Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 194 priced lines covering 6,582 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,923 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,565 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,093 head. Counted as USDA files them — 310 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,923Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,565Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,093Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. All feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,120	800.00–875.00	833.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	—	670.00–1,300.00	874.51
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	520.00–600.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	49	—	—	600.00–875.00	746.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	950.00–1,150.00	1,065.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,216	800.00–975.00	884.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,184	990.00–1,370.00	1,129.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,141	695.00–800.00	754.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	880.00	880.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	790.00	790.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,125	800.00–900.00	837.50
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	525.00–725.00	627.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	865	575.00–625.00	597.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	—	580.00–785.00	708.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	817	435.00–525.00	480.17
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	878	550.00–800.00	645.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	475.00–550.00	506.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	858	650.00–750.00	671.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	828	410.00–635.00	490.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,125	750.00–850.00	803.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	600.00–850.00	703.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	750.00–950.00	785.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	500.00–675.00	557.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	400.00	400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	808	600.00–650.00	633.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	485.00	485.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,126	550.00–775.00	666.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,212	700.00–875.00	764.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3 · Registered$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	900.00–1,000.00	977.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,458.33
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,280	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,039.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	28	—	—	650.00–850.00	776.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,301	800.00–1,150.00	942.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,211	1,020.00–1,300.00	1,181.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	108	—	—	850.00–1,275.00	1,011.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,302	1,325.00–1,775.00	1,567.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,655	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	920	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	—	—	650.00–1,000.00	793.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,004	675.00–875.00	787.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	808	625.00–900.00	744.60
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	995	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,150.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,658.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,093	720.00–840.00	786.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	520.00–710.00	581.25
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	803	250.00–425.00	365.65
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	858	515.00–635.00	594.49
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,056	480.00–610.00	572.20
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	800.00–1,000.00	918.75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	775	113.00	113.00
84	—	692	117.00–124.00	122.96
11	—	533	125.00–133.50	130.93
4	—	620	128.00	128.00
2	—	573	120.00–125.00	122.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	145.00	145.00
7	—	781	91.00–105.00	98.83
13	—	318	137.50–142.50	139.71
52	—	672	104.00–122.00	113.96
23	—	724	99.00–114.00	109.86
1	—	210	155.00	155.00
66	—	574	114.00–126.00	119.22
2	—	805	95.00	95.00
165	—	519	116.00–130.00	123.03
81	—	625	106.00–125.00	113.87
60	—	473	120.00–134.00	125.69
45	—	420	124.00–136.00	129.58
37	—	371	125.00–138.00	131.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	275	122.00–135.00	130.25
3	—	728	94.00–98.00	95.97
7	—	623	100.00–105.00	102.88
5	—	769	85.00–91.00	87.46
95	—	378	105.00–126.00	119.39
91	—	426	100.00–122.00	116.28
69	—	476	92.00–118.00	110.89
54	—	326	110.00–132.00	123.01
51	—	530	95.00–114.00	109.10
29	—	577	104.00–110.00	106.50
8	—	676	94.00–105.00	97.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	759	97.00–102.00	99.01
5	—	284	135.00–142.00	138.74
32	—	676	100.00–118.00	107.40
5	—	223	131.00–137.00	134.10
1	—	835	90.00	90.00
189	—	474	112.00–126.00	120.45
166	—	423	118.00–130.00	123.13
101	—	523	110.00–122.50	116.95
100	—	575	105.00–120.00	113.53
97	—	376	120.00–136.00	128.74
69	—	323	125.00–138.00	132.03
56	—	626	105.00–118.00	109.45
19	—	710	99.00–107.00	100.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	667	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	122.00	122.00
5	—	610	116.00–118.00	117.39
3	—	728	102.00–105.00	103.00
2	—	773	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	727	107.00–112.00	109.48
33	—	627	115.00–126.00	119.25
20	—	284	160.00–172.00	165.13
1	—	860	103.00	103.00
6	—	775	105.00–111.00	106.98
5	—	215	175.00–185.00	177.88
1	—	1,080	97.00	97.00
81	—	524	125.00–138.00	130.42
52	—	375	140.00–157.00	147.93
48	—	424	132.00–145.00	138.14
47	—	472	125.00–142.00	135.46
45	—	571	120.00–134.00	125.14
33	—	672	110.00–122.50	115.04
29	—	326	147.00–162.50	156.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	729	100.00–112.00	105.81
26	—	276	145.00–167.50	158.53
12	—	778	88.00–110.00	100.41
3	—	925	85.00–91.00	88.67
3	—	887	93.00–96.00	94.33
172	—	477	120.00–137.00	129.21
146	—	423	122.00–142.50	135.33
142	—	525	114.00–130.00	123.44
111	—	381	130.00–147.50	139.72
88	—	577	110.00–125.00	119.30
60	—	624	103.00–122.00	113.72
57	—	330	137.00–157.50	148.03
39	—	670	100.00–118.00	110.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	274	125.00–152.00	141.64
3	—	783	97.00–100.00	98.34
24	—	576	107.50–117.00	113.32
8	—	623	108.00–112.50	110.17
6	—	710	100.00–102.00	100.67
3	—	677	103.00–105.00	104.00
2	—	218	150.00–157.00	153.30
7	—	835	85.00	85.00
80	—	425	105.00–135.00	125.95
68	—	476	99.00–130.00	121.94
52	—	375	115.00–138.00	132.70
40	—	529	100.00–122.50	117.03
35	—	324	120.00–145.00	135.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	381	125.00–143.00	136.36
24	—	482	120.00–132.00	125.88
22	—	431	120.00–136.00	129.17
8	—	573	113.00–124.00	116.80
2	—	665	118.00–120.00	119.01
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
13	—	330	136.00–150.00	142.79
9	—	524	115.00–124.00	120.19
9	—	285	152.00–160.00	155.17
2	—	765	117.00	117.00
3	—	242	157.50–162.50	160.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	667	118.00–131.00	127.02
37	—	721	115.00–127.00	119.61
28	—	474	137.00–145.00	139.31
20	—	322	160.00–170.00	164.99
1	—	410	150.00	150.00
27	—	773	112.00–124.00	122.47
5	—	364	155.00–158.00	156.01
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
101	—	518	130.00–147.50	136.62
57	—	572	129.00–140.00	134.74
49	—	619	120.00–136.00	131.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	377	137.00–155.00	144.28
26	—	324	140.00–165.00	153.16
5	—	726	110.00–121.00	116.34
73	—	422	129.00–150.00	138.21
71	—	569	122.00–136.00	130.31
58	—	478	129.00–147.50	137.40
50	—	529	124.00–140.00	133.30
8	—	780	110.00–122.50	116.26
3	—	278	165.00–167.50	166.71
20	—	622	115.00–135.00	125.55
56	—	687	115.00–128.50	124.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	628	122.75–144.00	124.77
2	—	558	139.00	139.00
1	—	665	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	750	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	950	121.35	121.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	133.00	133.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	50.00–55.00	52.33
18	—	1,474	58.00–63.00	60.17
74	—	1,460	50.00–60.50	56.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	990	51.00–57.00	54.08
175	—	1,022	43.00–55.00	50.64
100	—	973	40.00–49.00	44.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
328	—	1,187	52.00–60.50	56.42
99	—	1,266	57.00–68.00	60.79
94	—	1,116	45.00–54.50	51.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,676	74.00–87.50	81.33
26	—	1,854	81.00–96.00	88.23
66	—	1,592	66.00–83.00	77.61

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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