Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 126 priced lines covering 2,398 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,242 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 892 head. replacement cattle receipts at 360 head. Counted as USDA files them — 72 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Apr 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,242Last week 3,730Year ago 3,076

Slaughter CattleReceipts 892Last week 874Year ago 707

Replacement CattleReceipts 360Last week 291Year ago 263

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold uneven, mostly 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
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	230.00–235.00	233.35
12	—	480	212.00–225.00	218.73
3	—	420	216.00–225.00	222.07
2	—	725	180.00	180.00
6	—	608	190.00–207.00	194.14
17	—	368	220.00–232.00	226.10
2	—	523	200.00–212.00	205.97
11	—	553	210.00–212.00	210.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	275.00	275.00
21	—	463	266.00	266.00
19	—	368	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	381	257.00–273.00	258.59
5	—	424	249.00–262.00	254.86
8	—	729	195.00	195.00
12	—	668	200.00–210.00	204.49
36	—	530	224.00–245.00	241.79
22	—	461	239.00–257.00	253.13
6	—	579	220.00–240.00	227.34
2	—	613	215.00–217.00	216.01
1	—	765	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	192.00–202.00	196.95
19	—	525	212.00–235.00	226.01
19	—	758	179.00–188.00	185.20
17	—	728	182.00–189.00	186.23
9	—	320	240.00–255.00	247.21
20	—	625	190.00–221.00	210.88
20	—	423	232.00–255.00	241.53
11	—	377	236.00–250.00	242.10
48	—	483	220.00–240.00	232.07
12	—	561	215.00–225.00	216.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	525	188.00–215.00	200.07
59	—	576	178.00–204.00	196.14
62	—	471	196.00–218.00	212.44
33	—	685	165.00–180.00	177.40
2	—	383	230.00–234.00	232.01
17	—	413	216.00–230.00	221.05
3	—	318	228.00–235.00	230.97
17	—	628	170.00–193.00	177.90
54	—	731	170.00–178.00	177.00
7	—	773	156.00–160.00	157.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	370	233.00	233.00
1	—	615	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	673	166.00–176.00	169.11
69	—	523	179.00–206.00	194.00
8	—	792	147.00–163.00	157.28
9	—	622	170.00–190.00	180.87
42	—	573	170.00–195.00	185.92
51	—	377	196.00–225.00	212.90
22	—	735	150.00–165.00	159.55
41	—	430	188.00–217.00	207.26
17	—	320	214.00–232.00	220.90
69	—	475	186.00–213.00	203.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	673	153.00–163.00	157.27
17	—	523	175.00–190.00	185.35
22	—	473	182.00–200.00	193.73
42	—	382	186.00–217.00	202.54
22	—	322	198.00–222.00	211.48
4	—	278	202.00–220.00	211.57
1	—	635	176.00	176.00
10	—	568	168.00–183.00	175.62
33	—	427	180.00–209.00	198.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	202.00	202.00
12	—	674	180.00–183.00	182.51
6	—	405	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	459	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	379	232.00–262.50	253.88
5	—	329	250.00–262.00	255.69
1	—	210	270.00	270.00
8	—	627	180.00–195.00	187.83
10	—	579	186.00–213.00	197.65
1	—	835	162.00	162.00
3	—	672	190.00–192.00	191.00
14	—	416	225.00–246.00	235.13
3	—	757	165.00–170.00	166.70
4	—	710	175.00–180.00	177.49
24	—	468	215.00–241.00	229.46
2	—	265	255.00–260.00	257.64
19	—	509	205.00–232.00	218.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	247.00–249.00	248.01
2	—	375	267.00–270.00	268.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	721	153.00–164.00	157.23
28	—	518	178.00–210.00	206.46
5	—	683	167.00–172.00	170.60
18	—	471	188.00–217.00	205.51
3	—	263	257.00	257.00
9	—	624	168.00–190.00	177.28
6	—	576	170.00–200.00	192.43
5	—	325	240.00–247.00	243.87
27	—	425	192.00–225.00	210.05
3	—	370	230.00–237.00	234.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	420	202.00–237.00	222.28
5	—	274	235.00–245.00	240.91
20	—	575	180.00–220.00	198.00
9	—	624	174.00–205.00	191.82
3	—	710	165.00–167.00	166.32
21	—	472	196.00–232.00	215.59
5	—	663	170.00–180.00	174.81
30	—	522	180.00–226.00	202.83
12	—	373	217.00–245.00	227.82
15	—	327	222.00–257.00	236.98
1	—	220	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,000	70.00–96.00	83.29
68	—	994	63.00–91.00	81.68
57	—	1,021	78.00–101.00	87.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,441	92.00–104.00	96.73
7	—	1,359	104.00–112.00	107.88
39	—	1,390	85.00–98.00	92.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,267	95.00–109.00	103.34
118	—	1,091	84.00–97.00	89.05
119	—	1,186	88.00–103.00	95.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,722	111.00–120.00	115.72
16	—	1,813	118.00–128.00	123.57
10	—	1,408	104.00–114.00	108.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	722.00–904.00	816.38
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	500.00–650.00	587.69
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	725.00–1,075.00	878.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	—	800.00–950.00	855.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	—	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,111.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	—	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,136.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	—	775.00–1,100.00	928.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,127.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	—	—	1,250.00–1,750.00	1,458.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,240.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,525.00–2,150.00	1,871.67

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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