Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 114 priced lines covering 1,175 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,370 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 236 head. replacement cattle receipts at 157 head. Counted as USDA files them — 52 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Jan 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,370Last week 2,373Year ago 3,061

Slaughter CattleReceipts 236Last week 405Year ago 283

Replacement CattleReceipts 157Last week 153Year ago 304

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	790.00	790.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	660.00	660.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,117	720.00–820.00	756.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	—	650.00–1,075.00	866.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	625.00–775.00	664.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	900.00–1,075.00	1,007.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	985	900.00–1,100.00	983.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	375.00–625.00	536.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	500.00–550.00	525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	732	600.00–775.00	666.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	650.00–670.00	660.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	—	875.00–1,250.00	1,095.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	775.00–950.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	675.00–950.00	882.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	775.00	775.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	682	500.00–650.00	554.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,416	62.00–79.00	70.56
19	—	1,584	75.00–87.00	80.85
7	—	1,863	82.00–95.00	87.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,117	52.00–68.00	60.21
13	—	1,072	48.00–61.00	55.05
15	—	1,051	57.00–70.00	63.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,321	55.00–62.00	58.51
2	—	1,818	59.00–65.00	61.79
6	—	1,128	52.00–56.00	53.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,034	42.00–55.00	50.34
4	—	1,136	46.00–50.00	47.60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	731	114.00–120.00	118.49
14	—	378	146.00–172.00	158.87
18	—	582	133.00–136.00	133.32
10	—	325	160.00–180.00	172.40
18	—	479	128.00–155.00	147.62
2	—	660	116.00	116.00
3	—	757	112.00	112.00
7	—	520	142.00–145.00	143.27
9	—	428	135.00–156.00	145.60
2	—	625	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	146.00–156.00	150.84
2	—	485	140.00–142.00	140.99
5	—	390	140.00–152.00	147.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	105.00	105.00
8	—	379	155.00–176.00	162.43
8	—	679	115.00–125.00	119.01
9	—	727	110.00–119.00	113.87
11	—	628	120.00–129.00	124.95
19	—	467	145.00–160.00	153.33
1	—	275	180.00	180.00
7	—	794	121.00	121.00
15	—	432	149.00–168.00	163.16
24	—	568	125.00–149.00	140.11
28	—	524	135.00–160.00	148.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	323	130.00–146.00	139.11
11	—	622	101.00–111.00	104.17
15	—	373	129.00–141.00	135.32
31	—	477	113.00–135.00	125.90
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
36	—	423	117.50–141.00	130.75
11	—	525	115.00–125.00	119.40
13	—	564	109.00–117.00	111.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
15	—	320	127.00–142.00	133.29
10	—	417	100.00–127.00	119.00
7	—	574	85.00–108.00	99.27
13	—	373	110.00–140.00	126.01
6	—	468	112.00–120.00	113.87
5	—	522	97.00–115.00	106.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	473	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	567	116.00–130.00	122.69
47	—	528	122.00–132.00	126.88
29	—	423	129.00–140.00	136.00
33	—	466	122.50–144.00	132.04
2	—	878	76.00–81.00	78.45
27	—	372	137.00–145.00	141.65
3	—	715	100.00–105.00	101.98
15	—	628	110.00–123.00	116.95
11	—	671	100.00–108.00	104.63
1	—	825	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	292	180.00	180.00
20	—	471	130.00–152.00	143.06
14	—	428	127.50–157.00	146.99
15	—	523	122.00–137.00	133.51
12	—	372	135.00–176.00	156.34
1	—	755	104.00	104.00
7	—	624	110.00–122.00	114.83
2	—	338	172.00	172.00
1	—	715	95.00	95.00
5	—	580	113.00–127.00	119.07
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	409	138.00–145.00	141.27
1	—	940	70.00	70.00
4	—	520	119.00–127.00	121.04
5	—	382	132.50–162.00	153.38
6	—	476	130.00–140.00	134.95
5	—	575	117.00–123.00	121.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	107.00–112.00	108.67
14	—	568	117.50–143.00	132.03
38	—	419	139.00–167.00	151.90
18	—	618	113.00–127.00	122.28
2	—	905	91.00–100.00	95.50
1	—	830	98.00	98.00
18	—	382	147.00–182.00	151.30
6	—	684	114.00–122.00	117.86
22	—	325	150.00–192.00	172.33
29	—	521	125.00–149.00	140.29
1	—	1,015	90.00	90.00
13	—	720	101.00–117.00	113.29
26	—	473	135.00–160.00	148.05

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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