Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 135 priced lines covering 1,748 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,657 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 300 head. replacement cattle receipts at 307 head. Counted as USDA files them — 38 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Dec 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,657Last week 3,449Year ago 1,599

Slaughter CattleReceipts 300Last week 446Year ago 397

Replacement CattleReceipts 307Last week 232Year ago 167

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good to very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	335	410.00	410.00
8	350–400	378	352.00–400.00	379.99
21	400–450	415	336.00–370.00	350.47
13	450–500	470	328.00–350.00	335.40
15	500–550	520	314.00–340.00	321.80
18	550–600	566	295.00–305.00	297.28
5	600–650	616	268.00–280.00	273.98
35	650–700	669	253.00–256.00	253.14
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	768	270.00	270.00
4	800–850	810	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	324	340.00–360.00	350.48
15	350–400	368	330.00–367.00	350.89
18	400–450	430	327.00–342.00	331.22
16	450–500	477	315.00–328.00	322.62
24	500–550	526	285.00–320.00	306.80
23	550–600	579	285.00–305.00	289.76
10	600–650	624	256.00–270.00	263.19
13	650–700	673	230.00–255.00	234.35
6	700–750	708	234.00–243.00	241.46
7	750–800	761	221.00–239.00	231.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	310.00–345.00	333.04
3	400–450	423	320.00–329.00	325.88
16	450–500	471	305.00–325.00	317.54
4	500–550	538	295.00–305.00	298.73
6	550–600	575	260.00–280.00	272.88
3	600–650	632	220.00–270.00	239.58
3	650–700	682	212.00–215.00	214.01
1	750–800	760	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	600–650	620	294.50	294.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	274	315.00–370.00	336.40
16	300–350	327	300.00–332.00	316.42
30	350–400	380	287.00–322.00	310.54
45	400–450	431	270.00–308.00	291.62
36	450–500	474	260.00–283.00	273.24
55	500–550	526	250.00–266.00	256.45
34	550–600	573	232.00–250.00	240.27
18	600–650	621	225.00–248.00	236.60
14	650–700	663	220.00–240.00	235.12
3	700–750	725	212.00–220.00	214.74
1	750–800	765	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	265	335.00	335.00
9	300–350	322	312.00–332.00	323.15
16	350–400	373	305.00–335.00	321.81
30	400–450	421	285.00–316.00	296.71
37	450–500	467	275.00–300.00	289.35
35	500–550	520	262.00–282.00	270.87
11	550–600	564	242.00–265.00	254.60
25	600–650	614	237.00–243.00	241.43
11	650–700	670	230.00–241.00	236.87
1	700–750	725	225.00	225.00
2	750–800	755	215.00–228.00	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	331	282.00–318.00	301.66
10	350–400	379	280.00–314.00	297.12
18	400–450	434	270.00–298.00	287.40
20	450–500	476	250.00–275.00	265.81
16	500–550	532	230.00–252.00	244.35
12	550–600	578	205.00–235.00	225.52
3	600–650	630	220.00–227.00	223.72
16	650–700	673	175.00–225.00	192.21
3	750–800	773	199.00–200.00	199.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	500–550	509	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	418	320.00–330.00	323.47
7	550–600	551	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	655	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	365.00	365.00
9	300–350	323	348.00–370.00	355.40
14	350–400	374	340.00–362.00	350.18
23	400–450	423	320.00–355.00	333.50
21	450–500	462	310.00–340.00	321.88
26	500–550	521	290.00–312.00	301.02
13	550–600	575	265.00–295.00	277.04
11	600–650	619	255.00–266.00	258.29
2	650–700	675	235.00–245.00	240.00
1	700–750	730	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	325.00–355.00	335.87
8	350–400	374	315.00–325.00	320.06
7	400–450	421	305.00–310.00	308.00
2	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	520	260.00–280.00	269.48
7	550–600	589	247.00–262.00	252.29
9	600–650	628	222.00–230.00	226.35
3	650–700	682	205.00–210.00	206.60
1	700–750	745	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	370.00–380.00	374.83
2	400–450	410	362.00–365.00	363.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	344.00	344.00
4	300–350	308	340.00–345.00	342.56
13	350–400	385	325.00–345.00	333.13
31	400–450	436	305.00–342.00	322.47
22	450–500	477	290.00–315.00	303.66
36	500–550	523	275.00–310.00	287.10
19	550–600	574	255.00–280.00	265.22
5	600–650	615	245.00–255.00	250.03
10	650–700	674	217.00–242.00	230.77
3	700–750	743	207.00–209.00	208.34
1	750–800	785	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,430	117.00–129.00	125.46
12	—	1,505	115.00–124.00	119.53
8	—	1,413	105.00–118.00	114.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,173	108.00–125.00	119.34
34	—	1,157	101.00–119.00	112.41
11	—	1,189	116.00–130.00	124.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,046	100.00–113.00	107.85
15	—	971	81.00–104.00	98.27
8	—	1,116	93.00–120.00	108.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,412	115.00–138.00	130.92
4	—	1,940	146.00–151.00	149.61
22	—	1,717	122.00–148.00	138.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	1,125.00–1,550.00	1,307.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	—	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,701.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	—	1,650.00–2,350.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	900.00–1,125.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,490.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,687.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	1,350.00–1,550.00	1,473.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,487.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,066.67
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,075.00–1,400.00	1,266.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,583.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,000.00–2,375.00	2,187.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	—	2,000.00–2,700.00	2,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 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	33	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,103.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,131.25

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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