Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 117 priced lines covering 1,075 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,807 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 396 head. replacement cattle receipts at 200 head. Counted as USDA files them — 48 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,807Last week 1,429Year ago 2,386

Slaughter CattleReceipts 396Last week 346Year ago 725

Replacement CattleReceipts 200Last week 255Year ago 519

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	355.00	355.00
4	300–350	325	355.00–375.00	362.50
4	350–400	367	330.00	330.00
8	400–450	443	315.00–330.00	316.88
8	450–500	477	300.00	300.00
9	500–550	514	290.00–305.00	293.97
1	550–600	595	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	615	260.00	260.00
3	750–800	763	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	670	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	730	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	345.00	345.00
9	300–350	321	325.00–350.00	340.04
9	350–400	376	315.00–337.00	328.44
3	400–450	422	305.00–312.00	307.41
5	450–500	457	292.00–300.00	295.44
7	500–550	520	285.00–287.00	285.28
2	550–600	578	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	676	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	733	220.00–225.00	222.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	360.00	360.00
2	250–300	288	350.00–355.00	352.57
3	300–350	317	320.00–345.00	327.89
13	350–400	367	315.00–335.00	326.46
14	400–450	429	305.00–315.00	311.06
5	450–500	469	290.00–305.00	300.11
17	500–550	525	257.00–287.00	272.17
15	550–600	577	247.00–265.00	252.48
2	600–650	613	240.00–247.00	243.46
2	650–700	665	230.00–235.00	232.52
2	700–750	720	210.00–220.00	214.86
8	750–800	766	205.00–210.00	205.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	340.00	340.00
13	300–350	335	315.00–342.00	332.35
14	350–400	385	310.00–320.00	314.21
31	400–450	428	290.00–305.00	295.24
16	450–500	476	255.00–292.00	266.02
18	500–550	525	232.00–275.00	251.09
7	550–600	580	230.00–255.00	240.73
5	600–650	620	220.00–230.00	225.86
8	650–700	670	210.00–227.00	218.80
4	700–750	729	202.00–215.00	207.98
2	750–800	768	192.00–197.00	194.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	395.00–400.00	397.50
3	250–300	278	365.00–390.00	381.77
5	300–350	316	345.00–360.00	352.42
10	350–400	375	325.00–350.00	334.30
2	400–450	413	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	463	315.00–320.00	317.98
2	500–550	518	290.00–300.00	294.98
4	550–600	573	270.00–280.00	273.69
2	600–650	625	257.00–262.00	259.52
3	650–700	670	240.00–250.00	243.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	323	290.00–320.00	298.59
20	350–400	378	272.00–295.00	281.77
20	400–450	416	260.00–280.00	270.25
27	450–500	476	240.00–270.00	250.76
28	500–550	525	232.00–250.00	240.57
19	550–600	575	225.00–240.00	232.75
14	600–650	619	215.00–230.00	223.65
14	650–700	675	207.00–225.00	215.86
3	700–750	736	205.00–207.50	206.69
3	750–800	775	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	314	310.00–315.00	311.70
9	350–400	367	295.00–310.00	303.41
7	400–450	410	275.00–285.00	283.55
4	450–500	458	260.00–275.00	265.08
6	500–550	516	242.00–260.00	248.82
8	550–600	579	230.00–242.00	236.00
5	600–650	622	220.00–232.00	225.69
4	650–700	673	210.00–227.00	222.80
3	700–750	712	212.00–215.00	213.00
1	750–800	755	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	305.00	305.00
8	300–350	328	270.00–295.00	282.49
18	350–400	372	255.00–280.00	269.12
33	400–450	428	242.00–270.00	250.83
12	450–500	470	230.00–262.00	244.73
14	500–550	531	210.00–240.00	230.83
5	550–600	575	210.00–230.00	224.14
8	600–650	628	185.00–215.00	208.19
1	650–700	690	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	740	180.00	180.00
3	750–800	780	177.00–187.00	182.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,206	126.00–136.00	131.74
52	—	1,188	119.00–128.00	123.07
27	—	1,280	132.00–144.00	138.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	999	113.00–124.00	117.72
27	—	1,015	100.00–121.00	112.28
23	—	917	98.00–118.00	108.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,393	133.00–138.00	135.48
10	—	1,412	123.00–132.00	129.40
4	—	1,389	125.00–126.00	125.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,815	153.00–168.00	161.73
29	—	1,497	135.00–149.00	143.94
17	—	1,685	145.00–157.00	151.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	—	1,225.00–2,000.00	1,508.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,165.00–1,450.00	1,307.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	—	1,200.00–1,700.00	1,433.80
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,275.00–1,460.00	1,345.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,150.00–1,280.00	1,215.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,250.00–2,350.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,425.00–2,100.00	1,871.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	1,775.00–2,600.00	2,191.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,375.00–2,950.00	2,566.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,500.00–1,750.00	1,590.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,909.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	780.00–940.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,225.00

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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