Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Weekly Wtd Avg, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 8, 2024

10,300 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $279.88/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,192/hd at 426 lb · 143 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $259.90/cwt -5.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,245/hd at 479 lb · 133 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $250.45/cwt -1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,322/hd at 528 lb · 107 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,300	7,356	5,769
Feeder cattle	7,556	5,507	4,411
Slaughter cattle	1,666	1,308	896
Replacement cattle	1,078	541	462

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. All feeder classes sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 144,823 compared to 159,468 year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	327	19	320.00–380.00	$364.85	$1,193	+7.70
355–385	374	38	300.00–355.00	$338.55	$1,266	-6.20
400–445	421	37	280.00–350.00	$323.66	$1,363	-9.82
453–495	471	39	270.00–330.00	$313.33	$1,476	+4.15
505–540	525	39	250.00–313.00	$297.96	$1,564	-10.43
555–595	577	35	245.00–300.00	$279.46	$1,612	-10.68
605–636	620	35	240.00–286.00	$262.97	$1,630	-3.72
650–685	667	19	230.00–260.00	$237.70	$1,585	-20.84
710–727	726	54	220.00–240.00	$239.24	$1,737	-3.27
753–795	764	28	207.00–231.00	$227.00	$1,734	-12.12

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	327	11	335.00–360.00	$346.08	$1,132	+6.15
350–395	373	25	325.00–335.00	$330.88	$1,234	+0.29
405–445	424	20	310.00–340.00	$318.37	$1,350	-0.32
455–497	479	52	297.00–317.00	$304.93	$1,461	+0.92
505–545	527	13	272.00–292.00	$284.87	$1,501	-7.13
555–595	575	22	250.00–280.00	$272.11	$1,565	-5.69
605–635	621	14	225.00–270.00	$252.17	$1,566	+2.82
655–695	672	9	220.00–250.00	$236.90	$1,592	+5.95
724–740	729	6	195.00–240.00	$221.12	$1,612	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	390.00	$390.00	$858	—
260	260	1	380.00	$380.00	$988	+20.00
310–340	325	6	355.00–380.00	$370.76	$1,205	+3.96
360–385	373	8	330.00–380.00	$355.19	$1,325	-12.24
400–440	421	22	300.00–355.00	$340.81	$1,435	-10.03
435 value added	435	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,610	—
450–485	467	13	280.00–345.00	$320.82	$1,498	-13.77
505–535	522	20	275.00–330.00	$310.91	$1,623	-6.25
561–580	573	13	264.00–310.00	$279.08	$1,599	-16.23
600–635	620	7	260.00–290.00	$267.91	$1,661	-10.98
655–665	660	3	247.00–253.00	$249.99	$1,650	-13.76
710–743	729	4	235.00–245.00	$238.67	$1,740	+6.67
750–789	770	19	222.00–235.00	$229.69	$1,769	-0.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	72	259.50	$259.50	$1,661	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	327.00	$327.00	$867	+7.90
300–345	325	49	285.00–317.00	$302.09	$982	-9.33
350–397	373	59	265.00–310.00	$288.78	$1,077	-6.51
400–445	426	143	250.00–295.00	$279.88	$1,192	-1.53
450–498	479	133	240.00–285.00	$259.90	$1,245	-5.07
500–545	528	107	230.00–265.00	$250.45	$1,322	-1.20
550–595	575	93	222.00–250.00	$237.14	$1,364	-5.68
600–645	624	36	217.00–240.00	$226.34	$1,412	-6.32
650–698	676	19	190.00–225.00	$213.09	$1,440	-12.30
700–735	717	9	180.00–215.00	$198.98	$1,427	-9.63
755–793	786	17	172.00–201.00	$193.02	$1,517	+6.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	325.00	$325.00	$796	-5.00
280–295	288	4	315.00–320.00	$318.72	$918	+9.25
305–345	325	28	265.00–310.00	$287.83	$935	-3.43
355–395	376	37	265.00–295.00	$280.49	$1,055	+2.80
400–445	425	58	245.00–280.00	$262.42	$1,115	-5.33
450–495	470	73	222.00–270.00	$251.99	$1,184	-5.71
500–545	527	48	205.00–250.00	$238.56	$1,257	-1.01
550–595	579	32	220.00–235.00	$229.27	$1,327	-7.92
600–645	628	32	190.00–232.00	$212.67	$1,336	-7.74
650–695	669	7	197.00–215.00	$208.36	$1,394	+12.71
705–745	723	4	200.00–205.00	$201.29	$1,455	+8.44

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	350.00	$350.00	$840	+22.02
310–345	330	38	305.00–325.00	$313.98	$1,036	-9.27
350–385	370	30	290.00–322.00	$304.84	$1,128	-9.62
400–445	414	46	270.00–300.00	$286.00	$1,184	-12.50
450–490	463	23	242.00–290.00	$277.47	$1,285	-7.54
500–537	510	39	245.00–280.00	$252.84	$1,289	-11.46
555–581	568	26	236.00–255.00	$244.94	$1,391	-9.43
600–645	614	37	227.00–249.00	$241.17	$1,481	+1.37
650–678	669	49	220.00–230.00	$224.84	$1,504	-8.41
681–682 value added	681	5	240.00–250.00	$246.00	$1,675	—
700–740	727	24	210.00–220.00	$211.35	$1,537	+3.65

