Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 111 priced lines covering 1,185 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,854 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 273 head. replacement cattle receipts at 131 head. Counted as USDA files them — 34 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,854Last week 3,354Year ago 684

Slaughter CattleReceipts 273Last week 716Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 131Last week 400Year ago 35

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	104.00	104.00
6	—	420	130.00–145.00	139.54
2	—	373	130.00–135.00	132.58
7	—	526	115.00–130.00	124.29
7	—	585	110.00–127.00	118.46
6	—	477	127.00–131.00	129.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	120.00–128.00	123.91
26	—	433	145.00–157.00	149.81
21	—	573	127.50–138.00	133.01
10	—	473	140.00–149.00	145.04
3	—	612	130.00–134.00	132.35
2	—	730	115.00–119.00	116.99
15	—	374	148.00–160.00	153.93
9	—	336	155.00–164.00	158.40
3	—	788	110.00–121.00	114.33
11	—	526	135.00–142.00	138.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	657	125.00–133.00	128.80
13	—	468	147.00–155.00	150.77
1	—	345	172.50	172.50
3	—	628	126.00–135.00	129.99
15	—	426	155.00–165.00	158.81
39	—	532	143.00–151.00	145.88
5	—	376	162.50–167.50	164.96
10	—	573	135.00–143.00	138.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	118.00–122.00	120.01
7	—	455	127.00–135.00	132.02
9	—	619	120.00–125.00	121.54
2	—	780	105.00–109.00	107.00
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
11	—	377	130.00–135.00	131.66
4	—	723	115.00–120.00	116.24
12	—	425	130.00–138.00	132.85
15	—	579	120.00–129.00	123.46
2	—	305	137.00	137.00
27	—	526	122.00–132.50	124.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	676	100.00–115.00	105.08
33	—	376	120.00–135.00	127.68
5	—	628	110.00–116.00	113.40
21	—	518	112.00–125.00	118.53
18	—	328	125.00–135.00	128.77
36	—	467	117.00–127.50	122.13
25	—	430	120.00–132.00	126.39
17	—	569	111.00–119.00	115.93
1	—	780	97.00	97.00
4	—	714	100.00–112.00	108.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	428	105.00–124.00	113.58
17	—	473	100.00–118.00	109.75
3	—	625	95.00–106.00	100.25
11	—	323	115.00–126.00	117.67
14	—	375	118.00–124.00	120.57
2	—	575	100.00	100.00
7	—	545	109.00–115.00	109.86
5	—	287	125.00–130.00	127.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	374	152.00–170.00	157.23
22	—	522	132.00–140.00	135.83
19	—	415	147.50–157.00	150.55
2	—	783	110.00–112.50	111.25
14	—	565	127.50–133.00	129.90
18	—	467	138.00–147.50	143.31
9	—	628	120.00–129.00	123.87
5	—	327	160.00–168.00	163.79
4	—	655	117.50–124.00	119.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	670	107.00–117.00	111.19
21	—	571	110.00–126.00	119.58
10	—	627	105.00–122.00	113.99
3	—	712	100.00–107.50	104.17
25	—	428	135.00–147.00	139.78
13	—	380	140.00–156.00	147.37
26	—	480	128.00–139.00	132.32
6	—	273	155.00–163.00	159.67
15	—	311	147.00–162.00	152.67
23	—	520	122.50–133.00	127.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	93.00–115.00	107.85
8	—	565	100.00–119.00	109.36
14	—	416	125.00–135.00	130.19
2	—	720	85.00–91.00	87.94
10	—	478	115.00–128.00	123.05
3	—	772	80.00–85.00	83.35
16	—	527	110.00–123.00	116.32
9	—	368	132.00–146.00	135.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,048	57.00–60.00	58.50
36	—	1,031	40.00–54.00	49.27
17	—	1,099	41.00–45.00	43.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,206	58.00–65.00	62.00
27	—	1,126	46.00–56.00	52.57
63	—	1,233	52.00–64.00	58.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,430	56.00–62.00	59.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,613	89.00–91.00	89.67
13	—	1,482	72.00–87.00	80.73
12	—	1,373	65.00–82.00	75.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,091.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	900.00–975.00	945.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	630.00–740.00	673.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	740.00–800.00	788.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	550.00–650.00	583.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	823	500.00–525.00	510.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	460.00–480.00	470.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	700.00–950.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	600.00–680.00	640.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	—	700.00–760.00	748.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,135	700.00–900.00	763.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,230.00–1,325.00	1,293.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	940.00	940.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	810	380.00–550.00	469.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	910.00	910.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	750.00	750.00

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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