The Morning Wire / Alabama / Tue Aug 4, 2026

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Alabama cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Aug 4
● 6 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Tue, Aug 4
Choice cutout closed $2.92 higher at $369.65. 6 Alabama barns reported 387 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Alabama, week of Aug 3 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb497.37/cwt$25.28 higher24112
400-499 lb427.41/cwt$19.53 higher31516
500-599 lb387.68/cwt$9.02 higher41315
600-699 lb358.44/cwt$5.99 higher28815
700-799 lb330.80/cwt$7.83 higher21912
800-899 lb313.78/cwt$13.73 lower232

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Tue, Aug 4, weighted by head. Spread of $23.87 between the top and bottom of 4 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.
BarnStateAverageHead
Letohatchee StockyardsAL392.84/cwt90
Uniontown StockyardsAL386.66/cwt46
Opp StockyardsAL377.80/cwt47
Lineville StockyardsAL368.97/cwt27

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 4 USDA
Choice $369.65, $2.92 higher. Select $346.50, $2.05 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $23.15. 120 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
9,171 head traded Jul 28–Aug 3.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered364.80354
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed FOB365.0070
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered235.811,432
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB233.484,067
KansasLive FOB232.831,476
NebraskaDressed Delivered364.511,620

At the Alabama barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Letohatchee Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Uniontown Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm with good demand.

Cullman Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold sharply lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Opp Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder calves. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Arab Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Lineville Stockyards · Alabama

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)316.11/cwt$0.01 lower596
Boner (85% lean)336.94/cwt$1.92 higher1,488
Cutter (90% lean)338.27/cwt$3.60 higher2,308
Premium White328.24/cwt$0.37 higher1,518
Bull (92% lean)375.96/cwt$0.16 higher299

What published

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Alabama only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.