Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale Market Report

Russellville, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 1, 2021

631 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $116.40/cwt +13.08 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 622 lb · 54 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.94/cwt +7.94 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 505 lb · 53 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $124.72/cwt ≈ $979/hd at 785 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	631	131	1,008
Feeder cattle	562	88	903
Slaughter cattle	40	29	52
Replacement cattle	29	14	53

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter Bulls and Cows sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	376	4	162.50–170.00	$165.61	$623	+5.61
405–430	420	5	150.00–160.00	$157.08	$660	+9.54
452–480	454	29	140.00–150.00	$142.13	$645	—
525–545	535	2	135.00–139.00	$136.96	$733	—
586	586	20	134.00	$134.00	$785	—
623	623	22	133.75	$133.75	$833	—
667	667	38	126.50	$126.50	$844	—
753–794	785	52	124.50–125.50	$124.72	$979	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	6	153.00	$153.00	$571	—
455–460	458	2	125.00–130.00	$127.51	$584	—
501	501	8	124.00	$124.00	$621	—
560–575	565	3	115.00–121.00	$117.04	$661	-7.96

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	385	4	140.00–144.00	$142.22	$548	+12.22
405–445	428	35	134.00–138.00	$134.21	$574	—
505–510	505	53	125.00–128.00	$127.94	$646	+7.94
562	562	17	118.00	$118.00	$663	+6.74
613–624	622	54	116.00–118.00	$116.40	$724	+13.08
691–699	697	17	112.00–112.50	$112.38	$783	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	145.00	$145.00	$413	—
301–345	315	9	132.50–140.00	$134.73	$424	—
471–495	475	14	117.00–124.00	$119.73	$569	+6.74
505–515	510	2	107.50–110.00	$108.76	$555	+1.31

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	125.00	$125.00	$431	—
390	390	2	115.00	$115.00	$448	—
415–420	419	7	110.00–115.00	$110.71	$464	—
470–480	473	4	105.00–110.00	$108.73	$514	—
540	540	2	100.00	$100.00	$540	—
580	580	4	95.00–100.00	$97.50	$566	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	150.00–157.50	$153.84	$638	+8.84
465–470	468	3	142.50–145.00	$143.33	$671	+5.81
540–545	542	3	130.00–132.50	$131.66	$714	—
555–595	571	5	123.00–130.00	$125.95	$719	+4.73
629	629	7	120.00	$120.00	$755	+2.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	142.50–147.50	$145.16	$396	—
330	330	1	137.50	$137.50	$454	—
405	405	2	130.00	$130.00	$526	—
475–490	483	2	122.50–125.00	$123.77	$598	-1.13
505–510	508	3	117.50–120.00	$119.17	$605	+1.60
570–575	572	3	109.00–110.00	$109.66	$627	-5.34
635–648	644	3	105.00–108.00	$107.01	$689	-2.99

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1145	1076	80-85%	5	53.00–57.00	$54.74	$589	—
930–1230	1083	80-85%	7	61.00–65.00	$63.63	$689	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1410	1358	75-80%	2	55.00–59.00	$57.08	$775	—
1335–1445	1391	75-80%	5	64.00–68.00	$65.57	$912	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–890	867	85-90%	3	42.00–45.00	$43.03	$373	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,106	—
1285–1695	1469	4	80.00–83.00	$82.01	$1,205	—
1770–2200	2013	5	89.00–93.00	$90.69	$1,826	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1165–1220	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00–925.00	$851.73
1075–1405	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	925.00–1,125.00	$1,017.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–985	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–800.00	$698.24

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1025	947	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–950.00	$819.98

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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
1015–1160	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,010.00–1,125.00	$1,056.78	—
1525 fancy	1525	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.