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
492	492	14	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
597	597	9	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
613–635	624	14	1,525.00–1,650.00	$1,588.60	—
665–677	674	7	1,625.00–1,750.00	$1,714.74	—
718–742	730	22	1,725.00–1,775.00	$1,743.16	—
826	826	9	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
854–898	869	28	1,800.00–1,850.00	$1,818.32	—
905	905	6	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800 value added	800	64	206.50	$206.50	$1,652	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
873	873	3	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	263	9	320.00–365.00	$339.11	$892	-13.05
310–345	330	23	330.00–375.00	$345.89	$1,141	-7.65
350–395	374	48	300.00–352.00	$328.20	$1,227	-9.99
400–445	426	86	280.00–335.00	$310.71	$1,324	-7.89
450–495	473	58	260.00–310.00	$290.75	$1,375	-8.64
500–545	527	50	250.00–290.00	$266.78	$1,406	-20.76
550–595	574	45	245.00–275.00	$254.69	$1,462	-11.40
600–645	624	27	225.00–252.00	$237.69	$1,483	-16.03
655–675	665	12	205.00–236.00	$224.48	$1,493	-14.62
700–730	716	12	181.00–220.00	$206.60	$1,479	-12.66
760–780	772	5	170.00–200.00	$179.90	$1,389	-26.20
800	800	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,536	+12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	2	345.00	$345.00	$752	—
270–295	283	3	330.00–340.00	$335.09	$948	+0.32
300–340	318	21	318.00–355.00	$334.90	$1,065	+10.14
355–395	372	47	295.00–335.00	$321.05	$1,194	+0.11
400–445	421	51	280.00–310.00	$297.79	$1,254	-7.38
450–495	477	49	255.00–300.00	$279.78	$1,335	-8.05
500–545	522	43	230.00–278.00	$259.29	$1,353	-15.67
550–590	569	25	225.00–262.00	$247.25	$1,407	-13.86
605–645	626	28	195.00–245.00	$224.61	$1,406	-20.72
655–695	680	15	180.00–225.00	$203.05	$1,381	-26.43
705–745	727	16	170.00–212.00	$199.37	$1,449	-13.13
790	790	2	175.00–180.00	$177.50	$1,402	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–215	213	2	360.00–390.00	$375.18	$799	-19.82
275–295	286	4	350.00–380.00	$371.57	$1,063	-6.41
300–340	325	13	345.00–365.00	$356.71	$1,159	-10.68
355–395	368	25	330.00–355.00	$343.44	$1,264	-6.94
400–445	417	36	310.00–340.00	$324.09	$1,351	-8.48
450–485	460	21	295.00–325.00	$309.16	$1,422	-5.59
505–540	518	19	265.00–305.00	$278.22	$1,441	-21.13
555–585	564	19	257.00–275.00	$263.58	$1,487	-14.74
600–630	609	7	240.00–260.00	$250.73	$1,527	-6.71
660–680	666	5	230.00–242.00	$235.35	$1,567	-10.62
710–715	713	2	220.00–225.00	$222.49	$1,586	-9.54
750	750	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,672	+1.27

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1535	1180	80-85%	199	120.00–144.00	$130.62	$1,541	+1.85
830–1520	1189	80-85%	177	113.00–135.00	$124.66	$1,482	-4.11
905–1705	1265	80-85%	57	130.00–152.00	$138.76	$1,755	+0.04

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1250	966	85-90%	95	95.00–118.00	$106.83	$1,032	-2.64
810–1295	1015	85-90%	118	105.00–127.00	$115.26	$1,170	-0.56
795–1410	1046	85-90%	75	110.00–131.00	$120.57	$1,261	+4.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1635	1368	75-80%	22	128.00–143.00	$134.51	$1,840	+2.93
1190–1870	1423	75-80%	86	122.00–137.00	$128.35	$1,826	-10.13
1270–1700	1507	75-80%	39	115.00–131.00	$122.94	$1,853	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–2270	1453	47	130.00–152.00	$143.60	$2,087	+3.20
1305–2120	1677	40	139.00–160.00	$150.60	$2,526	—
1200–2240	1841	24	150.00–170.00	$162.81	$2,997	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	760.00–900.00	$838.02
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	950.00–1,281.00	$1,117.26

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	740.00–850.00	$795.00

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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)	54	1,145.00–1,825.00	$1,483.89
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,487.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,350.00–2,400.00	$2,387.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	1,400.00–2,150.00	$1,693.44
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,700.00–2,400.00	$1,946.88
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	1,025.00–1,750.00	$1,367.05

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,060.00–1,300.00	$1,188.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,340.00–1,525.00	$1,432.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	950.00–1,000.00	$975.00

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)	3	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,225.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,087.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,159.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,500.00	$1,257.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,250.00–1,475.00	$1,350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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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
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00–2,550.00	$2,350.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	55	1,425.00–2,450.00	$1,666.36	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	85	1,500.00–2,800.00	$1,952.35	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	2,150.00–2,675.00	$2,358.11	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,350.00–1,650.00	$1,509.38	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,670.83	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,850.00–2,200.00	$2,062.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,546.88	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,325.00–1,475.00	$1,385.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,233.33	—

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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.