Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 167.00 cwt. All feeder classes sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $277.80/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −107.26 against this barn's trailing median of $385.06.

Average price

$277.80

14 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$18.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.65

vs AL average

−29.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	280.57	1,500	9thin
Medium and Large 2	523	275.53	1,441	4thin
Medium and Large 3	530	262.00	1,389	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.57/cwt here — about $112 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

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.44, low $310.75, median $385.06 across 29 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 sale14 hd

277.80

—

AL average16 barns · 301 hd

270.15

+7.65

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−29.21

This barn, trailing median29 sales

385.06

−107.26

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	1,729	161.89	2,799	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	150.57	2,337	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	147.26	1,846	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,065	121.06	1,289	13

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,525	1thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	255.47/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	270.99/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	274.33/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	323.69/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,217	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	333.39/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,420	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	301.43/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	354.49/cwt	354.00–355.00	1,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	247.54/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	275.53/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	314.69/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,353	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	295.31/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,400	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	322.81/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	285.20/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,343	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	321.81/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	264.61/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	286.93/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	334	317.54/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,061	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	309.39/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,467	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	127.43/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,395	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	119.92/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,245	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	149.35/cwt	148.00–150.00	2,378	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	148.26/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,855	14
Bulls	—	—	2,020	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,434	1
Bulls	—	—	1,656	159.86/cwt	158.00–162.00	2,647	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	805	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	141.68/cwt	140.00–143.00	2,111	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	155.92/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,423	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	138.39/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,632	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	156.88/cwt	153.00–161.00	2,140	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	112.36/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,191	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	315.94/cwt	308.00–322.00	1,652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	353.58/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	294.44/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	313.21/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,137	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	213.93/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	377.07/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	245.48/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	239.01/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,752	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,908	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	358.26/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	328.69/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	290.18/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,663	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	332.18/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	258.78/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,915	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	343.20/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,270	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	348.19/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	361.20/cwt	357.00–367.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	264.43/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,589	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	314.73/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,467	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	283.69/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,484	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	277.00/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	319.68/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	325.07/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,359	12

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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 400Last week 289Year ago 700

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 18Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 22Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	437.00	437.00
2	300–350	308	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	370	372.00–382.00	377.07
8	400–450	421	340.00–355.00	348.19
5	450–500	468	327.00–337.00	332.18
8	500–550	523	308.00–322.00	315.94
5	550–600	573	285.00–295.00	290.18
4	600–650	629	267.00–277.00	270.99
2	650–700	680	254.00–257.00	255.47
2	700–750	740	243.00–248.00	245.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	380	354.00–355.00	354.49
7	400–450	426	327.00–337.00	333.39
7	450–500	470	315.00–325.00	319.68
3	500–550	523	297.00–305.00	301.43
5	550–600	587	273.00–280.00	277.00
1	650–700	690	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	380.00	380.00
1	250–300	260	375.00	375.00
2	300–350	328	350.00–357.00	353.58
5	400–450	427	320.00–325.00	322.81
5	450–500	474	305.00–312.00	309.39
3	500–550	533	280.00–291.00	286.93
3	550–600	578	262.00–267.00	264.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	315	335.00	335.00
4	350–400	376	320.00–330.00	323.69
7	400–450	430	312.00–317.00	314.69
6	450–500	474	290.00–300.00	295.31
4	500–550	523	272.00–278.00	275.53
2	600–650	610	245.00–250.00	247.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	370	340.00–350.00	343.20
12	400–450	418	320.00–335.00	325.07
7	450–500	466	305.00–320.00	314.73
6	500–550	523	280.00–290.00	283.69
3	550–600	558	272.00–276.00	274.33
7	600–650	601	255.00–266.00	264.43
1	650–700	655	247.00	247.00
21	700–750	733	233.00–240.00	239.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	350.00	350.00
4	300–350	334	315.00–325.00	317.54
3	350–400	363	310.00–315.00	313.21
5	400–450	420	290.00–305.00	294.44
4	450–500	471	282.00–289.00	285.20
1	500–550	530	262.00	262.00
1	600–650	635	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	723	210.00–218.00	213.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	355.00–360.00	358.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	425	352.00	352.00
1	600–650	625	277.00	277.00
1	650–700	695	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	315.00–328.00	321.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	385.00	385.00
3	400–450	415	357.00–367.00	361.20
1	450–500	450	353.00	353.00
4	500–550	514	320.00–335.00	328.69
1	550–600	580	307.00	307.00
11	600–650	636	300.00	300.00
18	700–750	740	255.00–259.00	258.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,095	125.00–131.00	127.43
5	—	1,038	116.00–123.00	119.92
3	—	1,060	112.00–113.00	112.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	148.00–150.00	149.35
2	—	1,490	140.00–143.00	141.68
4	—	1,554	155.00–157.00	155.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,251	144.00–152.00	148.26
7	—	1,179	134.00–142.00	138.39
5	—	1,364	153.00–161.00	156.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,020	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,656	158.00–162.00	159.86

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)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00

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

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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