Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 168 priced lines covering 4,755 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,587 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 613 head. replacement cattle receipts at 669 head. Counted as USDA files them — 119 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,587Last week 6,764Year ago 7,491

Slaughter CattleReceipts 613Last week 571Year ago 958

Replacement CattleReceipts 669Last week 681Year ago 777

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold sharply lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady. Year to date receipts totaled 285,318 compared to 317,716 year ago.

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,100.00–3,400.00	2,783.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	—	—	2,900.00–4,300.00	3,621.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,191.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	4,900.00–5,500.00	5,254.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	3,500.00–4,550.00	4,130.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	4,300.00	4,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	2,350.00–2,600.00	2,461.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	—	2,400.00–3,300.00	2,920.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	3,500.00–5,900.00	4,061.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	4,600.00–4,700.00	4,650.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,700.00–3,500.00	2,783.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,940.00	1,940.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	—	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,952.94
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	—	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,678.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,920.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,800.00–3,000.00	2,640.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,800.00–2,700.00	2,287.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	57	—	—	2,000.00–3,950.00	3,257.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	—	1,300.00–3,000.00	2,128.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	108	—	—	2,000.00–4,900.00	3,460.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	—	—	2,250.00–5,350.00	3,683.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,650.00–2,200.00	1,915.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	—	1,485.00–1,690.00	1,590.52
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,400.00	2,400.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	2,000.00–4,300.00	3,514.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,500.00–4,800.00	3,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,600.00–2,500.00	2,162.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	3,550.00	3,550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	229	590.00–680.00	631.75
10	250–300	279	500.00–605.00	564.09
18	300–350	324	450.00–550.00	491.88
36	350–400	373	450.00–500.00	481.87
74	400–450	421	415.00–465.00	436.70
56	450–500	469	385.00–440.00	412.64
69	500–550	521	350.00–400.00	372.23
24	550–600	559	330.00–385.00	361.07
40	600–650	622	315.00–360.00	335.82
33	650–700	666	310.00–340.00	326.46
13	700–750	717	285.00–320.00	307.30
1	750–800	760	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	530.00	530.00
6	250–300	276	480.00–520.00	494.56
19	300–350	334	385.00–500.00	474.03
24	350–400	376	365.00–435.00	415.65
33	400–450	420	370.00–420.00	393.09
57	450–500	478	325.00–390.00	368.77
43	500–550	526	325.00–360.00	345.79
51	550–600	578	300.00–345.00	320.18
27	600–650	630	290.00–320.00	309.08
4	650–700	675	275.00–310.00	296.12
3	700–750	742	280.00–295.00	290.04
3	750–800	778	268.00–280.00	275.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	214	535.00–590.00	570.53
14	250–300	280	460.00–550.00	513.05
23	300–350	318	420.00–530.00	481.45
44	350–400	378	410.00–455.00	438.35
93	400–450	427	390.00–445.00	412.08
94	450–500	478	345.00–415.00	383.73
98	500–550	527	310.00–375.00	358.56
86	550–600	571	285.00–360.00	336.90
56	600–650	618	260.00–336.00	315.75
29	650–700	674	285.00–320.00	311.09
13	700–750	720	280.00–310.00	297.21
11	750–800	761	268.00–300.00	284.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
2	750–800	798	2,850.00	2,850.00
3	900–950	918	2,750.00	2,750.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	410	530.00	530.00
1	450–500	490	475.00	475.00
6	500–550	535	432.50	432.50
17	550–600	592	365.00–390.00	375.25
10	600–650	616	350.00–400.00	391.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	425.00	425.00
1	750–800	755	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	208	440.00–450.00	443.28
4	250–300	276	380.00–410.00	392.44
20	300–350	321	350.00–445.00	406.97
32	350–400	372	334.00–405.00	385.55
26	400–450	426	320.00–395.00	361.23
39	450–500	478	315.00–375.00	338.39
37	500–550	529	280.00–330.00	318.29
27	550–600	572	300.00–318.00	310.49
16	600–650	634	290.00–315.00	299.28
13	650–700	670	295.00–325.00	312.13
3	700–750	728	288.00–295.00	290.99
1	750–800	790	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	230	450.00–595.00	514.61
9	250–300	273	375.00–530.00	467.73
38	300–350	323	355.00–465.00	440.43
66	350–400	380	345.00–490.00	419.00
56	400–450	424	330.00–435.00	385.62
57	450–500	466	325.00–405.00	369.76
56	500–550	520	320.00–370.00	347.42
52	550–600	567	300.00–360.00	336.06
45	600–650	620	300.00–370.00	329.53
17	650–700	666	270.00–340.00	320.24
6	700–750	728	277.50–299.00	292.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	227	430.00–555.00	489.44
17	250–300	277	415.00–485.00	445.05
45	300–350	321	330.00–475.00	416.57
66	350–400	380	310.00–425.00	388.52
89	400–450	426	346.00–415.00	374.25
128	450–500	476	310.00–380.00	348.25
168	500–550	522	290.00–355.00	336.65
159	550–600	579	275.00–340.00	328.41
72	600–650	628	250.00–330.00	320.24
35	650–700	679	270.00–316.00	304.33
5	700–750	713	276.00–302.00	291.96
2	750–800	780	294.00–297.00	295.48
3	800–850	830	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	540.00–580.00	559.51
7	250–300	280	530.00–595.00	558.15
16	300–350	323	470.00–555.00	512.61
11	350–400	366	460.00–560.00	489.48
15	400–450	425	440.00–485.00	456.55
18	450–500	467	392.00–450.00	432.25
11	500–550	515	378.00–422.50	410.23
34	550–600	565	354.00–380.00	367.08
21	600–650	616	340.00–355.00	345.54
54	650–700	672	325.00–370.00	348.01
16	700–750	718	334.00–350.00	343.21
8	750–800	750	340.00	340.00
6	800–850	804	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	880	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	337	450.00–460.00	455.10
15	350–400	385	400.00–455.00	423.60
5	400–450	424	410.00–440.00	419.98
14	450–500	479	340.00–436.00	393.28
30	500–550	529	340.00–373.00	356.65
14	550–600	574	320.00–350.00	335.94
10	600–650	620	300.00–333.00	323.63
6	650–700	671	300.00–320.00	312.47
2	700–750	713	314.00–316.00	314.99
2	750–800	785	308.00–312.00	309.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	590	377.50	377.50
48	650–700	678	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	550.00–560.00	555.11
9	250–300	279	470.00–535.00	508.19
34	300–350	334	450.00–540.00	484.97
54	350–400	380	420.00–525.00	447.45
39	400–450	430	395.00–448.00	426.96
64	450–500	477	357.00–435.00	402.71
77	500–550	527	360.00–410.00	382.34
175	550–600	572	340.00–395.00	369.31
62	600–650	620	330.00–372.00	352.25
93	650–700	663	302.00–360.00	338.31
65	700–750	719	314.00–340.00	329.55
17	750–800	762	308.00–325.00	322.74
8	800–850	818	309.00–317.00	313.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,427	161.00–183.00	172.06
30	—	1,461	155.00–180.00	170.86
27	—	1,452	135.00–176.00	163.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,252	155.00–175.00	165.47
72	—	1,279	147.00–166.00	159.46
32	—	1,277	167.00–177.00	171.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,023	140.00–167.00	158.46
43	—	997	110.00–159.00	144.15
65	—	1,039	122.50–166.00	152.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,764	195.00–222.00	208.59
19	—	1,640	179.00–208.00	193.44
18	—	1,516	173.00–198.00	184.85

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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