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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 17

● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052

← Nov 10Nov 17Dec 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

936 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 929▼ 244 vs year ago 1,180 · −20.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

108 head

▼ 93 vs last sale 201▼ 26 vs year ago 134 · −19.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 45▼ 30 vs year ago 60 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lb were 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 6.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

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 $141.33/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$141.33

200 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$38.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.83

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	607	145.20	882	146
Medium and Large 1-2	622	134.73	838	30
Medium and Large 2	543	128.76	699	21
Medium and Large 3	605	106.67	646	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.53/cwt here — about $236 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 sale200 hd

141.33

—

AR average8 barns · 2,814 hd

144.15

−2.83

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	1,660	66.21	1,099	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,323	49.40	653	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	45.96	677	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	963	33.48	322	8thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	260	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	403	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	263	172.29/cwt	165.00–180.00	453	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	318	147.48/cwt	145.00–150.00	469	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	176.80/cwt	160.00–190.00	569	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	504	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	515	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	355	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	164.66/cwt	150.00–172.50	606	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	382	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	577	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	648	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	162.77/cwt	150.00–171.00	689	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	131.95/cwt	128.00–135.00	620	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	154.04/cwt	140.00–165.00	735	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	157.85/cwt	145.00–166.00	816	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	728	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	135.32/cwt	133.00–138.00	751	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	561	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	802	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	140.44/cwt	135.00–147.00	810	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	123.57/cwt	121.00–126.00	770	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	131.19/cwt	124.00–134.00	838	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	850	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	686	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	940	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	902	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	713	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	856	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	114.51/cwt	112.00–117.00	822	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	733	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	770	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	124.24/cwt	120.00–126.50	960	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	839	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,116	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	850	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	774	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,076	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,033	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	985	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	887	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	403	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	310	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	372	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	130.43/cwt	120.00–135.00	428	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	153.25/cwt	141.00–161.00	506	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	138.98/cwt	134.00–144.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	380	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	418	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	129.50/cwt	124.00–135.00	499	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	403	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	568	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	403	104.97/cwt	100.00–110.00	423	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	133.20/cwt	126.00–141.00	561	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	125.71/cwt	120.00–132.50	534	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	458	124.20/cwt	121.00–127.50	569	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	634	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	132.19/cwt	124.00–137.00	631	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	485	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	503	137.70/cwt	136.00–140.00	693	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	127.59/cwt	120.00–134.00	663	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	117.88/cwt	115.00–122.00	618	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	528	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	665	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	552	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	751	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	123.05/cwt	117.00–130.00	696	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	117.82/cwt	115.00–122.00	679	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	767	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	125.41/cwt	115.00–131.00	771	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	119.08/cwt	116.00–122.00	742	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	117.67/cwt	115.00–118.00	771	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	664	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	847	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	732	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	805	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	345	140.00/cwt	130.00–150.00	483	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	155.36/cwt	140.00–172.50	583	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	147.69/cwt	140.00–155.00	625	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	144.55/cwt	140.00–149.00	622	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	130.01/cwt	125.00–138.00	605	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	476	142.26/cwt	132.00–150.00	677	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	517	141.51/cwt	134.00–150.00	732	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	527	127.98/cwt	122.00–130.00	674	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	530	114.02/cwt	113.00–115.00	604	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	578	131.79/cwt	127.00–139.00	762	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	606	127.01/cwt	125.00–128.00	770	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	857	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	762	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	715	112.50/cwt	105.00–120.00	804	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,544	55.00/cwt	45.00–60.00	849	4
Bulls	—	—	1,726	72.62/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,253	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	905	32.30/cwt	30.00–34.00	292	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	948	28.64/cwt	28.00–30.00	272	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	42.49/cwt	40.00–45.00	456	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	54.63/cwt	54.00–56.00	699	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	46.26/cwt	42.00–48.00	624	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,473	45.96/cwt	45.00–47.00	677	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	583.21/cwt	530.00–640.00	5,366	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	601.36/cwt	530.00–680.00	6,194	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	775.86/cwt	500.00–960.00	8,612	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,143	641.44/cwt	590.00–740.00	7,332	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,151	672.49/cwt	550.00–870.00	7,740	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	1,023.31/cwt	950.00–1,125.00	12,689	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,565	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	970	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	913	63.41/cwt	52.00–73.00	579	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	965.00/cwt	950.00–980.00	10,615	2

