Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 109 priced lines covering 1,203 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,166 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 393 head. replacement cattle receipts at 153 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,166Last week 2,121Year ago 2,894

Slaughter CattleReceipts 393Last week 461Year ago 557

Replacement CattleReceipts 153Last week 220Year ago 165

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	875.00–950.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	950.00–1,075.00	1,010.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,078.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	815.00–995.00	905.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,465.00–1,500.00	1,473.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	—	1,075.00–1,575.00	1,266.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	900.00–1,225.00	1,056.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	—	1,050.00–1,675.00	1,339.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	845.00–900.00	872.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	735.00–962.00	849.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	500.00–600.00	550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	428	225.00–237.00	230.88
9	—	685	195.00–207.00	203.01
4	—	290	236.00–240.00	239.00
57	—	530	210.00–225.00	219.33
9	—	710	185.00–196.00	191.34
10	—	328	234.00–245.00	240.00
17	—	382	230.00–240.00	235.46
8	—	635	190.00–213.00	201.76
30	—	472	220.00–230.00	224.61
24	—	580	205.00–217.00	213.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	429	235.00–246.00	241.40
1	—	790	185.00	185.00
4	—	564	219.00–222.00	220.78
2	—	670	205.00–210.00	207.43
2	—	373	242.00–245.00	243.53
4	—	633	204.00–218.00	209.61
2	—	713	195.00–205.00	199.91
10	—	465	225.00–235.00	229.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	527	200.00–212.00	207.61
13	—	332	220.00–240.00	228.29
2	—	573	200.00–205.00	202.42
5	—	465	197.00–212.00	205.06
5	—	418	206.00–215.00	208.55
11	—	375	210.00–230.00	221.46
2	—	618	170.00–177.00	173.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	215.00	215.00
1	—	550	232.00	232.00
2	—	515	235.00–237.00	235.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	533	210.00–227.00	218.67
1	—	695	204.00	204.00
1	—	770	187.00	187.00
4	—	415	242.00–270.00	255.41
1	—	375	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	237.00–265.00	241.59
1	—	425	264.00	264.00
7	—	681	217.00–225.00	221.57
7	—	617	217.00–236.00	226.06
13	—	382	280.00–290.00	286.30
1	—	775	197.00	197.00
2	—	320	285.00–295.00	290.16
20	—	582	227.00–236.00	234.66
12	—	480	242.00–275.00	250.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	658	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	472	255.00–287.50	270.64
2	—	675	231.00	231.00
11	—	426	275.00–287.00	280.26
7	—	322	286.00–320.00	311.08
2	—	575	265.00–267.00	266.00
7	—	375	295.00–305.00	299.29
56	—	517	247.00–282.00	256.31
13	—	715	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	577	210.00–225.00	216.58
3	—	775	185.00	185.00
9	—	429	245.00–270.00	255.69
10	—	315	265.00–295.00	280.95
5	—	384	250.00–264.00	258.60
27	—	511	212.00–237.00	220.50
5	—	723	191.00–196.00	195.01
2	—	275	280.00	280.00
32	—	473	216.00–247.00	230.33
14	—	623	200.00–217.00	211.67
3	—	670	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	235.00–240.00	237.05
3	—	678	210.00–218.00	214.31
15	—	371	265.00–278.00	270.76
9	—	428	264.00–285.00	270.97
3	—	477	255.00–257.00	255.67
2	—	325	282.00–292.00	286.77
10	—	579	218.00–230.00	220.66
1	—	760	202.00	202.00
5	—	621	216.00–222.00	218.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	288	270.00–272.00	271.34
1	—	685	190.00	190.00
10	—	637	185.00–206.00	191.91
11	—	431	212.00–244.00	219.37
5	—	372	245.00–255.00	253.06
6	—	333	255.00–270.00	264.58
10	—	528	195.00–225.00	210.87
2	—	780	170.00–178.00	174.05
4	—	578	194.00–215.00	208.54
11	—	738	178.00–180.00	178.72
14	—	474	209.00–236.00	217.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,179	99.00–112.00	107.66
39	—	1,236	93.00–107.00	103.95
23	—	1,223	106.00–119.00	114.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,001	89.00–98.00	94.93
32	—	1,005	98.00–106.00	102.25
34	—	943	81.00–91.00	87.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,431	104.00–110.00	107.26
10	—	1,435	95.00–104.00	100.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,671	117.00–125.00	122.41
12	—	1,418	109.00–118.00	114.85
9	—	1,937	123.00–137.00	131.06

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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