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Arab Stockyards

Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

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

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

573 head

▲ 270 vs last sale 303▲ 273 vs year ago 300 · +91.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 61▲ 34 vs year ago 36 · +94.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 17▲ 14 vs year ago 8 · +175.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady with high yielding cows up to 187.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

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 $335.64/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −63.71 against this barn's trailing median of $399.35.

Average price

$335.64

56 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$34.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.83

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	342.44	1,895	18thin
Medium and Large 2	541	335.28	1,813	34
Medium and Large 3	569	308.13	1,752	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.32/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale56 hd

335.64

—

AL average13 barns · 421 hd

337.47

−1.83

This barn, trailing median33 sales

399.35

−63.71

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	—	Low	1,467	191.62	2,812	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,438	166.89	2,400	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	162.36	1,986	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	144.95	1,490	9thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,213	4thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	435.38/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,654	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,667	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	423.00/cwt	420.00–432.50	1,726	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,020	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,122	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,145	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	322.49/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,122	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	205	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	871	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	374.02/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,216	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	333	357.44/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,190	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	388.27/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,386	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	346.28/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,292	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	357.85/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,338	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,330	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	366.94/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,537	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	343.57/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,481	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	357.43/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,641	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	336.44/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,585	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	484	322.79/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,562	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	517	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,629	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	521	355.70/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,853	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	347.07/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,815	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	327.62/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,713	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	303.75/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,671	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	346.48/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,926	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	335.34/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,905	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	313.35/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,799	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	321.28/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,976	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	303.54/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,894	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	632	286.65/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,812	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	306.06/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,051	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	284.16/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,924	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	281.26/cwt	280.00–282.50	2,062	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,081	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,817	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,817	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,958	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,078	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	472.50/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,276	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	287	414.94/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,191	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	409.79/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,324	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	431.26/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,406	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	390.41/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,464	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	414.15/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,586	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	383.64/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,615	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	402.14/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,705	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	368.72/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,585	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	440	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,870	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	379.69/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,750	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	362.96/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,717	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	492	344.27/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,694	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	358.39/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,867	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	343.78/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,815	23
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,796	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	317.50/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,800	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	332.29/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,907	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,734	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	303.55/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,861	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	322.22/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,995	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	643	291.66/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,875	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	305.48/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,013	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	276.72/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,854	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	279.13/cwt	275.00–287.50	2,004	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,017	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	249.18/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,906	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	265.33/cwt	260.00–269.00	2,056	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,268	174.89/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,218	2
Bulls	—	—	1,373	195.33/cwt	194.00–197.50	2,682	3
Bulls	—	—	1,808	202.77/cwt	200.00–205.00	3,666	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	149.85/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,540	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	135.16/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,389	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	163.11/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,921	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	157.08/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,956	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	169.90/cwt	168.00–172.00	2,144	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	157.45/cwt	157.00–158.00	2,086	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,442	164.31/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,369	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,477	175.32/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,589	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,425.00/head	3,300.00–3,550.00	3,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,000.00/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,000	2

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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 573Last week 303Year ago 300

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 61Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 17Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	380.00–395.00	388.27
8	400–450	419	360.00–370.00	366.94
4	450–500	459	352.50–362.50	357.43
6	500–550	523	345.00–350.00	347.07
6	550–600	568	325.00–340.00	335.34
2	600–650	615	320.00–322.50	321.28
2	650–700	670	300.00–312.50	306.06
2	700–750	733	280.00–282.50	281.26
1	750–800	750	277.50	277.50
1	850–900	870	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	425.00	425.00
5	300–350	325	370.00–385.00	374.02
7	350–400	374	355.00–360.00	357.85
7	400–450	431	340.00–345.00	343.57
7	450–500	471	330.00–342.50	336.44
13	500–550	523	320.00–335.00	327.62
6	550–600	574	310.00–320.00	313.35
7	600–650	624	295.00–310.00	303.54
3	650–700	677	275.00–290.00	284.16
1	800–850	845	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	855	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	355.00–360.00	357.44
2	350–400	373	345.00–347.50	346.28
1	400–450	400	332.50	332.50
8	450–500	484	320.00–327.50	322.79
3	500–550	517	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	550	302.50–305.00	303.75
3	600–650	632	280.00–290.00	286.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	352.50–360.00	355.70
5	550–600	556	345.00–352.50	346.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	410.00–420.00	414.94
3	300–350	323	405.00–420.00	409.79
5	350–400	375	385.00–397.50	390.41
8	400–450	421	375.00–390.00	383.64
13	450–500	473	355.00–370.00	362.96
23	500–550	528	337.50–350.00	343.78
11	550–600	567	307.50–320.00	317.50
7	600–650	613	300.00–310.00	303.55
3	650–700	670	275.00–280.00	276.72
1	700–750	740	272.50	272.50
3	750–800	765	247.50–250.00	249.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	490.00	490.00
2	250–300	270	465.00–480.00	472.50
4	300–350	326	425.00–440.00	431.26
6	350–400	383	410.00–420.00	414.15
8	400–450	424	395.00–407.50	402.14
9	450–500	461	375.00–387.50	379.69
7	500–550	521	355.00–365.00	358.39
11	550–600	574	325.00–340.00	332.29
11	600–650	619	317.50–330.00	322.22
5	650–700	659	300.00–312.50	305.48
6	700–750	718	275.00–287.50	279.13
4	750–800	775	260.00–269.00	265.33
1	800–850	820	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	430	367.50–370.00	368.72
7	450–500	492	340.00–350.00	344.27
1	500–550	540	332.50	332.50
3	550–600	578	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	643	290.00–295.00	291.66
1	650–700	670	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	445	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	645	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	430.00–445.00	435.38
5	400–450	408	420.00–432.50	423.00
1	550–600	565	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	615	345.00	345.00
3	650–700	658	320.00–327.50	322.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	133.00–138.00	135.16
6	—	1,028	147.00–153.00	149.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	157.00–158.00	157.45
5	—	1,477	170.00–181.00	175.32
9	—	1,442	160.00–168.00	164.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,245	155.00–169.00	157.08
6	—	1,262	168.00–172.00	169.90
10	—	1,178	160.00–166.00	163.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	170.00–180.00	174.89
2	—	1,808	200.00–205.00	202.77
3	—	1,373	194.00–197.50	195.33

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	2	—	—	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,300.00–3,550.00	3,425.00

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.