Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Alabama · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 25
● As filed168 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2006

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them
Alabama reported 168 priced lines covering 5,061 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,048 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,118 head. replacement cattle receipts at 485 head. Counted as USDA files them — 156 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jul 25, 2022
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)
Feeder CattleReceipts 7,048Last week 10,254Year ago 9,088
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,118Last week 2,036Year ago 1,269
Replacement CattleReceipts 485Last week 733Year ago 556

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold steady to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 330,365 compared to 333,870 a year ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
2—795135.00135.00
22—747149.50149.50
34—512148.00–155.00152.94
3—673139.00139.00
7—616138.00–145.50143.29
57—576140.00–150.00144.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
1—510136.00136.00
1—765137.00137.00
8—555143.00143.00
14—669155.00155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
33—368139.00–160.00154.25
11—342160.00–164.00163.38
60—627121.00–141.00133.22
51—423130.00–165.00150.93
3—267165.00–170.00167.73
48—475125.00–155.00145.49
2—930107.00107.00
34—673117.00–139.00131.71
96—584128.00–147.00139.66
103—533126.00–152.00143.33
3—773111.00–135.00123.70
39—709114.00–136.00129.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
137—476115.00–147.00137.42
44—329135.00–167.00149.62
134—424119.00–157.00143.60
4—783116.00–120.00118.01
5—262150.00–160.00152.50
14—674109.00–127.00119.35
30—623115.00–133.00125.69
63—372137.00–162.00149.10
11—72695.00–123.00115.39
102—574111.00–140.00132.53
88—521115.00–145.00135.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
15—607135.00135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
86—424116.00–147.00133.24
38—521110.00–135.00127.28
6—282137.50–165.00153.05
9—624110.00–122.00117.65
67—476110.00–144.00133.29
45—326125.00–162.00145.34
18—575100.00–130.00121.97
64—370120.00–157.00146.56
4—678103.00–115.00111.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
2—730127.00127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
2—810147.00147.00
3—642166.00–170.00167.34
15—534177.00–196.00184.49
4—564172.00–177.00175.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
6—518138.00–142.00140.66
7—319160.00–192.00180.60
18—461142.00–167.00157.22
12—436147.00–177.00161.98
16—685128.00–140.00134.99
16—384160.00–180.00172.92
9—621125.00–144.00135.77
8—578135.00–150.00141.20
1—795130.00130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
124—573152.00–176.00166.96
128—520165.00–180.00171.68
79—625150.00–167.00156.88
39—739138.00–149.00145.32
92—679142.00–159.00153.85
65—467175.00–188.00178.58
16—331190.00–205.00197.97
31—418177.00–199.00186.70
19—782130.00–147.75145.37
24—375180.00–202.00191.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
5—755146.00146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
11—456190.00190.00
8—565177.00177.00
43—522182.00182.00
21—677160.00–165.00161.15
13—777150.00150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
24—625137.00–159.00148.22
42—374170.00–192.00181.59
8—782130.00–135.00131.13
13—668132.00–152.00140.23
35—428145.00–185.00175.80
101—581135.00–166.00157.77
46—476160.00–178.00170.88
44—532154.00–172.00163.73
11—323176.00–195.00185.64
10—726128.00–146.00139.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
1—510170.00170.00
1—350202.00202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
5—713120.00–144.00130.02
1—765130.00130.00
6—275198.00–215.00205.30
34—373162.00–202.00184.39
25—618120.00–165.00141.76
42—568138.00–165.00151.20
14—326197.00–210.00203.59
51—475146.00–186.00169.09
15—675130.00–150.00138.29
29—525143.00–170.00159.47
54—424148.00–198.00179.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
8—447192.00192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
45—371162.00–190.00178.62
36—328170.00–194.00186.33
95—526122.00–161.00150.04
42—624111.00–148.00133.88
91—475126.00–174.00156.33
64—573117.00–155.00142.48
10—735117.00–130.00122.85
9—77797.00–128.00118.54
11—272180.00–202.00186.18
52—430135.00–184.00162.93
19—679122.00–140.00133.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
11—277170.00–195.00181.84
23—575122.50–143.00134.44
3—722100.00–112.00106.40
34—376152.00–180.00167.65
4—678115.00–127.00123.04
37—523130.00–150.00140.73
1—755111.00111.00
16—620120.00–136.00127.67
29—329165.00–182.00172.50
65—423130.00–172.00155.75
64—472140.00–160.00147.25

Replacement Cattle

As reported
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo)16——400.00–775.00569.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)1—805625.00625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)4——600.00–710.00665.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo)1—850660.00660.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo)2—1,190760.00–825.00790.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)5—1,179750.00–1,050.00891.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)63——650.00–1,075.00900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo)2—1,015750.00–800.00772.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo)14——680.00–875.00785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo)5——800.00–1,175.001,015.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)11——500.00–855.00705.91
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Aged (>8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo)1——260.00260.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo)2——900.00900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)6——775.00–825.00800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)1—1,1251,150.001,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)3——1,100.00–1,175.001,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
(<2 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo)3—820500.00–660.00601.99
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open11——600.00–760.00716.36
Young (2-4 yrs)Open16——520.00–732.00613.31
Young (2-4 yrs)Open11—788300.00–740.00574.03
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open5——450.00–550.00510.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Aged (>8 yrs)Open1——490.00490.00
Young (2-4 yrs)Open2——825.00825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Aged (>8 yrs)Open19——550.00–1,075.00862.63
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open74——800.00–1,275.001,033.92
Aged (>8 yrs)Open6——875.00–950.00908.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open5—1,133800.00–1,050.00912.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open6——1,075.00–1,125.001,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo)2—1,190775.00–1,000.00894.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open2——1,400.001,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open1—1,300900.00900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Aged (>8 yrs)Open6——500.00–575.00533.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open20——875.00–1,000.00925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open2—893500.00–650.00585.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open2——1,325.001,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)Open2——1,225.001,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open6——600.00–750.00650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
54—1,61580.00–106.0094.10
21—1,78295.00–115.00102.79
26—1,41073.00–96.0086.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
148—1,12654.00–70.0063.16
181—1,16859.00–77.0068.10
51—1,19866.00–83.0073.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
120—99745.00–65.0055.92
86—93038.00–59.0052.06
65—1,03650.00–71.0059.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
76—1,34260.00–79.0069.77
21—1,37968.00–86.0077.74
39—1,43855.00–73.0065.92
Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.
Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Alabama barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.