Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 135 priced lines covering 2,608 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,715 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 421 head. replacement cattle receipts at 226 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Jan 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,715Last week 2,202Year ago 2,878

Slaughter CattleReceipts 421Last week 290Year ago 433

Replacement CattleReceipts 226Last week 223Year ago 174

Trend not available due to markets being closed for the holidays.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,118	136.00–157.00	144.41
41	—	1,060	121.00–147.00	140.90
31	—	1,078	120.00–154.00	143.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,405	154.00–173.00	167.21
12	—	1,373	166.00–184.00	174.43
45	—	1,355	145.00–164.00	159.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,275	158.00–176.00	167.21
49	—	1,232	138.00–158.00	152.26
74	—	1,218	150.00–168.00	159.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,300	150.00–181.00	173.22
24	—	1,817	185.00–212.00	200.11
24	—	1,523	177.00–197.00	185.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	620.00	620.00
6	250–300	272	590.00–600.00	593.37
4	300–350	334	480.00–520.00	504.87
5	350–400	359	450.00–455.00	452.03
6	400–450	425	430.00–450.00	438.25
5	450–500	474	400.00–433.00	408.77
6	500–550	529	380.00–390.00	383.34
1	550–600	590	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	635	328.00–350.00	340.76
2	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	555.00	555.00
12	250–300	271	540.00–690.00	558.20
17	300–350	321	495.00–540.00	517.32
18	350–400	380	430.00–515.00	483.28
56	400–450	424	415.00–495.00	444.85
57	450–500	475	400.00–480.00	431.81
55	500–550	527	375.00–475.00	403.97
36	550–600	573	350.00–400.00	378.09
30	600–650	628	340.00–370.00	350.67
14	650–700	674	320.00–355.00	336.41
2	700–750	740	310.00–315.00	312.48
3	750–800	765	285.00–300.00	295.00
1	800–850	825	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	760.00	760.00
12	250–300	273	570.00–710.00	594.65
19	300–350	313	515.00–590.00	548.29
28	350–400	370	460.00–570.00	516.46
41	400–450	425	435.00–520.00	482.76
50	450–500	468	420.00–500.00	460.29
52	500–550	516	393.00–455.00	423.77
25	550–600	565	370.00–420.00	396.87
26	600–650	622	350.00–375.00	361.59
9	650–700	663	335.00–355.00	348.30
2	700–750	723	320.00–322.50	321.27
6	750–800	758	310.00–322.00	311.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	230	530.00–550.00	543.51
9	250–300	289	520.00–540.00	532.07
10	300–350	335	505.00–615.00	533.40
30	350–400	377	475.00–580.00	506.90
23	400–450	432	450.00–485.00	472.12
29	450–500	476	420.00–470.00	448.62
14	500–550	525	420.00–450.00	431.31
55	550–600	590	383.00–415.00	408.54
18	600–650	623	360.00–406.00	382.52
42	650–700	675	345.00–380.00	364.45
28	700–750	718	335.00–350.50	345.45
2	750–800	763	345.00	345.00
5	800–850	829	317.50–331.00	325.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	223	570.00–590.00	582.25
7	250–300	261	560.00–650.00	590.55
14	300–350	328	540.00–570.00	545.75
33	350–400	375	500.00–615.00	526.82
19	400–450	426	475.00–530.00	497.64
10	450–500	473	460.00–517.00	489.00
21	500–550	524	435.00–480.00	451.86
24	550–600	555	412.50–457.00	434.99
9	600–650	621	370.00–406.00	393.92
2	650–700	658	358.00–375.00	366.47
7	700–750	719	345.00–357.50	350.01
1	750–800	755	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	470.00–480.00	477.46
3	350–400	368	430.00–450.00	437.15
14	400–450	418	400.00–460.00	432.30
10	450–500	476	390.00–435.00	403.36
5	500–550	527	375.00–410.00	386.69
11	550–600	580	355.00–385.00	379.37
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	682	310.00–340.00	330.74
7	700–750	730	310.00–330.00	322.89
1	750–800	785	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	500.00–680.00	586.83
14	250–300	284	500.00–620.00	517.33
43	300–350	326	445.00–560.00	467.20
45	350–400	370	435.00–490.00	450.41
54	400–450	425	420.00–450.00	433.86
40	450–500	468	395.00–500.00	435.46
42	500–550	518	365.00–490.00	385.47
20	550–600	565	350.00–385.00	363.67
57	600–650	621	330.00–430.00	360.84
12	650–700	661	330.00–366.00	337.89
3	700–750	706	317.00	317.00
2	750–800	765	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	606	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	420.00	420.00
12	550–600	568	387.50–397.50	390.77
1	750–800	755	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	510.00	510.00
4	250–300	285	455.00–490.00	476.32
9	300–350	329	395.00–455.00	435.83
8	350–400	382	390.00–415.00	401.22
16	400–450	426	370.00–410.00	388.79
11	450–500	475	360.00–375.00	366.11
1	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
9	550–600	585	325.00–340.00	333.34
6	600–650	632	320.00–335.00	324.87
2	650–700	660	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	233	500.00–640.00	550.14
16	250–300	279	465.00–570.00	503.00
47	300–350	323	420.00–500.00	453.68
57	350–400	374	410.00–465.00	432.74
96	400–450	420	400.00–445.00	416.18
89	450–500	476	360.00–410.00	387.53
85	500–550	528	345.00–394.00	371.04
61	550–600	573	330.00–395.00	358.35
42	600–650	615	310.00–353.00	340.23
17	650–700	680	290.00–344.00	324.80
4	700–750	705	275.00–314.00	304.04
3	750–800	769	250.00–322.00	297.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,250.00–3,200.00	2,790.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,700.00–3,300.00	2,925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	5,000.00	5,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,600.00–2,300.00	2,057.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,900.00–3,050.00	2,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	4,000.00–4,600.00	4,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	2,500.00–3,700.00	2,787.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	1,775.00–2,200.00	1,910.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	2,125.00–2,300.00	2,195.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,400.00–2,250.00	1,877.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	—	1,550.00–1,900.00	1,640.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	2,150.00–2,450.00	2,283.33
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	—	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,304.76

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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