Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 121 priced lines covering 2,349 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,562 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 639 head. replacement cattle receipts at 170 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Oct 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,562Last week 2,152Year ago 3,187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 639Last week 393Year ago 515

Replacement CattleReceipts 170Last week 206Year ago 182

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher, feeder bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

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	336	334.00	334.00
9	400–450	414	298.00–317.00	306.85
1	550–600	570	263.00	263.00
9	600–650	610	248.50–260.00	249.79
8	800–850	842	216.00–218.00	217.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	307.00–310.00	308.50
12	400–450	423	280.00–300.00	291.13
50	450–500	476	250.00–290.00	279.83
34	500–550	522	270.00–281.00	275.89
82	550–600	579	243.00–276.00	263.48
125	600–650	631	230.00–267.00	258.03
52	650–700	677	235.00–253.50	247.13
47	700–750	733	220.00–250.00	244.52
44	750–800	764	185.00–231.00	228.08
9	800–850	847	230.00	230.00
2	850–900	870	200.00	200.00
4	900–950	902	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	275.00–300.00	285.57
7	400–450	435	275.00–280.00	277.40
17	450–500	481	244.00–278.00	258.74
7	500–550	524	252.00–269.00	260.75
1	550–600	585	245.00	245.00
5	600–650	632	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	665	215.00–227.00	222.95
33	700–750	721	216.00–230.50	226.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	700–750	711	244.00	244.00
9	800–850	825	224.50	224.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
88	600–650	616	265.00	265.00
74	700–750	701	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	295.00	295.00
7	250–300	272	275.00–280.00	278.31
6	300–350	329	245.00–275.00	258.07
13	350–400	380	230.00–260.00	241.21
9	400–450	422	218.00–250.00	237.93
15	450–500	482	210.00–240.00	223.22
13	500–550	532	210.00–225.00	218.87
7	550–600	584	190.00–225.00	216.11
14	600–650	631	170.00–223.00	206.24
2	650–700	675	180.00	180.00
5	700–750	712	165.00–170.00	167.01
1	750–800	785	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	300.00	300.00
7	250–300	269	285.00–300.00	291.51
12	300–350	317	270.00–285.00	277.74
29	350–400	367	248.00–285.00	269.36
64	400–450	426	230.00–267.50	254.03
59	450–500	473	225.00–251.00	243.59
111	500–550	522	212.00–247.00	235.90
103	550–600	583	205.00–246.00	236.09
42	600–650	629	200.00–238.00	230.31
21	650–700	666	180.00–224.00	219.26
59	700–750	735	212.00–221.00	217.69
1	850–900	875	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	310.00–335.00	322.62
10	300–350	318	290.00–295.00	293.98
12	350–400	364	265.00–290.00	281.06
32	400–450	422	240.00–272.50	260.46
6	450–500	478	233.00–255.00	249.10
22	500–550	525	230.00–245.00	240.07
91	550–600	563	227.00–250.00	246.47
8	600–650	613	220.00–235.00	226.64
19	650–700	685	215.00–250.00	243.83
12	750–800	756	200.00–226.50	224.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	620	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	232	328.00–400.00	367.07
2	250–300	275	320.00–330.00	324.73
14	300–350	332	320.00–340.00	321.50
12	350–400	377	310.00–330.00	318.96
14	400–450	425	285.00–300.00	291.83
24	450–500	464	270.00–280.00	273.39
8	500–550	525	255.00–272.00	262.65
10	550–600	571	233.00–255.00	242.75
9	600–650	630	232.00–240.00	234.39
5	650–700	668	208.00–230.00	225.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	320.00	320.00
9	300–350	326	305.00–325.00	314.45
12	350–400	370	280.00–295.00	285.10
5	400–450	425	260.00–280.00	273.15
14	450–500	474	230.00–265.00	249.72
13	500–550	531	227.00–244.00	236.70
7	550–600	578	215.00–235.00	227.18
5	600–650	633	212.00–227.00	219.82
5	650–700	678	190.00–217.00	195.87
1	700–750	725	207.00	207.00
2	750–800	773	190.00–192.00	191.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	340.00–390.00	372.55
3	250–300	282	325.00–347.00	339.58
10	300–350	325	300.00–327.00	313.88
14	350–400	372	290.00–320.00	302.93
49	400–450	426	253.00–291.00	273.53
29	450–500	474	255.00–282.00	266.03
59	500–550	525	240.00–264.00	252.00
39	550–600	569	235.00–247.00	238.87
13	600–650	613	198.00–235.00	229.09
12	650–700	664	202.00–228.00	215.93
2	700–750	730	210.00–216.00	213.02
2	750–800	791	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,216	114.00–128.00	121.89
25	—	1,205	107.00–119.00	113.92
24	—	1,222	124.00–135.00	129.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,165	98.00–122.00	112.45
13	—	1,223	105.00–132.00	111.41
16	—	1,109	90.00–113.00	101.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,516	116.00–119.00	117.60
27	—	1,434	117.00–130.00	122.84
3	—	1,363	126.00–140.00	132.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,702	155.00–162.00	158.13
16	—	1,761	143.00–168.00	153.20
11	—	1,647	135.00–144.00	137.91

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	2,200.00–2,475.00	2,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	1,325.00–1,850.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,400.00–2,400.00	1,791.67
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	—	1,000.00–1,475.00	1,083.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,025.00–1,475.00	1,360.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,100.00–1,425.00	1,257.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,525.00–1,800.00	1,662.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,060.00–1,288.00	1,160.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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