Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 126 priced lines covering 2,307 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,825 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 977 head. replacement cattle receipts at 188 head. Counted as USDA files them — 27 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Jul 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,825Last week 3,797Year ago 4,188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 977Last week 1,193Year ago 590

Replacement CattleReceipts 188Last week 217Year ago 272

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	825.00–1,025.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,315.00–2,160.00	1,533.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,605.00–1,900.00	1,747.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,000.00–1,870.00	1,424.17
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	775.00–850.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,450.00–1,675.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,483.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,040.00–1,700.00	1,370.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	1,825.00–3,000.00	2,103.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,341.67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	335.00–340.00	337.50
4	300–350	326	350.00–360.00	353.68
20	350–400	386	315.00–345.00	334.86
25	400–450	431	285.00–330.00	308.91
57	450–500	478	270.00–320.00	307.06
34	500–550	528	268.00–308.00	291.47
47	550–600	577	250.00–290.00	277.73
40	600–650	628	245.00–278.00	264.21
54	650–700	660	238.00–264.00	256.10
16	700–750	719	236.00–249.00	238.12
1	750–800	795	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	390.00–395.00	392.54
6	300–350	325	370.00–375.00	372.50
12	350–400	369	340.00–375.00	354.81
4	400–450	420	318.00–330.00	324.00
11	450–500	457	320.00–331.00	328.93
31	500–550	516	285.00–318.00	305.16
33	550–600	555	278.00–300.00	291.73
25	600–650	618	260.00–273.00	270.24
3	650–700	658	267.00–274.00	270.30
8	700–750	723	240.00–252.00	245.59
4	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	750–800	786	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	308.00–327.00	320.16
5	450–500	472	297.00–300.00	299.42
7	500–550	524	275.00–292.00	283.27
21	550–600	575	238.00–275.00	267.09
6	600–650	623	250.00–265.00	258.29
3	650–700	687	230.00–246.00	238.61
16	700–750	717	234.00–242.00	234.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	307.00–325.00	313.47
9	350–400	361	295.00–325.00	307.87
17	400–450	412	277.00–315.00	290.58
32	450–500	462	268.00–287.00	276.54
40	500–550	522	245.00–270.00	260.86
24	550–600	563	240.00–256.00	250.15
47	600–650	638	237.00–248.00	246.30
5	650–700	661	225.00–230.00	227.81
20	700–750	710	223.00–229.00	228.70
3	750–800	777	214.00–224.00	217.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	264	297.00–307.00	301.32
23	300–350	322	290.00–322.00	302.31
28	350–400	372	275.00–312.00	293.13
71	400–450	430	250.00–302.00	271.87
70	450–500	471	240.00–277.00	258.78
81	500–550	524	235.00–260.00	248.69
65	550–600	569	225.00–246.00	239.18
94	600–650	616	227.00–242.00	235.89
24	650–700	671	220.00–230.00	224.13
16	700–750	718	210.00–216.00	212.39
1	750–800	790	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	250.00–252.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	310.00–315.00	313.30
10	300–350	335	272.00–305.00	290.56
17	350–400	376	260.00–297.00	286.44
18	400–450	423	250.00–280.00	259.55
21	450–500	481	240.00–267.00	254.58
12	500–550	528	225.00–247.00	237.52
12	550–600	568	223.00–237.00	231.11
8	600–650	625	215.00–225.00	221.79
3	650–700	670	222.00	222.00
1	700–750	720	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	360.00	360.00
2	250–300	263	345.00	345.00
2	300–350	313	345.00–350.00	347.56
10	350–400	387	322.00–350.00	335.80
32	400–450	425	297.00–322.00	309.60
47	450–500	479	277.00–309.00	287.78
59	500–550	523	255.00–288.00	272.65
18	550–600	579	238.00–278.00	256.63
17	600–650	619	235.00–262.00	251.93
15	650–700	668	220.00–246.00	233.02
5	700–750	716	212.00–232.00	223.47
2	750–800	755	222.00–227.00	224.52
2	800–850	800	205.00–210.00	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	360.00–365.00	363.33
11	300–350	325	340.00–395.00	369.91
12	350–400	369	335.00–380.00	353.14
30	400–450	420	320.00–355.00	337.37
16	450–500	472	288.00–320.00	304.06
33	500–550	516	272.00–300.00	281.67
7	550–600	557	265.00–287.00	278.40
4	600–650	618	250.00–265.00	258.42
6	650–700	661	246.00–255.00	249.65
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	788	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	335.00–345.00	339.41
7	300–350	334	322.00–355.00	342.53
7	350–400	375	315.00–325.00	319.30
20	400–450	419	280.00–305.00	295.98
14	450–500	471	270.00–295.00	277.06
10	500–550	523	252.00–275.00	260.01
24	550–600	577	235.00–266.00	254.10
13	600–650	616	227.00–252.00	242.99
7	650–700	674	225.00–236.00	229.94
3	700–750	743	200.00–205.00	201.66
1	750–800	760	207.00	207.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,407	117.00–133.00	126.98
7	—	1,494	131.00–145.00	134.58
20	—	1,436	126.00–138.00	133.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,170	118.00–132.00	126.01
62	—	1,212	126.00–139.00	132.89
26	—	1,239	134.00–146.00	139.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,032	98.00–121.00	113.23
54	—	1,112	112.00–129.00	119.46
63	—	1,079	105.00–128.00	116.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,746	146.00–161.00	155.04
16	—	1,351	133.00–150.00	143.80
13	—	1,801	159.00–169.00	163.20

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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