Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, May 11, 2026

1,388 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $439.72/cwt +9.33 vs last sale · ≈ $2,300/hd at 523 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $498.08/cwt +7.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,381/hd at 478 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $403.86/cwt +6.47 vs last sale · ≈ $2,338/hd at 579 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,388	2,099	564
Feeder cattle	1,090	1,658	410
Slaughter cattle	154	203	67
Replacement cattle	144	238	87

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

▲ Feeder cattle: Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher
→ Replacement cows: Replacement cattle sold steady
▲ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	650.00–660.00	$654.86	$1,755	—
350–370	364	5	570.00–580.00	$577.97	$2,104	-45.45
400–440	416	4	545.00–595.00	$559.83	$2,329	+8.70
450–460	453	16	512.50–525.00	$516.58	$2,340	+14.31
510–520	515	2	492.50–495.00	$493.76	$2,543	+2.78
550–580	565	3	450.00–455.00	$451.71	$2,552	+9.63
600–620	610	4	430.00–445.00	$437.50	$2,669	+18.50
660–673	669	5	405.00–415.00	$412.02	$2,756	+13.97
700	700	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,730	+29.56
758	758	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,918	+37.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	423	3	495.00–555.00	$534.69	$2,262	+29.85
460–480	470	2	490.00–535.00	$512.02	$2,406	+29.36
505–535	520	3	445.00–490.00	$471.23	$2,450	+2.21
555–580	574	4	430.00–460.00	$443.57	$2,546	+10.48
605	605	1	435.00	$435.00	$2,632	+26.83
670	670	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,345	-27.52
845	845	1	316.00	$316.00	$2,670	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	495.00	$495.00	$2,079	+13.11
510	510	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,295	-6.44
570	570	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,451	+12.51

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	660.00–680.00	$670.43	$1,576	-39.57
255–260	258	2	570.00	$570.00	$1,471	-26.71
305–345	327	14	530.00–590.00	$561.35	$1,836	+25.83
350–395	375	24	495.00–540.00	$519.62	$1,949	+9.32
400–435	421	19	470.00–505.00	$490.35	$2,064	+5.38
455–490	465	18	440.00–485.00	$475.58	$2,211	+11.64
500–545	523	34	415.00–455.00	$439.72	$2,300	+9.33
555–590	567	8	370.00–422.50	$400.57	$2,271	-1.65
620–625	623	6	385.00–410.00	$405.85	$2,528	+25.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	615.00	$615.00	$1,445	—
250–270	260	2	570.00–580.00	$575.19	$1,495	+15.23
305–345	328	7	495.00–530.00	$510.41	$1,674	+10.06
365–395	377	7	480.00–500.00	$490.17	$1,848	+12.61
400–440	418	12	435.00–485.00	$466.54	$1,950	+1.20
460–496	479	25	445.00–465.00	$454.72	$2,178	+14.62
505–535	512	18	400.00–435.00	$424.93	$2,176	+8.28
570–590	578	9	342.00–405.00	$376.63	$2,177	+0.20
605–645	624	4	342.00–390.00	$365.43	$2,280	+1.82
658–695	675	5	350.00–370.00	$359.78	$2,429	+26.65
730–740	737	3	320.00–340.00	$328.35	$2,420	+2.69
775–785	780	3	308.00–320.00	$314.36	$2,452	+12.55

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	540.00–550.00	$545.00	$1,444	+49.95
305–340	328	5	470.00–495.00	$481.01	$1,578	-2.45
410–440	431	8	440.00–450.00	$443.19	$1,910	-11.04
450–495	476	14	410.00–430.00	$421.86	$2,008	-2.90
515–545	533	6	360.00–375.00	$367.62	$1,959	-18.07
565	565	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,921	-14.88
620–640	624	9	330.00–365.00	$349.47	$2,181	+18.36
665	665	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,062	-3.28
705–720	713	2	280.00–306.00	$293.14	$2,090	-6.86
755	755	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,076	-19.28

