Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 109 priced lines covering 1,417 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,750 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 350 head. replacement cattle receipts at 225 head. Counted as USDA files them — 27 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Sep 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,750Last week 3,164Year ago 2,075

Slaughter CattleReceipts 350Last week 612Year ago 270

Replacement CattleReceipts 225Last week 139Year ago 82

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	343	338.00–350.00	341.15
9	350–400	381	325.00–340.00	329.51
11	400–450	419	295.00–317.00	301.56
32	450–500	475	278.00–284.00	283.25
19	500–550	526	259.00–265.00	262.23
34	550–600	573	254.00–260.00	255.61
34	600–650	622	230.00–252.00	241.70
10	650–700	671	225.00–240.00	232.79
6	750–800	755	223.00–225.00	224.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	320.00	320.00
6	350–400	378	277.00–308.00	291.69
8	400–450	419	270.00–278.00	274.07
12	450–500	479	260.00–270.00	266.19
4	500–550	526	245.00–259.00	250.27
8	550–600	575	237.00–245.00	241.77
2	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	337.00	337.00
3	350–400	378	300.00–315.00	308.13
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	467	265.00–280.00	271.82
44	500–550	533	249.00–267.00	255.69
20	550–600	580	230.00–253.00	248.08
4	600–650	628	225.00–230.00	227.22
7	650–700	681	226.00–232.00	227.69
7	700–750	724	215.00–222.00	218.69
2	750–800	775	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	284	290.00–295.00	291.94
8	300–350	333	260.00–285.00	271.42
16	350–400	370	252.00–267.00	261.30
26	400–450	432	235.00–257.00	246.97
39	450–500	473	225.00–240.00	231.18
34	500–550	528	217.00–229.00	223.62
38	550–600	583	210.00–221.00	215.79
26	600–650	624	207.00–220.00	210.26
15	650–700	672	195.00–206.00	203.52
8	700–750	720	190.00–205.00	198.10
6	750–800	778	192.00–198.00	193.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	240.00–272.00	258.76
13	350–400	382	235.00–255.00	247.35
21	400–450	425	220.00–240.00	234.41
11	450–500	490	220.00–227.00	223.51
13	500–550	533	210.00–215.00	211.85
6	550–600	574	202.00–210.00	205.83
11	600–650	631	195.00–208.00	200.34
5	650–700	684	192.00–200.00	196.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	280.00–282.00	280.98
5	350–400	361	270.00–280.00	273.93
27	400–450	415	257.00–265.00	261.60
21	450–500	480	234.00–242.00	236.46
42	500–550	517	228.00–245.00	233.98
16	550–600	566	223.00–232.00	226.47
10	600–650	624	219.00–230.00	222.36
2	650–700	665	212.00	212.00
3	700–750	707	203.00–213.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	345.00	345.00
8	300–350	328	330.00–336.00	332.82
12	350–400	371	300.00–320.00	313.03
14	400–450	417	285.00–303.00	294.51
14	450–500	469	260.00–270.00	264.34
9	500–550	526	243.00–255.00	246.61
7	550–600	576	230.00–245.00	234.99
8	600–650	608	220.00–223.00	221.38
5	650–700	661	216.00–224.00	219.37
1	750–800	785	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	310.00–312.00	311.03
5	350–400	362	277.00–282.00	280.92
11	400–450	437	250.00–280.00	270.29
15	450–500	479	230.00–250.00	244.26
15	500–550	524	215.00–237.00	225.89
4	550–600	583	205.00–212.00	208.04
4	600–650	626	205.00–207.00	205.50
2	700–750	745	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	310.00–325.00	321.93
8	350–400	378	287.00–310.00	298.30
17	400–450	431	265.00–298.00	280.74
30	450–500	469	250.00–270.00	258.60
36	500–550	524	230.00–250.00	237.10
24	550–600	574	219.00–235.00	227.10
19	600–650	624	210.00–225.00	219.11
6	650–700	665	205.00–220.00	213.31
5	700–750	717	200.00–213.00	205.94
3	750–800	775	182.00–197.00	187.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,201	124.00–135.00	130.93
38	—	1,182	121.00–128.00	125.68
26	—	1,206	135.00–145.00	139.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	990	108.00–117.00	113.05
19	—	1,040	120.00–129.00	124.36
41	—	1,072	114.00–125.00	118.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,517	121.00–125.00	123.15
20	—	1,404	126.00–135.00	129.48
13	—	1,460	134.00–145.00	140.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,467	124.00–155.00	144.98
12	—	1,705	153.00–163.00	156.34
3	—	1,703	159.00–179.00	170.67

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	1,280.00–1,550.00	1,395.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	—	1,375.00–1,950.00	1,707.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	1,675.00–2,100.00	1,822.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,480.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,741.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,462.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,091.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,400.00–2,450.00	2,019.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,675.00–2,700.00	2,142.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,175.00–2,250.00	2,216.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,550.00–2,650.00	2,575.00

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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