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Arab Stockyards

Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Mar 5

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991

← Feb 27Mar 5Mar 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

480 head

▼ 220 vs last sale 700▼ 227 vs year ago 707 · −32.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

89 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 96▼ 20 vs year ago 109 · −18.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

64 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 72▲ 24 vs year ago 40 · +60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 132.00 cwt. Feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady with best demand on pairs.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.46/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −122.81 against this barn's trailing median of $376.26.

Average price

$253.46

48 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.56

vs AL average

−18.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	258.39	1,373	33
Medium and Large 2	553	246.82	1,365	11thin
Medium and Large 3	548	230.95	1,266	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale48 hd

253.46

—

AL average9 barns · 256 hd

249.90

+3.56

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−18.45

This barn, trailing median31 sales

376.26

−122.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.44, low $301.90, median $376.26 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,496	128.23	1,919	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,225	117.53	1,440	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	114.30	1,648	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	98.82	1,073	27

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,415	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,815	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,418	7

Every lot

79 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	350.09/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,302	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	329.03/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,372	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	302.42/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,406	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	313.33/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,504	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	519	280.41/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,455	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,573	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,722	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	688	239.53/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,648	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	312.64/cwt	310.00–315.00	860	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	331.05/cwt	330.00–332.00	927	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	318.60/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,055	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	333	295.19/cwt	290.00–300.00	983	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	305.78/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,021	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	287.40/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,063	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	312.83/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,161	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	299.93/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,119	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	290.08/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,198	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	268.45/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,141	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	278.39/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,228	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	277.61/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,283	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	267.85/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,272	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	486	256.15/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,245	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	239.49/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,253	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	260.32/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,372	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	250.37/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,334	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	247.60/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,379	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	222.42/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,274	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	242.57/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,400	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,313	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,429	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,434	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,382	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	220	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	759	2
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	220	332.56/cwt	330.00–335.00	732	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	896	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	322	313.03/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,008	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	340.33/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,103	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	323.73/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,065	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	329.59/cwt	323.00–335.00	1,196	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	302.45/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,113	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	314.53/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,170	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	412	286.21/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,179	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	303.09/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,276	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	314.82/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,344	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	298.33/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,357	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	285.33/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,364	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	478	276.72/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,323	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	516	262.02/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,352	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	274.00/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,480	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,524	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	263.47/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,489	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	243.13/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,393	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	233.45/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,459	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,581	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,617	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,332	120.47/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,605	3
Bulls	—	—	1,385	128.76/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,783	3
Bulls	—	—	1,910	139.07/cwt	137.00–141.00	2,656	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	87.92/cwt	85.00–90.00	841	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,112	104.52/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,162	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	96.63/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,082	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,164	110.16/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,282	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	116.20/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,383	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	125.31/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,642	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,442	114.30/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,648	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,988.89/head	1,825.00–2,175.00	1,989	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,950.00/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,632.50/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,633	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,400.00/head	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,400	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,415.00/head	1,415.00–1,415.00	1,415	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	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 Mar 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 480Last week 700Year ago 707

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 96Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 72Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	330.00–335.00	332.56
1	250–300	280	320.00	320.00
3	300–350	322	310.00–317.00	313.03
2	350–400	368	300.00–305.00	302.45
3	400–450	412	282.00–290.00	286.21
3	450–500	478	275.00–280.00	276.72
5	500–550	516	260.00–265.00	262.02
8	550–600	573	240.00–250.00	243.13
2	600–650	625	232.00–235.00	233.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	345.00	345.00
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
4	300–350	329	320.00–330.00	323.73
6	350–400	372	310.00–320.00	314.53
5	400–450	421	300.00–305.00	303.09
3	450–500	478	283.00–288.00	285.33
3	500–550	540	272.00–278.00	274.00
2	550–600	565	262.00–265.00	263.47
1	650–700	670	236.00	236.00
1	750–800	770	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	335.00–347.00	340.33
6	350–400	363	323.00–335.00	329.59
6	400–450	427	312.00–317.00	314.82
3	450–500	455	295.00–303.00	298.33
1	550–600	550	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	310.00–315.00	312.64
5	300–350	334	305.00–307.00	305.78
3	350–400	373	295.00–305.00	299.93
5	400–450	441	278.00–280.00	278.39
12	450–500	475	265.00–271.00	267.85
6	500–550	533	247.00–253.00	250.37
5	550–600	577	240.00–245.00	242.57
1	600–650	635	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	710	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	290.00–300.00	295.19
2	350–400	370	285.00–290.00	287.40
3	400–450	425	265.00–275.00	268.45
6	450–500	486	250.00–260.00	256.15
2	500–550	523	237.00–242.00	239.49
2	550–600	573	220.00–225.00	222.42
1	600–650	605	217.00	217.00
1	700–750	720	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	330.00–332.00	331.05
5	300–350	331	315.00–323.00	318.60
5	350–400	371	307.00–320.00	312.83
8	400–450	413	285.00–295.00	290.08
9	450–500	462	274.00–285.00	277.61
28	500–550	527	255.00–262.00	260.32
5	550–600	557	247.00–250.00	247.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	465	300.00–305.00	302.42
1	500–550	525	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	750	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	345.00–355.00	350.09
3	400–450	417	325.00–332.00	329.03
3	450–500	480	312.00–315.00	313.33
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
9	500–550	519	276.00–285.00	280.41
1	550–600	570	276.00	276.00
2	650–700	688	237.00–242.00	239.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,310	122.00–129.00	125.31
9	—	1,190	114.00–120.00	116.20
10	—	1,164	107.00–113.00	110.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	956	85.00–90.00	87.92
13	—	1,112	101.00–107.00	104.52
9	—	1,120	93.00–99.00	96.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,442	112.00–118.00	114.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,910	137.00–141.00	139.07
3	—	1,385	125.00–132.00	128.76
3	—	1,332	117.00–122.00	120.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,825.00–2,175.00	1,988.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,632.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,415.00	1,415.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.