What is added weight worth after your cost of gain?
Region: Alabama auctionsThis is the public benchmark's stated geography, not your detected farm location. Any national context is labeled separately. Weather uses its separately labelled location below; it does not change the benchmark region.
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Auction weight comparisonA dated public benchmark, not an executable farm offer. Compare the exact product, grade, unit, delivery and observation date with your own buyer terms. Report age follows publication cadence.
Same Alabama region as the cattle workspace; normal-condition steers, Medium and Large 1.
Within publication cadence.Validated public report; observation and publication dates are shown separately. Publication cadence: daily. Older-report thresholds: daily more than 4 days, weekly more than 10, monthly more than 45, measured against the original publication date (or observation week when no release date exists). Saved snapshot status is separate from report age.
Headline rule: most head within normal-condition Medium and Large 1 steers; ties select the lighter weight band.The selected row has the greatest reported head count, with the lower minimum weight breaking a tie. All eligible bands remain below. The headline may differ from the fixed 700–749 lb reference on Prices.
Steers · Medium and Large 1 · 655–665 lbPublished Alabama normal-condition Medium and Large 1 steer auction averages by actual live-weight band, in dollars per hundredweight. Medium and Large describes frame; 1 is the muscle grade. Each band retains its own head count and sale date. Bands are a cross-section of different cattle, never a future price for the same animal. Alabama auctions. Dollars per hundredweight, each 100 lb.
$331.38 $/cwtPublished Alabama normal-condition Medium and Large 1 steer auction averages by actual live-weight band, in dollars per hundredweight. Medium and Large describes frame; 1 is the muscle grade. Each band retains its own head count and sale date. Bands are a cross-section of different cattle, never a future price for the same animal. Selected product: Steers · Medium and Large 1 · 655–665 lb. Region: Alabama auctions. Period: Daily auction summary · actual weight. Published 2026-11-10. Displayed to 2 decimals in $/cwt; no farm-local adjustment. Reported head count.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
Alabama auctions
11 head · small samplePublished head count for this exact Steers · Medium and Large 1 · 655–665 lb price row and observation date; not an estimated market size. Fewer than 20 head is labeled small sample.
Unit: head. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
$330.00–$335.00 $/cwt rangePublished price range for the same Steers · Medium and Large 1 · 655–665 lb row, not a forecast interval. The headline is the published weighted average, not the midpoint of this range.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
658 lb average weightPublished average actual live weight for this steer weight band, 655–665 lb. This describes the auction sample, not a projected ending weight.
Unit: lb/head. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
Compare reported weight bandsEach bar starts at zero and its width is the row price divided by the largest displayed row price, times 100. Values are dollars per hundredweight. This is a cross-section of different cattle, not a forward curve for one animal.
305–345 lb$516.20 $/cwt · 4 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
360–395 lb$462.89 $/cwt · 6 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
415–415 lb$450.00 $/cwt · 1 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
470–480 lb$435.83 $/cwt · 6 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
555–555 lb$370.00 $/cwt · 1 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
600–620 lb$343.26 $/cwt · 3 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
655–665 lb$331.38 $/cwt · 11 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
705–745 lb$310.48 $/cwt · 11 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
755–795 lb$318.44 $/cwt · 6 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
805–805 lb$300.00 $/cwt · 1 head · small samplePublished same-grade auction average for this actual-weight band, with its reported head count. These are different animals sold on the observation date, not a prediction for later sale. Bar width is price divided by the largest displayed price times 100; zero baseline.
Unit: $/cwt. Source: USDA AMS · Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary · 1992. As of 2026-11-09.
Value of gain versus cost of gainPrivate arithmetic on your own entered prices and costs. Every field starts blank. Nothing is submitted or saved and no published benchmark is adopted automatically.
Your current sale value, assumed later sale value and all-in added cost per head.
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Actual or assumed current pounds per head. Match the sex, grade and condition of your own cattle.
Your own current net offer per 100 lb of actual live weight, after sale deductions. No auction band is selected automatically.
Your assumed later weight, strictly greater than current weight. An auction cross-section is not a weight-gain forecast.
Your own later-price assumption per 100 lb. A heavier auction band today is not a forward quote for the same animal.
All added feed, forage, interest, health, hauling, death loss and other carrying costs per head through the later sale.
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