Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2021-06-08

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Jun 8
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 562▼ 92 vs year ago 704 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 82▲ 30 vs year ago 102 · +29.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 21▲ 15 vs year ago 16 · +93.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to firm. Feeder bulls and steers sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle 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 $131.15/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$131.15
120 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.08
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550132.1672870
Medium and Large 2495130.3764525
Medium and Large 3444129.0957425
One grade step is worth $3.07/cwt here — about $154 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 sale120 hd
131.15
—
AL average16 barns · 1,603 hd
125.06
+6.08
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—Average1,70393.961,60011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42971.781,02624
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14769.7480034
CowsLean 85-90%High99159.6059138

Every lot

71 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2460157.50/cwt157.00–158.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 3470144.26/cwt142.00–149.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1519154.31/cwt150.00–156.0080113
Steers—Medium and Large 2542146.17/cwt140.00–149.0079217
Steers—Medium and Large 2580138.00/cwt138.00–138.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 2604127.79/cwt122.00–131.007725
Steers—Medium and Large 1614139.29/cwt133.00–143.0085531
Steers—Medium and Large 3623117.45/cwt116.00–119.007322
Steers—Medium and Large 2660115.98/cwt112.00–120.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1683126.68/cwt122.00–130.008656
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added721125.00/cwt125.00–125.009014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3282151.36/cwt150.00–152.004273
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313142.94/cwt140.00–147.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380138.03/cwt137.00–139.005252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2393142.00/cwt142.00–142.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419138.01/cwt135.00–140.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422145.16/cwt142.00–148.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430128.48/cwt127.00–130.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474132.00/cwt129.00–135.006267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475137.61/cwt137.00–140.0065411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475123.71/cwt120.00–127.005886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524133.24/cwt130.00–136.006988
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527119.35/cwt118.00–120.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528127.68/cwt125.00–129.006746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554135.00/cwt135.00–135.0074822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569128.71/cwt124.00–131.0073211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578122.51/cwt122.00–123.007082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600122.00/cwt122.00–122.007321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615116.66/cwt115.00–118.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 3633112.00/cwt112.00–112.007092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660120.55/cwt117.00–121.0079611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700112.00/cwt112.00–112.007841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268170.62/cwt170.00–172.004573
Bulls—Medium and Large 3335161.03/cwt160.00–162.005392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345167.00/cwt167.00–167.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370162.00/cwt162.00–162.005992
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385155.97/cwt155.00–157.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423141.10/cwt137.00–145.005978
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430152.86/cwt149.00–157.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467142.78/cwt139.00–147.006679
Bulls—Medium and Large 3479134.79/cwt132.00–137.006465
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518130.86/cwt128.00–136.0067813
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527122.71/cwt119.00–127.006476
Bulls—Medium and Large 3562114.64/cwt113.00–117.006443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563133.33/cwt130.00–136.007513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568126.57/cwt125.00–128.007195
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy600134.00/cwt134.00–134.008041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613130.65/cwt129.00–132.008013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617118.37/cwt116.00–125.007309
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy650132.00/cwt132.00–132.008581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660114.48/cwt113.00–116.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1666123.14/cwt120.00–127.008207
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725114.69/cwt112.00–117.008323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770104.50/cwt104.00–105.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 279098.49/cwt97.00–100.007782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35387.42/cwt87.00–88.001,1832
Bulls——1,77496.51/cwt94.00–98.001,7127
Bulls——1,80591.58/cwt90.00–93.001,6532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93853.48/cwt51.00–56.005029
Cows—Lean 85-90%97763.71/cwt63.00–65.006229
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02160.50/cwt57.00–62.0061820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10278.16/cwt76.00–81.008615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14766.59/cwt64.00–68.0076419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16971.53/cwt69.00–74.0083610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35579.38/cwt77.00–81.001,0763
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38968.12/cwt65.00–70.009469
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47772.62/cwt71.00–76.001,07312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,205822.23/cwt750.00–900.009,9084
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,423938.05/cwt925.00–950.0013,3482
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39601,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0011,6162

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.