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Arab Stockyards

Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Jan 21

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991

← Jan 14Jan 21Jan 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

211 head

▼ 264 vs last sale 475▼ 721 vs year ago 932 · −77.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 51▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 35▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 147.00 cwt. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady. Market lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $297.90/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −101.45 against this barn's trailing median of $399.35.

Average price

$297.90

22 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$28.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.31

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	310.87	1,651	9thin
Medium and Large 2	559	290.91	1,625	10thin
Medium and Large 3	554	282.32	1,563	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.55/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale22 hd

297.90

—

AL average9 barns · 184 hd

287.60

+10.31

This barn, trailing median33 sales

399.35

−101.45

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

33 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $453.69, low $328.73, median $399.35 across 33 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	1,723	155.05	2,672	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,428	131.33	1,876	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,351	130.11	1,758	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,161	109.52	1,272	5thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,248	4thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	385.97/cwt	382.00–390.00	1,362	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	377.47/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,529	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	368.52/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,669	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,601	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,657	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	309.48/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,718	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	284.48/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,636	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	286.50/cwt	286.00–287.00	1,762	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,714	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,884	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	255	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	969	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	346.70/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,005	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,041	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	330.00/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,205	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	337.44/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,384	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	320.99/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,361	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	309.15/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,323	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	298.69/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,398	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	280.67/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,459	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	264.94/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,399	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	250.50/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,430	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	265.02/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,521	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	260.66/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,621	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,563	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	243.51/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,590	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	221.32/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,598	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	914	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,239	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	405.91/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,311	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	377.48/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,238	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	374.86/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,387	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	331.04/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,390	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	353.21/cwt	347.00–362.00	1,498	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	429	321.76/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,380	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	331.85/cwt	326.00–345.00	1,546	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	320.55/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,516	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	307.00/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,489	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	308.38/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,582	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	317.33/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,647	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	297.96/cwt	292.00–307.00	1,654	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	283.42/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,638	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	275.98/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,595	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	272.51/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,684	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	658	245.66/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,616	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	252.97/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,695	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	775	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,604	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,723	155.05/cwt	154.00–156.00	2,672	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,079	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	115.15/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,278	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	132.55/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,625	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,248	109.15/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,362	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,874	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,695	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,528	122.89/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,878	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,595	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,265	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247.75/head	1,200.00–1,309.00	1,248	4

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 Jan 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 475Year ago 932

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	345.00–350.00	346.70
5	350–400	365	325.00–335.00	330.00
7	400–450	424	315.00–325.00	320.99
4	450–500	468	295.00–305.00	298.69
3	500–550	520	280.00–282.00	280.67
5	550–600	574	260.00–267.00	265.02
3	600–650	622	259.00–263.00	260.66
2	650–700	653	242.00–245.00	243.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	325.00–330.00	327.48
2	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	428	305.00–310.00	309.15
3	500–550	528	260.00–270.00	264.94
4	550–600	571	250.00–252.00	250.50
2	600–650	638	245.00	245.00
3	700–750	722	217.00–225.00	221.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	410	335.00–340.00	337.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	475	337.00	337.00
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	575	282.00–287.00	284.48
1	600–650	630	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	382.00–390.00	385.97
2	400–450	405	375.00–380.00	377.47
2	450–500	453	365.00–372.00	368.52
2	500–550	510	320.00–330.00	324.95
2	550–600	555	307.00–312.00	309.48
2	600–650	615	286.00–287.00	286.50
1	650–700	685	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	425.00	425.00
1	250–300	295	420.00	420.00
2	300–350	323	402.00–410.00	405.91
7	350–400	370	370.00–385.00	374.86
5	400–450	424	347.00–362.00	353.21
5	450–500	466	326.00–345.00	331.85
6	500–550	519	312.00–322.00	317.33
3	550–600	555	292.00–307.00	297.96
2	600–650	618	270.00–275.00	272.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	328	375.00–380.00	377.48
2	350–400	358	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	420	330.00–332.00	331.04
4	450–500	473	315.00–325.00	320.55
3	500–550	513	305.00–310.00	308.38
7	550–600	578	280.00–288.00	283.42
5	650–700	670	250.00–260.00	252.97
1	750–800	775	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	429	315.00–325.00	321.76
2	450–500	485	302.00–312.00	307.00
1	500–550	505	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	578	275.00–277.00	275.98
3	650–700	658	245.00–247.00	245.66
1	700–750	735	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	775	207.00	207.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,110	113.00–117.00	115.15
2	—	1,248	108.00–110.00	109.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	126.00	126.00
1	—	1,595	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	121.00–127.00	122.89
1	—	1,320	142.00	142.00
4	—	1,226	130.00–134.00	132.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,723	154.00–156.00	155.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,200.00–1,309.00	1,247.75

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.