Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2020-06-09

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Jun 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
704 head
▲ 704 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 698 · +0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 0▼ 90 vs year ago 192 · −46.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 0▼ 25 vs year ago 41 · −61.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.82/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$122.82
109 head · 727 lb average
Value per head Derived
$892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.65
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1621134.8883720
Medium and Large 3534130.266968thin
Medium and Large 2772119.1091981
One grade step is worth $15.77/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale109 hd
122.82
—
AL average11 barns · 661 hd
130.47
−7.65
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—Average1,93898.541,9106thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62064.971,0533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21663.8477761
CowsLean 85-90%Average98861.026033thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2464152.69/cwt150.00–154.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 1500145.00/cwt145.00–145.007255
Steers—Medium and Large 2513139.31/cwt136.00–142.007153
Steers—Medium and Large 3534130.26/cwt130.00–131.006968
Steers—Medium and Large 2566139.00/cwt139.00–139.007878
Steers—Medium and Large 2622126.99/cwt125.00–129.0079014
Steers—Medium and Large 1661131.50/cwt131.50–131.5086915
Steers—Medium and Large 2680124.00/cwt124.00–124.008432
Steers—Medium and Large 2712121.50/cwt121.50–121.508653
Steers—Medium and Large 2826115.00/cwt115.00–115.0095026
Steers—Medium and Large 2913104.00/cwt104.00–104.009504
Steers—Medium and Large 2985103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,01918
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419124.96/cwt123.00–127.005246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423132.01/cwt130.00–135.005584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463135.49/cwt135.00–136.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469132.44/cwt130.00–134.006216
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474123.50/cwt123.00–125.005854
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517115.34/cwt115.00–116.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523123.16/cwt120.00–125.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524127.65/cwt126.00–129.0066916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563116.67/cwt115.00–118.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588123.00/cwt123.00–123.007237
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620113.62/cwt110.00–116.007043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620107.00/cwt107.00–107.006631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2661107.23/cwt104.00–108.0070912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675113.00/cwt113.00–113.007631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789107.25/cwt107.25–107.2584612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2257174.03/cwt172.00–175.004473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260187.00/cwt187.00–187.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390157.00/cwt157.00–157.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417144.06/cwt140.00–147.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422136.34/cwt135.00–137.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423156.66/cwt156.00–157.006633
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475143.34/cwt141.00–148.0068110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483137.80/cwt137.00–138.006665
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515130.98/cwt129.00–132.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516136.55/cwt135.00–140.007059
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553132.00/cwt131.00–133.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576125.23/cwt124.00–127.007214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627117.69/cwt117.00–119.007383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660120.51/cwt120.00–121.007952
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663113.96/cwt112.00–116.007562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,87498.25/cwt97.00–99.001,8415
Bulls——2,260100.00/cwt100.00–100.002,2601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98861.02/cwt58.00–64.006033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05758.72/cwt56.00–60.006219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23663.69/cwt61.00–67.0078741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27468.59/cwt68.00–71.0087411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62064.97/cwt64.00–66.001,0533
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2993900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,9373
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,4952

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.