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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 27

● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052

← Aug 20Aug 27Sep 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

710 head

▲ 317 vs last sale 393▲ 710 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

133 head

▲ 92 vs last sale 41▲ 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 16▲ 33 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.18/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$131.18

132 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$19.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	491	132.73	652	108
Medium and Large 2	487	125.24	610	22
Medium and Large 3	440	113.00	497	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.73/cwt here — about $155 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 sale132 hd

131.18

—

AR average8 barns · 1,154 hd

132.51

−1.33

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	—	High	1,568	80.32	1,260	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,380	63.99	883	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,062	59.73	634	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	932	52.74	491	27

Every lot

103 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	283	182.89/cwt	172.50–195.00	518	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	174.91/cwt	169.00–182.50	551	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	340	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	551	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	166.46/cwt	156.50–177.50	608	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	562	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	415	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	652	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	149.10/cwt	140.00–152.00	641	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	147.16/cwt	141.00–156.00	696	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	132.98/cwt	132.00–134.00	649	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	500	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	143.79/cwt	139.00–150.00	748	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	526	146.94/cwt	146.00–148.00	773	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	133.87/cwt	125.00–139.00	704	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	140.20/cwt	140.00–141.00	806	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	575	134.59/cwt	130.00–143.00	774	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	589	132.03/cwt	126.00–134.00	778	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	135.30/cwt	132.00–137.00	833	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	627	139.57/cwt	134.00–142.00	875	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	673	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	909	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	902	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	817	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	288	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	403	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	330	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	508	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	465	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	146.64/cwt	139.00–155.00	553	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	410	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	570	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	135.83/cwt	130.00–145.00	587	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	567	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	539	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	129.64/cwt	124.00–133.00	605	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	128.21/cwt	120.00–132.00	615	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	120.30/cwt	119.00–121.00	623	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	127.01/cwt	122.00–130.00	660	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	520	124.60/cwt	122.00–127.00	648	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	523	121.39/cwt	119.00–124.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	528	133.48/cwt	132.00–135.00	705	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	556	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	745	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	124.70/cwt	120.00–128.00	711	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	114.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	701	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	123.10/cwt	120.00–124.00	755	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	849	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	838	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	995	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	334	154.98/cwt	152.50–160.00	518	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	377	155.56/cwt	150.00–162.50	586	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	410	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	508	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	147.16/cwt	144.00–152.00	611	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	419	142.56/cwt	139.00–149.00	597	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	422	132.74/cwt	130.00–135.00	560	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	464	142.06/cwt	135.00–145.00	659	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	477	128.79/cwt	125.00–132.50	614	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	667	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	130.42/cwt	125.00–136.00	682	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	527	132.98/cwt	131.00–137.00	701	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	540	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	637	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	754	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	131.16/cwt	129.00–135.00	754	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	130.96/cwt	122.00–135.00	805	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	129.99/cwt	128.00–132.00	803	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	623	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	822	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	680	118.51/cwt	108.00–129.00	806	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	681	121.02/cwt	119.00–126.00	824	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	582	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	738	123.45/cwt	119.00–128.00	911	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	754	122.66/cwt	118.00–125.00	925	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	770	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	608	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	788	100.53/cwt	90.00–111.00	792	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	880	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	783	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	905	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	769	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,225	68.74/cwt	64.00–75.00	842	2
Bulls	—	—	1,474	79.39/cwt	76.00–85.00	1,170	7
Bulls	—	—	1,905	87.75/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,672	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	794	49.27/cwt	42.00–54.00	391	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	885	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	469	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	885	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	354	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	430	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	55.57/cwt	52.00–59.00	555	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,027	57.21/cwt	55.00–59.00	588	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,123	63.41/cwt	61.00–68.00	712	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	63.99/cwt	63.00–65.00	883	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	644.56/cwt	600.00–670.00	6,123	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,435	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,022	909.67/cwt	825.00–975.00	9,297	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	849.74/cwt	680.00–1,075.00	9,602	11
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	5,185	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,250	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 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 710Last week 393Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 16Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	112.00	112.00
1	—	880	89.00	89.00
1	—	770	79.00	79.00
1	—	685	85.00	85.00
1	—	540	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	125.00–132.50	128.79
3	—	680	108.00–129.00	118.51
2	—	523	125.00–136.00	130.42
2	—	563	134.00	134.00
3	—	422	130.00–135.00	132.74
1	—	340	135.00	135.00
2	—	788	90.00–111.00	100.53
2	—	618	128.00–132.00	129.99
1	—	390	142.00	142.00
1	—	815	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	139.00–149.00	142.56
2	—	623	132.00	132.00
1	—	505	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	615	122.00–135.00	130.96
14	—	415	144.00–152.00	147.16
9	—	464	135.00–145.00	142.06
7	—	681	119.00–126.00	121.02
5	—	377	150.00–162.50	155.56
4	—	334	152.50–160.00	154.98
2	—	738	119.00–128.00	123.45
1	—	905	85.00	85.00
10	—	575	129.00–135.00	131.16
10	—	527	131.00–137.00	132.98
3	—	754	118.00–125.00	122.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	119.00–124.00	121.39
1	—	485	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	116.00	116.00
1	—	415	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	119.00–121.00	120.30
1	—	715	95.00	95.00
4	—	480	120.00–132.00	128.21
3	—	433	130.00–132.00	131.00
2	—	610	110.00–120.00	114.96
1	—	365	127.50	127.50
1	—	315	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
4	—	288	140.00	140.00
10	—	570	120.00–128.00	124.70
8	—	467	124.00–133.00	129.64
1	—	975	102.00	102.00
1	—	735	114.00	114.00
17	—	432	130.00–145.00	135.83
14	—	613	120.00–124.00	123.10
22	—	377	139.00–155.00	146.64
12	—	520	122.00–130.00	127.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	556	134.00	134.00
3	—	648	131.00	131.00
2	—	528	132.00–135.00	133.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	139.00	139.00
2	—	520	122.00–127.00	124.60
1	—	330	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	616	132.00–137.00	135.30
6	—	315	169.00–182.50	174.91
5	—	575	140.00–141.00	140.20
1	—	860	95.00	95.00
4	—	283	172.50–195.00	182.89
1	—	660	135.00	135.00
12	—	365	156.50–177.50	166.46
11	—	520	139.00–150.00	143.79
11	—	430	140.00–152.00	149.10
10	—	473	141.00–156.00	147.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	144.00	144.00
5	—	589	126.00–134.00	132.03
5	—	526	125.00–139.00	133.87
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
2	—	488	132.00–134.00	132.98
1	—	750	110.00	110.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	157.00	157.00
11	—	526	146.00–148.00	146.94
7	—	627	134.00–142.00	139.57
3	—	673	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	162.00	162.00
3	—	575	130.00–143.00	134.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	114.00	114.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,022	825.00–975.00	909.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	950	600.00–670.00	644.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,130	680.00–1,075.00	849.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	610.00	610.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	63.00–65.00	63.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,027	55.00–59.00	57.21
8	—	1,123	61.00–68.00	63.41
1	—	885	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	794	42.00–54.00	49.27
1	—	885	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	998	52.00–59.00	55.57
1	—	955	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,905	87.00–88.00	87.75
2	—	1,225	64.00–75.00	68.74
7	—	1,474	76.00–85.00	79.39

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.