Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 81 priced lines covering 542 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 744 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 91 head. replacement cattle receipts at 43 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 744Last week 1,171Year ago 1,701

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 173Year ago 339

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 81Year ago 224

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 6.00 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	350.00	350.00
1	250–300	275	330.00	330.00
3	300–350	315	327.00–337.00	333.46
2	350–400	388	302.00–305.00	303.49
12	400–450	420	280.00–290.00	284.52
11	450–500	474	262.00–277.00	270.82
8	500–550	528	257.00–272.00	266.17
3	550–600	575	260.00–267.00	263.98
2	600–650	620	230.00–240.00	235.04
1	700–750	715	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	332	345.00–350.00	348.47
6	350–400	382	317.00–327.00	321.27
6	400–450	406	290.00–295.00	290.84
6	450–500	483	285.00–297.00	290.50
15	500–550	520	270.00–290.00	281.71
1	550–600	565	279.00	279.00
2	600–650	635	255.00–260.00	257.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	332.00	332.00
1	500–550	510	293.00	293.00
1	750–800	770	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	327.00–330.00	328.99
1	350–400	390	317.00	317.00
3	400–450	423	280.00–287.00	284.63
2	500–550	535	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	795	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	327.00–335.00	329.59
4	400–450	419	315.00–330.00	322.06
6	450–500	483	305.00–317.00	311.92
5	500–550	521	292.50	292.50
1	550–600	555	290.00	290.00
6	600–650	616	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	428	345.00	345.00
18	500–550	534	311.00	311.00
11	600–650	608	275.00	275.00
3	750–800	757	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	332.00	332.00
1	250–300	255	322.00	322.00
3	300–350	322	285.00–290.00	286.63
5	350–400	372	280.00–302.00	286.57
9	400–450	426	267.00–277.00	272.70
34	450–500	474	255.00–280.00	272.21
34	500–550	538	245.00–257.00	248.70
12	550–600	574	235.00–240.00	236.43
9	600–650	621	227.00–235.00	229.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
6	350–400	385	310.00	310.00
6	400–450	403	300.00	300.00
13	450–500	459	287.50	287.50
4	500–550	503	260.00–265.00	262.50
1	650–700	685	235.00	235.00
2	750–800	778	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
55	550–600	566	265.00–275.00	272.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	332	267.00–302.00	278.68
11	350–400	385	257.00–287.00	270.93
18	400–450	421	269.00–280.00	273.12
11	450–500	476	237.00–270.00	254.81
8	500–550	533	210.00–240.00	224.64
5	550–600	577	227.00–235.00	229.25
1	600–650	620	195.00	195.00
7	650–700	679	185.00–210.00	193.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,247	138.00–147.00	143.98
13	—	1,193	132.00–135.00	133.95
9	—	1,253	118.00–128.00	123.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	963	117.00–122.00	120.34
5	—	1,104	112.00–117.00	114.53
8	—	976	102.00–111.00	105.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,497	133.00–138.00	136.18
5	—	1,390	120.00–125.00	121.77
3	—	1,238	137.00–140.00	138.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,632	148.00–175.00	158.42
6	—	1,473	137.00–168.00	150.24
3	—	1,335	149.00–156.00	152.59

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)	Open	5	—	—	1,825.00–2,100.00	1,955.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	830.00–950.00	884.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,366.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,475.00–1,590.00	1,521.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00

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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