Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 132 priced lines covering 1,697 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,187 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 515 head. replacement cattle receipts at 182 head. Counted as USDA files them — 15 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Oct 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,187Last week 4,378Year ago 2,218

Slaughter CattleReceipts 515Last week 474Year ago 366

Replacement CattleReceipts 182Last week 93Year ago 266

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	260.00–265.00	261.61
17	—	577	240.00–245.00	240.95
19	—	534	242.00–250.00	242.66
20	—	482	245.00–263.00	251.58
32	—	618	222.00–242.00	240.87
27	—	710	223.00–225.00	224.11
1	—	665	212.00	212.00
1	—	360	272.00	272.00
22	—	896	214.00	214.00
16	—	776	220.00–223.00	222.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	786	226.00	226.00
6	—	612	246.00	246.00
17	—	513	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	382	230.00–242.00	236.59
6	—	325	235.00–240.00	239.21
1	—	435	242.00	242.00
3	—	777	175.00–183.00	178.32
5	—	527	218.00–227.00	220.95
1	—	495	230.00	230.00
4	—	669	189.00–195.00	190.56
8	—	637	197.00–210.00	208.21
2	—	560	210.00–217.00	213.56
1	—	735	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	252.00–257.00	253.61
9	—	533	230.00–245.00	235.48
3	—	363	240.00–250.00	243.58
3	—	680	219.00	219.00
13	—	472	235.00–250.00	242.94
2	—	810	205.00	205.00
38	—	578	216.00–236.00	227.45
5	—	627	210.00–225.00	218.37
4	—	736	195.00–218.00	212.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	659	233.50	233.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	260.00	260.00
1	—	505	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	573	200.00–212.00	207.75
16	—	761	206.00	206.00
7	—	413	210.00–224.00	217.70
7	—	475	206.00–215.00	209.42
35	—	514	202.00–218.00	214.49
1	—	365	222.00	222.00
22	—	822	199.00	199.00
31	—	638	190.00–212.00	208.22
2	—	655	185.00–187.00	186.01
4	—	729	177.00–209.00	201.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	711	191.50	191.50
3	—	616	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	586	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	719	162.00–177.00	169.31
9	—	362	206.00–225.00	216.92
26	—	481	200.00–218.00	205.66
7	—	674	175.00–180.00	177.59
1	—	785	160.00	160.00
16	—	573	185.00–202.00	193.26
3	—	332	222.00–228.00	225.27
33	—	526	190.00–210.00	199.34
23	—	418	205.00–220.50	215.38
19	—	623	178.00–185.00	181.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	206.00	206.00
6	—	512	208.00	208.00
9	—	747	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	464	190.00–210.00	196.61
7	—	359	200.00–210.00	207.14
13	—	527	181.00–200.00	191.14
10	—	574	175.00–192.00	184.69
9	—	324	217.00–230.00	220.12
9	—	619	160.00–177.00	170.34
4	—	710	155.00–162.00	158.04
24	—	428	192.00–215.00	205.65
4	—	679	160.00–168.00	161.94
3	—	817	154.00–155.00	154.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	700	221.50	221.50
15	—	605	219.00–220.00	219.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	506	220.00–230.00	225.43
2	—	620	206.00–210.00	207.98
13	—	565	210.00–222.50	217.02
8	—	373	245.00–262.00	247.16
5	—	336	260.00–265.00	261.03
2	—	705	182.00–185.00	183.49
10	—	424	220.00–255.00	240.65
3	—	678	191.00–200.00	194.35
7	—	473	230.00–235.00	231.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	260.00	260.00
1	—	720	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	575	172.00–200.00	185.45
13	—	428	198.00–235.00	219.04
5	—	284	255.00–260.00	259.01
12	—	521	186.00–210.00	197.49
9	—	474	200.00–225.00	214.01
1	—	690	172.00	172.00
4	—	631	174.00–190.00	182.32
1	—	735	172.00	172.00
10	—	325	205.00–267.00	242.41
19	—	364	198.00–252.00	235.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	573	188.00–212.00	202.28
15	—	665	185.00–197.00	188.79
2	—	700	190.00–195.00	192.50
4	—	369	230.00–250.00	241.44
15	—	465	215.00–237.00	224.23
2	—	343	252.00	252.00
25	—	519	193.00–232.00	210.15
14	—	628	184.00–197.00	190.84
15	—	425	216.00–243.00	228.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,174	80.00–90.00	84.31
79	—	1,185	87.00–96.00	90.38
26	—	1,234	94.00–98.00	95.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	932	63.00–75.00	70.28
36	—	1,048	70.00–86.00	78.11
38	—	1,048	77.00–90.00	83.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,424	84.00–94.00	88.32
14	—	1,395	79.00–90.00	83.73
5	—	1,390	93.00–97.00	95.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,048	118.00	118.00
11	—	1,628	94.00–108.00	104.20
20	—	1,708	104.00–115.00	110.73

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 (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,025.00–1,600.00	1,242.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	785.00–1,025.00	917.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	950.00–1,430.00	1,164.64
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	900.00–950.00	933.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	760.00–850.00	803.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	700.00–975.00	829.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
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	—	—	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,416.67
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	430.00–575.00	502.50
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	480.00–570.00	540.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	—	725.00–1,033.00	846.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,375.00–1,850.00	1,520.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	925.00–1,300.00	1,112.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	650.00	650.00

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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