Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 89 priced lines covering 582 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 679 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 57 head. replacement cattle receipts at 47 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Thu May 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 679Last week 611Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 73Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 74Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. All Feeder classes sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade moderate with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	42.00–43.00	42.53
3	—	1,117	52.00	52.00
5	—	1,020	46.00–49.00	47.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,172	59.00–61.00	59.89
7	—	1,246	50.00–53.00	51.86
13	—	1,090	55.00–58.00	56.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	60.00	60.00
3	—	1,380	55.00–58.00	56.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	74.00–75.00	74.49
5	—	1,644	72.00–73.00	72.20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	628	111.00–115.00	112.28
11	—	576	114.00–118.00	115.35
11	—	478	120.00–125.00	121.88
10	—	419	125.00–130.00	126.31
10	—	326	135.00–142.50	138.52
9	—	542	117.00–122.50	118.83
8	—	382	130.00–135.00	131.75
6	—	686	108.00–112.00	109.99
5	—	781	102.00–106.00	104.10
5	—	233	152.50–155.00	154.47
3	—	730	105.00–110.00	106.62
3	—	268	147.50–152.50	149.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	421	134.00–138.00	135.67
5	—	389	140.00–142.00	140.59
5	—	318	148.00–152.50	149.66
4	—	479	130.00–132.00	130.50
1	—	280	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	630	123.00	123.00
49	—	784	113.00–116.00	114.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	742	100.00–102.00	100.67
4	—	420	120.00	120.00
4	—	684	100.00–105.00	101.77
4	—	783	95.00–98.00	96.52
7	—	383	122.00–126.00	124.16
7	—	581	105.00–110.00	107.80
11	—	527	110.00–115.00	112.58
13	—	617	102.00–108.00	105.81
14	—	331	125.00–130.00	125.85
15	—	480	112.50–117.00	114.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	484	120.00–125.00	121.44
10	—	623	107.50–111.00	109.06
5	—	436	127.50–132.50	130.53
5	—	335	140.00–145.00	141.42
4	—	588	110.00–115.00	112.40
4	—	528	115.00–118.00	116.45
2	—	740	100.00	100.00
2	—	683	105.00–106.00	105.51
2	—	370	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	375	140.00–145.00	141.64
9	—	431	135.00–140.00	137.09
9	—	334	147.50–152.50	150.03
8	—	571	120.00–125.00	122.00
8	—	532	124.00–128.00	125.42
6	—	478	131.00–135.00	132.67
4	—	284	160.00–165.00	161.80
2	—	620	118.00	118.00
2	—	228	177.50–180.00	178.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	139.00–142.00	140.19
4	—	526	132.00–135.00	133.22
3	—	377	148.00–150.00	148.64
2	—	420	145.00	145.00
2	—	320	155.00–157.50	156.23
1	—	220	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	765	134.00	134.00
12	—	610	144.00	144.00
18	—	685	139.00	139.00
26	—	710	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	140.00	140.00
3	—	668	131.00–132.00	131.33
7	—	631	135.00–138.00	136.69
13	—	724	124.00–128.00	125.21
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	127.00	127.00
5	—	645	125.00	125.00
7	—	511	134.00–137.00	136.57
9	—	685	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,165	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,121	825.00–900.00	863.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,190	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	863	585.00–600.00	592.17
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	550.00	550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	425.00	425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,107	650.00–775.00	717.32
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,135	450.00–500.00	484.07
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	880	500.00–525.00	516.65
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	846	300.00–365.00	329.66

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.

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