Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 111 priced lines covering 1,002 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,403 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 307 head. replacement cattle receipts at 229 head. Counted as USDA files them — 97 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,403Last week 1,699Year ago 2,608

Slaughter CattleReceipts 307Last week 259Year ago 596

Replacement CattleReceipts 229Last week 228Year ago 361

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good to 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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	320.00	320.00
3	250–300	272	315.00–320.00	316.75
5	300–350	326	300.00–320.00	310.84
2	350–400	368	290.00–300.00	294.83
13	400–450	419	270.00–285.00	278.48
16	450–500	473	250.00–282.00	265.04
13	500–550	531	235.00–255.00	244.99
4	550–600	578	210.00–237.00	224.88
4	600–650	614	200.00–225.00	217.52
1	650–700	665	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	700	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	760	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	336.00	336.00
20	300–350	331	328.00–350.00	334.00
6	350–400	375	315.00–335.00	323.98
10	400–450	421	310.00–320.00	317.18
10	450–500	487	290.00–306.00	294.06
5	500–550	520	264.00–285.00	275.00
11	550–600	576	256.00–270.00	260.83
9	600–650	628	235.00–247.00	239.34
7	650–700	671	210.00–235.00	225.85
2	700–750	718	200.00–205.00	202.51
1	750–800	750	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	325.00–330.00	326.70
9	300–350	316	315.00–335.00	321.25
11	350–400	371	305.00–320.00	310.98
32	400–450	430	290.00–310.00	294.67
18	450–500	479	265.00–294.00	281.58
18	500–550	528	250.00–267.00	261.93
21	550–600	576	230.00–250.00	240.90
3	600–650	628	220.00–232.00	227.28
2	700–750	715	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	600–650	625	242.25	242.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	365.00	365.00
5	300–350	327	350.00–362.00	355.94
13	350–400	374	325.00–340.00	335.03
10	400–450	433	305.00–320.00	313.56
11	450–500	467	295.00–305.00	300.51
14	500–550	527	268.00–285.00	278.21
4	550–600	576	254.00–265.00	260.49
7	600–650	617	230.00–245.00	237.40
1	650–700	670	228.00	228.00
1	700–750	700	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	366.00–380.00	373.45
14	350–400	367	340.00–355.00	350.57
12	400–450	423	320.00–342.00	329.41
15	450–500	469	310.00–320.00	313.51
11	500–550	525	282.00–300.00	292.50
6	550–600	569	260.00–280.00	268.23
9	600–650	621	240.00–255.00	249.14
2	650–700	663	235.00–242.00	238.57
4	700–750	715	220.00–237.00	230.59
5	750–800	771	210.00–222.50	219.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	380.00–385.00	382.57
9	300–350	319	370.00–388.00	380.29
10	350–400	370	360.00–380.00	367.01
7	400–450	422	340.00–355.00	348.59
23	450–500	469	320.00–336.00	332.43
11	500–550	525	296.00–315.00	302.60
2	550–600	558	272.00–280.00	275.98
10	600–650	621	256.00–262.00	259.44
2	650–700	678	252.00–255.00	253.51
1	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	360.00–370.00	364.93
6	350–400	383	335.00–358.00	351.41
3	450–500	490	315.00–320.00	316.63
5	500–550	518	300.00–305.00	302.98
11	550–600	573	280.00–290.00	285.11
2	600–650	635	258.00–270.00	263.91
3	650–700	685	240.00–260.00	250.05
3	700–750	725	240.00–250.00	245.06
1	750–800	755	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	385.00–400.00	392.50
7	350–400	375	370.00–385.00	374.62
1	400–450	400	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	535	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	550	305.00	305.00
9	600–650	622	280.00–290.00	281.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	344.00	344.00
3	400–450	435	330.00–340.00	334.92
8	450–500	492	305.00–315.00	313.83
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	685	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,339	134.00–159.00	142.41
36	—	1,164	128.00–150.00	132.79
46	—	1,101	120.00–144.00	124.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	957	98.00–113.00	109.09
11	—	919	100.00–106.00	103.63
29	—	1,008	110.00–120.00	115.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,480	134.00–153.00	144.33
3	—	1,308	124.00–126.00	125.06
8	—	1,383	125.00–135.00	130.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,410	131.00–143.00	136.38
6	—	1,735	151.00–156.00	154.11
10	—	1,585	141.00–149.00	145.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,933.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	—	1,875.00–4,000.00	3,085.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,466.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	1,500.00–2,800.00	1,960.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	1,400.00–2,300.00	1,980.26
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,437.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,835.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	2,150.00–2,900.00	2,741.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,900.00–2,300.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,500.00–2,100.00	1,908.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	1,400.00–2,025.00	1,590.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,150.00–1,375.00	1,258.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,425.00

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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