Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Weekly Wtd Avg, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 31, 2022

11,050 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.59/cwt +7.47 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 574 lb · 173 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.64/cwt +7.33 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 519 lb · 159 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $169.68/cwt +9.60 vs last sale · ≈ $972/hd at 573 lb · 150 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,050	12,132	12,262
Feeder cattle	8,843	9,654	10,191
Slaughter cattle	1,574	1,770	1,520
Replacement cattle	633	708	551

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: No trends available due to reporters attending training sessions. Year to date receipts totaled 531,399 compared to 551,661 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
350–385	364	8	192.00–210.00	$197.71	$720	+29.36
400–415 value added	408	2	195.00–200.00	$197.45	$806	—
405–440	424	25	177.00–200.00	$184.86	$784	+7.75
450–495	476	59	169.00–188.00	$184.09	$876	+13.85
457–486 value added	481	16	182.00–190.00	$187.00	$899	—
513 value added	513	3	179.00	$179.00	$918	+1.00
500–545	521	60	150.00–180.00	$171.06	$891	+4.54
568 value added	568	6	178.00	$178.00	$1,011	+6.97
550–596	573	144	150.00–173.50	$169.33	$970	+9.64
617 value added	617	15	167.00	$167.00	$1,030	-0.71
605–649	626	104	145.00–170.00	$162.48	$1,017	+8.80
650–699	672	83	130.00–166.00	$158.82	$1,067	+5.30
693 value added	693	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,123	+1.50
700–725 value added	716	8	143.00–152.00	$150.01	$1,074	-5.66
700–749	724	50	140.00–164.00	$158.15	$1,145	+11.12
760–790	773	16	135.00–160.00	$149.37	$1,155	+19.40
798 value added	798	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,157	-7.00
805 value added	805	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,087	—
820	820	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,041	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–343	330	11	175.00–192.00	$185.45	$612	+13.43
350–395	379	36	167.50–197.00	$178.24	$676	+7.72
400–445	432	48	155.00–187.00	$171.45	$741	+8.06
450–495	472	67	155.00–177.00	$170.24	$804	+13.07
500–545	524	68	140.00–170.00	$165.15	$865	+9.13
550–595	573	41	125.00–168.00	$154.48	$885	+3.57
600–645	622	33	135.00–164.00	$151.15	$940	+4.79
650–690	667	24	135.00–160.00	$147.26	$982	+10.89
710–745	730	11	125.00–155.00	$143.18	$1,045	+9.09
768–777	771	13	143.00–146.00	$144.16	$1,111	+14.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	11	160.00–182.00	$168.34	$559	+5.04
365–385	375	19	158.00–180.00	$169.03	$634	+15.88
410–445	428	4	144.00–168.00	$160.49	$687	+7.33
455–490	469	11	133.00–167.00	$150.35	$705	+2.41
500–540	526	9	128.00–157.00	$146.98	$773	+19.63
550–595	570	24	124.00–150.00	$139.96	$798	+19.96
605–645	628	4	121.00–137.00	$128.40	$806	—
680–685	681	5	115.00–126.00	$118.20	$805	-1.74

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	150.00	$150.00	$405	-10.00
300–325	321	7	165.00–167.50	$167.02	$536	+13.00
350–395	370	12	140.00–162.00	$152.46	$564	+3.79
420 fancy	420	1	160.00	$160.00	$672	—
400–445	425	95	139.00–165.00	$153.53	$653	+8.04
455–495	477	104	135.00–156.00	$150.04	$716	+5.85
500–545	519	151	130.00–156.00	$147.42	$765	+7.98
505–535	520	2	157.00	$157.00	$816	+17.56
525 fancy	525	6	150.00	$150.00	$788	—
555	555	1	155.00	$155.00	$860	+7.00
550–595	573	141	130.00–153.00	$144.45	$828	+6.41
570–575 fancy	573	3	145.00–146.00	$145.33	$833	—
573–590 value added	577	28	150.00–154.00	$151.02	$871	—
607–628 value added	613	44	146.50–149.00	$147.95	$907	—
615 fancy	615	1	143.00	$143.00	$879	+7.00
600–645	618	92	123.00–150.00	$141.13	$872	+8.33
650 fancy	650	1	139.00	$139.00	$904	—
650–695	671	55	123.00–142.00	$133.16	$894	+6.72
665–681 value added	672	31	130.00–153.50	$142.43	$957	+2.70
695	695	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,042	+23.56
705–710 fancy	709	5	129.00–138.00	$134.61	$954	+13.61
705–745	719	10	120.00–128.00	$124.38	$894	+4.00
760 fancy	760	1	120.00	$120.00	$912	—
750–799	784	19	120.00–126.00	$123.01	$964	+4.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	39	140.00–162.00	$152.90	$502	+10.31
351–398	374	84	134.00–157.00	$148.98	$557	+5.45
400–445	424	142	132.00–157.00	$145.96	$619	+8.86
450–495	478	100	128.00–152.00	$141.15	$675	+8.25
500–545	520	134	125.00–146.00	$138.73	$721	+8.90
550–595	569	100	117.50–143.00	$132.13	$752	+7.97
600–645	622	36	110.00–134.00	$126.66	$788	+7.12
660–690	678	13	105.00–128.00	$124.31	$843	+9.14
700–735	720	14	107.50–125.00	$119.10	$858	+6.47
755	755	1	115.00	$115.00	$868	+10.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	330	23	130.00–147.00	$138.20	$456	-1.49
350–395	372	67	124.00–155.00	$140.87	$524	+5.44
400–445	428	67	119.00–150.00	$136.58	$585	+7.85
455–495	477	55	115.00–142.00	$130.11	$621	+4.97
500–545	522	32	115.00–136.00	$124.87	$652	+8.98
553–595	574	28	105.00–129.00	$120.09	$689	+5.85
625–640	630	13	115.00–125.00	$118.47	$746	+11.09
655–695	674	7	110.00–118.00	$114.57	$772	+16.31
710–740	723	4	110.00–115.00	$112.00	$810	+9.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592 value added	592	34	156.00	$156.00	$924	—
677	677	10	154.00	$154.00	$1,043	—
774	774	14	148.50	$148.50	$1,149	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	24	152.00–195.00	$168.72	$550	+2.41
350–395	374	49	150.00–187.00	$166.35	$622	+6.39
400–445	424	82	147.00–177.00	$162.35	$688	+10.28
450–498	477	93	138.00–167.00	$154.88	$739	+11.51
500–545	525	93	125.00–160.00	$150.00	$788	+14.02
550–595	571	75	122.50–154.00	$140.61	$803	+9.60
600–640	624	46	115.00–145.00	$134.51	$839	+8.92
650–695	668	24	115.00–137.50	$129.14	$863	+10.72
700–735	714	12	115.00–130.00	$123.18	$880	+14.07
755–795	774	11	90.00–126.00	$118.05	$914	+15.06

