Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 119 priced lines covering 1,917 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,194 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 458 head. replacement cattle receipts at 86 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Dec 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,194Last week 5,757Year ago 4,544

Slaughter CattleReceipts 458Last week 880Year ago 782

Replacement CattleReceipts 86Last week 256Year ago 222

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold unevenly steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good 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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	779	155.00	155.00
15	—	409	185.00–207.50	200.12
12	—	825	145.00–152.00	148.55
22	—	529	175.00–179.00	177.55
5	—	457	182.00–190.00	183.59
80	—	578	170.00–176.50	173.04
60	—	728	166.00	166.00
3	—	341	200.00	200.00
72	—	676	147.00–166.50	162.37
14	—	607	166.00–169.50	166.75
5	—	363	192.00–200.00	193.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	160.00–168.00	163.01
7	—	487	150.00–159.00	152.54
30	—	587	135.00–155.00	150.62
5	—	518	145.00–166.00	154.45
14	—	371	170.00–180.00	176.34
2	—	633	130.00–134.00	131.96
3	—	313	175.00–180.00	178.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	758	159.50	159.50
17	—	504	183.00	183.00
4	—	648	174.50	174.50
21	—	553	179.00–180.00	179.76
11	—	739	168.50	168.50
15	—	682	170.50–171.50	171.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	573	157.00–175.00	170.32
36	—	434	175.00–190.00	186.04
24	—	474	170.00–187.00	178.87
14	—	527	165.00–181.00	172.65
8	—	769	133.00–137.00	135.00
3	—	733	138.00–139.00	138.34
8	—	338	190.00	190.00
8	—	676	147.00–160.00	153.23
13	—	614	145.00–171.00	159.23
2	—	846	131.00	131.00
21	—	375	180.00–192.00	184.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	369	170.00–182.00	175.44
50	—	615	134.00–151.00	145.52
103	—	470	150.00–165.00	159.38
28	—	420	155.00–180.00	162.99
28	—	526	142.00–156.00	150.60
6	—	333	179.00–188.00	181.16
28	—	692	130.00–143.00	139.01
53	—	576	135.00–157.00	151.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	146.00	146.00
10	—	507	161.00	161.00
2	—	757	129.00	129.00
10	—	568	156.50	156.50
17	—	628	151.50–153.00	152.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	164.00–170.00	167.03
13	—	376	151.00–165.00	159.67
73	—	538	125.00–154.00	142.88
38	—	423	144.00–160.00	153.78
37	—	474	139.00–155.00	149.18
14	—	571	125.00–145.00	135.69
2	—	650	130.00	130.00
17	—	627	125.00–136.00	131.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	149.00–154.00	151.80
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
9	—	420	140.00–147.00	143.08
16	—	468	130.00–142.00	138.12
5	—	521	130.00–135.00	132.62
4	—	668	110.00–120.00	116.28
4	—	571	119.00–130.00	122.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	628	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	619	140.00–150.00	143.53
1	—	255	206.00	206.00
29	—	561	157.00–167.00	160.35
12	—	467	168.00–192.00	179.32
2	—	325	198.00–208.00	202.69
12	—	378	180.00–210.00	196.00
15	—	657	135.00–140.00	138.34
15	—	417	177.00–195.00	187.20
21	—	516	160.00–170.00	166.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	174.00–180.00	176.92
3	—	727	114.00–123.00	118.36
4	—	324	182.00–186.00	184.52
8	—	627	125.00–140.00	133.28
12	—	478	154.00–165.00	158.92
8	—	521	142.00–159.00	148.33
3	—	682	124.00–130.00	127.96
11	—	430	164.00–172.00	168.00
7	—	575	132.00–150.00	139.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	716	121.00–138.00	128.01
5	—	323	175.00–190.00	181.86
10	—	625	130.00–154.00	140.07
1	—	780	114.00	114.00
38	—	522	149.00–170.00	161.11
1	—	265	192.00	192.00
1	—	225	198.00	198.00
20	—	431	164.00–185.00	177.59
9	—	684	126.00–134.00	128.17
14	—	372	170.00–195.00	179.78
14	—	585	143.00–152.00	147.64
21	—	478	160.00–180.00	170.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,377	58.00–69.00	64.24
3	—	1,213	73.00–74.00	73.30
26	—	1,386	64.00–75.00	69.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,177	58.00–68.00	63.37
51	—	1,160	64.00–75.00	69.44
8	—	1,156	70.00–80.00	73.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	906	50.00–55.00	51.76
20	—	1,070	55.00–70.00	63.78
45	—	1,035	48.00–62.00	57.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,594	87.00–98.00	92.00
22	—	1,441	79.00–89.00	83.14
4	—	1,810	94.00–105.00	99.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	700.00–775.00	736.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	875.00–955.00	915.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	500.00–675.00	587.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	650.00–1,175.00	1,002.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	650.00–850.00	780.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	—	650.00–1,100.00	941.18
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	405.00–490.00	436.88
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	755.00–890.00	831.25
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	855.00	855.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	915.00	915.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	950.00–1,175.00	1,062.50

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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