The Morning Wire / Alabama / Mon Oct 19, 2026

Alabama cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 19

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 19

Choice cutout held near $371.58. 5 Alabama barns reported 357 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Alabama, week of Oct 19 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.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	479.24/cwt	$7.55 higher	206	10
400-499 lb	406.58/cwt	$4.51 lower	213	12
500-599 lb	369.25/cwt	$5.61 higher	315	14
600-699 lb	335.45/cwt	$0.33 lower	343	13
700-799 lb	315.79/cwt	$11.39 lower	133	10
800-899 lb	324.16/cwt	$10.77 higher	174	3

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Oct 19, weighted by head. Spread of $25.88 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.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Florence Stockyards	AL	386.00/cwt	30
New Brockton Stockyards	AL	360.43/cwt	22
Dothan Stockyards	AL	360.12/cwt	29

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 19 USDA

Choice $371.58, $0.73 lower. Select $359.91, $6.86 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.67. 104 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

24,753 head traded Oct 10–Oct 16.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.40	3,231
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	350.84	679
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	225.48	73
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.03	5,858
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.23	9,484
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	354.00	639

At the Alabama barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder calves. Replacement cattle sold steady.
Florence Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady to firm. There were no pairs recorded. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.
Dothan Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.
New Brockton Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.
Ashville Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.
Russellville Stockyards · Alabama

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	253.23/cwt	$7.83 higher	607
Boner (85% lean)	257.45/cwt	$0.90 lower	2,166
Cutter (90% lean)	258.95/cwt	$0.59 lower	4,122
Premium White	268.75/cwt	$5.43 lower	1,221
Bull (92% lean)	319.76/cwt	$2.27 higher	390

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.