Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 136 priced lines covering 2,182 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,591 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 544 head. replacement cattle receipts at 253 head. Counted as USDA files them — 48 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Oct 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,591Last week 3,357Year ago 4,346

Slaughter CattleReceipts 544Last week 372Year ago 513

Replacement CattleReceipts 253Last week 120Year ago 232

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade was moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs were mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
4	—	769	75.00–80.00	76.24
3	—	613	90.00	90.00
22	—	325	105.00–123.00	115.47
30	—	528	80.00–105.00	98.05
33	—	420	100.00–115.00	109.08
28	—	478	90.00–112.00	102.43
3	—	275	120.00–127.50	124.00
20	—	373	107.50–120.00	113.97
8	—	571	75.00–97.00	88.32
2	—	720	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	619	96.00–109.00	105.26
15	—	671	99.00–111.00	102.44
6	—	312	120.00–135.00	128.02
6	—	410	107.00–127.00	119.50
3	—	772	97.00–101.00	98.67
11	—	528	102.00–115.00	112.90
4	—	379	118.00–127.00	122.85
20	—	567	95.00–114.00	106.51
7	—	481	112.00–120.00	117.16
3	—	727	100.00–106.00	103.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	670	90.00–102.00	94.51
3	—	768	88.00–94.00	90.69
19	—	323	113.00–128.00	124.12
28	—	618	95.00–105.00	101.35
84	—	423	99.00–122.50	116.55
13	—	709	89.50–99.00	90.43
38	—	374	103.00–125.00	120.10
52	—	573	87.00–107.50	102.35
46	—	478	95.00–115.00	109.52
123	—	525	95.00–110.00	106.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	760	101.00	101.00
13	—	664	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	101.00	101.00
5	—	629	103.00–126.00	111.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	142.00	142.00
7	—	434	136.00–140.00	137.29
49	—	778	115.00–121.00	120.01
7	—	802	115.00	115.00
5	—	662	123.00	123.00
19	—	483	127.00–135.00	132.84
12	—	525	131.00	131.00
3	—	603	120.00–126.00	123.34
4	—	323	147.00–166.00	157.03
8	—	567	125.00–130.00	128.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	100.00–116.00	108.25
35	—	678	100.00–113.00	109.37
3	—	528	119.00–120.00	119.67
1	—	855	82.00	82.00
10	—	646	110.00–112.00	111.81
8	—	377	117.00–138.00	132.92
1	—	725	90.00	90.00
5	—	484	107.00–125.00	118.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	768	100.00–113.00	109.30
7	—	623	111.00–122.00	118.81
3	—	372	140.00–144.00	141.31
16	—	684	110.00–120.00	113.17
29	—	477	122.50–135.00	130.65
34	—	566	112.50–129.00	123.99
1	—	920	90.00	90.00
2	—	435	135.00–145.00	139.94
35	—	718	108.00–116.00	112.62
15	—	536	120.00–130.00	124.46
8	—	316	147.00–154.00	149.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	104.50	104.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	100.00	100.00
19	—	373	130.00–150.00	142.93
5	—	725	78.00–105.00	90.38
12	—	566	99.00–122.00	112.49
7	—	288	165.00–172.50	168.87
11	—	625	92.00–114.00	107.95
10	—	681	80.00–108.00	94.38
35	—	481	119.00–135.00	127.93
33	—	517	110.00–127.00	122.99
22	—	422	126.00–138.00	132.42
10	—	321	138.00–170.00	154.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	730	124.50	124.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	568	88.00–120.00	108.84
2	—	728	65.00–66.00	65.51
44	—	526	102.00–123.00	117.83
2	—	280	157.50–160.00	158.82
23	—	319	123.00–155.00	146.77
12	—	375	124.00–143.00	135.47
48	—	471	109.00–132.00	124.39
8	—	768	84.00–96.00	89.92
31	—	428	120.00–134.00	128.19
38	—	677	70.00–109.00	99.97
48	—	623	100.00–113.00	106.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	322	116.00–142.50	136.42
13	—	382	117.00–136.00	126.38
18	—	527	89.00–115.00	106.37
3	—	732	84.00–87.00	85.33
28	—	475	109.00–123.00	116.21
20	—	570	80.00–108.00	99.12
45	—	437	112.00–127.50	123.31
1	—	660	60.00	60.00
3	—	775	70.00–80.00	76.60
9	—	618	85.00–102.50	94.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,202	44.00–61.00	52.83
17	—	1,227	53.00–66.00	58.24
52	—	1,157	40.00–52.00	45.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,446	42.50–60.00	50.77
12	—	1,444	51.00–57.00	53.63
8	—	1,491	42.00–52.00	46.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,037	40.00–51.00	45.95
35	—	951	30.00–46.00	40.15
13	—	1,018	48.00–56.00	51.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,758	70.00–84.00	76.40
20	—	1,437	65.00–78.00	71.29
9	—	1,769	77.00–84.00	81.21

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	—	800.00–1,235.00	1,020.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	450.00	450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	800.00–900.00	870.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	650.00–775.00	708.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	983	875.00–987.00	913.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	—	640.00–925.00	781.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,128	535.00–750.00	640.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	670.00–975.00	764.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	940.00	940.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	910	500.00–775.00	646.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	650.00–750.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	—	540.00–1,025.00	751.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	500.00–625.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	300.00–470.00	385.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	795	400.00–550.00	470.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	535.00	535.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	510.00–750.00	626.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	450.00–700.00	583.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,035	820.00–835.00	827.50
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	320.00	320.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	375.00–460.00	417.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	440.00–550.00	484.17

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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