The Morning Wire / Alabama / Mon Oct 26, 2026

Alabama cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 26

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 26

Choice cutout closed $3.65 higher at $369.44. 4 Alabama barns reported 238 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Alabama, week of Oct 26 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	453.81/cwt	$25.43 lower	74	9
400-499 lb	417.10/cwt	$10.52 higher	116	11
500-599 lb	385.06/cwt	$15.81 higher	259	13
600-699 lb	347.22/cwt	$11.77 higher	146	13
700-799 lb	320.39/cwt	$4.60 higher	59	8
800-899 lb	319.56/cwt	$4.60 lower	66	5

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 26 USDA

Choice $369.44, $3.65 higher. Select $357.56, $4.87 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.88. 89 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

391 head traded Oct 17–Oct 23.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.50	152
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Alabama barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder calves. Replacement cattle sold firm.
Florence Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady to firm. Trade moderate to good demand on feeder cattle.
Dothan Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder bulls and steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.
Russellville Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle market not recorded. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.
Ashville Stockyards · Alabama

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	243.48/cwt	$2.44 lower	628
Boner (85% lean)	250.13/cwt	$1.17 lower	1,980
Cutter (90% lean)	253.64/cwt	$1.94 lower	4,027
Premium White	261.10/cwt	$3.64 lower	1,492
Bull (92% lean)	315.79/cwt	$2.96 lower	474

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.