Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Weekly Wtd Avg, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

10,686 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $112.79/cwt -1.60 vs last sale · ≈ $591/hd at 524 lb · 182 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.90/cwt +0.54 vs last sale · ≈ $556/hd at 425 lb · 142 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.11/cwt +1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 465 lb · 136 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,686	11,183	18,326
Feeder cattle	8,729	9,327	15,033
Slaughter cattle	1,256	1,172	1,847
Replacement cattle	701	684	1,446

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. All feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 526,308 compared to 559,025 a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	165.00–170.00	$167.54	$477	-9.83
325–345	329	10	168.00–172.00	$170.00	$559	+0.52
350–395	373	45	147.00–177.00	$166.30	$620	+1.89
412–434 value added	422	16	155.00–159.00	$157.20	$663	—
400–445	424	53	155.00–170.00	$160.83	$682	+3.05
460–478 value added	469	19	148.50–152.00	$150.50	$706	—
450–485	470	64	137.00–160.00	$145.96	$686	-1.78
500–532 value added	526	54	138.00–141.25	$140.41	$739	—
500–545	529	73	129.00–148.00	$137.24	$726	-0.01
550 value added	550	22	145.50	$145.50	$800	+8.50
550–595	578	82	125.00–142.00	$131.79	$762	-3.27
616 value added	616	10	128.00	$128.00	$788	—
605–635	622	62	121.00–131.00	$125.88	$783	-3.60
650–695	674	85	117.00–130.00	$125.55	$846	+0.34
700–745	721	16	111.00–126.00	$120.41	$868	+2.88
765–790	776	29	110.00–126.00	$123.66	$960	+5.55
815–825	822	3	100.00–123.00	$115.40	$949	-3.24
866 value added	866	9	112.00	$112.00	$970	—
932 value added	932	5	113.00	$113.00	$1,053	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	3	166.00	$166.00	$410	—
270–290	280	3	167.00–168.00	$167.35	$469	-3.13
320–345	327	29	140.00–170.00	$162.49	$531	-2.34
364–397	378	49	150.00–165.00	$157.59	$596	+1.72
400–445	428	37	130.00–155.00	$149.99	$642	+2.38
455–498	481	61	128.00–148.00	$140.90	$678	-1.29
505–548	529	61	125.00–140.00	$134.89	$714	-2.22
554–595	573	112	120.00–135.00	$128.33	$735	-3.13
610–645	628	25	115.00–128.00	$121.74	$765	-6.86
650–695	668	74	106.00–123.00	$120.04	$802	+0.28
725–745	736	15	113.00–122.00	$114.93	$846	-3.09
750–785	766	9	107.00–116.00	$111.90	$857	-2.55

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	154.00	$154.00	$454	—
305–345	324	4	147.00–155.00	$150.73	$488	+3.19
355–395	374	12	144.00–157.00	$148.94	$557	+11.69
405–425	417	3	142.00–145.00	$143.01	$596	+7.99
465–483	475	13	130.00–133.00	$131.79	$626	+8.76
525–545	536	11	113.00–124.00	$116.33	$624	-6.63
565	565	4	113.00	$113.00	$638	-8.57
620–630	625	2	114.00–118.00	$116.02	$725	-5.48
660	660	6	110.00	$110.00	$726	-1.06
725–745	732	3	110.00–113.00	$111.98	$820	-2.02
775–780	777	3	102.00–105.00	$104.00	$808	-5.64

