614.15	$1,971	+71.38
325 fancy	325	1	660.00	$660.00	$2,145	—
350–395	369	9	515.00–585.00	$560.67	$2,069	+35.68
400–430	422	17	490.00–540.00	$509.16	$2,149	+12.65
450–490	473	29	435.00–500.00	$482.36	$2,282	+8.47
505–545	520	17	435.00–480.00	$455.89	$2,371	+7.04
555–575	566	9	415.00–440.00	$423.39	$2,396	+2.94
620–630	625	2	395.00–405.00	$399.96	$2,500	+0.84
660	660	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,442	-20.45
735	735	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,517	-5.18
755–790	773	2	325.00–335.00	$329.89	$2,550	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,470	—
270–295	286	10	525.00–610.00	$570.81	$1,633	+34.60
320–340	333	16	495.00–545.00	$532.27	$1,772	+22.27
350–380	368	10	480.00–540.00	$530.41	$1,952	+44.95
415–440	423	15	455.00–490.00	$482.35	$2,040	+35.78
460–490	474	9	420.00–480.00	$453.08	$2,148	+36.83
510–525	518	6	385.00–416.00	$398.43	$2,064	+3.90
555–575	569	7	390.00–396.00	$391.67	$2,229	+5.44
615–645	635	3	350.00–365.00	$354.84	$2,253	-8.82
755	755	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,265	+12.52

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1495	1133	80-85%	12	170.00–206.00	$179.51	$2,034	—
905–1790	1181	80-85%	17	155.00–186.00	$172.05	$2,032	-1.44
710–1370	1185	80-85%	24	161.00–195.00	$183.73	$2,177	+10.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1440	1316	75-80%	7	191.00–210.00	$198.56	$2,613	—
1105–1670	1409	75-80%	17	164.00–194.00	$183.26	$2,582	+0.11
1290–2130	1593	75-80%	10	173.00–185.00	$180.54	$2,876	+11.06

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1105	958	85-90%	2	168.00–169.00	$168.58	$1,615	—
885–1110	981	85-90%	6	147.00–157.00	$151.01	$1,481	—
815–1220	1001	85-90%	9	140.00–177.00	$160.76	$1,609	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–2040	1663	7	164.00–194.00	$179.66	$2,988	—
1380–1855	1668	11	178.00–209.00	$194.73	$3,248	—
1625–2235	1898	8	193.00–222.00	$206.09	$3,912	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,200.00–2,900.00	$2,679.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	2,550.00–3,600.00	$3,162.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	3,200.00–4,300.00	$3,550.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,300.00	$2,300.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,650.00	$3,650.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,550.00–4,200.00	$3,950.00

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)	10	2,000.00–2,725.00	$2,302.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,000.00–2,500.00	$2,250.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,250.00

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Bred Heifers

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)	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,750.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00

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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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	4,400.00–4,600.00	$4,500.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,400.00	$4,400.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	3,600.00–4,100.00	$3,834.62	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,100.00	—

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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.