Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 122 priced lines covering 1,179 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,727 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 245 head. replacement cattle receipts at 160 head. Counted as USDA files them — 32 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,727Last week 672Year ago 2,471

Slaughter CattleReceipts 245Last week 65Year ago 514

Replacement CattleReceipts 160Last week 147Year ago 309

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	365.00	365.00
13	300–350	328	330.00–370.00	346.10
17	350–400	376	320.00–340.00	330.92
21	400–450	434	285.00–330.00	299.90
17	450–500	465	275.00–305.00	289.28
20	500–550	519	265.00–285.00	273.48
4	550–600	561	260.00–275.00	270.00
8	600–650	619	232.00–255.00	243.44
7	650–700	669	210.00–250.00	221.25
3	700–750	720	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
4	300–350	325	335.00–355.00	345.31
14	350–400	379	275.00–330.00	300.84
19	400–450	423	245.00–315.00	285.61
11	450–500	470	235.00–290.00	270.94
5	500–550	522	260.00–275.00	267.05
6	550–600	568	225.00–262.00	243.67
7	600–650	616	230.00–245.00	242.84
5	650–700	665	202.00–230.00	221.34
1	700–750	740	217.00	217.00
1	750–800	775	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	390.00	390.00
1	250–300	275	380.00	380.00
6	350–400	367	335.00–355.00	343.89
10	400–450	419	320.00–345.00	328.17
9	450–500	467	295.00–325.00	307.56
7	500–550	524	285.00–297.00	289.55
3	550–600	555	275.00–285.00	279.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	326	295.00–310.00	301.32
19	350–400	379	280.00–295.00	286.83
29	400–450	426	257.00–285.00	267.67
33	450–500	469	245.00–275.00	257.12
22	500–550	521	237.00–260.00	246.39
19	550–600	570	222.00–255.00	237.01
5	600–650	609	220.00–230.00	222.38
8	650–700	678	204.00–220.00	212.38
4	700–750	716	205.00–215.00	208.80
2	750–800	768	190.00–200.00	194.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	300.00–330.00	317.52
4	350–400	371	295.00–310.00	303.97
11	400–450	428	270.00–290.00	277.63
16	450–500	477	262.00–280.00	266.25
26	500–550	518	247.00–272.00	255.21
6	550–600	558	242.00–255.00	248.17
9	600–650	614	233.00–240.00	237.03
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
2	700–750	735	220.00–222.00	220.99
31	750–800	750	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	633	228.00	228.00
2	900–950	925	175.00	175.00
9	950–1000	953	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	305.00–310.00	306.60
13	300–350	314	265.00–300.00	282.86
16	350–400	376	240.00–285.00	263.76
17	400–450	421	215.00–275.00	247.06
20	450–500	475	195.00–265.00	242.74
11	500–550	526	230.00–245.00	238.98
7	550–600	569	175.00–235.00	215.97
2	600–650	628	215.00–220.00	217.55
4	650–700	663	207.00–210.00	209.25
3	700–750	733	192.00–202.00	198.73
1	750–800	785	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
8	350–400	381	330.00–340.00	335.70
11	400–450	432	320.00–335.00	328.57
20	450–500	472	310.00–325.00	316.86
23	500–550	528	292.00–315.00	302.26
26	550–600	560	280.00–300.00	286.80
32	600–650	631	255.00–282.00	264.15
3	650–700	682	230.00–240.00	234.91
1	700–750	740	225.00	225.00
3	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	800	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	355.00	355.00
5	400–450	410	335.00–345.00	338.98
11	500–550	510	300.00–325.00	306.67
15	550–600	579	290.00–312.00	297.78
1	600–650	615	265.00	265.00
39	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	710	249.00	249.00
13	750–800	765	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	818	230.00	230.00
21	850–900	850	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	330.00–340.00	336.18
7	350–400	375	325.00–330.00	326.43
11	400–450	426	305.00–320.00	313.80
11	450–500	476	290.00–305.00	299.54
7	500–550	524	285.00–300.00	292.17
1	600–650	635	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	675	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	735	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,518	120.00–126.00	123.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,186	114.00–133.00	121.50
19	—	1,212	123.00–139.00	127.95
14	—	1,265	131.00–145.00	136.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,028	107.00–121.00	115.54
31	—	1,003	100.00–115.00	106.91
13	—	982	113.00–117.00	115.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,755	155.00–160.00	157.36
12	—	1,338	135.00–148.00	142.95
10	—	1,679	141.00–156.00	149.83

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	1,200.00–1,800.00	1,418.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	950.00–1,400.00	1,226.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,787.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,318.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,020.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,190.00–1,225.00	1,207.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,340.00	1,320.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	790.00–940.00	865.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,500.00–2,450.00	2,066.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,762.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,575.00–1,775.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,183.33

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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