Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 129 priced lines covering 2,586 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,607 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,112 head. replacement cattle receipts at 472 head. Counted as USDA files them — 117 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,607Last week 2,670Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,112Last week 809Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 472Last week 539Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Year to date receipts totaled 117,019 compared to 123,217 a year ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	131.00–135.00	133.30
1	—	555	127.00	127.00
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
80	—	604	89.00–120.00	90.10
2	—	710	90.00–91.00	90.50
5	—	437	130.00–140.00	135.05
5	—	517	120.00–130.00	125.60
16	—	325	130.00–150.00	143.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	526	137.00–150.00	145.00
5	—	663	130.00–135.00	132.80
10	—	573	133.00–148.00	138.78
23	—	475	150.00–165.00	155.24
22	—	369	155.00–176.00	165.47
20	—	326	162.00–190.00	170.94
15	—	636	123.00–139.00	126.89
5	—	736	128.00–129.00	128.80
1	—	775	125.00	125.00
30	—	423	146.00–175.00	160.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	672	119.00–127.00	122.67
23	—	378	138.00–168.00	152.20
22	—	427	140.00–157.00	149.58
17	—	525	130.00–148.00	141.05
14	—	572	122.00–140.00	134.33
15	—	327	148.00–168.00	156.27
17	—	768	108.00–118.00	116.35
22	—	723	117.00–120.00	117.54
9	—	484	140.00–148.00	145.16
9	—	614	131.00–135.00	133.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	411	114.00–125.00	119.11
4	—	228	125.00–127.00	126.03
13	—	377	115.00–129.00	121.06
13	—	325	120.00–135.00	124.95
3	—	618	90.00–105.00	100.03
7	—	475	108.00–120.00	115.19
4	—	576	100.00–107.00	104.75
2	—	778	80.00–86.00	83.07
2	—	680	95.00–97.00	95.98
11	—	278	125.00–140.00	130.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	289	137.00–144.00	138.73
32	—	476	115.00–130.00	124.57
14	—	670	98.00–110.00	103.32
6	—	722	90.00–95.00	92.51
59	—	523	110.00–129.00	119.62
52	—	424	123.00–147.00	130.39
50	—	375	124.00–154.00	135.02
40	—	326	128.00–151.00	137.70
37	—	580	107.00–125.00	113.44
11	—	626	104.00–115.00	109.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	706	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	563	119.00–132.00	124.95
31	—	518	125.00–140.00	131.07
44	—	321	138.00–160.00	148.89
49	—	421	131.00–151.00	138.06
29	—	470	126.00–145.00	134.32
3	—	275	147.00–165.00	155.70
53	—	370	134.00–156.00	144.16
4	—	671	109.00–115.00	111.22
1	—	700	109.00	109.00
10	—	610	110.00–117.00	110.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	718	113.00–114.50	113.75
75	—	676	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	132.00	132.00
2	—	383	157.00	157.00
4	—	440	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	110.00	110.00
1	—	755	102.00	102.00
19	—	375	139.00–165.00	148.51
25	—	327	145.00–165.00	153.63
25	—	424	129.00–151.00	140.76
29	—	530	125.00–139.00	131.52
33	—	577	110.00–131.00	122.01
34	—	479	127.00–143.00	136.17
8	—	624	113.00–125.00	118.34
5	—	266	150.00–160.00	153.53
2	—	228	164.00–177.00	170.29
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	188.00	188.00
21	—	328	155.00–185.00	166.43
32	—	468	130.00–157.50	145.07
54	—	415	142.00–168.00	152.99
44	—	519	131.00–148.00	140.05
26	—	374	151.00–175.00	164.11
21	—	570	124.00–135.00	130.54
11	—	613	122.00–135.00	127.33
3	—	278	164.00–170.00	167.88
1	—	660	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	107.00	107.00
2	—	323	112.00–125.00	118.45
13	—	423	120.00–140.00	131.51
10	—	477	115.00–130.00	123.65
6	—	574	110.00–120.00	116.76
4	—	288	115.00–148.00	133.13
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
1	—	375	144.00	144.00
7	—	531	107.00–125.00	115.62

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 · n/c wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	825.00–850.00	837.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	—	—	910.00–1,325.00	1,146.96
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	675.00–800.00	737.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	—	700.00–925.00	827.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,188	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,062.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	—	700.00–975.00	823.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,103	975.00–1,150.00	1,043.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,123	925.00–1,075.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,056	900.00–975.00	949.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	700.00–875.00	786.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	—	710.00–1,500.00	934.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	—	625.00–1,250.00	863.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	475.00–650.00	580.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	600.00–825.00	736.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	680.00	680.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,131	850.00–1,025.00	929.17
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	425.00–450.00	437.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	—	700.00–925.00	798.44
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	—	430.00–595.00	512.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,412	71.00–85.00	76.54
32	—	1,451	64.00–76.00	70.72
4	—	1,276	58.00–65.00	62.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,154	61.00–81.00	70.69
101	—	1,264	68.00–91.00	78.89
47	—	1,125	56.00–70.00	64.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	974	46.00–71.00	59.49
51	—	1,032	63.00–78.00	69.46
41	—	957	43.00–57.00	51.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,400	60.00–90.00	81.97
48	—	1,598	82.00–100.00	93.48
27	—	1,718	93.00–108.00	101.17

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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