Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 128 priced lines covering 1,431 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,625 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 290 head. replacement cattle receipts at 219 head. Counted as USDA files them — 92 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,625Last week 2,268Year ago 736

Slaughter CattleReceipts 290Last week 319Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 219Last week 541Year ago 131

Compared to a week ago: All slaughter classes sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. trade is active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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	28	—	—	925.00–1,400.00	1,126.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,262.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	825.00–990.00	930.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	750.00–850.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	—	950.00–1,100.00	1,035.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	1,110.00	1,110.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	750.00–775.00	762.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	900.00–1,050.00	988.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	670.00–775.00	709.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	—	800.00–1,000.00	916.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,046.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	675.00–725.00	708.33
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	340.00	340.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	370.00–450.00	410.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	385.00–615.00	525.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	427	135.00–142.00	139.05
5	—	366	136.00–145.00	140.77
9	—	575	113.00–125.00	122.15
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
2	—	520	125.00–128.00	126.46
4	—	470	130.00–135.00	132.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	762	116.00–129.50	128.61
8	—	636	130.00–134.00	130.48
1	—	305	163.00	163.00
2	—	480	150.00	150.00
9	—	519	139.00–150.00	143.43
38	—	574	130.00–144.00	136.20
5	—	660	120.00–129.00	125.79
1	—	820	115.00	115.00
2	—	408	148.00–149.00	148.50
2	—	733	118.00–120.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	381	138.00–150.00	143.97
2	—	778	115.00–117.00	116.02
5	—	735	115.00–125.00	121.44
11	—	430	142.00–150.00	146.19
7	—	685	117.00–127.00	122.33
24	—	573	125.00–135.00	131.26
27	—	469	135.00–144.50	141.97
27	—	627	120.00–129.00	127.47
37	—	533	133.00–138.00	135.03
1	—	915	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	661	129.50–132.00	131.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	426	110.00–126.00	115.87
5	—	668	85.00–96.00	90.96
5	—	483	95.00–115.00	108.99
12	—	369	110.00–125.00	118.64
8	—	325	120.00–132.00	128.36
1	—	245	140.00	140.00
2	—	535	110.00	110.00
2	—	725	90.00	90.00
3	—	565	105.00	105.00
5	—	625	100.00–103.00	100.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	105.00–109.00	106.64
32	—	475	117.00–130.00	124.62
26	—	575	109.00–120.00	115.09
26	—	516	114.00–125.00	120.17
20	—	378	126.00–142.00	131.70
19	—	330	128.00–139.00	135.20
8	—	674	102.00–110.50	107.15
4	—	718	94.00–100.00	96.51
53	—	438	120.00–132.00	126.41
3	—	232	148.00–150.00	148.62
3	—	762	90.00–92.00	90.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	612	112.00–120.00	115.33
11	—	670	111.00–112.00	111.91
9	—	373	135.00–150.00	139.15
61	—	570	115.00–128.00	121.83
43	—	531	119.00–128.00	123.86
36	—	469	124.00–131.00	126.05
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
1	—	805	96.00	96.00
1	—	850	94.00	94.00
1	—	920	87.00	87.00
3	—	268	150.00–152.00	150.68
5	—	335	140.00–146.00	142.13
30	—	430	127.00–142.00	130.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	381	132.00–139.00	132.80
7	—	472	120.00–130.00	124.69
5	—	328	141.00–144.00	142.16
15	—	430	121.00–135.00	128.85
2	—	225	150.00–155.00	152.39
2	—	583	107.00–110.00	108.47
1	—	775	95.00	95.00
3	—	633	105.00	105.00
4	—	524	107.00–125.00	115.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	579	114.00–129.00	117.78
24	—	469	124.00–137.00	131.12
31	—	424	132.00–145.00	136.91
9	—	674	106.00–114.00	111.24
1	—	850	89.00	89.00
7	—	281	153.00–162.00	158.71
3	—	712	105.00–108.00	106.33
4	—	763	95.00–105.00	101.19
9	—	623	113.00–117.00	114.91
12	—	333	146.00–160.00	150.03
12	—	383	138.00–155.00	143.91
37	—	530	120.00–132.00	125.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	127.00–142.00	130.05
1	—	990	92.00	92.00
2	—	718	114.00–117.00	115.51
3	—	645	118.00–120.00	119.33
3	—	823	98.00	98.00
5	—	267	164.00–168.00	165.54
6	—	477	132.00–135.00	133.00
9	—	559	119.00–125.00	120.56
4	—	310	156.00–172.00	160.43
11	—	385	145.00–161.00	147.76
12	—	419	140.00–155.00	143.15
1	—	755	108.00	108.00
8	—	667	114.00–118.00	115.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,885	98.00–104.00	101.72
18	—	1,694	82.00–100.00	93.27
7	—	1,273	77.00–90.00	86.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,242	66.00–73.00	68.49
73	—	1,189	59.00–69.00	63.15
23	—	1,165	55.00–59.00	57.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,514	59.00–65.00	62.23
3	—	1,455	55.00–58.00	57.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,025	45.00–50.00	46.81
6	—	1,154	60.00–63.00	61.97
21	—	977	52.00–59.00	55.24

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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