Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 123 priced lines covering 1,446 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,758 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 548 head. replacement cattle receipts at 240 head. Counted as USDA files them — 46 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Oct 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,758Last week 2,491Year ago 2,376

Slaughter CattleReceipts 548Last week 565Year ago 538

Replacement CattleReceipts 240Last week 251Year ago 176

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	180.00	180.00
13	—	480	222.00–247.00	240.81
2	—	658	190.00–200.00	195.02
3	—	345	260.00	260.00
35	—	529	210.00–242.00	223.65
9	—	417	218.00–242.00	233.07
5	—	558	208.00–235.00	228.97
5	—	629	200.00–206.00	203.99
7	—	376	225.00–255.00	245.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	731	150.00–172.00	165.14
6	—	330	240.00–262.00	251.48
4	—	675	172.00–175.00	173.48
13	—	469	205.00–222.00	214.52
16	—	609	165.00–180.00	169.63
12	—	380	232.00–250.00	239.33
23	—	575	170.00–202.00	180.69
18	—	427	210.00–235.00	222.56
14	—	514	190.00–210.00	203.37
1	—	755	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	324	250.00–275.00	262.35
2	—	280	260.00	260.00
8	—	676	170.00–185.00	180.56
28	—	518	200.00–227.00	213.76
30	—	469	206.00–240.00	223.36
19	—	612	180.00–190.00	183.71
23	—	432	210.00–252.00	234.34
15	—	373	220.00–265.00	247.79
2	—	780	176.00	176.00
1	—	725	170.00	170.00
9	—	568	190.00–212.00	198.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	631	217.00–228.00	222.86
6	—	419	222.00–255.00	248.00
2	—	800	202.00–207.00	204.50
2	—	775	185.00–190.00	187.56
2	—	280	260.00	260.00
10	—	525	212.50–247.00	229.22
17	—	691	210.00–215.00	213.83
6	—	568	230.00–235.00	232.82
4	—	328	230.00–265.00	246.10
13	—	473	218.00–255.00	244.01
5	—	371	255.00–265.00	259.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	577	220.00–241.00	233.38
2	—	725	227.00–230.00	228.52
2	—	610	232.00–235.00	233.49
2	—	385	260.00	260.00
8	—	476	230.00–260.00	247.61
7	—	433	235.00–252.00	241.69
2	—	520	240.00–243.00	241.49
2	—	323	250.00–265.00	258.02
10	—	659	215.00–229.00	227.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	200.00	200.00
1	—	670	177.00	177.00
8	—	619	209.00–220.00	218.35
4	—	328	245.00–250.00	246.73
8	—	379	230.00–248.00	241.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	560	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	180.00	180.00
19	—	527	185.00–210.00	196.65
13	—	327	205.00–235.00	224.68
2	—	770	135.00–170.00	152.39
2	—	285	218.00	218.00
7	—	572	170.00–192.00	183.14
14	—	373	205.00–225.00	212.88
7	—	621	167.00–192.00	183.77
2	—	728	147.00–170.00	158.30
28	—	481	190.00–212.00	206.28
28	—	429	190.00–220.00	206.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	150.00–187.00	165.83
11	—	519	200.00–212.00	206.82
1	—	715	205.00	205.00
4	—	375	216.00–222.00	218.47
14	—	495	210.00–229.00	211.29
1	—	655	175.00	175.00
6	—	577	195.00–206.00	199.00
3	—	308	222.00–225.00	223.02
17	—	433	210.00–230.00	217.15
13	—	621	185.00–219.00	207.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	422	205.00–229.00	214.93
7	—	666	165.00–196.00	186.22
39	—	530	190.00–215.00	202.90
2	—	770	180.00–185.00	182.55
4	—	739	180.00–192.00	184.78
52	—	473	195.00–225.00	210.15
12	—	628	175.00–207.00	190.21
39	—	576	185.00–212.00	198.91
23	—	369	208.00–232.00	219.92
3	—	295	220.00	220.00
17	—	330	216.00–227.00	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	195.00	195.00
3	—	670	198.00	198.00
12	—	427	220.00–239.00	233.40
14	—	578	210.00–229.00	223.81
1	—	605	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,462.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	—	1,050.00–1,575.00	1,226.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,625.00–1,700.00	1,662.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,246.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	750.00–1,000.00	929.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,097.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	—	1,200.00–1,685.00	1,525.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	—	1,050.00–1,475.00	1,327.42
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,008.00–1,043.00	1,025.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	570.00–770.00	631.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,752	108.00–125.00	113.92
25	—	1,628	102.00–118.00	106.82
11	—	1,611	98.00–108.00	101.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,174	86.00–99.00	93.83
99	—	1,178	79.00–93.00	87.80
62	—	1,173	72.00–86.00	82.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,465	80.00–95.00	88.08
6	—	1,389	91.00–98.00	94.93
19	—	1,491	84.00–88.00	85.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,017	60.00–77.00	70.99
32	—	1,020	66.00–82.00	75.92
24	—	1,071	72.00–87.00	80.39

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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