Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Weekly Wtd Avg, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 6, 2021

8,880 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.76/cwt -5.81 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 572 lb · 132 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.05/cwt -3.63 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 467 lb · 131 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $141.40/cwt -4.72 vs last sale · ≈ $880/hd at 622 lb · 112 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,880	8,183	5,136
Feeder cattle	7,078	6,738	4,142
Slaughter cattle	1,391	879	559
Replacement cattle	411	566	435

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Year to date receipts totaled 425,084 compared to 384,271 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
315–340	324	7	182.00–205.00	$187.39	$607	-3.49
350–395	380	39	169.00–195.00	$176.34	$670	+0.91
405–448	428	50	164.00–175.00	$168.50	$721	-5.01
450–493	471	59	158.00–170.00	$165.48	$779	+4.25
500–545	515	91	148.00–164.00	$157.25	$810	+1.30
550–595	568	82	140.00–155.00	$147.90	$840	-0.18
600–649	622	112	134.00–149.00	$141.40	$880	-4.72
650–695	672	85	127.00–145.00	$136.70	$919	-7.42
704–745	721	41	125.00–136.00	$131.34	$947	-5.81
755–795	773	29	120.00–139.00	$131.69	$1,018	-9.31
820	820	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,082	-1.10
865–895	885	3	118.00–128.00	$124.74	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	166.00–168.00	$167.03	$551	-1.57
350–398	373	18	160.00–172.00	$165.78	$618	-3.65
405–445	428	34	151.00–170.00	$156.79	$671	-6.37
450–495	476	32	145.00–165.00	$154.12	$734	-1.47
500–543	520	40	135.00–155.00	$149.40	$777	-3.31
550–595	575	58	127.00–148.00	$137.42	$790	-8.24
605–645	618	26	125.00–145.00	$132.46	$819	-2.71
657–695	671	34	120.00–134.00	$130.73	$877	-0.10
700–745	727	8	118.00–131.00	$126.18	$917	-1.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	17	120.00–180.00	$157.28	$519	-0.33
360–395	372	11	148.00–162.00	$157.55	$586	+2.14
405–445	427	18	142.00–166.00	$151.20	$646	-7.11
455–488	472	19	134.00–157.00	$140.77	$664	-4.72
500–545	527	9	125.00–142.00	$134.83	$711	-2.86
560–595	580	14	122.00–138.00	$131.17	$761	-0.33
600–640	622	5	118.00–125.00	$120.59	$750	-8.55
655	655	2	121.00	$121.00	$793	-3.25
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	+3.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	222	3	163.00–165.00	$164.29	$365	-10.71
275–280	277	3	154.00–160.00	$157.98	$438	—
305–345	325	35	144.00–160.00	$153.58	$499	-2.84
350–395	368	58	135.00–160.00	$144.24	$531	-5.46
400–445	428	76	130.00–155.00	$138.67	$594	-2.71
460	460	1	142.00	$142.00	$653	+3.32
450–495	467	130	125.00–154.00	$135.00	$630	-3.68
500–545	524	107	123.00–148.00	$133.60	$700	-2.11
550–598	572	131	123.00–137.00	$129.62	$741	-3.41
575	575	1	148.00	$148.00	$851	+14.97
600 fancy	600	3	129.50	$129.50	$777	—
608 value added	608	22	140.00	$140.00	$851	+2.59
615	615	1	150.00	$150.00	$922	+22.00
600–645	622	84	122.00–135.00	$130.21	$810	+2.21
650–695	671	56	117.00–134.00	$125.48	$842	+1.58
685	685	1	125.00	$125.00	$856	+1.10
686 value added	686	20	140.00	$140.00	$960	+6.25
700–740	723	39	115.00–126.00	$120.80	$873	+2.10
716–734 value added	724	13	137.00–140.00	$138.40	$1,002	—
725–730	728	4	128.00–129.00	$128.50	$935	+9.80
755–795	774	25	103.00–123.00	$113.98	$882	+2.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	221	4	155.00–156.00	$155.76	$344	—
285	285	2	148.00	$148.00	$422	—
310–345	326	30	135.00–148.00	$143.12	$467	-5.11
350–395	374	38	128.00–152.00	$137.92	$516	-2.40
400–447	425	59	121.00–148.00	$132.22	$562	-3.87
450–495	474	108	120.00–147.00	$131.01	$621	+0.30
500–548	524	74	118.00–136.00	$125.72	$659	-2.61
550–595	567	63	115.00–134.00	$126.65	$718	+3.69
600–640	614	47	105.00–131.00	$121.31	$745	+1.51
655–695	674	33	110.00–126.00	$116.84	$788	+3.59
700–745	721	8	101.00–115.00	$109.77	$791	-4.23
750–775	763	4	100.00–103.00	$101.52	$775	-5.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	330	15	129.00–150.00	$139.12	$459	+2.11
355–395	377	25	118.00–147.00	$128.70	$485	-7.27
405–445	428	26	116.00–140.00	$128.99	$552	+0.47
450–495	477	33	111.00–133.00	$123.32	$588	-3.56
500–549	520	37	110.00–129.00	$119.18	$620	+0.49
555–590	569	14	110.00–126.00	$116.44	$663	+4.56
610–620	613	3	107.00–122.00	$112.97	$693	+3.12
650–665	658	3	102.00–110.00	$106.36	$700	-3.73
715	715	2	110.00	$110.00	$786	+2.48

