Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 114 priced lines covering 1,010 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,463 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 198 head. replacement cattle receipts at 80 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Oct 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,463Last week 3,543Year ago 2,041

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 640Year ago 364

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 165Year ago 219

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	345.00–365.00	355.10
1	300–350	320	338.00	338.00
2	350–400	375	316.00	316.00
2	400–450	415	304.00	304.00
1	450–500	455	277.00	277.00
6	500–550	527	266.00–270.00	268.37
13	550–600	570	255.00–272.50	262.85
14	600–650	618	247.00–255.00	251.12
2	650–700	670	245.00	245.00
20	700–750	717	232.00–242.50	237.51
11	750–800	775	226.00–232.00	231.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	290.00–295.00	292.46
8	350–400	377	272.00–300.00	282.64
6	400–450	412	255.00–275.00	266.23
3	450–500	463	260.00–265.00	262.35
2	500–550	510	252.00–255.00	253.53
2	600–650	635	220.00–232.00	225.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	330.00–335.00	332.52
3	300–350	325	300.00–320.00	312.92
11	350–400	374	295.00–310.00	305.38
9	400–450	429	280.00–290.00	285.58
11	450–500	476	273.00–287.00	280.69
17	500–550	531	260.00–280.00	267.44
10	550–600	574	247.00–259.00	251.77
23	600–650	634	238.00–245.00	242.31
9	650–700	686	236.00–237.50	236.49
1	700–750	720	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	633	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	225.00–240.00	232.19
22	350–400	372	215.00–254.00	232.81
6	400–450	420	226.00–245.00	233.60
20	450–500	475	200.00–235.00	222.70
9	500–550	521	219.00–227.00	223.33
5	550–600	574	190.00–220.00	210.80
6	600–650	628	207.00–215.00	211.89
1	650–700	680	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	278.00–285.00	282.86
17	300–350	325	247.00–276.00	260.30
23	350–400	382	235.00–265.00	246.69
22	400–450	422	230.00–257.00	239.14
35	450–500	473	220.00–237.00	227.57
10	500–550	531	225.00–235.00	229.50
11	550–600	579	215.00–229.00	224.61
11	600–650	628	210.00–224.00	218.25
4	650–700	681	205.00–207.00	205.48
1	700–750	730	195.00	195.00
1	750–800	790	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	307	270.00–277.00	272.83
7	350–400	379	252.00–275.00	263.21
17	400–450	416	240.00–275.00	247.27
22	450–500	475	234.00–250.00	241.31
13	500–550	522	237.00–246.00	240.97
24	550–600	568	226.00–240.00	232.10
10	600–650	620	220.00–233.00	225.67
8	650–700	669	210.00–217.00	212.83
2	700–750	745	202.00–208.00	205.00
1	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	662	225.00–227.50	226.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	680	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	320.00–330.00	324.26
2	300–350	310	330.00–340.00	334.92
6	350–400	373	300.00–305.00	303.89
11	400–450	418	278.00–302.00	285.85
5	450–500	481	260.00–265.00	262.19
8	500–550	525	245.00–250.00	248.12
7	550–600	573	235.00–242.00	239.01
10	600–650	621	227.00–240.00	231.85
6	650–700	673	218.00–232.00	222.91
1	750–800	770	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	300.00	300.00
11	300–350	325	282.00–312.00	293.99
11	350–400	376	280.00–300.00	288.23
7	400–450	429	257.00–267.00	259.95
12	450–500	475	230.00–255.00	245.09
6	500–550	520	222.00–237.00	231.48
5	550–600	577	220.00–225.00	222.82
1	600–650	605	214.00	214.00
2	650–700	685	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	310.00–315.00	312.62
10	300–350	325	297.00–327.00	307.21
5	350–400	384	286.00–315.00	301.52
21	400–450	428	264.00–290.00	275.15
20	450–500	475	250.00–277.00	259.50
22	500–550	523	235.00–270.00	246.97
20	550–600	568	228.00–240.00	232.61
16	600–650	629	215.00–230.00	220.82
3	650–700	673	212.00–213.00	212.33
3	700–750	718	196.00–205.00	200.28
3	750–800	772	185.00–193.00	189.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	109.00–119.00	112.59
3	—	1,423	121.00–130.00	126.37
10	—	1,373	111.00–126.00	121.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,219	123.00–132.00	126.81
24	—	1,186	110.00–119.00	114.49
38	—	1,238	115.00–126.00	120.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,076	93.00–107.00	102.49
3	—	1,060	105.00–108.00	106.33
20	—	1,060	102.00–114.00	107.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,752	153.00–160.00	157.02
10	—	1,818	139.00–154.00	148.23
11	—	1,442	122.00–143.00	139.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,032.00–1,134.00	1,092.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	1,175.00–1,450.00	1,319.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,558.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,619.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,397.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,146.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,927.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,512.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,816.67

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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