Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 147.00 cwt. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady. Market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $297.90/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −118.46 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$297.90

22 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$28.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.31

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	310.87	1,651	9thin
Medium and Large 2	559	290.91	1,625	10thin
Medium and Large 3	554	282.32	1,563	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.55/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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

297.90

—

AL average9 barns · 184 hd

287.60

+10.31

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

−118.46

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	1,723	155.05	2,672	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,428	131.33	1,876	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,351	130.11	1,758	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,161	109.52	1,272	5thin

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)	—	$1,248	4thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1	550–600	574	265.02/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	346.70/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,005	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	264.94/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,399	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	374.86/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,387	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	317.33/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,647	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	252.97/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,695	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	308.38/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	284.48/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	221.32/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	250.50/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,430	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	245.66/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	321.76/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,380	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	283.42/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	309.15/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,323	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	307.00/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,489	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,079	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	115.15/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,278	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,248	109.15/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,362	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,695	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,265	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,528	122.89/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,878	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,247.75/head	1,200.00–1,309.00	1,248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,874	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	132.55/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,625	4
Bulls	—	—	1,723	155.05/cwt	154.00–156.00	2,672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	297.96/cwt	292.00–307.00	1,654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	272.51/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	275.98/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	286.50/cwt	286.00–287.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	368.52/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	337.44/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	255	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	353.21/cwt	347.00–362.00	1,498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	280.67/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,205	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	405.91/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,311	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	243.51/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	320.99/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,361	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	260.66/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	377.47/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	309.48/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	331.85/cwt	326.00–345.00	1,546	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	385.97/cwt	382.00–390.00	1,362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	377.48/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	320.55/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,516	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	331.04/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	298.69/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,398	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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 475Year ago 932

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	345.00–350.00	346.70
5	350–400	365	325.00–335.00	330.00
7	400–450	424	315.00–325.00	320.99
4	450–500	468	295.00–305.00	298.69
3	500–550	520	280.00–282.00	280.67
5	550–600	574	260.00–267.00	265.02
3	600–650	622	259.00–263.00	260.66
2	650–700	653	242.00–245.00	243.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	325.00–330.00	327.48
2	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	428	305.00–310.00	309.15
3	500–550	528	260.00–270.00	264.94
4	550–600	571	250.00–252.00	250.50
2	600–650	638	245.00	245.00
3	700–750	722	217.00–225.00	221.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	410	335.00–340.00	337.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	475	337.00	337.00
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	575	282.00–287.00	284.48
1	600–650	630	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	382.00–390.00	385.97
2	400–450	405	375.00–380.00	377.47
2	450–500	453	365.00–372.00	368.52
2	500–550	510	320.00–330.00	324.95
2	550–600	555	307.00–312.00	309.48
2	600–650	615	286.00–287.00	286.50
1	650–700	685	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	425.00	425.00
1	250–300	295	420.00	420.00
2	300–350	323	402.00–410.00	405.91
7	350–400	370	370.00–385.00	374.86
5	400–450	424	347.00–362.00	353.21
5	450–500	466	326.00–345.00	331.85
6	500–550	519	312.00–322.00	317.33
3	550–600	555	292.00–307.00	297.96
2	600–650	618	270.00–275.00	272.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	328	375.00–380.00	377.48
2	350–400	358	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	420	330.00–332.00	331.04
4	450–500	473	315.00–325.00	320.55
3	500–550	513	305.00–310.00	308.38
7	550–600	578	280.00–288.00	283.42
5	650–700	670	250.00–260.00	252.97
1	750–800	775	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	429	315.00–325.00	321.76
2	450–500	485	302.00–312.00	307.00
1	500–550	505	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	578	275.00–277.00	275.98
3	650–700	658	245.00–247.00	245.66
1	700–750	735	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	775	207.00	207.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,110	113.00–117.00	115.15
2	—	1,248	108.00–110.00	109.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	126.00	126.00
1	—	1,595	142.00	142.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	121.00–127.00	122.89
1	—	1,320	142.00	142.00
4	—	1,226	130.00–134.00	132.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,723	154.00–156.00	155.05

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	4	—	—	1,200.00–1,309.00	1,247.75

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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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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