Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 184 priced lines covering 7,093 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,405 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,442 head. replacement cattle receipts at 750 head. Counted as USDA files them — 160 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,405Last week 6,761Year ago 9,298

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,442Last week 1,042Year ago 984

Replacement CattleReceipts 750Last week 377Year ago 823

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold uneven, mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Year to date receipts totaled 36,639 compared to 35,203 a year ago.

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 · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,208	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,193.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	70	—	—	625.00–1,225.00	990.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	800.00–950.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	525.00–700.00	612.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	400.00–550.00	494.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	—	625.00–900.00	843.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	600.00–760.00	665.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	1,025.00–1,350.00	1,212.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,045	925.00–975.00	939.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,014	900.00–1,020.00	941.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,050	800.00–850.00	834.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,025	810.00–910.00	857.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,159	675.00–985.00	838.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,225	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	—	—	550.00–995.00	755.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	—	530.00–750.00	649.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	—	—	675.00–1,075.00	883.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,025	750.00–775.00	762.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,051	750.00–800.00	776.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,101	840.00–925.00	893.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,084	775.00–850.00	800.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	700.00–710.00	706.67
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	893	575.00–650.00	612.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	721	300.00–525.00	427.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	315.00–525.00	445.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	330.00–700.00	522.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	500.00–700.00	592.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	—	750.00–875.00	826.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	200.00	200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	600.00–740.00	690.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	—	370.00–650.00	505.16
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	37	—	—	650.00–950.00	789.19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	685	124.00–133.50	129.04
7	—	559	139.50	139.50
55	—	814	108.00–124.25	123.40
11	—	626	129.00	129.00
19	—	719	128.00–129.00	128.52
28	—	524	150.00	150.00
38	—	462	162.50–174.00	166.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	166.00	166.00
68	—	521	135.00–151.00	141.79
88	—	675	114.00–132.50	123.55
1	—	1,253	85.00	85.00
55	—	726	107.00–127.00	117.51
2	—	955	100.00–103.00	101.49
53	—	326	157.00–200.00	174.48
97	—	623	120.00–136.00	130.27
25	—	874	105.00–115.00	108.91
60	—	372	144.00–179.00	164.32
113	—	574	124.00–141.00	134.91
77	—	472	141.00–175.00	151.27
49	—	423	144.00–180.00	157.07
3	—	913	102.00	102.00
3	—	1,023	97.00–101.00	98.68
1	—	295	182.00	182.00
50	—	774	101.00–120.00	117.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	865	121.75	121.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	723	104.00–117.00	115.28
67	—	686	117.00–128.00	123.05
45	—	427	140.00–166.00	151.55
77	—	528	125.00–152.00	137.47
1	—	800	82.00	82.00
52	—	325	150.00–172.00	165.66
31	—	574	120.00–136.00	131.13
4	—	281	160.00–165.00	163.54
45	—	476	128.00–157.00	142.96
14	—	786	93.00–116.00	107.49
36	—	374	140.00–167.00	157.28
85	—	632	110.00–130.00	123.36
1	—	875	91.00	91.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	154.00	154.00
1	—	840	89.00	89.00
5	—	674	96.00–115.00	106.87
19	—	374	135.00–155.00	148.30
10	—	636	117.00–124.00	118.77
29	—	527	118.00–141.00	130.51
39	—	468	115.00–142.00	133.36
5	—	565	110.00–130.00	123.60
15	—	326	130.00–160.00	148.19
18	—	429	120.00–150.00	140.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	511	133.00	133.00
57	—	785	116.25	116.25
71	—	420	142.50–148.50	146.95
9	—	819	97.00–107.00	102.41
7	—	350	144.00	144.00
13	—	672	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	374	126.00–146.00	137.74
152	—	475	118.00–134.00	125.33
145	—	423	120.00–141.00	132.46
136	—	525	112.00–131.00	121.65
105	—	672	101.00–116.00	108.67
3	—	217	155.00–192.00	176.04
117	—	622	106.00–120.00	113.06
43	—	740	95.00–107.00	101.16
6	—	813	88.00–98.00	89.99
19	—	332	134.00–144.00	140.53
163	—	577	109.00–122.00	117.54
4	—	767	95.00–100.50	99.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	777	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	374	118.00–150.00	129.63
139	—	478	105.00–127.00	119.01
179	—	425	110.00–133.00	122.85
10	—	719	77.00–103.00	92.58
112	—	326	124.00–144.00	133.90
18	—	674	93.00–110.00	101.88
13	—	280	130.00–140.00	133.31
10	—	1,009	77.00	77.00
10	—	774	77.00–100.00	90.44
147	—	524	104.00–124.00	115.51
65	—	570	99.00–118.00	113.33
39	—	624	95.00–114.00	107.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	90.00–102.00	92.79
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
13	—	623	85.00–107.00	97.45
19	—	276	124.00–137.00	132.60
57	—	332	117.50–132.00	125.86
44	—	375	100.00–130.00	119.62
59	—	426	103.00–123.00	115.98
37	—	481	101.00–118.00	111.31
25	—	582	100.00–110.00	104.77
35	—	526	93.00–113.00	106.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	583	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	284	162.00–190.00	170.63
14	—	766	91.00–115.00	104.23
3	—	880	81.00	81.00
1	—	905	80.00	80.00
158	—	522	118.00–150.00	131.17
44	—	674	105.00–127.00	113.44
26	—	721	96.00–118.00	107.14
5	—	219	180.00–202.00	189.23
109	—	469	125.00–158.00	140.61
59	—	329	145.00–186.00	165.61
76	—	620	106.00–132.00	116.49
79	—	375	139.00–180.00	158.21
100	—	423	135.00–170.00	149.28
82	—	570	110.00–140.00	123.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	475	116.00–148.00	134.51
27	—	674	95.00–115.00	108.62
89	—	519	117.00–138.00	131.07
48	—	625	104.00–122.00	113.50
60	—	378	130.00–169.00	150.68
141	—	423	127.50–160.00	144.26
2	—	823	78.00–91.00	84.56
27	—	321	150.00–172.00	158.98
9	—	776	83.00–107.00	98.36
17	—	279	152.00–180.00	165.64
13	—	716	85.00–108.00	102.19
1	—	210	187.00	187.00
59	—	573	106.00–128.00	120.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	523	104.00–128.00	117.11
10	—	674	85.00–105.00	96.20
12	—	279	141.00–158.00	147.84
40	—	475	112.00–136.00	126.30
24	—	571	102.00–120.00	110.52
22	—	367	137.00–155.00	142.44
12	—	322	130.00–160.00	145.94
14	—	624	99.00–110.00	104.61
3	—	780	79.00–86.00	81.64
2	—	733	88.00–93.00	90.51
53	—	417	124.00–147.00	132.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,504	62.00–77.00	70.51
33	—	1,748	80.00–94.00	84.01
86	—	1,719	72.00–85.00	78.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,380	58.00–67.00	62.42
49	—	1,403	48.00–56.00	52.75
148	—	1,356	46.50–68.00	57.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,022	41.00–55.00	49.17
65	—	1,017	38.00–50.00	43.71
20	—	1,065	49.00–59.00	52.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,166	55.00–67.00	61.19
233	—	1,199	48.00–60.00	55.37
91	—	1,175	44.00–54.00	51.03

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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