Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder calves. Not enough replacement cattle to determine a trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $416.37/cwt on 56 head, down $2.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$416.37

▼ 2.55 vs prior sale

56 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$39.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.43

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	432.01	2,310	24
Medium and Large 2	548	413.16	2,263	19thin
Medium and Large 3	552	392.18	2,164	13thin

One grade step is worth $39.82/cwt here — about $146 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 sale56 hd

416.37

—

AL average16 barns · 372 hd

393.93

+22.43

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

+0.00

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	—	High	1,674	207.26	3,470	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	178.14	2,664	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	167.46	2,028	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	986	145.39	1,433	7thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,190	5

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,150.00/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	635.08/cwt	630.00–640.00	1,937	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	188.73/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,597	6
Bulls	—	—	1,830	215.69/cwt	210.00–219.00	3,947	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	401.26/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	479.91/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,272	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	383.29/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,200	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	430.82/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	372.60/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,938	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,301	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	432.51/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,003	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	462.93/cwt	462.50–463.00	2,440	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	424.06/cwt	424.00–425.00	2,608	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,573	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	146.05/cwt	142.50–150.00	1,430	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	466.76/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,012	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	499.09/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,867	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	167.50/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,017	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	154.26/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,871	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	168.01/cwt	162.50–171.00	2,650	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	179.99/cwt	177.50–181.00	2,756	4
Bulls	—	—	1,363	190.40/cwt	187.50–193.00	2,595	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	177.32/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,734	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	394.94/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	482.52/cwt	475.00–487.50	2,287	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	436.15/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,285	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	446.46/cwt	445.00–452.50	2,576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	373.30/cwt	362.50–382.50	2,303	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	387.31/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,192	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	452.79/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,906	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	549.97/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,980	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	605.61/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	404.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	518.03/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	419.58/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,379	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	431.36/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,040	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	310.44/cwt	300.00–322.50	2,077	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	509.82/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	455.72/cwt	450.00–458.00	2,383	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	486.01/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	561.51/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,859	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	419.53/cwt	415.00–424.00	2,811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	407.20/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,105	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	384.19/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	500.18/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	449.90/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	369.02/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	406.50/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,321	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	415.09/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,901	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	472.77/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,518	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	488.88/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,088	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	387.99/cwt	380.00–398.00	2,014	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	520.69/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,874	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	429.82/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,861	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	341.04/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,118	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	462.83/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,152	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	402.56/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,117	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	420.56/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,195	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	524.93/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,669	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	800–850	800	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	359.85/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,411	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 Jun 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 204Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 17Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 0

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	4	—	—	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,350.00	3,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	630.00–640.00	635.08
1	350–400	380	590.00	590.00
2	450–500	470	495.00	495.00
14	500–550	527	462.50–463.00	462.93
5	550–600	577	445.00–452.50	446.46
34	600–650	615	424.00–425.00	424.06
2	650–700	670	415.00–424.00	419.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	580.00	580.00
1	450–500	480	490.00	490.00
13	500–550	523	450.00–458.00	455.72
1	600–650	645	420.00	420.00
1	800–850	810	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	475.00–485.00	479.91
7	350–400	376	420.00–435.00	430.82
2	400–450	438	400.00–402.50	401.26
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
6	500–550	520	365.00–375.00	372.60
1	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	620	312.50	312.50
1	750–800	780	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	535.00	535.00
5	250–300	275	495.00–510.00	500.18
7	300–350	321	465.00–485.00	472.77
8	350–400	383	440.00–460.00	449.90
10	400–450	433	420.00–440.00	429.82
5	450–500	458	400.00–420.00	415.09
8	500–550	519	380.00–398.00	387.99
2	550–600	568	360.00–377.50	369.02
7	600–650	621	330.00–357.50	341.04
4	650–700	669	300.00–322.50	310.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	510.00–530.00	518.03
5	350–400	353	480.00–490.00	486.01
9	400–450	421	445.00–465.00	452.79
7	450–500	473	425.00–440.00	431.36
7	500–550	517	400.00–412.00	407.20
9	550–600	566	380.00–400.00	387.31
14	600–650	617	362.50–382.50	373.30
1	650–700	690	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	540.00	540.00
8	300–350	318	520.00–530.00	524.93
5	350–400	374	495.00–505.00	499.09
6	400–450	431	460.00–475.00	466.76
2	450–500	463	430.00–435.00	432.51
6	500–550	526	400.00–410.00	402.56
7	550–600	574	375.00–390.00	383.29
2	600–650	623	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	800	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	660.00	660.00
2	250–300	278	640.00	640.00
5	300–350	310	590.00–620.00	605.61
11	350–400	360	540.00–560.00	549.97
9	400–450	412	500.00–522.50	509.82
5	450–500	474	475.00–487.50	482.52
18	500–550	524	430.00–445.00	436.15
6	550–600	567	415.00–425.00	419.58
2	600–650	623	400.00–410.00	404.90
3	650–700	667	390.00–400.00	394.94
4	700–750	739	370.00	370.00
1	750–800	750	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	620.00	620.00
3	250–300	277	580.00	580.00
13	300–350	331	550.00–580.00	561.51
8	350–400	360	510.00–530.00	520.69
7	400–450	427	480.00–495.00	488.88
7	450–500	465	455.00–470.00	462.83
9	500–550	522	415.00–425.00	420.56
10	550–600	571	400.00–410.00	406.50
7	600–650	624	375.00–395.00	384.19
2	650–700	670	350.00–370.00	359.85
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	755	327.50	327.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,376	185.00–195.00	188.73
7	—	1,577	162.50–171.00	168.01
4	—	1,531	177.50–181.00	179.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	155.00	155.00
5	—	979	142.50–150.00	146.05
1	—	990	132.50	132.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,204	165.00–170.00	167.50
3	—	1,213	153.00–155.00	154.26
4	—	1,218	175.00–181.00	177.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,830	210.00–219.00	215.69
2	—	1,363	187.50–193.00	190.40

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Arab Livestock Market - Arab, AL

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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