Name: Dothan Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.19/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −47.14 against this barn's trailing median of $384.32.

Average price

$337.19

40 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$44.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.07

vs AL average

−47.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	352.85	1,810	6thin
Medium and Large 2	528	341.08	1,800	27
Medium and Large 3	534	308.76	1,649	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.09/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $441.43, low $334.51, median $384.32 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

337.19

—

AL average15 barns · 559 hd

337.26

−0.07

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−47.20

This barn, trailing median28 sales

384.32

−47.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,674	184.36	3,087	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,317	170.27	2,243	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,531	167.37	2,562	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	145.68	1,544	33

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,918	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,454	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,830	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,688	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,750	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,479	15

Every lot, as filed

84 lots · USDA AMS · Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	532.41/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	527.45/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	483.37/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	321.44/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,028	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	333.47/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,251	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	361.75/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,899	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	305.24/cwt	302.00–312.00	2,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,288	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	377.64/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,643	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	355.90/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	446.18/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,968	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	368.08/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,135	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	366.12/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	404.07/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,944	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	344.87/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,000	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	416.02/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,113	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	392.43/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	351.00/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	438.38/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	288.23/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,257	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	564.84/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	352.85/cwt	352.00–357.00	1,810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	435.03/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	679.68/cwt	670.00–690.00	1,584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	406.64/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	432.88/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,822	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,086	1
Bulls	—	—	1,556	177.11/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,756	5
Bulls	—	—	1,839	192.07/cwt	191.00–196.00	3,532	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	133.81/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,398	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	155.63/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,577	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	174.54/cwt	172.00–177.00	2,356	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	166.72/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,151	18
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,783.33/head	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,783	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,722.22/head	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,722	9
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,213.33/head	2,100.00–2,270.00	2,213	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,075.00/head	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,120.00/head	3,100.00–3,140.00	3,120	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,072.50/head	1,945.00–2,200.00	2,073	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,478.67/head	1,390.00–1,580.00	1,479	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,635.00/head	2,500.00–2,770.00	2,635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	534	347.16/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,854	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,241	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,109	1
Bulls	—	—	1,652	186.17/cwt	182.00–188.00	3,076	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	148.26/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,650	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	167.37/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,562	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	377.54/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	280.97/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,911	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	318.71/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	374.92/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,830	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	412.43/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,592	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	286.64/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	450.09/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,238	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	301.64/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,166	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	314.57/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,064	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	305.08/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	388.25/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,089	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	422.65/cwt	422.00–425.00	1,762	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	350.93/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,642	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	336.65/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	319.88/cwt	317.00–325.00	2,015	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	392.94/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	322.98/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,402	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	534	308.76/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,649	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	412.85/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	323.35/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	342.34/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,773	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	429.13/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,601	10

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL

Mon Oct 6, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 614Last week 739Year ago 620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 79Year ago 107

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 52Year ago 144

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	370.00–385.00	377.54
1	500–550	510	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	480.00–485.00	483.37
8	400–450	441	445.00–455.00	446.18
5	450–500	481	400.00–410.00	404.07
6	500–550	538	385.00–395.00	388.25
4	550–600	580	365.00–377.00	368.08
2	600–650	620	352.00–360.00	355.90
2	650–700	675	330.00–337.00	333.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	435.00–445.00	438.38
10	500–550	508	410.00–420.00	416.02
6	600–650	620	369.00	369.00
2	650–700	673	350.00–352.00	351.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	530.00–535.00	532.41
2	300–350	315	455.00	455.00
5	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
9	400–450	417	422.00–425.00	422.65
4	450–500	475	390.00	390.00
11	500–550	525	360.00–370.00	361.75
8	550–600	580	342.00–350.00	344.87
8	600–650	631	320.00–332.00	321.44
3	650–700	680	302.00–312.00	305.24
6	700–750	718	285.00–295.00	286.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	233	670.00–690.00	679.68
7	400–450	421	430.00–440.00	432.88
3	450–500	462	405.00–410.00	406.64
5	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	560	357.00	357.00
1	600–650	610	342.00	342.00
1	650–700	655	322.00	322.00
1	700–750	730	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	425.00–435.00	429.13
5	400–450	413	405.00–415.00	412.85
14	450–500	488	370.00–380.00	374.92
9	500–550	534	345.00–350.00	347.16
3	550–600	577	320.00–325.00	323.35
2	600–650	635	300.00–310.00	305.08
3	650–700	655	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	525.00–530.00	527.45
2	250–300	275	445.00–455.00	450.09
4	300–350	325	430.00	430.00
8	350–400	386	410.00–420.00	412.43
11	400–450	435	375.00–385.00	377.64
24	450–500	468	347.00–357.00	350.93
21	500–550	518	340.00–345.00	342.34
6	550–600	562	335.00–340.00	336.65
8	600–650	630	317.00–325.00	319.88
7	650–700	656	312.00–315.00	314.57
3	700–750	718	300.00–305.00	301.64
3	750–800	783	285.00–295.00	288.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	560.00–570.00	564.84
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	378	430.00–440.00	435.03
2	400–450	423	390.00–395.00	392.43
3	450–500	483	362.00–375.00	366.12
6	500–550	513	352.00–357.00	352.85
1	600–650	605	329.00	329.00
1	750–800	765	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	393	385.00–405.00	392.94
10	400–450	434	320.00–330.00	322.98
4	450–500	480	315.00–320.00	318.71
7	500–550	534	300.00–312.00	308.76
5	650–700	680	280.00–285.00	280.97
1	700–750	725	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,556	173.00–178.00	177.11
4	—	1,839	191.00–196.00	192.07
3	—	1,652	182.00–188.00	186.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,045	132.00–136.00	133.81
10	—	1,013	155.00–157.00	155.63
12	—	1,113	147.00–150.00	148.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,350	172.00–177.00	174.54
18	—	1,290	164.00–169.00	166.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,531	165.00–169.00	167.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,783.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,722.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,100.00–2,270.00	2,213.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	3,100.00–3,140.00	3,120.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,945.00–2,200.00	2,072.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,500.00–2,770.00	2,635.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,300.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	1,390.00–1,580.00	1,478.67

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL

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