Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 125 priced lines covering 1,008 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,929 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 255 head. replacement cattle receipts at 88 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,929Last week 2,523Year ago 2,604

Slaughter CattleReceipts 255Last week 324Year ago 334

Replacement CattleReceipts 88Last week 176Year ago 331

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	110.00–111.00	110.50
7	—	666	112.00–114.00	112.85
1	—	355	147.00	147.00
1	—	295	167.50	167.50
3	—	727	111.00–112.00	111.67
2	—	615	125.00	125.00
2	—	445	129.00	129.00
19	—	970	102.00	102.00
3	—	528	124.00–125.00	124.32
7	—	576	118.00–123.00	120.00
5	—	327	155.00–160.00	158.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	102.00	102.00
2	—	345	144.00–145.00	144.50
9	—	681	107.00–115.00	109.52
8	—	424	126.00–140.00	132.46
4	—	743	102.00–104.00	102.50
6	—	619	110.00–119.00	113.14
18	—	573	110.00–125.00	117.37
14	—	532	115.00–132.00	122.35
6	—	825	100.00–102.00	100.33
12	—	376	135.00–142.50	137.93
30	—	463	120.00–139.00	125.20
3	—	880	90.00–95.00	91.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	680	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
3	—	567	95.00–102.00	97.39
4	—	414	120.00–124.00	121.06
7	—	534	105.00–115.00	113.27
2	—	305	137.00–140.00	138.50
3	—	728	91.00–96.00	94.00
12	—	485	117.00–120.00	118.66
13	—	385	125.00–132.00	128.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	132.00	132.00
1	—	895	90.00	90.00
6	—	605	107.00	107.00
7	—	472	112.00–116.00	113.28
1	—	705	98.00	98.00
1	—	785	97.00	97.00
5	—	416	116.00–122.00	118.93
6	—	568	108.00–111.00	109.31
7	—	674	100.00–104.00	102.84
12	—	529	109.00–115.00	111.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	427	110.00–120.00	113.33
3	—	738	90.00–95.00	92.66
33	—	474	107.00–115.00	109.65
6	—	332	114.00–125.00	118.60
3	—	780	89.00–95.00	91.33
6	—	843	84.00–86.00	85.67
7	—	687	90.00–96.00	92.86
6	—	283	120.00–127.00	121.13
13	—	383	115.00–125.00	120.63
25	—	526	102.00–110.00	105.48
22	—	567	96.00–105.00	101.13
14	—	629	92.00–102.00	95.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	80.00	80.00
2	—	760	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	374	97.00–115.00	108.04
7	—	471	102.00–106.00	104.26
9	—	419	92.00–110.00	103.93
11	—	569	85.00–95.00	91.37
6	—	631	82.00–91.00	87.52
15	—	326	100.00–120.00	109.11
2	—	680	77.00–85.00	80.97
11	—	535	87.00–101.00	94.05
3	—	273	117.50–120.00	119.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	380	128.00–143.00	133.93
17	—	429	121.00–135.00	125.43
7	—	679	88.00–110.00	94.34
20	—	470	118.00–132.00	120.90
11	—	571	105.00–120.00	109.12
2	—	773	91.00–92.00	91.50
12	—	519	110.00–125.00	116.82
14	—	337	138.00–150.00	141.51
2	—	718	92.00–94.00	93.01
2	—	820	88.00–90.00	88.98
3	—	278	147.00–152.50	149.07
10	—	630	99.00–105.00	101.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	108.00–117.00	112.57
7	—	376	141.00–150.00	144.74
5	—	321	145.00–160.00	154.35
3	—	618	109.00–111.00	109.68
1	—	515	130.00	130.00
1	—	465	137.00	137.00
2	—	278	155.00–160.00	157.34
8	—	563	112.00–114.00	112.99
7	—	776	95.00–102.00	99.74
14	—	416	130.00–145.00	136.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	75.00–78.00	76.52
5	—	367	117.00–127.00	123.98
8	—	265	135.00–137.00	135.56
8	—	537	105.00–115.00	109.41
13	—	431	110.00–125.00	114.99
1	—	670	87.00	87.00
1	—	710	82.00	82.00
7	—	572	90.00–104.00	98.32
8	—	478	98.00–118.00	109.69
3	—	228	140.00–145.00	141.79
7	—	341	127.00–150.00	132.37
1	—	620	90.00	90.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	710.00	710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	500.00–525.00	512.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	730.00–750.00	740.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	580.00–630.00	605.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	825.00–900.00	862.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	815.00–885.00	861.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	625.00–780.00	702.22
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	375.00–570.00	468.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	300.00–400.00	342.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,478	47.00–52.00	50.66
3	—	1,513	42.00–46.00	44.37
5	—	1,595	58.00–60.00	58.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	866	34.00–44.00	40.79
12	—	1,002	47.00–55.00	52.75
17	—	990	40.00–50.00	44.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,181	44.00–49.00	46.03
16	—	1,212	53.00–63.00	57.99
61	—	1,234	47.00–59.00	51.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,301	61.00–72.00	68.42
5	—	1,630	80.00–89.00	83.98
9	—	1,681	73.50–79.00	75.89

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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