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	286	12	570.00–630.00	$594.35	$1,700	+5.58
300–345	322	9	550.00–610.00	$581.10	$1,871	-2.13
350–390	375	12	510.00–570.00	$540.78	$2,028	+18.10
410–445	430	20	475.00–570.00	$519.35	$2,233	+28.91
450–495	477	14	430.00–495.00	$472.17	$2,252	+10.39
500–540	526	17	435.00–465.00	$452.79	$2,382	+16.99
555–595	579	25	375.00–425.00	$403.86	$2,338	+6.47
600–646	632	14	340.00–385.00	$369.67	$2,336	-9.30
655–665	663	8	322.00–380.00	$366.45	$2,430	+6.45
725–745	735	3	295.00–355.00	$321.76	$2,365	-7.08
755–780	770	6	310.00–325.00	$322.55	$2,484	-4.05

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	227	3	630.00–700.00	$658.16	$1,494	—
265–280	277	7	610.00–690.00	$639.51	$1,771	+19.51
300–345	329	13	580.00–640.00	$608.64	$2,002	-5.19
355–395	376	11	540.00–630.00	$578.09	$2,174	+20.96
400–440	413	9	505.00–585.00	$529.33	$2,186	+18.46
450–490	478	28	465.00–525.00	$498.08	$2,381	+7.80
500–538	519	24	455.00–480.00	$469.93	$2,439	+13.77
550–580	571	5	390.00–440.00	$427.84	$2,443	-7.78
610–640	622	16	374.00–420.00	$403.71	$2,511	+13.65
663–670	665	10	367.50–380.00	$373.25	$2,482	-18.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	580.00	$580.00	$1,160	—
295	295	2	560.00	$560.00	$1,652	+0.13
310–335	323	2	520.00–540.00	$529.61	$1,711	-8.43
390	390	5	490.00–530.00	$522.00	$2,036	+19.22
400–445	422	14	430.00–485.00	$463.69	$1,957	-1.69
455–490	463	8	440.00–465.00	$451.23	$2,089	+1.80
505–545	527	7	395.00–430.00	$415.07	$2,187	-13.86
555–595	580	9	350.00–385.00	$365.45	$2,120	-20.88
615–645	635	7	337.50–355.00	$346.41	$2,200	-16.56
690	690	1	308.00	$308.00	$2,125	-30.38
740	740	1	327.50	$327.50	$2,424	—
755–795	775	2	295.00–300.00	$297.56	$2,306	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1490	1129	80-85%	10	163.00–170.00	$165.74	$1,871	—
1145–1430	1250	80-85%	11	174.00–195.00	$181.89	$2,274	—
890–1585	1287	80-85%	17	162.00–181.00	$175.98	$2,265	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1075	975	85-90%	4	158.00–166.00	$162.87	$1,588	—
750–1215	1015	85-90%	16	140.00–166.00	$154.60	$1,569	+4.86
950–1215	1088	85-90%	6	151.00–160.00	$155.28	$1,689	-12.16

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1520	1377	75-80%	5	179.00–192.00	$187.61	$2,583	+6.26
1285–1480	1382	75-80%	6	175.00–180.00	$178.00	$2,460	-3.35
1125–1640	1454	75-80%	14	175.00–188.00	$181.63	$2,641	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1500	1309	12	178.00–191.00	$183.45	$2,401	—
1155–2160	1749	19	198.00–219.00	$207.05	$3,621	—
1495–2025	1795	11	209.00–230.00	$219.72	$3,944	—

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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	20	2,050.00–3,050.00	$2,362.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,115.00–1,325.00	$1,272.50

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,900.00–4,300.00	$4,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	2,450.00–3,100.00	$2,720.83
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,990.00–3,500.00	$3,298.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,100.00–2,600.00	$2,338.89
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00

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)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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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	4,950.00	$4,950.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	3,500.00–4,650.00	$4,241.30	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,800.00–2,900.00	$2,850.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	3,500.00–3,700.00	$3,600.00	—

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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.