Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.58/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$133.58

126 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$27.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	444	144.01	639	57
Medium and Large 2	447	134.30	600	32
Medium and Large 3	504	116.88	589	37

One grade step is worth $27.13/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale126 hd

133.58

—

AL average11 barns · 715 hd

137.02

−3.44

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,474	84.90	1,251	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	65.87	970	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	64.61	826	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	54.01	553	13

Every lot, as filed

74 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,505	81.13/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,221	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	73.41/cwt	72.00–75.00	908	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	59.02/cwt	57.00–62.00	680	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	65.23/cwt	63.00–68.00	885	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	51.76/cwt	51.00–52.00	531	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	65.04/cwt	62.00–68.00	972	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	956	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	55.01/cwt	53.00–57.00	563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	126.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,160	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	137.50/cwt	136.00–138.00	789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	135.89/cwt	130.00–140.00	568	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	151.31/cwt	148.00–155.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	148.42/cwt	147.00–150.00	487	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	272	141.33/cwt	140.00–142.00	384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	147.35/cwt	145.00–153.00	551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	910	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	140.34/cwt	137.00–142.00	860	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	182.44/cwt	179.00–185.00	763	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	366	189.26/cwt	183.00–192.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	163.68/cwt	158.00–167.00	846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	848	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	134.16/cwt	128.00–136.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	618	112.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	273	189.94/cwt	188.00–192.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	173.28/cwt	170.00–180.00	639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	141.62/cwt	138.00–145.00	663	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	144.66/cwt	142.00–150.00	609	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	171.54/cwt	168.00–175.00	806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	172.31/cwt	167.00–175.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	146.34/cwt	142.00–150.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	178.65/cwt	177.00–182.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	161.62/cwt	160.00–165.00	598	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	160.80/cwt	158.00–165.00	685	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	158.33/cwt	155.00–165.00	749	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	574	120.77/cwt	117.00–125.00	693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	337	164.97/cwt	162.00–168.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	178.25/cwt	173.00–180.00	606	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	883.33/cwt	800.00–950.00	—	9
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	462.50/cwt	450.00–475.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	862.50/cwt	775.00–950.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	708.33/cwt	700.00–725.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	—	1
Bulls	—	—	1,513	87.59/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,325	4
Bulls	—	—	1,160	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	129.41/cwt	125.00–132.00	415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	123.54/cwt	122.00–125.00	513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	368	157.97/cwt	157.00–159.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	128.91/cwt	126.00–135.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	922	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	140.98/cwt	137.00–143.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.54/cwt	137.00–140.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	112.61/cwt	110.00–120.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	122.38/cwt	120.00–125.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	127.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	735	4

How this sale compares

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 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 311Last week 0Year ago 939

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 0Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 0Year ago 41

No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,505	79.00–83.00	81.13
4	—	1,513	84.00–89.00	87.59
1	—	1,160	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,237	72.00–75.00	73.41
10	—	1,152	57.00–62.00	59.02
19	—	1,357	63.00–68.00	65.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	51.00–52.00	51.76
9	—	1,024	53.00–57.00	55.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,494	62.00–68.00	65.04
1	—	1,365	70.00	70.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	125.00–130.00	126.30
4	—	720	100.00	100.00
4	—	848	94.00	94.00
5	—	321	125.00–132.00	129.41
4	—	415	122.00–125.00	123.54
3	—	290	130.00	130.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
4	—	513	110.00–120.00	112.61
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
7	—	466	120.00–125.00	122.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
1	—	315	141.00	141.00
12	—	418	130.00–140.00	135.89
3	—	272	140.00–142.00	141.33
6	—	469	128.00–136.00	134.16
3	—	532	126.00–135.00	128.91
2	—	370	137.00–140.00	138.54
4	—	579	125.00–130.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	136.00–138.00	137.50
2	—	275	148.00–155.00	151.31
6	—	328	147.00–150.00	148.42
2	—	245	155.00	155.00
9	—	374	145.00–153.00	147.35
2	—	608	130.00–132.00	131.00
9	—	468	138.00–145.00	141.62
12	—	421	142.00–150.00	144.66
3	—	715	129.00	129.00
4	—	540	137.00–143.00	140.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	157.00–159.00	157.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	170.00	170.00
3	—	800	145.00	145.00
11	—	562	162.00	162.00
2	—	695	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	133.00	133.00
3	—	613	137.00–142.00	140.34
8	—	418	179.00–185.00	182.44
4	—	366	183.00–192.00	189.26
3	—	517	158.00–167.00	163.68
2	—	273	188.00–192.00	189.94
2	—	470	168.00–175.00	171.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	148.00	148.00
8	—	369	170.00–180.00	173.28
6	—	434	167.00–175.00	172.31
3	—	283	177.00–182.00	178.65
7	—	473	155.00–165.00	158.33
5	—	340	173.00–180.00	178.25
2	—	565	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	110.00–116.00	112.99
1	—	755	107.00	107.00
3	—	460	142.00–150.00	146.34
2	—	275	170.00	170.00
2	—	525	138.00	138.00
6	—	370	160.00–165.00	161.62
7	—	426	158.00–165.00	160.80
5	—	574	117.00–125.00	120.77
3	—	337	162.00–168.00	164.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	800.00–950.00	883.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	450.00–475.00	462.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	700.00–725.00	708.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	775.00–950.00	862.50

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Arab Livestock Market - Arab, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle