Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 121 priced lines covering 2,595 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,051 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 590 head. replacement cattle receipts at 109 head. Counted as USDA files them — 22 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Aug 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,051Last week 2,771Year ago 4,721

Slaughter CattleReceipts 590Last week 483Year ago 700

Replacement CattleReceipts 109Last week 295Year ago 270

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	375.00	375.00
3	300–350	333	335.00–360.00	343.00
2	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	412	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	460	300.00–305.00	302.47
1	500–550	520	273.00	273.00
7	600–650	632	245.00–247.00	245.87
2	650–700	680	242.00–245.00	243.49
6	700–750	717	236.00–248.00	243.33
50	750–800	759	238.00	238.00
8	800–850	800	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	314.00–325.00	318.48
17	350–400	376	285.00–310.00	297.19
10	400–450	428	225.00–287.00	275.14
19	450–500	476	254.00–265.00	259.01
28	500–550	522	230.00–257.50	248.53
27	550–600	576	221.00–245.00	232.70
52	600–650	619	200.00–234.00	229.51
32	650–700	677	220.00–228.00	225.72
7	700–750	725	210.00–220.00	217.14
1	750–800	750	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	345.00–360.00	349.93
11	300–350	326	335.00–350.00	342.72
29	350–400	387	308.00–330.00	315.04
14	400–450	428	282.00–310.00	292.96
43	450–500	474	268.00–297.00	275.69
58	500–550	524	247.00–273.00	256.47
90	550–600	570	236.00–265.00	243.77
133	600–650	625	228.00–246.00	237.73
111	650–700	667	223.00–250.00	232.58
63	700–750	722	219.00–232.00	226.48
61	750–800	775	213.00–229.00	219.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	315.00	315.00
1	250–300	285	305.00	305.00
10	300–350	330	258.00–292.00	272.39
24	350–400	382	236.00–280.00	251.84
37	400–450	431	220.00–252.00	233.47
36	450–500	471	210.00–243.00	227.70
63	500–550	534	210.00–232.00	218.18
46	550–600	575	200.00–228.00	215.98
29	600–650	624	200.00–218.00	209.63
25	650–700	690	198.00–206.00	205.15
4	700–750	736	195.00	195.00
2	750–800	763	188.00–190.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	280.00–290.00	284.96
12	300–350	323	270.00–305.00	289.31
28	350–400	380	254.00–292.00	266.97
53	400–450	424	244.00–270.00	254.12
46	450–500	477	232.00–255.00	242.91
95	500–550	524	226.00–245.00	231.87
99	550–600	573	212.00–235.00	224.99
92	600–650	620	211.00–228.00	217.02
85	650–700	671	205.00–218.00	213.19
27	700–750	726	190.00–212.50	205.52
4	750–800	766	180.00–202.00	192.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
12	300–350	316	288.00–320.00	299.82
9	350–400	361	274.00–305.00	286.27
4	400–450	410	270.00–275.00	271.90
10	450–500	475	260.00–265.00	262.22
11	500–550	509	240.00–255.00	246.43
8	550–600	559	235.00–245.00	240.86
16	600–650	643	226.00–230.00	229.75
21	650–700	674	215.00–230.00	217.75
2	700–750	710	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	340.00	340.00
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	345.00	345.00
6	250–300	278	340.00–345.00	343.35
4	300–350	320	322.00–340.00	331.59
6	350–400	357	312.00–320.00	316.98
17	400–450	422	290.00–315.00	307.07
15	450–500	470	285.00–300.00	291.78
7	500–550	508	270.00–285.00	277.10
4	550–600	560	255.00–260.00	257.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	305.00	305.00
5	300–350	322	292.00–315.00	306.83
11	350–400	370	277.00–300.00	285.24
14	400–450	428	256.00–282.00	266.23
19	450–500	469	235.00–270.00	243.32
32	500–550	523	228.00–253.00	237.41
23	550–600	575	210.00–243.00	225.32
19	600–650	615	212.00–232.00	220.19
13	650–700	670	200.00–217.00	211.38
9	700–750	713	190.00–209.00	202.30
4	750–800	770	184.00–194.00	188.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	340.00–345.00	342.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	320.00	320.00
5	300–350	316	315.00–360.00	328.30
19	350–400	379	282.00–310.00	298.91
30	400–450	427	280.00–295.00	286.89
28	450–500	474	250.00–282.00	267.75
46	500–550	527	226.00–266.00	251.01
19	550–600	568	230.00–252.00	242.20
29	600–650	616	210.00–243.00	228.75
11	650–700	673	215.00–232.00	222.59
2	700–750	715	219.00–222.00	220.47
7	750–800	768	192.00–205.00	196.96
1	800–850	800	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,253	140.00–153.00	145.50
30	—	1,183	128.00–139.00	133.45
87	—	1,193	134.00–148.00	139.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,041	110.00–125.00	118.10
13	—	1,105	123.00–134.00	130.60
38	—	1,107	115.00–140.00	125.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,463	120.00–138.00	131.17
16	—	1,518	134.00–155.00	144.54
19	—	1,469	130.00–148.00	139.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,730	160.00–177.00	167.63
14	—	1,521	140.00–164.00	154.80
6	—	1,722	170.00–181.00	174.23

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,725.00–1,930.00	1,822.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,300.00–1,675.00	1,531.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	—	1,400.00–2,550.00	1,979.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	1,850.00–2,550.00	2,194.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,800.00–2,950.00	2,875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	890.00–1,100.00	974.00

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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