Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 113 priced lines covering 1,201 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,757 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 342 head. replacement cattle receipts at 231 head. Counted as USDA files them — 36 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Aug 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,757Last week 3,817Year ago 868

Slaughter CattleReceipts 342Last week 813Year ago 129

Replacement CattleReceipts 231Last week 186Year ago 23

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. All feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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
8	300–350	315	350.00–385.00	360.13
7	350–400	370	330.00–340.00	333.55
3	400–450	412	320.00–327.00	322.30
3	500–550	522	280.00–287.00	284.61
20	550–600	571	261.00–277.00	261.78
6	600–650	613	243.00–245.00	244.00
5	650–700	677	238.00–240.00	238.80
1	700–750	705	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	526	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	379	300.00–305.00	301.22
3	400–450	410	298.00	298.00
11	450–500	470	272.00–290.00	285.60
7	500–550	514	260.00–265.00	262.44
22	550–600	568	240.00–255.00	251.45
1	650–700	670	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	320.00–337.00	331.23
8	350–400	388	317.00–330.00	323.15
12	400–450	424	304.00–312.00	306.96
33	450–500	475	275.00–305.00	290.04
19	500–550	535	264.00–275.00	267.39
3	550–600	568	248.00–250.00	249.34
26	600–650	628	238.00–257.00	247.58
5	650–700	673	230.00–235.00	233.77
1	700–750	735	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	262.00–297.00	282.79
11	350–400	385	252.00–275.00	261.64
23	400–450	435	235.00–255.00	241.85
20	450–500	481	217.00–247.00	231.46
8	500–550	529	220.00–232.00	226.00
8	550–600	577	200.00–225.00	220.18
5	600–650	617	200.00–217.00	206.66
1	650–700	665	195.00	195.00
2	700–750	725	202.00–203.00	202.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	300.00–305.00	303.85
10	300–350	329	274.00–290.00	279.16
18	350–400	379	265.00–280.00	272.90
28	400–450	422	242.00–265.00	255.36
43	450–500	479	240.00–255.00	245.34
62	500–550	522	228.00–245.00	232.02
20	550–600	568	224.00–230.00	226.63
15	600–650	627	215.00–225.00	219.64
7	650–700	679	214.00–216.00	214.56
1	750–800	770	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	253	315.00	315.00
6	300–350	318	288.00–307.00	296.63
10	350–400	377	275.00–292.00	279.05
6	400–450	423	261.00–264.00	262.49
12	450–500	471	251.00–270.00	257.39
21	500–550	523	240.00–265.00	245.78
12	550–600	564	234.00–245.00	237.26
19	600–650	612	222.00–230.00	228.20
4	650–700	668	217.00–224.00	218.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	515	270.00–272.00	271.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	325.00–392.00	367.57
5	350–400	357	320.00–332.00	326.78
7	400–450	427	300.00–322.00	305.56
5	450–500	476	270.00–290.00	280.25
10	500–550	518	250.00–285.00	265.64
3	550–600	570	242.00–267.00	250.39
4	600–650	615	237.00–240.00	238.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	318.00–330.00	320.41
4	350–400	366	300.00–315.00	306.58
15	400–450	436	272.00–292.00	280.65
5	450–500	473	259.00–272.00	264.03
14	500–550	528	240.00–250.00	242.34
3	550–600	562	230.00–235.00	233.00
4	600–650	628	215.00–232.00	224.23
5	650–700	660	217.00–225.00	221.78
3	750–800	755	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	290.00–292.00	290.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	340.00	340.00
10	300–350	328	315.00–375.00	346.21
8	350–400	370	305.00–337.00	321.65
11	400–450	415	286.00–312.00	292.63
23	450–500	472	255.00–285.00	268.71
17	500–550	522	240.00–270.00	253.58
19	550–600	572	233.00–257.00	239.44
9	600–650	629	226.00–237.00	231.77
2	650–700	665	230.00–231.00	230.50
4	700–750	724	218.00–221.00	218.76
2	750–800	760	210.00–214.00	211.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,440	147.00–150.00	148.23
6	—	1,387	138.00–156.00	147.10
6	—	1,400	142.00–164.00	148.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,171	133.00–150.00	144.47
31	—	1,142	135.00–144.00	140.68
30	—	1,154	141.00–158.00	152.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,041	123.00–132.00	127.01
24	—	965	113.00–125.00	120.02
23	—	1,041	126.00–138.00	132.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,452	132.00–168.00	153.89
14	—	1,546	160.00–175.00	164.70
7	—	1,740	168.00–182.00	175.14

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	15	—	—	1,750.00–2,750.00	2,110.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,750.00–2,425.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,185.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,737.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,541.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	—	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,816.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	1,900.00–2,275.00	2,058.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,587.50
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	—	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,381.25
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 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,000.00–2,025.00	2,005.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,250.00–2,350.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,515.00–1,756.00	1,635.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,025.00–1,275.00	1,149.25

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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