Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 146 priced lines covering 4,228 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,553 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,106 head. replacement cattle receipts at 440 head. Counted as USDA files them — 74 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,553Last week 7,522Year ago 9,369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,106Last week 1,219Year ago 1,739

Replacement CattleReceipts 440Last week 427Year ago 666

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady. Year to date receipts totaled 420,962 compared to 504,515 year ago.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	—	1,025.00–1,750.00	1,263.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	—	825.00–1,050.00	958.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,395.00–1,570.00	1,458.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	1,275.00–1,450.00	1,341.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	64	—	—	1,345.00–2,950.00	1,818.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	—	1,175.00–2,350.00	1,615.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,275.00–1,830.00	1,584.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,397.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,900.00–3,300.00	2,237.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,925.00	1,925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	—	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,077.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,032.00–1,134.00	1,092.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	3,300.00–3,900.00	3,571.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,800.00–3,600.00	3,062.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,833.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	—	1,500.00–2,800.00	2,055.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,616.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	—	—	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,280.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,700.00–2,075.00	1,934.38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	350.00	350.00
4	250–300	275	345.00–370.00	360.39
9	300–350	332	330.00–395.00	353.38
27	350–400	371	312.00–350.00	327.39
8	400–450	411	300.00–320.00	309.00
14	450–500	480	277.00–294.00	289.56
29	500–550	532	252.00–286.00	271.62
30	550–600	566	246.00–278.00	265.16
37	600–650	619	230.00–259.00	254.17
4	650–700	673	244.00–245.00	244.50
20	700–750	717	232.00–242.50	237.51
11	750–800	775	226.00–232.00	231.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
8	600–650	633	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	267	315.00–335.00	327.85
23	300–350	325	295.00–330.00	319.51
37	350–400	379	292.00–317.00	304.88
49	400–450	436	270.00–299.00	289.51
58	450–500	477	265.00–292.00	277.17
75	500–550	529	250.00–280.00	267.88
88	550–600	573	247.00–268.00	258.04
82	600–650	624	238.00–253.00	242.92
45	650–700	689	230.00–245.00	235.50
30	700–750	738	215.00–230.00	228.19
36	750–800	770	212.00–232.00	228.30
27	800–850	804	225.00–230.00	226.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	333	260.00–320.00	299.44
20	350–400	379	250.00–305.00	279.92
11	400–450	420	235.00–275.00	256.84
10	450–500	476	240.00–267.00	258.86
21	500–550	526	238.00–262.00	252.69
5	550–600	579	245.00–252.00	248.56
28	600–650	628	210.00–245.00	233.09
5	700–750	719	210.00–220.00	213.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	300.00	300.00
5	250–300	282	270.00–285.00	279.67
43	300–350	324	247.00–276.00	263.00
61	350–400	379	235.00–270.00	250.35
80	400–450	423	230.00–258.00	241.72
144	450–500	478	220.00–248.00	233.42
139	500–550	525	215.00–237.00	229.14
126	550–600	576	200.00–229.00	223.13
86	600–650	622	210.00–229.50	220.95
64	650–700	674	194.00–225.00	216.20
15	700–750	719	190.00–198.00	191.43
52	750–800	758	185.00–222.00	217.46
1	800–850	800	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	280.00–285.00	282.61
28	300–350	331	220.00–270.00	242.90
61	350–400	375	210.00–255.00	236.33
58	400–450	425	205.00–246.00	226.86
52	450–500	479	200.00–237.00	222.33
43	500–550	527	205.00–229.00	218.63
30	550–600	576	190.00–220.00	206.21
20	600–650	625	184.00–215.00	203.95
17	650–700	669	182.00–210.00	201.04
3	700–750	727	180.00–185.00	181.66
5	750–800	761	170.00–185.00	177.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	360.00–370.00	364.94
1	250–300	255	320.00	320.00
13	300–350	318	270.00–295.00	280.95
44	350–400	380	252.00–285.00	268.12
45	400–450	429	240.00–275.00	254.07
31	450–500	473	234.00–255.00	242.76
50	500–550	522	223.00–253.00	239.95
103	550–600	567	210.00–244.00	234.99
50	600–650	624	204.00–239.00	228.68
38	650–700	667	210.00–233.00	222.12
12	700–750	719	202.00–215.00	212.15
6	750–800	770	190.00–208.00	199.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	240.00	240.00
6	600–650	620	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	593	260.00–262.00	261.00
6	650–700	680	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	662	225.00–227.50	226.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	340.00–350.00	344.82
9	250–300	278	305.00–332.00	322.22
7	300–350	312	308.00–340.00	322.59
18	350–400	373	298.00–322.00	307.91
33	400–450	420	275.00–305.00	288.78
12	450–500	473	260.00–290.00	271.11
18	500–550	521	240.00–257.00	246.61
14	550–600	573	230.00–250.00	240.22
16	600–650	622	226.00–242.00	232.26
10	650–700	677	205.00–233.00	221.09
4	700–750	731	210.00–218.00	211.97
2	750–800	775	200.00–205.00	202.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	300.00–320.00	306.95
1	250–300	270	315.00	315.00
20	300–350	331	282.00–325.00	299.87
27	350–400	375	280.00–300.00	286.20
26	400–450	426	225.00–270.00	253.49
36	450–500	476	230.00–255.00	243.29
30	500–550	524	212.00–249.00	231.18
28	550–600	574	195.00–238.00	220.91
7	600–650	613	192.00–225.00	211.09
6	650–700	678	197.00–208.00	200.74
2	700–750	728	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	310.00–312.00	311.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	240	320.00	320.00
11	250–300	280	300.00–320.00	311.46
22	300–350	326	280.00–335.00	304.29
22	350–400	382	275.00–315.00	290.73
79	400–450	427	260.00–290.00	275.26
68	450–500	473	249.00–277.00	256.94
99	500–550	521	235.00–270.00	246.21
77	550–600	573	215.00–255.00	232.91
56	600–650	622	193.00–238.00	222.44
30	650–700	665	202.00–235.00	222.86
11	700–750	720	190.00–212.00	200.51
3	750–800	772	185.00–193.00	189.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,410	117.00–131.00	123.01
54	—	1,420	111.00–128.00	121.10
27	—	1,441	105.00–124.00	114.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,222	109.00–127.00	120.46
84	—	1,210	104.00–121.00	113.81
25	—	1,279	122.00–134.00	126.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,019	87.00–111.00	103.77
114	—	1,082	95.00–118.00	111.33
49	—	1,075	104.00–124.00	115.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,526	121.00–154.00	141.80
6	—	1,630	144.00–174.00	156.73
30	—	1,648	135.00–165.00	149.31

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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