Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 121 priced lines covering 1,933 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,372 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 576 head. replacement cattle receipts at 131 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Oct 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,372Last week 2,015Year ago 5,384

Slaughter CattleReceipts 576Last week 227Year ago 852

Replacement CattleReceipts 131Last week 113Year ago 234

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Trade active with 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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	229	400.00–420.00	414.75
7	250–300	274	350.00–380.00	362.06
9	300–350	321	310.00–340.00	326.85
14	350–400	372	308.00–325.00	316.08
5	400–450	420	295.00–315.00	300.83
13	450–500	463	271.00–280.00	274.97
20	500–550	530	245.00–273.00	269.64
18	550–600	564	254.00–275.00	259.09
26	600–650	625	242.00–253.00	247.40
24	650–700	678	228.00–243.00	235.82
11	700–750	704	243.00–246.00	244.63
14	800–850	800	225.00	225.00
2	850–900	893	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	686	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	693	239.00	239.00
26	800–850	832	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	370	280.00–282.00	280.65
1	450–500	490	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	587	220.00–238.00	230.25
4	600–650	629	210.00–230.00	222.45
2	700–750	735	212.00–215.00	213.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	335	302.00–315.00	304.06
19	350–400	386	280.00–310.00	289.93
16	400–450	433	260.00–288.00	270.80
33	450–500	477	250.00–290.00	261.49
12	500–550	529	235.00–270.00	255.95
44	550–600	573	233.00–254.00	246.00
55	600–650	609	223.00–243.00	238.54
38	650–700	664	224.00–235.00	232.37
64	700–750	731	219.00–236.00	233.36
18	750–800	770	217.00–220.00	219.83
15	800–850	800	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	290.00	290.00
11	300–350	326	260.00–285.00	271.35
18	350–400	384	245.00–270.00	257.80
28	400–450	424	228.00–260.00	247.52
76	450–500	475	220.00–253.00	244.30
64	500–550	533	210.00–246.00	233.41
52	550–600	574	200.00–240.00	224.67
54	600–650	626	205.00–234.00	219.63
5	650–700	678	195.00–209.00	202.36
32	700–750	747	197.00–228.50	226.82
2	750–800	775	192.00	192.00
7	800–850	800	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	250.00–270.00	260.71
10	350–400	382	230.00–260.00	243.19
19	400–450	425	220.00–250.00	228.98
31	450–500	477	215.00–240.00	229.11
27	500–550	524	190.00–228.00	213.32
12	550–600	568	180.00–218.00	200.20
9	600–650	622	188.00–219.00	214.10
13	650–700	686	204.00–208.00	206.76
5	700–750	714	180.00–200.00	189.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	285.00–290.00	286.32
12	300–350	327	276.00–290.00	280.80
7	350–400	375	255.00–275.00	268.10
21	400–450	417	238.00–270.00	255.02
10	450–500	472	235.00–255.00	244.27
21	500–550	532	220.00–250.00	239.65
7	550–600	569	212.00–239.00	229.30
19	600–650	625	210.00–229.00	220.60
10	650–700	675	208.00–217.00	213.61
1	700–750	730	204.00	204.00
1	750–800	760	193.00	193.00
5	900–950	941	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	800–850	810	198.50	198.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	345.00	345.00
6	250–300	280	335.00–355.00	346.80
4	300–350	325	320.00–340.00	324.77
11	350–400	371	305.00–320.00	312.41
12	400–450	423	273.00–310.00	294.13
12	450–500	470	248.00–285.00	273.02
8	500–550	516	228.00–270.00	255.41
4	550–600	571	218.00–220.00	219.48
7	600–650	614	208.00–235.00	226.56
2	650–700	678	203.00–223.00	212.96
4	700–750	715	195.00–214.00	204.68
2	750–800	763	206.00–210.00	207.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	325.00–330.00	327.48
7	300–350	326	300.00–330.00	313.40
11	350–400	375	280.00–305.00	290.07
25	400–450	426	260.00–292.00	276.84
36	450–500	471	238.00–277.00	257.31
28	500–550	527	215.00–250.00	239.24
42	550–600	572	210.00–240.00	228.76
21	600–650	623	200.00–236.00	213.77
7	650–700	675	192.00–218.00	202.94
6	700–750	728	200.00–208.00	205.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	290.00–315.00	302.29
10	350–400	376	280.00–298.00	289.55
10	400–450	422	243.00–277.00	259.12
13	450–500	471	230.00–260.00	246.10
35	500–550	528	210.00–240.00	224.81
18	550–600	575	200.00–230.00	216.36
3	600–650	622	193.00–209.00	202.15
3	650–700	660	185.00–192.00	188.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,220	95.00–115.00	108.76
55	—	1,223	112.00–124.00	118.07
12	—	1,266	120.00–128.00	123.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,099	84.00–110.00	100.47
39	—	1,123	96.00–115.00	109.16
26	—	1,134	102.00–119.00	111.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,572	120.00–127.00	123.45
27	—	1,391	113.00–126.00	121.13
12	—	1,397	94.00–119.00	110.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,570	130.00–144.00	137.42
6	—	1,830	142.00–160.00	150.27
12	—	1,905	140.00–153.00	148.39

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)	8	—	—	1,125.00–1,740.00	1,473.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	—	1,125.00–1,900.00	1,528.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	900.00–1,150.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	902.00–1,248.00	1,120.25
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,850.00–2,000.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,814.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,150.00	2,150.00

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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