Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 107 priced lines covering 1,243 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,503 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 257 head. replacement cattle receipts at 207 head. Counted as USDA files them — 64 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,503Last week 2,114Year ago 1,364

Slaughter CattleReceipts 257Last week 373Year ago 382

Replacement CattleReceipts 207Last week 236Year ago 257

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	325.00	325.00
3	300–350	315	335.00–340.00	337.30
8	350–400	383	290.00–298.00	292.95
11	400–450	417	270.00–295.00	280.79
23	450–500	461	255.00–287.00	259.19
78	500–550	532	250.00–266.50	263.13
5	550–600	574	236.00–242.00	240.39
10	600–650	622	229.00–240.00	233.45
3	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	335.00	335.00
14	300–350	329	298.00–315.00	301.77
16	350–400	369	270.00–286.00	281.70
37	400–450	428	252.00–290.00	266.89
26	450–500	475	247.00–272.00	257.89
38	500–550	521	237.00–250.00	243.98
16	550–600	574	228.00–237.00	231.93
8	600–650	629	215.00–225.00	221.26
3	700–750	705	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	300.00	300.00
12	300–350	329	255.00–300.00	281.03
16	350–400	379	250.00–290.00	270.59
16	400–450	428	242.00–277.00	261.82
21	450–500	474	235.00–267.00	248.54
8	500–550	523	220.00–245.00	231.35
7	550–600	582	215.00–235.00	224.33
2	600–650	613	205.00–220.00	212.35
6	650–700	664	175.00–215.00	194.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	330.00–335.00	333.30
5	350–400	383	308.00–310.00	309.17
16	400–450	432	295.00–302.00	298.92
20	450–500	478	275.00–290.00	281.30
9	500–550	526	268.00–280.00	273.73
13	550–600	583	260.00–272.00	264.31
6	600–650	621	250.00–255.00	251.63
4	650–700	670	230.00–245.00	237.39
2	750–800	768	206.00–210.00	207.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	300.00–325.00	315.49
10	350–400	382	285.00–300.00	296.16
19	400–450	428	270.00–297.00	280.25
9	450–500	469	250.00–287.00	260.85
13	500–550	514	245.00–267.00	257.98
6	550–600	576	250.00–260.00	254.47
9	600–650	639	230.00–245.00	240.00
6	650–700	678	215.00–239.00	227.05
5	750–800	774	180.00–207.00	196.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	375.00	375.00
4	300–350	328	340.00–345.00	341.22
3	350–400	390	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	405	310.00	310.00
11	450–500	479	290.00–310.00	293.25
14	500–550	519	278.00–286.00	282.83
5	550–600	562	278.00–284.00	280.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	335.00–340.00	336.85
12	350–400	383	320.00–330.00	325.78
20	400–450	419	307.00–322.00	313.86
47	450–500	484	300.00–310.00	302.25
27	500–550	521	250.00–300.00	285.08
17	550–600	592	271.00–280.00	274.13
7	600–650	614	268.00–278.00	275.09
3	650–700	675	240.00–250.00	243.23
3	700–750	728	235.00–239.00	237.64
2	750–800	783	215.00–217.00	216.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	476	320.00	320.00
45	550–600	589	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	423	320.00–330.00	323.23
4	450–500	458	310.00–315.00	312.49
15	500–550	539	295.00–301.00	300.08
5	550–600	559	282.00–297.00	289.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	310.00–329.00	322.85
10	350–400	384	290.00–315.00	298.53
6	400–450	440	292.00–305.00	299.50
8	450–500	481	295.00–300.00	297.20
5	500–550	530	270.00–280.00	277.05
3	550–600	562	260.00–268.00	265.36
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,242	116.00–131.00	124.99
22	—	1,266	123.00–136.00	131.17
31	—	1,180	113.00–123.00	118.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,018	92.00–108.00	103.71
20	—	1,054	108.00–119.00	114.97
26	—	1,034	100.00–113.00	108.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,335	109.00–123.00	116.97
2	—	1,325	134.00	134.00
17	—	1,340	118.00–131.00	125.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,534	114.00–143.00	136.13
5	—	1,863	151.00–166.00	160.43
5	—	1,874	144.00–149.00	146.28

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)	16	—	—	1,225.00–1,700.00	1,493.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	—	1,400.00–1,925.00	1,702.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,280.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,800.00–2,200.00	2,062.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	700.00–820.00	748.33
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	925.00–960.00	939.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,696.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	—	1,700.00–2,500.00	2,052.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,900.00–2,125.00	2,012.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	975.00–1,100.00	1,037.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,387.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,583.33

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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