Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 104 priced lines covering 1,004 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,850 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 543 head. replacement cattle receipts at 166 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,850Last week 3,124Year ago 2,635

Slaughter CattleReceipts 543Last week 603Year ago 564

Replacement CattleReceipts 166Last week 273Year ago 186

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	225.00–227.00	226.02
2	—	470	227.00–237.00	232.16
3	—	328	250.00–260.00	256.60
1	—	545	218.00	218.00
5	—	712	200.00–202.00	201.58
2	—	378	255.00–265.00	260.10
1	—	660	215.00	215.00
6	—	628	210.00–220.00	215.84
1	—	770	187.00	187.00
1	—	445	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	210.00–220.00	214.90
1	—	680	225.00	225.00
6	—	328	250.00–285.00	267.46
9	—	522	230.00–250.00	238.95
11	—	574	222.00–250.00	239.09
1	—	445	242.00	242.00
8	—	618	220.00–240.00	231.14
5	—	478	238.00–260.00	249.95
5	—	380	257.00–270.00	263.30
3	—	773	210.00–212.00	210.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	238.00	238.00
2	—	585	234.00	234.00
5	—	473	246.00–270.00	259.34
5	—	420	262.00–270.00	266.24
1	—	365	288.00	288.00
18	—	638	223.00–247.00	236.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	441	194.00–215.00	204.48
10	—	524	172.00–205.00	186.91
5	—	574	177.00–180.00	179.43
12	—	627	160.00–190.00	174.99
5	—	676	170.00–175.00	170.98
17	—	469	180.00–210.00	195.34
6	—	369	220.00–225.00	223.65
2	—	315	230.00	230.00
8	—	733	160.00–166.00	161.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	220.00	220.00
1	—	510	215.00	215.00
1	—	355	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	529	192.00–215.00	205.61
24	—	566	185.00–210.00	196.79
4	—	785	170.00–182.00	174.98
21	—	476	207.00–222.00	213.16
4	—	676	175.00–190.00	182.05
3	—	338	220.00–240.00	231.75
19	—	381	215.00–235.00	226.28
25	—	425	208.00–230.00	223.08
16	—	616	182.00–200.00	188.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	225.00–250.00	234.45
1	—	720	175.00	175.00
4	—	413	215.00–235.00	224.63
1	—	775	170.00	170.00
13	—	575	200.00–212.00	207.06
5	—	610	190.00–200.00	195.02
1	—	655	185.00	185.00
8	—	374	220.00–240.00	234.22
8	—	525	205.00–215.00	207.57
4	—	455	210.00–212.00	210.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	228.00–235.00	230.56
11	—	365	240.00–275.00	252.18
16	—	471	224.00–250.00	229.18
3	—	620	200.00–202.00	201.32
8	—	324	255.00–295.00	269.50
15	—	529	216.00–241.00	224.73
12	—	669	190.00–200.00	195.91
3	—	702	185.00–188.00	186.00
1	—	765	186.00	186.00
3	—	560	210.00–215.00	211.67
1	—	800	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	220.00	220.00
1	—	505	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	175.00	175.00
9	—	524	196.00–220.00	209.06
1	—	610	180.00	180.00
7	—	421	208.00–232.00	216.89
6	—	580	180.00–197.00	189.50
8	—	475	200.00–220.00	212.68
7	—	387	212.00–250.00	233.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	429	218.00–250.00	239.28
16	—	527	202.00–230.00	214.55
21	—	571	194.00–212.00	204.24
20	—	481	212.00–245.00	227.95
10	—	332	230.00–280.00	258.22
6	—	732	176.00–186.00	179.97
5	—	669	181.00–200.00	190.89
15	—	365	225.00–265.00	249.85
16	—	632	190.00–205.00	195.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,429	94.00–99.00	97.52
16	—	1,398	89.00–94.00	91.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,214	87.00–99.00	92.38
25	—	1,263	95.00–105.00	99.11
49	—	1,167	78.00–93.00	87.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,054	80.00–93.00	89.04
36	—	1,004	74.00–86.00	83.14
36	—	1,059	69.00–80.00	76.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,369	100.00–109.00	104.74
20	—	1,558	105.00–115.00	110.13
7	—	1,784	112.00–121.00	116.91

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
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)	7	—	—	1,350.00–1,550.00	1,453.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	—	825.00–1,250.00	1,091.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	—	970.00–1,550.00	1,293.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	700.00–1,100.00	816.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	—	1,100.00–1,650.00	1,463.46

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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