Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 120 priced lines covering 1,672 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,015 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 434 head. replacement cattle receipts at 154 head. Counted as USDA files them — 11 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Oct 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,015Last week 2,967Year ago 3,091

Slaughter CattleReceipts 434Last week 410Year ago 641

Replacement CattleReceipts 154Last week 225Year ago 244

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 9.00 lower, feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Trade moderate to active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to weaker.

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	260	280.00–285.00	282.55
7	300–350	319	270.00–280.00	272.36
2	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
13	500–550	518	234.00–270.00	241.42
27	550–600	578	208.00–237.00	223.11
11	600–650	623	206.00–226.00	219.87
6	650–700	673	210.00–223.00	213.12
3	700–750	710	200.00–206.00	202.68
3	750–800	760	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	240.00–270.00	255.00
7	300–350	328	242.00–252.00	248.03
18	350–400	379	230.00–256.00	240.69
31	400–450	425	215.00–240.00	225.21
38	450–500	475	210.00–232.00	220.39
27	500–550	529	200.00–225.00	211.18
16	550–600	572	190.00–218.00	207.12
9	600–650	628	180.00–207.00	194.52
5	650–700	675	170.00–195.00	180.52
3	700–750	720	173.00	173.00
3	750–800	767	168.00–170.00	168.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	691	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	295.00–300.00	297.55
6	250–300	272	260.00–290.00	273.80
8	300–350	324	254.00–280.00	263.52
15	350–400	374	240.00–260.00	250.77
37	400–450	420	224.00–252.00	239.27
74	450–500	479	215.00–250.00	232.17
85	500–550	524	212.00–242.00	226.80
58	550–600	572	198.00–235.00	221.68
52	600–650	625	192.00–227.00	218.39
31	650–700	673	185.00–228.00	210.39
7	700–750	724	188.00–200.00	194.87
1	750–800	760	187.00	187.00
2	800–850	800	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	322	278.00–300.00	284.53
7	350–400	375	265.00–290.00	276.36
14	400–450	428	230.00–270.00	243.61
22	450–500	473	220.00–257.00	237.46
27	500–550	530	210.00–247.00	229.91
19	550–600	574	205.00–235.00	219.65
15	600–650	623	195.00–223.00	203.49
16	650–700	670	180.00–210.00	194.77
8	700–750	721	186.00–190.00	188.99
2	750–800	753	180.00	180.00
1	800–850	810	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
3	350–400	370	295.00–300.00	296.58
32	400–450	423	250.00–290.00	271.76
40	450–500	473	235.00–278.00	257.01
23	500–550	522	234.00–270.00	244.70
37	550–600	570	220.00–262.00	234.60
22	600–650	627	200.00–238.00	211.80
22	650–700	669	190.00–227.00	215.03
10	700–750	719	200.00–222.00	207.60
6	750–800	762	190.00–216.00	206.24
1	800–850	820	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	408	290.00–295.00	292.48
1	450–500	450	278.00	278.00
4	500–550	516	243.00–263.00	247.89
2	600–650	620	208.00–210.00	209.01
1	700–750	725	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	285.00	285.00
6	300–350	323	260.00–300.00	291.83
10	350–400	369	270.00–295.00	283.99
6	400–450	416	254.00–285.00	259.58
7	450–500	481	230.00–270.00	256.16
16	500–550	534	220.00–260.00	240.84
12	550–600	575	230.00–246.00	238.28
10	600–650	622	210.00–234.00	226.50
4	650–700	684	214.00–225.00	220.58
2	700–750	725	216.00	216.00
7	750–800	783	200.00–210.00	207.17
3	800–850	800	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	350.00	350.00
3	250–300	278	320.00–345.00	330.09
9	300–350	327	300.00–330.00	311.77
18	350–400	378	280.00–310.00	303.75
20	400–450	427	258.00–300.00	289.71
35	450–500	479	248.00–285.00	275.82
38	500–550	523	240.00–278.00	265.43
75	550–600	582	248.00–258.00	255.28
45	600–650	626	218.00–251.00	239.82
16	650–700	671	229.00–238.00	233.96
26	700–750	721	220.00–227.75	226.36
9	750–800	771	217.00–222.00	220.79
8	850–900	869	200.00–210.00	204.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	380.00	380.00
2	250–300	285	340.00–350.00	344.82
7	300–350	327	320.00–330.00	322.90
3	400–450	422	312.00–318.00	315.41
4	450–500	461	268.00–304.00	282.36
27	500–550	520	250.00–285.00	261.74
8	550–600	574	260.00–270.00	264.00
6	600–650	609	245.00–264.00	253.19
10	750–800	758	235.00	235.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,575.00	2,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,650.00–2,350.00	1,828.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	1,500.00–2,400.00	1,852.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,503.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,475.00–1,725.00	1,558.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,202.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,307.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,487.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,218.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,008.00–1,386.00	1,209.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,035	157.00	157.00
10	—	1,778	140.00–154.00	145.27
5	—	1,743	130.00–146.00	138.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,569	115.00–120.00	117.57
6	—	1,500	111.00–115.00	113.81
6	—	1,530	122.00–124.00	123.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,149	97.00–119.00	112.53
16	—	1,175	105.00–126.00	116.58
20	—	1,119	90.00–112.00	103.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,289	114.00–126.00	120.50
12	—	1,216	109.00–118.00	114.18
14	—	1,268	122.00–132.00	125.60

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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