Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 134 priced lines covering 2,762 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,042 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 670 head. replacement cattle receipts at 358 head. Counted as USDA files them — 41 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,042Last week 5,058Year ago 4,033

Slaughter CattleReceipts 670Last week 908Year ago 794

Replacement CattleReceipts 358Last week 445Year ago 286

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers sold mostly steady, feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold steady. Year to date receipts totaled 206,754 compared to 244,409 year ago.

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	34	—	—	1,200.00–1,950.00	1,795.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	—	1,500.00–2,050.00	1,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	—	1,475.00–1,950.00	1,732.75
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	900.00–1,375.00	1,208.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	915.00–1,325.00	1,084.29
Bred Cows — Small 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	—	—	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,203.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	—	1,900.00–2,650.00	2,370.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,075.00–1,600.00	1,490.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	950.00–1,650.00	1,366.67
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	970.00–1,225.00	1,156.36
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	1,675.00–2,100.00	1,853.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	675.00–900.00	787.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,616.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	925.00–1,050.00	987.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,076.00–1,276.00	1,173.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	800.00–900.00	844.44
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	625.00–740.00	682.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	370	344.00	344.00
11	400–450	413	324.00–341.00	331.85
20	450–500	471	300.00–335.00	321.12
47	500–550	515	295.00–326.00	315.14
40	550–600	561	288.00–311.00	299.24
50	600–650	620	280.00–300.00	284.07
18	650–700	675	265.00–277.00	271.72
7	700–750	708	250.00	250.00
17	750–800	795	233.00–239.00	235.41
32	800–850	802	238.75	238.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	350.00	350.00
12	300–350	323	325.00–350.00	340.30
21	350–400	374	310.00–355.00	331.79
27	400–450	430	300.00–337.00	318.97
47	450–500	464	285.00–322.00	309.56
71	500–550	524	280.00–310.00	299.37
50	550–600	579	280.00–297.00	286.19
51	600–650	635	260.00–280.00	271.23
8	650–700	671	250.00–275.00	259.06
7	700–750	724	227.00–260.00	238.73
5	750–800	791	222.00–226.00	225.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	320.00–340.00	333.26
17	350–400	376	310.00–325.00	320.43
1	400–450	400	315.00	315.00
9	450–500	470	283.00–303.00	298.38
9	500–550	539	280.00–292.00	284.11
7	550–600	586	270.00–280.00	275.72
3	600–650	628	260.00–267.00	262.40
57	650–700	674	230.00–257.00	248.34
7	700–750	720	230.00–236.00	231.55
2	750–800	753	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	559	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	357.00	357.00
10	250–300	282	330.00–362.00	344.37
32	300–350	322	310.00–352.00	333.95
16	350–400	372	300.00–330.00	316.19
24	400–450	423	284.00–310.00	294.23
14	450–500	474	270.00–302.00	290.79
45	500–550	520	260.00–280.00	266.24
50	550–600	564	250.00–277.00	261.18
83	600–650	629	240.00–270.00	244.97
2	650–700	675	229.00–236.00	232.50
15	700–750	717	221.00–236.00	228.48
12	750–800	773	222.00–232.00	223.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	281	300.00–347.00	325.93
25	300–350	324	285.00–325.00	310.08
40	350–400	373	287.00–312.00	297.36
44	400–450	422	262.00–295.00	279.73
61	450–500	474	250.00–280.00	267.98
80	500–550	531	248.00–271.00	255.92
53	550–600	572	239.00–255.00	247.31
37	600–650	620	228.00–247.00	236.17
27	650–700	672	221.00–237.00	226.84
16	700–750	714	205.00–230.00	217.87
4	750–800	761	198.00–210.00	201.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	310.00–313.00	311.49
11	300–350	324	280.00–310.00	295.85
15	350–400	374	270.00–300.00	285.52
21	400–450	437	260.00–280.00	270.64
48	450–500	476	245.00–270.00	258.51
22	500–550	525	235.00–255.00	245.74
26	550–600	570	227.00–240.00	234.42
11	600–650	621	215.00–230.00	225.49
7	650–700	684	205.00–222.00	214.76
1	700–750	730	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	345.00–375.00	363.49
13	300–350	323	325.00–366.00	343.57
20	350–400	374	285.00–350.00	324.30
31	400–450	427	284.00–325.00	311.46
44	450–500	482	280.00–310.00	290.38
37	500–550	527	265.00–295.00	279.59
16	550–600	576	250.00–285.00	265.92
24	600–650	626	235.00–275.00	250.85
6	650–700	677	235.00–250.00	244.94
3	700–750	718	230.00–237.00	233.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	335.00–342.00	337.39
15	300–350	326	320.00–345.00	331.79
29	350–400	385	308.00–335.00	322.22
16	400–450	430	290.00–310.00	298.15
17	450–500	476	267.00–300.00	282.64
8	500–550	527	260.00–280.00	267.07
11	550–600	568	240.00–260.00	249.61
10	600–650	626	240.00–255.00	244.99
4	650–700	679	230.00–247.00	237.88
5	750–800	757	200.00–215.00	203.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	340.00–398.00	370.04
8	300–350	322	332.00–375.00	352.74
15	350–400	363	320.00–352.00	336.84
33	400–450	417	310.00–340.00	322.89
16	450–500	459	290.00–322.00	301.19
16	500–550	522	280.00–296.00	289.44
5	550–600	572	272.00–280.00	277.59
5	600–650	610	260.00–270.00	266.31
4	650–700	669	235.00–245.00	237.77
8	700–750	726	221.00–235.00	222.82
1	750–800	765	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,199	132.00–154.00	145.95
103	—	1,188	125.00–147.00	139.10
94	—	1,191	118.00–140.00	133.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,039	110.00–123.00	119.21
44	—	1,051	115.00–135.00	126.36
44	—	995	108.00–117.00	113.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,367	125.00–148.00	139.45
22	—	1,421	118.00–141.00	131.35
23	—	1,387	136.00–156.00	144.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,792	156.00–172.00	163.77
12	—	1,437	135.00–150.00	142.59
26	—	1,705	142.00–168.00	155.70

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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