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	200.00	$200.00	$410	—
250–290	274	7	193.00–200.00	$195.82	$537	+10.20
300–345	326	27	170.00–197.00	$180.75	$589	+7.22
360 fancy	360	1	190.00	$190.00	$684	—
350–397	374	65	164.00–182.00	$172.48	$645	+4.10
400–445	421	61	155.00–182.00	$165.27	$696	+1.75
425 value added	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	—
450–495	472	81	147.00–167.00	$154.64	$730	+0.35
504–545	524	67	130.00–161.00	$144.03	$755	-3.71
550–595	572	67	125.00–155.00	$135.62	$776	-3.21
600–645	627	62	124.00–143.00	$133.24	$835	-0.86
655–680 fancy	668	2	136.00–138.00	$136.98	$915	+0.49
650–695	674	31	119.00–140.00	$128.80	$868	-0.09
700–737	724	11	118.00–130.00	$125.24	$907	-1.07
755–795	777	15	118.00–131.00	$121.72	$946	+1.00
800–815	808	2	118.00–122.00	$120.02	$970	+12.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	4	172.00–183.00	$177.31	$505	+13.56
300–345	327	38	148.00–180.00	$167.14	$547	+0.90
350–395	372	39	134.00–177.00	$159.27	$592	+3.43
400–445	426	70	139.00–170.00	$153.55	$654	+5.61
450–495	473	76	128.00–160.00	$145.69	$689	+4.21
500–545	519	85	119.00–150.00	$135.58	$704	+0.15
550–595	575	48	122.00–143.00	$129.21	$743	-2.72
600–645	619	61	110.00–139.00	$125.47	$777	+1.50
650–695	669	27	110.00–135.00	$123.77	$828	+0.95
700–745	724	13	112.00–126.00	$119.61	$866	+2.85
770–795	791	6	105.00–113.00	$110.19	$872	+0.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	170.00	$170.00	$416	—
285	285	2	166.00	$166.00	$473	-4.00
300–345	323	13	142.00–170.00	$154.15	$498	+1.95
365–395	376	17	136.00–167.00	$146.18	$550	-2.23
400–445	425	50	125.00–157.00	$141.99	$603	+0.74
450–495	478	58	115.00–147.00	$135.96	$650	-1.06
500–545	523	52	118.00–138.00	$128.03	$670	-0.02
550–595	571	21	108.00–134.00	$121.78	$695	-0.54
605–645	627	19	110.00–130.00	$119.22	$748	+1.88
660–675	673	6	111.00–125.00	$113.29	$762	-1.47
775	775	2	110.00	$110.00	$852	+0.98

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1595	1120	80-85%	92	55.00–67.00	$60.57	$678	-0.82
910–1545	1162	80-85%	296	58.50–73.00	$66.33	$771	—
725–1490	1185	80-85%	92	66.00–79.00	$72.03	$854	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1160	934	85-90%	49	39.00–52.00	$47.30	$442	—
800–1370	1003	85-90%	135	45.00–65.00	$55.69	$559	-2.53
810–1360	1021	85-90%	58	52.00–67.00	$60.87	$621	+2.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1800	1323	75-80%	91	62.00–76.00	$68.71	$909	-3.47
1030–1905	1395	75-80%	32	60.00–70.00	$65.94	$920	—
1100–1835	1426	75-80%	35	69.00–83.00	$73.76	$1,052	+6.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–2165	1517	32	75.00–94.00	$84.97	$1,289	—
1240–1970	1651	50	78.00–99.00	$89.37	$1,475	—
1420–2160	1725	20	90.00–105.00	$99.01	$1,708	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–970	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	415.00–650.00	$535.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1355	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	671.00–1,000.00	$833.73

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1000	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	590.00–750.00	$666.23
1000–1240	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–840.00	$823.98
1035–1265	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–990.00	$877.57
1260–1685	1473	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,145.00	$1,104.35
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	650.00–1,000.00	$827.05
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	41	550.00–875.00	$720.85
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	700.00–875.00	$809.38
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,950.00	$1,521.43
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,446.43

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00
820–830	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–750.00	$624.24
1060–1105	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	690.00–700.00	$695.10
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–650.00	$621.43
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	400.00–600.00	$503.48
—	—	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 $
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
840–1320	1086	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	775.00–880.00	$808.94
1245–1355	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$952.12
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	500.00–575.00	$543.75
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	500.00–850.00	$713.33

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	680.00–730.00	$713.33
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	225.00	$225.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
885–1000	943	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$753.05
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00	$900.00

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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
1140–1295	1218	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,039.89	-140.98
1480	1480	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1520	1520	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,250.00–1,700.00	$1,521.43	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	62	875.00–1,350.00	$1,007.26	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–985.00	$861.67	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,080.00	$1,080.00	-149.92
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	28	425.00–800.00	$650.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1160	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–1,000.00	$912.68	+103.06
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–900.00	$825.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,190.00	$1,190.00	—

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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.