Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 184 priced lines covering 6,397 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,226 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,416 head. replacement cattle receipts at 409 head. Counted as USDA files them — 98 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,226Last week 10,158Year ago 10,899

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,416Last week 1,631Year ago 1,333

Replacement CattleReceipts 409Last week 512Year ago 859

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Year to date receipts totaled 398,708 compared to 358,304 a year ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	574	120.00–143.00	131.61
5	—	807	111.00–117.50	113.29
30	—	717	108.00–125.00	118.15
110	—	625	120.00–135.00	128.49
42	—	321	141.00–156.00	149.02
51	—	371	135.00–165.00	145.52
60	—	430	133.00–156.00	141.29
120	—	524	122.50–145.00	131.09
51	—	666	112.00–135.00	122.57
119	—	477	125.00–152.00	133.81
2	—	880	99.00–108.00	103.50
10	—	774	115.00–123.00	117.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	519	138.00–148.00	142.31
14	—	730	128.00–130.00	129.16
24	—	667	135.00	135.00
3	—	560	136.00	136.00
20	—	616	134.00–137.50	136.07
1	—	305	160.00	160.00
1	—	470	158.00	158.00
2	—	763	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	424	116.00–141.00	131.93
46	—	476	105.00–135.00	124.56
21	—	620	100.00–117.00	112.92
30	—	526	110.00–130.00	121.70
1	—	225	157.00	157.00
35	—	369	117.50–145.00	134.71
9	—	666	110.00–112.00	110.88
27	—	571	100.00–123.00	115.21
2	—	723	95.00–100.00	97.44
13	—	330	126.00–149.00	136.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	561	140.00–141.00	140.08
5	—	658	136.00	136.00
3	—	787	122.00–128.00	126.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	376	132.00–150.00	138.07
60	—	624	112.50–127.00	119.55
4	—	776	107.00–112.00	108.96
15	—	266	144.00–155.00	149.90
1	—	805	95.00	95.00
115	—	429	123.00–147.00	133.22
121	—	475	120.00–143.00	130.92
29	—	324	132.00–157.00	141.48
132	—	523	114.00–137.00	126.88
8	—	714	107.00–112.00	110.06
87	—	572	113.00–130.00	124.19
25	—	672	111.00–124.00	116.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	602	141.50	141.50
75	—	469	164.00	164.00
3	—	435	129.00	129.00
29	—	757	140.00	140.00
77	—	590	154.75	154.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	133.00–134.00	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	669	115.00–141.00	131.60
51	—	424	143.00–172.00	161.63
2	—	775	125.00–132.00	128.48
83	—	623	125.00–145.00	136.68
48	—	371	146.00–177.00	166.54
26	—	327	150.00–180.00	171.00
4	—	811	121.00	121.00
129	—	578	130.00–152.00	140.91
24	—	716	120.00–132.00	130.06
57	—	480	140.00–169.00	157.08
1	—	250	166.00	166.00
66	—	524	135.00–165.00	150.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	474	149.00–170.00	162.50
31	—	373	160.00–190.00	176.99
34	—	426	160.00–185.00	167.96
94	—	573	137.50–168.00	149.19
76	—	730	126.00–142.00	134.07
155	—	521	145.00–175.00	156.49
117	—	674	130.00–153.00	141.13
1	—	1,010	105.00	105.00
152	—	624	130.00–154.50	145.77
11	—	321	174.00–190.00	180.71
1	—	250	182.00	182.00
31	—	782	123.00–138.00	131.57
17	—	831	124.00–128.00	127.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	833	143.50	143.50
52	—	719	154.00	154.00
82	—	592	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,074	118.00	118.00
29	—	814	139.00	139.00
6	—	762	141.00	141.00
6	—	438	176.00	176.00
3	—	852	138.00	138.00
6	—	576	148.00	148.00
80	—	705	142.50–151.50	150.58
33	—	692	144.25–150.00	145.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	798	147.50	147.50
51	—	622	155.25	155.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	565	129.00–144.00	134.84
5	—	624	125.00–137.00	129.44
29	—	426	112.00–170.00	158.56
7	—	321	145.00–167.00	159.33
15	—	377	125.00–179.00	162.82
24	—	486	132.00–167.00	152.11
25	—	532	130.00–150.00	140.18
1	—	680	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	623	117.00–130.00	124.09
4	—	275	182.00–190.00	184.85
72	—	425	135.00–165.00	151.11
105	—	471	126.00–155.00	140.49
28	—	327	145.00–180.00	166.27
75	—	575	123.00–138.00	130.71
12	—	721	110.00–125.00	117.24
57	—	378	145.00–175.00	163.11
29	—	674	117.00–126.00	121.30
114	—	525	122.00–147.00	132.87
12	—	777	96.00–120.00	111.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	623	122.00–142.00	133.13
73	—	470	133.00–167.00	150.22
51	—	375	153.00–182.00	170.65
20	—	721	119.00–132.00	125.24
24	—	330	158.50–197.00	177.39
8	—	768	116.00–123.00	119.60
81	—	574	124.00–147.00	138.34
4	—	820	107.00–115.00	110.95
64	—	420	148.00–176.00	163.63
48	—	666	120.00–139.00	128.84
83	—	523	125.00–152.50	139.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	273	175.00–180.00	178.07
15	—	371	133.00–162.00	155.30
2	—	733	100.00–110.00	104.91
47	—	531	120.00–137.00	129.85
56	—	475	122.00–145.00	134.65
4	—	676	110.00–116.00	114.22
12	—	319	125.00–170.00	152.38
14	—	628	110.00–125.00	117.43
28	—	575	115.00–130.00	122.66
37	—	424	110.00–155.00	142.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	117.00	117.00
5	—	676	135.00–138.00	135.60
2	—	715	132.00–137.00	134.52
12	—	495	166.00–167.50	167.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,028	52.00–71.00	62.69
127	—	1,003	46.00–67.00	57.88
97	—	969	38.00–61.00	54.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,293	71.00–82.00	76.43
44	—	1,388	61.00–70.00	65.86
140	—	1,346	62.00–77.00	71.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,166	60.00–77.00	67.29
98	—	1,126	54.00–68.00	61.68
63	—	1,159	66.00–83.00	72.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,351	72.00–92.00	83.62
23	—	1,822	96.00–102.50	98.90
52	—	1,689	85.00–101.00	93.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,030	800.00–900.00	845.97
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	—	850.00–1,200.00	1,074.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,262.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,605	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,243	1,000.00–1,375.00	1,195.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,063	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,162.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	875.00–960.00	911.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,163	1,225.00–1,375.00	1,302.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,160.00	1,160.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	685.00–1,000.00	933.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,553	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,421.98
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	—	850.00–1,080.00	971.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,298	850.00–1,400.00	1,083.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	—	800.00–1,150.00	947.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,105	600.00–1,058.00	809.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,169	800.00–1,150.00	921.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	690.00–930.00	740.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,173	850.00–975.00	896.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	710.00–890.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,488	1,020.00–1,125.00	1,065.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	520.00	520.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	410.00–700.00	570.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	875	535.00–600.00	565.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	590	450.00	450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	861	400.00–700.00	554.08
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	—	750.00–890.00	838.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	920.00	920.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	893	740.00–850.00	798.84
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	761	425.00–675.00	588.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,183	540.00–1,062.00	830.41
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	878	770.00–940.00	847.81
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	580.00–675.00	631.04

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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