Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 183 priced lines covering 4,362 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,727 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 916 head. replacement cattle receipts at 614 head. Counted as USDA files them — 159 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,727Last week 10,101Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 916Last week 1,232Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 614Last week 758Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. All feeder classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 386,832 compared to 386,762 a year ago.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	600.00–670.00	640.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	380.00	380.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	856	480.00–675.00	575.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	939	600.00–800.00	716.15
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	79	—	—	625.00–975.00	823.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	925.00–1,150.00	1,032.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	—	600.00–1,125.00	947.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,127	700.00–885.00	809.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,036	945.00–1,625.00	1,464.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	—	580.00–600.00	590.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	820.00–880.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,158	935.00–1,000.00	971.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,123	750.00–1,350.00	1,060.87
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	540.00–675.00	605.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	770.00–950.00	866.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	—	650.00–875.00	792.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	555.00	555.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,268	750.00–850.00	792.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	880.00	880.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,164	610.00–725.00	676.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,312.50
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	475.00–550.00	512.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	780	380.00–470.00	409.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	948	500.00–520.00	509.45
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	490.00–600.00	558.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	995	900.00–1,050.00	983.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	240.00–250.00	245.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	720.00–800.00	762.50
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	873	485.00–575.00	514.44
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	400.00	400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	580.00	580.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	940.00	940.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,185	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,426.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	520.00	520.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	—	800.00–1,475.00	1,261.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,271	1,070.00–1,850.00	1,528.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	—	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,590.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,177	810.00–910.00	874.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,280	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	850.00–1,000.00	933.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	808	675.00–680.00	677.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	950	780.00–850.00	807.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	575.00	575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	42	—	—	1,825.00–2,275.00	2,088.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	—	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,351.19
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	—	950.00–1,150.00	1,063.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	778	95.00–100.00	98.02
2	—	830	90.00–95.00	92.47
1	—	205	175.00	175.00
28	—	677	82.00–110.00	105.68
30	—	330	137.00–170.00	145.87
43	—	373	120.00–150.00	138.20
58	—	619	105.00–118.00	112.43
88	—	473	103.00–135.00	123.56
94	—	524	100.00–125.00	119.82
102	—	427	109.00–140.00	128.36
109	—	575	99.00–121.00	116.59
6	—	274	147.00–172.00	154.50
13	—	720	80.00–108.00	101.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	376	125.00–135.00	130.77
2	—	228	140.00–141.00	140.52
5	—	271	135.00–145.00	140.87
8	—	681	85.00–103.00	98.61
31	—	524	98.00–122.00	112.66
51	—	482	101.00–125.00	116.03
14	—	333	110.00–140.00	133.09
21	—	631	95.00–109.00	104.50
30	—	427	105.00–130.00	121.39
36	—	583	90.00–117.00	108.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	716	100.00–109.00	106.33
10	—	328	133.00–182.00	157.00
1	—	805	105.00	105.00
1	—	750	81.00	81.00
16	—	668	107.00–117.00	112.10
36	—	564	107.00–128.00	120.66
56	—	425	118.00–155.00	138.09
56	—	523	110.00–137.00	123.88
17	—	618	115.00–122.00	117.66
41	—	467	115.00–142.00	127.82
19	—	376	125.00–165.00	146.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	704	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	334	146.00–163.00	158.04
14	—	372	139.00–147.00	143.42
2	—	820	105.00–107.00	105.99
25	—	732	113.00–120.00	116.49
81	—	634	117.00–125.50	120.95
109	—	522	125.00–140.00	130.22
49	—	578	113.00–131.00	125.89
33	—	684	111.00–120.00	117.24
9	—	773	106.00–117.00	111.89
18	—	423	136.00–149.00	139.95
61	—	484	129.00–145.00	134.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	113.00–119.00	114.76
5	—	683	110.00–118.00	113.22
7	—	728	96.00–113.00	108.29
5	—	387	136.00–139.00	137.59
17	—	432	120.00–135.00	131.75
38	—	527	116.00–130.00	123.68
31	—	473	105.00–131.00	127.53
15	—	581	110.00–122.00	119.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	532	118.00–149.00	133.61
16	—	416	126.00–155.00	141.72
45	—	583	128.00–145.00	132.66
88	—	680	119.00–130.00	121.86
11	—	372	133.00–161.00	150.64
12	—	322	136.00–176.00	168.69
21	—	481	124.00–145.00	140.89
2	—	860	108.00–110.00	108.99
16	—	781	110.00–122.00	113.81
21	—	714	115.00–128.00	121.11
40	—	630	125.00–137.00	128.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	785	119.00	119.00
1	—	455	150.00	150.00
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
10	—	690	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	121.00	121.00
1	—	580	148.00	148.00
2	—	675	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	719	86.00–112.00	102.20
44	—	626	100.00–120.00	113.35
3	—	318	121.00–126.00	123.58
5	—	908	87.00	87.00
12	—	773	80.00–103.00	95.05
76	—	573	102.00–125.00	114.88
4	—	281	147.00–155.00	149.21
14	—	375	118.00–142.00	129.25
24	—	666	94.00–116.00	109.92
30	—	425	114.00–135.00	129.89
38	—	478	109.00–132.00	120.70
39	—	529	107.00–129.00	118.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	743	107.00–145.00	123.83
3	—	563	119.00–127.00	121.96
8	—	628	115.00–120.00	117.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	774	94.00–100.00	97.88
3	—	242	140.00–142.00	140.68
93	—	529	110.00–120.00	113.30
38	—	666	89.00–110.00	107.04
82	—	369	123.00–132.00	126.59
92	—	577	105.00–117.00	111.36
95	—	425	103.00–127.00	119.43
114	—	473	100.00–122.00	116.07
4	—	716	80.00–103.00	95.09
4	—	273	137.00–145.00	141.70
19	—	327	128.00–140.00	131.77
38	—	621	104.00–115.00	108.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	236	135.00–140.00	137.41
1	—	730	95.00	95.00
3	—	667	97.00–100.00	98.33
2	—	783	90.00	90.00
9	—	295	128.00–130.00	129.11
43	—	523	104.00–110.00	107.66
56	—	427	100.00–120.00	114.77
28	—	569	103.00–107.00	104.75
14	—	625	85.00–103.00	98.53
24	—	323	115.00–125.00	121.72
32	—	373	112.00–122.00	118.24
64	—	477	90.00–115.00	107.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	680	117.00	117.00
1	—	480	116.00	116.00
1	—	620	106.00	106.00
4	—	523	124.00–125.00	124.49
15	—	585	116.00–123.00	118.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	112.00	112.00
3	—	415	116.00	116.00
2	—	735	113.00	113.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,288	48.00–54.00	51.23
57	—	1,443	52.00–62.00	56.02
21	—	1,382	58.00–66.00	62.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,024	53.00–55.00	54.08
69	—	983	39.00–50.00	43.95
103	—	1,051	42.50–56.00	50.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,263	57.00–67.00	61.06
73	—	1,155	45.00–55.00	50.60
229	—	1,216	51.00–61.00	55.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,542	64.00–83.00	75.87
35	—	1,707	75.00–89.00	82.60
8	—	1,756	80.00–93.00	86.01

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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