Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 118 priced lines covering 1,252 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,820 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 353 head. replacement cattle receipts at 206 head. Counted as USDA files them — 24 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Apr 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,820Last week 2,230Year ago 1,729

Slaughter CattleReceipts 353Last week 363Year ago 542

Replacement CattleReceipts 206Last week 441Year ago 194

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 3.00 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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	177.00	177.00
1	—	705	180.00	180.00
4	—	493	213.00	213.00
1	—	380	222.00	222.00
2	—	623	190.00–195.00	192.49
1	—	335	236.00	236.00
12	—	430	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	508	220.00–238.00	227.21
2	—	633	205.00–214.00	209.45
4	—	378	245.00–263.00	255.23
1	—	855	180.00	180.00
16	—	468	225.00–245.00	237.75
14	—	578	212.00–229.00	223.56
2	—	278	258.00–300.00	279.57
1	—	415	240.00	240.00
1	—	655	197.00	197.00
5	—	337	256.00–268.00	260.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	203.00	203.00
3	—	625	198.00–200.00	198.69
12	—	374	230.00–240.00	233.49
10	—	323	240.00–250.00	242.59
11	—	473	218.00–228.00	221.17
5	—	680	186.00–190.00	188.62
7	—	514	214.00–220.00	217.72
8	—	431	220.00–230.00	223.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	431	187.50–207.00	201.59
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
18	—	529	180.00–197.00	187.45
3	—	710	155.00–158.00	156.01
23	—	620	160.00–173.00	168.83
25	—	370	200.00–222.00	207.45
2	—	250	217.00	217.00
18	—	578	170.00–187.00	178.57
20	—	324	203.00–222.00	212.55
10	—	684	160.00–170.00	163.63
24	—	469	180.00–200.00	191.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	220.00	220.00
18	—	370	212.00–220.00	216.01
41	—	570	180.00–195.00	188.10
7	—	637	170.00–179.00	173.39
1	—	735	152.00	152.00
26	—	470	195.00–215.00	203.51
39	—	430	200.00–220.00	210.86
16	—	512	190.00–208.00	196.44
19	—	323	216.00–230.00	220.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	477	176.00–188.00	182.26
3	—	570	169.00–172.00	169.98
16	—	427	180.00–195.00	189.39
1	—	675	161.00	161.00
16	—	323	192.00–210.00	199.91
17	—	381	192.00–205.00	198.93
1	—	245	220.00	220.00
8	—	526	170.00–182.00	176.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	765	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	709	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	321	236.00–260.00	245.81
1	—	280	238.00	238.00
21	—	428	224.00–240.00	233.21
10	—	469	215.00–225.00	220.32
4	—	616	187.00–197.00	193.54
2	—	768	167.00–170.00	168.47
13	—	508	204.00–221.00	212.93
1	—	245	270.00	270.00
5	—	670	185.00–192.00	187.16
16	—	373	228.00–248.00	234.00
2	—	728	172.00–177.00	174.44
10	—	561	197.00–207.00	202.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	167.00	167.00
6	—	666	170.00–177.00	174.19
10	—	578	185.00–195.00	192.53
11	—	524	195.00–210.00	201.04
15	—	323	226.00–241.00	232.83
21	—	474	206.00–220.00	210.30
1	—	785	157.00	157.00
24	—	428	212.00–227.00	219.62
1	—	275	232.00	232.00
8	—	633	180.00–190.00	184.19
9	—	373	220.00–230.00	224.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	170.00–190.00	181.23
1	—	630	172.00	172.00
5	—	732	143.00–166.00	156.93
1	—	685	170.00	170.00
7	—	437	185.00–210.00	200.81
12	—	474	197.00–210.00	201.92
3	—	560	180.00	180.00
13	—	370	202.00–220.00	216.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	994	75.00–90.00	86.24
15	—	1,129	65.00–84.00	80.30
16	—	998	90.00–96.00	93.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,162	83.00–99.00	90.72
44	—	1,162	88.00–105.00	97.68
22	—	1,185	96.00–110.00	103.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,466	88.00–91.00	89.69
33	—	1,475	90.00–107.00	94.54
14	—	1,446	97.00–115.00	102.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,663	107.00–118.00	112.41
7	—	1,534	94.00–111.00	103.83
9	—	1,767	116.00–124.00	119.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	650.00–975.00	843.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	950.00–1,100.00	1,045.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	775.00–1,100.00	893.75
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	675.00–785.00	702.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	800.00–1,300.00	1,064.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	—	1,025.00–1,425.00	1,255.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	—	850.00–1,385.00	1,198.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	420.00–700.00	520.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,187.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	676.00–920.00	798.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,218.00–1,346.00	1,258.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	925.00–1,200.00	1,066.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	700.00–1,375.00	845.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,050.00–1,475.00	1,271.15

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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