Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Slaughter cattle and replacement cattle were not covered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.49/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$220.49

140 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$311

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

$34.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.93

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	235.60	1,186	55
Medium and Large 3	411	227.69	937	7thin
Medium and Large 2	475	226.89	1,077	24
Medium and Large 1-2	743	201.33	1,497	54

One grade step is worth $34.26/cwt here — about −$311 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 sale140 hd

220.49

—

AL average13 barns · 1,223 hd

229.42

−8.93

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

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	201.02/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	237.13/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,122	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	230.13/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,190	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,511	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,191	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,496	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	285.03/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	704	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,654	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	223.51/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,598	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	265.02/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,399	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	294.96/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	202.45/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,448	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,742	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	238.90/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,512	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	246.95/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	258.35/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,214	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,080	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	330	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	232.54/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,088	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	222.43/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	635	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	280.19/cwt	275.00–285.00	933	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	236.75/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	252.35/cwt	250.00–255.00	951	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	213.33/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	298.97/cwt	296.00–300.00	969	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	280.60/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	415	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	227.61/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	243.52/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,108	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	270.17/cwt	265.00–275.00	981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	252.61/cwt	250.00–255.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	232.41/cwt	230.00–235.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	242.67/cwt	240.00–245.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	259.01/cwt	258.00–260.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	247.94/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,039	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	226.32/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	223.89/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,294	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	218.51/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	234.43/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,015	2

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 932Last week 576Year ago 592

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	200.00–202.00	201.02
1	—	755	172.00	172.00
1	—	720	180.00	180.00
1	—	285	265.00	265.00
1	—	230	270.00	270.00
2	—	330	250.00–255.00	252.61
3	—	393	240.00–245.00	242.67
3	—	535	220.00	220.00
1	—	570	210.00	210.00
7	—	471	225.00–230.00	226.32
2	—	433	232.00–237.00	234.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	660	220.00	220.00
28	—	821	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	234.00–242.00	237.13
9	—	517	225.00–235.00	230.13
3	—	377	250.00–255.00	252.35
3	—	628	210.00–217.00	213.33
2	—	333	258.00–260.00	259.01
9	—	419	240.00–250.00	247.94
2	—	708	205.00	205.00
9	—	578	220.00–230.00	223.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	256.00	256.00
5	—	619	226.00–228.00	227.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	230.00–235.00	232.41
1	—	270	255.00	255.00
4	—	471	215.00–222.00	218.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	247.00	247.00
1	—	495	257.00	257.00
4	—	425	268.00	268.00
2	—	715	200.00–205.00	202.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	260.00	260.00
1	—	535	250.00	250.00
1	—	430	277.00	277.00
1	—	550	240.00	240.00
2	—	658	222.00–225.00	223.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	847	202.00	202.00
4	—	588	254.50	254.50
2	—	418	280.00–290.00	285.03
8	—	686	233.00	233.00
7	—	528	260.00–268.00	265.02
3	—	375	290.00–300.00	294.96
17	—	900	193.50	193.50
10	—	633	238.00–242.00	238.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	704	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	242.00–255.00	246.95
6	—	470	255.00–267.00	258.35
3	—	370	292.00	292.00
2	—	735	192.00	192.00
1	—	275	300.00	300.00
4	—	324	296.00–300.00	298.97
3	—	418	275.00–287.00	280.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	230.00–235.00	232.54
2	—	530	220.00–225.00	222.43
1	—	635	209.00	209.00
1	—	425	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	222.00	222.00
1	—	425	267.00	267.00
4	—	333	275.00–285.00	280.19
3	—	538	230.00–240.00	236.75
2	—	455	242.00–245.00	243.52
2	—	363	265.00–275.00	270.17

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