Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 148 priced lines covering 5,496 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,525 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 986 head. replacement cattle receipts at 652 head. Counted as USDA files them — 76 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,525Last week 9,989Year ago 7,093

Slaughter CattleReceipts 986Last week 1,037Year ago 1,336

Replacement CattleReceipts 652Last week 976Year ago 393

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower with instances 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to weaker. Year to date receipts totaled 360,101 compared to 386,768 year ago.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,987.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,875.00–2,550.00	2,395.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,650.00–3,050.00	2,837.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	—	—	2,000.00–3,700.00	3,104.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,400.00–3,600.00	3,483.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	3,500.00–3,900.00	3,736.36
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	3,600.00–4,200.00	3,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	—	2,000.00–2,700.00	2,502.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,000.00–2,050.00	2,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,540.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	119	—	—	1,850.00–3,250.00	2,576.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	—	2,750.00–3,350.00	3,030.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	46	—	—	1,500.00–2,800.00	2,146.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	3,100.00	3,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,800.00–2,450.00	2,091.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	3,000.00–3,600.00	3,322.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,933.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,850.00–2,000.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,100.00–1,650.00	1,378.57
Bred Cows — Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	—	1,950.00–2,600.00	2,223.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,474	154.00–176.00	162.20
17	—	1,423	160.00–175.00	166.93
32	—	1,422	144.00–165.00	156.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,166	160.00–175.00	165.46
150	—	1,167	153.00–166.00	158.48
80	—	1,201	141.00–157.00	150.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,046	130.00–152.00	144.81
39	—	1,069	133.00–146.00	139.75
15	—	978	138.00–157.00	143.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,675	190.00–212.00	200.92
43	—	1,629	180.00–205.00	190.90
26	—	1,614	152.00–189.00	176.32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	375.00–415.00	399.14
34	350–400	376	340.00–400.00	375.28
47	400–450	425	325.00–385.00	361.33
26	450–500	478	330.00–355.00	340.32
54	500–550	526	317.00–344.00	331.90
46	550–600	574	300.00–330.00	318.39
37	600–650	626	304.00–320.00	312.21
16	650–700	666	300.00–310.00	305.39
2	700–750	720	286.00–294.00	289.97
2	750–800	783	270.00–280.00	275.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	219	490.00–560.00	515.06
14	250–300	273	443.00–515.00	477.58
40	300–350	321	420.00–490.00	460.16
51	350–400	369	405.00–470.00	431.48
83	400–450	420	385.00–435.00	407.80
77	450–500	467	370.00–420.00	384.87
103	500–550	521	300.00–390.00	355.56
73	550–600	568	305.00–360.00	346.44
44	600–650	620	300.00–347.00	329.30
40	650–700	662	300.00–335.00	323.66
25	700–750	722	270.00–326.00	308.11
11	750–800	770	287.50–310.00	289.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
12	600–650	620	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	335.00	335.00
13	650–700	659	355.00–375.00	360.02
3	700–750	738	335.00–345.00	338.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	238	440.00–490.00	465.59
14	250–300	270	440.00–465.00	453.70
53	300–350	325	375.00–450.00	431.20
74	350–400	374	365.00–435.00	403.46
127	400–450	427	347.00–408.00	379.07
179	450–500	475	320.00–390.00	358.77
201	500–550	525	295.00–360.00	342.71
108	550–600	579	280.00–350.00	331.11
137	600–650	620	300.00–340.00	321.36
89	650–700	667	260.00–331.50	316.79
30	700–750	713	235.00–310.00	293.90
3	750–800	773	245.00–280.00	263.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	485.00	485.00
4	300–350	328	440.00–445.00	442.60
7	350–400	376	385.00–395.00	387.78
18	400–450	434	315.00–405.00	373.56
31	450–500	477	300.00–388.00	361.23
35	500–550	530	317.00–370.00	341.67
33	550–600	578	310.00–350.00	327.22
17	600–650	627	285.00–325.00	305.14
12	650–700	683	300.00–312.00	305.40
15	700–750	716	270.00–302.00	293.92
1	750–800	780	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	226	590.00–595.00	591.87
14	250–300	277	520.00–570.00	542.74
30	300–350	316	460.00–565.00	504.35
50	350–400	374	425.00–540.00	463.67
112	400–450	425	415.00–465.00	433.77
70	450–500	469	395.00–425.00	406.19
86	500–550	516	350.00–400.00	381.75
48	550–600	562	344.00–377.50	363.91
52	600–650	619	315.00–367.50	341.33
26	650–700	665	300.00–350.00	327.28
16	700–750	716	297.50–320.00	307.46
8	750–800	769	265.00–297.50	281.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	212	525.00–540.00	529.84
7	250–300	271	460.00–500.00	480.95
27	300–350	322	460.00–525.00	485.94
71	350–400	376	390.00–510.00	436.83
74	400–450	428	345.00–445.00	401.48
116	450–500	477	345.00–405.00	384.41
103	500–550	526	340.00–390.00	362.80
100	550–600	574	310.00–372.00	340.33
81	600–650	622	300.00–352.50	325.39
46	650–700	672	280.00–340.00	311.53
35	700–750	723	275.00–320.00	305.41
3	750–800	777	247.50–300.00	266.15
1	800–850	835	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	218	530.00–650.00	585.76
18	250–300	283	470.00–580.00	541.30
31	300–350	324	460.00–630.00	525.73
50	350–400	373	460.00–580.00	483.22
38	400–450	426	420.00–510.00	450.43
66	450–500	468	408.00–460.00	432.02
61	500–550	528	380.00–432.50	411.16
38	550–600	571	375.00–405.00	390.94
67	600–650	641	355.50–390.00	362.52
58	650–700	665	340.00–385.00	362.51
31	700–750	714	325.00–336.00	331.00
2	800–850	800	317.50–320.00	318.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	226	540.00–630.00	566.44
9	250–300	274	500.00–620.00	524.78
25	300–350	335	450.00–600.00	489.62
54	350–400	378	400.00–550.00	446.63
39	400–450	425	400.00–485.00	431.30
45	450–500	478	370.00–440.00	405.25
56	500–550	528	355.00–415.00	386.46
111	550–600	576	335.00–390.00	369.06
81	600–650	625	325.00–370.00	353.92
124	650–700	684	326.00–350.00	334.41
74	700–750	714	320.00–343.00	333.65
25	750–800	773	300.00–333.50	327.09
3	800–850	835	329.00	329.00
2	850–900	858	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	586	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	395.00–400.00	397.60
16	350–400	380	375.00–440.00	403.60
12	400–450	432	350.00–400.00	384.72
13	450–500	475	383.00–407.00	395.64
10	500–550	517	360.00–375.00	365.02
45	550–600	575	320.00–364.00	345.86
26	600–650	623	330.00–350.00	336.08
7	650–700	676	305.00–332.00	322.51
1	700–750	725	295.00	295.00
3	750–800	773	317.00–320.00	319.00

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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