Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2022-01-11

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Jan 11
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
552 head
▲ 241 vs last sale 311▲ 152 vs year ago 400 · +38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 81▼ 26 vs year ago 98 · −26.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 24▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs 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 $140.23/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$140.23
140 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.18
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554143.1179285
Medium and Large 2483136.7566141
Medium and Large 3432133.0157414thin
One grade step is worth $10.10/cwt here — about $218 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 sale140 hd
140.23
—
AL average14 barns · 1,502 hd
143.42
−3.18
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—Low1,64294.121,54511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46571.401,0463thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20965.3079028
CowsLean 85-90%Low98150.794989thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335195.00/cwt195.00–195.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 2370180.00/cwt180.00–180.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 1386190.12/cwt190.00–191.007348
Steers—Medium and Large 2410175.00/cwt175.00–175.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 1475178.00/cwt178.00–178.008461
Steers—Medium and Large 3525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007883
Steers—Medium and Large 1545170.00/cwt170.00–170.009271
Steers—Medium and Large 1596160.11/cwt157.00–165.5095451
Steers—Medium and Large 2615149.95/cwt147.00–153.009222
Steers—Medium and Large 3615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
Steers—Medium and Large 3655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Steers—Medium and Large 1660155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0237
Steers—Medium and Large 1756146.44/cwt139.00–147.001,10718
Steers—Medium and Large 1840136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1421
Steers—Medium and Large 2980115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1272
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290158.00/cwt158.00–158.004581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335153.00/cwt153.00–153.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367136.74/cwt135.00–140.005027
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376147.53/cwt144.00–150.005559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380156.40/cwt152.00–160.005949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424154.74/cwt153.00–157.006564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425143.23/cwt140.00–145.006098
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426136.39/cwt134.00–138.005815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468143.19/cwt140.00–148.006709
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474135.51/cwt132.00–138.0064210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524140.33/cwt138.00–145.007356
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524134.60/cwt133.00–135.007055
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570125.00/cwt121.00–129.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added571148.00/cwt148.00–148.0084532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573137.20/cwt135.00–140.007865
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617131.72/cwt127.00–133.008138
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675121.51/cwt121.00–122.008202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2711114.73/cwt112.00–118.008164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1747125.50/cwt125.50–125.5093710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755118.00/cwt118.00–118.008911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3770105.00/cwt105.00–105.008091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270198.00/cwt198.00–198.005351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345195.00/cwt195.00–195.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363195.20/cwt190.00–198.007094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374182.01/cwt178.00–185.006814
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378172.42/cwt170.00–175.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430173.76/cwt170.00–178.007473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434183.63/cwt180.00–188.007976
Bulls—Medium and Large 3434168.00/cwt167.00–169.007294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457182.82/cwt178.00–188.008355
Bulls—Medium and Large 3459157.05/cwt155.00–163.007214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479171.23/cwt165.00–175.008208
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524157.26/cwt153.00–161.008247
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525169.91/cwt167.00–173.008922
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545148.00/cwt148.00–148.008072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568161.27/cwt156.00–165.009163
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575141.00/cwt141.00–141.008111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2586149.78/cwt145.00–154.008789
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618141.35/cwt140.00–142.008746
Bulls—Medium and Large 3624125.98/cwt124.00–130.007864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1634146.76/cwt144.00–152.009305
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672139.97/cwt138.00–142.009413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675122.48/cwt120.00–125.008272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745117.00/cwt117.00–117.008721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1768128.05/cwt123.00–133.009832
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36289.41/cwt89.00–90.001,2183
Bulls——1,54493.02/cwt91.00–95.001,4364
Bulls——1,95098.75/cwt97.00–103.001,9264
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95545.82/cwt44.00–48.004384
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00254.76/cwt53.00–56.005495
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10765.46/cwt63.00–68.0072516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26358.29/cwt57.00–61.007365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40469.95/cwt69.00–71.009827
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46571.40/cwt69.00–74.001,0463
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—825.00/cwt725.00–975.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—680.56/cwt600.00–775.00—9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,000.00/cwt925.00–1,050.00—12
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—900.00/cwt875.00–925.00—6
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—808.33/cwt775.00–850.00—6

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.