Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Weekly Wtd Avg, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 27, 2023

7,663 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.34/cwt +0.89 vs last sale · ≈ $880/hd at 472 lb · 138 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $192.84/cwt +3.96 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 428 lb · 126 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $171.58/cwt +6.64 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 525 lb · 120 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,663	9,479	7,908
Feeder cattle	6,003	7,069	6,197
Slaughter cattle	1,202	1,400	1,117
Replacement cattle	458	1,010	594

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 5.00 higher. All feeder classes sold steady to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 96,567 compared to 91,923 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
290	290	1	244.00	$244.00	$708	-3.32
315–340	330	9	230.00–257.50	$247.29	$816	+9.09
353–390	368	23	222.00–256.00	$232.74	$856	+1.37
380 value added	380	2	265.00–267.00	$266.00	$1,011	+21.00
400–440	416	55	218.00–245.00	$226.98	$944	+8.20
450–495	477	36	210.00–237.00	$218.12	$1,040	+4.58
500–545	523	36	200.00–230.00	$215.27	$1,126	+5.67
555–590	569	49	188.00–219.50	$207.73	$1,182	+9.36
572 value added	572	19	216.00	$216.00	$1,236	+11.33
610–642	633	54	186.00–204.00	$196.97	$1,247	+5.40
658 value added	658	5	188.00	$188.00	$1,237	+3.00
650–695	678	14	180.00–194.00	$185.75	$1,259	+3.99
718 value added	718	71	184.50	$184.50	$1,325	—
703–726	719	18	176.00–187.00	$182.05	$1,309	+9.50
760–780	769	4	155.00–172.00	$165.02	$1,269	-1.10
802 value added	802	64	177.50	$177.50	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	236.00	$236.00	$661	+6.00
305–345	324	10	227.00–257.00	$234.90	$761	+9.79
355–390	375	23	210.00–230.00	$221.92	$832	+9.00
400–446	427	28	196.00–227.00	$209.33	$894	-0.53
450–491	473	52	194.00–225.00	$211.38	$1,000	+6.11
500–545	530	26	185.00–217.00	$198.77	$1,053	+7.81
560–595	584	23	184.00–200.00	$191.77	$1,120	+3.32
605–645	636	32	170.00–207.00	$187.78	$1,194	+0.87
655–695	667	19	152.00–185.00	$175.34	$1,170	+5.53
720–745	729	18	150.00–188.00	$174.89	$1,275	+5.12
770	770	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,263	+4.11
835	835	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	5	207.00–220.00	$214.30	$714	+3.28
365–390	376	16	185.00–215.00	$200.64	$754	+1.81
405–445	421	10	182.00–220.00	$201.59	$849	+3.94
465–470	468	4	170.00–175.00	$172.51	$807	-17.10
505–540	528	3	175.00–193.00	$185.56	$980	+6.46
580–590	583	3	150.00–160.00	$156.63	$913	-22.82
635	635	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	-0.01
720	720	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,015	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	220.00	$220.00	$451	—
255–295	281	7	195.00–234.00	$215.10	$604	-20.80
305–340	325	28	194.00–228.00	$207.11	$673	+10.28
350–395	379	88	180.00–220.00	$197.38	$748	+6.63
365–388 fancy	387	16	207.50–217.00	$208.06	$805	—
400–445	428	106	175.00–205.00	$191.01	$818	+3.13
400–445 fancy	429	20	197.00–212.00	$202.55	$869	+4.55
450–485 fancy	466	17	190.00–197.00	$193.47	$902	+6.47
450–499	473	121	170.00–196.50	$185.34	$877	+2.57
500–505 fancy	503	2	180.00–182.00	$181.00	$910	-0.77
500–545	523	79	165.00–191.00	$179.69	$940	+2.94
551–595	567	63	160.00–183.00	$174.70	$991	+5.28
600–647	618	35	155.00–173.00	$164.09	$1,014	-0.34
620 fancy	620	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,035	-8.00
650–695	672	15	147.50–170.00	$159.42	$1,071	+2.55
680 fancy	680	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,156	—
702 value added	702	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,158	—
705–740	725	19	140.00–156.00	$151.18	$1,096	+5.56
710–740 fancy	727	3	149.00–150.00	$149.67	$1,088	+0.88
757–785	763	8	137.00–155.00	$151.38	$1,155	+9.92
790 fancy	790	3	142.00–145.00	$143.00	$1,130	—
847	847	7	147.50	$147.50	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	275	12	180.00–220.00	$201.33	$554	+9.45
300–345	326	54	175.00–210.00	$191.33	$624	+4.32
350–395	373	82	167.50–205.00	$187.09	$698	+5.12
400–445	423	88	162.50–192.50	$182.16	$771	+4.95
455–497	478	86	157.50–185.00	$174.52	$834	+3.64
500–548	525	120	150.00–180.00	$171.58	$901	+6.64
550–595	569	73	150.00–175.00	$162.65	$925	+3.55
600–645	624	93	142.50–167.00	$162.41	$1,013	+8.05
650–695	679	21	137.50–160.00	$155.82	$1,058	+7.44
700–720	708	4	140.00–145.00	$143.01	$1,013	+3.15
775–785	780	2	139.00–142.00	$140.49	$1,096	+20.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–530	529	47	185.00–189.00	$188.24	$996	—
574–576	574	101	177.00–183.50	$182.60	$1,048	—
655–672	656	80	160.00–174.50	$173.20	$1,136	—
731	731	4	152.00	$152.00	$1,111	-20.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	279	4	190.00–212.00	$200.96	$561	+15.96
305–345	322	21	170.00–200.00	$178.12	$574	+1.87
355–395	374	56	162.00–195.00	$175.45	$656	+4.45
400–445	423	32	150.00–180.00	$168.58	$713	+9.32
455–495	478	32	152.00–177.00	$161.97	$774	+1.45
500–545	525	14	150.00–165.00	$156.69	$823	+4.47
555–595	576	10	145.00–161.00	$152.53	$879	+6.83
615–635	623	6	125.00–155.00	$144.22	$898	+6.79
675–690	683	2	139.00–145.00	$142.03	$970	+5.00
765	765	1	120.00	$120.00	$918	-20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	225.00–235.00	$229.79	$540	-8.57
255–295	273	9	216.00–245.00	$228.35	$623	+6.04
300–345	321	37	210.00–247.00	$225.78	$725	+12.89
355–395	373	41	192.00–232.00	$211.36	$788	+6.73
400–445	427	61	186.00–222.00	$204.83	$875	+8.37
450–495	472	60	177.00–210.00	$193.92	$915	+5.68
500–545	524	64	170.00–200.00	$186.18	$976	+5.16
555–595	576	30	167.00–192.00	$178.62	$1,029	+1.62
600–640	622	13	160.00–169.00	$165.43	$1,029	-2.47
650–690	668	15	150.00–168.00	$160.74	$1,074	+4.08
700–745	726	8	140.00–158.00	$149.65	$1,086	-4.66
770–795	785	3	136.00–146.00	$140.72	$1,105	-5.66

