Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 107 priced lines covering 1,133 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 986 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 291 head. replacement cattle receipts at 150 head. Counted as USDA files them — 31 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 986Last week 2,056Year ago 1,793

Slaughter CattleReceipts 291Last week 379Year ago 337

Replacement CattleReceipts 150Last week 208Year ago 138

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. All feeder classes sold mostly steady. 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	345.00–365.00	358.65
9	300–350	322	330.00–366.00	343.74
9	350–400	376	318.00–350.00	325.06
16	400–450	428	300.00–322.00	310.44
29	450–500	486	280.00–305.00	286.83
16	500–550	525	270.00–287.00	279.08
3	550–600	583	262.00–270.00	265.62
6	600–650	615	250.00–265.00	255.40
5	650–700	673	244.00–250.00	246.99
2	700–750	708	230.00–232.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	350.00–375.00	364.13
4	350–400	370	330.00–340.00	336.47
15	400–450	419	310.00–340.00	324.37
12	450–500	461	290.00–322.00	296.99
13	500–550	523	286.00–296.00	290.31
2	550–600	585	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
6	300–350	324	320.00–345.00	329.94
18	350–400	383	308.00–335.00	321.04
6	400–450	438	290.00–310.00	295.30
7	450–500	482	267.00–300.00	279.01
2	500–550	525	260.00	260.00
5	550–600	561	250.00–256.00	251.61
7	600–650	626	240.00–255.00	246.14
3	650–700	677	230.00–247.00	238.85
5	750–800	757	200.00–215.00	203.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	322.00–347.00	330.05
16	300–350	323	290.00–325.00	313.29
13	350–400	364	287.00–308.00	296.34
24	400–450	417	270.00–292.00	277.95
26	450–500	471	260.00–275.00	268.43
32	500–550	530	250.00–260.00	254.44
20	550–600	580	239.00–251.00	247.23
14	600–650	616	232.00–242.00	235.49
12	650–700	668	221.00–229.00	222.32
4	700–750	718	206.00–215.00	210.58
3	750–800	765	198.00–200.00	199.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	330.00–362.00	343.71
18	300–350	322	328.00–352.00	333.78
3	350–400	365	315.00–324.00	317.92
11	400–450	426	286.00–307.00	291.10
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
17	500–550	524	260.00–270.00	266.88
13	550–600	563	250.00–260.00	253.16
2	600–650	635	241.00–247.00	244.05
1	650–700	675	236.00	236.00
3	700–750	708	221.00–227.00	222.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	280.00–310.00	293.46
9	350–400	373	270.00–300.00	286.99
16	400–450	441	260.00–280.00	270.34
24	450–500	475	245.00–265.00	257.04
10	500–550	523	235.00–248.00	241.78
18	550–600	566	227.00–236.00	233.20
2	650–700	670	205.00–215.00	210.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	328.00–330.00	328.95
15	400–450	437	311.00–335.00	318.36
17	450–500	467	304.00–322.00	311.37
52	500–550	523	290.00–310.00	300.12
20	550–600	579	280.00–290.00	284.88
16	600–650	634	268.00–279.00	270.42
4	650–700	670	255.00–265.00	257.44
4	700–750	729	227.00–231.00	227.97
5	750–800	791	222.00–226.00	225.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	383	310.00–320.00	316.94
3	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	540	292.00	292.00
3	550–600	592	277.00–280.00	278.01
2	600–650	640	260.00–267.00	263.53
9	650–700	678	230.00–240.00	237.80
2	750–800	753	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	370	344.00	344.00
1	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
12	450–500	468	314.00–335.00	326.43
19	500–550	506	304.00–322.50	319.88
17	550–600	559	297.00–310.00	302.62
2	600–650	615	280.00–283.00	281.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,188	125.00–147.00	141.80
17	—	1,254	132.00–154.00	145.49
60	—	1,199	118.00–140.00	135.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,003	108.00–116.00	112.89
21	—	1,030	117.00–129.00	126.43
10	—	1,008	110.00–123.00	119.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,425	118.00–141.00	132.12
28	—	1,346	125.00–148.00	141.01
7	—	1,370	136.00–156.00	146.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,718	160.00–169.00	166.21
2	—	1,258	135.00–150.00	142.49
5	—	1,482	142.00–161.00	153.35

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	1,500.00–1,750.00	1,636.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	—	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,795.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	31	—	—	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,839.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,110.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,275.00–1,325.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	950.00–1,650.00	1,366.67
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	970.00	970.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,117.00–1,250.00	1,164.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	625.00–740.00	682.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,847.37
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,616.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	925.00–1,050.00	987.50

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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