Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 79 priced lines covering 335 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 490 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 97 head. replacement cattle receipts at 36 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 490Last week 1,633Year ago 1,692

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 390Year ago 306

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 237Year ago 96

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	734	158.00	158.00
17	—	469	187.50–199.00	193.23
8	—	376	194.00–213.00	204.85
8	—	609	165.00–179.00	175.50
6	—	677	155.00–160.00	155.81
8	—	419	195.00–200.00	198.09
2	—	268	208.00–218.00	212.86
2	—	575	184.00	184.00
2	—	540	185.00	185.00
2	—	320	213.00–222.00	217.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	180.00–190.00	184.60
1	—	315	200.00	200.00
2	—	523	168.00–178.00	173.12
4	—	380	190.00–200.00	197.01
3	—	275	198.00–204.00	199.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	615	187.00	187.00
8	—	283	222.00–230.00	228.29
3	—	568	195.00–199.00	196.30
8	—	524	184.00–199.00	192.77
5	—	475	190.00–196.00	191.80
4	—	433	196.00–198.00	197.49
7	—	386	206.00–208.00	206.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	305	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	178.00	178.00
4	—	374	206.00–230.00	218.65
1	—	465	206.00	206.00
1	—	520	198.00	198.00
1	—	275	220.00	220.00
5	—	327	230.00–240.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	242.00	242.00
3	—	465	217.00	217.00
2	—	570	210.00	210.00
1	—	380	226.00	226.00
1	—	430	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	188.00	188.00
6	—	329	222.00–252.00	243.86
1	—	515	210.00	210.00
2	—	373	240.00–242.00	240.98
5	—	573	192.00–198.00	195.55
1	—	435	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	265.00	265.00
2	—	558	190.00–192.00	191.00
5	—	465	206.00–235.00	221.72
3	—	280	252.00	252.00
5	—	362	218.00–255.00	233.74
6	—	528	196.00–220.00	206.46
4	—	410	210.00–250.00	231.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	423	217.50–230.00	223.38
2	—	585	187.50	187.50
1	—	310	224.00	224.00
3	—	525	187.50–192.50	190.74
4	—	265	228.00–238.00	233.00
3	—	373	225.00–230.00	226.65
5	—	475	192.00–200.00	196.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	175.00	175.00
4	—	343	214.00–220.00	217.02
3	—	440	190.00–194.00	191.30
2	—	255	224.00	224.00
3	—	525	180.00–195.00	186.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	850	59.00–78.00	66.84
4	—	869	69.00–75.00	71.38
4	—	971	83.00–85.00	83.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,383	99.00–110.00	103.72
12	—	1,505	89.00–105.00	96.75
4	—	1,301	88.00–97.00	93.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,086	84.00–91.00	87.30
5	—	1,169	97.00–100.00	98.25
11	—	1,233	88.00–105.00	94.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	103.00–104.00	103.46
5	—	1,864	110.00–123.00	114.45
2	—	1,903	118.00–120.00	119.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	875.00–1,175.00	1,015.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,606.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	875.00	875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	875.00	875.00

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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