Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Weekly Wtd Avg, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 7, 2022

11,377 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.92/cwt -3.67 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 573 lb · 137 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.85/cwt -1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 518 lb · 116 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $140.95/cwt -0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 477 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,377	11,050	16,969
Feeder cattle	9,527	8,843	13,950
Slaughter cattle	1,425	1,574	1,962
Replacement cattle	425	633	1,057

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. All feeder classes sold uneven, mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 548,457 compared to 570,076 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
300–320	313	3	182.50–185.00	$184.20	$577	—
350–390	361	4	170.00–210.00	$190.67	$688	-7.04
400–432	418	22	167.50–195.00	$181.33	$758	-3.53
455 value added	455	6	178.00	$178.00	$810	-9.00
450–495	473	51	165.00–187.00	$179.89	$851	-4.20
520 value added	520	12	172.00	$172.00	$894	-7.00
500–549	526	63	146.00–186.50	$173.54	$913	+2.48
550–572 value added	559	7	177.50	$177.50	$992	-0.50
550–599	570	67	142.00–178.00	$169.56	$966	+0.23
602–645	622	43	150.00–173.00	$163.93	$1,020	+1.45
644 value added	644	8	179.00	$179.00	$1,153	+12.00
650–695	679	66	138.00–168.00	$159.30	$1,082	+0.48
655–695 value added	686	35	172.00–175.00	$174.35	$1,196	+12.35
705–728 value added	719	5	153.00–168.00	$158.88	$1,142	+8.87
719–740	732	24	135.00–165.00	$152.22	$1,114	-5.93
755–795	778	6	130.00–138.00	$132.62	$1,032	-16.75
807–840	818	3	120.00–142.00	$134.47	$1,100	+7.47
958	958	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,255	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	178.00	$178.00	$427	—
325–345	331	9	168.00–190.00	$180.20	$596	-5.25
350–397	374	44	166.00–190.00	$179.73	$672	+1.49
400–449	424	33	168.00–186.00	$178.01	$755	+6.56
455–496	481	35	150.00–178.00	$167.99	$808	-2.25
500–545	521	37	140.00–172.00	$163.99	$854	-1.16
550–595	573	46	139.00–170.00	$157.44	$902	+2.96
600–640	621	30	137.00–165.00	$147.68	$917	-3.47
650–691	671	27	133.00–150.00	$140.38	$942	-6.88
725–745	734	7	130.00–150.00	$136.64	$1,003	-6.54
755–775	765	4	124.00–148.00	$139.36	$1,066	-4.80
825	825	1	120.00	$120.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608	608	6	166.00	$166.00	$1,009	—
659–696	673	54	157.00–165.00	$159.84	$1,076	—
717	717	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,111	—
750–797	755	36	145.00–150.00	$148.90	$1,124	—
802	802	6	129.50	$129.50	$1,039	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	164.00	$164.00	$459	—
305–340	327	11	160.00–180.00	$172.36	$564	+4.02
355–375	372	14	152.00–185.00	$169.03	$629	±0.00
400–445	429	10	160.00–178.00	$170.19	$730	+9.70
460–495	476	13	130.00–167.00	$149.77	$713	-0.58
505–546	535	11	135.00–156.00	$137.60	$736	-9.38
555–595	571	17	123.00–148.00	$129.54	$740	-10.42
600–645	628	12	118.00–145.00	$131.63	$827	+3.23
655	655	1	127.00	$127.00	$832	+8.80
760–795	778	3	129.00–131.00	$129.99	$1,011	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	328	13	157.00–167.50	$163.36	$536	-3.66
355–385	375	43	147.00–165.00	$158.46	$594	+6.00
400–445	422	91	144.00–160.00	$152.95	$645	-0.58
455 fancy	455	1	154.00	$154.00	$701	—
450–495	472	60	142.00–157.00	$148.71	$702	-1.33
512–515 value added	513	29	148.50–152.00	$150.19	$770	—
500–540	520	87	135.00–152.00	$144.41	$751	-12.59
560–575 fancy	564	14	142.00–145.00	$143.28	$808	-2.05
550–590 value added	570	8	140.00–144.00	$141.93	$809	-9.09
550–595	574	115	132.00–149.00	$141.75	$814	-2.70
613–630 fancy	616	5	136.00–147.00	$138.25	$852	-4.75
605–645	628	83	127.00–145.00	$139.32	$875	-1.81
640 value added	640	21	149.50	$149.50	$957	+1.55
655 fancy	655	9	143.00	$143.00	$937	+4.00
659 value added	659	5	140.00	$140.00	$923	-2.43
650–695	674	34	120.00–141.00	$134.28	$905	+1.12
700–745	729	34	120.00–134.00	$129.17	$942	+4.79
755–785	773	22	115.00–130.00	$124.78	$965	+1.77
1000	1000	3	87.50	$87.50	$875	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	262	3	146.00–160.00	$153.32	$402	—
305–340	317	24	135.00–160.00	$148.63	$471	-4.27
350–395	379	53	140.00–159.00	$147.75	$560	-1.23
400–445	421	89	132.50–156.00	$145.87	$614	-0.09
450–495	477	110	126.00–151.00	$140.95	$672	-0.20
500–545	526	76	119.00–146.00	$136.59	$718	-2.14
550–590	572	60	115.00–144.00	$130.49	$746	-1.64
600–645	627	22	115.00–133.00	$123.17	$772	-3.49
650–695	677	13	95.00–130.00	$116.92	$792	-7.39
700–745	722	12	110.00–126.00	$116.93	$844	-2.17
760	760	1	115.00	$115.00	$874	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	138.00	$138.00	$380	—
300–340	318	20	130.00–160.00	$147.07	$468	+8.87
350–395	375	43	130.00–156.00	$143.78	$539	+2.91
405–445	425	58	117.00–150.00	$133.73	$568	-2.85
450–495	473	47	110.00–145.00	$128.22	$606	-1.89
500–545	526	42	115.00–137.00	$125.99	$663	+1.12
550–590	579	22	110.00–132.00	$118.28	$685	-1.81
605–645	629	8	110.00–122.00	$116.85	$735	-1.62
675	675	6	108.00–115.00	$111.33	$751	-3.24
700–705	702	3	100.00–109.00	$103.01	$723	-8.99
765	765	1	104.00	$104.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	89	162.25	$162.25	$969	—
600–647	641	29	142.00–146.00	$142.52	$914	—
723	723	18	134.00	$134.00	$969	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	178.00	$178.00	$409	—
255–290	274	7	174.00–180.00	$176.15	$483	—
300–345	327	24	165.00–187.50	$173.91	$569	+5.19
350–395	380	56	157.50–187.00	$173.86	$661	+7.51
400–445	424	56	150.00–177.00	$165.73	$703	+3.38
450–495	478	82	149.00–167.50	$160.64	$768	+5.76
500–545	522	73	131.00–162.00	$149.32	$779	-0.68
550–595	574	55	124.00–152.50	$141.81	$814	+1.20
600–645	622	61	117.00–145.00	$132.62	$825	-1.89
650–696	673	35	116.00–139.00	$128.99	$868	-0.15
710–745	730	10	105.00–128.00	$115.54	$843	-7.64
755–795	782	16	115.00–120.00	$117.05	$915	-1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	318	16	170.00–185.00	$178.84	$569	-2.69
350–395	376	40	167.50–195.00	$175.84	$661	+0.55
400–445	423	49	162.00–187.00	$170.25	$720	+2.46
450–490	469	38	151.00–175.00	$164.16	$770	-0.27
500–545	524	44	147.00–171.00	$155.11	$813	-4.63
550–595	566	31	136.00–158.00	$147.58	$835	-3.28
600–640	615	21	129.00–152.00	$140.56	$864	-0.67
655–690	667	12	130.00–142.00	$136.04	$907	-1.73
700–745	716	13	120.00–130.00	$124.51	$891	-7.83
750–770	759	4	120.00–122.00	$121.00	$918	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	282	3	168.00–170.00	$169.33	$478	+5.49
300–340	321	13	160.00–182.00	$170.80	$548	+2.70
350–395	374	21	140.00–175.00	$164.88	$617	+7.05
400–445	426	42	141.00–167.00	$158.09	$673	+6.70
455–495	478	37	122.00–158.00	$145.80	$697	+5.70
500–545	518	34	120.00–148.00	$140.86	$730	+5.32
550–598	586	35	115.00–138.00	$128.87	$755	+2.64
600–640	621	15	110.00–130.00	$124.30	$772	+8.73
650–695	675	17	105.00–125.00	$115.71	$781	-2.18
705–740	723	6	110.00–115.00	$111.32	$805	-1.83
770–780	777	3	100.00–107.00	$102.31	$795	-7.53

