Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 126 priced lines covering 2,115 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,074 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 528 head. replacement cattle receipts at 208 head. Counted as USDA files them — 43 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Apr 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,074Last week 1,536Year ago 2,510

Slaughter CattleReceipts 528Last week 406Year ago 645

Replacement CattleReceipts 208Last week 270Year ago 293

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	370.00–380.00	374.96
9	350–400	385	350.00–375.00	366.90
16	400–450	426	330.00–340.00	333.96
16	450–500	464	320.00–322.00	320.13
10	500–550	519	302.00–310.00	307.80
23	550–600	567	280.00–297.00	284.45
22	600–650	618	268.00–274.50	271.97
25	650–700	655	260.00–267.50	264.68
13	700–750	714	236.00–248.50	244.39
10	750–800	766	227.00–236.50	235.53
4	800–850	800	228.00–230.00	228.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	310	340.00–350.00	346.74
7	350–400	372	330.00–340.00	331.42
13	400–450	414	308.00–332.50	322.64
38	450–500	487	296.00–317.50	304.94
45	500–550	530	285.00–308.00	296.90
13	550–600	582	263.00–285.00	274.12
16	600–650	635	250.00–277.00	268.34
7	650–700	675	230.00–270.00	252.83
4	700–750	721	220.00–248.00	237.52
7	750–800	776	210.00–235.00	224.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	700–750	733	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	321	320.00–340.00	331.85
49	350–400	385	310.00–325.00	312.58
9	400–450	420	300.00–307.00	301.92
4	450–500	478	290.00–303.00	297.96
12	500–550	540	270.00–280.00	279.20
8	550–600	578	250.00–276.00	265.13
11	600–650	639	230.00–267.00	256.10
3	650–700	682	250.00–255.00	251.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	221	350.00–370.00	359.35
1	250–300	290	360.00	360.00
10	300–350	335	325.00–370.00	347.66
24	350–400	371	328.00–350.00	340.56
30	400–450	424	315.00–335.00	326.25
10	450–500	481	310.00–320.00	312.59
22	500–550	521	280.00–305.00	290.48
4	550–600	561	268.00–290.00	279.47
7	600–650	614	250.00–270.00	260.07
5	650–700	680	238.00–250.00	242.53
1	700–750	700	228.00	228.00
10	750–800	769	228.00–232.00	229.17
2	800–850	800	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	375.00	375.00
8	300–350	326	318.00–350.00	330.89
10	350–400	375	315.00–335.00	324.98
36	400–450	430	295.00–320.00	307.78
34	450–500	469	282.00–305.00	294.77
45	500–550	517	258.00–297.00	280.25
38	550–600	572	226.00–284.00	257.62
12	600–650	625	238.00–262.00	248.37
2	650–700	668	240.00–250.00	244.91
6	700–750	718	226.00–236.00	229.80
1	750–800	770	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	315.00	315.00
7	350–400	363	308.00–320.00	313.60
14	400–450	426	285.00–310.00	298.47
16	450–500	478	267.00–295.00	280.76
14	500–550	521	250.00–275.00	265.24
7	550–600	573	240.00–262.00	251.90
4	600–650	633	223.00–245.00	232.93
2	650–700	658	230.00–235.00	232.51
1	700–750	725	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	550–600	577	249.25	249.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	276	338.00–348.00	346.75
28	300–350	325	305.00–342.50	332.03
27	350–400	380	298.00–320.00	309.44
25	400–450	419	285.00–300.00	289.09
21	450–500	463	270.00–288.00	278.96
37	500–550	521	257.00–280.00	264.65
40	550–600	563	255.00–275.00	260.54
23	600–650	614	240.00–246.00	245.55
33	650–700	656	230.00–242.00	239.76
45	700–750	722	217.00–226.00	223.71
2	750–800	789	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	325.00	325.00
5	250–300	281	310.00–335.00	323.86
22	300–350	334	290.00–325.00	305.98
22	350–400	371	275.00–310.00	289.41
33	400–450	420	266.00–285.00	276.80
58	450–500	470	255.00–280.00	270.05
44	500–550	524	247.00–268.00	254.86
46	550–600	577	235.00–257.00	247.37
25	600–650	628	225.00–244.00	233.97
32	650–700	689	215.00–232.00	227.31
2	700–750	708	200.00–209.00	204.55
3	750–800	765	190.00–200.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,024	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
15	400–450	404	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	330.00–335.00	332.67
3	300–350	332	270.00–280.00	275.00
19	350–400	379	265.00–295.00	276.01
26	400–450	423	255.00–280.00	261.63
31	450–500	472	250.00–267.00	258.25
35	500–550	518	236.00–250.00	241.72
27	550–600	568	228.00–242.00	236.85
5	600–650	632	220.00–227.00	223.20
7	650–700	670	200.00–218.00	210.17
2	700–750	715	190.00–200.00	195.03
2	750–800	795	185.00–197.00	191.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,268	129.00–134.00	130.59
26	—	1,370	114.00–122.00	119.06
41	—	1,349	107.00–129.00	123.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,188	111.00–123.00	117.68
29	—	1,242	123.00–138.00	128.52
57	—	1,214	119.00–129.00	123.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,010	110.00–122.00	115.90
35	—	1,058	103.00–117.00	111.29
26	—	1,063	96.00–110.00	106.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,560	125.00–141.00	136.16
22	—	1,631	139.00–150.00	143.94
16	—	1,855	144.00–158.00	150.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,787.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,897.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,625.00–1,950.00	1,718.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,509.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,625.00–1,950.00	1,778.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,104.17
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	—	—	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,035.00

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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