Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 113 priced lines covering 1,332 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,635 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 564 head. replacement cattle receipts at 186 head. Counted as USDA files them — 14 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,635Last week 3,029Year ago 2,293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 564Last week 624Year ago 337

Replacement CattleReceipts 186Last week 213Year ago 214

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	172.00	172.00
4	—	476	142.00–150.00	145.94
8	—	380	140.00–155.00	146.66
3	—	543	122.00–130.00	127.35
3	—	680	115.00	115.00
3	—	555	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	135.00	135.00
17	—	481	145.00–155.00	149.79
1	—	795	130.00	130.00
4	—	370	170.00–175.00	173.70
3	—	528	138.00–147.00	143.27
1	—	570	145.00	145.00
4	—	616	137.00–142.00	138.29
6	—	419	155.00–162.00	156.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	581	148.00–152.00	150.52
1	—	480	165.00	165.00
1	—	620	150.00	150.00
6	—	531	158.00–160.00	158.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	841	126.00–130.00	126.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	361	119.00–151.00	141.41
17	—	573	112.00–127.00	119.57
9	—	617	115.00–123.00	119.44
27	—	477	116.00–141.00	131.98
2	—	710	105.00–110.00	107.54
12	—	321	124.00–157.00	135.93
17	—	429	116.00–145.00	129.07
3	—	778	100.00–110.00	105.09
6	—	677	110.00–115.00	113.00
16	—	523	123.00–135.00	128.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	767	115.00–121.00	118.93
1	—	440	148.00	148.00
21	—	513	135.00–144.00	137.75
4	—	659	117.00–125.00	121.21
5	—	460	146.00	146.00
3	—	728	112.00–118.00	115.67
6	—	615	125.00–135.00	129.49
19	—	571	131.00–142.00	134.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	114.00–120.00	116.78
28	—	465	115.00–132.00	125.47
4	—	338	140.00–147.00	143.42
19	—	524	110.00–125.00	116.52
7	—	626	100.00–115.00	107.88
16	—	371	115.00–142.00	130.23
18	—	421	114.00–137.00	125.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	145.00	145.00
1	—	720	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
3	—	362	170.00–175.00	173.23
1	—	325	177.50	177.50
2	—	708	123.00–137.50	130.28
2	—	773	112.00–117.00	114.46
7	—	469	157.00–167.00	161.97
4	—	613	127.00–135.00	129.75
3	—	570	137.00–150.00	141.41
9	—	413	161.00–172.00	167.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	374	155.00–170.00	161.36
33	—	480	140.00–155.00	144.76
28	—	572	123.00–140.00	129.81
44	—	425	146.00–165.00	151.72
5	—	720	97.00–112.00	101.93
10	—	271	164.00–177.50	169.37
9	—	672	112.00–125.00	118.99
1	—	775	102.00	102.00
7	—	325	165.00–177.00	171.05
21	—	515	125.00–147.50	138.22
19	—	621	120.00–132.00	126.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	638	110.00–117.00	112.90
35	—	475	125.00–145.00	135.00
16	—	678	90.00–114.00	102.60
34	—	528	115.00–135.00	125.17
21	—	369	137.50–162.00	147.32
6	—	725	100.00–108.00	103.50
11	—	336	142.50–167.00	154.27
3	—	265	150.00–172.00	159.03
22	—	573	110.00–125.00	118.26
34	—	421	130.00–152.00	141.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,000	37.00–56.00	45.37
12	—	942	35.00–51.00	45.14
71	—	1,036	45.00–61.00	49.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,344	64.00–67.00	64.97
41	—	1,378	58.00–71.00	63.41
15	—	1,353	55.00–64.00	59.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,210	58.00–75.00	61.84
30	—	1,278	64.00–79.00	68.46
88	—	1,130	52.00–69.00	55.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,699	75.00–95.00	88.51
11	—	1,817	85.00–105.00	95.07
11	—	1,450	77.00–85.00	82.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	850.00–1,000.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,212	750.00–900.00	833.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	690.00–820.00	740.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	830.00–1,025.00	872.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,113	775.00–800.00	789.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	840.00–1,275.00	997.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,138	700.00–875.00	783.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,125	725.00–850.00	783.11
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	600.00–625.00	612.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	770	475.00–775.00	615.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	913	575.00–775.00	669.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	860	375.00–600.00	520.69
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	575.00–680.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	850.00–1,000.00	916.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	747.00–825.00	786.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	710.00–765.00	736.91
Stock Cows — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	—	480.00–525.00	502.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	890	725.00–800.00	767.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00

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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