Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 128 priced lines covering 1,619 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,393 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 229 head. replacement cattle receipts at 176 head. Counted as USDA files them — 37 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Jan 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,393Last week 3,715Year ago 1,744

Slaughter CattleReceipts 229Last week 421Year ago 257

Replacement CattleReceipts 176Last week 226Year ago 144

Trend not available due to markets being closed for the holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	229	430.00–620.00	495.27
9	250–300	274	420.00–560.00	485.88
23	300–350	325	430.00–507.00	479.06
28	350–400	374	415.00–460.00	446.06
45	400–450	426	395.00–440.00	424.35
27	450–500	472	360.00–416.00	388.90
33	500–550	525	345.00–387.00	367.87
27	550–600	581	325.00–360.00	349.96
13	600–650	630	300.00–345.00	320.68
13	650–700	667	280.00–340.00	322.23
20	700–750	739	270.00–325.00	317.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	405.00–460.00	421.11
20	300–350	332	370.00–460.00	435.15
25	350–400	374	360.00–440.00	409.81
19	400–450	427	350.00–416.00	384.98
19	450–500	473	330.00–393.00	373.11
12	500–550	516	320.00–370.00	356.16
7	550–600	579	330.00–340.00	335.38
13	600–650	619	305.00–328.00	319.10
1	700–750	705	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	229	460.00–660.00	593.83
8	250–300	279	440.00–605.00	518.92
19	300–350	319	430.00–530.00	495.89
20	350–400	373	465.00–500.00	479.88
24	400–450	425	405.00–460.00	444.23
19	450–500	474	410.00–425.00	420.04
26	500–550	528	388.00–405.00	394.20
13	550–600	568	364.00–415.00	374.13
10	600–650	629	330.00–391.00	369.55
13	650–700	673	314.00–338.00	324.76
5	700–750	716	310.00–345.00	318.42
1	750–800	765	311.00	311.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	338	475.00–500.00	487.22
9	350–400	377	390.00–490.00	464.34
6	400–450	432	390.00–470.00	451.10
15	450–500	482	405.00–415.00	409.25
3	500–550	527	344.00–370.00	361.44
7	550–600	581	350.00–355.00	353.14
7	600–650	636	320.00–344.00	333.92
1	650–700	680	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	738	300.00–304.00	302.01
1	850–900	870	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	680.00–700.00	687.68
6	250–300	273	600.00–680.00	648.13
17	300–350	325	545.00–580.00	564.90
20	350–400	361	480.00–555.00	521.91
35	400–450	423	442.00–515.00	473.38
26	450–500	474	420.00–450.00	435.26
24	500–550	525	395.00–412.00	402.51
24	550–600	574	370.00–435.00	383.31
16	600–650	615	360.00–380.00	370.46
14	650–700	669	340.00–365.00	355.49
3	700–750	728	330.00–335.00	333.34
1	800–850	800	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	870	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	226	665.00–675.00	672.96
15	250–300	283	510.00–590.00	573.32
14	300–350	329	480.00–540.00	520.17
20	350–400	384	440.00–505.00	481.19
26	400–450	431	400.00–485.00	451.94
31	450–500	476	385.00–445.00	412.97
29	500–550	523	365.00–405.00	382.96
17	550–600	571	350.00–373.00	364.61
11	600–650	624	335.00–365.00	353.21
10	650–700	680	325.00–350.00	332.09
10	700–750	727	315.00–325.00	318.72
1	750–800	790	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	430.00–465.00	441.79
9	350–400	383	395.00–475.00	429.12
8	400–450	427	400.00–425.00	418.16
1	450–500	470	395.00	395.00
3	500–550	513	380.00–400.00	386.62
6	550–600	557	345.00–385.00	367.29
7	600–650	628	340.00–370.00	355.34
3	650–700	670	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	730	315.00–320.00	317.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	500.00	500.00
6	300–350	316	485.00–580.00	540.61
2	350–400	355	565.00–575.00	569.93
5	400–450	425	490.00–515.00	497.74
51	450–500	482	460.00–488.00	485.71
7	500–550	533	430.00–455.00	446.32
31	550–600	570	408.00–430.00	417.90
19	600–650	625	384.00–405.00	390.74
4	650–700	663	376.00–388.00	381.93
11	700–750	729	341.00–370.00	348.02
3	750–800	764	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	595.00–635.00	615.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	266	460.00–600.00	523.14
10	300–350	333	450.00–555.00	492.51
12	350–400	370	430.00–500.00	455.08
4	400–450	431	455.00–465.00	457.58
9	450–500	458	430.00–455.00	438.36
14	500–550	525	425.00–435.00	430.01
18	550–600	569	390.00–410.00	405.22
17	600–650	626	365.00–410.00	386.40
13	700–750	723	330.00–349.00	343.14
44	750–800	773	312.00–351.00	346.52
6	850–900	856	315.00–333.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,393	169.00–182.00	176.69
10	—	1,455	156.00–172.00	168.12
7	—	1,549	151.00–163.00	159.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,206	151.00–170.00	164.00
38	—	1,155	140.00–164.00	155.51
4	—	1,284	172.00–179.00	175.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,038	131.00–160.00	142.37
10	—	997	107.00–139.00	130.35
16	—	1,008	124.00–150.00	138.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,632	179.00–214.00	202.72
25	—	1,868	160.00–207.00	195.35
10	—	1,552	166.00–195.00	186.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,450.00–2,750.00	2,562.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	2,400.00–3,700.00	3,088.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,900.00–3,050.00	2,983.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	3,000.00–3,350.00	3,260.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,650.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,700.00–2,350.00	1,945.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,944.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	—	2,000.00–3,050.00	2,471.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	—	2,600.00–3,350.00	2,920.59
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,166.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,125.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,245.00–1,450.00	1,398.75

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Alabama barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line