Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 104 priced lines covering 963 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,108 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 229 head. replacement cattle receipts at 79 head. Counted as USDA files them — 24 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Aug 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,108Last week 2,717Year ago 2,049

Slaughter CattleReceipts 229Last week 330Year ago 298

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 96Year ago 106

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. All feeder classes sold sharply lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	320.00–322.00	320.68
7	300–350	326	302.00–330.00	322.34
6	350–400	369	300.00–308.00	302.26
6	400–450	413	260.00–295.00	271.98
16	450–500	470	240.00–265.00	256.25
5	500–550	522	242.00–250.00	246.20
6	550–600	571	227.00–237.00	229.45
7	600–650	620	205.00–220.00	214.05
2	650–700	685	200.00–202.00	200.99
1	750–800	750	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	332.00	332.00
9	300–350	325	320.00–345.00	338.65
9	350–400	367	295.00–318.00	309.75
10	400–450	426	270.00–322.00	300.24
10	450–500	474	260.00–277.00	269.01
11	500–550	536	240.00–245.00	242.03
12	550–600	575	230.00–252.00	237.79
6	600–650	627	222.00–229.00	225.37
5	650–700	670	210.00–225.00	219.74
6	700–750	733	202.00–215.00	210.85
1	750–800	755	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	350.00	350.00
6	300–350	312	332.00–355.00	346.93
11	350–400	376	320.00–342.00	329.20
10	400–450	418	286.00–322.00	301.20
6	450–500	485	270.00–275.00	271.70
7	500–550	516	248.00–280.00	257.17
4	550–600	558	240.00–260.00	249.96
2	650–700	663	222.00–230.00	225.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	290.00–297.00	293.53
10	300–350	341	260.00–292.00	280.59
9	350–400	366	280.00–287.00	283.94
11	400–450	420	245.00–262.00	252.71
18	450–500	473	230.00–252.00	239.46
16	500–550	528	222.00–248.00	231.67
20	550–600	573	216.00–235.00	224.89
22	600–650	617	210.00–224.00	219.34
9	650–700	678	200.00–215.00	208.29
1	750–800	755	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	295.00–312.00	302.42
5	300–350	317	280.00–297.00	283.27
7	350–400	384	270.00–290.00	280.06
9	400–450	420	260.00–270.00	262.69
5	450–500	483	238.00–242.00	240.00
9	500–550	514	233.00–236.00	234.55
26	550–600	579	229.00–242.00	237.56
20	600–650	631	215.00–235.00	223.68
2	650–700	658	208.00–210.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	290.00–297.00	293.70
4	300–350	326	270.00–280.00	272.64
4	350–400	360	250.00–267.00	254.43
16	400–450	433	230.00–262.00	249.83
37	450–500	489	225.00–245.00	239.78
12	500–550	530	210.00–235.00	221.01
22	550–600	577	210.00–220.00	218.90
2	600–650	633	200.00–202.00	201.00
3	650–700	660	195.00–200.00	198.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	317.00–330.00	324.82
1	400–450	425	305.00	305.00
7	450–500	458	287.00–295.00	288.19
25	500–550	529	252.00–286.00	276.45
21	550–600	575	240.00–266.00	247.98
27	600–650	620	238.00–257.00	242.73
14	650–700	679	225.00–240.00	232.13
14	700–750	724	215.00–232.00	228.52
4	750–800	766	225.00–230.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	380.00–390.00	383.47
2	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	625	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	650–700	656	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	300.00–304.00	302.03
3	400–450	423	280.00–290.00	285.02
1	450–500	480	275.00	275.00
4	500–550	525	260.00	260.00
9	550–600	581	230.00–250.00	242.00
20	600–650	639	230.00–239.00	237.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,328	131.00–146.00	140.12
5	—	1,460	135.00–140.00	138.48
8	—	1,492	143.00–152.00	146.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,136	123.00–145.00	138.58
28	—	1,209	120.00–139.00	135.63
21	—	1,199	142.00–153.00	149.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,059	121.00–137.00	130.37
19	—	1,010	115.00–128.00	119.96
11	—	1,048	107.00–117.00	113.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,768	167.00–171.00	168.68
5	—	1,471	155.00–158.00	156.02
7	—	1,529	159.00–165.00	161.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,283.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,066.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,900.00–2,350.00	2,196.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	2,150.00–2,425.00	2,333.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,325.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,593.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	957.00–1,262.00	1,079.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,900.00–2,350.00	2,191.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,450.00–2,900.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,650.00–1,800.00	1,725.00

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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