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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 13

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052

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Feeder Cattle receipts

386 head

▼ 544 vs last sale 930▲ 386 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

107 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 106▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 30▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower instances 15.00 lower.Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Extreme heat in the area combined with negative cattle futures reports led to a lack of buyer interest.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.00/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$138.00

71 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$2.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.69

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	424	140.21	595	18thin
Medium and Large 1	495	137.25	679	53

One grade step is worth $2.96/cwt here — about −$84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale71 hd

138.00

—

AR average9 barns · 1,559 hd

146.69

−8.69

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,575	81.54	1,284	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	64.73	883	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	62.35	707	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,032	56.20	580	15

Every lot

67 lots · USDA AMS · Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC - Searcy, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	285	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	485	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	148.50/cwt	143.00–154.00	446	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	326	149.24/cwt	140.00–152.00	487	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	449	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	536	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	144.20/cwt	140.00–154.00	528	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	484	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	137.89/cwt	133.00–142.00	574	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	445	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	605	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	139.78/cwt	136.00–143.00	650	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	133.33/cwt	127.00–135.00	705	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	124.50/cwt	120.00–129.00	685	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	760	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	126.79/cwt	120.00–128.00	786	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	798	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	265	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	424	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	325	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	491	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	410	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350	133.67/cwt	131.00–135.00	468	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	129.70/cwt	127.00–131.00	467	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	119.96/cwt	119.00–121.00	438	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	385	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	470	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	114.77/cwt	110.00–121.00	476	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	126.72/cwt	120.00–130.00	547	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	122.43/cwt	120.00–126.00	558	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	456	119.39/cwt	115.00–122.00	544	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	465	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	549	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	508	115.98/cwt	115.00–117.00	589	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	616	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	111.50/cwt	107.00–116.00	628	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	285	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	410	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	285	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	410	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	300	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	423	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	377	128.97/cwt	124.00–134.00	486	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	130.39/cwt	129.00–132.00	539	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	506	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	482	123.99/cwt	119.00–127.00	598	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	124.95/cwt	123.00–127.00	641	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	655	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	736	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	650	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	741	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	841	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,450	68.50/cwt	66.00–71.00	993	2
Bulls	—	—	1,508	82.41/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,243	6
Bulls	—	—	1,900	91.95/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,747	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	850	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	374	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	49.49/cwt	49.00–50.00	458	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,039	55.99/cwt	53.00–58.00	582	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,072	57.34/cwt	55.00–59.00	615	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	61.61/cwt	60.00–65.00	678	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,172	65.52/cwt	60.00–71.00	768	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	783	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	65.85/cwt	61.00–67.00	900	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	872.63/cwt	870.00–875.00	7,461	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	818.75/cwt	700.00–950.00	8,188	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	886.05/cwt	875.00–900.00	9,525	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	844.61/cwt	720.00–1,000.00	9,401	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	9,813	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,400	1

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC - Searcy, AR

Tue Aug 13, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 386Last week 930Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 106Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	110.00–121.00	114.77
3	—	508	115.00–117.00	115.98
2	—	365	119.00–121.00	119.96
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
1	—	325	126.00	126.00
4	—	563	107.00–116.00	111.50
5	—	456	115.00–122.00	119.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	330	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	456	120.00–126.00	122.43
6	—	432	120.00–130.00	126.72
3	—	360	127.00–131.00	129.70
2	—	513	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	122.00	122.00
1	—	460	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	118.00	118.00
3	—	325	151.00	151.00
3	—	350	131.00–135.00	133.67
5	—	265	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	118.00–120.00	119.00
1	—	725	116.00	116.00
1	—	650	114.00	114.00
1	—	440	115.00	115.00
1	—	300	141.00	141.00
1	—	285	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	124.00–134.00	128.97
3	—	482	119.00–127.00	123.99
3	—	413	129.00–132.00	130.39
2	—	513	123.00–127.00	124.95
1	—	575	128.00	128.00
1	—	285	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
2	—	300	143.00–154.00	148.50
2	—	550	120.00–129.00	124.50
3	—	680	126.00	126.00
4	—	366	140.00–154.00	144.20
5	—	285	170.00	170.00
5	—	465	136.00–143.00	139.78
7	—	416	133.00–142.00	137.89
10	—	620	120.00–128.00	126.79
14	—	529	127.00–135.00	133.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	132.00	132.00
1	—	375	129.00	129.00
2	—	613	120.00–128.00	123.92
2	—	700	113.00–115.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	136.00	136.00
4	—	326	140.00–152.00	149.24
6	—	350	153.00	153.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	700.00–950.00	818.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	875.00–900.00	886.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	785.00	785.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,113	720.00–1,000.00	844.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	855	870.00–875.00	872.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	66.00–71.00	68.50
2	—	1,900	90.00–94.00	91.95
6	—	1,508	77.00–86.00	82.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,072	55.00–59.00	57.34
19	—	1,172	60.00–71.00	65.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	58.00	58.00
6	—	1,367	61.00–67.00	65.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	49.00–50.00	49.49
5	—	1,100	60.00–65.00	61.61
7	—	1,039	53.00–58.00	55.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	44.00	44.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.