Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 117 priced lines covering 1,772 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,497 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 463 head. replacement cattle receipts at 307 head. Counted as USDA files them — 126 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Jul 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,497Last week 4,286Year ago 853

Slaughter CattleReceipts 463Last week 784Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 307Last week 180Year ago 56

Compared to last week: No trends available due to the markets being closed last week for the July 4th holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	431	126.00–146.00	135.98
12	—	575	102.00–130.00	112.68
11	—	474	117.00–140.00	129.17
7	—	636	94.00–125.00	105.21
9	—	326	155.00–162.00	157.52
8	—	373	144.00–155.00	149.86
5	—	289	160.00–165.00	161.41
3	—	708	88.00–91.00	89.68
3	—	230	160.00–168.00	164.58
3	—	672	113.00–115.00	114.34
20	—	522	109.00–135.00	121.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	580	115.00–126.00	118.95
5	—	721	106.00–110.00	108.23
3	—	685	107.00–113.00	109.36
5	—	332	145.00–150.00	147.07
8	—	267	146.00–160.00	154.56
34	—	476	107.00–135.00	127.84
23	—	425	119.00–142.00	131.58
21	—	526	103.00–130.00	121.75
12	—	629	90.00–118.00	107.19
8	—	779	80.00–105.00	96.18
7	—	386	124.00–142.00	138.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	118.00–119.00	118.66
2	—	538	109.00–113.00	110.97
3	—	433	102.00–129.00	118.12
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
4	—	633	100.00–109.00	105.58
6	—	573	104.00–112.00	108.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	718	118.00–121.00	119.79
27	—	573	126.00–134.00	130.83
24	—	528	129.00–139.00	136.55
21	—	373	139.00–152.50	145.59
6	—	688	120.00–125.00	122.74
10	—	331	147.00–155.00	151.41
4	—	765	115.00–118.00	116.75
8	—	426	127.00–145.00	139.29
14	—	477	121.00–140.00	135.49
24	—	632	110.00–128.50	125.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	370	148.00–155.00	150.74
33	—	667	124.00–125.00	124.18
29	—	760	117.00–118.00	117.07
16	—	720	123.00	123.00
11	—	641	130.00	130.00
38	—	588	127.00–140.00	136.27
14	—	477	129.00–148.00	142.51
8	—	318	160.00–168.00	164.59
56	—	544	123.00–143.00	141.83
1	—	275	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	110.00–120.00	114.94
2	—	530	119.00–123.00	121.04
5	—	475	106.00–126.00	114.46
5	—	381	121.00–137.00	131.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	690	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	373	125.00–138.00	130.87
7	—	681	97.00–110.00	103.36
3	—	733	102.00–105.00	103.68
2	—	775	100.00	100.00
24	—	330	120.00–140.00	133.53
25	—	527	99.00–122.50	115.47
28	—	478	100.00–127.50	116.58
30	—	631	85.00–115.00	106.67
33	—	426	110.00–132.50	124.68
51	—	574	85.00–117.50	111.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	380	117.00–124.00	120.04
2	—	665	83.00–90.00	86.53
14	—	425	103.00–120.00	116.09
5	—	479	90.00–116.00	107.69
5	—	523	84.00–105.00	99.70
1	—	710	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	692	123.75	123.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	722	101.00–106.00	105.72
4	—	670	81.00–96.00	86.96
11	—	615	100.00–119.00	112.38
32	—	476	112.00–130.00	124.59
18	—	523	109.00–128.00	119.18
13	—	367	123.00–145.00	134.47
12	—	577	106.00–125.00	115.98
12	—	319	131.00–148.00	139.89
10	—	434	120.00–138.00	129.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
10	—	508	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,118	58.00–65.00	62.84
22	—	1,025	41.00–54.00	51.70
39	—	1,016	44.00–61.00	55.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,500	64.00–72.50	66.70
2	—	1,575	55.00–57.00	55.95
29	—	1,410	52.50–67.50	61.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,280	65.00–70.00	67.60
25	—	1,176	55.00–59.00	57.27
109	—	1,221	54.50–65.00	62.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,502	74.00–92.50	81.01
5	—	1,866	90.00–105.00	97.12
15	—	1,614	80.00–99.50	89.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	845	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	825.00–1,000.00	869.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	420.00–630.00	545.63
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	845	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	975	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	300.00–650.00	460.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	—	750.00–1,000.00	909.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	—	600.00–900.00	743.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	975.00–1,050.00	1,012.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	900.00–1,025.00	941.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,346.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	—	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,119.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	860.00–875.00	867.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	700.00–810.00	772.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,425	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	75	—	—	770.00–1,225.00	1,048.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	—	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	725.00–900.00	836.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	600.00–740.00	697.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	1,675.00–1,875.00	1,770.83

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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