Arab Livestock Market Report

Arab, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 20, 2020

993 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 bulls $124.50/cwt ≈ $909/hd at 730 lb · 19 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 2 bulls $101.87/cwt ≈ $688/hd at 675 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 3 heifers $100.65/cwt ≈ $531/hd at 528 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	993	1,130	1,070
Feeder cattle	829	—	925
Slaughter cattle	136	—	108
Replacement cattle	28	—	37

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
495	495	2	130.00	$130.00	$644
560–575	569	4	117.00–124.00	$118.86	$676
660–690	670	3	110.00–114.00	$111.37	$746
710	710	2	110.00	$110.00	$781
755–775	769	7	100.00–109.00	$106.66	$820

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–610	605	2	124.00–126.00	$124.99	$756
650	650	1	123.00	$123.00	$800
786	786	8	115.00	$115.00	$904
933 value added	933	6	104.50	$104.50	$975

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
475–495	488	3	120.00–125.00	$122.63	$598
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688
665–695	681	4	100.00–108.00	$105.11	$716

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318
345	345	3	120.00–123.00	$121.67	$420
360–385	368	4	117.50–120.00	$119.12	$438
405–445	424	8	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$477
455–495	481	14	102.00–112.00	$107.65	$518
505–545	528	15	95.00–105.00	$100.65	$531
555–585	570	2	92.50–95.00	$93.72	$534
600–640	613	3	90.00	$90.00	$552
720	720	2	80.00	$80.00	$576
765–770	769	4	75.00–80.00	$76.24	$586

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
355–390	373	8	121.00–125.00	$122.97	$459
405–445	414	12	117.00–122.50	$118.84	$492
465–495	491	8	113.00–115.00	$114.63	$563
505–543	532	9	106.00–110.00	$107.55	$572
570–590	583	7	97.00–107.50	$100.04	$583
635	635	1	97.50	$97.50	$619

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
520	520	2	112.00	$112.00	$582
610–620	615	2	101.00–105.00	$102.98	$633
664 value added	664	13	111.00	$111.00	$737
760 value added	760	5	101.00	$101.00	$768

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305–345	331	6	135.00–142.50	$139.16	$461
355–395	380	5	127.50–136.00	$131.54	$500
405–445	437	11	120.00–127.50	$125.22	$547
460–495	474	12	113.00–123.00	$119.36	$566
505–545	528	9	105.00–115.00	$109.45	$578
555–585	570	7	100.00–108.00	$104.63	$596
605–620	614	4	90.00–97.00	$93.61	$575
725–740	732	3	84.00–87.00	$85.33	$625
755	755	1	80.00	$80.00	$604

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
345	345	3	144.00–145.00	$144.67	$499
380	380	1	143.00	$143.00	$543
410–445	428	4	128.00–131.00	$129.47	$554
460–480	469	11	124.00–127.50	$125.89	$590
505–540	520	7	116.00–123.00	$119.66	$622
555	555	2	112.50–114.00	$113.25	$629
600–625	616	4	102.50–110.00	$105.21	$648
650–685	675	16	95.00–102.50	$101.87	$688
770	770	1	84.00	$84.00	$647

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
440	440	1	137.00	$137.00	$603
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604
730 value added	730	19	124.50	$124.50	$909

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940–1460	1144	80-85%	23	43.00–48.00	$45.29	$518
1015–1400	1199	80-85%	20	49.00–54.00	$51.25	$614
1255–1420	1365	80-85%	3	55.00–56.00	$55.31	$755

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1075	935	85-90%	2	51.00	$51.00	$477
790–1120	959	85-90%	9	38.00–42.00	$40.35	$387
1065–1315	1131	85-90%	12	44.00–49.00	$45.94	$520

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1490–1700	1640	75-80%	4	50.00–52.00	$50.74	$832
1665	1665	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$899

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1715	1381	9	73.00–78.00	$75.36	$1,041
1765–1945	1864	4	79.00–84.00	$81.85	$1,526

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–970	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–775.00	$646.57
960–1315	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	535.00–750.00	$640.55

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–840	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	400.00–550.00	$470.75
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.