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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 29
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
907 head
▲ 183 vs last sale 724▼ 408 vs year ago 1,315 · −31.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 224▲ 70 vs year ago 132 · +53.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 50▲ 20 vs year ago 40 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 6.00 to 10 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 5oo lb were steady to 2.00 higher. Fleshy new crop calves were discounted. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.48/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$127.48
196 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.77
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2487130.676369thin
Medium and Large 1487129.37630146
Medium and Large 2455120.7154939
Medium and Large 3435107.414672thin
One grade step is worth $23.26/cwt here — about $169 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 sale196 hd
127.48
—
AR average9 barns · 1,542 hd
128.25
−0.77
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,57372.311,13820
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18649.7259022
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51548.837407thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12542.9448320

Every lot

122 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1243185.00/cwt185.00–185.004502
Steers—Medium and Large 1285172.50/cwt172.50–172.504921
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed295155.00/cwt155.00–155.004571
Steers—Medium and Large 1325191.31/cwt190.00–192.506222
Steers—Medium and Large 2337149.22/cwt145.00–152.505033
Steers—Medium and Large 3350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
Steers—Medium and Large 2372142.53/cwt137.50–150.005303
Steers—Medium and Large 1376178.11/cwt162.50–187.0067012
Steers—Medium and Large 1407177.08/cwt160.00–185.007219
Steers—Medium and Large 3425103.77/cwt89.00–120.004412
Steers—Medium and Large 2437148.46/cwt138.00–155.006495
Steers—Medium and Large 2458130.85/cwt120.00–138.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed470142.00/cwt142.00–142.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 3480117.51/cwt117.00–118.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 1482155.47/cwt154.00–165.007497
Steers—Medium and Large 1513150.92/cwt144.00–155.007745
Steers—Medium and Large 2523132.20/cwt123.00–139.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 1568137.78/cwt131.00–143.0078315
Steers—Medium and Large 2576127.85/cwt121.00–136.0073611
Steers—Medium and Large 1622125.78/cwt120.00–130.0078211
Steers—Medium and Large 2635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
Steers—Medium and Large 1664126.01/cwt120.00–128.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 2690115.31/cwt110.00–121.007963
Steers—Medium and Large 1740121.00/cwt121.00–121.008951
Steers—Medium and Large 1760127.00/cwt127.00–127.009651
Steers—Medium and Large 2805110.00/cwt110.00–110.008861
Steers—Medium and Large 1819122.04/cwt120.00–124.001,0004
Steers—Medium and Large 1855113.00/cwt110.00–116.009662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264144.13/cwt142.50–145.003813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295135.00/cwt135.00–135.003981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325126.48/cwt122.50–130.004112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333147.33/cwt137.50–157.504916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy345103.00/cwt103.00–103.003551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363124.52/cwt115.00–130.004526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374146.89/cwt135.00–153.0054935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415135.80/cwt130.00–144.0056413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed431127.97/cwt119.00–131.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433119.33/cwt115.00–125.005177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435107.41/cwt100.00–115.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450129.00/cwt129.00–129.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470126.25/cwt121.00–135.0059322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476115.67/cwt111.00–122.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy490111.35/cwt110.00–114.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515119.60/cwt118.00–123.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522132.00/cwt132.00–132.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529125.55/cwt121.00–140.0066417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535116.49/cwt115.00–118.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565114.31/cwt112.00–118.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580118.15/cwt116.00–123.0068513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620116.89/cwt110.00–131.0072517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy665100.00/cwt100.00–100.006651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667114.84/cwt110.00–118.007665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715113.52/cwt110.00–119.008125
Heifers—Medium and Large 178093.00/cwt93.00–93.007251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2262150.00/cwt150.00–150.003932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305135.00/cwt135.00–135.004121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340173.75/cwt165.00–182.505912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365161.82/cwt155.00–165.005918
Bulls—Medium and Large 2369134.62/cwt125.00–140.004975
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed388149.00/cwt149.00–149.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 3395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412154.69/cwt118.00–173.006376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423131.64/cwt122.50–147.505575
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428110.18/cwt100.00–120.004722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470130.99/cwt121.00–134.006168
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476137.85/cwt130.00–151.006569
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485116.00/cwt116.00–116.005631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed493130.00/cwt130.00–130.006414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523132.08/cwt126.00–135.0069112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528126.24/cwt122.00–129.0066712
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530107.50/cwt100.00–110.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555123.00/cwt121.00–125.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575128.65/cwt124.00–132.0074015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy578107.99/cwt106.00–110.006242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615121.81/cwt120.00–124.0074911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617116.95/cwt115.00–119.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007909
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668108.49/cwt107.00–110.007252
Bulls—Medium and Large 3700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1708109.32/cwt108.00–110.007743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2728103.00/cwt103.00–103.007504
Bulls—Medium and Large 276895.11/cwt90.00–105.007303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy79589.00/cwt89.00–89.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy83088.00/cwt88.00–88.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 283586.97/cwt85.00–90.007264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy920110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0121
Bulls—Medium and Large 297080.00/cwt80.00–80.007761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23160.21/cwt50.00–68.007414
Bulls——1,65975.34/cwt70.00–80.001,25016
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78835.00/cwt35.00–35.002762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00044.00/cwt44.00–44.004401
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02538.00/cwt38.00–38.003901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11754.75/cwt53.00–57.006123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17144.17/cwt40.00–48.0051717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20849.20/cwt45.00–54.0059418
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46353.34/cwt52.00–54.007803
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50038.00/cwt38.00–38.005701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57247.92/cwt46.00–49.007533
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-283063.37/cwt60.00–70.005263
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-299652.02/cwt50.00–60.005185
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10051.00/cwt51.00–51.005612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-284060.00/cwt60.00–60.005041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2915524.22/cwt440.00–600.004,7979
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2965610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,8871
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07344.00/cwt44.00–44.004722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,089717.64/cwt575.00–785.007,81511
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,107784.94/cwt750.00–800.008,6893
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135585.00/cwt585.00–585.006,6402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,29850.20/cwt49.00–51.006524
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,301860.00/cwt860.00–860.0011,1895
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2995975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,7011
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2700675.00/cwt675.00–675.004,7251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2825784.39/cwt635.00–925.006,4712
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2900540.00/cwt540.00–540.004,8605
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,7501

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.