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	217	3	182.00–187.50	$185.12	$402	-12.38
320–340	330	5	170.00–207.00	$181.53	$599	+12.23
350–395	370	30	156.00–200.00	$175.29	$649	+6.55
405–445	430	58	151.00–190.00	$167.79	$721	+7.44
450–495	472	49	150.00–179.00	$164.43	$776	+11.72
500–545	519	40	141.00–170.00	$159.74	$829	+9.94
550–595	568	22	136.00–158.00	$150.86	$857	+8.85
600–645	613	72	122.50–152.00	$141.23	$866	+11.97
650–685	661	17	130.00–142.00	$137.77	$911	+12.77
700–720	710	6	129.00–137.00	$132.34	$940	+7.49
785–795	790	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$952	+5.05

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	227	6	155.00–170.00	$160.07	$363	—
250–280	266	4	160.00–166.00	$163.84	$436	+4.81
305–345	329	17	150.00–182.00	$168.10	$553	+14.55
360–395	378	31	140.00–175.00	$157.83	$597	+11.09
405–440	428	29	130.00–167.00	$151.39	$648	+8.79
450–495	476	48	110.00–155.00	$140.10	$667	+4.12
505–545	522	36	95.00–145.00	$135.54	$708	+8.50
550–595	576	36	95.00–140.00	$126.23	$727	+7.35
605–640	623	17	101.00–130.00	$115.57	$720	+4.07
660–675	671	8	115.00–120.00	$117.89	$791	+13.99
705–745	723	4	106.00–122.00	$113.15	$818	+8.06
775–795	785	4	101.00–119.00	$109.84	$862	+4.84

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1675	1180	80-85%	194	52.00–66.00	$60.10	$709	-2.39
1015–1540	1200	80-85%	59	64.00–80.00	$72.17	$866	—
845–1630	1208	80-85%	230	58.00–73.00	$66.48	$803	-1.58

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1275	1022	85-90%	117	35.00–61.00	$51.15	$523	+3.78
845–1325	1068	85-90%	78	48.00–71.00	$57.47	$614	+6.44
715–1390	1070	85-90%	136	40.00–66.00	$54.17	$580	+3.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1490	1312	75-80%	22	64.50–77.00	$70.11	$920	—
1080–1790	1435	75-80%	36	55.00–67.00	$61.41	$881	+2.96
1035–1750	1443	75-80%	80	57.00–73.00	$65.43	$944	+6.98

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–2270	1554	42	72.00–95.00	$82.32	$1,279	—
1060–2160	1684	51	79.00–100.00	$89.67	$1,510	—
1790–2195	1923	8	90.00–102.00	$94.15	$1,811	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,035.00	$992.50
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	732.00–795.00	$762.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	48	450.00–770.00	$595.35

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	540.00–665.00	$602.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	300.00–585.00	$414.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	730.00–815.00	$758.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	750.00–1,250.00	$995.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	81	700.00–1,050.00	$886.05
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,008.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,214.58
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	34	600.00–900.00	$721.47
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	820.00–900.00	$884.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,083.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	500.00–800.00	$695.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	710.00–1,030.00	$875.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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)	9	300.00–475.00	$387.22
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	400.00–725.00	$578.95
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–600.00	$575.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	260.00	$260.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	325.00	$325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,075.00–1,185.00	$1,123.89

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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	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	950.00–1,400.00	$1,165.63	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	800.00–1,450.00	$1,128.26	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	625.00–825.00	$682.14	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	730.00–850.00	$766.00	—

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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.