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Arab Stockyards

Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Oct 19

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991

← Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

801 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 802▼ 28 vs year ago 829 · −3.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 84▼ 27 vs year ago 136 · −19.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 17▼ 4 vs year ago 28 · −14.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady to firm. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.42/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −73.62 against this barn's trailing median of $204.04.

Average price

$130.42

119 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.50

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	132.30	766	24
Medium and Large 3	494	130.34	643	50
Medium and Large 2	548	129.51	710	45

One grade step is worth $2.79/cwt here — about $56 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 sale119 hd

130.42

—

AL average15 barns · 1,423 hd

128.92

+1.50

This barn, trailing median2 sales

204.04

−73.62

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,606	84.15	1,351	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,353	60.99	825	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	54.86	633	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	44.07	447	33

Every lot

68 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	143.71/cwt	142.00–148.00	697	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	143.02/cwt	140.00–145.00	744	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	538	133.23/cwt	130.00–137.00	717	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	127.73/cwt	122.00–130.00	734	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	134.99/cwt	133.00–137.00	787	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	620	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	756	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	125.49/cwt	123.00–127.00	835	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	914	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	379	131.32/cwt	130.00–134.00	498	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	132.01/cwt	131.00–134.00	557	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	428	128.48/cwt	127.00–130.00	550	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	471	121.73/cwt	117.00–125.00	573	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	127.32/cwt	126.00–129.00	614	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	646	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	121.41/cwt	120.00–124.00	633	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	523	117.02/cwt	115.00–119.00	612	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	123.19/cwt	122.00–127.00	691	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	117.53/cwt	114.00–120.00	668	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	572	108.85/cwt	105.00–112.00	623	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	117.74/cwt	117.00–119.00	730	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	629	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	837	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	110.99/cwt	107.00–115.00	699	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	101.75/cwt	100.00–105.00	641	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	734	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	665	94.50/cwt	94.00–95.00	628	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	677	103.40/cwt	100.00–105.00	700	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	315	160.08/cwt	157.00–163.00	504	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	385	148.28/cwt	145.00–152.00	571	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	418	145.97/cwt	144.00–149.00	610	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	153.73/cwt	152.00–156.00	653	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	427	138.76/cwt	135.00–142.00	593	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	452	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	664	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	129.46/cwt	126.00–133.00	608	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	477	138.52/cwt	137.00–140.00	661	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	140.04/cwt	136.00–144.00	714	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	519	126.59/cwt	123.00–128.00	657	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	527	133.11/cwt	131.00–135.00	701	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	569	118.80/cwt	117.00–121.00	676	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	130.69/cwt	129.00–133.00	745	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	573	125.60/cwt	123.00–128.00	720	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	625	119.60/cwt	117.00–122.00	748	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	633	112.20/cwt	109.00–116.00	710	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	635	124.99/cwt	124.00–126.00	794	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	664	114.19/cwt	112.00–116.00	758	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	669	120.21/cwt	118.00–124.00	804	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	838	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	710	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	763	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	760	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	737	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	805	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	853	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,578	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,247	2
Bulls	—	—	1,579	84.42/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,333	13
Bulls	—	—	2,010	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,829	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	949	38.89/cwt	36.00–41.00	369	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	44.38/cwt	43.00–47.00	442	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,089	51.64/cwt	50.00–53.00	562	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	48.60/cwt	48.00–51.00	546	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	55.87/cwt	54.00–58.00	669	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	62.64/cwt	62.00–64.00	754	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,288	57.54/cwt	57.00–58.00	741	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,374	62.14/cwt	60.00–64.00	854	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	993	598.92/cwt	549.00–676.00	5,947	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	1,075	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,063	1

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Arab Livestock Market - Arab, AL

Tue Oct 19, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 801Last week 802Year ago 829

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 84Year ago 136

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 17Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	136.00–144.00	140.04
4	—	425	152.00–156.00	153.73
3	—	452	147.00	147.00
1	—	765	114.00	114.00
2	—	635	124.00–126.00	124.99
1	—	805	106.00	106.00
2	—	710	117.00–119.00	118.00
5	—	669	118.00–124.00	120.21
3	—	570	129.00–133.00	130.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
6	—	477	137.00–140.00	138.52
12	—	573	123.00–128.00	125.60
5	—	664	112.00–116.00	114.19
6	—	418	144.00–149.00	145.97
2	—	710	105.00–110.00	107.50
8	—	527	131.00–135.00	133.11
5	—	625	117.00–122.00	119.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	109.00–116.00	112.20
10	—	569	117.00–121.00	118.80
3	—	315	157.00–163.00	160.08
7	—	385	145.00–152.00	148.28
6	—	470	126.00–133.00	129.46
1	—	760	97.00	97.00
10	—	519	123.00–128.00	126.59
8	—	427	135.00–142.00	138.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	130.00–134.00	131.32
6	—	428	127.00–130.00	128.48
4	—	630	100.00–105.00	101.75
19	—	471	117.00–125.00	121.73
10	—	523	115.00–119.00	117.02
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
2	—	665	94.00–95.00	94.50
7	—	572	105.00–112.00	108.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	107.00–115.00	110.99
10	—	521	120.00–124.00	121.41
6	—	422	131.00–134.00	132.01
6	—	482	126.00–129.00	127.32
4	—	568	114.00–120.00	117.53
5	—	677	100.00–105.00	103.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	128.00	128.00
4	—	620	117.00–119.00	117.74
1	—	655	112.00	112.00
5	—	561	122.00–127.00	123.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	629	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	150.00	150.00
4	—	575	122.00–130.00	127.73
4	—	538	130.00–137.00	133.23
1	—	620	122.00	122.00
4	—	485	142.00–148.00	143.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	133.00–137.00	134.99
1	—	485	150.00	150.00
3	—	520	140.00–145.00	143.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	665	123.00–127.00	125.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	127.00	127.00
2	—	650	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	949	36.00–41.00	38.89
8	—	1,124	48.00–51.00	48.60
17	—	995	43.00–47.00	44.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	57.00–58.00	57.54
6	—	1,374	60.00–64.00	62.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,197	54.00–58.00	55.87
12	—	1,089	50.00–53.00	51.64
3	—	1,203	62.00–64.00	62.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,579	82.00–87.00	84.42
2	—	1,578	79.00	79.00
1	—	2,010	91.00	91.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	993	549.00–676.00	598.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	750.00	750.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.