Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 118 priced lines covering 2,108 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,354 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 560 head. replacement cattle receipts at 222 head. Counted as USDA files them — 43 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Jul 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,354Last week 0Year ago 1,509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 560Last week 0Year ago 249

Replacement CattleReceipts 222Last week 0Year ago 184

No trends available due to markets being closed last week in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	528	125.00–134.00	128.55
28	—	370	130.00–150.00	135.88
18	—	326	135.00–147.00	140.26
5	—	729	110.00–112.00	110.40
10	—	675	110.00–115.00	112.59
38	—	568	115.00–128.00	123.20
1	—	750	102.00	102.00
33	—	477	127.50–140.00	131.50
43	—	421	130.00–147.00	136.81
24	—	623	110.00–121.00	116.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	617	120.00–130.00	126.75
29	—	668	116.00–125.00	118.07
2	—	763	115.00	115.00
51	—	572	128.00–133.00	129.88
46	—	480	135.00–148.00	140.17
75	—	517	130.00–142.00	135.29
5	—	729	112.00–117.00	115.19
28	—	371	137.50–155.00	142.06
32	—	430	135.00–148.00	140.32
10	—	316	147.50–155.00	150.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	105.00–110.00	107.66
11	—	420	115.00–139.00	129.40
12	—	532	112.00–125.00	119.30
3	—	562	117.00–120.00	118.32
15	—	370	128.00–145.00	136.82
3	—	330	133.00–150.00	138.84
2	—	270	155.00	155.00
7	—	686	100.00–109.00	105.45
10	—	470	120.00–129.00	124.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	372	160.00–180.00	167.16
22	—	422	155.00–164.00	157.06
10	—	719	117.00–125.00	119.92
15	—	477	148.00–157.00	151.45
10	—	316	157.50–180.00	163.30
3	—	825	110.00–117.00	113.97
19	—	618	123.00–140.00	128.96
23	—	522	131.00–142.00	135.37
17	—	569	127.00–141.00	133.28
3	—	663	127.00–135.00	130.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
6	—	618	117.00–120.00	119.18
1	—	295	177.00	177.00
14	—	413	122.00–147.00	138.06
20	—	513	115.00–130.00	125.89
12	—	568	113.00–125.00	120.66
7	—	335	155.00–157.00	156.14
19	—	471	130.00–142.00	134.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	467	125.00–150.00	142.21
26	—	523	130.00–147.00	135.45
5	—	377	150.00–162.00	155.31
11	—	318	150.00–172.00	154.77
20	—	574	125.00–141.00	131.09
4	—	678	119.00–120.00	119.75
34	—	426	140.00–158.00	148.90
1	—	770	112.00	112.00
15	—	629	120.00–131.00	126.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	411	150.00–160.00	158.01
24	—	568	120.00–148.00	140.62
2	—	765	110.00	110.00
9	—	666	120.00–135.00	130.66
20	—	620	125.00–140.00	136.66
10	—	379	160.00–169.00	164.44
4	—	275	170.00	170.00
11	—	716	130.00–135.00	132.22
50	—	529	138.00–155.00	147.70
30	—	477	145.00–157.00	150.82
4	—	321	152.50–173.00	166.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	115.00–142.00	136.64
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
4	—	321	152.00–160.00	158.07
7	—	430	135.00–152.00	148.50
7	—	366	146.00–156.00	152.52
3	—	627	132.00–133.00	132.66
4	—	574	135.00–138.00	137.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	717	119.50–136.00	124.18
8	—	375	160.00–172.00	169.63
26	—	421	155.00–170.00	165.07
50	—	569	144.00–160.00	149.59
2	—	933	105.00–108.00	106.50
49	—	663	130.00–139.00	135.36
2	—	770	120.00–122.00	120.97
53	—	622	134.00–145.00	138.98
80	—	525	149.50–165.00	155.44
26	—	475	152.50–166.00	159.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,165	900.00–950.00	917.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	—	800.00–1,075.00	903.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	—	560.00–875.00	683.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	900.00–1,100.00	983.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	380.00–575.00	453.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	650.00–750.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	32	—	—	300.00–410.00	370.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	—	900.00–1,200.00	1,037.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	943	750.00–835.00	794.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	700.00–975.00	825.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	625.00–700.00	665.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,034	55.00–64.00	59.25
39	—	924	38.00–56.00	49.65
41	—	985	48.00–63.00	56.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,570	68.00–76.00	70.71
61	—	1,423	61.50–72.00	65.56
8	—	1,507	58.00–65.00	61.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,161	68.00–78.00	73.52
129	—	1,151	60.00–72.50	67.32
61	—	1,087	54.00–65.00	62.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,597	74.00–88.00	82.52
6	—	1,812	95.00–98.50	96.57
22	—	1,661	83.00–95.00	90.19

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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