Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2019-11-05

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 5

● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,461 head

▲ 390 vs last sale 1,071▲ 1,461 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

203 head

▲ 120 vs last sale 83▲ 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

100 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 25▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher; over 500 lb sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 4.00 higher; over 500 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower. Fleshy new crop calves sold at a discount of 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Value added cattle sold a premium of 10.00 to 15.00. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

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 $126.90/cwt on 324 head.

Average price

$126.90

324 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$32.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	414	137.54	570	81
Medium and Large 1	466	127.03	592	154
Medium and Large 2	443	119.99	531	71
Medium and Large 3	514	105.15	541	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.39/cwt here — about $29 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 sale324 hd

126.90

—

AR average10 barns · 1,117 hd

124.00

+2.90

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	—	Average	1,527	63.05	963	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	48.52	575	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,407	48.26	679	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	40.82	415	5thin

Every lot

110 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	275	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	413	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	157.89/cwt	149.00–169.00	537	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	151.98/cwt	143.00–163.00	561	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	395	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	557	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	586	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	152.87/cwt	145.00–160.00	648	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	424	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	589	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	132.58/cwt	131.00–135.00	618	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	149.75/cwt	144.00–162.00	705	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	717	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	512	133.65/cwt	121.00–138.00	684	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	145.14/cwt	138.00–158.00	765	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	117.23/cwt	112.00–122.50	672	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	580	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	644	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	125.80/cwt	124.00–130.00	741	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	789	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	117.66/cwt	110.00–125.00	740	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	127.69/cwt	121.00–136.00	852	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	125.67/cwt	122.00–130.00	880	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	720	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	684	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	936	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	270	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	392	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	406	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	314	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	440	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	131.68/cwt	122.50–136.00	420	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	138.95/cwt	135.00–145.00	456	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	336	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	484	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	135.26/cwt	128.00–140.00	496	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	124.66/cwt	119.00–130.00	470	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	381	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	535	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	395	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	395	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400	110.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	442	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	403	117.32/cwt	115.00–122.50	473	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	515	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	414	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	573	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	127.67/cwt	121.00–133.00	541	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	438	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	607	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	445	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	494	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	117.72/cwt	116.00–129.00	551	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	531	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	126.68/cwt	121.00–132.00	597	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	598	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	509	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	113.26/cwt	109.00–121.00	582	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	124.54/cwt	118.00–132.00	641	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	109.00/cwt	106.00–112.00	567	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	526	104.62/cwt	100.00–110.00	550	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	536	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	697	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	566	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	111.28/cwt	108.00–116.00	627	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	110.11/cwt	105.00–115.00	625	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	111.50/cwt	108.00–115.00	669	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	610	108.68/cwt	106.00–110.00	663	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	118.00/cwt	117.00–122.00	735	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	117.43/cwt	114.00–118.00	795	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	115.02/cwt	109.00–121.00	814	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	876	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	897	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	309	160.20/cwt	142.50–165.00	495	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	315	128.63/cwt	125.00–140.00	405	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	320	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	360	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	414	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	362	127.87/cwt	120.00–134.00	463	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	564	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	373	153.69/cwt	140.00–161.00	573	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	410	145.48/cwt	135.00–150.00	596	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	127.82/cwt	124.00–130.00	537	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	109.17/cwt	90.00–120.00	462	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	469	144.60/cwt	142.00–153.00	678	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	559	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	702	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	474	129.48/cwt	120.00–133.00	614	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	500	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	485	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	122.03/cwt	117.00–126.00	628	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	518	139.21/cwt	130.00–145.00	721	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	537	111.59/cwt	100.00–118.00	599	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	114.93/cwt	109.00–120.00	661	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	583	121.19/cwt	118.00–126.00	707	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	112.97/cwt	108.00–121.00	683	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	613	118.88/cwt	110.00–125.00	729	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	882	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	738	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	819	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	805	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	700	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	818	107.97/cwt	106.00–110.00	883	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,296	54.89/cwt	50.00–60.00	711	5
Bulls	—	—	1,553	64.74/cwt	61.00–68.00	1,005	13
Bulls	—	—	1,798	69.33/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,247	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	297	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	42.77/cwt	39.00–46.00	447	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	53.00/cwt	52.00–54.00	625	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	48.87/cwt	46.00–51.00	578	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	42.49/cwt	42.00–43.00	507	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,368	45.04/cwt	44.00–46.00	616	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	51.48/cwt	51.00–52.00	744	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,257	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,827	3

