Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 111 priced lines covering 1,246 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,258 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 276 head. replacement cattle receipts at 289 head. Counted as USDA files them — 126 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,258Last week 1,378Year ago 1,672

Slaughter CattleReceipts 276Last week 326Year ago 355

Replacement CattleReceipts 289Last week 205Year ago 329

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate 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
1	—	695	191.00	191.00
1	—	740	180.00	180.00
4	—	570	211.00–215.00	213.03
1	—	790	174.00	174.00
6	—	480	219.00–235.00	228.96
3	—	618	203.00–212.00	206.03
14	—	521	209.00–222.00	214.78
4	—	425	232.00–240.00	235.94
4	—	385	237.00–247.00	242.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	228.00	228.00
2	—	590	200.00	200.00
3	—	515	210.00	210.00
3	—	368	230.00–235.00	232.37
6	—	488	215.00–220.00	217.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	769	175.00–189.00	185.10
41	—	528	220.00–238.00	232.35
18	—	438	230.00–243.00	237.72
4	—	723	182.00–185.00	183.49
12	—	479	222.50–235.00	227.80
28	—	570	216.00–227.50	220.87
2	—	333	262.00–267.00	264.52
16	—	621	210.00–222.00	216.27
17	—	661	197.50–218.00	207.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	712	140.00–163.00	154.45
9	—	332	202.50–216.00	209.16
1	—	770	132.00	132.00
2	—	490	195.00	195.00
1	—	245	245.00	245.00
5	—	371	175.00–210.00	200.68
4	—	577	170.00–171.00	170.24
4	—	281	216.00–230.00	220.28
8	—	421	200.00–209.00	204.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	245.00	245.00
22	—	424	197.50–220.00	211.09
14	—	480	192.50–206.00	199.85
22	—	374	214.00–227.00	219.80
6	—	617	170.00–175.00	173.25
11	—	329	210.00–237.00	222.92
12	—	532	192.50–207.00	195.87
3	—	770	155.00–175.00	168.25
9	—	573	178.00–183.00	181.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	171.00	171.00
44	—	430	210.00–232.00	216.71
8	—	670	180.00–181.00	180.13
17	—	634	183.00–190.00	187.28
24	—	524	197.50–210.00	204.42
8	—	323	228.00–234.00	230.98
20	—	568	190.00–205.00	196.48
2	—	798	154.00	154.00
14	—	722	173.00–180.00	175.95
13	—	367	227.00–237.00	232.07
52	—	476	205.00–222.00	213.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	254.00	254.00
1	—	215	267.50	267.50
6	—	719	150.00–172.00	159.75
15	—	565	192.00–210.00	198.36
1	—	695	160.00	160.00
7	—	518	209.00–217.50	212.49
18	—	361	229.00–250.00	240.14
11	—	475	217.50–227.50	219.06
25	—	426	225.00–235.00	229.43
23	—	322	237.50–265.00	244.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	520	200.00–212.00	203.75
6	—	738	161.00–175.00	170.67
15	—	374	217.50–240.00	232.43
29	—	421	216.00–237.00	223.82
20	—	482	196.50–230.00	210.53
7	—	570	184.00–202.00	191.06
9	—	636	182.00–191.00	185.08
12	—	328	222.50–255.00	237.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	475	185.00–216.00	209.21
1	—	280	255.00	255.00
4	—	511	186.00–207.00	196.32
5	—	638	170.00–181.00	178.88
5	—	335	230.00–240.00	233.50
6	—	378	205.00–237.00	222.18
9	—	431	210.00–229.00	221.68
5	—	561	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	110.00–113.00	111.53
12	—	1,413	89.50–106.00	96.02
17	—	1,410	85.00–98.00	90.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,163	99.00–109.00	104.71
21	—	1,146	82.00–96.00	89.21
41	—	1,174	90.00–103.00	96.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	976	75.00–84.00	80.19
16	—	1,017	78.00–89.00	84.77
14	—	928	66.00–78.00	72.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,752	110.00–127.00	120.81
16	—	1,462	94.00–115.00	106.06
11	—	1,468	90.00–109.00	101.73

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)	6	—	—	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,412.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,362.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	600.00–750.00	656.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	680.00–950.00	852.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	900.00–975.00	937.50
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	350.00–450.00	390.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	850.00–950.00	916.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	—	925.00–1,325.00	1,084.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	—	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,166.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	—	780.00–1,025.00	891.79
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	65	—	—	1,200.00–1,625.00	1,371.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	—	1,500.00–2,025.00	1,757.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	—	1,800.00–2,600.00	2,113.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	900.00–1,150.00	1,041.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	675.00–900.00	789.85
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	902.00–1,160.00	1,017.50

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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