The Morning Wire / Alabama / Wed Aug 12, 2026

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Alabama cattle market

The trading day in one page — Wed, Aug 12
● 5 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Wed, Aug 12
Choice cutout held near $372.28. 5 Alabama barns reported 300 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Alabama, week of Aug 10 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 lb491.01/cwt$6.36 lower16011
400-499 lb422.07/cwt$5.34 lower17613
500-599 lb379.16/cwt$8.52 lower32616
600-699 lb358.19/cwt$0.25 lower45515
700-799 lb334.73/cwt$3.93 higher25812
800-899 lb312.50/cwt$1.28 lower41

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Wed, Aug 12, weighted by head. Spread of $22.97 between the top and bottom of 3 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
Roanoke StockyardsAL375.56/cwt43
Brundidge StockyardsAL365.50/cwt22
Frisco City StockyardsAL352.59/cwt28

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 12 USDA
Choice $372.28, $0.97 higher. Select $349.81, $0.01 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $22.47. 105 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
30,186 head traded Aug 6–Aug 12.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered376.42907
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered239.55980
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB235.103,052
KansasLive FOB235.013,681
NebraskaDressed Delivered369.046,775
NebraskaLive FOB235.0614,791

At the Alabama barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder bulls sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold sharply lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Roanoke Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Brundidge Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Not enough replacement cattle to trend this week.

Kilpatrick Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Moulton Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Frisco City Stockyards · Alabama

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)309.60/cwt$5.55 lower442
Boner (85% lean)326.64/cwt$8.16 lower1,470
Cutter (90% lean)327.88/cwt$9.90 lower2,933
Premium White321.12/cwt$3.74 lower1,641
Bull (92% lean)368.90/cwt$3.34 lower337

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.