Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 126 priced lines covering 2,795 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,271 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 656 head. replacement cattle receipts at 309 head. Counted as USDA files them — 71 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Nov 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,271Last week 2,516Year ago 5,395

Slaughter CattleReceipts 656Last week 510Year ago 805

Replacement CattleReceipts 309Last week 206Year ago 299

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold steady 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold steady 2.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	764	152.00–173.00	163.61
2	—	720	166.00–167.00	166.51
9	—	626	182.00–195.00	187.44
12	—	375	230.00–240.00	234.29
2	—	688	172.00–179.00	175.46
15	—	576	190.00–210.00	203.03
29	—	472	202.00–230.00	217.16
12	—	428	208.00–238.00	223.85
17	—	526	194.00–224.00	211.05
6	—	328	236.00–255.00	244.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	679	185.00–205.00	191.64
4	—	766	161.00–180.00	168.19
47	—	422	232.00–255.00	245.03
32	—	571	200.00–222.00	211.91
1	—	270	260.00	260.00
13	—	719	175.00–190.00	182.85
20	—	372	215.00–262.50	238.88
10	—	329	225.00–275.00	242.56
77	—	471	222.00–247.00	236.57
53	—	522	208.00–235.00	225.22
25	—	624	189.00–212.00	197.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	370	235.00–270.00	249.60
5	—	674	188.00–190.00	188.77
1	—	700	192.00	192.00
32	—	577	205.00–235.00	216.70
34	—	472	224.00–265.00	249.55
30	—	519	214.00–240.00	229.77
19	—	618	198.00–222.00	214.92
4	—	314	240.00–260.00	254.90
1	—	750	187.00	187.00
28	—	417	230.00–280.00	255.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	245.00–250.00	247.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	616	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	560	221.00–222.00	221.73
10	—	612	210.00	210.00
40	—	676	212.00	212.00
19	—	733	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	722	162.00–180.00	175.69
88	—	419	210.00–228.00	219.42
55	—	528	198.00–215.00	207.19
1	—	800	170.00	170.00
84	—	475	202.00–224.00	215.28
48	—	372	216.00–235.00	226.81
16	—	325	215.00–235.00	224.89
18	—	675	172.00–190.00	179.43
50	—	625	185.00–197.00	190.34
52	—	573	190.00–208.00	197.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	574	180.00–194.00	186.86
16	—	375	206.00–226.00	217.46
6	—	734	152.00–170.00	165.10
11	—	318	217.00–230.00	219.86
13	—	415	202.00–217.00	212.74
14	—	618	175.00–188.00	181.30
26	—	526	190.00–208.00	198.49
31	—	469	190.00–212.00	205.64
11	—	672	165.00–175.00	170.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	569	204.00–213.00	207.66
102	—	470	215.00–233.00	225.85
53	—	507	210.00–220.00	217.28
24	—	390	230.00–237.00	236.14
1	—	800	172.00	172.00
3	—	722	177.00–179.00	177.99
3	—	753	169.00–180.00	173.67
20	—	615	200.00–209.00	208.39
39	—	427	220.00–235.00	226.96
11	—	666	185.00–203.00	200.09
1	—	330	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	711	213.75	213.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	290.00–297.00	293.84
23	—	469	240.00–270.00	260.99
37	—	608	210.00–246.00	236.14
72	—	532	228.00–258.00	244.20
43	—	431	245.00–280.00	269.12
10	—	376	250.00–272.00	257.02
64	—	576	216.00–254.00	229.23
16	—	761	200.00–215.00	205.68
49	—	686	208.00–238.00	231.16
9	—	714	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	196.00	196.00
4	—	429	220.00–265.00	248.13
1	—	800	185.00	185.00
30	—	615	200.00–235.00	228.38
63	—	579	210.00–240.00	228.57
30	—	658	192.00–228.00	207.38
18	—	374	230.00–265.00	254.61
27	—	526	216.00–252.00	238.35
2	—	760	200.00–205.00	202.48
9	—	327	240.00–275.00	264.80
25	—	476	234.00–265.00	248.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	200.00–208.00	203.57
2	—	603	203.00	203.00
8	—	472	230.00–247.00	240.58
1	—	435	246.00	246.00
7	—	725	200.00	200.00
1	—	395	255.00	255.00
5	—	325	250.00–260.00	256.00
2	—	573	215.00–216.00	215.49
10	—	523	227.00–240.00	233.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	760	230.00	230.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	—	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,069.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	—	1,350.00–1,750.00	1,581.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,361.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
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	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,675.00
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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	900.00–1,275.00	1,062.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,528.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	—	800.00–1,375.00	1,122.83
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	700.00–850.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	900.00–1,000.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	970.00–1,092.00	1,031.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	637.00–732.00	689.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	450.00–640.00	536.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,578	102.00–115.00	108.57
21	—	1,687	102.00–124.00	113.63
5	—	1,810	120.00–132.00	125.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,542	85.00–89.00	86.56
6	—	1,484	97.00–102.00	98.30
17	—	1,441	89.00–97.00	93.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,034	69.00–89.00	78.56
18	—	1,050	75.00–85.00	79.67
15	—	981	65.00–80.00	72.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,301	95.00–107.00	99.18
68	—	1,180	89.00–98.00	93.36
37	—	1,211	83.00–92.00	87.53

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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