Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 110 priced lines covering 1,436 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,341 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 460 head. replacement cattle receipts at 69 head. Counted as USDA files them — 17 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Jun 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,341Last week 1,879Year ago 2,871

Slaughter CattleReceipts 460Last week 306Year ago 650

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 110Year ago 108

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,372	130.00–146.00	141.05
10	—	1,293	127.00–139.00	134.77
10	—	1,474	139.00–149.00	142.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,229	143.00–154.00	145.96
47	—	1,223	134.00–145.00	138.97
56	—	1,168	127.00–135.00	131.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,020	108.00–125.00	115.76
32	—	1,083	121.00–140.00	128.51
51	—	1,090	114.00–135.00	122.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,831	150.00–160.00	154.21
4	—	1,618	157.00–165.00	161.61
4	—	1,861	145.00–152.00	149.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	224	400.00–420.00	403.93
2	250–300	273	365.00–370.00	367.48
5	300–350	332	340.00–347.00	342.47
10	350–400	375	330.00–337.00	331.60
8	400–450	426	320.00–330.00	326.22
26	450–500	474	313.00–320.00	315.67
14	500–550	530	270.00–312.00	297.49
19	550–600	582	258.00–288.00	281.05
17	600–650	623	248.00–275.00	257.92
25	650–700	667	260.00–267.00	261.47
1	700–750	705	237.00	237.00
1	750–800	755	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	330.00–340.00	336.43
3	450–500	483	325.00–335.00	329.24
2	550–600	558	290.00–292.00	291.01
1	650–700	655	269.00	269.00
1	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	790	228.00	228.00
1	850–900	875	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	330.00–335.00	331.63
23	350–400	377	308.00–325.00	318.85
1	400–450	445	288.00	288.00
6	450–500	479	290.00–307.00	300.29
17	500–550	530	262.00–294.00	292.13
23	550–600	595	250.00–275.00	267.63
7	600–650	619	242.00–267.00	256.99
1	750–800	795	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	355.00–360.00	357.52
13	300–350	338	328.00–347.00	337.84
6	350–400	370	315.00–330.00	324.93
22	400–450	428	300.00–315.00	307.65
21	450–500	473	275.00–308.00	296.54
23	500–550	520	260.00–300.00	281.11
7	550–600	562	252.00–277.00	266.93
7	600–650	621	245.00–272.00	261.68
1	650–700	690	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	723	244.00–246.00	245.00
7	750–800	779	208.00–225.00	218.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	260	385.00	385.00
5	300–350	317	340.00–367.00	349.12
7	350–400	374	335.00–352.00	342.60
6	400–450	426	318.00–323.00	321.16
1	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	735	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	350.00	350.00
2	250–300	258	345.00	345.00
4	300–350	323	310.00–330.00	317.42
2	350–400	353	315.00	315.00
12	400–450	427	285.00–305.00	293.73
27	450–500	477	257.00–295.00	277.60
19	500–550	530	250.00–280.00	268.65
19	550–600	573	240.00–272.00	252.46
10	600–650	625	230.00–255.00	244.48
6	650–700	674	210.00–245.00	236.06
6	700–750	733	210.00–221.00	211.80
3	750–800	773	202.00–211.00	206.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	310.00–367.00	338.19
4	250–300	270	330.00–345.00	338.63
6	300–350	321	300.00–320.00	309.61
28	350–400	375	278.00–305.00	295.91
34	400–450	427	280.00–295.00	283.26
32	450–500	473	262.00–282.00	272.06
40	500–550	524	252.00–272.00	261.56
31	550–600	587	232.00–260.00	249.02
110	600–650	634	232.00–252.00	247.53
13	650–700	676	202.00–238.00	226.01
22	700–750	736	200.00–227.00	220.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	370.00	370.00
1	250–300	290	365.00	365.00
11	300–350	320	320.00–345.00	334.03
21	350–400	371	305.00–322.00	310.52
13	400–450	422	290.00–312.00	301.65
8	450–500	476	280.00–305.00	289.42
5	500–550	516	260.00–282.00	269.84
5	550–600	568	250.00–259.00	252.76
82	600–650	605	240.00–265.00	256.53
13	650–700	655	230.00–250.00	245.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	375.00	375.00
2	300–350	310	350.00–357.00	353.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
22	350–400	374	270.00–295.00	281.91
17	400–450	424	260.00–285.00	268.53
26	450–500	477	250.00–268.00	257.98
6	500–550	518	240.00–254.00	247.38
25	550–600	569	232.00–245.00	241.03
12	600–650	627	227.00–235.00	229.91
5	650–700	676	210.00–218.00	211.64
19	700–750	742	205.00–216.00	213.96
4	750–800	779	200.00–207.00	201.78

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,225.00–1,500.00	1,390.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,362.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,074.00–1,290.00	1,173.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	820.00–1,030.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,418.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,325.00–1,975.00	1,746.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,850.00	2,850.00

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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