Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 12.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.14/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −91.92 against this barn's trailing median of $385.06.

Average price

$293.14

21 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$35.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.37

vs AL average

−23.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	300.74	1,628	15thin
Medium and Large 2	571	278.73	1,592	4thin
Medium and Large 3	553	265.00	1,464	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.74/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale21 hd

293.14

—

AL average15 barns · 304 hd

292.77

+0.37

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−23.41

This barn, trailing median29 sales

385.06

−91.92

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	1,592	162.91	2,593	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,510	137.03	2,069	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	132.93	1,570	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	113.37	1,139	10

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)	—	$2,217	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,217	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,184	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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 3	650–700	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	307.09/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	319.89/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	284.97/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,382	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	262.00/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	280.07/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	330.94/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	358.36/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	290.10/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	337.45/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	389.98/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	244.99/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	353.45/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,142	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	273.30/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	402.41/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	404.89/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,937	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	288.30/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	326.67/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	111.14/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,254	3
Bulls	—	—	1,570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,512	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	129.65/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,491	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	137.03/cwt	136.00–138.00	2,069	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	122.47/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,418	3
Bulls	—	—	1,603	164.36/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,635	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,100.00/head	1,900.00–2,300.00	2,100	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,650.00/head	3,600.00–3,700.00	3,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,450.00/head	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,216.67/head	1,800.00–2,800.00	2,217	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,244.23/head	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,244	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,968.75/head	2,800.00–3,150.00	2,969	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	336.39/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,553	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	136.68/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,635	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	107.61/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,146	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	907	117.02/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	286.66/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	305.49/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,601	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	318.82/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,938	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	427.59/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	372.36/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	381.22/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	293.61/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,665	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	358.95/cwt	352.00–365.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	351.52/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,838	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	388.03/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,044	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,774	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	334.96/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	326.65/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	272.46/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	408.24/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	280	420.00/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	425.04/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,373	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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 324Last week 295Year ago 453

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 20Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 85Last week 18Year ago 54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	420.00	420.00
2	250–300	280	400.00–405.00	402.41
2	300–350	343	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	475	327.00	327.00
1	500–550	525	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	730	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	430.00	430.00
4	250–300	280	420.00–430.00	427.59
1	300–350	305	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	375	385.00–395.00	389.98
3	400–450	422	355.00–360.00	358.36
1	500–550	515	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	623	285.00–290.00	288.30
1	700–750	745	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	420.00–430.00	425.04
3	350–400	360	405.00–410.00	408.24
8	400–450	423	370.00–390.00	381.22
3	450–500	468	352.00–365.00	358.95
1	500–550	505	352.00	352.00
1	550–600	565	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	655	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	350.00–360.00	353.45
3	350–400	370	332.00–345.00	337.45
5	400–450	428	315.00–327.00	319.89
7	450–500	462	300.00–310.00	307.09
1	500–550	545	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	580	270.00–280.00	273.30
3	600–650	612	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	655	240.00–250.00	244.99
1	700–750	715	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
3	300–350	318	330.00–340.00	336.39
3	350–400	358	325.00–330.00	326.67
1	400–450	405	302.00	302.00
3	450–500	485	280.00–290.00	284.97
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	585	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	410.00	410.00
5	250–300	269	380.00–395.00	388.03
2	300–350	323	370.00–375.00	372.36
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	417	330.00–340.00	334.96
1	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
9	500–550	524	300.00–315.00	305.49
6	550–600	567	285.00–300.00	293.61
2	600–650	610	270.00–275.00	272.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	627	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	410.00–430.00	420.00
1	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	400.00–410.00	404.89
1	350–400	380	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	400.00–410.00	405.00
6	500–550	523	347.00–357.00	351.52
3	550–600	580	325.00–330.00	326.65
12	600–650	608	312.00–320.00	318.82
3	650–700	672	285.00–290.00	286.66
8	700–750	719	261.00–265.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	495	352.00	352.00
2	500–550	528	327.00–335.00	330.94
1	550–600	580	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	633	285.00–295.00	290.10
2	650–700	685	270.00–290.00	280.07
2	700–750	733	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	109.00–113.00	111.14
2	—	1,065	107.00–108.00	107.61
5	—	907	115.00–120.00	117.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	129.00–130.00	129.65
3	—	1,158	121.00–125.00	122.47
11	—	1,196	135.00–142.00	136.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	136.00–138.00	137.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,603	162.00–167.00	164.36

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	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,900.00–2,300.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,800.00–2,800.00	2,216.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,600.00–3,700.00	3,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,244.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,800.00–3,150.00	2,968.75

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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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

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