Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 184 priced lines covering 7,675 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,979 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,931 head. replacement cattle receipts at 987 head. Counted as USDA files them — 195 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,979Last week 8,357Year ago 8,034

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,931Last week 1,262Year ago 1,193

Replacement CattleReceipts 987Last week 670Year ago 557

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Year to date receipts totaled 369,272 compared to 329,032 a year ago.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	600.00–1,050.00	821.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,119	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	735.00	735.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	550.00–600.00	575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	—	550.00–975.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	748	300.00–525.00	429.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	915	625.00–825.00	725.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	500.00–950.00	665.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	—	380.00–650.00	545.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	900.00–1,150.00	965.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,077.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,315	900.00–1,125.00	1,004.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,124	695.00–1,013.00	818.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,130	725.00–1,100.00	909.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	99	—	—	625.00–1,000.00	811.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	114	—	—	600.00–1,135.00	897.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	—	775.00–1,275.00	1,084.46
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	840.00–880.00	866.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	770.00–830.00	790.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	660.00–700.00	680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,113	850.00–1,100.00	924.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	860	750.00–800.00	777.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	600.00–975.00	776.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,475	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,198	925.00–1,000.00	961.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,458	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,327.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,325.00–1,450.00	1,385.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,328.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	950.00–1,075.00	1,012.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	63	—	—	700.00–1,525.00	1,113.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	850.00–925.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,067	1,025.00–1,135.00	1,091.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,120.00–1,225.00	1,177.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	—	—	650.00–875.00	757.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	800.00–940.00	870.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	500.00–600.00	533.33
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	885	750.00–775.00	761.23
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	864	725.00–1,100.00	871.80
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	712	680.00–730.00	699.11
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	800	400.00–655.00	557.53
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	970	895.00–1,065.00	976.67
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	1,065.00	1,065.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	955	515.00–860.00	694.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	600.00–750.00	681.25
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	835	1,100.00	1,100.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	763	600.00–1,050.00	800.98
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	850.00	850.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	420	145.00–174.00	164.11
25	—	722	110.00–133.00	124.73
89	—	468	137.50–162.50	152.99
48	—	373	154.00–183.00	172.70
12	—	270	180.00–210.00	202.42
14	—	773	110.00–123.00	117.67
103	—	522	131.00–153.00	142.74
99	—	575	127.00–145.00	136.80
38	—	320	168.00–202.00	185.81
73	—	674	122.00–139.00	129.52
85	—	623	125.00–141.00	135.23
2	—	205	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	149.00	149.00
2	—	755	124.00–126.00	125.00
2	—	655	138.00–140.00	139.01
3	—	613	140.00–141.00	140.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	778	95.00–121.00	111.82
18	—	722	108.00–121.00	115.50
43	—	670	117.00–133.00	123.95
61	—	372	140.00–172.00	162.21
78	—	621	115.00–137.00	125.60
99	—	571	115.00–137.00	130.85
141	—	476	133.00–155.00	144.16
134	—	423	137.50–168.00	154.02
43	—	323	160.00–188.00	173.34
5	—	269	172.50–187.00	179.57
129	—	524	125.00–148.00	136.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	765	101.00	101.00
9	—	663	105.00–117.00	110.10
31	—	369	142.00–161.00	153.29
9	—	285	170.00–175.00	171.59
21	—	623	110.00–125.00	117.99
66	—	477	124.00–147.00	134.94
60	—	429	130.00–154.00	144.21
28	—	330	155.00–170.00	163.39
45	—	525	120.00–137.00	129.59
21	—	572	105.00–131.00	122.10
6	—	736	105.00–113.00	109.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	666	128.00–146.00	140.64
87	—	721	125.50–141.00	135.09
42	—	377	158.00–192.00	173.50
83	—	516	140.00–162.00	152.39
103	—	477	145.00–170.00	160.27
11	—	800	132.50	132.50
177	—	572	135.00–159.00	146.66
63	—	776	122.00–138.00	133.38
76	—	429	154.00–180.00	163.08
22	—	329	165.00–200.00	185.75
4	—	290	168.00–172.00	170.03
2	—	225	177.00	177.00
184	—	629	132.00–154.00	143.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	776	120.00–132.00	129.60
59	—	480	138.00–167.00	151.44
109	—	579	125.00–151.00	142.57
17	—	421	150.00–172.00	156.00
36	—	381	155.00–177.00	166.95
8	—	321	170.00–180.00	173.29
20	—	735	120.00–135.00	129.02
25	—	659	125.00–141.00	136.33
37	—	619	123.00–144.00	135.50
100	—	522	130.00–158.00	148.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	722	137.50–138.00	137.65
29	—	676	138.00–149.00	138.37
24	—	570	156.00–162.00	156.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	159.00–167.00	163.02
16	—	566	130.00–142.00	134.68
5	—	414	140.00–162.00	156.11
9	—	376	151.00–170.00	157.91
10	—	469	135.00–155.00	146.62
4	—	719	114.00–120.00	115.52
7	—	518	136.00–150.00	144.41
4	—	683	125.00–131.00	127.75
5	—	613	118.00–125.00	122.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	717	112.00–127.00	119.96
111	—	470	125.00–150.00	137.48
2	—	215	170.00	170.00
1	—	850	112.00	112.00
106	—	429	126.00–155.00	140.10
185	—	626	122.00–136.00	128.21
69	—	375	143.00–164.00	151.69
192	—	526	122.00–145.00	133.34
102	—	670	114.00–133.00	125.63
134	—	574	116.00–140.00	130.83
12	—	771	110.00–120.00	114.00
29	—	323	142.00–176.00	155.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	649	136.00	136.00
21	—	555	141.50–144.00	141.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	372	129.00–152.00	141.53
6	—	716	110.00–115.00	112.03
29	—	675	105.00–122.00	113.64
72	—	325	140.00–162.00	150.16
6	—	766	100.00–108.00	103.83
128	—	426	120.00–150.00	135.23
61	—	621	105.00–126.00	120.18
113	—	570	114.00–131.00	124.51
195	—	522	115.00–135.00	127.46
17	—	273	150.00–163.00	157.10
165	—	472	120.00–142.00	132.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	139.00	139.00
55	—	609	135.50	135.50
7	—	670	135.00	135.00
29	—	537	139.00–142.00	141.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	110.00–117.00	114.47
25	—	327	127.50–144.00	137.27
5	—	723	95.00–107.00	101.32
40	—	524	110.00–127.00	117.23
39	—	469	114.00–134.00	124.30
17	—	573	105.00–122.00	115.60
65	—	423	115.00–141.00	129.71
64	—	376	123.00–153.00	137.90
7	—	276	145.00–150.00	145.76
5	—	673	105.00–108.00	106.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,437	70.00–94.00	80.55
40	—	1,829	89.00–106.00	97.75
66	—	1,543	81.00–100.00	88.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,341	60.00–75.00	68.12
15	—	1,426	68.00–82.00	75.18
70	—	1,297	54.00–71.00	64.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,003	39.00–59.00	49.90
52	—	1,016	47.00–69.00	61.15
150	—	995	43.00–68.00	56.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,154	64.00–81.00	70.51
199	—	1,089	50.00–67.00	59.20
416	—	1,132	57.00–72.00	64.59

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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