Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 121 priced lines covering 1,707 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,474 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 457 head. replacement cattle receipts at 204 head. Counted as USDA files them — 37 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Oct 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,474Last week 2,955Year ago 2,416

Slaughter CattleReceipts 457Last week 486Year ago 266

Replacement CattleReceipts 204Last week 145Year ago 201

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	645	100.00–105.00	101.75
19	—	480	103.00–120.00	112.41
9	—	574	105.00–110.00	106.63
16	—	376	115.00–123.00	119.58
10	—	325	120.00–126.00	122.37
12	—	428	110.00–122.00	116.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	708	105.00–117.00	110.60
45	—	525	118.00–130.00	122.07
23	—	421	124.00–131.00	127.38
2	—	768	105.00–110.00	107.54
31	—	627	110.00–125.00	118.86
27	—	576	117.00–125.00	119.43
9	—	330	130.00–139.00	132.50
18	—	373	127.50–135.00	130.47
24	—	671	110.00–120.00	115.35
21	—	472	121.00–130.00	123.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	90.00–99.00	94.62
16	—	369	118.00–135.00	124.32
4	—	686	102.00–110.00	106.77
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
15	—	333	122.50–131.00	126.51
12	—	623	105.00–114.00	110.28
21	—	524	112.00–125.00	116.39
33	—	426	118.00–132.00	122.19
11	—	578	110.00–120.00	115.33
40	—	472	112.00–127.00	119.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	525	115.00–133.00	127.16
11	—	379	130.00–162.00	146.68
7	—	679	106.00–115.00	110.18
29	—	470	120.00–140.00	132.78
30	—	576	110.00–132.00	121.26
2	—	715	110.00	110.00
14	—	337	139.00–162.00	149.06
6	—	283	152.00–154.00	152.64
9	—	622	100.00–124.00	114.22
26	—	425	125.00–151.00	141.30
1	—	860	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	378	150.00–175.00	157.93
6	—	727	102.00–113.00	108.28
1	—	890	105.00	105.00
34	—	430	144.00–165.00	149.83
29	—	470	128.00–150.00	143.04
34	—	527	122.00–142.00	133.58
22	—	332	145.00–163.00	155.55
11	—	674	109.00–119.00	115.09
26	—	568	125.00–137.00	129.78
20	—	624	114.00–127.00	122.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	160.00–162.00	161.03
17	—	682	100.00–110.00	107.25
12	—	566	105.00–117.00	112.79
3	—	325	128.00–150.00	142.10
16	—	530	109.00–121.00	118.29
10	—	462	115.00–130.00	124.74
4	—	704	92.00–101.00	98.50
15	—	424	116.00–140.00	131.20
8	—	365	120.00–147.00	134.60
1	—	615	112.00	112.00
7	—	781	93.00–96.00	95.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	653	130.00–139.00	138.37
5	—	374	157.00–163.00	160.39
1	—	305	164.00	164.00
21	—	725	128.50–138.00	135.26
42	—	517	142.00–157.25	150.77
36	—	474	146.00–165.00	151.81
14	—	427	149.00–159.00	154.40
18	—	608	133.00–142.00	137.73
1	—	815	134.00	134.00
13	—	565	138.00–145.00	141.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	421	138.00–164.00	151.59
3	—	478	140.00–146.00	143.97
6	—	587	130.00–136.00	131.94
6	—	710	120.00	120.00
8	—	526	135.00–140.00	137.75
14	—	681	122.00–128.00	125.45
9	—	382	150.00–167.00	158.22
8	—	326	149.00–159.00	154.55
1	—	285	155.00	155.00
13	—	775	104.00–120.00	114.04
13	—	617	125.00–132.00	129.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	142.00	142.00
10	—	523	125.00–132.00	127.95
5	—	673	107.00–116.00	112.47
2	—	368	143.00–156.00	149.72
2	—	605	120.00	120.00
3	—	423	130.00–152.00	143.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	—	1,000.00–1,450.00	1,144.74
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	350.00–500.00	435.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	500.00–625.00	555.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	550.00–700.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	700.00–1,050.00	893.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	720.00	720.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,158	570.00–830.00	731.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	—	—	640.00–950.00	757.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	575.00–650.00	619.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	610.00	610.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,145	720.00–730.00	724.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	850.00–950.00	903.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	875.00–1,350.00	1,135.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,365	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,121.98
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	650.00–730.00	676.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	936	505.00–615.00	548.18
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	975.00	975.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	667	500.00–650.00	573.13
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	735	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	770.00	770.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	630.00	630.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,956	85.00–95.00	89.00
17	—	1,683	73.00–89.00	79.56
9	—	1,522	65.00–80.00	71.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,146	60.00–64.00	62.15
94	—	1,160	50.00–60.50	56.26
48	—	1,088	48.00–54.00	50.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,034	38.00–54.00	46.88
25	—	1,067	40.00–44.00	41.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,300	62.00–66.50	63.50
45	—	1,343	50.00–61.00	54.95
14	—	1,443	46.00–54.00	50.04

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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