Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2021-11-02

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Nov 2
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
709 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 499▲ 709 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 73▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 8▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady. 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 $136.24/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −67.81 against this barn's trailing median of $204.04.
Average price
$136.24
129 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523141.2873944
Medium and Large 2515134.9369450
Medium and Large 3491131.7664735
One grade step is worth $9.53/cwt here — about $92 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 sale129 hd
136.24
—
AL average14 barns · 1,481 hd
133.38
+2.86
This barn, trailing median2 sales
204.04
−67.81
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—Low1,55789.651,39621
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47361.1590121
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15355.7264251
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03043.0844421

Every lot

72 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3370163.95/cwt163.00–165.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 2455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006921
Steers—Medium and Large 3530135.51/cwt135.00–136.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 3565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 1629135.47/cwt131.00–137.008527
Steers—Medium and Large 3638114.01/cwt113.00–115.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy755129.00/cwt129.00–129.009741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330138.50/cwt137.00–140.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377135.27/cwt132.00–138.005107
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378141.67/cwt140.00–143.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417134.42/cwt132.00–139.005619
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422127.47/cwt125.00–130.0053810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474122.93/cwt120.00–126.005838
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477129.37/cwt127.00–134.0061712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520124.31/cwt123.00–127.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528118.00/cwt115.00–122.0062315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567119.36/cwt117.00–123.0067716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3583113.03/cwt111.00–115.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy605134.00/cwt134.00–134.008111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605127.00/cwt127.00–127.007681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625116.00/cwt114.00–118.007252
Heifers—Medium and Large 3628105.73/cwt103.00–110.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670119.00/cwt119.00–119.007971
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675100.98/cwt100.00–102.006822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690113.00/cwt113.00–113.007801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715117.00/cwt117.00–117.008371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760101.51/cwt100.00–103.007712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3290167.00/cwt167.00–167.004841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310165.00/cwt165.00–165.005121
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328161.04/cwt160.00–162.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368168.63/cwt167.00–172.006213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370156.30/cwt154.00–162.005786
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375147.39/cwt145.00–152.005534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy415167.00/cwt167.00–167.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417159.56/cwt155.00–163.006659
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426148.02/cwt145.00–153.006317
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428141.48/cwt140.00–144.006066
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy455157.00/cwt157.00–157.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1459147.33/cwt146.00–150.006766
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464140.97/cwt137.00–143.006545
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476129.97/cwt127.00–135.006194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521139.14/cwt137.00–145.007255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521133.78/cwt129.00–136.0069714
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527124.71/cwt122.00–127.006576
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561132.44/cwt129.00–137.007439
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572124.43/cwt123.00–127.007129
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577120.44/cwt117.00–122.006959
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613124.74/cwt124.00–125.007654
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615111.97/cwt108.00–116.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635120.32/cwt117.00–122.007643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2658114.01/cwt112.00–116.007503
Bulls—Medium and Large 3690108.00/cwt108.00–108.007451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713116.00/cwt115.00–117.008273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1763110.66/cwt110.00–112.008443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2788103.49/cwt102.00–105.008162
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53792.67/cwt90.00–96.001,42413
Bulls——1,53786.24/cwt84.00–89.001,3265
Bulls——1,67582.24/cwt82.00–83.001,3783
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96936.71/cwt35.00–39.003564
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02846.75/cwt46.00–49.004816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05443.39/cwt40.00–45.0045711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10351.38/cwt49.00–54.0056723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18758.07/cwt55.00–60.0068921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21662.91/cwt61.00–64.007657
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45158.63/cwt57.00–59.008515
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45961.66/cwt60.00–65.0090015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1881
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,230762.00/cwt762.00–762.009,3731
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,290864.00/cwt864.00–864.0011,1461
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,323831.75/cwt812.00–850.0011,0042
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,5002

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.