Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 118 priced lines covering 2,167 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,069 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 486 head. replacement cattle receipts at 170 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Nov 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,069Last week 4,015Year ago 5,373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 486Last week 434Year ago 476

Replacement CattleReceipts 170Last week 154Year ago 166

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	290.00	290.00
1	250–300	265	290.00	290.00
20	300–350	326	270.00–320.00	288.42
12	350–400	370	265.00–280.00	271.10
25	400–450	423	252.00–270.00	260.49
43	450–500	468	235.00–262.00	252.27
11	500–550	510	241.00–247.00	243.23
7	550–600	586	210.00–235.00	222.94
9	600–650	615	220.00–230.00	225.69
6	650–700	666	210.00–220.00	215.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	283	245.00–260.00	251.49
15	300–350	320	238.00–265.00	246.98
25	350–400	378	220.00–257.00	237.87
35	400–450	424	200.00–245.00	223.41
41	450–500	473	190.00–235.00	219.63
61	500–550	528	180.00–222.00	212.66
17	550–600	577	188.00–217.00	209.03
12	600–650	621	173.00–205.00	186.55
7	700–750	716	150.00–180.00	160.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	274	265.00–275.00	269.51
29	300–350	331	250.00–280.00	262.91
41	350–400	373	230.00–270.00	250.85
72	400–450	423	225.00–265.00	243.20
109	450–500	476	210.00–250.00	233.28
107	500–550	526	210.00–240.00	231.17
74	550–600	577	200.00–234.00	221.08
29	600–650	624	190.00–228.00	214.31
55	650–700	663	180.00–226.00	208.45
7	700–750	724	178.00–210.00	192.64
1	750–800	770	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	650–700	652	241.25	241.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	317.00	317.00
6	300–350	328	280.00–300.00	294.23
18	350–400	375	265.00–290.00	270.84
21	400–450	426	238.00–270.00	253.77
18	450–500	476	222.00–260.00	239.81
28	500–550	517	228.00–239.00	232.01
28	550–600	570	202.00–222.00	211.16
11	600–650	624	195.00–220.00	205.61
11	650–700	679	196.00–210.00	200.52
9	700–750	724	190.00–195.00	192.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	315.00–325.00	319.78
8	250–300	274	310.00–327.00	316.17
19	300–350	322	285.00–315.00	299.35
10	350–400	371	272.00–302.00	288.97
40	400–450	422	243.00–290.00	275.36
44	450–500	474	238.00–270.00	259.97
53	500–550	524	220.00–262.50	245.09
37	550–600	573	218.00–247.00	234.52
14	600–650	625	216.00–229.00	222.21
13	650–700	674	190.00–215.00	203.82
4	700–750	715	205.00–210.00	206.30
4	750–800	773	180.00–210.00	190.26
1	850–900	880	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	224	330.00–340.00	334.86
7	250–300	259	315.00–325.00	319.92
10	300–350	312	300.00–330.00	318.81
11	350–400	366	305.00–320.00	310.89
16	400–450	416	258.00–315.00	291.00
19	450–500	475	243.00–280.00	267.69
9	500–550	512	250.00–267.50	257.64
7	550–600	561	240.00–250.00	244.10
3	600–650	617	230.00–235.00	233.38
2	650–700	675	220.00–225.00	222.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	375.00–380.00	377.55
14	300–350	324	285.00–315.00	307.16
9	350–400	373	275.00–319.00	297.11
13	400–450	428	287.00–310.00	295.14
24	450–500	474	267.00–287.00	279.39
25	500–550	526	250.00–278.00	269.81
34	550–600	568	247.00–268.00	259.08
48	600–650	626	230.00–257.00	244.01
28	650–700	682	220.00–239.00	229.05
21	700–750	723	216.00–230.00	221.99
10	750–800	778	202.00–225.00	215.78
4	800–850	800	204.00–206.00	204.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	230.00–295.00	260.79
17	350–400	375	280.00–290.00	284.41
3	400–450	428	257.00–280.00	272.21
9	450–500	471	242.00–265.00	255.58
9	500–550	534	230.00–254.00	247.92
7	550–600	573	230.00–246.00	239.18
50	600–650	623	230.00–240.00	238.00
11	650–700	671	177.00–228.00	207.20
3	700–750	718	212.00–220.00	215.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	221	375.00–435.00	411.02
5	250–300	273	340.00–370.00	355.37
9	300–350	323	320.00–335.00	328.74
10	350–400	362	315.00–321.00	319.65
10	400–450	414	300.00–310.00	305.17
27	450–500	456	290.00–302.00	293.67
34	500–550	509	280.00–290.00	284.89
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00

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	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,187.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,920.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,281.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,425.00–2,110.00	1,658.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	—	1,200.00–2,350.00	1,640.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	—	900.00–1,650.00	1,243.75
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,150.00–1,425.00	1,356.25
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	—	—	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,024.00–1,385.00	1,159.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,791	141.00–148.00	144.60
10	—	1,548	130.00–142.00	136.55
5	—	1,762	150.00–156.00	153.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,315	119.00–139.00	126.51
19	—	1,267	104.00–116.00	110.58
34	—	1,226	114.00–123.00	117.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,516	124.00–129.00	126.31
6	—	1,438	108.00–114.00	110.56
18	—	1,426	116.00–123.00	119.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,154	94.00–119.00	109.86
20	—	1,105	86.00–108.00	102.32
8	—	1,078	98.00–124.00	111.12

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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