Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold weak.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $348.58/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −67.79 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$348.58

32 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$13.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.16

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	353.92	1,969	19thin
Medium and Large 2	542	340.77	1,848	13thin

One grade step is worth $13.15/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale32 hd

348.58

—

AL average15 barns · 431 hd

358.74

−10.16

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

−67.79

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	—	Average	1,791	185.10	3,315	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,416	165.02	2,336	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,158	154.83	1,793	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	140.00	1,400	1thin

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)	—	$2,883	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,433	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,055	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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	800–850	805	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	287.51/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,107	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	346.66/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,993	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	304.56/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,897	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	385.66/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	390.85/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,181	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	290.00/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	404.96/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,511	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	329.93/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	318.59/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	388.73/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,454	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	350.65/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,830	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	393.74/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	269.97/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	364.84/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,562	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	366.88/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,721	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	324.96/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,869	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	301.46/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,718	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	406.54/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	402.50/cwt	400.00–405.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,316	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Bulls	—	—	1,687	186.89/cwt	183.00–191.00	3,153	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,774	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	160.28/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,284	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,960	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,920	1
Bulls	—	—	1,908	177.16/cwt	176.00–180.00	3,380	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,433.33/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,433	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,650.00/head	2,550.00–2,750.00	2,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,055.00/head	1,800.00–2,250.00	2,055	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	286.28/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,976	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,654	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,400	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,601	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	165.14/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,297	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	680	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	307.67/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	376.13/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,629	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	309.37/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,937	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	366.36/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,920	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	398.37/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	407.50/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	389.84/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	355.97/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	311.66/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	365.86/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	431.27/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,406	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	325.97/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,679	5

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 478Last week 507Year ago 499

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 76Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 25Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	350	400.00–415.00	407.50
3	400–450	418	385.00–395.00	389.84
8	450–500	474	350.00–365.00	355.97
5	500–550	515	325.00–330.00	325.97
1	550–600	555	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	623	300.00–315.00	304.56
1	700–750	700	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	805	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	400.00–405.00	402.50
9	300–350	329	400.00	400.00
8	350–400	374	380.00–395.00	388.73
5	400–450	428	360.00–375.00	364.84
7	500–550	515	315.00–320.00	318.59
10	550–600	570	300.00–310.00	301.46
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	673	285.00–287.50	286.28
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	420	410.00–420.00	415.00
6	500–550	514	385.00–395.00	390.85
6	550–600	563	365.00–370.00	365.86
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	778	300.00–315.00	307.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	727	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	475.00	475.00
1	250–300	275	450.00	450.00
8	300–350	326	425.00–440.00	431.27
9	350–400	373	400.00–415.00	404.96
3	400–450	415	395.00–400.00	398.37
7	450–500	481	380.00–390.00	385.66
7	500–550	524	360.00–375.00	366.36
12	550–600	575	340.00–355.00	346.66
5	600–650	608	325.00–340.00	329.93
6	650–700	663	305.00–315.00	311.66
4	700–750	733	285.00–290.00	287.51
1	750–800	780	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	285	430.00	430.00
10	300–350	330	400.00–420.00	406.54
4	350–400	383	390.00–395.00	393.74
8	400–450	433	370.00–385.00	376.13
11	450–500	469	360.00–375.00	366.88
8	500–550	522	345.00–355.00	350.65
5	550–600	575	315.00–330.00	324.96
4	600–650	626	307.50–310.00	309.37
4	650–700	666	287.50–292.50	290.00
3	700–750	735	265.00–280.00	269.97
1	750–800	775	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,687	183.00–191.00	186.89
1	—	1,960	200.00	200.00
3	—	1,908	176.00–180.00	177.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,210	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,050	157.50	157.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	159.00–162.00	160.28
1	—	1,495	174.00	174.00
4	—	1,391	164.00–166.00	165.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	140.00	140.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,433.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,550.00–2,750.00	2,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	1,800.00–2,250.00	2,055.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	3,350.00	3,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,400.00	3,400.00

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

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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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