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	239	5	135.00–152.00	$144.21	$345	—
255–295	271	4	134.00–147.00	$142.71	$387	—
300–345	326	47	127.00–150.00	$136.21	$444	-1.11
350–395	374	93	123.00–147.00	$134.17	$502	+0.53
400–445	423	118	118.00–140.00	$130.68	$553	+0.32
435 value added	435	24	132.00	$132.00	$574	—
450–495	465	136	113.00–135.00	$125.11	$582	+1.23
500–545	524	110	105.00–125.00	$116.45	$610	-2.77
553–566 value added	560	11	114.00–126.00	$119.39	$669	-0.11
550–595	570	96	108.00–119.00	$114.05	$650	-3.10
600–645	616	108	106.00–117.00	$112.08	$690	+0.86
650–695	671	34	99.00–112.00	$105.79	$710	-2.54
680 value added	680	11	118.00	$118.00	$802	-10.27
707–710 value added	709	13	102.00–104.00	$102.92	$730	-13.08
705–745	723	24	100.00–112.00	$107.03	$774	+4.02
750–795	780	22	91.00–109.00	$106.97	$834	+1.47
850	850	1	82.50	$82.50	$701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	140.00	$140.00	$280	±0.00
250–290	269	5	120.00–125.00	$123.14	$331	-8.52
310–345	326	49	120.00–147.00	$131.00	$427	-0.98
355–395	375	68	106.00–140.00	$126.19	$473	-6.81
400–445	419	83	104.00–130.00	$124.23	$521	-0.15
455–495	475	135	107.00–128.00	$118.33	$562	+0.37
500–545	524	176	103.00–117.00	$111.18	$583	-3.21
532	532	6	160.00	$160.00	$851	+45.61
550–595	571	88	95.00–114.00	$108.94	$622	-0.30
605–640	623	27	99.00–111.00	$107.63	$671	-4.87
675–695	683	6	100.00–105.00	$103.32	$706	-0.63
705–740	718	6	92.00–103.00	$98.48	$707	-0.91
765–770	768	2	84.00–92.00	$87.99	$676	-14.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	116.00–120.00	$117.96	$277	-15.56
265–290	278	4	114.00–125.00	$120.94	$336	-5.94
300–345	326	34	98.00–130.00	$116.83	$381	-4.11
355–395	380	32	110.00–124.00	$117.42	$446	+2.78
405–445	432	25	105.00–120.00	$111.56	$482	-1.37
455–495	478	49	91.00–116.00	$107.22	$513	-2.02
505–545	532	30	87.00–110.00	$102.79	$547	-0.75
555–575	568	5	85.00–106.00	$100.24	$569	-1.78
605–645	630	7	90.00–104.00	$95.94	$604	±0.00
665–695	685	3	80.00–85.00	$81.62	$559	—
705	705	2	80.00	$80.00	$564	-10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	266	14	164.00–172.00	$165.61	$441	+2.89
300–345	323	41	150.00–174.00	$160.58	$519	+3.54
355–395	372	51	135.00–167.00	$153.60	$571	+3.35
400–445	431	70	129.00–158.00	$144.16	$621	+0.43
450–495	475	110	120.00–147.00	$133.97	$636	+1.28
505–545	527	64	115.00–132.00	$124.54	$656	-0.41
550–595	571	71	102.00–126.00	$119.49	$682	+0.37
615–645	633	26	97.50–122.00	$111.49	$706	+1.29
655–695	670	21	102.00–115.00	$107.19	$718	+1.21
705–735	721	18	89.00–107.00	$98.85	$713	-2.30
760–795	776	9	83.00–105.00	$98.47	$764	+1.11
800	800	1	88.00	$88.00	$704	-8.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	211	8	186.00–195.00	$190.18	$401	-7.32
255–290	278	14	155.00–178.00	$170.42	$474	-3.37
300–345	330	43	160.00–182.00	$168.14	$555	+1.76
350–390	369	61	153.00–180.00	$166.40	$614	+7.25
400–445	428	89	150.00–174.00	$157.51	$674	+4.98
450–490	469	53	135.00–153.00	$145.14	$681	+5.72
505–545	525	67	118.00–140.00	$131.86	$692	+1.62
555–595	574	41	112.00–134.00	$123.89	$711	+0.18
600–645	627	45	105.00–125.00	$117.50	$737	+5.45
650–685	668	17	105.00–117.00	$111.35	$744	+0.51
705–745	720	15	90.00–110.00	$101.50	$731	-7.54
755–790	769	13	81.00–115.00	$102.38	$787	+4.20
800	800	1	93.00	$93.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	2	150.00–160.00	$154.67	$415	+5.72
320–335	327	6	140.00–162.00	$155.00	$507	+17.39
360–395	378	8	125.00–155.00	$142.92	$540	+8.53
400–445	431	24	118.00–145.00	$134.92	$582	+3.84
455–495	470	23	114.00–134.00	$121.75	$572	+0.13
505–540	519	28	100.00–122.00	$108.03	$561	-5.67
570–595	581	5	90.00–110.00	$104.62	$608	-5.09
610–645	631	5	87.00–110.00	$98.42	$621	-3.26
665–675	669	6	95.00–105.00	$98.31	$658	-0.69
725	725	5	100.00	$100.00	$725	+3.84
765–780	773	2	75.00–90.00	$82.43	$637	-10.09

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1410	1180	80-85%	103	40.00–59.00	$51.68	$610	-4.83
750–1615	1185	80-85%	162	48.00–66.00	$57.34	$679	+0.83
940–1585	1232	80-85%	94	53.00–71.00	$64.27	$792	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1265	1018	85-90%	88	30.00–49.00	$43.96	$448	+1.44
820–1295	1021	85-90%	42	49.00–61.00	$54.40	$555	+11.88
775–1295	1050	85-90%	120	41.00–62.00	$49.26	$517	-8.37

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1800	1365	75-80%	57	48.00–68.00	$56.61	$773	+4.17
725–1615	1374	75-80%	19	53.00–95.00	$60.46	$831	+8.02
1260–1545	1401	75-80%	9	45.00–54.00	$50.03	$701	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–2105	1389	50	55.00–79.00	$70.57	$980	—
1000–2215	1648	67	70.00–89.00	$78.98	$1,302	—
1335–2170	1687	24	80.00–94.00	$84.61	$1,427	—

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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	28	550.00–720.00	$606.79

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	450.00–610.00	$544.04

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	670.00–825.00	$754.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	65	575.00–1,310.00	$814.85
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	108	600.00–1,250.00	$870.28
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	38	600.00–950.00	$714.34
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00–700.00	$625.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	450.00–585.00	$497.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	400.00–890.00	$771.35
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	500.00–850.00	$645.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	450.00–675.00	$550.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	560.00–600.00	$568.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	780.00–850.00	$815.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	620.00–760.00	$690.56

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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	54	725.00–1,400.00	$1,034.63	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	900.00–1,075.00	$1,011.36	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,084.38	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,162.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	550.00–800.00	$716.67	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	650.00–675.00	$666.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	425.00–775.00	$566.67	—

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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.