Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 123 priced lines covering 1,755 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,349 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 516 head. replacement cattle receipts at 204 head. Counted as USDA files them — 47 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue May 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,349Last week 2,390Year ago 2,896

Slaughter CattleReceipts 516Last week 473Year ago 741

Replacement CattleReceipts 204Last week 335Year ago 251

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	330.00–355.00	339.98
4	350–400	378	325.00–330.00	326.78
31	400–450	431	287.00–320.00	304.49
33	450–500	471	275.00–308.00	291.23
37	500–550	526	255.00–300.00	279.70
15	550–600	572	250.00–284.00	263.76
11	600–650	615	242.00–270.00	255.80
6	650–700	666	235.00–260.00	244.72
7	700–750	722	240.00–244.00	241.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	370.00	370.00
2	250–300	275	335.00–345.00	339.64
2	300–350	318	325.00	325.00
5	350–400	379	307.00–320.00	313.20
13	400–450	424	290.00–310.00	301.87
17	450–500	475	270.00–297.00	283.93
7	500–550	524	267.00–285.00	275.88
11	550–600	579	240.00–272.00	262.25
16	600–650	629	240.00–255.00	244.35
7	650–700	674	225.00–240.00	230.23
2	700–750	738	205.00–210.00	207.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	390.00	390.00
5	250–300	278	360.00–370.00	367.48
3	300–350	328	345.00–370.00	359.64
14	350–400	363	332.00–350.00	339.19
17	400–450	418	305.00–330.00	319.25
13	450–500	473	290.00–318.00	299.15
21	500–550	519	270.00–309.00	281.05
5	550–600	557	260.00–270.00	266.01
2	600–650	600	255.00–267.00	261.00
1	650–700	650	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	335.00–340.00	337.23
18	350–400	383	314.00–325.00	319.01
3	400–450	423	304.00–310.00	306.62
6	450–500	468	292.00–300.00	298.38
2	500–550	530	294.00–295.00	294.50
32	550–600	574	275.00–285.00	279.69
10	600–650	636	260.00–265.00	260.70
13	650–700	685	255.00–260.00	255.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	225	380.00–390.00	384.00
16	300–350	324	340.00–355.00	343.65
14	350–400	366	330.00–342.00	337.95
13	400–450	423	310.00–330.00	318.73
19	450–500	484	307.00–316.00	312.52
36	500–550	526	287.50–312.00	304.94
33	550–600	585	275.00–302.00	285.15
29	600–650	629	263.00–289.00	271.59
7	650–700	678	246.00–255.00	251.26
10	700–750	719	230.00–245.00	242.44
3	750–800	770	212.00–230.00	223.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	225	400.00–410.00	402.86
3	300–350	325	360.00–370.00	366.82
9	350–400	375	352.00–370.00	367.00
2	400–450	425	325.00	325.00
45	450–500	490	317.00–330.00	318.26
10	500–550	525	310.00–320.00	315.59
5	550–600	568	285.00–300.00	291.54
1	600–650	610	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	655	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	760	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	403	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	335.00	335.00
23	300–350	324	296.00–315.00	303.12
29	350–400	376	282.00–305.00	292.07
44	400–450	420	270.00–292.00	278.65
65	450–500	478	255.00–282.00	268.59
63	500–550	521	240.00–268.00	257.13
39	550–600	572	227.00–260.00	248.31
35	600–650	619	217.00–250.00	237.01
14	650–700	676	212.00–243.00	227.07
10	700–750	737	215.00–226.00	222.59
1	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	365.00	365.00
5	250–300	261	335.00–360.00	352.22
19	300–350	318	320.00–340.00	325.95
7	350–400	364	300.00–315.00	307.23
17	400–450	408	285.00–301.00	293.58
15	450–500	463	267.00–300.00	274.51
54	500–550	526	252.00–272.00	267.10
27	550–600	570	247.00–270.00	253.86
11	600–650	619	235.00–260.00	242.48
6	650–700	655	230.00–244.00	232.31
2	700–750	715	214.00–215.00	214.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	320.00	320.00
14	300–350	330	280.00–305.00	288.60
27	350–400	373	270.00–290.00	276.54
22	400–450	427	260.00–282.00	271.68
19	450–500	474	240.00–270.00	259.80
16	500–550	523	230.00–252.00	245.42
16	550–600	578	230.00–242.00	237.78
13	600–650	625	226.00–236.00	230.30
10	650–700	678	200.00–227.00	218.04
5	700–750	725	200.00–210.00	204.18
5	750–800	767	176.00–186.00	181.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,317	136.00–149.00	142.19
23	—	1,382	125.00–131.00	128.17
38	—	1,379	132.00–139.00	135.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,176	123.00–132.00	127.59
39	—	1,239	136.00–150.00	141.73
59	—	1,217	129.00–140.00	133.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,031	119.00–130.00	124.01
26	—	947	110.00–122.00	117.37
34	—	1,054	112.00–127.00	119.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,363	134.00–147.00	141.54
9	—	1,728	145.00–153.00	149.60
10	—	1,726	152.00–164.00	157.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	1,625.00–2,475.00	2,180.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	2,125.00–2,650.00	2,436.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,094.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,675.00–1,750.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,638.89
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	850.00–1,050.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,285.00–1,400.00	1,342.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,425.00–1,491.00	1,458.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	936.00–1,282.00	1,124.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	620.00–820.00	705.71
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	925.00–1,125.00	985.71

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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