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	226.00–234.00	$230.17	$529	-24.83
255–295	286	8	232.00–265.00	$239.22	$684	+2.06
305–345	322	29	226.00–255.00	$237.20	$764	+10.05
350–380 fancy	363	3	247.00–250.00	$248.05	$900	+3.70
350–395	374	48	206.00–252.00	$229.84	$860	+9.51
405	405	3	237.50	$237.50	$962	+26.77
405–420 fancy	413	3	237.00–238.00	$237.33	$980	+12.29
400–445	425	63	196.00–235.00	$220.39	$937	+9.66
450–495	469	43	195.00–222.00	$209.92	$985	+13.48
510–520 fancy	515	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,092	+12.00
500–545	522	51	180.00–212.00	$195.42	$1,020	+5.34
550–595	570	20	175.00–195.00	$186.36	$1,062	+4.75
600–645	617	24	170.00–190.00	$180.56	$1,114	+7.45
655–695	669	15	162.00–180.00	$169.64	$1,135	-0.30
705–740	729	5	160.00–165.00	$161.77	$1,179	-0.18
750–795	770	6	142.00–152.00	$145.54	$1,121	-0.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	208.00–218.00	$212.95	$486	-7.05
260–295	277	5	212.00–242.00	$230.48	$638	+27.18
305–345	328	10	195.00–227.00	$212.02	$695	+11.28
360–395	388	12	180.00–222.00	$194.63	$755	+7.50
405–445	424	26	170.00–212.00	$189.16	$802	+7.75
450–495	470	26	165.00–199.00	$185.08	$870	+10.65
505–545	523	16	157.00–190.00	$172.30	$901	+9.20
555–595	579	13	160.00–180.00	$167.48	$970	+9.97
600–640	623	8	150.00–168.00	$158.52	$988	+10.03
655–660	658	2	158.00–160.00	$159.00	$1,046	+12.38

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1500	1131	80-85%	114	73.00–91.00	$83.44	$944	+1.02
920–1555	1168	80-85%	149	84.00–100.00	$91.21	$1,065	+3.24
890–1520	1233	80-85%	72	91.00–109.00	$97.96	$1,208	+4.08

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1360	956	85-90%	80	50.00–83.00	$70.54	$674	+1.20
705–1260	980	85-90%	97	59.00–90.00	$75.23	$737	+5.89
805–1245	999	85-90%	73	67.00–95.00	$80.01	$799	+10.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1640	1344	75-80%	28	89.00–105.00	$99.30	$1,335	+6.02
1110–1885	1399	75-80%	46	82.00–99.00	$90.85	$1,271	+5.49
1145–1695	1511	75-80%	12	79.00–89.00	$82.66	$1,249	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–2210	1526	59	96.00–117.00	$105.86	$1,615	—
1030–1840	1568	40	89.00–110.00	$97.89	$1,535	—
1450–2235	1782	33	105.00–123.00	$112.73	$2,009	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	400.00–695.00	$523.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	610.00–1,090.00	$844.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	450.00–540.00	$488.57

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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)	4	650.00–745.00	$713.75
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,155.00	$1,155.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	800.00–1,375.00	$1,087.63
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	700.00–1,325.00	$973.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	700.00–1,200.00	$968.75
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–845.00	$830.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	600.00–1,200.00	$818.18
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–1,000.00	$807.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	400.00–950.00	$725.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	550.00–690.00	$630.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	790.00–865.00	$805.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$825.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–900.00	$862.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	700.00–850.00	$778.57
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,182.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	750.00–1,425.00	$1,166.79	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	880.00–1,040.00	$978.75	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,087.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,075.00–1,225.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–985.00	$821.25	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–775.00	$737.50	—

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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.