Name: Arab Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $374.25/cwt on 13 head, down $1.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −42.12 against this barn's trailing median of $416.37.

Average price

$374.25

▼ 1.03 vs prior sale

13 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$26.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.20

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	390.60	2,051	5thin
Medium and Large 2	554	364.03	2,016	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.57/cwt here — about $35 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale13 hd

374.25

—

AL average14 barns · 395 hd

363.05

+11.20

This barn, trailing median31 sales

416.37

−42.12

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	1,619	208.61	3,378	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,260	174.65	2,201	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,163	172.73	2,009	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	152.64	1,422	3thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,483	3thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	600–650	610	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	347.42/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	484.92/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	370.74/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	383.65/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	344.96/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	337.51/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	342.80/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	401.28/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	390.60/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,051	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	364.96/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,255	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	462.52/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,892	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,665	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	154.96/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,294	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	182.55/cwt	181.00–185.00	2,355	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,240	2
Bulls	—	—	1,270	199.31/cwt	196.00–204.00	2,531	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	176.99/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,037	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	467.67/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	406.42/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,089	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	432.97/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,870	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	411.74/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,948	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	410.12/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	368.09/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	360.00/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	382.97/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,823	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	502.44/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,839	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	297.44/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	366.77/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,533	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	169.44/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,937	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	163.71/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,971	4
Bulls	—	—	1,794	213.26/cwt	208.00–216.00	3,826	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,168	176.05/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,056	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	518.28/cwt	515.00–520.00	1,658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,483.33/head	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,483	3

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 Jul 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 338Year ago 303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 31Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 11Year ago 17

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	475.00–495.00	484.92
8	400–450	432	425.00–450.00	432.97
17	450–500	473	400.00–420.00	411.74
3	500–550	525	365.00–377.50	370.74
5	550–600	571	355.00–370.00	360.00
1	600–650	610	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	700	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	515.00–520.00	518.28
4	350–400	366	500.00–505.00	502.44
4	400–450	409	455.00–475.00	462.52
2	450–500	460	430.00	430.00
5	500–550	525	385.00–400.00	390.60
4	600–650	618	360.00–375.00	364.96
6	650–700	666	335.00–350.00	342.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	460.00–475.00	467.67
1	350–400	355	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	431	400.00–420.00	410.12
7	450–500	476	365.00–395.00	382.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	385.00	385.00
3	400–450	418	365.00–370.00	366.77
4	450–500	465	340.00–350.00	347.42
2	600–650	615	295.00–300.00	297.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	415.00	415.00
1	300–350	315	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	421	380.00–390.00	383.65
3	450–500	472	360.00–380.00	368.09
4	500–550	523	340.00–355.00	344.96
2	550–600	573	335.00–340.00	337.51
1	600–650	600	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	400.00–405.00	401.28
2	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	550	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	490.00	490.00
7	500–550	514	405.00–410.00	406.42
1	550–600	555	395.00	395.00
1	700–750	705	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	410.00	410.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	148.00	148.00
2	—	835	154.00–156.00	154.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	181.00–185.00	182.55
2	—	1,400	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,168	172.00–179.00	176.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,151	175.00–181.00	176.99
2	—	1,143	169.00–170.00	169.44
4	—	1,204	160.00–167.00	163.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,270	196.00–204.00	199.31
6	—	1,794	208.00–216.00	213.26

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)	3	—	—	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,483.33

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle