Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 119 priced lines covering 2,483 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,797 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,193 head. replacement cattle receipts at 217 head. Counted as USDA files them — 46 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Jul 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,797Last week 4,630Year ago 3,388

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,193Last week 976Year ago 481

Replacement CattleReceipts 217Last week 210Year ago 279

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	320.00–380.00	348.79
5	350–400	360	355.00–380.00	373.06
11	400–450	427	322.00–355.00	337.84
11	450–500	477	316.00–330.00	319.05
16	500–550	519	305.00–320.00	312.59
9	550–600	567	281.50–309.00	293.33
63	600–650	631	278.00–280.00	278.84
2	650–700	675	270.00	270.00
23	700–750	718	245.00–259.00	251.39
1	750–800	755	232.00	232.00
6	800–850	812	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	345.00–375.00	359.48
11	300–350	325	340.00–350.00	344.09
11	350–400	372	330.00–350.00	339.82
29	400–450	423	292.00–330.00	320.57
24	450–500	478	285.00–320.00	305.73
57	500–550	531	262.00–310.00	294.91
87	550–600	584	248.00–294.00	275.68
86	600–650	619	243.00–277.00	269.06
37	650–700	679	238.00–262.00	253.08
6	700–750	712	230.00–237.00	235.83
2	750–800	785	237.00–250.00	243.42
6	800–850	800	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	320.00–335.00	324.40
16	350–400	370	285.00–335.00	307.22
7	400–450	429	300.00–308.00	303.40
5	450–500	471	290.00–300.00	295.01
9	500–550	526	252.00–288.00	262.80
13	550–600	575	238.00–276.00	268.79
5	600–650	637	225.00–258.00	237.95
10	700–750	705	225.00–239.00	237.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	330.00	330.00
10	300–350	318	312.00–330.00	319.45
6	350–400	367	300.00–315.00	308.18
12	400–450	411	295.00–310.00	301.26
16	450–500	471	270.00–292.50	279.26
31	500–550	518	243.00–275.00	265.68
38	550–600	568	250.00–266.00	261.05
15	600–650	607	225.00–240.00	235.80
20	650–700	658	233.00–246.00	238.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	318.00–325.00	321.62
34	300–350	322	283.00–317.00	300.06
26	350–400	373	275.00–305.00	295.27
57	400–450	423	257.00–285.00	272.28
84	450–500	476	249.00–274.00	260.02
91	500–550	527	232.00–265.00	252.29
55	550–600	570	228.00–251.00	240.48
55	600–650	618	215.00–245.00	232.77
12	650–700	669	219.00–226.00	221.99
26	700–750	718	212.00–228.00	223.06
5	750–800	762	205.00–210.00	208.36
9	800–850	800	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	500–550	535	281.50	281.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	315.00	315.00
3	300–350	313	270.00–305.00	285.35
31	350–400	381	264.00–285.00	272.50
42	400–450	421	247.00–272.00	258.13
20	450–500	474	243.00–262.00	249.89
16	500–550	524	235.00–250.00	241.57
21	550–600	573	220.00–240.00	232.44
7	600–650	631	215.00–220.00	217.44
6	650–700	677	207.00–215.00	211.98
2	700–750	718	200.00–205.00	202.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	280	350.00	350.00
6	300–350	316	327.00–355.00	341.05
24	350–400	378	312.00–337.00	324.44
30	400–450	424	295.00–305.00	300.27
32	450–500	476	265.00–300.00	288.12
51	500–550	522	260.00–285.00	270.60
28	550–600	573	250.00–272.00	257.80
24	600–650	622	232.00–254.00	243.27
11	650–700	674	235.00–250.00	243.24
8	700–750	725	220.00–240.00	232.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	265	350.00–380.00	359.43
7	300–350	316	335.00–370.00	351.94
21	350–400	365	325.00–355.00	336.15
23	400–450	415	302.00–330.00	318.03
11	450–500	453	283.00–322.50	307.13
20	500–550	511	270.00–280.00	273.65
4	550–600	570	260.00–265.00	262.24
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	335.00	335.00
6	300–350	311	300.00–320.00	314.84
12	350–400	374	290.00–310.00	301.10
11	400–450	439	279.00–295.00	285.32
30	450–500	476	263.00–285.00	275.85
36	500–550	528	242.00–275.00	260.79
5	550–600	575	240.00–262.00	250.78
8	600–650	631	232.00–250.00	244.18
6	650–700	687	230.00	230.00
4	750–800	790	190.00–192.00	191.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,410	144.00–162.00	148.98
28	—	1,378	124.00–141.00	134.90
48	—	1,410	130.00–153.00	141.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,082	112.00–131.00	123.03
43	—	1,011	105.00–132.00	117.57
32	—	1,076	119.00–135.00	127.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,246	137.00–156.00	146.29
114	—	1,190	131.00–147.00	139.32
73	—	1,193	124.00–138.00	132.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,455	145.00–157.00	150.80
15	—	1,840	161.00–184.00	171.18
28	—	1,721	154.00–170.00	163.23

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	29	—	—	1,600.00–3,575.00	2,542.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,187.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,425.00–1,475.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	—	1,275.00–2,975.00	1,947.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	33	—	—	1,150.00–2,800.00	1,875.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,370.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,246.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,027.00–1,362.00	1,267.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	900.00–1,040.00	962.22

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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