Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 127 priced lines covering 1,691 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,301 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 461 head. replacement cattle receipts at 257 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,301Last week 2,594Year ago 3,246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 461Last week 585Year ago 440

Replacement CattleReceipts 257Last week 298Year ago 208

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	495.00–555.00	525.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	782.00–990.00	917.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,725.00–2,300.00	2,005.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,415.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	775.00–850.00	812.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	925.00–1,050.00	987.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	640.00–1,000.00	795.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	—	975.00–1,650.00	1,319.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	—	800.00–1,450.00	1,072.27
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	975.00–1,100.00	1,015.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	900.00–1,050.00	981.25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	433	188.00–220.00	212.40
16	—	330	215.00–228.00	220.86
1	—	695	182.00	182.00
1	—	745	160.00	160.00
14	—	521	182.00–205.00	196.93
17	—	574	172.00–205.00	180.89
9	—	622	170.00–200.00	182.64
1	—	250	235.00	235.00
9	—	478	200.00–210.00	206.25
28	—	372	192.00–225.00	217.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	373	220.00–232.00	223.70
25	—	627	174.00–205.00	186.68
7	—	679	172.00–180.00	175.83
8	—	325	222.00–235.00	227.32
48	—	475	196.00–221.00	212.41
7	—	779	160.00–170.00	165.70
27	—	576	189.00–206.00	197.53
43	—	526	188.00–215.00	204.64
4	—	729	165.00–179.00	172.73
40	—	424	202.00–226.00	216.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	225.00–237.00	231.86
2	—	718	200.00	200.00
28	—	527	206.00–225.00	217.41
21	—	463	217.00–229.00	223.70
17	—	608	197.00–216.00	210.69
16	—	432	220.00–235.00	225.56
6	—	663	190.00–210.00	203.99
18	—	560	210.00–216.00	214.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	650	214.00	214.00
10	—	572	220.00–223.00	220.62
5	—	803	180.00	180.00
2	—	425	242.50	242.50
45	—	706	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	290.00–295.00	292.56
24	—	665	220.00–227.00	222.34
10	—	727	210.00–215.00	213.24
18	—	615	225.00–235.00	231.02
9	—	426	256.00–275.00	269.06
14	—	513	250.00–260.00	253.13
11	—	588	237.50	237.50
12	—	464	255.00–275.00	260.18
1	—	775	205.00	205.00
1	—	380	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	190.00	190.00
7	—	376	247.00–255.00	250.98
1	—	545	235.00	235.00
1	—	430	255.00	255.00
3	—	638	207.00–210.00	209.00
2	—	660	200.00	200.00
6	—	329	255.00–260.00	257.53
1	—	460	230.00	230.00
7	—	566	210.00–217.50	216.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	733	200.00–205.00	202.51
3	—	313	277.00–280.00	278.05
6	—	530	240.00–252.00	243.66
9	—	371	260.00–277.00	269.02
5	—	455	247.00	247.00
8	—	675	210.00–220.00	211.20
9	—	422	246.00–267.00	255.48
10	—	581	225.00–241.00	234.72
9	—	639	211.00–220.00	217.07
7	—	900	177.00	177.00
4	—	773	195.00–197.00	196.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	459	282.00–282.50	282.41
75	—	781	212.50–213.00	212.94
19	—	732	225.00–232.50	230.96
1	—	500	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	745	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	768	172.00–187.00	180.92
15	—	513	212.00–240.00	231.05
1	—	230	305.00	305.00
5	—	720	175.00–197.00	191.12
5	—	630	194.00–198.00	195.81
9	—	577	205.00–227.00	213.94
1	—	655	202.00	202.00
9	—	419	240.00–262.00	254.72
10	—	333	260.00–280.00	272.93
5	—	476	235.00–252.00	243.80
10	—	366	245.00–275.00	263.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	468	200.00–225.00	217.31
25	—	426	210.00–235.00	224.17
24	—	519	182.00–215.00	209.60
6	—	730	165.00–176.00	172.84
11	—	616	170.00–190.00	178.71
14	—	573	180.00–202.00	193.80
12	—	328	230.00–255.00	244.43
1	—	250	255.00	255.00
10	—	378	220.00–245.00	229.81
4	—	670	170.00–180.00	175.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	624	180.00–210.00	195.93
42	—	577	188.00–215.00	204.33
27	—	476	220.00–242.00	231.00
8	—	327	250.00–270.00	262.52
29	—	427	225.00–250.00	238.85
6	—	667	184.00–200.00	194.75
18	—	522	196.00–232.00	217.41
4	—	780	170.00–180.00	174.99
1	—	280	275.00	275.00
8	—	382	250.00–265.00	256.15
9	—	728	175.00–192.00	184.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,274	88.00–104.00	96.25
60	—	1,148	77.00–89.00	83.74
54	—	1,230	83.00–96.00	90.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,002	65.00–77.00	72.94
51	—	1,046	75.00–83.00	77.98
20	—	1,060	79.00–86.00	82.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,463	83.00–89.00	86.84
17	—	1,445	84.00–95.00	90.11
6	—	1,503	96.00–107.00	98.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,665	107.00–117.00	112.62
20	—	1,643	94.00–105.00	99.45
19	—	1,816	106.00–112.00	109.41

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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