Arab Livestock Market Report

Arab, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 14, 2021

870 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $137.76/cwt +3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $581/hd at 422 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $132.24/cwt +1.61 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 523 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $132.99/cwt +4.99 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 468 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	870	732	665
Feeder cattle	672	644	561
Slaughter cattle	140	77	94
Replacement cattle	58	11	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher with high yielding bulls up to 100. Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady with best demand on pairs.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	188.00	$188.00	$649	—
355	355	1	180.00	$180.00	$639	—
420–435	428	2	172.00–177.00	$174.46	$747	+4.96
465–490	477	3	161.00–167.00	$164.28	$784	+7.28
505–545	525	2	152.00–153.00	$152.48	$801	+0.98
560–570	565	2	147.00–149.00	$148.01	$836	+2.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	370	3	172.00–179.00	$175.27	$648	+5.46
410	410	1	167.00	$167.00	$685	+5.97
465–470	468	2	150.00–153.00	$151.49	$709	-1.08
515	515	1	143.00	$143.00	$736	-2.00
585	585	1	135.00	$135.00	$790	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	193.00	$193.00	$685	—
530	530	1	163.00	$163.00	$864	+5.00
605–645	622	3	140.00–149.00	$145.34	$904	+1.34
705	705	1	129.00	$129.00	$909	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	157.00	$157.00	$502	—
350–380	363	6	150.00–155.00	$151.50	$550	-0.50
405–445	425	6	142.00–147.00	$144.29	$613	+1.88
450–490	469	8	136.00–140.00	$137.88	$647	+0.33
510–545	523	13	128.00–136.00	$132.24	$692	+1.61
550–595	571	7	124.00–127.00	$125.72	$718	-0.76
620–640	630	2	119.00	$119.00	$750	+0.60
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	+3.00
700	700	1	109.00	$109.00	$763	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	337	3	152.00–155.00	$153.02	$516	+7.33
350–385	367	6	142.00–147.00	$145.17	$533	+3.17
400–445	422	15	135.00–140.00	$137.76	$581	+3.76
455–495	468	10	130.00–135.00	$132.99	$622	+4.99
500–545	522	5	123.00–127.00	$125.80	$657	+0.55
670	670	1	109.00	$109.00	$730	—
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	165.00	$165.00	$569	—
360–370	365	3	156.00–162.00	$158.65	$579	+1.65
405–415	410	3	148.00–152.00	$149.65	$614	—
455–485	469	8	143.00–149.00	$145.35	$682	+1.67
475 fancy	475	1	150.00	$150.00	$712	—
500–535	515	4	138.00–139.00	$138.76	$715	+0.92
565–580	573	3	133.00–138.00	$135.31	$775	+2.99
605–640	618	3	123.00–126.00	$124.64	$770	-4.59
650	650	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$777	—
725	725	1	112.00	$112.00	$812	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	192.00	$192.00	$499	—
315–345	330	7	180.00–187.00	$183.28	$605	-0.91
360–390	378	9	170.00–177.00	$173.44	$656	+0.77
400–445	430	9	160.00–167.00	$165.26	$711	-0.13
455–495	480	5	154.00–159.00	$157.22	$755	+5.11
510–540	528	4	140.00–147.00	$144.04	$761	+1.38
555–585	573	6	131.00–139.00	$135.03	$774	-0.29
600–645	625	5	125.00–132.00	$128.61	$804	—
685–695	690	2	117.00–121.00	$119.01	$821	—
725	725	1	112.00	$112.00	$812	-3.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	2	190.00–192.00	$191.01	$588	+1.52
350–395	372	9	180.00–187.00	$182.61	$679	+3.64
405–425	416	5	170.00–180.00	$174.75	$727	+5.75
455–485	466	5	166.00–169.00	$167.62	$781	+4.13
505–545	520	6	150.00–159.00	$154.21	$802	+4.18
550–570	558	3	144.00–152.00	$148.61	$829	+6.31
610–640	622	3	136.00–141.00	$139.02	$865	+1.81
660–670	665	2	134.00–137.00	$135.49	$901	+1.97
680 fancy	680	1	139.00	$139.00	$945	—
700–730	718	3	125.00–127.00	$125.99	$905	+3.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	2	182.00	$182.00	$491	+3.51
300–335	314	6	175.00–177.00	$176.33	$554	+1.33
350–365	356	4	162.00–167.00	$165.72	$590	+1.60
405–445	424	4	150.00–157.00	$154.96	$657	-1.78
470–495	481	4	140.00–148.00	$145.01	$697	+1.59
500–525	516	4	130.00–135.00	$131.27	$677	-1.02
560–580	571	4	122.00–127.00	$125.22	$715	+0.22
600–635	618	2	116.00–120.00	$117.94	$729	—
665	665	1	111.00	$111.00	$738	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1345	1116	80-85%	30	51.00–55.00	$53.05	$592	—
1105–1315	1210	80-85%	2	64.00–67.00	$65.63	$794	+8.15
1020–1480	1241	80-85%	19	56.00–61.00	$57.15	$709	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1230	1008	85-90%	9	48.00–50.00	$48.55	$489	+5.61
890–1210	1050	85-90%	12	42.00–47.00	$45.05	$473	+7.98
870–1230	1053	85-90%	4	38.00–40.00	$39.29	$414	+2.22

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1715	1410	75-80%	13	59.00–64.00	$62.40	$880	—
1275–1525	1439	75-80%	5	54.00–58.00	$56.34	$811	—
1400–1550	1444	75-80%	4	65.00–67.00	$65.49	$946	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2245	1534	7	81.00–86.00	$83.34	$1,278	—
1485–1805	1645	2	74.00–80.00	$77.29	$1,271	—
1760–2015	1885	5	87.00–92.00	$89.87	$1,694	+14.87

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1185	992	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	630.00–853.00	$717.14

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–995	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00–975.00	$935.41
1005–1020	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,100.00	$991.16
960–1220 fancy	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,215.83
1115 fancy	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1140	984	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–850.00	$820.04
1170–1315	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$952.92

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
920–1050	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,179.95	—
955–1110	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,325.00–1,425.00	$1,378.24	—

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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.