Sale reports / Alabama / Arab Stockyards / 2025-06-10

Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Jun 10
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
361 head
▲ 129 vs last sale 232▼ 404 vs year ago 765 · −52.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 27▼ 48 vs year ago 75 · −64.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 22▲ 1 vs year ago 13 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.92/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −70.44 against this barn's trailing median of $399.35.
Average price
$328.92
36 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.33
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549339.471,86412thin
Medium and Large 2542323.641,75524
One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $108 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 sale36 hd
328.92
—
AL average13 barns · 355 hd
329.25
−0.33
This barn, trailing median33 sales
399.35
−70.44
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
468417366315median 399.3503/0305/0507/0709/0111/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,613193.663,1245thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,151163.341,8798thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,407159.432,2447thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,8001thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8985
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9182
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy616351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,16224
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278377.61/cwt375.00–380.001,0504
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311376.11/cwt370.00–380.001,1705
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315356.19/cwt350.00–360.001,1225
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364364.07/cwt360.00–370.001,3257
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367346.13/cwt340.00–350.001,2705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1404353.04/cwt350.00–357.001,4267
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422340.39/cwt335.00–345.001,43610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462344.96/cwt340.00–350.001,5949
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470331.67/cwt325.00–335.001,5596
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524312.58/cwt310.00–315.001,6388
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534326.45/cwt320.00–335.001,7438
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575307.46/cwt305.00–310.001,7684
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590322.56/cwt315.00–324.001,90312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7532
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625297.98/cwt295.00–300.001,8623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5531
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368412.52/cwt410.00–415.001,5186
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1402410.07/cwt400.00–425.001,64811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421385.21/cwt375.00–395.001,62214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472368.26/cwt360.00–380.001,7387
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473347.13/cwt340.00–355.001,64217
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517329.18/cwt320.00–335.001,70214
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526346.61/cwt340.00–350.001,8236
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572332.32/cwt330.00–335.001,9016
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578315.89/cwt310.00–320.001,82610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618296.28/cwt290.00–300.001,83111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619318.79/cwt315.00–322.001,9735
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8623
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,6792
Bulls——1,600196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,1361
Bulls——1,753205.15/cwt203.00–207.003,5962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,7743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125162.43/cwt160.00–164.001,8273
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230172.73/cwt170.00–175.002,1252
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,297154.35/cwt152.00–156.002,0023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4741
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502160.99/cwt160.00–162.002,4183
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,225.00/head2,200.00–2,250.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.