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Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Jun 22
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
578 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 672▼ 53 vs year ago 631 · −8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 123▲ 4 vs year ago 236 · +1.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 39▲ 26 vs year ago 54 · +48.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady to firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. 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 $131.27/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$131.27
87 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530132.4370135
Medium and Large 2485131.4363833
Medium and Large 3458128.8559119thin
One grade step is worth $3.58/cwt here — about $111 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 sale87 hd
131.27
—
AL average14 barns · 1,309 hd
129.24
+2.03
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—Average1,62695.681,55617
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40373.311,02947
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11670.2678482
CowsLean 85-90%Average98861.0460356

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 2465152.00/cwt152.00–152.007071
Steers—Medium and Large 1500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 2534142.76/cwt140.00–147.007624
Steers—Medium and Large 2571134.54/cwt130.00–137.007684
Steers—Medium and Large 1658134.33/cwt130.00–139.008843
Steers—Medium and Large 1700132.00/cwt132.00–132.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 1765129.00/cwt129.00–129.009871
Steers—Medium and Large 1815119.00/cwt119.00–119.009701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325142.75/cwt140.00–145.004643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380138.01/cwt137.00–140.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420138.44/cwt135.00–140.0058111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430144.49/cwt144.00–145.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433131.47/cwt130.00–134.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464138.01/cwt136.00–141.0064011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472133.85/cwt132.00–135.006328
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478126.52/cwt125.00–129.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518134.49/cwt132.00–138.006978
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521127.09/cwt125.00–130.006628
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527121.32/cwt120.00–122.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569128.98/cwt126.00–133.007348
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573120.00/cwt120.00–120.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614123.78/cwt120.00–126.007604
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673112.49/cwt112.00–113.007572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710112.50/cwt112.00–113.007992
Heifers—Medium and Large 3745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340167.00/cwt167.00–167.005681
Bulls—Medium and Large 3340161.00/cwt157.00–165.005472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375163.48/cwt162.00–165.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 3393156.67/cwt155.00–158.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420153.01/cwt150.00–155.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420144.40/cwt140.00–147.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440158.00/cwt158.00–158.006951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006921
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464134.99/cwt133.00–137.006267
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472143.21/cwt140.00–147.006765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523142.40/cwt139.00–145.007455
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524134.15/cwt132.00–135.007036
Bulls—Medium and Large 3538127.34/cwt125.00–129.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580132.99/cwt132.00–134.007712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580127.37/cwt124.00–130.0073911
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618125.21/cwt124.00–128.007744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy620133.00/cwt133.00–133.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 3620115.48/cwt114.00–117.007162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633121.00/cwt120.00–122.007662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660124.00/cwt124.00–124.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683117.00/cwt117.00–117.007992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713123.00/cwt122.00–124.008772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720112.50/cwt110.00–115.008102
Bulls—Medium and Large 3783104.00/cwt104.00–104.008142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1830102.98/cwt100.00–106.008552
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11085.79/cwt84.00–88.009523
Bulls——1,72299.71/cwt97.00–104.001,71711
Bulls——1,79090.79/cwt89.00–92.001,6253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89956.26/cwt54.00–67.005068
Cows—Lean 85-90%98458.52/cwt56.00–61.0057616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01263.50/cwt62.00–65.0064332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09870.74/cwt69.00–74.0077740
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12966.76/cwt65.00–68.0075429
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14576.61/cwt75.00–79.0087713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29679.31/cwt78.00–83.001,0287
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40873.90/cwt72.00–77.001,04125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44669.54/cwt67.00–71.001,00615
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,003750.08/cwt700.00–775.007,5233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120812.50/cwt800.00–825.009,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,136858.32/cwt835.00–885.009,7517
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,268950.64/cwt925.00–975.0012,0542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,3951,025.76/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0014,3094
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1001,174.09/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0012,9156
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2651,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0018,3432

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.