Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 129 priced lines covering 1,372 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,707 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 242 head. replacement cattle receipts at 222 head. Counted as USDA files them — 25 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Oct 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,707Last week 2,332Year ago 2,081

Slaughter CattleReceipts 242Last week 268Year ago 298

Replacement CattleReceipts 222Last week 75Year ago 226

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold sharply higher, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold steady.

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,892.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	—	2,150.00–3,400.00	2,875.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	—	2,300.00–3,850.00	3,118.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,916.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	3,200.00–3,400.00	3,311.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	2,000.00–2,550.00	2,286.36
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,820.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,950.00–2,550.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,975.00–2,100.00	2,068.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,700.00–2,750.00	2,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,850.00–3,950.00	3,916.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,246.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	430.00–450.00	443.18
8	300–350	329	385.00–430.00	404.91
22	350–400	377	370.00–415.00	393.62
13	400–450	425	365.00–395.00	383.26
30	450–500	469	350.00–365.00	356.85
28	500–550	527	336.00–350.00	342.52
26	550–600	576	325.00–350.00	334.16
15	600–650	625	305.00–334.00	319.52
7	650–700	673	302.00–320.00	309.80
4	700–750	719	270.00–285.00	278.65
3	750–800	768	290.00–295.00	292.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	449	427.50	427.50
14	500–550	526	377.50	377.50
5	650–700	686	357.50–362.50	359.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	770.00	770.00
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
7	350–400	382	410.00–435.00	428.75
10	400–450	431	380.00–405.00	392.99
10	450–500	456	370.00–378.00	373.21
26	500–550	523	350.00–365.00	358.71
19	550–600	578	340.00–359.00	348.30
23	600–650	622	320.00–348.00	340.65
4	650–700	663	320.00–330.00	325.76
4	700–750	710	290.00–312.00	304.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	350.00–390.00	366.75
12	350–400	388	370.00–404.00	391.91
12	400–450	428	340.00–385.00	370.68
9	450–500	468	330.00–350.00	344.30
11	500–550	529	300.00–337.00	328.35
7	550–600	579	310.00–324.00	320.31
4	600–650	639	315.00–324.00	320.28
6	650–700	686	300.00–304.00	300.98
1	700–750	745	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	370.00	370.00
5	700–750	700	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	500.00–505.00	502.41
2	300–350	323	425.00–430.00	427.64
7	350–400	377	405.00–460.00	433.82
9	400–450	423	397.00–450.00	440.42
8	450–500	483	420.00–440.00	431.90
12	500–550	536	385.00–420.00	402.58
23	550–600	577	370.00–397.50	383.75
11	600–650	629	355.00–378.00	365.31
9	650–700	679	327.00–352.00	343.79
5	700–750	720	315.00–335.00	321.99
4	750–800	769	310.00–315.00	313.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	400.00–410.00	405.08
2	350–400	373	420.00–425.00	422.48
3	400–450	435	385.00–430.00	399.31
7	500–550	521	345.00–400.00	366.03
2	550–600	580	350.00–357.00	353.41
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	535.00–595.00	564.68
5	250–300	272	475.00–525.00	497.02
4	300–350	335	467.00–495.00	480.51
8	350–400	376	465.00–480.00	471.13
5	400–450	425	435.00–465.00	448.69
6	450–500	472	437.00–456.00	449.07
38	500–550	521	420.00–450.00	442.48
21	550–600	576	377.00–417.00	408.27
8	600–650	629	367.00–390.00	377.56
21	650–700	685	358.00–387.50	374.64
3	700–750	720	340.00–352.00	343.94
4	750–800	753	330.00–346.00	340.52
2	850–900	860	330.00–334.00	332.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	500.00–522.50	511.63
14	450–500	455	458.00–467.50	462.71
5	700–750	732	380.00	380.00
51	800–850	816	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	288	465.00–530.00	512.86
10	300–350	313	460.00–510.00	492.25
12	350–400	373	435.00–460.00	452.06
17	400–450	420	370.00–440.00	418.95
22	450–500	474	370.00–435.00	395.31
30	500–550	525	357.00–400.00	380.78
14	550–600	582	335.00–382.00	355.21
17	600–650	626	305.00–364.00	343.55
5	650–700	672	340.00–345.00	342.95
8	700–750	731	314.00–325.00	317.50
6	750–800	772	275.00–312.00	297.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	600.00	600.00
3	250–300	262	510.00–570.00	548.98
6	300–350	326	475.00–520.00	501.26
12	350–400	377	440.00–475.00	458.64
20	400–450	418	420.00–450.00	437.87
14	450–500	467	390.00–447.00	422.03
18	500–550	516	375.00–416.00	395.91
17	550–600	566	355.00–395.00	378.14
26	600–650	629	330.00–378.00	352.63
7	650–700	669	315.00–353.00	336.40
4	700–750	710	305.00–328.00	317.65
2	750–800	770	305.00–316.00	310.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	259	500.00–505.00	501.30
3	300–350	325	490.00	490.00
12	350–400	380	395.00–446.00	412.83
6	400–450	423	365.00–425.00	378.31
8	450–500	469	420.00–425.00	421.71
12	500–550	525	350.00–388.00	372.79
10	550–600	586	310.00–362.00	336.77
2	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
3	650–700	675	285.00–338.00	320.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,414	160.00–173.00	164.51
8	—	1,408	151.00–163.00	156.26
9	—	1,454	165.00–180.00	170.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,143	165.00–176.00	171.38
28	—	1,197	156.00–168.00	161.56
21	—	1,129	145.00–159.00	153.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,087	145.00–159.00	151.90
28	—	1,069	136.00–149.00	143.63
15	—	949	130.00–142.00	135.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,694	185.00–196.00	192.60
5	—	1,640	196.00–204.00	199.19
13	—	1,479	167.00–188.00	181.13

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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