Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 106 priced lines covering 1,105 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,429 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 346 head. replacement cattle receipts at 255 head. Counted as USDA files them — 68 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Apr 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,429Last week 1,472Year ago 1,445

Slaughter CattleReceipts 346Last week 217Year ago 298

Replacement CattleReceipts 255Last week 172Year ago 240

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. All feeder classes sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,670.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	1,525.00–1,725.00	1,597.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	—	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,858.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,385.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	1,050.00–1,750.00	1,465.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,300.00–1,825.00	1,641.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	—	1,400.00–2,150.00	1,720.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,350.00–2,400.00	2,387.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,275.00–1,475.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,005.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,058.75
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,340.00–1,450.00	1,395.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,060.00–1,235.00	1,147.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	950.00–1,000.00	975.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,000.00–1,281.00	1,106.14
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	—	740.00–850.00	795.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	365.00	365.00
6	300–350	335	330.00–350.00	336.06
9	350–400	374	300.00–325.00	318.18
15	400–450	430	280.00–315.00	305.80
11	450–500	476	260.00–295.00	284.68
11	500–550	517	255.00–280.00	272.22
16	550–600	575	245.00–270.00	256.98
3	600–650	617	230.00–250.00	240.00
2	650–700	665	210.00–216.00	213.02
2	700–750	713	185.00–215.00	200.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	318.00–320.00	319.48
3	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
13	400–450	422	285.00–302.00	296.01
10	450–500	484	280.00–297.00	286.01
10	500–550	523	255.00–270.00	259.92
3	550–600	573	252.00–258.00	255.40
7	600–650	621	195.00–245.00	211.00
4	650–700	673	180.00–218.00	193.71
5	700–750	729	170.00–211.00	193.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	375.00–380.00	378.39
2	400–450	408	317.00–320.00	318.51
1	450–500	455	315.00	315.00
2	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	568	270.00–275.00	272.47
1	600–650	610	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	285.00–312.00	301.54
11	350–400	378	265.00–295.00	282.54
33	400–450	428	250.00–282.00	276.65
31	450–500	478	240.00–280.00	257.06
37	500–550	526	230.00–260.00	253.99
34	550–600	575	222.00–245.00	235.05
8	600–650	628	220.00–230.00	225.94
7	650–700	687	190.00–223.00	210.59
3	700–750	728	180.00–187.00	184.71
1	750–800	780	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	286.00–305.00	291.01
7	350–400	371	280.00–284.00	282.01
14	400–450	424	245.00–270.00	258.49
18	450–500	474	222.00–267.00	244.33
14	500–550	530	205.00–246.00	235.65
10	550–600	579	220.00–235.00	227.21
10	600–650	631	190.00–220.00	205.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	307.00–312.00	309.98
9	400–450	417	282.00–290.00	287.76
7	450–500	463	274.00–285.00	282.33
19	500–550	506	245.00–250.00	245.27
10	550–600	563	243.00–250.00	245.86
12	600–650	631	233.00–240.00	234.50
30	650–700	670	224.50	224.50
3	700–750	725	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	800–850	800	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	300.00–355.00	333.93
5	400–450	428	290.00–350.00	319.93
8	450–500	463	270.00–330.00	314.25
8	500–550	519	250.00–305.00	296.00
15	550–600	580	245.00–295.00	275.41
11	600–650	615	240.00–286.00	264.59
12	650–700	665	230.00–260.00	237.26
2	750–800	775	207.00–210.00	208.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	325.00–335.00	329.97
4	400–450	414	315.00–340.00	323.91
8	450–500	478	305.00–317.00	313.55
4	500–550	535	272.00–292.00	283.51
4	550–600	580	250.00–276.00	265.11
6	600–650	621	225.00–270.00	248.98
5	650–700	661	220.00–250.00	242.63
2	700–750	738	195.00–240.00	217.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	327.00–330.00	328.47
4	450–500	461	320.00–322.00	320.52
13	500–550	522	307.00–314.00	310.17
1	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
6	750–800	767	222.00–227.00	223.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,330	116.00–122.00	118.70
27	—	1,410	123.00–131.00	126.66
5	—	1,320	130.00–138.00	134.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,169	130.00–137.00	132.32
46	—	1,132	113.00–126.00	121.93
65	—	1,132	120.00–132.00	126.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,081	117.00–128.00	123.48
14	—	918	100.00–114.00	107.71
29	—	1,034	107.00–122.00	114.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,586	135.00–147.00	143.37
10	—	1,659	144.00–159.00	151.36
4	—	1,719	153.00–160.00	156.83

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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