Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 92. No feeder cattle trends available. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady, lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.59/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$182.59

58 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,091

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$6.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.27

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	182.95	1,099	55
Medium and Large 1-2	530	176.00	933	3thin

One grade step is worth $6.95/cwt here — about $167 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 sale58 hd

182.59

—

AL average14 barns · 776 hd

186.86

−4.27

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	—	High	1,481	100.82	1,493	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	79.86	1,010	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	66.49	676	14

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$650	5

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	87.00/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,055	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	705	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	402	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	62.11/cwt	60.00–64.00	649	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	649.60/head	578.00–757.00	650	5
Bulls	—	—	1,559	108.37/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,689	4
Bulls	—	—	1,580	97.96/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,548	2
Bulls	—	—	1,225	88.56/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,085	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	74.48/cwt	72.00–76.00	861	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	81.67/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,121	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	828	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,099	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,044	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	728	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,216	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,022	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,048	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	668	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,169	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	68.15/cwt	65.00–70.00	709	11

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 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 407Last week 592Year ago 641

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 93Year ago 110

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 16Year ago 14

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 92. No feeder cattle trends available. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady, lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,213	86.00–88.00	87.00
9	—	1,156	72.00–76.00	74.48
11	—	1,372	79.00–84.00	81.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	57.00	57.00
2	—	1,045	60.00–64.00	62.11
11	—	1,040	65.00–70.00	68.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,559	107.00–110.00	108.37
2	—	1,580	97.00–99.00	97.96
2	—	1,225	88.00–89.00	88.56

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	578.00–757.00	649.60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	484	171.00	171.00
9	—	677	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	654	168.00	168.00
2	—	535	186.00	186.00
12	—	483	211.50	211.50
16	—	604	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	197.00	197.00
12	—	728	167.00	167.00
2	—	668	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	176.00	176.00

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Arab Livestock Market - Arab, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle