Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 111 priced lines covering 1,248 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,001 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 213 head. replacement cattle receipts at 216 head. Counted as USDA files them — 43 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,001Last week 2,657Year ago 1,925

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 300Year ago 333

Replacement CattleReceipts 216Last week 307Year ago 199

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with 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
8	250–300	273	390.00–415.00	401.85
11	300–350	323	380.00–395.00	386.41
7	350–400	369	355.00–370.00	361.37
10	400–450	423	325.00–350.00	337.54
14	450–500	472	315.00–337.00	327.35
18	500–550	519	300.00–324.00	314.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	328.00	328.00
2	350–400	385	320.00–325.00	322.56
4	400–450	420	310.00–320.00	316.41
2	450–500	488	300.00–308.00	303.94
5	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	575	240.00–250.00	245.04
2	600–650	625	251.00–260.00	255.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	360.00–375.00	367.91
19	350–400	379	330.00–350.00	344.22
7	400–450	430	317.00–340.00	329.72
11	450–500	475	285.00–320.00	308.45
8	500–550	521	280.00–327.00	307.65
26	550–600	590	272.00–290.00	277.61
9	600–650	610	258.00–275.00	265.25
5	650–700	687	233.00–260.00	243.22
5	700–750	706	240.00–257.50	250.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	332	310.00–332.00	321.76
33	350–400	374	295.00–315.00	303.22
62	400–450	422	274.00–300.00	287.38
57	450–500	470	268.00–285.00	277.45
44	500–550	529	250.00–272.00	262.22
36	550–600	575	235.00–255.00	245.91
17	600–650	626	226.00–243.00	236.61
13	650–700	664	217.00–232.00	222.39
3	700–750	718	207.00–215.00	209.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	276	325.00–340.00	330.18
8	300–350	321	325.00–342.00	333.96
24	350–400	371	302.00–335.00	318.11
20	400–450	415	300.00–315.00	308.77
31	450–500	475	276.00–325.00	290.56
12	500–550	529	262.00–277.00	268.61
4	550–600	573	254.00–257.00	255.51
2	600–650	615	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	326	290.00–317.00	309.70
18	350–400	374	268.00–290.00	281.38
11	400–450	428	267.50–280.00	274.03
9	450–500	473	250.00–266.00	258.44
9	500–550	511	235.00–245.00	240.99
6	550–600	575	229.00–230.00	229.83
5	600–650	627	205.00–220.00	214.17
3	650–700	673	192.00–208.00	199.88
1	700–750	735	188.00	188.00
5	750–800	773	182.00–190.00	183.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	342.00	342.00
17	300–350	323	338.00–380.00	359.47
9	350–400	363	320.00–365.00	347.11
22	400–450	421	312.00–332.00	321.37
26	450–500	477	290.00–320.00	307.00
19	500–550	524	275.00–295.00	284.60
18	550–600	565	257.00–280.00	272.96
13	600–650	619	228.00–257.50	244.95
11	650–700	680	220.00–245.00	234.66
2	700–750	720	217.00–218.00	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	390.00	390.00
5	300–350	323	360.00–390.00	370.06
4	350–400	370	340.00–360.00	349.86
17	400–450	421	326.00–338.00	333.20
7	450–500	471	306.00–325.00	315.31
7	500–550	506	300.00–307.00	304.99
2	550–600	565	272.00	272.00
2	650–700	663	236.00–239.00	237.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	245	335.00	335.00
5	300–350	317	350.00–360.00	357.82
14	350–400	374	332.00–342.00	336.35
16	400–450	436	292.00–310.00	300.82
14	450–500	480	260.00–288.00	279.77
22	500–550	522	250.00–272.00	263.01
11	550–600	575	245.00–252.00	249.26
6	600–650	626	220.00–232.00	227.92
2	650–700	675	207.00–217.00	211.93
3	700–750	727	197.00–210.00	202.28
1	750–800	780	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,545	109.00–127.00	114.86
1	—	1,400	125.00	125.00
9	—	1,477	100.00–106.00	104.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,137	96.00–116.00	109.25
15	—	1,064	111.00–125.00	116.53
21	—	1,007	90.00–106.00	96.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,207	100.00–116.00	107.37
17	—	1,214	113.00–130.00	121.17
23	—	1,226	107.00–121.00	114.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,705	141.00–169.00	158.91
11	—	1,440	129.00–146.00	141.63
12	—	1,587	130.00–154.00	146.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,180.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,175.00–1,225.00	1,205.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,795.00	1,795.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,587.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,450.00–2,200.00	1,676.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,625.00–1,675.00	1,658.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,337.50
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	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,350.00–2,400.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,900.00–2,300.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,535.00–1,570.00	1,558.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,145.00–1,300.00	1,209.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,325.00	2,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,926.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,500.00–1,750.00	1,630.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	2,450.00–2,950.00	2,637.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	—	800.00–1,220.00	1,087.80

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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