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 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 936Last week 929Year ago 1,180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 201Year ago 134

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 45Year ago 60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	125.00–128.00	127.01
11	—	375	140.00–172.50	155.36
11	—	578	127.00–139.00	131.79
9	—	423	140.00–155.00	147.69
5	—	476	132.00–150.00	142.26
12	—	517	134.00–150.00	141.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	112.00	112.00
1	—	735	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	113.00–115.00	114.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	125.00–138.00	130.01
2	—	345	130.00–150.00	140.00
5	—	527	122.00–130.00	127.98
1	—	575	126.00	126.00
1	—	675	127.00	127.00
2	—	430	140.00–149.00	144.55
2	—	715	105.00–120.00	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	577	135.00–147.00	140.44
12	—	423	150.00–171.00	162.77
13	—	477	140.00–165.00	154.04
2	—	263	165.00–180.00	172.29
11	—	639	124.00–134.00	131.19
2	—	868	124.00	124.00
1	—	710	127.00	127.00
3	—	368	150.00–172.50	164.66
22	—	517	145.00–166.00	157.85
6	—	322	160.00–190.00	176.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	561	143.00	143.00
16	—	686	137.00	137.00
32	—	839	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	773	120.00–126.50	124.24
3	—	875	118.00	118.00
4	—	336	150.00	150.00
4	—	421	154.00	154.00
4	—	644	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	156.00	156.00
1	—	425	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	90.00	90.00
2	—	318	145.00–150.00	147.48
3	—	555	133.00–138.00	135.32
1	—	260	155.00	155.00
2	—	718	112.00–117.00	114.51
2	—	623	121.00–126.00	123.57
1	—	350	147.00	147.00
2	—	850	91.00	91.00
3	—	470	128.00–135.00	131.95
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
1	—	535	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
2	—	733	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	141.00–161.00	153.25
11	—	477	124.00–137.00	132.19
14	—	520	120.00–134.00	127.59
1	—	280	144.00	144.00
9	—	655	115.00–118.00	117.67
8	—	623	116.00–122.00	119.08
10	—	421	126.00–141.00	133.20
5	—	373	134.00–144.00	138.98
8	—	566	117.00–130.00	123.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	115.00	115.00
1	—	310	120.00	120.00
1	—	565	118.00	118.00
1	—	485	118.00	118.00
1	—	405	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	503	136.00–140.00	137.70
2	—	463	137.00	137.00
3	—	552	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	126.00	126.00
1	—	260	135.00	135.00
1	—	425	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	124.00–135.00	129.50
7	—	524	115.00–122.00	117.88
12	—	425	120.00–132.50	125.71
2	—	458	121.00–127.50	124.20
3	—	615	115.00–131.00	125.41
3	—	328	120.00–135.00	130.43
6	—	576	115.00–122.00	117.82
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
3	—	732	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	100.00–110.00	104.97
1	—	640	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	117.00	117.00
5	—	597	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	403	141.00	141.00
11	—	664	127.50	127.50

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	—	1,240	950.00–1,125.00	1,023.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,565	62.00	62.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	920	530.00–640.00	583.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,151	550.00–870.00	672.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,143	590.00–740.00	641.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,030	530.00–680.00	601.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,110	500.00–960.00	775.86

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	913	52.00–73.00	63.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	950.00–980.00	965.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	948	28.00–30.00	28.64
3	—	905	30.00–34.00	32.30
2	—	1,073	40.00–45.00	42.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	54.00–56.00	54.63
5	—	1,348	42.00–48.00	46.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	45.00–47.00	45.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,544	45.00–60.00	55.00
7	—	1,726	68.00–75.00	72.62

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.