Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 175 priced lines covering 5,843 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,288 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,543 head. replacement cattle receipts at 754 head. Counted as USDA files them — 193 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,288Last week 9,590Year ago 9,093

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,543Last week 1,520Year ago 1,366

Replacement CattleReceipts 754Last week 1,204Year ago 645

No trends available due to markets being closed for the Holidays. Year to date receipts totaled 12,140 compared to 12,443 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
33	—	776	112.00–120.00	116.00
104	—	520	130.00–157.00	141.91
72	—	379	150.00–170.00	158.72
109	—	474	139.00–164.00	148.52
92	—	573	119.00–141.25	134.80
88	—	627	112.00–135.00	125.95
70	—	671	102.50–127.00	122.35
74	—	732	106.00–122.50	118.90
85	—	424	145.00–167.00	155.76
26	—	331	154.00–190.00	167.14
4	—	878	90.00–110.00	98.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	795	120.00	120.00
10	—	828	104.00–106.00	104.19
32	—	680	123.50–129.00	125.72
20	—	718	123.00	123.00
10	—	432	156.00	156.00
17	—	497	149.25	149.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	812	118.00	118.00
38	—	759	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	674	100.00–122.00	111.61
88	—	583	122.00–138.00	128.73
48	—	373	140.00–158.00	152.49
52	—	535	120.00–145.00	138.72
6	—	728	112.00–119.00	115.00
58	—	626	110.00–127.00	120.71
37	—	327	138.00–167.00	155.28
70	—	475	127.00–155.00	141.06
9	—	773	87.00–118.00	103.62
41	—	430	135.00–157.00	148.99
2	—	280	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	662	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	107.00–110.00	109.02
1	—	285	154.00	154.00
7	—	577	110.00–120.00	115.14
19	—	514	115.00–142.00	127.12
2	—	720	93.00–100.00	96.55
18	—	329	138.00–153.00	148.16
12	—	376	132.00–150.00	141.90
11	—	624	80.00–120.00	104.07
26	—	468	116.00–140.00	131.15
11	—	432	126.00–150.00	139.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	622	109.00–122.50	116.43
12	—	670	102.00–115.00	106.04
78	—	428	130.00–163.00	149.34
84	—	468	125.00–154.00	140.55
27	—	328	149.00–172.00	160.79
50	—	569	110.00–134.50	120.41
4	—	813	80.00–89.00	85.02
57	—	375	142.00–166.00	156.30
2	—	873	79.00–80.00	79.49
15	—	724	99.00–117.00	109.79
75	—	518	114.00–144.00	130.17
16	—	778	90.00–100.50	97.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	669	98.00–110.00	105.62
2	—	928	80.00	80.00
12	—	729	86.00–105.00	94.22
59	—	375	115.00–157.00	145.92
11	—	768	80.00–97.00	86.68
87	—	577	99.00–126.00	115.35
24	—	326	145.00–165.00	154.99
68	—	625	100.00–117.00	108.41
87	—	470	120.00–145.00	132.09
60	—	422	125.00–150.00	137.82
2	—	816	91.00	91.00
95	—	525	114.00–135.00	124.74
3	—	293	141.00–170.00	153.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	575	95.00–115.00	109.14
24	—	380	125.00–147.00	138.47
7	—	281	147.00–167.00	160.88
49	—	429	104.00–140.00	131.06
27	—	470	92.00–133.00	121.18
3	—	733	90.00–94.00	91.29
5	—	674	95.00–103.00	99.79
16	—	329	132.00–155.00	143.83
26	—	621	95.00–108.00	101.61
26	—	526	105.00–121.00	116.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	371	119.00–150.00	133.32
6	—	276	125.00–130.00	126.40
16	—	716	92.00–106.00	101.49
2	—	770	97.00–105.00	101.08
58	—	668	96.00–112.00	105.28
2	—	813	86.00–91.00	88.51
132	—	524	110.00–125.00	116.99
25	—	330	120.00–154.00	133.21
3	—	975	65.00	65.00
119	—	423	117.00–142.00	129.29
63	—	621	100.00–116.00	108.50
152	—	579	103.00–122.00	113.01
113	—	473	111.00–134.00	124.88
1	—	855	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	706	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	372	114.00–138.00	125.89
39	—	326	120.00–141.00	132.21
52	—	630	90.00–111.00	105.08
14	—	283	116.00–135.00	122.78
70	—	575	95.00–115.00	109.41
13	—	667	88.00–102.00	96.23
95	—	429	109.00–132.00	122.27
64	—	471	105.00–124.00	117.64
84	—	522	95.00–119.00	108.39
6	—	730	80.00–104.00	95.04
4	—	781	94.00–97.00	96.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	134.00–135.00	134.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	411	125.00	125.00
51	—	453	135.00	135.00
24	—	702	120.50	120.50
24	—	624	114.00–119.00	116.79
5	—	378	124.00	124.00
7	—	677	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	119.00–125.00	122.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	474	96.00–120.00	115.41
4	—	263	117.00–125.00	122.83
34	—	373	104.00–127.00	119.69
4	—	726	71.00–88.00	79.85
33	—	319	105.00–130.00	124.27
21	—	580	99.00–110.00	105.39
29	—	424	95.00–120.00	114.11
3	—	617	97.00–103.00	100.66
9	—	669	95.00–100.00	99.00
21	—	523	98.00–113.00	108.01

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	20	—	1,181	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,422.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,142	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,308.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,228	900.00–1,200.00	1,133.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	—	—	700.00–1,100.00	895.28
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	1,010.00–1,075.00	1,042.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,378	950.00–975.00	961.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	—	—	590.00–825.00	729.81
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,013	625.00–700.00	663.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	—	550.00–800.00	706.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	—	1,075.00–1,325.00	1,240.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	500.00–700.00	630.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	730.00	730.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,159	700.00–785.00	737.46
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,224	825.00–1,000.00	910.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	500.00–720.00	587.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	—	500.00–775.00	626.76
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	803	450.00–470.00	459.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	375.00–425.00	398.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	—	270.00–600.00	489.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	490.00–620.00	543.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	—	400.00–775.00	587.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,150	725.00–1,125.00	918.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,126	675.00–900.00	805.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	63	—	—	525.00–1,100.00	823.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	—	480.00–825.00	640.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	—	710.00–1,140.00	910.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,145	850.00–900.00	876.53
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	475.00–490.00	482.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	450.00	450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	685.00–725.00	711.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	450.00–575.00	512.50
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,182.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	550.00–560.00	555.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	480.00–560.00	517.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,008	500.00–1,060.00	737.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	550.00–600.00	575.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	400.00–550.00	475.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	1,160	45.00–59.00	53.80
123	—	1,153	42.00–63.00	50.65
94	—	1,207	52.00–65.00	60.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,007	48.00–58.00	53.46
109	—	1,030	39.00–54.00	46.98
36	—	976	34.00–46.00	42.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,370	48.00–61.00	55.62
62	—	1,351	53.00–68.00	62.07
40	—	1,389	46.00–54.00	51.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,683	70.00–84.00	77.63
32	—	1,848	77.00–89.00	82.37
58	—	1,452	60.00–76.00	70.59

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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