Arab Livestock Market Report

Arab, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 30, 2021

904 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.50/cwt ≈ $753/hd at 521 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.32/cwt +7.19 vs last sale · ≈ $750/hd at 538 lb · 19 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.50/cwt ≈ $1,195/hd at 882 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	904	829	924
Feeder cattle	779	659	767
Slaughter cattle	96	138	139
Replacement cattle	29	32	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
882	882	15	135.50	$135.50	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	4	152.00	$152.00	$749	—
540	540	3	147.00	$147.00	$794	—
645	645	1	137.00	$137.00	$884	+12.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	150.00	$150.00	$855	+4.00
640	640	1	141.00	$141.00	$902	—
669	669	4	137.00	$137.00	$917	+5.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	172.00	$172.00	$550	—
364	364	5	161.00	$161.00	$586	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	157.00	$157.00	$573	+2.00
410–435	419	4	148.00–152.00	$149.73	$627	—
450–470	457	3	143.00–144.00	$143.33	$655	+8.65
515–542	538	19	133.00–140.50	$139.32	$750	+7.19
550–590	567	6	128.00–134.00	$128.98	$731	+1.32
620 fancy	620	1	130.00	$130.00	$806	—
615–640	628	3	124.00–128.00	$125.31	$787	+3.30
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	+1.52
715	715	1	112.00	$112.00	$801	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	38	144.50	$144.50	$753	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	150.00	$150.00	$555	+4.38
415–445	431	6	139.00–145.00	$143.20	$617	+6.21
455–490	484	9	133.00–139.00	$134.64	$652	+5.82
500–540	522	7	126.00–132.00	$128.18	$669	+3.62
560–585	570	4	123.00–126.00	$123.99	$707	+3.86
630–645	638	2	117.00–119.00	$118.01	$753	+1.78
670	670	2	110.00–114.00	$112.00	$750	+0.66

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	145.00–152.00	$148.50	$512	+3.50
363–380	365	8	137.00	$137.00	$500	-0.67
408–445	423	8	130.00–138.00	$132.48	$560	+3.11
455–490	474	7	127.00–131.00	$128.58	$609	+5.07
530	530	1	125.00	$125.00	$662	+7.99
590	590	3	117.00–120.00	$118.00	$696	+4.38
695	695	1	105.00	$105.00	$730	-2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	374	7	170.00–178.00	$174.20	$652	+6.70
405–445	421	9	163.00–172.00	$167.51	$705	+7.02
425 fancy	425	1	180.00	$180.00	$765	—
455 fancy	455	1	164.00	$164.00	$746	—
455–490	470	6	150.00–156.00	$152.52	$717	-0.37
505–545	525	4	140.00–150.00	$145.59	$764	+4.40
550–565	559	6	133.00–143.00	$138.20	$773	+3.44
565 fancy	565	1	145.00	$145.00	$819	—
605–635 fancy	615	3	136.00–138.00	$136.98	$842	—
600–625	616	11	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$816	+5.16
650–695	673	4	124.00–131.00	$127.19	$856	+8.58
710–740	728	14	117.00–124.00	$122.58	$892	+8.58
755–775	763	3	114.00–118.00	$116.34	$888	—
830–835	833	2	108.00–113.00	$110.51	$921	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	180.00	$180.00	$522	—
310–345	329	9	172.00–178.00	$175.30	$577	+1.81
385–395	390	4	160.00–168.00	$162.52	$634	+0.08
405–445	429	7	152.00–158.00	$155.28	$666	+6.03
455–485	464	5	140.00–148.00	$144.43	$670	+2.01
500–545	523	7	132.00–139.00	$134.41	$703	+1.24
560–565	564	8	127.00–132.00	$131.38	$741	+6.78
600–640	613	8	122.00–127.00	$125.63	$770	+4.85
675–690	682	3	120.00–123.00	$121.01	$825	+7.41
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	177.00	$177.00	$478	—
310–345	333	3	167.00–168.00	$167.35	$557	+7.35
350–395	371	4	150.00–157.00	$154.77	$574	—
420–430	425	2	146.00–147.00	$146.49	$623	+5.28
450–495	473	6	137.00–139.00	$137.50	$650	+6.20
505–540	523	9	125.00–130.00	$127.54	$667	+1.05
550–590	567	3	120.00–121.00	$120.32	$682	+0.50
610–645	625	3	115.00–120.00	$117.37	$734	+4.88
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1250	1113	80-85%	3	57.00–58.00	$57.30	$638	—
900–1315	1134	80-85%	14	51.00–55.00	$53.13	$602	—
1035–1470	1244	80-85%	10	48.00–50.00	$48.68	$606	-7.49

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1250	975	85-90%	5	35.00–39.00	$37.06	$361	—
885–1310	1058	85-90%	11	40.00–45.00	$42.88	$454	-2.52
755–1195	1078	85-90%	5	46.00–47.00	$46.78	$504	+1.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	75-80%	1	61.00	$61.00	$775	—
1295–1846	1507	75-80%	9	53.00–57.00	$55.23	$832	+0.27

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1870	1588	4	82.00–85.00	$83.79	$1,331	+4.86
1260–2350	1705	4	90.00–93.00	$90.81	$1,548	—
1685–2010	1835	3	77.00–80.00	$77.92	$1,430	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1185	1118	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–735.00	$720.88
1315–1490	1403	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	860.00–950.00	$907.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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.