Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 125 priced lines covering 2,694 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,416 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 573 head. replacement cattle receipts at 202 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Dec 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,416Last week 1,545Year ago 4,319

Slaughter CattleReceipts 573Last week 213Year ago 764

Replacement CattleReceipts 202Last week 139Year ago 283

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Trade active with good to very 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	250–300	270	360.00	360.00
34	300–350	324	310.00–345.00	329.52
32	350–400	379	292.00–335.00	311.49
45	400–450	418	280.00–322.00	300.87
26	450–500	469	270.00–310.00	287.72
35	500–550	521	255.00–288.00	266.75
38	550–600	574	242.00–275.00	253.09
44	600–650	618	230.00–245.00	239.44
23	650–700	677	225.00–238.00	231.14
9	700–750	718	210.00–225.00	218.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	290.00	290.00
10	300–350	330	280.00–312.00	295.61
12	350–400	374	270.00–295.00	284.98
29	400–450	419	240.00–290.00	270.51
29	450–500	475	235.00–277.00	261.24
29	500–550	524	235.00–260.00	246.60
29	550–600	572	220.00–243.00	229.62
12	600–650	624	210.00–222.00	216.99
3	650–700	670	205.00–214.00	209.02
6	700–750	726	200.00–210.00	204.17
3	750–800	770	182.00–195.00	188.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	310.00–340.00	325.70
19	300–350	319	295.00–320.00	310.44
55	350–400	376	285.00–320.00	304.48
59	400–450	428	265.00–305.00	287.63
72	450–500	473	250.00–294.00	277.03
83	500–550	522	240.00–275.00	255.58
75	550–600	575	230.00–255.00	242.90
88	600–650	628	220.00–250.00	241.21
108	650–700	676	210.00–241.00	232.90
19	700–750	721	202.00–235.00	224.12
4	750–800	775	205.00–210.00	206.25
1	800–850	840	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	750–800	782	218.50	218.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	390.00–400.00	396.04
14	300–350	321	340.00–380.00	356.94
12	350–400	378	340.00–365.00	351.98
27	400–450	426	307.00–345.00	329.36
68	450–500	474	295.00–335.00	318.67
33	500–550	521	288.00–318.00	306.63
79	550–600	587	255.00–309.00	291.82
46	600–650	623	245.00–280.00	269.04
48	650–700	672	225.00–259.00	251.84
79	700–750	722	237.00–250.00	242.92
30	750–800	764	220.00–240.00	237.33
20	800–850	805	240.00	240.00
8	850–900	850	220.00–221.00	220.88
1	900–950	945	218.00	218.00
7	950–1000	954	212.00–221.00	215.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	324	350.00–410.00	391.68
29	350–400	373	340.00–400.00	375.03
19	400–450	420	327.00–360.00	347.01
18	450–500	476	310.00–350.00	328.86
23	500–550	523	300.00–330.00	315.59
14	550–600	561	288.00–305.00	294.97
56	600–650	616	267.00–315.00	274.77
9	650–700	668	230.00–263.00	254.08
28	700–750	732	242.50–251.00	245.07
1	750–800	770	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	335.00–337.00	336.01
6	350–400	380	320.00–345.00	331.73
2	400–450	440	300.00–302.00	301.00
4	450–500	478	300.00–310.00	305.08
8	500–550	541	250.00–300.00	268.19
29	550–600	577	248.00–280.00	270.38
7	600–650	611	250.00–262.00	255.26
3	650–700	677	225.00–240.00	230.40
4	700–750	725	220.00–225.00	223.49
2	750–800	775	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	650–700	670	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	385.00	385.00
4	250–300	273	365.00–400.00	374.54
5	300–350	320	360.00–387.00	366.31
10	350–400	379	335.00–345.00	340.44
26	400–450	418	305.00–350.00	324.37
26	450–500	470	285.00–326.00	306.43
20	500–550	522	270.00–290.00	278.29
16	550–600	570	255.00–306.00	270.95
6	600–650	618	240.00–262.00	251.92
3	650–700	665	230.00–245.00	236.70
4	700–750	710	220.00–230.00	222.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	320.00–345.00	332.94
8	400–450	426	285.00–310.00	294.85
21	450–500	478	270.00–298.00	283.48
11	500–550	525	255.00–280.00	269.74
8	550–600	577	238.00–276.00	252.40
6	600–650	625	220.00–240.00	232.13
6	750–800	768	186.00–197.00	189.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	380.00–390.00	382.47
5	300–350	330	345.00–365.00	351.85
11	350–400	375	310.00–340.00	326.21
45	400–450	425	290.00–335.00	307.98
41	450–500	476	270.00–315.00	292.58
43	500–550	529	250.00–306.00	281.25
25	550–600	578	240.00–295.00	258.56
25	600–650	619	225.00–270.00	246.04
25	650–700	673	220.00–252.00	236.74
26	700–750	716	210.00–220.00	218.20
1	750–800	750	205.00	205.00
9	850–900	850	221.00	221.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,046	91.00–106.00	98.43
15	—	1,106	102.00–120.00	114.64
20	—	1,078	97.00–118.00	110.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,489	117.00–123.00	119.48
14	—	1,471	111.00–120.00	116.25
5	—	1,567	107.00–113.00	109.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,256	110.00–125.00	116.30
11	—	1,363	117.00–130.00	122.77
23	—	1,203	107.00–113.00	109.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,654	150.00–163.00	156.81
13	—	1,499	122.00–139.00	132.90
18	—	1,530	137.00–154.00	144.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	1,132.00–1,383.00	1,246.18
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	750.00–975.00	851.54
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,012.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	—	1,000.00–1,450.00	1,178.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,050.00–1,600.00	1,375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	—	1,225.00–2,300.00	1,711.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	—	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,638.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,850.00–2,700.00	2,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,051.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,450.00–2,900.00	2,609.38

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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