Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm with a higher undertone present.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $353.64/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −62.73 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$353.64

42 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$25.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.29

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	363.83	1,958	25
Medium and Large 2	540	338.66	1,828	17thin

One grade step is worth $25.17/cwt here — about $130 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 sale42 hd

353.64

—

AL average15 barns · 503 hd

353.35

+0.29

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

−62.73

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	1,683	183.74	3,093	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,409	160.84	2,266	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	157.84	1,917	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,128	141.20	1,592	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,825	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,510	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,200	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,700	2thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	317.89/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,812	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	330.85/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,012	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	408.34/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,731	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	358.12/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,034	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	302.49/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,024	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	340.07/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,779	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	384.65/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,812	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	366.51/cwt	342.00–372.50	1,921	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	384.78/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,670	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	402.07/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,516	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	426.76/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	357.97/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	363.38/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	300.45/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,755	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	288.21/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,954	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	232.51/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	412.94/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,400	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	306.21/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,899	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	265.02/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	367.21/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,553	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	315.41/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,643	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,519	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	133.21/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,492	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	145.14/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,668	7
Bulls	—	—	1,235	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,100	2
Bulls	—	—	1,852	195.09/cwt	192.00–198.00	3,613	3
Bulls	—	—	1,748	182.65/cwt	180.00–187.00	3,193	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,200	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,510.00/head	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,510	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,825.00/head	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,825	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	152.06/cwt	151.00–153.00	2,012	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	161.50/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,292	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	165.36/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,389	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	150.11/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,870	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	157.49/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,851	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	163.65/cwt	161.00–166.00	2,072	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	335.31/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,915	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	272.58/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	341.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	386.82/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	344.95/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,198	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	670	311.17/cwt	307.50–315.00	2,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	302.10/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,876	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	408.15/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	294.12/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,106	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	389.94/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1

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 Sep 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 507Last week 606Year ago 451

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 63Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 17Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	495	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	560	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	670	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	367	400.00–415.00	408.15
2	400–450	415	385.00–395.00	389.94
8	450–500	468	345.00–370.00	357.97
6	500–550	523	335.00–345.00	340.07
18	550–600	570	310.00–325.00	317.89
8	600–650	621	295.00–310.00	302.10
1	750–800	775	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	405.00–420.00	412.94
4	350–400	385	380.00–395.00	386.82
11	400–450	423	360.00–375.00	367.21
3	450–500	478	340.00–350.00	344.95
14	500–550	521	310.00–320.00	315.41
5	550–600	584	295.00–305.00	300.45
1	600–650	600	282.50	282.50
4	700–750	730	260.00–272.50	265.02
2	750–800	793	230.00–235.00	232.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	570	341.00	341.00
2	650–700	670	307.50–315.00	311.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	520.00	520.00
1	350–400	380	445.00	445.00
13	400–450	424	400.00–420.00	408.34
15	450–500	471	375.00–395.00	384.65
17	500–550	524	342.00–372.50	366.51
8	550–600	568	350.00–365.00	358.12
9	600–650	608	320.00–332.50	330.85
6	650–700	669	300.00–310.00	302.49
6	700–750	716	290.00–300.00	294.12
2	750–800	785	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	425.00–430.00	426.76
7	350–400	377	400.00–410.00	402.07
14	400–450	434	375.00–390.00	384.78
10	450–500	477	355.00–370.00	363.38
10	500–550	518	335.00–350.00	341.00
7	550–600	571	327.50–345.00	335.31
16	600–650	620	300.00–310.00	306.21
6	650–700	678	285.00–295.00	288.21
2	700–750	718	265.00–280.00	272.58
1	750–800	760	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	140.00	140.00
3	—	1,120	130.00–135.00	133.21
7	—	1,149	145.00–146.00	145.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	151.00–153.00	152.06
6	—	1,419	158.00–163.00	161.50
3	—	1,445	165.00–166.00	165.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,246	146.00–152.00	150.11
11	—	1,175	155.00–158.00	157.49
6	—	1,266	161.00–166.00	163.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,852	192.00–198.00	195.09
6	—	1,748	180.00–187.00	182.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,510.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,825.00

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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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

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