Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 152 priced lines covering 3,841 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,152 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,182 head. replacement cattle receipts at 713 head. Counted as USDA files them — 167 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,152Last week 6,910Year ago 7,625

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,182Last week 1,003Year ago 1,618

Replacement CattleReceipts 713Last week 651Year ago 714

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Trade active with good to very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold firm. Year to date receipts totaled 114,667 compared to 127,024 year ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	274	368.00–380.00	375.79
20	300–350	326	335.00–380.00	360.99
32	350–400	374	325.00–370.00	348.34
76	400–450	426	310.00–340.00	327.59
47	450–500	470	220.00–330.00	310.78
75	500–550	520	280.00–300.00	294.41
22	550–600	573	260.00–294.00	280.05
32	600–650	624	245.00–274.00	255.98
15	650–700	671	229.00–254.00	244.89
19	700–750	719	214.00–240.00	226.90
8	750–800	777	210.00–220.00	215.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
2	250–300	278	380.00–385.00	382.34
16	300–350	324	370.00–390.00	377.14
19	350–400	369	340.00–385.00	363.92
27	400–450	425	325.00–365.00	342.77
32	450–500	470	320.00–340.00	329.04
26	500–550	517	302.00–330.00	313.61
12	550–600	566	280.00–305.00	295.69
8	600–650	616	255.00–282.00	273.36
5	650–700	669	235.00–275.00	250.02
5	700–750	719	225.00–256.00	241.46
2	750–800	768	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	800	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	370.00	370.00
5	250–300	281	330.00–365.00	356.05
28	300–350	319	320.00–360.00	340.28
40	350–400	372	315.00–350.00	337.12
36	400–450	423	297.00–325.00	314.47
46	450–500	474	270.00–310.00	299.25
26	500–550	524	260.00–290.00	279.28
13	550–600	575	250.00–280.00	266.45
13	600–650	624	240.00–262.00	248.41
3	650–700	665	220.00–252.00	238.37
3	700–750	727	217.00–235.00	227.37
1	750–800	755	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	405.00	405.00
12	300–350	327	380.00–410.00	396.44
14	350–400	375	360.00–390.00	375.55
28	400–450	424	340.00–375.00	356.10
22	450–500	469	325.00–355.00	339.95
66	500–550	522	310.00–340.00	331.82
8	550–600	566	280.00–315.00	299.34
26	600–650	612	271.00–290.00	276.32
5	650–700	665	255.00–265.00	261.21
4	700–750	709	250.00–257.50	253.77
7	750–800	767	240.00–244.00	242.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	649	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	326	355.00–390.00	375.83
30	350–400	370	330.00–375.00	359.57
35	400–450	424	320.00–350.00	339.45
47	450–500	476	290.00–340.00	324.14
27	500–550	519	270.00–322.00	302.36
11	550–600	571	260.00–300.00	282.25
43	600–650	646	250.00–280.00	277.80
13	650–700	676	240.00–270.00	254.18
19	700–750	735	235.00–248.00	241.03
6	750–800	778	227.00–244.00	236.15
2	950–1000	995	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	326	345.00–360.00	352.91
25	350–400	377	325.00–355.00	338.74
28	400–450	423	310.00–340.00	326.56
10	450–500	481	305.00–328.00	315.49
16	500–550	525	270.00–310.00	294.33
9	550–600	571	280.00–290.00	283.68
4	600–650	616	235.00–265.00	251.14
5	650–700	684	240.00–260.00	252.94
5	700–750	740	220.00–230.00	228.01
2	750–800	795	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	350.00–360.00	355.17
12	250–300	279	330.00–370.00	346.14
31	300–350	321	310.00–372.00	334.07
60	350–400	374	300.00–359.00	317.07
65	400–450	420	291.00–335.00	304.32
50	450–500	472	280.00–310.00	290.14
64	500–550	522	255.00–290.00	271.26
26	550–600	570	240.00–275.00	257.12
37	600–650	631	225.00–260.00	242.72
19	650–700	663	220.00–252.00	237.59
9	700–750	724	210.00–240.00	223.84
2	750–800	765	205.00–217.00	210.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	274	315.00–350.00	331.94
54	300–350	328	290.00–350.00	316.18
73	350–400	373	280.00–337.00	301.15
91	400–450	428	275.00–320.00	288.66
102	450–500	474	260.00–297.00	275.07
101	500–550	523	240.00–275.00	260.45
22	550–600	574	225.00–260.00	247.47
64	600–650	636	210.00–250.00	238.70
20	650–700	673	190.00–238.00	216.53
36	700–750	738	170.00–222.00	214.15
8	750–800	776	200.00–209.00	202.72
4	800–850	800	180.00–204.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	345.00–365.00	354.45
5	350–400	357	335.00	335.00
6	400–450	422	325.00–332.00	326.13
5	450–500	461	310.00–312.00	310.79
1	500–550	535	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	335.00	335.00
10	250–300	274	300.00–332.00	311.57
32	300–350	328	280.00–330.00	300.58
31	350–400	375	260.00–322.00	288.53
54	400–450	428	240.00–304.00	271.34
67	450–500	475	245.00–285.00	260.43
38	500–550	525	220.00–262.00	246.60
19	550–600	579	210.00–250.00	231.01
18	600–650	624	190.00–234.00	220.14
13	650–700	673	170.00–220.00	204.99
9	700–750	733	155.00–208.00	187.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,261	129.00–152.00	138.19
155	—	1,245	114.00–145.00	130.71
125	—	1,168	114.00–136.00	123.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,033	107.00–130.00	116.80
89	—	1,010	99.00–122.00	110.05
44	—	994	93.00–115.00	102.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,487	118.00–144.00	127.84
27	—	1,443	110.00–130.00	122.01
49	—	1,388	126.00–142.00	134.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,544	133.00–155.00	144.54
36	—	1,553	125.00–145.00	134.39
42	—	1,799	135.00–165.00	151.87

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	—	—	1,450.00–2,150.00	1,767.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	—	1,300.00–1,750.00	1,524.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	—	—	925.00–1,710.00	1,290.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,909.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,850.00–2,025.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,113.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	975.00–1,250.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,083.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	1,150.00–1,350.00	1,265.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	1,275.00–1,700.00	1,485.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,100.00–1,550.00	1,345.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	2,100.00–2,550.00	2,376.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,237.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	68	—	—	1,550.00–2,550.00	2,134.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	—	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,382.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	1,200.00–1,850.00	1,531.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	875.00–975.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,346.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,550.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	900.00–1,100.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,043.00–1,385.00	1,175.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	—	730.00–885.00	805.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,400.00–1,516.00	1,452.67

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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