Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower with high yielding boning cows up to 155.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 6.00 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 $326.44/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −89.93 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$326.44

29 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.82

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	336.98	1,839	7thin
Medium and Large 2	551	326.40	1,797	15thin
Medium and Large 3	539	315.98	1,702	7thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $137 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 sale29 hd

326.44

—

AL average15 barns · 325 hd

318.62

+7.82

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

−89.93

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	1,389	163.96	2,277	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	144.48	2,186	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	142.02	1,755	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	939	111.98	1,051	4thin

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)	—	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2	550–600	574	318.27/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,827	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	263.49/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	364.98/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,369	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	362.30/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	351.59/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,333	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	418.48/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,339	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	397.80/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	366.58/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	407.75/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	317.39/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,492	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	384.42/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,434	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	296.00/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	302.53/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	300.03/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,578	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	357.08/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	337.42/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	347.42/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	304.94/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	277.94/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	319.98/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,376	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	331.32/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,259	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	320.40/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	356.00/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	230.99/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,675	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,093	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	144.48/cwt	143.00–146.00	2,186	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	149.63/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,809	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	131.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,640	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	141.88/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,813	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,077	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	304.61/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,459	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	626	263.76/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,651	4
Bulls	—	—	1,438	165.44/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,379	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	105.96/cwt	105.00–107.00	941	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	285.98/cwt	285.00–287.00	2,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	317.15/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	272.96/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,575	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	331.79/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	345.59/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,825	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	399.96/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	426.68/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	340.70/cwt	337.00–345.00	1,959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	378.38/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,196	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	430.72/cwt	427.00–435.00	1,219	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	380.98/cwt	372.00–387.00	1,623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	288.47/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	345.48/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	330.02/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,383	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	330.52/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	333.51/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,768	8

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 387Last week 373Year ago 383

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 68Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 65Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	427.00–435.00	430.72
5	300–350	320	410.00–425.00	418.48
7	350–400	380	395.00–405.00	397.80
4	400–450	426	372.00–387.00	380.98
5	450–500	473	350.00–365.00	357.08
8	500–550	530	325.00–337.00	333.51
7	550–600	574	315.00–322.00	318.27
2	600–650	610	290.00–302.00	296.00
2	650–700	673	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	708	260.00–267.00	263.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00
5	350–400	373	380.00–390.00	384.42
7	400–450	431	350.00–362.00	356.00
3	450–500	463	330.00–347.00	337.42
5	500–550	521	320.00–322.00	320.40
2	550–600	583	300.00–310.00	304.94
1	600–650	610	277.00	277.00
2	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	372	410.00–440.00	426.68
3	400–450	408	390.00–410.00	399.96
1	450–500	465	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	528	342.00–350.00	345.59
4	550–600	559	325.00–335.00	330.52
1	600–650	610	317.00	317.00
1	700–750	705	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	360.00–370.00	366.58
4	350–400	379	340.00–357.00	351.59
5	400–450	419	325.00–335.00	330.02
5	450–500	470	315.00–320.00	317.39
8	500–550	526	291.00–305.00	300.03
1	550–600	560	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	675	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	410.00	410.00
5	300–350	316	375.00–385.00	378.38
3	350–400	375	360.00–370.00	364.98
4	400–450	426	340.00–350.00	345.48
4	450–500	460	327.00–335.00	331.79
4	500–550	516	312.00–322.00	317.15
2	600–650	615	285.00–292.00	288.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	345.00–350.00	347.42
3	350–400	380	327.00–337.00	331.32
8	400–450	430	315.00–324.00	319.98
5	450–500	479	300.00–307.00	304.61
3	500–550	515	272.00–282.00	277.94
5	550–600	577	270.00–275.00	272.96
4	600–650	626	260.00–265.00	263.76
2	700–750	725	230.00–232.00	230.99
1	750–800	750	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	400.00–415.00	407.75
3	450–500	478	360.00–365.00	362.30
1	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	618	300.00–305.00	302.53
1	700–750	705	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	635	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	417.00	417.00
1	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	575	337.00–345.00	340.70
2	600–650	625	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	730	285.00–287.00	285.98
1	750–800	780	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	360.00	360.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	115.00	115.00
2	—	888	105.00–107.00	105.96
1	—	1,030	121.00	121.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	143.00–146.00	144.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,209	146.00–151.00	149.63
3	—	1,243	130.00–135.00	131.97
2	—	1,278	139.00–144.00	141.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,438	165.00–166.00	165.44

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,725.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,250.00

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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