Arab Livestock Market Report

Arab, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 27, 2020

634 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $113.47/cwt ≈ $647/hd at 570 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $137.20/cwt ≈ $709/hd at 517 lb · 21 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $109.79/cwt +6.81 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 620 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	634	993	1,202
Feeder cattle	488	829	949
Slaughter cattle	127	136	196
Replacement cattle	19	28	57

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	—
460–495	477	3	125.00–132.00	$128.98	$615	-1.02
525–538	536	8	124.00–125.00	$124.88	$669	—
550–570	561	5	118.00–123.00	$120.31	$675	+1.45
605–645	621	16	114.00–117.50	$116.36	$723	—
655–672	668	7	112.50–113.00	$112.86	$754	+1.49
700–720	707	6	102.50–111.00	$108.73	$769	-1.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	145.00	$145.00	$573	—
410–435	418	5	139.00–144.00	$142.15	$594	—
460	460	5	135.00	$135.00	$621	—
505–519	517	21	134.00–137.50	$137.20	$709	—
555	555	1	127.50	$127.50	$708	—
615	615	1	123.00	$123.00	$756	-1.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	1	142.00	$142.00	$416	—
320–330	325	2	130.00–135.00	$132.46	$430	—
370	370	1	127.50	$127.50	$472	—
410	410	2	125.00–127.50	$126.25	$518	—
500–545	515	3	115.00–116.00	$115.35	$594	-4.65
560–590	575	2	112.50–117.50	$115.07	$662	—
635–640	638	2	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$686	-2.51
675–685	680	5	97.00–107.00	$103.21	$702	-1.90

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	136.00	$136.00	$408	—
370	370	1	130.00	$130.00	$481	—
410	410	1	124.00	$124.00	$508	—
460–490	470	9	118.00–121.00	$119.87	$563	—
500–515	508	10	115.00–120.00	$117.47	$597	+5.47
550–590	570	28	110.00–117.00	$113.47	$647	—
600–639	620	19	105.00–112.50	$109.79	$681	+6.81
650–655	653	3	96.00–107.50	$100.82	$658	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	137.50	$137.50	$316	—
255–270	265	3	130.00–137.50	$135.09	$358	—
330–340	334	7	125.00–132.50	$128.11	$428	—
360–390	378	5	120.00–125.00	$121.43	$459	-1.54
415–440	427	7	117.50–122.50	$119.21	$509	+0.37
460–495	481	7	112.50–117.50	$115.60	$556	+0.97
520–540	531	9	105.00–112.50	$106.90	$568	-0.65
560–585	570	4	100.00–105.00	$103.48	$590	+3.44
600–610	604	5	95.00–97.50	$96.40	$582	-1.10

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	127.50	$127.50	$363	—
315	315	1	120.00	$120.00	$378	-1.67
350	350	1	115.00	$115.00	$402	-4.12
410–430	422	13	110.00–115.00	$112.10	$473	-0.39
465–480	474	7	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$510	-0.13
510–540	522	3	95.00–102.00	$98.10	$512	-2.55
550–580	569	4	92.50–97.00	$94.86	$540	+1.14
620	620	2	92.50–94.00	$93.25	$578	+3.25
700–725	714	4	78.00–85.00	$82.00	$585	+2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
280–285	283	2	140.00–142.50	$141.24	$400	—
330	330	2	135.00	$135.00	$446	-4.16
350–385	372	5	127.50–136.00	$132.08	$491	+0.54
405–440	420	8	117.50–127.00	$121.29	$509	-3.93
460–495	483	9	113.00–117.50	$115.16	$556	-4.20
505–545	526	10	107.50–115.00	$111.74	$588	+2.29
550–590	578	9	100.00–106.00	$103.38	$598	-1.25
605–620	611	4	90.00–100.00	$94.75	$579	+1.14
660	660	4	90.00	$90.00	$594	—
775–790	783	2	79.00–82.50	$80.77	$632	+0.77
800	800	1	77.00	$77.00	$616	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	147.50	$147.50	$479	+2.83
350–390	368	8	137.00–146.00	$141.39	$520	-1.61
400–445	413	6	130.00–135.00	$132.47	$547	+3.00
450–490	476	11	120.00–129.00	$124.74	$594	-1.15
505–510	507	3	118.00–120.00	$119.33	$605	-0.33
565–590	577	5	107.50–112.00	$109.57	$632	-3.68
605–640	624	4	107.00–110.00	$108.22	$675	+3.01
685–695	690	3	92.00–96.00	$93.49	$645	-8.38

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	167.50	$167.50	$486	—
325–335	330	2	160.00–162.50	$161.27	$532	—
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	—
460	460	1	130.00	$130.00	$598	±0.00
535	535	1	125.00	$125.00	$669	—
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—
770	770	1	95.00	$95.00	$732	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1305	1184	80-85%	12	42.00–47.00	$45.03	$533	-6.22
850–1545	1242	80-85%	14	48.00–52.00	$50.21	$624	—
1080–1825	1379	80-85%	16	54.00–57.00	$54.92	$757	-0.39

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1160	998	85-90%	11	37.00–42.00	$39.22	$391	—
820–1090	1032	85-90%	15	43.00–47.00	$44.71	$461	—
1125	1125	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$562	+4.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1470	1380	75-80%	6	50.00–54.00	$52.36	$723	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1635	1414	11	73.00–77.00	$74.69	$1,056	—
1045–2395	1547	9	79.00–84.00	$80.63	$1,247	—
1895–1940	1918	2	86.00–87.00	$86.51	$1,659	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1215	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00–750.00	$714.45
985–1440	1216	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	725.00–900.00	$822.14

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–965	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	400.00–600.00	$516.61

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1530	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,110.67	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.