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 Nov 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,461Last week 1,071Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 203Last week 83Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	100.00	100.00
14	—	526	100.00–110.00	104.62
1	—	555	102.00	102.00
2	—	470	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	336	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	509	105.00	105.00
2	—	270	145.00	145.00
1	—	445	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	677	114.00–118.00	117.43
5	—	623	117.00–122.00	118.00
5	—	367	128.00–140.00	135.26
2	—	808	111.00	111.00
2	—	708	109.00–121.00	115.02
2	—	568	105.00–115.00	110.11
26	—	424	121.00–133.00	127.67
25	—	328	135.00–145.00	138.95
22	—	515	118.00–132.00	124.54
22	—	471	121.00–132.00	126.68
1	—	775	113.00	113.00
1	—	280	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	536	130.00	130.00
10	—	414	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	108.00–115.00	111.50
7	—	377	119.00–130.00	124.66
6	—	319	122.50–136.00	131.68
4	—	563	108.00–116.00	111.28
18	—	468	116.00–129.00	117.72
9	—	403	115.00–122.50	117.32
13	—	514	109.00–121.00	113.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	438	138.50	138.50
15	—	381	140.50	140.50
10	—	314	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	122.00	122.00
3	—	412	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	400	110.00–115.00	110.56
2	—	520	106.00–112.00	109.00
3	—	610	106.00–110.00	108.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	125.00	125.00
2	—	738	111.00	111.00
1	—	805	87.00	87.00
1	—	600	105.00	105.00
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	126.00	126.00
5	—	583	118.00–126.00	121.19
5	—	309	142.50–165.00	160.20
2	—	818	106.00–110.00	107.97
17	—	518	130.00–145.00	139.21
11	—	373	140.00–161.00	153.69
9	—	469	142.00–153.00	144.60
9	—	410	135.00–150.00	145.48
6	—	613	110.00–125.00	118.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	109.00–120.00	114.93
3	—	362	120.00–134.00	127.87
3	—	605	108.00–121.00	112.97
4	—	315	125.00–140.00	128.63
5	—	420	124.00–130.00	127.82
6	—	515	117.00–126.00	122.03
14	—	474	120.00–133.00	129.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	474	148.00	148.00
4	—	366	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	112.50	112.50
1	—	360	115.00	115.00
1	—	470	119.00	119.00
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
4	—	423	90.00–120.00	109.17
6	—	537	100.00–118.00	111.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	527	138.00–158.00	145.14
16	—	424	145.00–160.00	152.87
8	—	471	144.00–162.00	149.75
7	—	369	143.00–163.00	151.98
6	—	340	149.00–169.00	157.89
5	—	589	124.00–130.00	125.80
4	—	619	125.00–130.00	127.48
3	—	700	122.00–130.00	125.67
3	—	667	121.00–136.00	127.69
1	—	755	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	143.00	143.00
3	—	472	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	100.00	100.00
1	—	525	117.00	117.00
1	—	425	115.00	115.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	127.00	127.00
1	—	395	141.00	141.00
1	—	720	95.00	95.00
3	—	275	150.00	150.00
3	—	335	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	512	121.00–138.00	133.65
5	—	466	131.00–135.00	132.58
4	—	629	110.00–125.00	117.66
2	—	573	112.00–122.50	117.23
1	—	420	138.00	138.00
1	—	665	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	424	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,553	61.00–68.00	64.74
5	—	1,296	50.00–60.00	54.89
3	—	1,798	69.00–70.00	69.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	42.00–43.00	42.49
2	—	1,180	52.00–54.00	53.00
9	—	1,183	46.00–51.00	48.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	44.00–46.00	45.04
2	—	1,445	51.00–52.00	51.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	33.00	33.00
4	—	1,045	39.00–46.00	42.77

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,257	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.