Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 120 priced lines covering 1,140 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,911 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 323 head. replacement cattle receipts at 183 head. Counted as USDA files them — 55 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Oct 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,911Last week 4,015Year ago 1,931

Slaughter CattleReceipts 323Last week 434Year ago 523

Replacement CattleReceipts 183Last week 154Year ago 215

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Trade moderate to active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to weaker.

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	4	—	—	2,475.00–2,550.00	2,512.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,561.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,900.00–1,925.00	1,910.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	—	1,750.00–2,350.00	1,946.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,035.00–1,150.00	1,092.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	1,014.00–1,269.00	1,134.64
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	—	1,400.00–1,850.00	1,595.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,108.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,175.00–1,400.00	1,328.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,275.00–1,575.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,087.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	300.00–305.00	303.75
7	300–350	337	298.00–303.00	300.43
14	350–400	373	278.00–310.00	290.85
28	400–450	432	266.00–290.00	276.70
18	450–500	470	257.00–275.00	264.61
17	500–550	523	232.00–255.00	239.41
18	550–600	577	227.00–237.00	230.63
11	600–650	622	210.00–220.00	215.05
2	650–700	680	214.00	214.00
1	750–800	770	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	315.00	315.00
10	300–350	323	287.00–322.00	304.42
17	350–400	384	270.00–295.00	281.46
15	400–450	411	257.00–280.00	269.13
16	450–500	480	240.00–255.00	249.27
9	500–550	527	220.00–240.00	229.05
9	550–600	576	200.00–227.00	215.70
16	600–650	633	195.00–215.00	204.72
8	650–700	672	190.00–204.00	201.05
2	700–750	720	180.00–185.00	182.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	315.00–320.00	318.42
3	300–350	313	305.00–310.00	308.35
7	350–400	387	288.00–292.00	289.71
14	400–450	429	275.00–290.00	279.85
6	450–500	474	264.00–280.00	270.03
10	500–550	517	244.00–275.00	250.34
1	550–600	555	255.00	255.00
4	600–650	626	218.00–225.00	221.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	280	260.00–262.00	261.04
8	300–350	321	230.00–262.00	244.25
19	350–400	375	220.00–240.00	233.36
21	400–450	422	210.00–235.00	222.71
15	450–500	471	210.00–224.00	219.44
11	500–550	521	210.00–225.00	216.26
6	550–600	573	200.00–215.00	208.41
8	600–650	618	190.00–202.00	195.83
6	650–700	679	172.00–190.00	185.30
2	750–800	758	175.00–178.00	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	705	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	310.00	310.00
4	300–350	305	270.00	270.00
7	350–400	376	258.00–285.00	263.41
5	400–450	416	255.00–265.00	257.98
7	450–500	485	238.00–257.00	243.62
6	500–550	507	228.00–231.00	229.01
12	550–600	570	218.00–242.00	230.29
8	600–650	631	213.00–227.00	215.88
6	650–700	664	200.00–204.00	201.68
4	700–750	710	195.00–212.50	208.16
1	750–800	795	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	247.00–280.00	263.14
15	350–400	365	240.00–252.00	247.19
34	400–450	433	235.00–245.00	238.04
38	450–500	471	222.00–247.00	228.25
28	500–550	527	218.00–232.00	220.57
24	550–600	579	207.00–225.00	213.61
10	600–650	632	195.00–215.00	205.66
3	650–700	670	194.00–200.00	197.32
1	700–750	745	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	321	285.00–315.00	295.25
7	350–400	378	280.00–312.00	294.22
13	400–450	426	280.00–307.00	290.98
11	450–500	468	270.00–290.00	278.87
16	500–550	529	254.00–267.00	260.83
11	550–600	575	245.00–260.00	249.53
8	600–650	609	235.00–247.00	241.71
6	650–700	663	216.00–235.00	226.84
3	700–750	735	211.00–215.00	213.70
1	750–800	770	208.00	208.00
1	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	280.00	280.00
7	350–400	375	265.00–312.00	288.83
1	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
9	450–500	477	257.00–277.00	264.78
6	500–550	535	245.00–250.00	247.45
7	550–600	581	237.00–240.00	238.70
3	600–650	632	210.00–227.00	218.95
3	700–750	730	200.00–210.00	203.74
2	750–800	785	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	385.00	385.00
2	250–300	255	335.00	335.00
4	300–350	323	320.00–325.00	321.22
7	400–450	431	290.00–292.00	291.11
5	450–500	479	283.00–290.00	284.83
13	500–550	529	260.00–285.00	265.78
3	550–600	572	252.00–254.00	253.33
5	600–650	618	240.00–260.00	249.14
1	650–700	670	230.00	230.00
5	700–750	730	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,479	135.00–141.00	137.41
13	—	1,712	134.00–149.00	142.96
5	—	1,579	139.00–151.00	142.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,599	121.00–129.00	126.62
6	—	1,371	125.00–130.00	127.40
8	—	1,418	119.00–124.00	121.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,089	99.00–117.00	109.17
15	—	998	102.00–113.00	110.04
23	—	1,060	88.00–102.00	98.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,115	105.00–122.00	117.73
18	—	1,375	122.00–135.00	125.94
47	—	1,160	114.00–129.00	124.19

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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