Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2021-09-14

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Sep 14
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
798 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 778▼ 345 vs year ago 1,143 · −30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
162 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 220▼ 1 vs year ago 163 · −0.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 57▲ 34 vs year ago 32 · +106.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.85/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −66.19 against this barn's trailing median of $204.04.
Average price
$137.85
76 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.00
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572140.4380418thin
Medium and Large 2521138.5472228
Medium and Large 3478135.6664930
One grade step is worth $4.76/cwt here — about $155 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 sale76 hd
137.85
—
AL average16 barns · 1,522 hd
133.85
+4.00
This barn, trailing median2 sales
204.04
−66.19
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—Low1,59192.201,46713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,34667.0690230
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17562.3773355
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05951.4254530

Every lot

67 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 3405167.00/cwt167.00–167.006761
Steers—Medium and Large 3469154.56/cwt153.00–156.007256
Steers—Medium and Large 2505150.01/cwt149.00–151.007582
Steers—Medium and Large 3555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added604156.00/cwt156.00–156.009428
Steers—Medium and Large 1680147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 2680136.00/cwt136.00–136.009251
Steers—Medium and Large 1915119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0891
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,105110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,22113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355144.03/cwt142.00–146.005112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417136.34/cwt134.00–139.005696
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475135.85/cwt135.00–137.006457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485141.00/cwt141.00–141.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 3487131.52/cwt129.00–134.006416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530131.14/cwt130.00–132.006957
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538124.80/cwt122.00–127.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555129.00/cwt129.00–129.007162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567125.80/cwt123.00–127.007135
Heifers—Medium and Large 3577118.01/cwt115.00–122.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617124.33/cwt124.00–125.007673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy645127.42/cwt127.00–127.508226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678119.53/cwt118.00–121.008102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy718121.99/cwt121.00–123.008762
Heifers—Medium and Large 3735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2755105.00/cwt105.00–105.007931
Heifers—Medium and Large 288399.00/cwt99.00–99.008745
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333172.92/cwt170.00–177.005763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373172.42/cwt170.00–175.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378164.05/cwt160.00–167.006203
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415162.00/cwt162.00–162.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421144.90/cwt140.00–147.006108
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473135.16/cwt132.00–139.0063911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475143.03/cwt140.00–145.006794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515143.02/cwt142.00–144.007372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518135.57/cwt134.00–137.007027
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520129.30/cwt125.00–133.006726
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565129.81/cwt127.00–133.007335
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568123.28/cwt120.00–125.007004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623130.49/cwt128.00–133.008132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673127.47/cwt123.00–129.008586
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685118.00/cwt118.00–118.008081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718118.49/cwt118.00–119.008512
Bulls—Medium and Large 282097.48/cwt95.00–100.007992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29285.22/cwt83.00–88.001,1013
Bulls——1,59892.49/cwt90.00–95.001,4788
Bulls——2,013101.51/cwt101.00–102.002,0432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01451.05/cwt48.00–53.0051812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05245.18/cwt42.00–47.004757
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11355.80/cwt54.00–57.0062111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16063.90/cwt62.00–67.0074130
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19068.68/cwt68.00–70.008173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19359.43/cwt56.00–61.0070922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26371.28/cwt71.00–72.009003
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32967.98/cwt65.00–70.0090320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42862.61/cwt61.00–64.008947
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3798713.32/cwt700.00–725.005,6922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,127853.57/cwt850.00–860.009,6203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2801,021.88/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0013,0803
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,440975.36/cwt960.00–985.0014,0453

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.