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Arab Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Arab, Alabama · Tue, Nov 11
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1991
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▼ 280 vs last sale 520▼ 327 vs year ago 567 · −57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 80▼ 25 vs year ago 71 · −35.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 32▼ 57 vs year ago 68 · −83.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $347.82/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −51.53 against this barn's trailing median of $399.35.
Average price
$347.82
17 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,924
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.68
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544367.462,0005thin
Medium and Large 2557339.641,89112thin
One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about $109 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 sale17 hd
347.82
—
AL average14 barns · 322 hd
341.15
+6.68
This barn, trailing median33 sales
399.35
−51.53
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—High1,644180.132,9616thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,421156.162,2196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,211145.161,75712
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,118130.631,4606thin

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)—$2,1251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7632thin

Every lot

55 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 1500395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555364.50/cwt364.00–365.002,0232
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275417.50/cwt415.00–420.001,1482
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363381.13/cwt375.00–390.001,3848
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388399.05/cwt392.50–410.001,5483
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417381.54/cwt375.00–392.501,5913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428366.22/cwt350.00–372.501,5675
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475332.53/cwt330.00–335.001,5802
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488349.49/cwt342.50–355.001,7066
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523337.03/cwt332.50–341.001,7634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530324.33/cwt320.00–327.501,7194
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588324.75/cwt320.00–330.001,91010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9222
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633314.49/cwt314.00–315.001,9912
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675286.25/cwt285.00–287.501,9324
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9601
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720274.49/cwt274.00–275.001,9762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0461
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1271
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275422.36/cwt420.00–425.001,1612
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1307439.89/cwt435.00–445.001,3503
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320413.33/cwt410.00–415.001,3233
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358421.33/cwt415.00–430.001,5084
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371402.10/cwt395.00–410.001,4927
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419389.18/cwt385.00–395.001,6316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469373.04/cwt370.00–375.001,7505
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477399.86/cwt390.00–405.001,9073
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510387.48/cwt385.00–390.001,9762
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517358.39/cwt355.00–365.001,8533
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567354.11/cwt350.00–359.002,0083
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570333.39/cwt325.00–340.001,9009
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622335.03/cwt332.50–337.502,0843
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640313.13/cwt310.00–317.502,0043
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2674300.85/cwt300.00–305.002,0286
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685313.06/cwt310.00–322.502,1444
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1737305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2483
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1461
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1767296.72/cwt290.00–300.002,2763
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,308166.20/cwt163.00–170.002,1742
Bulls——1,778182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,2362
Bulls——1,845192.18/cwt189.00–195.003,5462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%990135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,099140.26/cwt140.00–141.001,5414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143129.76/cwt128.00–131.001,4835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270146.70/cwt144.00–150.001,8637
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,318162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,1352
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380155.99/cwt155.00–157.002,1532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565150.50/cwt150.00–151.002,3552
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,762.50/head1,700.00–1,825.001,7632

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.