Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 120 priced lines covering 1,007 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,384 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 267 head. replacement cattle receipts at 154 head. Counted as USDA files them — 44 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,384Last week 2,890Year ago 2,371

Slaughter CattleReceipts 267Last week 350Year ago 408

Replacement CattleReceipts 154Last week 212Year ago 202

No trends available due to markets being closed for the Christmas and New Years holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	147.50–150.00	148.73
18	—	421	160.00–183.00	173.61
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
3	—	262	185.00–197.00	188.90
1	—	780	119.00	119.00
3	—	318	180.00–185.00	182.36
1	—	705	126.00	126.00
13	—	377	172.00–185.00	179.95
24	—	512	146.00–157.50	151.41
18	—	475	155.00–172.00	162.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	165.00	165.00
3	—	705	112.00	112.00
9	—	377	150.00–160.00	154.43
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
7	—	527	120.00–135.00	127.88
7	—	468	132.00–148.00	139.69
2	—	780	100.00–108.00	103.92
2	—	240	170.00–180.00	175.10
9	—	325	160.00–175.00	163.33
6	—	419	142.00–153.00	148.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	471	145.00–160.00	151.83
10	—	523	135.00–149.00	142.43
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
1	—	755	112.00	112.00
13	—	334	165.00–182.00	173.17
14	—	376	160.00–172.00	168.30
5	—	672	112.00–117.00	114.81
4	—	274	172.00–180.00	174.82
11	—	572	130.00–140.00	134.58
16	—	433	150.00–170.00	158.77
4	—	613	120.00–125.00	122.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	580	100.00–122.00	111.19
1	—	770	95.00	95.00
4	—	415	135.00	135.00
12	—	377	122.00–152.00	133.07
9	—	327	130.00–145.00	137.82
1	—	675	105.00	105.00
14	—	469	115.00–134.00	124.17
6	—	518	114.00–127.00	121.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	322	137.00–147.00	140.53
4	—	718	107.00–120.00	111.44
10	—	574	120.00–128.00	124.94
23	—	369	135.00–159.00	142.06
2	—	615	120.00	120.00
29	—	427	127.00–150.00	136.54
11	—	518	126.00–137.00	129.16
10	—	473	122.00–145.00	132.91
4	—	275	145.00–150.00	147.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	146.00	146.00
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
17	—	415	138.00–157.00	144.47
15	—	609	127.50–138.00	133.38
27	—	318	144.00–160.00	151.24
10	—	537	134.00–137.00	134.60
15	—	368	139.00–165.00	146.96
41	—	469	135.00–157.00	142.78
12	—	566	125.00–142.00	134.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	723	139.50	139.50
8	—	609	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	140.00	140.00
1	—	655	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	323	168.00–170.00	169.61
4	—	484	142.00–150.00	147.95
1	—	595	138.00	138.00
8	—	378	150.00–165.00	159.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	137.50	137.50
3	—	625	159.00	159.00
1	—	505	177.50	177.50
2	—	552	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	165.00–177.50	169.90
1	—	620	145.00	145.00
3	—	862	124.00–126.00	124.67
1	—	360	197.50	197.50
4	—	586	152.50	152.50
3	—	915	116.00–120.00	118.68
7	—	512	160.00–168.00	162.56
13	—	419	172.00–187.00	179.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	329	180.00–185.00	181.03
10	—	434	165.00–175.00	171.16
1	—	735	124.00	124.00
3	—	592	145.00–150.00	148.35
22	—	374	170.00–180.00	175.45
2	—	615	132.00–145.00	138.66
3	—	535	155.00–156.00	155.66
3	—	472	157.00–165.00	159.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,014	42.00–59.00	54.18
21	—	1,003	35.00–54.00	45.27
13	—	1,029	45.00–63.00	53.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	62.00–68.00	64.41
16	—	1,325	66.00–78.00	70.52
30	—	1,352	59.00–74.00	67.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,244	60.00–76.00	70.39
29	—	1,082	47.00–64.00	58.56
34	—	1,203	52.00–70.00	62.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,669	88.00–100.00	94.68
9	—	1,561	64.00–84.00	78.40
12	—	1,681	79.00–94.00	89.56

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	875.00–920.00	887.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	675.00–875.00	779.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,287	775.00–975.00	852.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,290	830.00–875.00	852.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	500.00–610.00	561.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,348	1,010.00–1,175.00	1,096.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	825.00–850.00	837.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,369	900.00–1,100.00	1,003.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	800.00–1,100.00	978.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	625.00–800.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	825.00–850.00	833.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,513	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,307.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	440.00–480.00	461.82
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	868	625.00–700.00	664.77

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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