Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 116 priced lines covering 1,054 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,250 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 304 head. replacement cattle receipts at 272 head. Counted as USDA files them — 89 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Jun 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,250Last week 2,994Year ago 2,459

Slaughter CattleReceipts 304Last week 402Year ago 531

Replacement CattleReceipts 272Last week 100Year ago 212

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower, and slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to 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	200–250	223	345.00–350.00	348.40
6	250–300	293	335.00–350.00	340.78
13	300–350	333	330.00–345.00	335.32
8	350–400	366	322.00–327.00	324.26
19	400–450	426	280.00–317.00	302.32
11	450–500	479	265.00–292.00	277.66
6	500–550	523	255.00–277.00	269.05
6	550–600	563	250.00–265.00	259.56
7	600–650	624	230.00–258.00	245.84
6	650–700	689	230.00–242.00	234.31
1	700–750	745	217.00	217.00
2	750–800	775	215.00–216.00	215.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	380.00	380.00
6	300–350	335	350.00–360.00	355.46
9	350–400	372	330.00–337.00	333.47
5	400–450	412	315.00–320.00	317.00
8	450–500	466	280.00–288.00	285.56
3	500–550	517	270.00–280.00	276.71
1	550–600	570	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	615	262.00	262.00
1	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	340.00	340.00
9	250–300	280	330.00–340.00	333.89
8	300–350	330	322.00–330.00	325.16
9	350–400	379	305.00–317.00	313.12
9	400–450	426	290.00–304.00	299.71
10	450–500	477	255.00–278.00	265.79
7	500–550	525	260.00–262.00	261.13
7	550–600	589	248.00–256.00	252.87
9	600–650	631	237.00–250.00	244.20
6	650–700	673	220.00–230.00	224.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
6	350–400	375	320.00–330.00	324.87
8	400–450	423	316.00–332.00	324.13
9	450–500	481	310.00–317.00	314.32
11	500–550	522	290.00–310.00	300.89
7	550–600	565	270.00–300.00	283.70
6	600–650	618	262.00–280.00	268.63
11	650–700	664	252.00–265.00	258.76
6	700–750	728	230.00–240.00	233.72
3	750–800	778	224.00–225.00	224.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	319.00	319.00
4	500–550	538	300.00–304.00	300.99
16	550–600	584	273.00–280.00	273.43
7	600–650	622	268.00–270.00	269.44
9	650–700	657	262.00–264.00	263.00
4	700–750	705	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	307.00	307.00
6	450–500	483	295.00–305.00	300.72
13	550–600	581	260.00–282.00	269.72
11	600–650	634	254.00–265.00	258.72
8	650–700	679	234.00–250.00	240.56
7	700–750	733	222.00–227.00	224.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	264	320.00–332.00	323.30
11	300–350	332	302.00–327.00	312.85
7	350–400	383	290.00–300.00	294.83
18	400–450	428	260.00–287.00	273.98
19	450–500	479	256.00–267.00	261.33
15	500–550	525	237.00–260.00	250.47
18	550–600	574	235.00–247.00	240.90
17	600–650	627	225.00–234.00	230.16
7	650–700	671	208.00–228.00	217.44
3	700–750	728	191.00–199.00	193.73
1	750–800	780	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	335.00–345.00	338.48
5	250–300	281	325.00–335.00	329.24
3	300–350	323	310.00–322.00	315.11
4	350–400	375	300.00–302.00	300.52
2	400–450	415	280.00–290.00	285.00
9	450–500	479	268.00–272.00	269.46
16	500–550	522	255.00–270.00	260.12
12	550–600	581	240.00–257.00	250.45
16	600–650	618	237.00–250.00	240.26
1	650–700	660	232.00	232.00
1	700–750	735	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	305.00–310.00	307.39
4	300–350	325	292.00–307.00	299.12
4	350–400	374	280.00–290.00	285.89
5	400–450	421	265.00–272.00	269.81
11	450–500	472	247.00–257.00	253.68
12	500–550	513	230.00–250.00	244.51
10	550–600	579	220.00–235.00	229.54
3	600–650	625	215.00–228.00	221.09
1	650–700	685	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	700	202.00	202.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,222	139.00–150.00	147.37
69	—	1,175	132.00–144.00	139.51
41	—	1,162	126.00–137.00	133.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,009	114.00–127.00	120.88
24	—	944	105.00–120.00	115.14
27	—	1,049	120.00–135.00	128.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,460	125.00–138.00	134.24
4	—	1,628	138.00–148.00	143.27
6	—	1,522	135.00–145.00	141.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,694	156.00–166.00	159.27
2	—	1,893	174.00–178.00	175.84
6	—	1,560	148.00–160.00	153.61

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	—	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,898.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,075.00	2,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	—	1,000.00–1,800.00	1,619.64
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,950.00–2,200.00	2,060.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	2,150.00–3,100.00	2,382.14
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,150.00–1,350.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,550.00–1,725.00	1,626.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	903.00–1,073.00	990.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	—	—	1,850.00–2,350.00	2,041.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,400.00–2,525.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,850.00–2,025.00	2,007.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,666.67

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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