Arab Livestock Market Report

Arab, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 12, 2025

338 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $360.10/cwt +1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,880/hd at 522 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $339.36/cwt -1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,988/hd at 586 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $363.19/cwt +5.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,707/hd at 470 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	338	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,785	+74.62
400–420	410	2	437.50–440.00	$438.72	$1,799	+15.72
465–490	478	2	400.00–402.50	$401.28	$1,918	—
505–525	518	4	385.00–390.00	$388.73	$2,014	—
570	570	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,166	+22.50
620–635	624	4	355.00–362.50	$360.59	$2,250	+15.59
670	670	3	347.50	$347.50	$2,328	+25.01
865	865	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,638	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,710	+47.50
470–485	480	3	380.00–385.00	$383.37	$1,840	—
500–530	518	6	370.00–380.00	$374.97	$1,942	—
550–590	573	6	355.00–365.00	$359.14	$2,058	—
610	610	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,104	+12.50
840	840	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,436	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	440.00	$440.00	$946	—
260	260	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,118	—
350–360	355	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,473	+26.73
400–405	402	3	385.00–400.00	$389.98	$1,568	+23.04
450–490	470	12	357.50–370.00	$363.19	$1,707	+5.76
500–545	527	6	350.00–359.00	$353.61	$1,864	+6.54
530 fancy	530	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,921	+6.80
550–575 fancy	563	2	350.00–370.00	$359.78	$2,026	+13.30
565–595	589	14	330.00–342.50	$336.44	$1,982	+1.10
630–635	633	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,026	-1.28
650–675	662	5	310.00–315.00	$313.01	$2,072	+6.95
705–715	710	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,130	+18.74
750–770	760	2	285.00–290.00	$287.53	$2,185	+10.03
810–835	823	2	270.00–280.00	$274.92	$2,263	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,029	—
265	265	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,100	—
330–335	333	2	400.00–410.00	$405.04	$1,349	+31.02
375–380	378	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,455	+27.15
400–440	426	7	365.00–382.50	$375.34	$1,599	+31.77
455–485	469	4	345.00–355.00	$350.58	$1,644	+14.14
500–545	522	11	330.00–340.00	$335.72	$1,752	+8.10
550–583	572	9	315.00–327.50	$319.80	$1,829	+6.45
605–630	617	7	290.00–312.50	$302.08	$1,864	-1.46
670	670	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,876	-4.16
745	745	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,049	—
785	785	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,120	—
825	825	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,898	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,328	+27.56
350–385	370	3	360.00–365.00	$361.73	$1,338	+15.45
435–440	437	3	350.00–355.00	$351.68	$1,537	—
465	465	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,488	-2.79
505	505	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,566	-5.00
575–590	585	3	285.00–300.00	$289.91	$1,696	-13.84

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,600	+68.74
365–395	376	4	435.00–450.00	$444.46	$1,671	+30.31
400–435	418	6	412.50–427.50	$418.70	$1,750	+16.56
455–485	465	9	380.00–392.50	$383.03	$1,781	+3.34
500–545	522	16	355.00–370.00	$360.10	$1,880	+1.71
555–580	571	9	340.00–355.00	$346.94	$1,981	+14.65
600–620	608	5	330.00–345.00	$338.06	$2,055	+15.84
650–665	658	3	325.00–332.50	$329.15	$2,166	+23.67
700–735	718	4	297.50–305.00	$301.86	$2,167	+22.73
800	800	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,400	+50.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	445.00–460.00	$452.50	$1,561	+42.71
350–380	366	8	405.00–417.50	$411.51	$1,506	+21.10
400–445	431	11	395.00–410.00	$402.01	$1,733	+18.37
455–490	471	6	360.00–375.00	$366.65	$1,727	+3.69
500–540	522	11	335.00–350.00	$342.71	$1,789	-1.07
550–590	571	6	330.00–335.00	$332.09	$1,896	+14.59
600–630	623	5	320.00–325.00	$323.03	$2,012	+19.48
655–695	675	2	300.00–315.00	$307.28	$2,074	+30.56
715–740	734	4	285.00–290.00	$288.13	$2,115	+15.63
815	815	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,221	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	405.00–420.00	$412.38	$1,320	—
380–395	388	2	395.00–402.50	$398.82	$1,547	+23.82
445	445	2	370.00–375.00	$372.50	$1,658	+3.78
475–480	477	3	350.00–355.00	$351.68	$1,678	+7.41
535	535	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,739	-7.50
560	560	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,792	+20.00
610	610	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,830	+8.34

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1500	1163	80-85%	13	162.00–167.00	$164.37	$1,912	+1.26
1155–1410	1268	80-85%	8	169.00–178.00	$173.04	$2,194	+3.14
1135–1400	1331	80-85%	5	152.00–159.00	$155.17	$2,065	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1560	1379	75-80%	4	170.00–176.00	$173.27	$2,389	—
1330–1765	1516	75-80%	5	162.00–168.00	$165.10	$2,503	—
1470–1685	1578	75-80%	2	155.00–158.00	$156.60	$2,471	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–975	938	85-90%	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,454	—
1105	1105	85-90%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,602	—
1135	1135	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,532	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	1	182.00	$182.00	$2,111	—
1270–2410	1874	5	187.00–199.00	$195.07	$3,656	—
1820–2050	1912	3	212.00–215.00	$213.61	$4,084	—

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Bred Cows

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)	2	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,775.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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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.