Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 103 priced lines covering 954 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,713 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 280 head. replacement cattle receipts at 285 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Sep 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,713Last week 5,260Year ago 2,746

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 657Year ago 388

Replacement CattleReceipts 285Last week 163Year ago 303

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade moderate to 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	270.00–280.00	274.95
3	300–350	325	260.00	260.00
5	400–450	415	230.00–240.00	235.93
2	450–500	468	225.00–227.00	225.99
17	500–550	524	222.00–245.00	233.62
9	550–600	570	215.00–231.00	226.06
2	600–650	645	208.00	208.00
1	650–700	665	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	279	230.00–265.00	240.10
2	300–350	323	255.00–265.00	260.04
11	350–400	365	240.00–250.00	241.72
16	400–450	430	225.00–235.00	231.76
10	450–500	466	200.00–215.00	209.98
10	500–550	535	195.00–217.00	204.83
4	550–600	563	190.00–210.00	199.87
2	600–650	625	195.00–200.00	197.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	250.00–260.00	253.33
2	300–350	328	245.00–255.00	249.89
6	350–400	377	235.00–262.00	250.31
21	400–450	421	217.00–247.00	230.87
19	450–500	475	219.00–226.00	221.70
17	500–550	520	207.00–222.00	215.70
19	550–600	585	200.00–212.00	203.43
10	600–650	622	190.00–212.00	198.78
4	650–700	673	182.00–195.00	188.42
3	700–750	718	195.00–197.00	195.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	700–750	710	225.25	225.25
18	800–850	809	203.00–206.00	204.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	661	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	738	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	315.00–325.00	321.53
1	350–400	360	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
17	500–550	515	267.00–280.00	278.09
1	550–600	560	249.00	249.00
17	600–650	610	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	758	236.50	236.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	265.00–302.00	278.89
2	350–400	385	270.00–272.00	271.03
4	400–450	430	265.00–267.50	266.89
5	450–500	484	250.00–260.00	255.00
2	600–650	610	221.00–227.00	223.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	385	292.00	292.00
4	400–450	409	275.00–280.00	278.72
2	450–500	473	270.00–275.00	272.57
13	500–550	538	245.00–262.00	257.26
15	550–600	571	235.00–252.00	243.84
10	600–650	628	221.00–239.00	233.39
3	650–700	670	222.00–232.00	228.69
3	700–750	700	217.00	217.00
3	750–800	773	203.00–210.00	206.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	363	280.00–290.00	284.83
2	400–450	418	270.00–275.00	272.40
10	450–500	466	255.00–262.00	257.58
2	500–550	520	240.00–245.00	242.52
3	550–600	558	230.00–232.00	231.33
4	600–650	631	227.00	227.00
2	650–700	665	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	300.00–310.00	306.80
7	350–400	389	275.00–287.00	280.25
10	400–450	433	230.00–267.00	253.54
14	450–500	473	217.00–252.00	235.23
16	500–550	519	210.00–227.00	222.73
9	550–600	573	212.00–222.00	218.79
12	600–650	626	190.00–217.00	204.97
2	700–750	735	180.00–182.00	180.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	302.00–320.00	315.50
4	350–400	366	270.00–305.00	282.61
16	400–450	419	250.00–277.00	260.31
9	450–500	479	240.00–260.00	248.37
20	500–550	510	227.00–237.00	232.58
9	550–600	566	220.00–231.00	224.69
7	600–650	616	197.00–225.00	213.86
9	650–700	657	202.00–219.00	210.24
2	700–750	720	208.00–209.00	208.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,317	128.00–140.00	131.08
13	—	1,144	113.00–126.00	120.41
37	—	1,228	119.00–133.00	124.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,180	111.00–121.00	119.65
24	—	943	101.00–110.00	107.75
23	—	1,068	103.00–120.00	112.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,456	123.00–140.00	131.94
6	—	1,343	111.00–128.00	119.13
10	—	1,391	118.00–134.00	124.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,667	150.00–162.00	155.45
6	—	1,694	131.00–151.00	142.26
3	—	2,013	158.00–168.00	162.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	—	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,256.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	—	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,515.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	1,100.00–1,700.00	1,479.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	—	1,700.00–2,040.00	1,817.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	—	1,700.00–2,050.00	1,847.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,583.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,775.00	1,775.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	52	—	—	1,100.00–1,240.00	1,170.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,525.00–2,375.00	1,819.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,075.00–3,025.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,882.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,000.00–2,225.00	2,090.00

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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