Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2019-10-15

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Oct 15
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
952 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 945▲ 952 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 99▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 53▲ 52 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 1.00 lower, bulls sold 3.00 lower. All feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand on feeders moderate. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.72/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$111.72
105 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.14
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501114.9757624
Medium and Large 2481112.6154150
Medium and Large 3472107.7650931
One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about $68 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 sale105 hd
111.72
—
AL average15 barns · 1,767 hd
111.86
−0.14
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—Low1,74770.331,22810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66946.147707thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28845.0358018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12739.0544017

Every lot

86 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2375141.00/cwt140.00–142.005292
Steers—Medium and Large 1383145.00/cwt145.00–145.005552
Steers—Medium and Large 3390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Steers—Medium and Large 1430142.49/cwt142.00–143.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 3455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
Steers—Medium and Large 1470137.50/cwt137.00–138.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 2472128.97/cwt127.00–130.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added513130.00/cwt130.00–130.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 2520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006502
Steers—Medium and Large 1533128.48/cwt127.00–130.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added551131.00/cwt131.00–131.007224
Steers—Medium and Large 3590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1635124.49/cwt124.00–125.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 1655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 2660116.00/cwt116.00–116.007661
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added670131.00/cwt131.00–131.0087822
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added730122.00/cwt122.00–122.008912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added975104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330117.00/cwt117.00–117.003861
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373116.22/cwt115.00–117.004344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380120.47/cwt119.00–122.004588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425121.53/cwt118.00–125.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426115.75/cwt114.00–117.0049314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428112.05/cwt110.00–115.004809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468115.79/cwt115.00–117.005425
Heifers—Medium and Large 3469108.35/cwt105.00–110.0050810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475112.76/cwt111.00–114.0053610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528102.28/cwt100.00–105.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529109.83/cwt109.00–111.005817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533111.97/cwt111.00–114.005975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564110.99/cwt110.00–112.006268
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567107.21/cwt103.00–109.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 359595.00/cwt95.00–95.005651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615102.00/cwt102.00–102.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 362095.00/cwt95.00–95.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 365590.00/cwt90.00–90.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 277090.00/cwt90.00–90.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 381080.00/cwt80.00–80.006481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305145.00/cwt145.00–145.004421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328145.99/cwt145.00–147.004792
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373127.25/cwt125.00–130.004753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378138.94/cwt137.00–142.005255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390130.99/cwt130.00–132.005112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423127.87/cwt125.00–130.0054113
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424121.49/cwt119.00–125.005157
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427132.73/cwt130.00–135.005675
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471128.37/cwt125.00–130.006057
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472123.36/cwt120.00–125.0058212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472115.38/cwt112.00–117.005457
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522117.59/cwt115.00–120.006146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537120.99/cwt120.00–122.006505
Bulls—Medium and Large 2561114.24/cwt112.00–115.006414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 3595102.00/cwt102.00–102.006071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613110.00/cwt110.00–110.006742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627117.30/cwt115.00–119.007353
Bulls—Medium and Large 2658106.50/cwt106.00–107.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683109.38/cwt108.00–112.007475
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725105.46/cwt104.00–107.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 277098.00/cwt98.00–98.007551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65073.61/cwt72.00–75.001,2155
Bulls——1,84367.04/cwt65.00–68.001,2365
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02040.00/cwt40.00–40.004082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07536.07/cwt35.00–37.003886
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15540.67/cwt38.00–43.0047011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29244.43/cwt43.00–46.0057411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38848.35/cwt47.00–51.006715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66947.00/cwt47.00–47.007844
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67045.00/cwt45.00–45.007523
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3803433.20/cwt425.00–450.003,4793
Bred Cows—Small 3822263.87/cwt250.00–270.002,1693
Bred Cows—Small 1-2855657.02/cwt550.00–750.005,6184
Bred Cows—Small 3855500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,2751
Bred Cows—Small 1-2880352.31/cwt300.00–390.003,1007
Bred Cows—Small 1-2915500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135605.00/cwt605.00–605.006,8671
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,146714.66/cwt700.00–725.008,1905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200799.92/cwt780.00–820.009,5992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,223566.74/cwt475.00–600.006,9315
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3820630.00/cwt630.00–630.005,1662
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2855750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,4132
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2870775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,7432

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.