Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 116 priced lines covering 1,218 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,373 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 294 head. replacement cattle receipts at 224 head. Counted as USDA files them — 89 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Apr 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,373Last week 2,574Year ago 1,378

Slaughter CattleReceipts 294Last week 599Year ago 326

Replacement CattleReceipts 224Last week 344Year ago 205

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 10.00 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	479	324.00–326.00	325.49
22	500–550	528	310.00–312.00	311.09
1	550–600	555	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	613	267.00–277.00	273.63
1	650–700	655	262.00	262.00
4	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
17	800–850	832	218.00–219.00	218.29
15	1050–1100	1,050	188.50	188.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	325	342.00	342.00
9	350–400	383	337.00–348.00	341.49
12	400–450	430	321.00–330.00	325.08
10	450–500	489	310.00–318.00	311.59
21	500–550	535	292.00–300.00	293.62
9	550–600	580	286.00–289.00	286.56
3	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
11	650–700	673	245.00–266.00	250.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	325	327.00–340.00	332.91
20	350–400	369	317.00–330.00	321.63
8	400–450	421	307.00–317.00	312.83
8	450–500	473	290.00–300.00	295.57
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
4	550–600	595	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	306.00–312.00	308.48
10	300–350	328	295.00–320.00	302.81
21	350–400	373	285.00–300.00	292.04
22	400–450	420	260.00–290.00	278.99
38	450–500	489	250.00–270.00	258.22
43	500–550	526	245.00–256.00	247.84
21	550–600	578	234.00–245.00	238.76
9	600–650	632	222.00–235.00	229.54
6	650–700	681	215.00–224.00	218.82
4	700–750	728	204.00–206.00	204.98
1	750–800	755	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	276	315.00–320.00	318.04
4	300–350	331	330.00–335.00	333.79
6	350–400	378	297.00–302.00	299.30
23	400–450	422	270.00–300.00	291.88
9	450–500	471	260.00–285.00	275.29
12	500–550	521	253.00–265.00	257.02
11	550–600	566	242.00–250.00	245.79
50	600–650	643	235.00–242.00	240.02
2	650–700	680	226.00–229.00	227.52
9	900–950	905	185.50	185.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	420	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	333	289.00–300.00	291.48
26	350–400	375	270.00–290.00	278.15
11	400–450	432	250.00–280.00	270.37
13	450–500	483	242.00–267.00	253.96
7	500–550	532	227.00–242.00	238.86
3	550–600	567	190.00–200.00	196.65
2	600–650	615	220.00	220.00
5	700–750	738	175.00–185.00	176.98
6	750–800	776	165.00–185.00	171.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	340.00	340.00
7	300–350	334	330.00–370.00	338.11
16	350–400	377	316.00–347.00	326.47
11	400–450	435	308.00–320.00	311.48
16	450–500	466	285.00–300.00	290.54
7	500–550	528	270.00–280.00	275.92
21	550–600	571	260.00–282.00	267.01
2	600–650	625	255.00–257.00	256.02
3	650–700	675	224.00	224.00
1	700–750	705	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	331	317.00–327.00	321.31
12	350–400	383	300.00–310.00	305.39
18	400–450	431	280.00–305.00	292.60
9	450–500	475	267.00–288.00	279.12
7	500–550	524	260.00–275.00	263.96
5	550–600	569	237.00–257.00	249.28
8	600–650	632	232.00–247.00	238.66
1	650–700	660	225.00	225.00
3	750–800	773	188.00–204.00	193.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	233	370.00–380.00	374.73
1	250–300	255	355.00	355.00
7	300–350	334	345.00–350.00	346.12
8	350–400	369	330.00–340.00	334.55
7	400–450	417	318.00–332.00	324.20
7	450–500	477	310.00–318.00	313.45
10	500–550	520	280.00–295.00	288.90
4	550–600	568	280.00–285.00	283.51
3	600–650	625	265.00–270.00	268.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,257	124.00–129.00	127.55
48	—	1,167	118.00–126.00	122.47
38	—	1,140	111.00–119.00	115.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,019	105.00–114.00	109.21
31	—	1,066	98.00–111.00	102.74
14	—	1,044	110.00–115.00	113.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,409	122.00–126.00	124.16
3	—	1,598	113.00–119.00	116.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,736	126.00–148.00	143.64
7	—	1,664	137.00–141.00	139.21
7	—	1,772	138.00–157.00	146.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	830.00–950.00	894.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	918.00–1,158.00	1,046.40
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,228.00–1,380.00	1,275.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	1,375.00–1,775.00	1,563.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,425.00–1,700.00	1,595.83
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,050.00–1,180.00	1,128.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	1,350.00–1,550.00	1,472.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	—	—	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,781.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,338.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,200.00–1,650.00	1,380.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,625.00–1,700.00	1,662.50

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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