Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 74 priced lines covering 465 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,060 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 206 head. replacement cattle receipts at 111 head. Counted as USDA files them — 27 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,060Last week 2,471Year ago 1,564

Slaughter CattleReceipts 206Last week 514Year ago 351

Replacement CattleReceipts 111Last week 309Year ago 182

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	947	62.00–83.00	75.39
20	—	977	70.00–91.00	81.18
9	—	942	78.00–82.00	79.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	85.00–91.00	87.63
11	—	1,384	85.00–96.00	91.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,079	83.00–88.00	85.39
35	—	1,151	89.00–97.00	92.93
3	—	1,200	98.00–104.00	101.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	100.00–104.00	101.75
5	—	1,839	116.00–127.00	121.99
12	—	1,565	105.00–118.00	110.27

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)	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,262.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	800.00–1,025.00	906.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	825.00–1,175.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,000.00–1,475.00	1,218.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	975.00–1,275.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	925.00–1,175.00	1,030.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	725.00–1,025.00	863.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	195.00–197.00	196.03
2	—	588	160.00–164.00	162.01
5	—	521	175.00–180.00	179.03
5	—	468	187.00–194.00	189.77
2	—	438	190.00–199.00	194.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	412	220.00–227.50	222.12
3	—	450	215.00–220.00	216.67
8	—	320	230.00–235.00	232.62
2	—	395	230.00	230.00
5	—	519	200.00–205.00	204.02
5	—	685	176.00	176.00
18	—	575	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	174.00–179.00	177.33
16	—	526	190.00–195.00	192.38
7	—	571	190.00	190.00
16	—	423	202.50–210.00	207.16
12	—	375	207.00–220.00	215.56
6	—	488	195.00–200.00	198.38
6	—	332	220.00–225.00	223.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	190.00–199.00	194.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	458	215.00–222.50	220.44
3	—	723	182.50–185.00	184.18
4	—	574	177.00–210.00	193.52
5	—	634	175.00–197.50	187.63
6	—	340	245.00–250.00	246.67
7	—	517	210.00–215.00	213.94
5	—	392	230.00–240.00	237.02
4	—	781	167.50–175.00	171.27
2	—	830	160.00	160.00
7	—	428	225.00–230.00	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	230.00–237.50	232.80
4	—	624	202.50–210.00	205.57
7	—	382	250.00–260.00	253.85
2	—	563	215.00–220.00	217.44
5	—	330	260.00–270.00	264.38
4	—	523	222.50–225.00	223.71
6	—	420	240.00–250.00	244.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	170.00	170.00
1	—	545	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	208.00–210.00	209.01
4	—	431	235.00–242.00	237.73
3	—	475	220.00–230.00	223.86
2	—	513	214.00–216.00	214.99
8	—	675	199.00	199.00
2	—	638	203.00–207.00	204.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	267.50–275.00	269.93
3	—	322	275.00–280.00	278.26
9	—	610	216.00	216.00
3	—	475	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	190.00	190.00
2	—	565	191.00–193.00	191.99

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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