Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2019-09-10

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Sep 10
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
733 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 606▲ 733 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 106▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 28▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.10/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −80.94 against this barn's trailing median of $204.04.
Average price
$123.10
52 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.62
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467128.9360122
Medium and Large 2501119.1959727
Medium and Large 3458115.675303thin
One grade step is worth $13.26/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale52 hd
123.10
—
AL average13 barns · 1,161 hd
115.48
+7.62
This barn, trailing median2 sales
204.04
−80.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,57983.101,31217
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26457.4872656
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49857.258582thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11052.5958414

Every lot

50 lots · USDA AMS · Arab Livestock Market - Arab, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2445141.00/cwt141.00–141.006271
Steers—Medium and Large 2533128.98/cwt128.00–130.006872
Steers—Medium and Large 1618125.00/cwt125.00–125.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 2620122.68/cwt122.00–123.007613
Steers—Medium and Large 1670124.00/cwt124.00–124.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 2683121.00/cwt121.00–121.008262
Steers—Medium and Large 1735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368125.00/cwt125.00–125.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410120.67/cwt120.00–121.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485111.64/cwt109.00–113.005413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487116.33/cwt115.00–117.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement510122.00/cwt122.00–122.006221
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520105.00/cwt105.00–105.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522111.30/cwt108.00–115.005816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545116.00/cwt116.00–116.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573104.01/cwt103.00–105.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580113.32/cwt112.00–114.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618102.53/cwt100.00–105.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665108.48/cwt107.00–110.007212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335135.48/cwt134.00–137.004542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350127.00/cwt127.00–127.004451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373137.64/cwt135.00–140.005136
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416133.76/cwt130.00–137.005565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429125.36/cwt122.00–127.005386
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460117.00/cwt117.00–117.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465129.20/cwt127.00–132.006014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485122.80/cwt120.00–125.005965
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505123.48/cwt121.00–126.006242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521117.68/cwt115.00–120.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578113.53/cwt112.00–115.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610104.43/cwt100.00–109.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615115.60/cwt112.00–120.007115
Bulls—Medium and Large 2667103.98/cwt100.00–107.006943
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46179.43/cwt78.00–81.001,1608
Bulls——1,54784.06/cwt82.00–87.001,3005
Bulls——1,85689.23/cwt88.00–91.001,6564
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11052.59/cwt50.00–54.0058414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13853.26/cwt52.00–54.0060615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29258.05/cwt55.00–60.0075032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37362.49/cwt61.00–65.008589
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49857.25/cwt55.00–59.008582
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,050700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,150825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,4882

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.