Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 131 priced lines covering 2,304 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,400 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 401 head. replacement cattle receipts at 192 head. Counted as USDA files them — 52 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Aug 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,400Last week 3,732Year ago 747

Slaughter CattleReceipts 401Last week 586Year ago 118

Replacement CattleReceipts 192Last week 303Year ago 45

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with a good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	471	109.00–129.00	120.21
140	—	529	108.00–125.00	121.47
5	—	227	140.00–145.00	141.43
8	—	729	98.00–109.00	105.62
34	—	668	100.00–114.00	108.91
63	—	622	106.00–119.00	112.63
40	—	423	113.00–135.00	127.80
38	—	374	117.00–140.00	132.08
22	—	328	118.00–145.00	136.87
7	—	279	137.50–147.00	141.63
39	—	577	104.00–124.00	117.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	893	93.00	93.00
51	—	575	113.00–129.00	121.48
41	—	517	116.00–132.00	125.74
32	—	421	121.00–144.00	133.38
23	—	479	119.00–133.00	127.89
20	—	337	128.00–145.00	140.23
1	—	755	112.00	112.00
9	—	382	123.00–140.00	135.10
3	—	282	150.00–152.00	150.65
10	—	670	112.00–120.00	115.92
11	—	717	98.00–114.00	108.61
21	—	615	108.00–128.00	119.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	233	135.00–137.50	136.18
3	—	383	120.00–124.00	121.97
13	—	573	100.00–109.00	103.93
13	—	425	107.00–127.00	119.95
3	—	292	122.00–132.00	128.74
2	—	768	85.00–90.00	87.46
2	—	655	97.00	97.00
6	—	536	106.00–117.00	111.78
6	—	328	128.00–133.00	130.54
2	—	633	105.00–106.00	105.51
14	—	475	105.00–120.00	112.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	657	135.50	135.50
10	—	520	120.00–124.00	121.59
2	—	555	121.00–122.00	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	676	125.50	125.50
34	—	455	145.00	145.00
14	—	515	132.00	132.00
5	—	610	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	180.00	180.00
5	—	729	107.00–120.00	115.56
4	—	779	113.00–116.00	113.73
14	—	674	105.00–127.00	119.19
15	—	369	140.00–170.00	153.96
16	—	330	152.00–180.00	168.11
18	—	420	131.00–165.00	150.07
22	—	526	121.00–143.00	132.26
22	—	623	109.00–133.00	122.03
24	—	576	116.00–133.00	125.99
25	—	467	125.00–154.00	141.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	142.50–150.00	146.59
6	—	622	100.00–110.00	105.33
18	—	525	114.00–127.00	119.14
13	—	567	105.00–119.00	111.01
13	—	476	120.00–130.00	126.10
2	—	685	100.00–102.00	100.99
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
11	—	426	105.00–140.00	129.86
8	—	379	115.00–140.00	130.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	109.00–110.00	109.49
36	—	665	112.00–119.00	117.35
6	—	268	165.00–177.00	171.61
1	—	740	112.00	112.00
14	—	332	136.00–172.00	158.02
20	—	370	127.00–160.00	149.67
34	—	632	101.00–125.00	118.61
36	—	468	116.00–140.00	134.07
39	—	522	110.00–136.00	125.01
40	—	429	119.00–152.00	140.53
67	—	571	110.00–131.00	124.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	262	175.00–177.50	175.88
10	—	330	170.00–187.00	175.44
54	—	619	118.00–140.00	135.25
8	—	378	160.00–168.00	164.26
5	—	752	127.00	127.00
34	—	568	122.00–142.00	135.78
20	—	522	125.00–150.00	141.38
6	—	722	116.00–130.00	122.67
22	—	473	130.00–160.00	144.82
7	—	661	116.00–132.00	122.36
6	—	424	135.00–165.00	150.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	118.00–120.00	119.30
7	—	328	112.00–150.00	138.50
5	—	625	118.00–120.00	118.80
5	—	379	140.00–142.50	141.52
3	—	567	115.00–128.00	122.72
4	—	483	125.00–135.00	128.52
6	—	424	129.00–137.50	134.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	295	177.00	177.00
5	—	321	157.00–177.00	164.73
4	—	718	111.00–120.00	115.05
26	—	431	140.00–155.00	144.66
7	—	782	113.00–119.00	116.13
61	—	528	118.00–145.00	135.83
54	—	624	111.00–135.00	127.92
10	—	678	113.00–128.00	122.47
19	—	378	150.00–165.00	158.28
25	—	473	130.00–155.00	148.17
29	—	573	126.00–139.00	136.24

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,118	850.00–875.00	862.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	—	—	700.00–1,010.00	805.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	—	820.00–1,075.00	928.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,093	875.00–925.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	425.00–700.00	595.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	600.00–730.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	500.00–575.00	556.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	800.00–875.00	837.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	—	825.00–1,350.00	1,098.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	600.00–930.00	817.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	600.00–675.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	450.00–670.00	561.07
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	470.00–630.00	584.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	947	50.00–55.00	51.60
34	—	1,011	53.00–62.00	57.93
20	—	1,066	62.00–66.00	63.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,381	69.00–73.00	70.41
2	—	1,658	60.00–62.00	60.93
15	—	1,528	59.00–68.00	63.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,147	55.00–63.00	59.06
76	—	1,181	57.50–69.50	65.54
43	—	1,287	69.00–76.00	71.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,733	93.00–101.00	96.09
14	—	1,811	85.00–91.00	88.40
9	—	1,487	73.00–91.00	82.74

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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