Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 120 priced lines covering 1,876 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,574 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 599 head. replacement cattle receipts at 344 head. Counted as USDA files them — 78 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Apr 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,574Last week 1,727Year ago 4,242

Slaughter CattleReceipts 599Last week 245Year ago 892

Replacement CattleReceipts 344Last week 160Year ago 360

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with 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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	326	330.00–340.00	337.01
13	350–400	376	310.00–330.00	323.80
7	400–450	420	290.00–322.00	306.61
5	450–500	475	285.00–310.00	297.07
5	500–550	522	265.00–295.00	281.01
5	550–600	571	245.00–280.00	264.69
3	600–650	625	252.00–260.00	256.27
7	650–700	676	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	370.00	370.00
10	350–400	356	350.00–365.00	358.95
7	400–450	417	325.00–355.00	342.29
14	450–500	462	318.00–335.00	323.63
12	500–550	511	300.00–328.00	319.22
9	550–600	579	280.00–295.00	292.78
4	600–650	601	262.00–263.00	262.25
9	650–700	680	250.00–265.00	257.87
5	700–750	700	249.00	249.00
3	800–850	837	227.00–235.00	232.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	599	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	345.00–350.00	348.23
16	350–400	373	315.00–355.00	339.89
8	400–450	428	310.00–338.00	328.24
19	450–500	469	300.00–330.00	317.52
28	500–550	514	280.00–321.00	311.57
7	550–600	576	255.00–294.00	276.86
9	600–650	634	240.00–255.00	246.90
9	650–700	683	224.00–245.00	236.08
19	700–750	741	220.00–238.00	235.40
2	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	329	275.00–290.00	279.78
18	350–400	371	265.00–290.00	278.06
26	400–450	424	247.00–280.00	261.16
26	450–500	474	237.00–269.00	252.47
13	500–550	525	220.00–250.00	239.64
17	550–600	579	202.00–239.00	227.42
11	600–650	621	190.00–222.00	212.82
2	650–700	680	204.00–215.00	209.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	280.00–340.00	291.48
6	300–350	318	315.00–330.00	322.61
17	350–400	370	297.00–315.00	302.53
29	400–450	424	280.00–310.00	296.35
24	450–500	472	265.00–295.00	281.89
56	500–550	524	240.00–276.00	263.23
22	550–600	572	240.00–271.00	248.78
11	600–650	613	232.00–260.00	243.87
12	650–700	679	230.00–234.00	230.34
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00
6	750–800	760	214.00–218.00	214.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	289	310.00	310.00
10	300–350	323	295.00–312.00	304.81
31	350–400	380	272.00–302.00	290.57
49	400–450	422	270.00–295.00	281.23
60	450–500	473	250.00–280.00	265.55
68	500–550	525	235.00–267.00	254.11
21	550–600	571	230.00–254.00	243.82
20	600–650	625	220.00–240.00	230.53
13	650–700	681	200.00–224.00	209.35
13	700–750	732	202.00–216.00	212.93
2	800–850	800	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	730	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	337.00	337.00
10	300–350	325	340.00–370.00	353.10
14	350–400	374	300.00–345.00	332.43
26	400–450	419	295.00–332.00	318.90
39	450–500	478	268.00–313.00	294.51
44	500–550	521	255.00–300.00	284.90
19	550–600	572	250.00–292.00	265.08
13	600–650	625	238.00–258.00	246.97
7	650–700	665	210.00–247.00	227.30
1	700–750	745	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	345.00	345.00
2	300–350	323	360.00–365.00	362.67
20	350–400	362	322.00–360.00	350.31
25	400–450	423	293.00–345.00	332.76
36	450–500	473	278.00–335.00	317.38
14	500–550	516	277.00–317.00	296.96
5	550–600	553	265.00–287.00	270.38
6	600–650	618	250.00–265.00	261.57
13	650–700	661	242.00–260.00	248.91
2	700–750	725	230.00–235.00	232.52
1	750–800	750	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	310.00–350.00	336.67
2	300–350	330	335.00–340.00	337.54
8	350–400	371	305.00–327.00	319.16
28	400–450	421	280.00–310.00	301.56
23	450–500	473	260.00–298.00	282.50
9	500–550	528	242.00–284.00	267.77
19	550–600	579	235.00–270.00	257.99
16	600–650	623	230.00–250.00	244.50
3	650–700	680	232.00–239.00	236.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,385	119.00–132.00	127.83
16	—	1,378	114.00–125.00	121.31
7	—	1,396	129.00–135.00	133.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,157	116.00–130.00	125.37
78	—	1,124	111.00–123.00	118.54
47	—	1,206	128.00–138.00	131.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,028	102.00–121.00	115.65
7	—	1,056	108.00–113.00	110.34
39	—	960	94.00–114.00	105.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,882	148.00–167.00	154.55
13	—	1,575	124.00–146.00	138.30
34	—	1,694	140.00–157.00	147.98

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)	18	—	—	1,365.00–2,050.00	1,708.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	—	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,815.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,908.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	900.00–1,300.00	1,133.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,725.00–2,300.00	1,989.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	985.00–1,150.00	1,067.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,333.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,534.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	750.00–950.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	—	1,950.00–2,450.00	2,231.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	—	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,844.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,866.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,941.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	—	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,731.25

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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