Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 91 priced lines covering 880 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,544 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 128 head. replacement cattle receipts at 175 head. Counted as USDA files them — 62 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,544Last week 4,209Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 1,433Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 175Last week 488Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. All feeder classes sold steady to 5.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 129,959 compared to 146,651 a year ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	613	132.00–133.00	132.86
5	—	668	119.00–125.00	120.19
3	—	570	130.00–135.00	131.64
2	—	320	180.00	180.00
2	—	365	137.00–175.00	155.74
5	—	509	131.00–150.00	138.58
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	86.00	86.00
6	—	443	136.00–142.00	136.97
1	—	395	142.00	142.00
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	135.00–140.00	138.72
5	—	369	150.00–170.00	155.21
9	—	622	116.00–125.00	120.45
4	—	440	146.00	146.00
2	—	580	120.00–125.00	122.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	110.00–115.00	111.64
4	—	628	80.00–90.00	87.59
3	—	588	90.00–100.00	93.31
2	—	205	130.00	130.00
2	—	433	118.00–120.00	118.97
14	—	359	99.00–125.00	119.49
5	—	516	102.00–117.00	109.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	630	100.00–110.00	102.09
3	—	268	140.00–145.00	141.77
11	—	332	106.00–137.00	127.05
28	—	423	101.00–135.00	126.47
4	—	673	95.00–97.00	96.00
13	—	376	110.00–135.00	126.91
18	—	574	107.00–115.00	112.58
25	—	473	104.00–127.00	119.49
21	—	520	92.00–125.00	116.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	150.00	150.00
3	—	740	96.00	96.00
44	—	420	108.00–139.00	126.77
16	—	378	117.00–145.00	140.96
18	—	628	91.00–116.00	109.85
13	—	565	99.00–121.00	111.47
6	—	518	100.00–126.00	113.15
5	—	677	92.00–105.00	99.43
12	—	469	107.00–135.00	128.77
9	—	320	119.00–155.00	136.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	744	80.00–90.00	87.16
4	—	755	80.00	80.00
4	—	525	110.00–117.00	114.22
4	—	435	127.00	127.00
2	—	630	110.00	110.00
5	—	337	114.00–150.00	141.05
4	—	359	115.00–135.00	128.82
16	—	471	107.00–130.00	123.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	177.00	177.00
8	—	609	107.00–125.00	115.48
2	—	688	105.00–112.00	108.49
11	—	509	120.00–142.00	130.65
11	—	559	115.00–135.00	124.89
12	—	317	140.00–182.00	165.79
23	—	411	127.00–160.00	145.63
23	—	469	124.00–160.00	138.89
24	—	384	134.00–177.00	163.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	613	102.00–120.00	112.83
19	—	324	125.00–165.00	151.72
25	—	568	105.00–125.00	119.32
31	—	529	120.00–130.00	125.37
30	—	473	114.00–145.00	131.23
22	—	380	121.00–160.00	143.38
20	—	428	118.00–150.00	136.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,098	660.00–775.00	728.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,150	740.00–800.00	763.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	700.00–920.00	808.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,155	800.00–890.00	845.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,081	700.00–800.00	752.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,219	900.00–1,050.00	971.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,184	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,171.30
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	310.00	310.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	895	625.00–700.00	652.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	925	825.00–900.00	863.11
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	475.00	475.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,078	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,311.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,397	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,494.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,155	52.00–57.00	55.35
2	—	1,013	34.00–35.00	34.51
17	—	981	42.50–54.00	45.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,417	52.00–61.00	58.13
6	—	1,043	45.00–55.00	48.15
32	—	1,169	47.00–62.00	50.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,346	52.00–58.00	53.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,753	86.00–91.00	88.42
11	—	1,655	71.00–85.00	78.68
4	—	1,546	73.00–79.00	75.86

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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