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The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

42 lots covering 11,832 head for delivery across Current, May, Jun, Jul-Aug, Aug-Sep, Oct to 3 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays sale is coming from the Alabama Cattlemen's Association in Montgomery, AL. This week's offering featured numerous attractive loads of yearling cattle and beef dairy cross cattle with multiple rounds of vaccinations and optimal flesh conditions. The bulk of the feeder cattle were located in the Southeastern Region, with the balance coming out of the South Central and Upper Midwest regions. Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the sale day, and up to and including May, 8 2025.

Current delivery

15 lots · 2,374 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	650–700	650	316.00/cwt	316.00	Southeast	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	650–700	675	323.00/cwt	323.00	Southeast	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	908	264.73/cwt	259.00–267.50	Southeast	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	833	284.82/cwt	281.00–287.50	Southeast	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	756	311.14/cwt	287.00–317.50	Southeast	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	875	271.57/cwt	268.00–281.50	Southeast	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	278.00/cwt	278.00	Southeast	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	925	269.25/cwt	268.50–270.00	Southeast	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	950–1000	975	253.50/cwt	253.50	Southeast	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00	Southeast	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	600–650	640	301.00/cwt	301.00	Southeast	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	840	246.00/cwt	246.00	Southeast	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	550	327.00/cwt	327.00	Southeast	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	835	261.00/cwt	261.00	South Central	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	760	266.68/cwt	266.00–267.00	Southeast	208

May delivery

18 lots · 6,014 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	800–850	800	255.00/cwt	255.00	Southeast	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	252.50/cwt	252.50	Southeast	355
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	925	241.50/cwt	241.50	Southeast	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	707	281.93/cwt	278.00–285.00	Southeast	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	807	261.29/cwt	261.00–262.00	Southeast	449
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	900–950	920	260.00/cwt	260.00	Southeast	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	756	311.26/cwt	306.00–315.00	Southeast	606
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	826	284.35/cwt	275.00–288.00	Southeast	754
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	560	381.00/cwt	381.00	Southeast	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	877	271.37/cwt	268.00–274.00	Southeast	469
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	825	282.63/cwt	282.00–283.25	South Central	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	919	268.50/cwt	265.50–272.00	Southeast	507
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	850–900	850	273.00/cwt	273.00	Southeast	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	817	292.08/cwt	290.00–293.00	Southeast	827
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	600–650	605	343.00/cwt	343.00	Southeast	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	725	309.00/cwt	309.00	Southeast	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	767	268.36/cwt	265.50–272.25	Southeast	549
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	800–850	825	240.00/cwt	240.00	Southeast	16

Jun delivery

5 lots · 999 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	750	272.00/cwt	272.00	South Central	350
Dairy Steers	Large 2None	750–800	750	242.00/cwt	242.00	Northeast/Upper Midwest (Great Lakes)	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	600–650	600	357.50/cwt	357.00–358.00	Southeast	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	825	283.50/cwt	283.50	South Central	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	650–700	680	326.00/cwt	326.00	Southeast	78

Jul-Aug delivery

2 lots · 1,579 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2NHTC	650–700	658	320.57/cwt	310.00–326.00	South Central	1,121
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2None	650–700	650	296.00/cwt	296.00	South Central	458

Aug-Sep delivery

1 lot · 750 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2NHTC	750–800	750	313.50/cwt	313.50	South Central	750

Oct delivery

1 lot · 116 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2None	850–900	850	268.00/cwt	268.00	Northeast/Upper Midwest (Great Lakes)	116

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them

Region	States
Northeast/Upper Midwest (Great Lakes)	CT, DE, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WI
South Central	KS, MO, NM, OK, TX
Southeast	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV

Source: USDA AMS · Montgomery, AL. Prices are as filed, F.O.B. at origin, with the buyer taking freight — they are not comparable to a spot ring price and never enter a barn average. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold. Delivery months differ between lots; a price for one month is not a price for another. Head is summed from the lots as reported.

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