Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 109 priced lines covering 904 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,171 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 173 head. replacement cattle receipts at 81 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,171Last week 2,390Year ago 1,344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 173Last week 473Year ago 211

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 335Year ago 128

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
8	350–400	373	320.00–330.00	323.59
10	400–450	421	312.00–320.00	314.92
29	450–500	476	302.00–316.00	308.19
31	500–550	522	287.00–307.00	292.60
18	550–600	591	276.00–285.00	278.62
15	600–650	626	250.00–262.00	257.28
16	650–700	684	240.00–250.00	243.19
12	700–750	736	226.00–235.00	229.72
5	750–800	791	207.00–226.00	214.21
1	850–900	875	202.00	202.00
1	900–950	940	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	523	300.00–310.00	305.58
6	550–600	573	284.00–295.00	288.84
12	600–650	613	270.00–277.00	271.32
12	650–700	661	258.00–265.00	259.17
19	700–750	736	242.00–250.00	248.21
3	750–800	773	222.00–234.00	228.63
4	800–850	830	220.00–225.00	222.45
2	850–900	883	209.00–210.00	209.50
4	900–950	914	200.00–207.00	202.25
1	1000–1050	1,015	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	295.00–302.00	298.92
5	350–400	381	285.00–318.00	306.23
2	400–450	435	305.00–307.00	305.99
6	450–500	478	290.00–300.00	296.55
1	500–550	545	287.00	287.00
1	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	670	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	318.00–320.00	319.00
7	300–350	337	280.00–304.00	293.33
11	350–400	373	267.00–298.00	286.21
26	400–450	427	260.00–278.00	267.57
29	450–500	473	251.00–274.00	258.39
49	500–550	519	240.00–260.00	250.52
18	550–600	584	234.00–250.00	237.41
11	600–650	626	229.00–235.00	230.79
21	650–700	663	214.00–225.00	223.10
3	700–750	735	208.00–213.00	210.98
4	750–800	780	205.00–215.00	209.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	345.00–350.00	347.39
2	250–300	273	340.00–345.00	342.66
4	300–350	310	310.00–318.00	313.49
11	350–400	380	300.00–335.00	307.99
17	400–450	422	272.00–290.00	284.25
9	450–500	468	272.00–282.00	277.58
13	500–550	536	250.00–270.00	258.15
4	550–600	573	250.00–254.00	251.50
6	600–650	612	237.00–248.00	244.93
2	700–750	713	222.00–224.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	255.00–294.00	276.10
6	350–400	373	255.00–280.00	271.26
10	450–500	485	260.00–265.00	262.89
5	500–550	530	240.00–244.00	241.65
3	550–600	573	222.00–230.00	226.03
10	600–650	612	210.00–217.00	216.28
9	650–700	678	207.00–215.00	209.72
4	700–750	736	180.00–185.00	183.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	330.00	330.00
13	300–350	323	325.00–335.00	329.46
12	350–400	373	310.00–332.00	317.07
15	400–450	424	285.00–308.00	299.15
11	450–500	480	280.00–297.00	286.67
7	500–550	520	265.00–287.00	279.12
6	550–600	578	262.00–272.00	266.62
4	600–650	639	247.00–265.00	258.51
5	650–700	666	235.00–245.00	239.78
5	700–750	728	216.00–227.00	221.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	335.00–340.00	337.41
4	300–350	308	340.00–365.00	347.44
6	350–400	385	324.00–335.00	326.14
8	400–450	430	310.00–318.00	312.92
10	450–500	473	290.00–300.00	292.39
8	500–550	530	272.00–284.00	279.91
6	550–600	571	275.00–280.00	278.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	335	318.00	318.00
11	350–400	390	300.00–320.00	310.45
14	400–450	435	285.00–310.00	298.30
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	528	260.00–272.00	265.80
3	550–600	570	255.00–260.00	258.36
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	665	230.00–233.00	231.49
2	700–750	738	200.00–205.00	202.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,236	133.00–140.00	136.21
16	—	1,148	111.00–124.00	117.23
23	—	1,099	125.00–135.00	128.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,035	109.00–118.00	113.19
14	—	1,031	104.00–110.00	107.71
11	—	1,005	115.00–128.00	120.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,492	121.00–133.00	125.89
3	—	1,542	119.00–121.00	120.31
3	—	1,410	136.00–138.00	136.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,766	155.00–171.00	164.38
4	—	1,548	135.00–147.00	138.94
5	—	1,700	149.00–154.00	150.45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,275.00–1,370.00	1,322.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,277.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	—	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,771.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,653.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,966.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,950.00–2,250.00	2,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	800.00–980.00	877.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,025.00–1,350.00	1,182.50

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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