Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 130 priced lines covering 2,958 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,702 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,952 head. replacement cattle receipts at 353 head. Counted as USDA files them — 32 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Sep 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,702Last week 6,469Year ago 4,995

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,952Last week 864Year ago 841

Replacement CattleReceipts 353Last week 288Year ago 127

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,150.00–1,575.00	1,315.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	—	825.00–1,375.00	1,119.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,266.67
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	900.00–1,100.00	1,023.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,162.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,205.00	1,205.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,180.00	1,180.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,491.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	—	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,377.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,487.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	705.00–996.00	898.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	650.00–750.00	695.45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	610	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	323	230.00–240.00	233.83
80	—	577	197.00–217.00	208.05
31	—	625	195.00–214.00	203.46
1	—	290	250.00	250.00
60	—	431	210.00–235.00	226.94
6	—	727	170.00–192.00	185.25
16	—	776	162.00–184.00	182.53
94	—	479	206.00–228.00	219.78
26	—	372	212.00–245.00	229.50
28	—	665	180.00–200.00	193.54
97	—	522	205.00–222.00	216.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	417	230.00–247.00	236.63
66	—	476	218.00–232.00	224.31
10	—	378	236.00–255.00	241.17
1	—	770	193.00	193.00
9	—	347	267.50	267.50
34	—	624	200.00–219.00	209.91
45	—	570	210.00–225.00	217.66
36	—	664	190.00–211.00	205.30
68	—	528	212.00–230.00	221.53
11	—	721	189.00–210.00	199.02
5	—	800	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	224.00–226.00	224.98
1	—	440	245.00	245.00
7	—	725	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	170.00	170.00
1	—	710	186.00	186.00
1	—	290	245.00	245.00
20	—	325	220.00–235.00	225.90
20	—	566	185.00–201.00	194.45
24	—	524	185.00–210.00	200.64
2	—	678	178.00–185.00	181.41
34	—	424	198.00–223.00	210.86
8	—	373	205.00–230.00	219.14
32	—	473	199.00–215.00	208.30
35	—	617	177.00–197.00	192.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	769	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	260.00–265.00	261.25
13	—	690	200.00–216.00	214.36
16	—	434	230.00–245.00	237.28
10	—	627	208.00–220.00	214.49
25	—	587	214.00–234.00	222.40
1	—	760	195.00	195.00
1	—	705	200.00	200.00
21	—	533	220.00–239.00	228.03
10	—	377	244.00–260.00	250.71
5	—	466	231.00–240.00	235.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	229.00	229.00
5	—	800	224.00	224.00
13	—	478	260.00–276.00	271.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	623	224.00–250.00	239.90
71	—	519	235.00–265.00	258.04
71	—	578	231.00–255.00	246.49
21	—	429	252.00–290.00	278.89
4	—	800	220.00	220.00
13	—	471	251.00–277.00	266.67
23	—	668	219.00–242.50	234.62
14	—	324	257.00–305.00	279.11
24	—	728	224.00–230.00	226.57
6	—	382	253.00–290.00	281.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	521	226.00–255.00	241.56
33	—	617	217.00–238.00	226.86
13	—	385	250.00–277.00	259.42
19	—	771	208.00–224.00	217.52
13	—	435	248.00–268.00	261.22
43	—	677	210.00–232.00	225.40
23	—	473	244.00–270.00	255.77
69	—	572	220.00–245.00	232.27
12	—	329	251.00–280.00	267.81
16	—	737	207.00–217.00	215.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	574	198.00–228.00	214.28
9	—	361	248.00–267.50	257.16
15	—	616	192.00–215.00	207.02
3	—	327	270.00–282.00	274.64
42	—	426	206.00–252.00	240.61
18	—	670	192.00–208.00	202.49
42	—	469	205.00–246.00	232.54
63	—	523	200.00–236.00	226.33
2	—	778	170.00–177.00	173.51
8	—	724	184.00–200.00	188.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	290.00	290.00
14	—	714	198.00–200.00	198.14
11	—	559	212.00–235.00	225.98
5	—	609	206.00–225.00	217.19
9	—	411	255.00–275.00	262.85
17	—	466	243.00–260.00	248.97
4	—	661	202.00–215.00	210.95
18	—	521	230.00–245.00	236.67
5	—	378	260.00–285.00	270.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	622	186.00–205.00	196.28
3	—	708	172.00–182.00	175.32
49	—	576	190.00–217.00	207.31
1	—	270	265.00	265.00
7	—	369	200.00–242.00	217.86
11	—	333	210.00–272.00	241.30
1	—	785	175.00	175.00
20	—	473	196.00–230.00	217.21
28	—	426	198.00–240.00	226.76
7	—	666	182.00–197.00	190.34
17	—	524	194.00–222.00	210.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	985	69.00–85.00	76.89
35	—	1,033	83.00–92.00	86.89
77	—	1,088	76.00–95.00	84.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,424	88.00–103.00	95.48
18	—	1,380	82.00–97.00	87.73
9	—	1,517	95.00–103.00	96.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,201	87.00–101.00	91.64
98	—	1,230	82.00–95.00	87.10
55	—	1,258	92.00–104.00	95.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,882	115.00–130.00	123.90
34	—	1,673	104.00–123.00	115.91
22	—	1,515	100.00–117.00	109.13

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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