Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 113 priced lines covering 1,905 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,164 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 612 head. replacement cattle receipts at 139 head. Counted as USDA files them — 22 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Sep 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,164Last week 2,082Year ago 3,515

Slaughter CattleReceipts 612Last week 385Year ago 690

Replacement CattleReceipts 139Last week 157Year ago 188

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. All feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to weaker.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	282.00–335.00	311.59
19	350–400	380	300.00–317.00	307.65
15	400–450	433	260.00–308.00	283.87
32	450–500	473	265.00–290.00	279.88
38	500–550	518	240.00–275.00	264.46
36	550–600	580	228.00–260.00	245.51
44	600–650	625	230.00–240.00	235.20
38	650–700	675	220.00–236.00	229.49
23	700–750	718	218.00–224.00	222.60
13	750–800	780	213.00–221.00	216.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	280.00–295.00	282.81
1	400–450	440	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	473	270.00–274.00	271.19
27	500–550	530	230.00–262.00	254.08
8	550–600	573	220.00–236.00	231.52
20	600–650	630	205.00–229.00	221.05
27	650–700	683	218.00–224.00	221.18
2	700–750	718	190.00–200.00	195.02
5	750–800	778	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	365.00–370.00	366.75
9	300–350	322	340.00–365.00	351.53
5	350–400	371	320.00–328.00	323.98
18	400–450	436	300.00–312.00	309.63
6	450–500	464	270.00–295.00	282.50
31	500–550	526	255.00–280.00	271.68
7	550–600	559	250.00–265.00	258.50
7	600–650	624	220.00–230.00	221.41
4	650–700	675	240.00–244.00	242.00
7	700–750	724	226.00–234.00	229.14
11	750–800	757	225.00–227.00	226.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	255.00–267.00	264.77
20	350–400	378	235.00–260.00	244.96
23	400–450	429	220.00–245.00	230.50
20	450–500	475	212.00–235.00	218.36
23	500–550	524	210.00–220.00	216.38
18	550–600	572	200.00–220.00	209.84
1	600–650	640	194.00	194.00
7	650–700	661	200.00–201.00	200.85
4	700–750	720	185.00–190.00	186.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	285	280.00–325.00	306.66
18	300–350	332	255.00–295.00	275.95
31	350–400	376	255.00–280.00	263.33
60	400–450	428	233.00–270.00	245.91
53	450–500	481	222.00–250.00	237.01
47	500–550	528	217.00–238.00	228.68
59	550–600	570	210.00–234.00	222.14
71	600–650	615	202.00–230.00	218.95
37	650–700	668	205.00–224.00	212.64
6	700–750	733	210.00–224.00	219.35
2	750–800	760	195.00–200.00	197.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	226	300.00–315.00	305.27
5	250–300	273	275.00–335.00	307.06
9	300–350	315	280.00–310.00	292.37
8	350–400	371	272.00–292.50	282.65
17	400–450	416	255.00–287.50	273.33
15	450–500	470	252.00–265.00	256.54
32	500–550	517	234.00–245.00	240.31
12	550–600	562	228.00–238.00	231.55
3	600–650	635	222.00–232.00	226.06
16	650–700	686	218.00–229.00	222.26
15	700–750	711	209.00–220.00	217.04
5	750–800	764	209.00–214.00	210.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	330.00–355.00	342.22
3	250–300	282	320.00–335.00	328.22
7	300–350	314	320.00–360.00	342.73
8	350–400	369	295.00–320.00	312.39
21	400–450	423	280.00–300.00	295.04
28	450–500	472	245.00–295.00	277.80
30	500–550	523	240.00–265.00	255.65
4	550–600	564	230.00–245.00	239.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	280.00–290.00	285.08
11	350–400	381	260.00–297.00	283.20
15	400–450	422	245.00–282.00	255.71
15	450–500	475	222.00–262.00	241.23
19	500–550	526	220.00–239.00	227.80
11	550–600	575	205.00–220.00	216.72
5	600–650	624	200.00–210.00	202.99
3	650–700	675	190.00–200.00	193.33
1	800–850	800	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	310.00–345.00	330.83
13	350–400	377	280.00–312.00	299.69
42	400–450	425	260.00–300.00	280.56
28	450–500	475	238.00–275.00	258.98
38	500–550	525	228.00–250.00	243.85
21	550–600	569	210.00–240.00	228.31
23	600–650	617	202.00–226.00	219.19
16	650–700	667	195.00–225.00	210.60
5	700–750	720	190.00–207.00	197.01
4	750–800	771	190.00–198.00	191.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,177	115.00–131.00	126.97
14	—	1,237	133.00–148.00	139.47
52	—	1,236	123.00–139.00	132.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	133.00–147.00	140.12
27	—	1,332	123.00–135.00	130.37
25	—	1,335	127.00–142.00	135.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,084	111.00–128.00	122.32
8	—	1,151	129.00–136.00	131.50
62	—	1,019	100.00–120.00	114.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,889	156.00–178.00	166.47
16	—	1,665	145.00–166.00	153.78
6	—	1,410	140.00–149.00	144.59

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,025.00	2,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,850.00–2,600.00	2,088.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,756.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	875.00–1,275.00	1,116.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	975.00–1,625.00	1,312.50
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	900.00–1,045.00	954.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,370.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,720.00–2,200.00	1,916.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,716.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00

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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