Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 139 priced lines covering 2,939 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,586 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 549 head. replacement cattle receipts at 230 head. Counted as USDA files them — 59 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Sep 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,586Last week 4,715Year ago 397

Slaughter CattleReceipts 549Last week 663Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 230Last week 381Year ago 24

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 lower. Trade is moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,668	87.00–93.00	89.49
39	—	1,526	80.00–93.50	85.88
8	—	1,426	70.00–76.00	74.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,315	59.00–72.00	66.53
75	—	1,226	55.00–66.00	61.71
43	—	1,133	52.00–60.00	56.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,396	58.00–68.00	62.55
15	—	1,369	65.00–71.00	68.04
3	—	1,368	56.00–58.00	56.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,069	57.00–66.00	62.00
37	—	934	43.00–55.00	48.72
58	—	1,010	45.50–61.00	54.77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	840	109.00	109.00
7	—	711	103.00–119.00	110.54
1	—	275	160.00	160.00
3	—	773	97.00–108.00	104.40
7	—	326	155.00–172.50	164.05
11	—	366	137.00–167.00	151.21
12	—	664	101.00–128.00	118.16
17	—	425	133.00–160.00	146.20
29	—	475	124.00–152.00	141.10
29	—	616	110.00–137.00	126.19
38	—	523	116.00–150.00	136.58
42	—	567	107.00–140.00	130.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	165.00–170.00	167.54
1	—	240	170.00	170.00
17	—	324	131.00–167.50	156.34
67	—	428	130.00–155.00	141.16
15	—	675	100.00–120.00	110.66
68	—	527	112.00–138.00	124.66
54	—	625	105.00–137.00	118.73
54	—	479	117.00–145.00	131.15
8	—	776	92.00–107.00	98.97
20	—	723	102.00–117.50	110.22
24	—	372	130.00–159.00	145.79
45	—	576	105.00–134.00	118.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	97.50	97.50
29	—	477	109.00–136.00	119.37
5	—	613	97.00–109.00	101.65
21	—	570	103.00–120.00	111.12
2	—	273	145.00–150.00	147.57
5	—	677	98.00–113.00	107.50
28	—	521	101.00–127.50	114.81
26	—	423	118.00–144.00	129.43
17	—	373	132.00–144.00	136.72
10	—	340	137.00–145.00	140.56
5	—	719	82.00–92.00	85.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	466	136.00	136.00
25	—	566	131.00	131.00
15	—	623	125.00–130.00	129.20
93	—	689	125.00–128.00	125.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	122.00	122.00
7	—	571	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	87.50	87.50
5	—	623	100.00–102.00	100.41
5	—	320	118.00–133.00	122.32
10	—	574	95.00–110.00	103.31
4	—	279	127.50–135.00	130.09
13	—	378	113.00–125.00	117.92
20	—	531	102.00–118.00	107.36
29	—	472	105.00–122.00	110.90
36	—	428	95.00–125.00	114.02
13	—	666	90.00–101.00	98.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	372	125.00–141.00	134.35
28	—	423	112.00–136.00	121.63
9	—	328	134.00–155.00	140.84
6	—	670	109.00–117.00	113.64
2	—	280	137.50	137.50
10	—	762	93.00–114.00	111.81
44	—	572	105.00–126.00	112.49
37	—	475	105.00–133.00	118.83
52	—	622	101.00–125.00	113.77
75	—	525	109.00–130.00	117.66
5	—	717	100.00–113.00	105.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	270	130.00–145.00	135.92
6	—	727	95.00–105.00	100.10
18	—	324	124.00–142.50	133.60
18	—	678	86.00–110.00	101.99
24	—	622	99.00–116.00	109.54
42	—	386	110.00–137.50	123.21
64	—	581	98.00–122.00	112.59
73	—	523	101.00–126.00	114.81
94	—	474	104.00–128.00	117.72
97	—	422	105.00–133.00	120.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	805	117.00	117.00
94	—	523	121.00–143.00	130.47
1	—	785	105.00	105.00
16	—	730	115.00–121.00	119.28
44	—	481	126.00–150.00	136.95
12	—	375	145.00–156.00	149.34
22	—	428	133.00–145.00	142.06
61	—	579	118.00–137.50	123.00
32	—	673	114.00–127.50	122.11
21	—	622	116.00–138.00	126.11
10	—	319	153.00–163.00	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	900	112.50	112.50
30	—	760	131.00	131.00
3	—	213	190.00–200.00	193.28
46	—	584	120.00–147.00	145.48
19	—	614	125.00–143.00	127.71
47	—	658	113.00–136.00	121.27
27	—	461	133.00–146.00	141.79
14	—	423	144.00–150.00	146.72
37	—	530	127.00–147.50	131.45
13	—	728	115.00–131.00	123.48
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
12	—	575	107.00–132.50	123.85
8	—	418	123.00–137.50	131.21
3	—	395	135.00–142.50	140.00
10	—	465	120.00–137.50	123.84
11	—	529	115.00–137.00	124.39
9	—	622	110.00–120.00	116.57
9	—	327	140.00–150.00	143.49
4	—	719	108.00–116.00	112.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	709	119.00	119.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,070	800.00–850.00	833.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	863	675.00–825.00	749.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	983	785.00–875.00	825.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	—	620.00–850.00	758.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	850.00–1,150.00	981.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	—	700.00–1,100.00	888.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	650.00–700.00	664.29
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	725.00–735.00	729.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	850.00–975.00	903.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	600.00–700.00	649.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	—	—	800.00–1,200.00	938.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	725.00–800.00	765.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	690.00	690.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	500.00–560.00	536.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	470.00–650.00	545.83

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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