Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2019-10-01

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Oct 1
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
813 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 780▲ 813 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 87▲ 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 67▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows sold 6.00 lower, bulls sold 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand on feeders moderate. Replacement cows and pairs sold 50.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.01/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$130.01
128 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.31
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529133.2770533
Medium and Large 1-2825133.251,09960
Medium and Large 2528122.7464827
Medium and Large 3553116.876478thin
One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $58 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 sale128 hd
130.01
—
AL average16 barns · 1,371 hd
126.70
+3.31
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—Average1,79573.091,3126thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37851.927169thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26847.2159921
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11740.1544919

Every lot

75 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1415140.50/cwt140.00–141.005838
Steers—Medium and Large 2427130.00/cwt130.00–130.005555
Steers—Medium and Large 2471125.00/cwt125.00–125.005893
Steers—Medium and Large 1494133.33/cwt132.00–134.006593
Steers—Medium and Large 3495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006041
Steers—Medium and Large 1508130.67/cwt130.00–132.006643
Steers—Medium and Large 3523118.99/cwt117.00–121.006222
Steers—Medium and Large 2526123.66/cwt123.50–124.0065012
Steers—Medium and Large 1555127.50/cwt127.00–128.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 2555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 3577115.00/cwt115.00–115.006645
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added584133.00/cwt133.00–133.0077714
Steers—Medium and Large 2612115.40/cwt115.00–117.007065
Steers—Medium and Large 1615121.66/cwt121.00–122.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 2780105.00/cwt105.00–105.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added825133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,09960
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355115.00/cwt115.00–115.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385117.00/cwt117.00–117.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408107.71/cwt106.00–108.0043911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431115.74/cwt114.00–116.0049912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467112.96/cwt112.00–113.0052829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470115.00/cwt115.00–115.005411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475106.43/cwt105.00–107.005067
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527103.75/cwt102.00–106.005475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529111.05/cwt110.00–112.0058716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532112.66/cwt112.00–113.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added533116.00/cwt116.00–116.006187
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560102.00/cwt102.00–102.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574110.77/cwt109.00–112.006365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575105.46/cwt103.00–108.006064
Heifers—Medium and Large 262599.27/cwt97.00–103.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640106.49/cwt105.00–108.006822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement660107.99/cwt107.00–109.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added673108.00/cwt108.00–108.007272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370134.66/cwt130.00–137.004984
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377126.25/cwt124.00–130.004763
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417122.35/cwt120.00–124.005105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422126.57/cwt124.00–129.0053415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430132.40/cwt130.00–137.005696
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466128.47/cwt127.00–130.005996
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466122.71/cwt120.00–125.0057212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3484113.27/cwt112.00–115.005487
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521119.15/cwt118.00–120.006216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528125.48/cwt125.00–127.006634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3531110.16/cwt108.00–112.005855
Bulls—Medium and Large 3555108.00/cwt108.00–108.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576118.69/cwt115.00–122.006844
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587111.96/cwt110.00–115.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 3605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630107.00/cwt107.00–107.006743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643110.16/cwt110.00–111.007086
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668110.00/cwt110.00–110.007352
Bulls—Medium and Large 369097.00/cwt97.00–97.006691
Bulls—Medium and Large 270597.00/cwt97.00–97.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 371592.00/cwt92.00–92.006581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72672.89/cwt71.00–75.001,2584
Bulls——1,92077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,4781
Bulls——1,94570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,3621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10941.60/cwt40.00–43.0046112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13137.67/cwt37.00–39.004267
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15855.00/cwt55.00–55.006372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25145.36/cwt43.00–48.0056714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30250.92/cwt49.00–53.006637
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44151.04/cwt50.00–53.007357
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3777302.44/cwt260.00–350.002,3503
Bred Cows—Small 3850389.62/cwt385.00–395.003,3122
Bred Cows—Small 1-2855565.00/cwt565.00–565.004,8311
Bred Cows—Small 1-2860494.75/cwt445.00–550.004,2552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,065650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,9231
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,130585.00/cwt585.00–585.006,6111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,155441.49/cwt420.00–485.005,0993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,162664.04/cwt615.00–700.007,7167
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180744.48/cwt700.00–785.008,7852

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.