The Morning Wire / Alabama / Wed Oct 28, 2026

Alabama cattle market

The trading day in one page — Wed, Oct 28

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The market in a line

Wed, Oct 28

Choice cutout closed $3.22 lower at $369.00. 5 Alabama barns reported 354 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

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, Oct 28, weighted by head. Spread of $2.88 between the top and bottom of 2 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
Brundidge Stockyards	AL	389.63/cwt	55
Roanoke Stockyards	AL	386.75/cwt	54

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 28 USDA

Choice $369.00, $3.22 lower. Select $355.25, $3.60 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.75. 107 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

11,551 head traded Oct 22–Oct 28.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	357.12	1,980
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	224.23	4,381
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.19	3,735
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	353.00	885
Nebraska	Live FOB	224.36	314

At the Alabama barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.
Roanoke Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold sharply lower. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.
Brundidge Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder calves. Replacement cattle sold steady.
Moulton Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.
Kilpatrick Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle were lightly tested. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers and bulls were unevenly steady.
Frisco City Stockyards · Alabama

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	244.29/cwt	$3.13 higher	558
Boner (85% lean)	251.31/cwt	$2.50 higher	1,757
Cutter (90% lean)	254.76/cwt	$2.00 higher	3,900
Premium White	264.63/cwt	$0.12 lower	1,586
Bull (92% lean)	309.89/cwt	$2.03 lower	428

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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.