Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 122 priced lines covering 1,387 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,146 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 445 head. replacement cattle receipts at 138 head. Counted as USDA files them — 37 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,146Last week 2,997Year ago 1,438

Slaughter CattleReceipts 445Last week 461Year ago 350

Replacement CattleReceipts 138Last week 122Year ago 73

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,517	151.00–167.00	161.95
13	—	1,396	144.00–158.00	152.56
7	—	1,743	170.00–175.00	172.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,326	137.00–156.00	144.55
16	—	1,386	131.00–147.00	138.30
6	—	1,563	124.00–137.00	130.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	975	105.00–126.00	115.97
34	—	1,035	113.00–134.00	123.64
36	—	1,102	119.00–140.00	127.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,211	132.00–145.00	136.45
55	—	1,106	125.00–134.00	129.85
46	—	1,230	139.00–148.00	142.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	388.00	388.00
3	250–300	273	405.00–410.00	406.65
2	300–350	320	355.00–365.00	359.92
15	400–450	414	325.00–330.00	328.08
2	450–500	463	320.00–325.00	322.57
9	500–550	517	300.00–320.00	313.18
12	550–600	579	280.00–300.00	287.80
2	650–700	682	262.50	262.50
1	700–750	720	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	330.00–340.00	336.55
9	300–350	322	325.00–360.00	345.74
16	350–400	372	325.00–350.00	335.05
23	400–450	420	300.00–325.00	318.09
4	450–500	469	300.00–305.00	301.74
19	500–550	532	275.00–295.00	286.66
9	550–600	586	277.00–280.00	277.65
1	600–650	645	262.00	262.00
3	650–700	678	240.00–260.00	253.27
2	700–750	720	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	777	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	355.00	355.00
11	300–350	322	315.00–340.00	328.76
16	350–400	378	312.00–330.00	317.50
7	400–450	433	300.00–310.00	305.54
10	450–500	474	270.00–295.00	285.97
10	500–550	541	282.00–288.00	283.20
2	650–700	680	225.00–230.00	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	295.00–345.00	308.46
7	250–300	283	298.00–325.00	309.39
14	300–350	327	275.00–315.00	292.06
31	350–400	370	265.00–305.00	282.97
38	400–450	421	260.00–292.00	273.57
28	450–500	468	250.00–275.00	260.51
70	500–550	524	240.00–265.00	252.16
21	550–600	569	230.00–250.00	242.53
10	600–650	618	220.00–232.00	227.38
5	650–700	655	220.00–225.00	221.98
2	700–750	705	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	212	345.00–355.00	351.38
9	300–350	320	320.00–325.00	321.32
3	350–400	378	300.00–304.00	301.25
9	400–450	418	290.00–300.00	296.35
3	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
6	500–550	540	268.00–274.00	271.35
10	550–600	560	250.00–270.00	253.02
7	600–650	622	240.00–252.50	243.26
2	700–750	713	220.00	220.00
3	750–800	760	215.00–220.00	216.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	575	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	325.00	325.00
10	300–350	318	270.00–307.00	293.09
14	350–400	378	260.00–295.00	280.41
21	400–450	428	250.00–282.00	265.70
41	450–500	468	245.00–265.00	259.50
8	500–550	528	240.00–245.00	241.91
10	550–600	576	220.00–238.00	229.33
14	600–650	624	210.00–220.00	215.01
1	650–700	675	204.00	204.00
1	750–800	750	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	340.00–350.00	347.27
8	300–350	320	335.00–345.00	338.75
15	350–400	374	320.00–327.00	321.12
28	400–450	425	297.00–320.00	310.96
33	450–500	475	280.00–300.00	291.88
23	500–550	525	250.00–285.00	272.18
23	550–600	577	236.00–270.00	257.29
26	600–650	621	228.00–260.00	245.67
2	650–700	660	240.00–250.00	244.96
6	700–750	726	225.00–230.00	225.82
5	750–800	790	214.00–218.00	216.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	332	318.00–330.00	324.18
14	350–400	378	310.00–318.00	315.00
14	400–450	419	275.00–306.00	298.62
10	450–500	482	272.00–290.00	282.65
17	500–550	520	242.00–275.00	268.87
17	550–600	566	230.00–260.00	251.72
7	600–650	619	240.00–250.00	243.86
5	650–700	676	230.00–235.00	231.98
3	700–750	727	210.00–217.00	212.28
1	750–800	775	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	380.00	380.00
2	250–300	280	386.00	386.00
12	300–350	320	328.00–345.00	338.31
6	350–400	363	330.00–340.00	333.56
5	400–450	420	315.00–325.00	321.38
7	450–500	464	305.00–322.50	309.91
2	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	600	260.00–275.00	267.50
1	750–800	750	230.00	230.00

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	2	—	—	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,600.00–2,650.00	2,148.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,400.00–2,475.00	2,233.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,225.00–2,050.00	1,503.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,712.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	—	1,425.00–2,050.00	1,781.94
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,766.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,615.00	1,457.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,475.00–1,575.00	1,525.00

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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