Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 136 priced lines covering 1,443 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,082 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 319 head. replacement cattle receipts at 189 head. Counted as USDA files them — 66 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,082Last week 2,107Year ago 1,693

Slaughter CattleReceipts 319Last week 358Year ago 256

Replacement CattleReceipts 189Last week 194Year ago 204

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	115.00–127.00	121.00
3	—	313	158.00–160.00	159.32
16	—	570	130.00–139.00	133.84
25	—	526	135.00–147.00	138.27
11	—	633	125.00–133.00	128.17
1	—	280	160.00	160.00
10	—	731	112.00–128.00	119.33
4	—	369	145.00–170.00	152.36
1	—	895	90.00	90.00
23	—	427	137.00–162.00	146.39
8	—	479	138.00–152.00	143.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	560	140.00–142.00	140.66
3	—	820	123.00–128.00	125.64
10	—	732	115.00–137.00	123.71
8	—	464	146.00–162.00	156.15
7	—	513	141.00–146.00	144.67
7	—	892	115.00	115.00
2	—	328	164.00–168.00	166.05
7	—	614	130.00–136.00	133.74
13	—	677	121.00–139.00	126.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	150.00	150.00
2	—	735	115.00	115.00
2	—	593	122.00–127.00	124.49
2	—	325	140.00	140.00
6	—	474	141.00–145.00	142.67
5	—	425	130.00–155.00	141.80
12	—	385	135.00–165.00	143.40
5	—	539	125.00–135.00	129.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	627	105.00–115.00	110.91
1	—	260	150.00	150.00
7	—	675	105.00–112.00	110.16
8	—	328	132.00–147.00	137.26
38	—	523	114.00–129.00	121.45
38	—	472	118.00–136.00	128.30
22	—	574	111.00–123.00	118.42
3	—	718	100.00–106.00	102.69
17	—	372	128.00–145.00	137.89
36	—	427	122.00–139.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	616	113.00–124.00	120.26
41	—	518	120.00–137.00	130.74
3	—	660	115.00–118.00	116.66
26	—	481	127.00–140.00	131.32
43	—	571	117.00–129.00	124.86
16	—	414	132.00–147.50	140.36
6	—	325	138.00–142.00	140.29
4	—	715	111.00–115.00	112.73
10	—	368	132.00–155.00	139.35
2	—	778	108.00–109.00	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	122.00	122.00
2	—	555	137.00–139.00	138.00
1	—	505	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	531	102.00–116.00	110.23
5	—	277	125.00–130.00	127.05
12	—	321	121.00–140.00	131.80
24	—	468	112.00–127.00	122.35
29	—	428	117.00–132.00	124.90
5	—	605	100.00–102.00	100.40
22	—	375	119.00–137.00	125.57
13	—	577	90.00–110.00	100.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	473	137.50–154.00	145.70
2	—	738	114.00–115.00	114.49
19	—	415	140.00–162.00	149.97
19	—	669	110.00–130.00	117.94
3	—	310	162.00	162.00
6	—	367	156.00–170.00	165.44
13	—	618	115.00–128.00	122.98
26	—	522	130.00–147.00	138.53
23	—	565	120.00–140.00	130.44
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	673	120.00–123.00	121.83
1	—	905	88.00	88.00
30	—	476	125.00–147.00	138.51
2	—	725	114.00–117.00	115.49
26	—	376	137.00–165.00	146.53
42	—	529	122.00–138.00	129.10
47	—	418	132.50–157.00	143.24
1	—	295	152.00	152.00
8	—	312	147.50–152.50	150.04
11	—	576	112.50–132.00	125.34
4	—	631	105.00–128.00	117.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	373	132.00–135.00	132.82
2	—	295	170.00	170.00
20	—	481	121.00–134.00	129.36
9	—	517	116.00–127.00	119.46
10	—	423	128.00–147.00	138.85
1	—	625	107.00	107.00
5	—	682	100.00–109.00	101.77
15	—	319	135.00–167.00	150.49
9	—	571	110.00–119.00	112.99

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 · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,266	900.00–1,125.00	993.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	900.00–1,025.00	961.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	700.00–900.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	900.00–1,350.00	1,016.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,087.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,440	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,075	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,074.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	985	750.00–875.00	825.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,202	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,040.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,254	825.00–950.00	908.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,090	525.00–600.00	563.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	675.00–800.00	735.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	730.00–795.00	762.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	600.00–700.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	625.00–650.00	637.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	840.00–990.00	882.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	725.00–800.00	762.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,367	900.00–975.00	943.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	975.00–1,000.00	988.53
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	895	525.00–650.00	593.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	795	475.00–575.00	524.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	525.00	525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,158	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	886	730.00–885.00	798.61
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	642	485.00–690.00	566.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,380	57.00–71.00	65.54
17	—	1,317	70.00–77.00	73.82
2	—	1,333	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	930	46.00–54.00	50.94
26	—	993	41.00–65.00	55.62
16	—	1,019	51.00–70.00	61.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,235	62.00–75.00	67.75
28	—	1,093	55.00–63.00	58.75
42	—	1,140	60.00–69.00	63.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,652	84.00–91.00	87.69
5	—	1,361	70.00–83.00	75.39
16	—	1,981	88.00–97.00	92.44

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line