Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 104 priced lines covering 1,544 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,075 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 270 head. replacement cattle receipts at 82 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Sep 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,075Last week 2,790Year ago 3,075

Slaughter CattleReceipts 270Last week 597Year ago 519

Replacement CattleReceipts 82Last week 214Year ago 197

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	270.00	270.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	900.00–975.00	942.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	800.00–900.00	866.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	305.00–450.00	387.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	950.00–1,225.00	1,093.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	—	750.00–1,050.00	901.07
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,158.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	245.00	245.00
5	—	302	229.00	229.00
2	—	475	220.00–230.00	225.00
1	—	765	205.00	205.00
5	—	428	237.50–251.00	244.60
2	—	530	200.00–230.00	214.58
1	—	735	180.00	180.00
2	—	610	211.00	211.00
2	—	590	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	318	270.00–278.00	275.70
21	—	369	250.00–260.00	256.69
5	—	722	195.00–216.00	204.07
19	—	570	224.00–235.00	229.45
13	—	617	210.00–225.00	215.90
12	—	426	244.00–264.00	253.43
35	—	526	230.00–246.00	238.70
15	—	478	242.00–255.00	248.41
8	—	659	200.00–222.00	208.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	370	269.00–282.00	271.97
1	—	275	290.00	290.00
46	—	474	252.00–268.00	254.83
10	—	723	210.00–230.00	223.24
4	—	789	199.00–218.00	213.36
49	—	620	227.00–241.00	236.49
10	—	425	262.50–284.00	269.71
30	—	572	236.00–245.00	241.24
31	—	535	238.00–260.00	244.72
55	—	681	212.50–239.00	225.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	681	202.50–212.00	205.81
50	—	628	207.50–220.00	214.20
38	—	579	212.00–221.00	214.85
6	—	718	197.50–205.00	201.60
25	—	381	235.00–251.00	247.58
26	—	430	229.00–242.50	236.25
26	—	323	240.00–253.00	249.81
56	—	519	216.00–232.00	222.41
38	—	478	220.00–237.00	225.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	525	205.00–225.00	213.72
8	—	676	189.00–208.00	200.73
1	—	750	177.50	177.50
1	—	710	202.00	202.00
8	—	632	200.00–208.00	203.66
26	—	372	220.00–237.00	229.80
63	—	475	215.00–229.00	221.35
9	—	335	225.00–237.50	232.28
32	—	419	217.50–235.00	225.76
39	—	571	200.00–213.00	208.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	766	175.00–180.00	177.76
6	—	579	200.00–202.00	200.48
5	—	618	194.00–200.00	197.97
5	—	429	210.00–221.00	216.98
3	—	343	217.50–225.00	219.98
10	—	530	200.00–211.00	206.48
8	—	463	207.50–220.00	210.84
5	—	381	219.00–225.00	221.98
6	—	675	150.00–194.00	165.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	513	233.50	233.50
1	—	685	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	300.00	300.00
21	—	520	215.00–243.00	227.93
21	—	380	260.00–285.00	265.86
16	—	565	210.00–233.00	224.60
33	—	470	225.00–250.00	238.06
25	—	426	240.00–270.50	254.11
11	—	331	272.00–292.00	281.64
3	—	685	205.00–210.00	206.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	280.00	280.00
21	—	631	177.00–211.00	191.78
20	—	575	190.00–224.00	212.11
12	—	380	248.00–258.00	251.70
1	—	740	192.00	192.00
31	—	426	220.00–249.00	237.91
9	—	318	245.00–265.00	256.17
23	—	525	200.00–232.00	217.46
35	—	471	210.00–244.00	229.15
9	—	656	170.00–205.00	187.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	195.00	195.00
5	—	483	205.00–226.00	218.39
1	—	795	175.00	175.00
4	—	581	185.00–210.00	196.47
10	—	421	210.00–240.00	227.44
1	—	605	180.00	180.00
3	—	523	193.00–218.00	204.93
3	—	317	240.00–245.00	243.32
2	—	380	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,010	78.00–98.00	86.53
7	—	969	75.00–86.00	80.75
7	—	1,134	94.00–98.00	96.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,366	88.00–109.00	101.47
5	—	1,563	107.00–114.00	110.25
10	—	1,346	84.00–104.00	93.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,133	80.00–104.00	95.51
12	—	1,190	103.00–114.00	108.63
50	—	1,139	90.00–110.00	101.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,017	126.00–132.00	129.40
11	—	1,690	112.00–127.00	119.83
7	—	1,409	108.00–118.00	113.62

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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