Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 111 priced lines covering 990 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,464 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 237 head. replacement cattle receipts at 190 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,464Last week 4,069Year ago 2,958

Slaughter CattleReceipts 237Last week 486Year ago 524

Replacement CattleReceipts 190Last week 170Year ago 206

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with 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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	252.00	252.00
4	300–350	311	243.00–250.00	247.26
11	350–400	379	235.00–244.00	240.58
9	400–450	425	220.00–240.00	233.52
14	450–500	480	210.00–230.00	224.26
11	500–550	529	200.00–220.00	213.48
3	550–600	567	192.00–205.00	197.26
1	600–650	610	202.00	202.00
2	700–750	705	182.00–194.00	188.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	300.00–310.00	305.16
2	250–300	278	275.00–280.00	277.48
6	300–350	318	265.00–275.00	270.00
7	350–400	378	262.00–272.00	265.68
7	400–450	414	250.00–270.00	256.84
20	450–500	473	241.00–255.00	245.72
15	500–550	535	227.00–235.00	230.11
17	550–600	577	222.00–233.00	228.02
9	600–650	619	215.00–230.00	219.30
5	650–700	677	207.00–213.00	211.20
6	700–750	718	203.00–217.00	209.46
1	750–800	785	202.00	202.00
3	850–900	855	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	264.00–275.00	269.77
15	300–350	324	250.00–265.00	259.24
12	350–400	379	247.00–270.00	256.43
29	400–450	430	237.00–250.00	245.37
23	450–500	473	230.00–240.00	235.48
36	500–550	522	218.00–232.00	223.95
15	550–600	574	217.00–225.00	220.99
24	600–650	614	205.00–220.00	210.44
7	650–700	679	200.00–207.00	203.28
5	700–750	723	190.00–201.00	198.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	510	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	342.00	342.00
6	300–350	338	308.00–320.00	311.30
16	350–400	377	287.00–305.00	298.29
27	400–450	422	250.00–286.00	271.91
25	450–500	478	237.00–278.00	263.48
23	500–550	520	225.00–256.00	242.57
14	550–600	568	230.00–248.00	239.06
14	600–650	622	200.00–225.00	220.91
16	650–700	666	200.00–220.00	213.16
7	700–750	716	188.00–205.00	195.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	320.00–345.00	332.02
3	350–400	387	310.00–315.00	313.32
21	400–450	425	278.00–297.00	290.53
13	450–500	466	262.00–292.00	285.92
16	500–550	528	250.00–275.00	260.54
8	550–600	568	242.00–260.00	255.99
4	600–650	618	230.00–235.00	233.70
3	700–750	712	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	290.00–302.00	298.74
11	350–400	373	270.00–290.00	286.26
10	400–450	421	235.00–272.00	259.90
13	450–500	477	250.00–265.00	256.93
11	500–550	523	217.00–240.00	231.04
10	550–600	575	190.00–230.00	215.43
7	600–650	624	190.00–217.00	208.43
2	650–700	675	202.00–205.00	203.47
5	700–750	724	185.00–195.00	191.80
1	750–800	765	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	325.00	325.00
8	350–400	377	290.00–320.00	308.92
10	400–450	418	290.00–298.00	293.06
5	450–500	473	282.00–290.00	287.94
11	500–550	532	247.00–265.00	257.67
7	550–600	580	249.00–255.00	251.01
4	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	710	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	315.00	315.00
4	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
5	450–500	478	245.00–282.00	266.90
3	550–600	590	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	710	212.00	212.00
1	750–800	790	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
5	400–450	412	303.00–304.00	303.60
10	450–500	472	292.00–300.00	295.50
12	500–550	523	268.00–275.00	270.34
6	550–600	568	255.00–270.00	264.16
2	750–800	755	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	828	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	656	250.00	250.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,850.00–2,800.00	2,060.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,400.00
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)	8	—	—	1,850.00–2,300.00	1,962.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,633.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,025.00–1,400.00	1,175.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,287.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,528.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,830.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	—	1,425.00–1,900.00	1,694.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,375.00–1,650.00	1,508.33
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	157.00	157.00
9	—	1,435	129.00–140.00	133.84
9	—	1,727	141.00–147.00	143.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,472	121.00–124.00	122.36
4	—	1,339	105.00–116.00	111.68
3	—	1,542	121.00–130.00	124.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,098	85.00–106.00	100.39
19	—	1,074	92.00–112.00	105.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,216	113.00–123.00	118.31
38	—	1,123	107.00–117.00	112.97
16	—	1,221	121.00–128.00	124.71

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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