Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 109 priced lines covering 1,205 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,454 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 330 head. replacement cattle receipts at 212 head. Counted as USDA files them — 75 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Apr 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,454Last week 1,339Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 330Last week 469Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 212Last week 171Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. All feeder classes sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	425	135.00–148.00	140.84
26	—	473	111.00–135.00	130.05
9	—	375	130.00–157.00	149.62
8	—	624	101.00–111.00	105.11
12	—	578	107.00–117.00	109.67
8	—	327	138.00–164.00	156.79
86	—	524	117.00–128.00	125.19
1	—	705	92.00	92.00
7	—	680	90.00–106.00	98.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	103.00–107.00	105.00
20	—	423	115.00–136.00	126.45
13	—	473	110.00–126.00	116.72
4	—	626	90.00–100.00	95.54
2	—	663	80.00–90.00	84.94
2	—	380	120.00–125.00	122.60
2	—	335	122.00–125.00	123.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	510	118.00–132.00	127.69
2	—	730	101.00–103.00	101.98
1	—	630	106.00	106.00
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
1	—	270	177.00	177.00
8	—	566	109.00–125.00	120.00
15	—	426	130.00–152.00	141.63
11	—	465	121.00–150.00	132.38
11	—	325	145.00–175.00	163.14
10	—	371	142.00–162.00	151.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	121.00–140.00	134.86
3	—	663	101.00–125.00	110.37
9	—	376	139.00–155.00	144.78
5	—	335	142.00–158.00	149.98
3	—	722	109.00–114.00	110.98
21	—	621	105.00–125.00	120.90
13	—	753	98.00–105.00	104.45
18	—	431	142.00–145.00	142.64
24	—	535	128.00–138.00	132.61
32	—	596	114.00–132.00	128.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	123.00–125.00	124.02
6	—	377	125.00–135.00	131.22
2	—	533	115.00–125.00	119.98
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
3	—	420	109.00–112.00	110.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	162.50–165.00	163.72
12	—	375	165.00	165.00
1	—	445	137.00	137.00
1	—	575	119.00	119.00
2	—	625	115.00–120.00	117.58
5	—	531	125.00–140.00	130.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	634	90.00–110.00	103.71
7	—	737	80.00–98.00	92.94
7	—	567	98.00–117.50	110.29
5	—	290	135.00–137.00	135.37
2	—	770	75.00–83.00	79.10
11	—	672	90.00–101.00	98.46
24	—	325	121.00–144.00	132.12
26	—	377	122.00–142.00	133.82
26	—	526	104.00–120.00	111.72
31	—	476	105.00–128.00	116.71
47	—	423	113.00–135.00	125.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	100.00	100.00
9	—	429	110.00–115.00	112.12
8	—	473	98.00–107.00	103.26
4	—	313	115.00–125.00	119.88
3	—	582	90.00–95.00	91.70
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	105.00–112.00	108.21
6	—	625	102.00–112.00	105.58
5	—	372	135.00–147.00	139.55
1	—	215	157.00	157.00
4	—	663	102.00–110.00	106.32
1	—	710	103.00	103.00
28	—	528	111.00–128.00	122.72
22	—	472	115.00–132.00	124.31
2	—	750	99.00	99.00
4	—	321	140.00–145.00	141.69
35	—	421	120.00–142.00	130.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	700.00–850.00	783.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,035	825.00–975.00	918.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,014	925.00–1,025.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	725.00–875.00	789.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	740.00–820.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	800.00–910.00	858.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	250.00–600.00	427.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	520.00–775.00	631.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	—	435.00–575.00	519.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,100	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,010.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	700.00–800.00	792.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	525.00–700.00	641.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	820.00–1,200.00	1,006.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,038	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,181.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	610.00–850.00	750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,799	88.00–93.00	90.17
10	—	1,457	74.00–84.00	78.86
11	—	1,529	80.00–87.00	84.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,211	62.00–67.00	64.39
61	—	1,141	56.00–62.00	58.85
10	—	1,108	52.00–55.00	53.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,445	60.00–69.00	64.29
8	—	1,421	56.00–61.00	59.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	923	38.00–50.00	45.76
13	—	1,017	53.00–63.00	58.26
27	—	974	42.00–58.00	52.03

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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