Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 119 priced lines covering 1,495 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,081 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 298 head. replacement cattle receipts at 226 head. Counted as USDA files them — 41 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,081Last week 3,876Year ago 2,491

Slaughter CattleReceipts 298Last week 687Year ago 462

Replacement CattleReceipts 226Last week 170Year ago 307

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	333	250.00–280.00	261.25
34	350–400	377	240.00–280.00	255.88
55	400–450	426	230.00–265.00	244.52
31	450–500	472	230.00–250.00	240.20
38	500–550	529	224.00–237.00	229.67
17	550–600	572	215.00–232.00	222.82
10	600–650	625	212.00–220.00	214.57
3	650–700	675	192.00–205.00	197.43
2	700–750	728	190.00–197.00	193.58
2	750–800	778	184.00–186.00	184.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	237.00–267.00	253.77
12	350–400	369	240.00–257.00	243.33
18	400–450	424	231.00–240.00	238.46
20	450–500	475	210.00–237.00	223.88
29	500–550	524	215.00–222.00	218.00
3	550–600	562	195.00–210.00	205.06
10	600–650	626	200.00–208.00	203.90
1	650–700	690	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	650–700	668	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
7	300–350	329	270.00–275.00	272.71
16	350–400	369	260.00–292.00	270.41
25	400–450	429	244.00–277.00	260.56
24	450–500	485	240.00–265.00	254.68
13	500–550	514	231.00–252.00	237.34
29	550–600	560	227.00–240.00	229.00
6	600–650	629	220.00–230.00	222.59
8	650–700	676	210.00–214.00	210.48
5	700–750	717	200.00–204.00	202.21
3	750–800	777	190.00–197.00	194.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	330.00–352.00	341.06
6	350–400	369	315.00–335.00	325.80
9	400–450	424	290.00–320.00	301.50
4	450–500	484	287.00–290.00	287.72
12	500–550	522	266.00–280.00	270.69
8	550–600	570	261.00–265.00	262.73
4	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
10	650–700	668	235.00–240.00	237.17
4	750–800	764	223.00–230.00	225.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	305.00	305.00
3	350–400	383	285.00–288.00	286.98
10	400–450	429	255.00–280.00	270.18
5	450–500	487	264.00–272.00	265.56
2	500–550	518	250.00–255.00	252.46
2	600–650	640	215.00	215.00
3	650–700	695	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	302.00–317.00	309.44
6	350–400	383	287.00–307.00	301.07
1	400–450	415	295.00	295.00
11	450–500	480	267.00–277.00	269.71
20	500–550	527	250.00–267.00	261.82
9	550–600	572	245.00–259.00	254.66
7	600–650	629	235.00–245.00	240.28
11	650–700	680	228.00–234.00	230.76
3	700–750	740	224.00	224.00
5	750–800	784	216.00–218.00	216.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	375.00	375.00
3	250–300	288	326.00–330.00	328.68
7	300–350	327	310.00–320.00	314.06
5	350–400	358	305.00–315.00	309.39
20	400–450	420	280.00–295.00	289.06
13	450–500	471	258.00–280.00	265.39
8	500–550	519	242.00–262.00	250.57
3	550–600	568	242.00–250.00	245.72
30	600–650	628	228.00–242.00	230.64
8	650–700	666	218.00–225.00	221.11
2	700–750	725	213.00–214.00	213.49
1	750–800	790	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	340.00	340.00
9	300–350	317	295.00–310.00	300.61
22	350–400	378	272.00–295.00	285.42
11	400–450	421	245.00–262.00	254.04
25	450–500	476	230.00–257.00	239.99
20	500–550	518	215.00–245.00	232.99
15	550–600	581	217.00–235.00	220.56
9	600–650	627	200.00–222.00	205.93
7	650–700	672	190.00–205.00	197.21
2	750–800	793	187.00–190.00	188.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	355.00	355.00
6	250–300	276	317.00–320.00	318.99
13	300–350	322	298.00–332.00	309.05
24	350–400	379	285.00–310.00	296.89
44	400–450	427	260.00–285.00	275.19
29	450–500	467	240.00–267.00	258.15
32	500–550	524	230.00–255.00	244.74
25	550–600	570	222.00–240.00	232.32
20	600–650	625	212.00–225.00	214.95
7	650–700	665	200.00–220.00	207.91
7	700–750	734	190.00–206.00	198.03
4	750–800	769	185.00–200.00	193.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,462	117.00–134.00	127.35
4	—	1,393	137.00–142.00	139.32
8	—	1,686	111.00–128.00	124.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,223	123.00–139.00	133.45
46	—	1,171	109.00–126.00	120.26
56	—	1,218	116.00–133.00	126.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,069	105.00–119.00	114.37
22	—	1,058	100.00–114.00	108.12
14	—	1,069	92.00–106.00	100.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,694	153.00–170.00	160.24
13	—	1,684	134.00–153.00	147.22
13	—	1,550	126.00–146.00	140.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,190.00	1,190.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	900.00–1,100.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,111.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,200.00–1,675.00	1,393.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	—	1,300.00–1,725.00	1,476.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,775.00–1,950.00	1,857.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	1,150.00–1,625.00	1,352.27
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	—	—	2,325.00	2,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	1,009.00–1,375.00	1,189.80
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,470.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	—	1,550.00–2,400.00	1,713.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,375.00–2,350.00	1,677.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,300.00	2,300.00

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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