Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 156 priced lines covering 4,906 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,736 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 906 head. replacement cattle receipts at 620 head. Counted as USDA files them — 95 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,736Last week 8,135Year ago 6,553

Slaughter CattleReceipts 906Last week 736Year ago 1,106

Replacement CattleReceipts 620Last week 557Year ago 440

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady. A moderate increase in cattle coming to sale barns this week likely due to majority of the state experiencing drought conditions. Year to date receipts totaled 394,433 compared to 420,962 year ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	400.00–420.00	409.26
6	300–350	326	389.00–440.00	425.40
11	350–400	364	354.00–430.00	375.07
14	400–450	423	370.00–425.00	395.23
22	450–500	482	345.00–410.00	358.41
10	500–550	525	326.00–370.00	334.54
5	550–600	576	315.00–345.00	332.64
5	600–650	625	306.00–327.00	316.50
2	650–700	655	325.00	325.00
6	700–750	718	288.00–320.00	304.39
1	750–800	795	302.00	302.00
1	800–850	830	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	530.00	530.00
2	250–300	270	465.00	465.00
14	300–350	328	425.00–510.00	464.59
6	350–400	380	415.00–470.00	443.50
48	400–450	425	395.00–455.00	429.08
38	450–500	480	390.00–438.00	421.52
36	500–550	527	375.00–410.00	389.42
52	550–600	574	330.00–390.00	377.34
38	600–650	628	320.00–368.00	352.61
55	650–700	663	300.00–352.00	339.72
19	700–750	719	300.00–350.00	334.74
5	750–800	776	312.00–326.00	317.42
1	800–850	800	307.00	307.00
8	850–900	859	280.00–329.00	318.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	550–600	576	437.00	437.00
68	750–800	789	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	475.00	475.00
3	300–350	315	450.00–500.00	482.54
14	350–400	366	430.00–480.00	458.95
11	400–450	420	410.00–445.00	428.20
18	450–500	463	410.00–465.00	435.08
35	500–550	510	385.00–430.00	406.85
13	550–600	571	365.00–390.00	372.70
20	600–650	624	330.00–369.00	358.42
10	650–700	664	320.00–352.00	340.70
2	700–750	728	332.00–333.00	332.51
7	750–800	778	290.00–328.00	313.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	702	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	385.00–490.00	455.00
14	250–300	270	380.00–508.00	482.65
20	300–350	332	375.00–490.00	441.96
23	350–400	372	310.00–445.00	409.96
32	400–450	420	350.00–420.00	400.27
52	450–500	474	335.00–390.00	372.33
42	500–550	531	308.00–365.00	340.30
25	550–600	571	285.00–358.00	320.51
20	600–650	627	275.00–320.00	305.89
6	650–700	669	270.00–290.00	281.31
18	700–750	718	247.00–300.00	275.33
2	750–800	775	275.00–280.00	277.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	223	450.00–630.00	513.28
28	250–300	272	400.00–535.00	491.80
75	300–350	322	395.00–505.00	449.27
72	350–400	372	380.00–450.00	426.50
116	400–450	427	360.00–447.50	404.95
136	450–500	467	350.00–440.00	392.25
134	500–550	525	325.00–400.00	365.16
91	550–600	573	300.00–380.00	346.05
57	600–650	623	294.00–355.00	322.54
42	650–700	669	282.00–338.00	306.42
14	700–750	721	265.00–313.00	282.66
5	750–800	770	255.00–300.00	282.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	200–250	221	470.00–770.00	622.81
13	250–300	276	430.00–545.00	491.29
46	300–350	317	400.00–570.00	470.75
38	350–400	372	395.00–475.00	431.97
70	400–450	420	390.00–460.00	423.62
64	450–500	468	360.00–440.00	398.84
98	500–550	522	345.00–406.00	375.24
49	550–600	570	320.00–380.00	351.97
52	600–650	615	300.00–362.00	330.93
23	650–700	661	295.00–348.00	315.81
22	700–750	711	285.00–328.00	296.45
10	750–800	780	280.00–305.00	291.67
1	850–900	855	270.00	270.00
7	900–950	925	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	230	400.00–660.00	500.94
19	250–300	277	430.00–455.00	444.99
72	300–350	329	365.00–450.00	422.51
90	350–400	376	355.00–420.00	398.26
96	400–450	421	340.00–400.00	378.19
136	450–500	470	320.00–380.00	355.26
160	500–550	523	308.00–360.00	338.21
115	550–600	571	300.00–345.00	327.07
79	600–650	626	280.00–335.00	315.98
60	650–700	672	285.00–322.00	311.05
7	700–750	724	260.00–305.00	287.10
7	750–800	772	240.00–295.00	268.68
1	800–850	820	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	460.00	460.00
7	250–300	285	430.00–445.00	440.75
7	300–350	317	345.00–430.00	401.50
38	350–400	380	345.00–405.00	379.47
37	400–450	431	320.00–380.00	344.47
32	450–500	478	292.00–348.00	326.26
27	500–550	524	285.00–330.00	310.29
8	550–600	576	296.00–305.00	301.43
9	600–650	626	260.00–300.00	283.24
8	650–700	673	280.00–285.00	281.22
8	700–750	725	250.00–275.00	265.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	218	440.00–690.00	575.05
20	250–300	272	440.00–490.00	470.75
32	300–350	326	395.00–500.00	447.97
37	350–400	371	400.00–440.00	425.42
61	400–450	423	375.00–420.00	394.67
91	450–500	470	350.00–400.00	370.84
96	500–550	522	320.00–387.00	352.17
59	550–600	564	310.00–380.00	349.29
44	600–650	621	297.00–358.00	319.32
70	650–700	673	310.00–340.00	336.56
7	700–750	729	285.00–334.00	307.89
7	750–800	781	290.00–319.00	311.33
1	800–850	805	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	557	382.50–385.00	382.75
6	600–650	605	350.00–360.00	358.33
1	650–700	680	313.00	313.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,562	160.00–187.00	174.42
57	—	1,620	170.00–197.00	186.39
31	—	1,706	184.00–206.00	196.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,098	136.00–157.00	146.79
67	—	1,084	121.00–150.00	140.75
46	—	994	112.00–140.00	130.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,436	144.00–169.00	163.46
20	—	1,447	143.00–162.00	154.59
28	—	1,465	145.00–177.00	161.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,152	140.00–159.00	150.34
54	—	1,298	146.00–177.00	166.11
146	—	1,208	139.00–169.00	158.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	4,100.00–4,300.00	4,166.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	4,250.00	4,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	—	—	1,500.00–4,600.00	3,218.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	2,200.00–3,200.00	2,530.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	2,600.00–3,300.00	2,740.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,400.00	3,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,750.00	3,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,360.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	2,475.00–4,300.00	3,896.43
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,843.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	49	—	—	1,600.00–2,625.00	2,182.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	—	2,550.00–4,000.00	3,080.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	90	—	—	2,000.00–3,100.00	2,488.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,556.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	1,600.00–2,500.00	2,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	3,350.00–4,100.00	3,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	3,250.00–3,800.00	3,421.43
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	—	1,640.00–2,950.00	2,227.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	—	1,200.00–2,270.00	1,776.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,710.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	1,675.00–2,150.00	1,836.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	—	—	1,300.00–1,800.00	1,519.13

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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