Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 123 priced lines covering 1,714 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,226 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 561 head. replacement cattle receipts at 219 head. Counted as USDA files them — 32 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,226Last week 2,004Year ago 1,833

Slaughter CattleReceipts 561Last week 382Year ago 269

Replacement CattleReceipts 219Last week 173Year ago 95

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	144.00	144.00
12	—	468	180.00–192.50	186.60
6	—	563	165.00–182.00	174.23
3	—	792	155.00–160.00	158.35
23	—	421	178.00–207.50	194.23
12	—	375	192.00–211.00	200.74
12	—	329	192.00–212.00	206.47
15	—	520	175.00–182.50	176.96
1	—	660	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	180.00	180.00
1	—	425	164.00	164.00
2	—	523	160.00–167.00	163.48
20	—	481	172.00–178.00	175.06
10	—	379	177.00–195.00	183.24
4	—	606	150.00–157.00	151.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	521	172.00–195.00	184.00
6	—	615	165.00–185.00	172.26
11	—	662	162.50–178.00	168.68
14	—	327	206.00–225.00	214.46
8	—	374	204.00–225.00	213.06
7	—	820	164.00	164.00
1	—	760	145.00	145.00
5	—	735	150.00–172.00	166.98
23	—	586	170.00–179.00	177.18
14	—	463	192.00–205.00	196.31
17	—	410	192.00–220.00	208.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	572	142.00–157.00	148.83
3	—	772	130.00–144.00	137.91
3	—	328	177.50–190.00	182.58
29	—	428	157.50–167.00	163.21
30	—	520	145.00–165.00	156.81
16	—	368	167.50–188.00	173.25
29	—	463	150.00–169.00	159.18
2	—	730	132.50	132.50
14	—	623	137.50–156.00	148.95
6	—	668	132.50–155.00	145.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	130.00–142.00	133.74
25	—	577	130.00–145.00	138.40
3	—	663	125.00–131.00	127.04
19	—	322	157.50–178.00	170.09
44	—	478	140.00–166.00	153.03
46	—	370	150.00–176.00	166.30
2	—	250	160.00–162.50	161.25
46	—	426	145.00–170.00	158.27
22	—	523	135.00–157.00	146.31
5	—	728	115.00–134.00	125.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	474	120.00–150.00	139.26
14	—	518	115.00–146.00	131.23
32	—	377	130.00–161.00	151.31
8	—	575	110.00–141.00	120.98
21	—	422	130.00–153.00	145.53
33	—	317	135.00–167.00	158.34
2	—	275	172.00–174.00	172.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	132.00–133.00	132.50
1	—	550	152.00	152.00
2	—	610	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	710	154.00	154.00
7	—	665	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	154.00–160.00	158.17
5	—	561	165.00–175.00	167.97
32	—	470	178.00–200.00	184.69
17	—	721	135.00–142.00	137.93
11	—	515	160.00–180.00	171.19
2	—	673	150.00–152.00	150.99
31	—	419	184.00–207.50	191.28
17	—	373	200.00–212.50	206.74
3	—	760	125.00–133.00	128.05
26	—	322	202.00–222.50	212.15
4	—	268	208.00–217.00	212.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	357	215.00	215.00
2	—	688	157.00–158.00	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	136.00	136.00
2	—	273	200.00–205.00	202.34
17	—	375	182.00–197.50	191.68
27	—	324	194.00–211.00	201.29
19	—	618	145.00–159.00	148.71
3	—	718	135.00	135.00
18	—	525	152.00–176.00	163.99
39	—	429	170.00–195.00	178.24
40	—	473	167.00–188.00	176.59
16	—	572	148.00–165.00	155.35
2	—	775	125.00–130.00	127.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	521	144.00–165.00	153.79
7	—	326	180.00–192.00	182.37
3	—	617	130.00–137.00	133.04
6	—	279	185.00–197.00	190.35
14	—	424	165.00–181.00	173.18
5	—	571	142.00–150.00	145.41
11	—	470	160.00–172.00	165.69
2	—	693	120.00–127.00	123.49
13	—	367	168.00–185.00	176.29
3	—	230	200.00–210.00	203.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,271	80.00–88.00	84.05
69	—	1,195	69.00–83.00	76.93
48	—	1,205	62.00–76.00	69.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,003	48.00–69.00	61.52
36	—	930	42.00–68.00	55.80
45	—	968	54.00–75.00	65.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,451	66.00–70.00	69.17
22	—	1,439	76.00–83.00	80.40
15	—	1,399	71.00–76.00	73.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	2,131	97.00–101.00	99.21
14	—	1,546	89.00–103.00	94.52
21	—	1,441	77.00–90.00	83.32

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,155.00	1,155.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	600.00–897.00	679.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	—	900.00–1,125.00	1,031.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	—	785.00–1,100.00	976.60
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	700.00–750.00	716.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	775.00–875.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	825.00–850.00	837.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	975.00–1,275.00	1,091.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	750.00–850.00	816.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	700.00–900.00	787.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	600.00–800.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	550.00–650.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	650.00–750.00	712.50

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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