Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 105 priced lines covering 1,060 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,467 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 217 head. replacement cattle receipts at 126 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Mar 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,467Last week 3,450Year ago 1,514

Slaughter CattleReceipts 217Last week 520Year ago 222

Replacement CattleReceipts 126Last week 165Year ago 162

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	260	328.00–345.00	333.88
13	300–350	320	308.00–337.00	325.55
16	350–400	373	300.00–320.00	308.39
17	400–450	416	290.00–306.00	299.24
39	450–500	478	278.00–285.00	281.15
56	500–550	530	260.50–283.00	271.76
18	550–600	575	260.00–261.00	260.94
4	600–650	641	230.00–240.00	232.46
8	750–800	772	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	667	225.50	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	315.00	315.00
20	300–350	318	299.00–315.00	303.55
23	350–400	381	288.00–305.00	294.52
20	400–450	420	280.00–292.00	285.46
37	450–500	479	255.00–277.00	270.05
18	500–550	526	245.00–272.00	262.16
20	550–600	569	228.00–252.00	240.31
8	600–650	621	215.00–248.00	236.15
4	650–700	665	205.00–230.00	216.19
4	700–750	723	190.00–218.00	204.96
2	750–800	783	180.00–185.00	182.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	302.00	302.00
2	300–350	330	296.00	296.00
10	350–400	377	265.00–286.00	279.49
8	400–450	436	270.00–280.00	275.87
14	450–500	485	252.50–267.00	257.66
5	500–550	520	227.00–253.00	243.29
18	550–600	572	233.00–242.00	234.84
7	600–650	623	222.00–232.00	223.48
3	650–700	653	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	558	285.50	285.50
32	650–700	692	254.00	254.00
17	750–800	767	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	340.00–360.00	348.80
6	350–400	369	330.00–365.00	352.50
6	400–450	421	317.00–346.00	322.25
13	450–500	488	311.00–330.00	316.41
10	500–550	521	295.00–312.00	304.82
6	550–600	581	282.00–295.00	288.39
2	600–650	638	288.00–291.00	289.49
4	650–700	656	279.00–280.00	279.75
2	700–750	730	240.00–244.00	241.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	330	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	405	365.00–375.00	370.00
16	450–500	463	330.00–360.00	337.53
35	500–550	536	308.00–340.00	313.22
11	550–600	566	300.00–306.00	302.44
2	600–650	608	300.00–301.00	300.50
2	650–700	678	284.00–291.00	287.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	245.00	245.00
7	350–400	374	330.00–348.00	339.44
1	400–450	425	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	480	310.00–316.00	312.94
1	500–550	545	291.00	291.00
2	550–600	580	280.00–285.00	282.46
2	600–650	623	278.00–280.00	278.99
1	650–700	675	258.00	258.00
1	700–750	745	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	321	320.00–355.00	343.80
11	350–400	367	330.00–355.00	341.77
15	400–450	423	290.00–330.00	312.68
19	450–500	474	284.00–317.00	300.92
8	500–550	523	260.00–297.00	286.06
10	550–600	581	247.00–284.00	271.39
10	600–650	621	228.00–259.00	245.40
11	650–700	670	210.00–247.00	238.55
3	700–750	732	208.00–240.00	225.14
2	750–800	763	220.00–222.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	405.00	405.00
3	300–350	327	345.00–380.00	358.21
8	350–400	371	335.00–365.00	352.53
4	400–450	430	320.00–340.00	329.84
8	450–500	478	300.00–323.00	313.93
11	500–550	530	290.00–300.00	294.54
2	550–600	558	285.00–295.00	289.98
7	600–650	629	270.00–272.00	270.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
6	300–350	335	335.00–342.00	340.17
13	350–400	378	310.00–332.00	323.75
10	400–450	433	295.00–320.00	313.34
7	450–500	481	275.00–299.00	288.64
4	500–550	519	265.00–280.00	273.42
1	550–600	595	255.00	255.00
5	600–650	628	235.00–249.00	243.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,573	117.00–134.00	127.02
12	—	1,593	126.00–148.00	139.70
8	—	1,867	140.00–165.00	151.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,180	115.00–139.00	127.78
22	—	1,070	109.00–123.00	117.83
20	—	1,215	128.00–144.00	134.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,038	104.00–109.00	106.05
13	—	1,031	110.00–128.00	117.97
8	—	864	100.00–105.00	101.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,365	124.00–129.00	128.03
12	—	1,429	131.00–140.00	133.79

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	—	—	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	950.00–1,100.00	1,012.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	900.00–1,350.00	1,143.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	1,150.00–1,600.00	1,313.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,466.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,075.00–1,575.00	1,257.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,469.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,866.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	815.00–875.00	843.00

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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