Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 139 priced lines covering 1,427 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,004 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 239 head. replacement cattle receipts at 152 head. Counted as USDA files them — 60 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Jul 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,004Last week 2,280Year ago 2,048

Slaughter CattleReceipts 239Last week 321Year ago 273

Replacement CattleReceipts 152Last week 129Year ago 142

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	102.50	102.50
1	—	900	115.00	115.00
31	—	523	150.00–162.00	155.46
14	—	669	125.00–140.00	132.41
21	—	425	164.00–172.00	168.10
18	—	727	125.00–135.00	128.33
10	—	783	120.00–128.00	126.04
17	—	569	142.00–155.00	145.91
7	—	326	170.00–190.00	181.88
24	—	629	130.00–147.00	139.23
9	—	469	154.00–165.00	159.43
7	—	372	169.00–172.50	171.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	162.50–179.00	170.10
1	—	795	114.00	114.00
17	—	425	140.00–162.50	156.14
11	—	524	135.00–153.00	148.45
7	—	672	130.00–135.00	133.86
13	—	475	145.00–159.00	151.80
17	—	576	125.00–145.00	136.93
12	—	612	115.00–140.00	130.84
3	—	387	135.00–161.00	152.48
3	—	725	128.00–130.00	129.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	773	136.00	136.00
3	—	705	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	151.00–159.00	156.26
1	—	745	120.00	120.00
3	—	475	144.00	144.00
5	—	591	130.00–132.00	130.79
7	—	512	140.00–147.00	142.02
2	—	685	105.00	105.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	518	135.00–148.00	140.54
14	—	375	157.50–175.00	161.71
21	—	473	138.00–152.00	147.84
23	—	575	126.00–140.00	134.46
15	—	725	120.00–128.00	124.35
9	—	334	160.00–180.00	173.27
16	—	673	122.00–135.00	128.38
29	—	623	125.00–142.00	131.43
3	—	288	186.00–190.00	187.32
15	—	422	148.00–160.00	156.19
2	—	775	110.00–120.00	115.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	574	120.00–134.00	127.65
25	—	424	140.00–157.00	148.55
3	—	670	115.00–125.00	120.59
7	—	319	155.00–177.00	166.39
26	—	528	121.00–147.00	134.31
12	—	631	120.00–130.00	124.03
1	—	280	172.50	172.50
1	—	750	107.00	107.00
1	—	745	120.00	120.00
10	—	373	145.00–157.50	149.99
35	—	470	125.00–148.00	141.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	482	130.00–139.00	135.51
8	—	566	112.50–125.00	119.55
15	—	432	139.00–147.00	142.39
11	—	524	124.00–130.00	127.91
3	—	613	113.00–115.00	113.66
1	—	250	172.00	172.00
5	—	379	130.00–140.00	133.75
1	—	235	168.00	168.00
1	—	720	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	472	134.00–145.00	137.74
1	—	710	112.50	112.50
1	—	840	96.00	96.00
49	—	619	120.00–134.00	127.49
46	—	570	127.00–135.00	130.15
17	—	671	114.00–131.00	120.75
2	—	783	120.00	120.00
7	—	326	142.00–159.00	150.25
18	—	373	144.00–155.00	149.04
1	—	275	158.00	158.00
39	—	422	138.00–150.00	143.22
44	—	523	130.00–137.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	569	120.00–127.00	124.02
25	—	382	132.00–148.00	141.26
12	—	624	115.00–125.00	121.24
38	—	522	120.00–133.00	127.85
13	—	422	129.00–143.00	137.17
3	—	677	110.00–112.00	110.65
3	—	285	148.00–152.00	149.29
4	—	723	100.00–107.00	102.26
3	—	323	134.00–150.00	139.87
25	—	473	125.00–140.00	131.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	127.00–135.00	132.37
1	—	730	127.00	127.00
1	—	750	120.00	120.00
1	—	605	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	670	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	125.00–144.00	134.39
12	—	435	120.00–132.00	123.88
9	—	472	117.00–131.00	127.02
3	—	333	138.00–146.00	141.92
3	—	672	109.00–110.00	109.66
5	—	573	114.00–120.00	117.42
6	—	519	120.00–123.00	121.33

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,535	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,530	1,675.00–1,875.00	1,753.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,400	900.00–1,200.00	1,023.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	800.00–985.00	892.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	825.00–1,200.00	1,039.47
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,380	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,316.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,433.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	600.00–725.00	680.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,175.00	1,175.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	927	875.00–950.00	925.45
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	850.00	850.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	866.00	866.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	335.00–570.00	412.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	400.00–750.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	800.00–1,050.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	700.00–885.00	751.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	—	725.00–925.00	841.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,083	800.00–900.00	854.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,174	705.00–986.00	841.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,066.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,066.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,520	1,013.00–1,147.00	1,081.32
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	705	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,157	65.00–85.00	77.23
37	—	1,165	50.00–68.00	61.41
37	—	1,116	58.00–76.00	68.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	755	47.00–52.00	49.50
23	—	956	39.00–65.00	55.43
1	—	1,010	48.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	63.00–65.00	63.93
39	—	1,383	58.00–73.00	66.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,317	85.00–90.00	86.40
2	—	1,860	103.00–103.50	103.23
16	—	1,700	80.00–98.00	91.52

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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