Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 106 priced lines covering 828 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,181 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 335 head. replacement cattle receipts at 58 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,181Last week 1,428Year ago 1,633

Slaughter CattleReceipts 335Last week 226Year ago 390

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 150Year ago 237

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	334.00	334.00
6	300–350	303	322.00–330.00	328.28
5	350–400	354	315.00–325.00	316.98
7	400–450	418	290.00–314.00	297.63
14	450–500	458	277.00–295.00	282.01
6	500–550	528	260.00–270.00	263.17
4	550–600	575	242.00–255.00	250.49
10	600–650	624	220.00–255.00	237.23
2	650–700	658	200.00–210.00	205.02
8	700–750	733	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	328.00	328.00
14	300–350	318	275.00–325.00	312.50
27	350–400	372	280.00–314.00	301.82
23	400–450	423	260.00–306.00	274.31
35	450–500	470	250.00–292.00	259.61
43	500–550	533	245.00–260.00	247.77
10	550–600	569	220.00–250.00	241.52
5	600–650	635	210.00–240.00	228.37
5	650–700	676	210.00–222.00	215.75
3	700–750	742	200.00–208.00	202.68
4	750–800	788	182.00–191.00	186.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	270.00–280.00	273.43
13	350–400	376	265.00–302.00	286.16
13	400–450	423	250.00–290.00	263.08
17	450–500	479	235.00–270.00	251.72
21	500–550	528	230.00–244.00	232.63
2	550–600	583	214.00–218.00	216.04
4	600–650	625	204.00–225.00	219.75
5	700–750	709	187.00–198.00	189.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	355.00–370.00	362.66
19	350–400	376	335.00–352.00	344.80
25	400–450	428	312.00–332.00	321.40
19	450–500	478	287.00–312.00	300.65
8	500–550	523	275.00–300.00	292.34
12	550–600	575	250.00–285.00	264.74
6	600–650	634	246.00–257.00	249.99
8	650–700	673	230.00–245.00	238.08
6	700–750	742	218.00–227.00	223.52
2	750–800	788	210.00–215.00	212.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	380	315.00–320.00	316.67
8	400–450	437	300.00–310.00	301.90
13	450–500	475	275.00–298.00	290.18
5	500–550	528	265.00–277.00	272.54
2	550–600	575	222.00–245.00	233.70
2	600–650	615	220.00–236.00	227.87
1	650–700	695	217.00	217.00
1	700–750	735	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	395.00	395.00
1	250–300	255	376.00	376.00
5	300–350	328	365.00–385.00	375.63
4	350–400	363	350.00–370.00	358.23
3	400–450	412	330.00–342.00	337.38
6	450–500	476	305.00–312.00	307.26
10	500–550	534	280.00–300.00	291.36
3	550–600	557	260.00–290.00	273.41
2	600–650	620	235.00–245.00	240.00
1	650–700	655	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	368.00	368.00
2	300–350	323	365.00–370.00	367.33
7	350–400	374	340.00–355.00	347.82
10	400–450	421	327.00–347.00	336.00
10	450–500	473	310.00–325.00	315.45
9	500–550	518	305.00–315.00	308.77
4	550–600	585	285.00–300.00	291.29
3	600–650	630	265.00–275.00	269.91
5	650–700	674	252.00–258.00	254.37
5	700–750	718	237.00–247.00	240.98
3	750–800	783	236.00–237.00	236.66
1	800–850	800	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	362.00–378.00	367.38
4	500–550	524	320.00–340.00	327.57
2	600–650	610	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	332.00–345.00	338.34
6	350–400	366	315.00–350.00	334.62
3	400–450	438	305.00–326.00	312.70
4	450–500	478	296.00–307.00	302.46
2	500–550	515	292.00	292.00
2	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	695	227.00	227.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,251	123.00–142.00	131.76
11	—	1,358	136.00–154.00	142.81
35	—	1,201	123.00–148.00	135.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	942	99.00–112.00	108.07
26	—	1,117	114.00–127.00	123.76
18	—	998	104.00–118.00	114.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,373	137.00–150.00	145.78
18	—	1,411	125.00–140.00	134.12
3	—	1,475	127.00–133.00	128.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,004	155.00–167.00	160.32
15	—	1,844	143.00–155.00	150.88
13	—	1,601	138.00–145.00	141.21

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)	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,037.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,300.00–1,650.00	1,429.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,704.29
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	—	—	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,775.00	1,775.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,345.00	1,345.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,025.00–1,170.00	1,097.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	800.00–950.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,050.00–2,275.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,650.00	2,650.00

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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