Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 96 priced lines covering 882 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,429 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 162 head. replacement cattle receipts at 96 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Apr 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,429Last week 1,214Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 224Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 96Last week 324Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	90.00	90.00
1	—	765	93.00	93.00
1	—	805	94.00	94.00
7	—	719	90.00–97.00	95.56
9	—	573	113.00–120.00	115.57
8	—	325	150.00–182.00	161.37
8	—	616	110.00–120.00	114.01
15	—	368	142.00–155.00	148.42
9	—	672	97.00–105.00	100.32
10	—	473	130.00–136.00	134.18
12	—	420	134.00–144.00	137.92
15	—	518	120.00–132.00	123.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	623	97.00–112.00	106.15
11	—	418	128.00–140.00	131.93
11	—	520	110.00–125.00	119.77
3	—	368	130.00–145.00	138.37
9	—	576	109.00–120.00	114.42
6	—	474	123.00–135.00	127.82
1	—	745	83.00	83.00
3	—	312	135.00–140.00	137.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	117.00	117.00
3	—	432	120.00–130.00	124.32
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
6	—	477	116.00–127.00	121.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	577	100.00–111.00	108.29
8	—	319	120.00–131.00	123.74
10	—	625	90.00–105.00	100.63
14	—	377	124.00–137.00	130.17
20	—	474	103.00–122.00	114.75
27	—	430	112.00–130.00	121.11
3	—	743	90.00	90.00
8	—	528	107.00–115.00	111.23
9	—	675	99.00–106.00	99.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	116.00–119.00	117.43
5	—	378	111.00–117.00	115.41
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
4	—	431	95.00–120.00	108.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	370	129.00–138.00	133.04
39	—	463	110.00–130.00	124.49
44	—	619	99.00–106.00	104.83
7	—	682	99.00–109.00	107.28
11	—	423	115.00–135.00	125.80
9	—	569	100.00–107.00	103.09
10	—	336	134.00–140.00	137.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	589	119.00	119.00
30	—	518	121.50	121.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	629	131.00	131.00
1	—	560	139.00	139.00
1	—	745	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	112.00–115.00	113.49
5	—	519	127.00–135.00	131.76
6	—	384	140.00–152.50	142.38
4	—	425	132.00–150.00	140.68
14	—	462	130.00–147.00	139.89
1	—	330	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	383	147.00–154.00	149.67
8	—	726	104.00–110.00	107.14
13	—	786	105.00–109.00	108.55
29	—	438	138.00–150.00	145.06
40	—	671	114.00–120.00	117.45
44	—	537	130.00–140.00	136.19
2	—	835	100.00–105.00	102.49
7	—	556	124.00–133.00	129.55
8	—	312	150.00–158.00	154.98
13	—	480	135.00–140.00	138.08
20	—	607	119.00–126.00	124.91

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 · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,278.33
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	810.00–925.00	867.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,437	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,466.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	725.00–875.00	785.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	700.00–875.00	811.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,318	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,136.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,320	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	720.00	720.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	440.00	440.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	590.00–650.00	620.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	420.00	420.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	720.00	720.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,023	840.00–870.00	855.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	720.00–780.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,247	850.00–1,000.00	911.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,145	58.00–61.00	58.97
6	—	952	45.00–48.00	46.85
19	—	1,008	50.00–58.00	53.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,110	52.00–57.00	54.15
45	—	1,163	57.00–64.00	60.06
12	—	1,232	64.00–70.00	66.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	53.00	53.00
1	—	1,650	66.00	66.00
4	—	1,418	57.00–63.00	60.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,547	75.00–83.00	79.24
5	—	1,905	90.50–98.00	93.60
13	—	1,475	79.00–92.00	85.62

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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