Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 103 priced lines covering 1,121 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,339 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 469 head. replacement cattle receipts at 171 head. Counted as USDA files them — 49 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Apr 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,339Last week 915Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 469Last week 59Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 171Last week 43Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: All slaughter classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	153.00–160.00	156.23
3	—	568	108.00–121.00	114.74
7	—	746	85.00	85.00
14	—	628	95.00–115.00	100.09
21	—	476	126.00–135.00	130.57
19	—	533	121.00–130.00	124.96
17	—	425	132.00–145.00	138.69
2	—	278	157.00–160.00	158.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	132.00–136.00	134.35
1	—	725	108.00	108.00
1	—	565	127.00	127.00
17	—	407	155.00–157.00	156.64
3	—	365	157.00–165.00	162.41
3	—	337	165.00–172.00	167.29
2	—	608	127.00–130.00	128.51
1	—	290	172.00	172.00
8	—	479	115.00–145.00	135.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	98.00–106.00	102.02
6	—	418	122.00–132.00	125.75
4	—	623	80.00–100.00	87.85
4	—	534	110.00–115.00	113.76
3	—	485	115.00–122.00	119.62
3	—	375	135.00–137.00	135.65
2	—	665	80.00–90.00	85.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	95.00	95.00
7	—	674	90.00–103.00	97.56
20	—	631	97.00–108.00	103.95
4	—	719	84.00–94.00	88.24
17	—	425	115.00–133.00	122.89
16	—	384	122.00–132.00	127.85
13	—	336	132.00–147.00	139.40
37	—	584	105.00–115.00	109.68
22	—	528	106.00–122.00	114.77
24	—	480	105.00–127.00	116.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	118.00–119.00	118.51
12	—	427	105.00–122.00	114.24
13	—	574	98.00–104.00	99.23
13	—	528	102.00–115.00	106.92
10	—	483	104.00–115.00	111.44
5	—	709	90.00–96.00	94.81
5	—	375	113.00–120.00	116.79
4	—	615	81.00–101.00	88.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	105.00	105.00
3	—	760	87.00–90.00	88.00
9	—	715	98.00	98.00
19	—	576	105.00–122.00	111.90
16	—	426	128.00–137.00	133.47
11	—	370	135.00–148.00	139.73
10	—	322	140.00–145.00	142.89
2	—	510	125.00	125.00
15	—	473	121.00–130.00	127.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	734	100.00–105.00	101.47
27	—	864	90.00–95.00	91.85
1	—	625	114.00	114.00
4	—	424	150.00–155.00	152.28
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
3	—	323	162.50–165.00	163.32
6	—	357	150.00–165.00	162.44
18	—	665	108.00–114.00	113.22
12	—	521	131.00–152.00	147.68
10	—	571	126.00–128.00	127.79
6	—	784	101.00–103.00	102.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	705	113.50	113.50
13	—	751	113.50	113.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	675	101.00–124.00	115.18
19	—	539	130.00–145.00	133.19
19	—	434	132.00–163.00	143.39
6	—	473	120.00–140.00	130.90
21	—	627	108.00–128.00	122.18
7	—	574	123.00–136.00	129.79
7	—	379	145.00–155.00	149.17
1	—	340	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	134.00–136.00	134.96
3	—	625	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	750.00–925.00	817.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	—	500.00–775.00	655.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,390	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	675.00–850.00	738.21
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	185.00–280.00	225.71
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	500.00–700.00	587.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	—	—	340.00–500.00	415.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	460.00–545.00	477.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	600.00–750.00	693.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	775.00–875.00	816.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	850.00–1,225.00	1,007.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	—	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,194.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,077	55.00–62.00	58.65
15	—	1,013	39.00–51.00	46.54
41	—	1,003	42.00–57.00	50.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,400	60.00–66.00	61.87
11	—	1,330	49.00–53.00	51.53
31	—	1,414	54.00–60.00	57.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,188	48.00–56.00	52.85
106	—	1,185	50.00–61.00	55.99
34	—	1,198	57.00–65.00	61.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,387	64.00–81.00	73.43
14	—	1,626	75.00–89.00	82.07
3	—	1,793	85.00–92.00	88.86

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

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