Arab Livestock Market Report

Arab, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 15, 2022

1,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.00/cwt ≈ $994/hd at 654 lb · 20 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.50/cwt ≈ $1,055/hd at 735 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $148.10/cwt -0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 476 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,000	1,039	829
Feeder cattle	863	914	659
Slaughter cattle	117	107	138
Replacement cattle	20	18	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher with high yielding boning cows up to 83, high yielding breaking cows up to 80. Feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady, lightly tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
654	654	20	152.00	$152.00	$994	—
735	735	13	143.50	$143.50	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–577	574	6	160.50–162.00	$160.74	$923	-4.88
714–748 value added	722	9	151.00–152.00	$151.77	$1,096	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	195.00	$195.00	$760	—
566–570	566	9	152.00–155.00	$152.34	$862	+1.66
625	625	2	142.00	$142.00	$888	-1.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	163.00	$163.00	$791	-1.70
504	504	4	152.00	$152.00	$766	—
550–570	560	2	140.00–148.00	$143.93	$806	-4.07
610	610	1	135.00	$135.00	$824	+2.68

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	378	4	157.00–161.00	$157.99	$597	-1.01
405–445	419	4	152.00–154.00	$152.98	$641	-0.27
450–495	476	11	146.00–151.00	$148.10	$705	-0.11
510–540	525	6	139.00–144.00	$141.50	$743	+2.30
590	590	2	134.00–138.00	$136.00	$802	+1.26
605–645	624	5	122.00–124.00	$122.60	$765	-3.83
650–690	674	4	115.00–119.00	$116.52	$785	-3.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	374	6	150.00–155.00	$151.96	$568	-1.43
415–435	424	8	143.00–148.00	$146.38	$621	+1.52
465–495	482	3	136.00–145.00	$141.77	$683	+2.78
515–530	520	3	130.00–135.00	$132.36	$688	-1.90
570–590	583	4	124.00–126.00	$125.00	$729	-0.96
640	640	1	120.00	$120.00	$768	+0.01

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	166.00	$166.00	$622	—
405–410	408	2	158.00	$158.00	$645	—
450	450	1	153.00	$153.00	$688	—
505	505	1	152.00	$152.00	$768	+4.24
555–560	558	2	140.00–148.00	$143.98	$803	+2.61
600–620	612	3	130.00–136.00	$133.01	$814	-2.84
650–690	671	4	122.00–125.00	$122.98	$825	—
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	187.00–190.00	$188.49	$647	—
370–395	384	4	177.00–180.00	$177.76	$683	-7.61
415–435	425	3	172.00–176.00	$173.70	$738	-0.39
455–475	465	3	160.00–168.00	$165.05	$767	+1.92
500–525	511	4	147.00–155.00	$151.76	$775	-5.24
550–595	576	4	138.00–140.00	$139.25	$802	-5.75
600–635	613	8	132.00–136.00	$134.01	$821	-2.63
650–685	670	4	122.00–127.00	$124.47	$834	-3.98
725–735	730	2	115.00–116.00	$115.50	$843	-1.50
780	780	1	115.00	$115.00	$897	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	376	5	190.00–196.00	$192.39	$723	—
420–445	433	2	180.00	$180.00	$779	±0.00
515–525	520	2	160.00–168.00	$163.96	$853	-3.98
550–560	555	4	148.00–152.00	$150.25	$834	-3.07
610–640	624	5	141.00–146.00	$143.39	$895	-4.84
650–695	662	6	132.00–137.00	$135.32	$896	-1.30
705–740	723	3	125.00–134.00	$128.39	$928	+3.70
785	785	1	117.00	$117.00	$918	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	170.00	$170.00	$620	-2.39
430–445	436	9	158.00–167.00	$161.58	$704	-1.30
465–485	474	6	151.00–155.00	$153.32	$727	-3.12
500–540	528	6	140.00–145.00	$142.51	$752	-0.25
550–590	570	2	129.00–136.00	$132.38	$755	-4.13
610–635	623	2	122.00–127.00	$124.55	$776	+1.51
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1295	1120	80-85%	15	57.00–62.00	$60.58	$678	+2.75
1005–1450	1192	80-85%	21	63.00–68.00	$65.01	$775	—
1120–1260	1203	80-85%	5	70.00–73.00	$71.02	$854	-1.60

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1025	923	85-90%	5	42.00–46.00	$44.63	$412	—
870–1160	993	85-90%	8	47.00–52.00	$49.56	$492	+7.54
865–1295	1078	85-90%	17	54.00–58.00	$55.84	$602	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1455	1311	75-80%	5	66.00–71.00	$68.50	$898	-1.09
1190–1535	1356	75-80%	4	62.00–64.00	$62.72	$850	—
1270–1690	1416	75-80%	4	73.00–77.00	$74.89	$1,060	+9.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1360	1308	2	90.00–94.00	$92.08	$1,204	—
1240–1835	1566	7	84.00–89.00	$85.77	$1,343	+0.77
1865–1940	1903	2	100.00–103.00	$101.47	$1,931	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	520.00–607.00	$573.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	639.00	$639.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	897.00	$897.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	752.00–857.00	$784.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	946.00	$946.00

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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.