Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 103 priced lines covering 1,019 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,407 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 193 head. replacement cattle receipts at 195 head. Counted as USDA files them — 117 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,407Last week 2,336Year ago 2,718

Slaughter CattleReceipts 193Last week 321Year ago 470

Replacement CattleReceipts 195Last week 273Year ago 249

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. All feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	330.00–335.00	332.49
4	450–500	465	320.00–327.00	324.27
9	500–550	522	307.00–317.00	311.08
5	550–600	571	290.00–294.00	292.37
2	600–650	618	262.00–287.00	274.25
8	700–750	705	226.00	226.00
1	750–800	795	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	324	330.00–365.00	349.36
11	350–400	368	330.00–350.00	344.79
15	400–450	426	315.00–325.00	320.13
13	450–500	476	305.00–315.00	311.50
17	500–550	533	275.00–300.00	293.21
14	550–600	568	270.00–294.00	286.15
14	600–650	621	250.00–280.00	261.66
20	650–700	667	240.00–250.00	246.42
7	700–750	741	235.00–240.00	235.72
7	750–800	764	214.00–234.00	228.84
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	312.00–315.00	313.54
6	400–450	425	300.00–310.00	301.75
2	500–550	523	280.00–290.00	285.07
6	600–650	623	207.00–260.00	231.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	309	292.00–320.00	308.20
12	350–400	378	295.00–322.00	309.90
13	400–450	420	280.00–297.00	286.29
21	450–500	476	262.00–280.00	270.43
21	500–550	525	250.00–262.00	254.25
15	550–600	579	237.00–250.00	244.81
12	600–650	617	225.00–246.00	238.22
9	650–700	684	213.00–219.00	215.18
2	700–750	723	200.00–210.00	204.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
7	300–350	332	280.00–295.00	289.98
21	350–400	380	270.00–290.00	280.28
25	400–450	421	265.00–280.00	272.96
22	450–500	477	250.00–267.00	255.56
22	500–550	524	240.00–255.00	248.05
13	550–600	577	225.00–240.00	233.25
17	600–650	620	210.00–228.00	220.48
8	650–700	678	190.00–210.00	197.55
6	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
4	750–800	774	183.00–189.00	184.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	265.00–290.00	278.98
11	350–400	376	260.00–280.00	268.70
27	400–450	422	235.00–270.00	247.48
12	450–500	482	225.00–250.00	239.04
6	500–550	523	230.00–240.00	234.23
4	550–600	573	205.00–225.00	218.81
2	600–650	625	210.00–215.00	212.56
2	650–700	670	200.00–206.00	203.07
4	700–750	735	190.00–195.00	192.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	352.00–354.00	353.38
4	350–400	379	340.00–345.00	342.51
6	400–450	430	318.00–330.00	321.07
4	450–500	466	310.00–320.00	315.31
11	500–550	524	276.00–311.00	290.31
3	550–600	565	266.00–280.00	271.92
7	600–650	608	240.00–260.00	247.14
2	650–700	680	235.00–240.00	237.48
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	330.00–340.00	333.03
23	350–400	375	315.00–332.00	318.87
25	400–450	440	305.00–320.00	309.60
14	450–500	473	280.00–305.00	293.65
10	500–550	530	266.00–297.00	282.46
2	550–600	565	250.00–260.00	255.13
5	600–650	623	230.00–240.00	231.93
2	650–700	653	220.00–225.00	222.49
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	775	197.00–205.00	201.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	322.00	322.00
10	300–350	327	310.00–325.00	316.99
7	350–400	374	290.00–310.00	298.63
8	400–450	430	280.00–305.00	294.55
9	450–500	473	270.00–282.00	276.45
5	500–550	517	250.00–260.00	257.09
5	550–600	590	230.00–255.00	240.40
2	600–650	623	220.00–230.00	224.82
2	650–700	675	210.00–214.00	212.03
2	700–750	720	190.00–200.00	194.93
1	750–800	760	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,394	115.00–120.00	117.63
13	—	1,395	119.00–127.00	123.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,161	97.00–121.00	112.60
7	—	1,240	130.00–136.00	132.10
26	—	1,248	104.00–129.00	121.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,007	92.00–110.00	103.04
10	—	944	80.00–101.00	94.77
12	—	1,076	113.00–118.00	115.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,778	134.00–146.00	140.21
4	—	1,259	118.00–124.00	121.49
7	—	1,494	123.00–132.00	128.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	900.00–1,000.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,350.00	1,231.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,100.00–1,190.00	1,160.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,292.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	1,225.00–1,680.00	1,490.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	1,700.00–2,350.00	1,940.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,520.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	—	—	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,682.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,800.00–2,025.00	1,942.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	—	2,000.00–2,650.00	2,398.72
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	770.00–865.00	817.50

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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