Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 149.00 cwt. slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $277.90/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −138.47 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$277.90

15 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$35.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.90

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	304.46	1,538	2thin
Medium and Large 2	539	278.38	1,500	7thin
Medium and Large 3	542	268.49	1,454	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.97/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $453.69, low $335.77, median $416.37 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

277.90

—

AL average13 barns · 231 hd

273.00

+4.90

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

−138.47

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	—	Average	1,764	151.48	2,671	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,482	136.22	2,018	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,160	132.92	1,542	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	116.63	1,190	15

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)	—	$1,167	16

Every lot, as filed

76 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	200–250	245	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	367.48/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,022	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	323.04/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,363	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	301.95/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,413	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	327.39/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	288.54/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,209	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	278.50/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	303.30/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	251.26/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,704	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	253.40/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,305	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	316.35/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,351	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,049	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	339.64/cwt	335.00–345.00	934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	272.24/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,418	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,034	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	315.63/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	244.25/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	261.00/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	253.36/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	241.90/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	286.74/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,084	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	284.17/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,503	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	270.66/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	292.01/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,402	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	740	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	120.14/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,314	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	114.82/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,136	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	140.89/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,746	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	137.44/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,993	2
Bulls	—	—	1,892	150.96/cwt	149.00–153.00	2,856	3
Bulls	—	—	1,512	144.32/cwt	141.00–147.00	2,182	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,124.86/head	936.00–1,282.00	1,125	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,458.00/head	1,425.00–1,491.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	205.07/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,384	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	132.43/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,588	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Bulls	—	—	1,948	163.00/cwt	162.00–164.00	3,175	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,043	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	125.94/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,345	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	278.71/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,198	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	302.44/cwt	300.00–305.00	992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	265.78/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,254	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	306.89/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,323	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	304.46/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	335.72/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,235	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	233.47/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	313.28/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	287.63/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	214.49/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	335.93/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	314.97/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	356.03/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	244.48/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	260.97/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	252.67/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	262.28/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	340.10/cwt	335.00–345.00	867	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 May 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 416Last week 394Year ago 432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 56Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 18Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	323	315.00	315.00
3	350–400	373	300.00–305.00	303.30
5	400–450	419	285.00–292.00	288.54
2	450–500	460	275.00–282.00	278.50
5	500–550	515	250.00–257.00	253.40
4	550–600	570	240.00–248.00	244.25
1	600–650	600	237.00	237.00
1	650–700	680	216.00	216.00
1	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	320.00	320.00
2	300–350	328	300.00–305.00	302.44
3	350–400	378	285.00–290.00	286.74
10	400–450	430	275.00–282.00	278.71
7	450–500	472	260.00–270.00	265.78
4	500–550	521	230.00–247.00	241.90
2	650–700	675	200.00–210.00	205.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	335.00–345.00	340.10
2	300–350	305	332.00–340.00	335.93
3	350–400	373	310.00–315.00	313.28
1	400–450	400	301.00	301.00
3	500–550	522	260.00–265.00	262.28
3	550–600	573	250.00–255.00	252.67
2	600–650	610	242.00–247.00	244.48
4	650–700	655	230.00–244.00	233.47
2	700–750	715	214.00–215.00	214.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	595	280.00	280.00
7	650–700	678	246.00–255.00	251.26
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	363	352.00–360.00	356.03
1	450–500	450	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	570	285.00–290.00	287.63
1	750–800	760	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	390.00	390.00
5	250–300	278	360.00–370.00	367.48
1	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
8	350–400	368	332.00–342.00	335.72
3	400–450	422	322.00–325.00	323.04
2	450–500	480	312.00–318.00	314.97
2	500–550	505	300.00–309.00	304.46
1	600–650	600	267.00	267.00
1	650–700	650	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	375	325.00–330.00	327.39
5	400–450	427	315.00–320.00	316.35
6	450–500	468	300.00–308.00	301.95
4	500–550	529	280.00–290.00	284.17
3	550–600	552	269.00–273.00	270.66
2	600–650	605	257.00–265.00	260.97
1	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	370.00	370.00
2	250–300	275	335.00–345.00	339.64
2	300–350	318	325.00	325.00
3	350–400	385	312.00–320.00	315.63
9	400–450	431	300.00–310.00	306.89
7	450–500	480	290.00–297.00	292.01
4	500–550	521	267.00–277.00	272.24
2	550–600	583	260.00–262.00	261.00
3	600–650	623	250.00–255.00	253.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,094	119.00–122.00	120.14
8	—	989	112.00–116.00	114.82
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,239	137.00–143.00	140.89
6	—	1,199	131.00–135.00	132.43
11	—	1,068	123.00–129.00	125.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	136.00–139.00	137.44
2	—	1,513	135.00	135.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,892	149.00–153.00	150.96
3	—	1,512	141.00–147.00	144.32
2	—	1,948	162.00–164.00	163.00

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	14	—	—	936.00–1,282.00	1,124.86
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,425.00–1,491.00	1,458.00

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Arab Livestock Market - Arab, AL

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Slaughter Cattle

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