Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.07/cwt on 40 head, down $5.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 29 comparable sales and sits −29.99 against this barn's trailing median of $385.06.

Average price

$355.07

▼ 5.92 vs prior sale

40 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$7.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.67

vs AL average

−58.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	359.75	1,969	14thin
Medium and Large 2	541	352.55	1,906	26

One grade step is worth $7.19/cwt here — about $63 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 sale40 hd

355.07

—

AL average16 barns · 464 hd

366.74

−11.67

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−58.41

This barn, trailing median29 sales

385.06

−29.99

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	1,752	178.63	3,130	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	154.25	2,236	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	143.87	1,744	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,163	127.21	1,480	9thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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	500–550	521	424.45/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,211	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,132	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	355.65/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	350.46/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,970	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	438.38/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,811	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	481.48/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,003	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	679	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,309	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	339.12/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,448	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	370.02/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,268	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	404.61/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,298	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	534.90/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	334.89/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	347.41/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	440.00/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,072	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	382.16/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,190	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	458.90/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,257	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	401.25/cwt	392.50–410.00	2,119	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	398.15/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,891	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	311.93/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	335.92/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,911	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	450.17/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,459	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	455.83/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,937	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	269.09/cwt	262.50–280.00	2,080	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	286.47/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	364.75/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,897	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	145.38/cwt	142.00–147.00	2,025	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,820	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,221	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	159.65/cwt	158.00–161.00	2,280	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	155.11/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,792	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	134.45/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,664	6
Bulls	—	—	1,752	178.63/cwt	175.00–182.00	3,130	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	428.73/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	511.39/cwt	505.00–522.50	1,933	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	143.96/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,791	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	135.48/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,515	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	123.22/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,440	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	128.91/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	417.19/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,777	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,334	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	455.02/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,289	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	456.69/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,210	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	382.96/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,957	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	551.55/cwt	535.00–560.00	1,986	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	593.43/cwt	590.00–595.00	1,673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	330.47/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	283.41/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	611.90/cwt	605.00–620.00	1,927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,570	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	478.56/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	420.45/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,959	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	452.03/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	479.12/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,242	6

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 Jan 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 454Last week 580Year ago 475

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 52Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	590.00–595.00	593.43
1	300–350	310	570.00	570.00
3	350–400	360	535.00–560.00	551.55
7	400–450	416	475.00–490.00	481.48
7	450–500	484	450.00–470.00	456.69
10	500–550	521	420.00–435.00	424.45
7	550–600	568	400.00–412.50	404.61
8	600–650	613	362.50–380.00	370.02
7	650–700	672	345.00–360.00	355.65
3	700–750	722	335.00–342.50	339.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	580.00	580.00
4	300–350	321	530.00–545.00	534.90
9	350–400	378	505.00–522.50	511.39
11	400–450	425	450.00–465.00	455.83
15	450–500	471	430.00–445.00	440.00
8	500–550	528	392.50–410.00	401.25
13	550–600	573	375.00–390.00	382.16
2	600–650	608	340.00–355.00	347.41
2	650–700	680	330.00–340.00	334.89
1	700–750	735	317.50	317.50
1	750–800	765	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	815	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	605.00–620.00	611.90
1	400–450	410	520.00	520.00
6	450–500	468	475.00–485.00	479.12
2	500–550	503	450.00–460.00	455.02
1	550–600	555	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	600	395.00	395.00
20	650–700	664	387.00	387.00
3	700–750	738	360.00	360.00
5	750–800	768	347.50	347.50
4	800–850	805	342.50	342.50
2	850–900	878	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	475.00–485.00	478.56
5	350–400	381	445.00–455.00	452.03
5	400–450	413	430.00–445.00	438.38
13	450–500	466	415.00–435.00	420.45
4	500–550	511	375.00–392.50	382.96
10	550–600	562	345.00–355.00	350.46
3	600–650	637	324.00–335.00	330.47
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
3	750–800	770	280.00–287.50	283.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	679	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	455.00–465.00	458.90
4	300–350	324	445.00–460.00	450.17
4	350–400	383	425.00–435.00	428.73
9	400–450	426	410.00–425.00	417.19
10	450–500	475	390.00–410.00	398.15
15	500–550	520	355.00–372.50	364.75
11	550–600	569	327.50–345.00	335.92
6	600–650	638	300.00–319.00	311.93
3	650–700	670	280.00–300.00	286.47
1	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
3	750–800	773	262.50–280.00	269.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	465.00	465.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,393	142.00–147.00	145.38
1	—	1,820	177.00	177.00
4	—	1,428	158.00–161.00	159.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,155	153.00–158.00	155.11
6	—	1,238	132.00–137.00	134.45
4	—	1,244	140.00–148.00	143.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	134.00–137.00	135.48
5	—	1,169	120.00–125.00	123.22
2	—	1,195	128.00–130.00	128.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,752	175.00–182.00	178.63

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00

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

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