Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 204 priced lines covering 5,608 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,423 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,794 head. replacement cattle receipts at 711 head. Counted as USDA files them — 258 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,423Last week 5,732Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,794Last week 831Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 711Last week 861Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	425	122.00–135.00	127.65
70	—	569	108.00–125.00	115.31
128	—	518	113.00–128.00	119.66
18	—	773	104.00–105.00	104.43
2	—	285	140.00–145.00	142.46
14	—	719	100.00–109.00	107.88
96	—	468	119.00–130.00	124.94
55	—	615	105.00–116.50	111.45
27	—	376	126.00–144.00	133.64
16	—	669	102.00–112.00	106.20
14	—	311	131.00–142.00	135.99
2	—	225	150.00–155.00	152.44
1	—	845	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	277	115.00–135.00	123.74
65	—	374	110.00–127.00	119.46
55	—	424	100.00–123.00	114.94
3	—	800	79.00	79.00
10	—	672	92.50–100.00	97.95
5	—	232	132.50–145.00	140.38
51	—	472	100.00–117.00	111.73
47	—	329	110.00–135.00	123.03
33	—	529	90.00–114.00	107.00
13	—	625	95.00–105.00	102.37
19	—	578	95.00–110.00	106.43
6	—	721	90.00–100.00	96.65
2	—	765	82.00–97.50	89.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	642	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	96.00–100.00	98.00
1	—	215	145.00	145.00
147	—	428	117.00–130.00	122.75
116	—	477	111.00–126.00	119.35
114	—	374	121.00–136.00	126.64
98	—	529	106.00–121.00	114.12
73	—	570	101.00–117.00	109.75
57	—	619	95.00–112.00	104.60
13	—	266	135.00–146.00	141.26
29	—	677	90.00–110.00	103.01
18	—	718	97.00–108.00	103.23
35	—	326	124.00–136.00	130.46
1	—	925	82.00	82.00
1	—	825	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	555	126.00	126.00
3	—	620	117.00–119.00	117.66
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
7	—	770	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	679	115.75–117.00	115.88
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	715	115.00–120.00	117.28
42	—	470	137.00–139.00	137.05
7	—	321	162.00–175.00	170.23
2	—	773	120.00–122.00	121.00
1	—	445	145.00	145.00
63	—	514	133.00–140.00	136.53
14	—	368	154.00–167.50	160.69
3	—	282	165.00–192.50	179.30
111	—	572	128.00–137.50	134.44
27	—	620	120.00–130.00	123.51
26	—	678	119.00–125.00	121.47
1	—	1,000	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	720	98.00–105.00	102.72
10	—	627	112.00–120.00	115.69
8	—	528	120.00–127.00	124.48
1	—	680	111.00	111.00
6	—	284	152.00–161.00	157.03
12	—	575	113.00–126.00	120.81
6	—	323	136.00–157.50	147.13
10	—	469	127.00–135.00	129.77
25	—	419	132.00–140.00	136.66
19	—	380	129.00–149.00	136.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	798	122.15–122.75	122.19
26	—	666	133.50–134.00	133.78
4	—	538	140.00	140.00
2	—	363	165.00	165.00
21	—	814	120.25	120.25
16	—	869	115.25	115.25
11	—	714	124.00	124.00
7	—	914	114.50	114.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	825	105.00–112.00	109.65
4	—	736	112.00–118.00	114.51
2	—	880	105.00–106.00	105.49
1	—	1,045	93.00	93.00
1	—	930	100.00	100.00
2	—	225	162.50–165.00	163.69
24	—	373	140.00–161.00	148.20
18	—	322	152.00–170.00	159.45
11	—	770	105.00–117.00	112.94
48	—	621	117.00–128.00	124.30
93	—	526	125.00–137.50	133.21
60	—	479	130.00–141.00	136.54
53	—	579	122.00–132.00	127.23
49	—	680	109.00–122.50	117.64
53	—	426	134.00–146.00	140.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	553	138.00	138.00
9	—	452	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	660	130.00	130.00
5	—	510	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	90.00–104.00	96.89
2	—	813	90.00	90.00
30	—	573	105.00–118.00	113.12
13	—	623	100.00–115.00	105.16
2	—	228	158.00–160.00	158.97
72	—	475	115.00–128.00	121.11
61	—	427	118.00–135.00	126.07
52	—	529	107.00–122.00	116.59
42	—	378	126.00–140.00	132.91
37	—	326	130.00–147.50	139.62
18	—	270	140.00–157.50	147.68
9	—	726	92.50–103.00	98.64
18	—	674	90.00–107.50	100.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	471	130.00–140.00	134.01
4	—	216	165.00–175.00	167.77
1	—	820	105.00	105.00
9	—	667	108.00–120.00	113.01
6	—	720	102.00–115.00	110.53
13	—	272	156.00–170.00	163.43
2	—	765	108.00–110.00	109.01
1	—	900	102.00	102.00
32	—	328	150.00–171.00	157.86
43	—	424	135.00–155.00	142.46
41	—	367	145.00–165.00	152.38
43	—	525	125.00–135.00	130.20
20	—	574	120.00–130.00	124.49
14	—	619	115.00–126.00	118.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	228	155.00–165.00	160.99
