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Arab Stockyards

Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Sep 9

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991

← Sep 2Sep 9Sep 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

487 head

▲ 77 vs last sale 410▼ 261 vs year ago 748 · −34.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 35▼ 21 vs year ago 96 · −21.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 9▲ 0 vs year ago 21 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand. Not enough replacement cattle to determine a trend.

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 $371.87/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 13 of 33 comparable sales and sits −27.48 against this barn's trailing median of $399.35.

Average price

$371.87

46 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$24.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.75

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	379.33	2,042	32
Medium and Large 2	542	354.81	1,923	14thin

One grade step is worth $24.52/cwt here — about $119 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 sale46 hd

371.87

—

AL average16 barns · 547 hd

365.12

+6.75

This barn, trailing median33 sales

399.35

−27.48

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	1,610	193.34	3,112	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,397	169.94	2,373	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,133	164.15	1,859	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	155.07	1,627	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,925	2thin

Every lot

73 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	377	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,734	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,866	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	437.47/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,881	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	388.76/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,158	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	364.46/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,252	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,325	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,000	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,032	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	278	415.03/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,154	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	434.97/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,557	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	404.96/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,511	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	384.59/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,627	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	402.50/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,711	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	379.24/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,763	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	360.26/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,726	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	340.64/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,751	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	367.36/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,892	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	324.02/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,802	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	339.35/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,914	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	310.74/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,917	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	323.71/cwt	307.50–330.00	2,007	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	316.21/cwt	312.50–320.00	2,112	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	679	322.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,190	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	290.86/cwt	287.50–292.50	2,065	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	304.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,175	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	718	316.71/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,274	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	760	311.13/cwt	302.50–320.00	2,365	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,178	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	822	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,852	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,261	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,485	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,425	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	434.82/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,426	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	424.27/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,570	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	443.98/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,687	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	423.86/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,746	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	402.05/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,725	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	394.65/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,839	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	376.88/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,786	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	399.69/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,062	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	359.94/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,875	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	378.69/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,988	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	563	382.51/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,154	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	347.98/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,983	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	363.79/cwt	358.00–370.00	2,077	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	324.98/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,021	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	351.94/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,224	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	332.90/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,237	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	304.93/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,074	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	300.00/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,115	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	285.49/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,036	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	782	250.75/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,961	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	250.02/cwt	245.00–255.00	2,020	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,414	192.92/cwt	190.00–197.00	2,728	5
Bulls	—	—	1,630	201.90/cwt	200.00–204.00	3,291	5
Bulls	—	—	1,902	179.79/cwt	175.00–185.00	3,420	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	163.37/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,495	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,076	167.27/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,800	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	150.97/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,673	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	172.94/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,959	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	156.82/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,877	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,817	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,366	169.57/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,316	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	181.29/cwt	179.00–186.00	2,547	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,443	159.24/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,298	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,925.00/head	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,925	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 Sep 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 487Last week 410Year ago 748

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 35Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 9Year ago 21

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand. Not enough replacement cattle to determine a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	358	430.00–440.00	434.97
2	400–450	425	400.00–405.00	402.50
7	450–500	465	375.00–385.00	379.24
3	500–550	515	357.50–375.00	367.36
4	550–600	564	335.00–347.50	339.35
10	600–650	620	307.50–330.00	323.71
6	650–700	668	312.50–320.00	316.21
6	700–750	713	300.00–310.00	304.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	822	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	430.00	430.00
3	250–300	278	410.00–425.00	415.03
7	350–400	373	395.00–410.00	404.96
6	400–450	423	380.00–390.00	384.59
10	450–500	479	355.00–365.00	360.26
8	500–550	514	335.00–350.00	340.64
5	550–600	556	315.00–330.00	324.02
3	600–650	617	302.50–315.00	310.74
2	650–700	685	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	710	287.50–292.50	290.86
1	750–800	785	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	679	320.00–330.00	322.50
3	700–750	718	315.00–320.00	316.71
2	750–800	760	302.50–320.00	311.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	550.00	550.00
1	300–350	300	475.00	475.00
4	350–400	380	435.00–450.00	443.98
9	400–450	412	415.00–430.00	423.86
13	450–500	466	387.50–400.00	394.65
14	500–550	525	370.00–385.00	378.69
9	550–600	571	358.00–370.00	363.79
5	600–650	632	347.50–357.50	351.94
5	650–700	672	320.00–345.00	332.90
4	700–750	705	290.00–310.00	300.00
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00
2	800–850	808	245.00–255.00	250.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	485.00	485.00
3	300–350	328	425.00–440.00	434.82
6	350–400	370	415.00–430.00	424.27
7	400–450	429	395.00–410.00	402.05
14	450–500	474	370.00–385.00	376.88
8	500–550	521	355.00–365.00	359.94
6	550–600	570	342.50–350.00	347.98
5	600–650	622	320.00–335.00	324.98
2	650–700	680	300.00–310.00	304.93
6	700–750	713	280.00–290.00	285.49
3	750–800	782	245.00–257.50	250.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	516	395.00–405.00	399.69
2	550–600	563	380.00–385.00	382.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	410	455.00	455.00
2	550–600	555	387.50–390.00	388.76
5	600–650	618	360.00–367.50	364.46
1	700–750	710	327.50	327.50
1	750–800	760	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	435.00–440.00	437.47
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	150.00–152.00	150.97
1	—	1,275	142.50	142.50
3	—	915	160.00–165.00	163.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,443	156.00–163.00	159.24
5	—	1,405	179.00–186.00	181.29
9	—	1,366	165.00–175.00	169.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,197	155.00–160.00	156.82
8	—	1,076	166.00–168.00	167.27
3	—	1,133	170.00–175.00	172.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,902	175.00–185.00	179.79
5	—	1,630	200.00–204.00	201.90
5	—	1,414	190.00–197.00	192.92

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,925.00

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.