Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower with high yielding boning cows up to 152.00 cwt, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $257.55/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −158.82 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$257.55

22 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$24.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.99

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	276.02	1,438	4thin
Medium and Large 2	540	260.46	1,406	4thin
Medium and Large 3	551	251.44	1,386	14thin

One grade step is worth $24.58/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale22 hd

257.55

—

AL average14 barns · 276 hd

243.56

+13.99

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

−158.82

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	1,496	162.02	2,424	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,395	141.18	1,970	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	140.19	1,661	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	979	126.16	1,235	27

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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,755	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,670	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,508	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,268	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,235	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,931	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,338	20

Every lot, as filed

82 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	310.23/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	255.46/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	243.00/cwt	242.00–244.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	329.67/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	262.69/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,143	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	290.70/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	295.03/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	241.22/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,259	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	252.85/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,166	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	283.47/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,012	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	333.44/cwt	330.00–337.00	967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	212.98/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	254.99/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	267.40/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,273	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	295.98/cwt	294.00–297.00	977	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	313.36/cwt	307.00–316.00	1,172	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	256.48/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	514	233.99/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,203	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	278.10/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,332	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	243.33/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	263.58/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	317.52/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	608	213.46/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,298	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	294.92/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,109	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	246.71/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,414	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	128.43/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,283	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	121.60/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,132	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,897	1
Bulls	—	—	1,265	156.36/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,978	3
Bulls	—	—	1,653	163.03/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,695	2
Bulls	—	—	1,875	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,319	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,267.50/head	1,260.00–1,275.00	1,268	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,670.00/head	1,670.00–1,670.00	1,670	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,931.25/head	1,800.00–2,075.00	1,931	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,249.14/head	1,080.00–1,380.00	1,249	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,545.17/head	1,420.00–1,687.00	1,545	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,125.00/head	1,025.00–1,185.00	1,125	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,443.00/head	1,225.00–1,665.00	1,443	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,830.00/head	1,830.00–1,830.00	1,830	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,755.00/head	1,740.00–1,770.00	1,755	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,385.00–1,415.00	1,400	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	139.68/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,988	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	134.87/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,552	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	145.85/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,809	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	140.19/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,640	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,075	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	143.98/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	273.19/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,057	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	286	292.23/cwt	290.00–295.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	223.36/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,258	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	279.89/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,176	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	293.99/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,407	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	352.59/cwt	350.00–355.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	287.95/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,365	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	312.14/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,283	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	276.02/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,438	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	321.36/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	212.53/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	279.51/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	304.60/cwt	302.00–307.00	984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	275.64/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	263.81/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,219	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	265.46/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,354	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 Aug 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 540Last week 300Year ago 564

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 36Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 8Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	307.00–312.00	310.23
2	450–500	463	293.00–295.00	293.99
7	500–550	527	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	568	271.00–280.00	275.64
1	600–650	615	272.00	272.00
2	650–700	688	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	355.00	355.00
2	300–350	323	327.00–332.00	329.67
3	400–450	417	290.00–292.00	290.70
2	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	520	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	608	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	330.00	330.00
2	300–350	323	315.00–320.00	317.52
1	400–450	420	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	480	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	518	260.00–267.00	263.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	302.00	302.00
3	300–350	330	294.00–297.00	295.98
5	350–400	357	280.00–288.00	283.47
4	400–450	435	260.00–266.00	262.69
7	450–500	461	250.00–255.00	252.85
7	500–550	522	235.00–248.00	241.22
1	600–650	615	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	653	209.00–217.00	212.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	290.00–295.00	292.23
1	300–350	300	287.00	287.00
5	350–400	387	270.00–275.00	273.19
4	400–450	425	255.00–257.00	256.48
5	450–500	470	240.00–247.00	243.33
5	500–550	514	232.00–238.00	233.99
3	550–600	563	220.00–225.00	223.36
2	600–650	608	210.00–217.00	213.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	302.00–307.00	304.60
2	400–450	405	279.00–280.00	279.51
6	450–500	462	260.00–265.00	263.81
7	550–600	554	254.00	254.00
6	650–700	668	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	725	210.00–215.00	212.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	330.00–337.00	333.44
7	350–400	374	307.00–316.00	313.36
5	400–450	439	290.00–297.00	295.03
9	450–500	479	275.00–285.00	278.10
2	500–550	510	261.00–270.00	265.46
2	550–600	570	254.00–257.00	255.46
2	600–650	618	242.00–244.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	290.00–300.00	294.92
6	400–450	420	275.00–285.00	279.89
8	450–500	476	265.00–272.00	267.40
8	500–550	535	250.00–260.00	254.99
6	550–600	573	240.00–250.00	246.71
1	600–650	630	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	350.00–355.00	352.59
2	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
6	350–400	369	317.00–327.00	321.36
5	400–450	411	305.00–317.00	312.14
4	450–500	474	286.00–292.00	287.95
4	500–550	521	272.00–282.00	276.02
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	685	239.00	239.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	999	125.00–131.00	128.43
7	—	931	118.00–124.00	121.60
1	—	935	115.00	115.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	136.00	136.00
4	—	1,423	138.00–142.00	139.68
4	—	1,368	143.00–145.00	143.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,151	132.00–137.00	134.87
16	—	1,240	144.00–149.00	145.85
21	—	1,170	138.00–143.00	140.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	155.00–159.00	156.36
2	—	1,653	162.00–164.00	163.03
1	—	1,875	177.00	177.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,260.00–1,275.00	1,267.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,670.00	1,670.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,025.00–1,185.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,225.00–1,665.00	1,443.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,740.00–1,770.00	1,755.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,830.00	1,830.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,385.00–1,415.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,800.00–2,075.00	1,931.25
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,080.00–1,380.00	1,249.14
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,420.00–1,687.00	1,545.17

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Arab Livestock Market - Arab, AL

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle