Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 121 priced lines covering 1,238 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,729 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 282 head. replacement cattle receipts at 184 head. Counted as USDA files them — 44 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Jul 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,729Last week 1,321Year ago 1,907

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 209Year ago 359

Replacement CattleReceipts 184Last week 49Year ago 300

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly 1.00 to 2.00 lower, heifers 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	320.00	320.00
10	300–350	319	310.00–320.00	316.93
6	350–400	381	300.00–305.00	301.68
9	400–450	412	270.00–288.00	277.77
15	450–500	470	265.00–271.00	267.42
13	500–550	527	259.00–270.00	264.53
6	550–600	578	245.00–260.00	249.41
9	650–700	665	239.50	239.50
8	700–750	736	227.00–228.00	227.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	312.00	312.00
14	300–350	329	290.00–312.00	302.81
12	350–400	380	288.00–300.00	290.45
26	400–450	429	260.00–287.00	267.32
21	450–500	469	250.00–266.00	256.50
23	500–550	523	247.00–255.00	250.42
19	550–600	568	237.00–247.00	241.03
16	600–650	623	229.00–235.00	231.30
9	650–700	680	220.00–228.00	223.78
6	700–750	721	210.00–222.00	216.62
3	750–800	765	210.00–216.00	212.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	277.00	277.00
1	600–650	625	257.00	257.00
5	750–800	768	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	305.00	305.00
10	300–350	332	297.00–305.00	300.02
19	350–400	374	255.00–295.00	275.01
22	400–450	427	247.00–275.00	259.08
21	450–500	485	237.00–265.00	251.80
35	500–550	516	230.00–248.00	234.50
7	550–600	578	220.00–230.00	225.99
20	600–650	617	217.00–228.00	222.56
2	650–700	668	212.00–216.00	214.01
3	700–750	732	200.00–209.00	203.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
7	300–350	333	362.00–395.00	379.32
6	350–400	364	350.00–380.00	362.75
4	400–450	420	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	470	314.00–320.00	316.70
21	500–550	530	300.00–305.00	301.99
2	550–600	575	290.00	290.00
5	600–650	622	275.00–290.00	283.87
5	650–700	665	268.00–270.00	269.18
8	700–750	713	250.00–263.00	259.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	370.00–375.00	371.71
11	300–350	330	340.00–358.00	347.99
8	350–400	373	322.00–352.00	340.08
12	400–450	436	310.00–320.00	316.10
17	450–500	486	305.00–315.00	309.21
23	500–550	524	287.00–305.00	294.78
11	550–600	569	270.00–290.00	280.60
22	600–650	635	262.00–271.00	264.60
10	650–700	674	245.00–260.00	250.20
7	700–750	722	232.00–240.00	237.42
9	750–800	789	225.00–237.00	234.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	330.00–340.00	336.72
11	400–450	440	302.00–312.00	305.69
7	450–500	484	295.00–304.00	298.45
6	500–550	515	280.00–287.00	285.16
5	550–600	575	260.00–270.00	264.86
5	600–650	632	237.00–258.00	247.21
1	650–700	690	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	725	230.00–234.00	231.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	364.00	364.00
4	300–350	331	325.00–348.00	339.52
9	350–400	368	310.00–344.00	332.64
18	400–450	426	290.00–315.00	307.04
28	450–500	475	270.00–292.00	283.61
18	500–550	527	265.00–287.00	277.88
21	550–600	562	247.00–280.00	260.62
18	600–650	615	237.00–255.00	248.78
7	650–700	681	237.00–248.00	241.96
7	700–750	726	225.00–233.00	228.52
1	750–800	795	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	322.00–345.00	336.47
4	350–400	389	312.00–328.00	323.07
12	400–450	418	285.00–302.00	291.98
21	450–500	482	270.00–287.00	278.46
20	500–550	524	255.00–277.00	267.67
11	550–600	572	240.00–270.00	257.67
3	600–650	610	235.00–240.00	238.35
5	650–700	669	215.00–232.00	225.49
1	700–750	715	205.00	205.00
5	750–800	776	200.00–210.00	203.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	375.00–409.00	385.74
7	300–350	326	330.00–370.00	360.40
4	350–400	358	320.00–360.00	340.87
6	400–450	417	315.00–325.00	319.35
10	450–500	470	280.00–298.00	286.72
5	500–550	517	280.00–284.00	281.61
3	550–600	572	265.00–274.00	270.98
1	600–650	615	259.00	259.00
2	700–750	720	235.00–236.00	235.50
3	750–800	768	221.00–226.00	223.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,444	125.00–133.00	128.90
7	—	1,364	118.00–125.00	122.15
1	—	1,200	135.00	135.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,052	114.00–127.00	117.72
13	—	1,124	112.00–133.00	121.86
27	—	1,071	104.00–121.00	114.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,197	129.00–140.00	131.70
40	—	1,125	114.00–123.00	119.22
51	—	1,171	120.00–138.00	126.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,739	151.00–168.00	162.31
8	—	1,650	145.00–161.00	154.65
9	—	1,546	115.00–153.00	146.21

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)	20	—	—	1,430.00–1,825.00	1,616.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,175.00–1,700.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,900.00–3,000.00	2,085.71
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,090.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,625.00–1,725.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,412.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	—	1,800.00–2,450.00	2,316.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,025.00–2,150.00	2,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,785.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	—	930.00–1,050.00	992.86

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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