35	—	276	150.00–167.50	157.58
1	—	865	90.00	90.00
1	—	835	91.00	91.00
111	—	423	128.00–142.00	134.63
105	—	474	120.00–135.00	128.75
88	—	527	116.00–130.00	123.97
67	—	378	135.00–155.00	142.54
55	—	577	108.00–130.00	119.85
54	—	324	140.00–157.50	149.12
47	—	626	105.00–122.50	113.58
24	—	677	100.00–119.00	109.19
13	—	726	97.00–113.00	106.05
8	—	782	93.00–100.00	97.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,206	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,111.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	775.00–790.00	782.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,203	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,152.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,310	1,050.00–1,500.00	1,292.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	—	—	900.00–1,350.00	1,065.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,205	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,025	840.00	840.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	625.00–875.00	745.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,229	775.00–975.00	860.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	785	625.00–725.00	695.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	56	—	—	600.00–925.00	776.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	921	600.00–750.00	659.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	770	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	660.00–725.00	692.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,013	900.00–1,200.00	1,031.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	620.00	620.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	748	345.00–450.00	386.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	—	700.00–735.00	715.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	530.00–685.00	616.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	950	425.00–525.00	496.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	640.00–800.00	712.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	950	565.00–625.00	599.91
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	859	450.00–615.00	516.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	420.00–600.00	503.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	925	600.00–800.00	680.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	978	700.00–950.00	860.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,038	505.00–775.00	594.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	550.00–750.00	657.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	575.00–625.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	685.00	685.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,198	560.00–825.00	681.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,250	665.00–900.00	778.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	820.00	820.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,200	775.00–1,125.00	924.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,151	675.00–775.00	708.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,287	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,229.76
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	600.00–640.00	620.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	925.00–1,100.00	1,018.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	29	—	—	580.00–800.00	709.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	67	—	—	680.00–1,050.00	874.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	890.00	890.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	—	450.00–640.00	555.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,127	650.00–900.00	797.29
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	900.00–970.00	935.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	823	325.00–400.00	359.85
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	866	500.00–600.00	542.49
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,066	515.00–600.00	569.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,634	74.00–89.00	81.75
36	—	1,468	64.00–83.00	74.74
32	—	1,806	81.00–94.00	87.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,435	58.00–64.50	62.20
18	—	1,449	44.00–56.50	53.86
64	—	1,413	52.00–61.00	57.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,086	54.00–61.00	56.41
146	—	1,034	44.00–55.00	50.35
74	—	990	38.00–52.00	45.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,114	48.00–58.00	52.25
419	—	1,148	50.00–62.50	57.01
116	—	1,223	57.00–68.00	61.89

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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