Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 125 priced lines covering 1,660 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,762 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 285 head. replacement cattle receipts at 192 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,762Last week 1,511Year ago 2,315

Slaughter CattleReceipts 285Last week 248Year ago 334

Replacement CattleReceipts 192Last week 287Year ago 284

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 12.00 higher, feeder bulls sold steady 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	600.00	600.00
11	250–300	277	560.00–590.00	569.11
7	300–350	330	530.00–550.00	541.07
13	350–400	381	490.00–520.00	504.49
19	400–450	430	445.00–470.00	458.93
19	450–500	473	420.00–465.00	450.70
12	500–550	528	405.00–440.00	430.45
20	550–600	575	370.00–400.00	389.69
3	600–650	637	360.00–370.00	365.01
5	650–700	676	325.00–350.00	338.96
2	700–750	733	315.00–320.00	317.54
1	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	610.00	610.00
9	250–300	284	590.00–625.00	608.87
11	300–350	330	515.00–580.00	553.14
16	350–400	384	500.00–560.00	534.23
47	400–450	433	450.00–525.00	487.19
37	450–500	479	415.00–510.00	464.00
30	500–550	529	380.00–470.00	442.39
60	550–600	573	350.00–440.00	414.94
23	600–650	629	370.00–405.00	388.39
21	650–700	672	330.00–372.00	357.43
8	700–750	731	310.00–345.00	336.29
6	750–800	778	320.00–335.00	330.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	285	600.00–630.00	618.88
13	300–350	327	555.00–630.00	596.02
20	350–400	371	550.00–600.00	578.41
41	400–450	426	480.00–570.00	506.12
25	450–500	469	445.00–520.00	483.41
27	500–550	520	420.00–490.00	461.89
11	550–600	570	420.00–470.00	445.08
14	600–650	616	380.00–415.00	404.79
2	650–700	673	380.00–395.00	387.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	650.00	650.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	283	545.00–555.00	549.10
11	300–350	327	500.00–560.00	527.43
12	350–400	376	480.00–500.00	489.16
13	400–450	428	475.00–550.00	508.17
20	450–500	478	445.00–535.00	480.36
5	500–550	523	455.00–465.00	458.86
33	550–600	576	388.00–440.00	412.36
11	600–650	624	372.00–425.00	393.85
9	650–700	670	352.00–400.00	370.47
1	700–750	705	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	795	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	450.00–475.00	457.08
2	400–450	410	465.00	465.00
4	450–500	478	435.00–445.00	439.92
3	500–550	505	425.00	425.00
9	550–600	576	370.00–374.00	371.82
4	650–700	674	347.00–350.00	348.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	640.00–660.00	653.24
2	250–300	293	620.00–660.00	640.17
18	300–350	326	540.00–650.00	565.51
1	350–400	350	630.00	630.00
5	400–450	422	495.00–560.00	511.49
8	450–500	472	487.00–527.50	504.10
10	500–550	516	475.00–510.00	498.46
11	550–600	553	425.00–480.00	469.96
9	600–650	607	425.00–442.50	431.97
19	650–700	670	374.00–420.00	393.72
1	700–750	700	385.00	385.00
1	800–850	800	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	239	550.00–590.00	573.91
17	250–300	274	490.00–560.00	514.90
22	300–350	329	475.00–550.00	500.61
35	350–400	377	460.00–520.00	484.13
27	400–450	427	445.00–490.00	470.10
31	450–500	473	430.00–475.00	448.08
28	500–550	534	397.00–430.00	419.26
31	550–600	579	366.00–410.00	387.19
14	600–650	623	352.00–390.00	366.80
11	650–700	680	330.00–350.00	337.46
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	795	305.00–315.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	460.00–495.00	484.75
11	350–400	375	445.00–490.00	470.13
17	400–450	426	435.00–465.00	446.83
11	450–500	480	420.00–445.00	432.61
5	500–550	528	370.00–400.00	381.97
4	550–600	571	365.00–390.00	373.69
9	600–650	618	330.00–360.00	343.24
8	650–700	673	320.00–334.00	326.29
3	700–750	720	305.00–310.00	306.69
6	750–800	783	285.00–300.00	289.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	620.00	620.00
7	250–300	273	530.00–590.00	557.33
8	300–350	318	510.00–595.00	536.14
8	350–400	381	505.00–540.00	525.25
23	400–450	422	470.00–515.00	490.24
30	450–500	469	445.00–495.00	470.12
41	500–550	517	398.00–455.00	437.13
36	550–600	567	388.00–435.00	405.22
7	600–650	620	370.00–415.00	392.36
12	650–700	680	370.00–395.00	378.14
3	700–750	715	315.00–360.00	331.53
4	750–800	778	320.00–340.00	333.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	580.00	580.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,250	170.00–187.00	176.64
55	—	1,282	162.00–182.00	167.35
29	—	1,167	154.00–180.00	160.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,045	132.00–165.00	145.84
22	—	1,073	154.00–162.00	157.69
23	—	1,043	145.00–175.00	152.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,423	162.00–167.00	164.44
6	—	1,373	176.00–189.00	179.27
32	—	1,443	168.00–191.00	174.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,665	189.00–214.00	201.55
10	—	1,545	177.00–194.00	185.31
13	—	1,938	211.00–225.00	218.56

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	1	—	—	4,300.00	4,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	3,200.00–3,850.00	3,576.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,900.00–4,200.00	3,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	4,650.00–5,400.00	4,980.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	1,700.00–2,850.00	2,501.67
Aged (>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)	5	—	—	3,375.00–3,600.00	3,535.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,950.00–2,500.00	2,290.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	—	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,715.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	—	2,500.00–3,400.00	2,871.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	3,400.00–4,450.00	4,187.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,085.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,720.00–1,840.00	1,795.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,300.00–3,100.00	2,662.50

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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