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1505	1126	80-85%	139	45.00–65.00	$58.53	$659	—
890–1620	1192	80-85%	205	59.00–72.00	$65.19	$777	+5.09
955–1455	1222	80-85%	60	66.00–79.00	$71.64	$875	+5.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1270	1014	85-90%	105	38.00–60.00	$51.22	$519	+0.07
800–1340	1022	85-90%	128	40.00–66.00	$53.44	$546	+2.29
810–1365	1059	85-90%	76	47.00–68.00	$55.40	$587	-2.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1740	1368	75-80%	21	68.00–80.00	$74.25	$1,016	—
1010–1675	1413	75-80%	40	53.00–67.00	$60.66	$857	-0.75
1040–1825	1416	75-80%	103	60.00–73.00	$66.16	$937	+4.75

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2200	1479	34	72.00–89.00	$80.82	$1,195	—
1080–2320	1594	45	79.00–98.00	$88.77	$1,415	—
1480–2090	1816	21	86.00–103.00	$93.90	$1,705	—

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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	29	504.00–985.00	$675.45
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	805.00–1,000.00	$902.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	300.00–550.00	$401.58

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	430.00–600.00	$515.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	575.00–1,075.00	$860.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,293.75
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,195.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	665.00–750.00	$701.43
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	550.00–980.00	$807.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	750.00–1,250.00	$974.00

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)	4	450.00–750.00	$631.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	525.00–650.00	$598.57
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	350.00–675.00	$482.86
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	700.00–875.00	$782.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–925.00	$893.75

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	200.00–270.00	$235.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–875.00	$816.67

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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	15	850.00–1,375.00	$1,128.33	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,000.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,130.00–1,275.00	$1,202.50	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–725.00	$687.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	625.00–875.00	$735.94	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	875.00–1,100.00	$967.86	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	550.00–750.00	$670.00	—

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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.