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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 23

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052

← Jan 19Feb 23Mar 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

174 head

▲ 174 vs last sale 0▼ 426 vs year ago 600 · −71.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 0▼ 38 vs year ago 70 · −54.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 146 vs year ago 150 · −97.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available sale not reported weeks previous due to absence of reporter. Following a week of snow and extremely cold weather receipts were light, demand and quality was good.

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 $126.28/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$126.28

75 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$31.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	131.01	641	48
Medium and Large 2	495	121.01	599	23
Medium and Large 3	586	99.88	586	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.13/cwt here — about $55 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 sale75 hd

126.28

—

AR average2 barns · 121 hd

126.70

−0.42

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	1,832	82.00	1,502	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	64.68	949	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	61.74	786	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	50.29	531	12

Every lot

73 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	449	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	618	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	157.81/cwt	150.00–165.00	576	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	156.20/cwt	152.50–160.00	640	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	158.10/cwt	152.50–162.50	737	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	480	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	658	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	133.36/cwt	120.00–140.00	695	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	154.82/cwt	149.00–165.00	811	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	127.78/cwt	120.00–133.00	716	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	781	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	798	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	134.47/cwt	133.00–136.00	838	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	901	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	762	110.30/cwt	105.00–116.00	840	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	926	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	375	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	250	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	300	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	268	144.98/cwt	142.50–147.50	389	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	128.16/cwt	115.00–137.50	409	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	140.44/cwt	135.00–145.00	454	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	129.19/cwt	127.50–130.00	475	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	142.50/cwt	135.00–150.00	533	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	380	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	504	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	523	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	137.18/cwt	126.00–145.00	589	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	123.70/cwt	120.00–126.00	573	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	132.89/cwt	126.00–140.00	629	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	480	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	660	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	128.74/cwt	124.00–134.00	673	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	123.26/cwt	120.00–128.00	700	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	116.45/cwt	114.00–119.00	725	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	116.00/cwt	112.00–118.00	793	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	688	104.01/cwt	103.00–105.00	716	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	814	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	743	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	825	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	805	99.30/cwt	90.00–104.00	799	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	865	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	735	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	128.78/cwt	127.50–130.00	489	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	673	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	443	141.98/cwt	139.00–145.00	629	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	455	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	582	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	525	141.67/cwt	140.00–145.00	744	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	777	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	618	130.69/cwt	125.00–135.00	808	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	112.59/cwt	105.00–120.00	701	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	120.91/cwt	115.00–127.00	804	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	809	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	940	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	884	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,638	1
Bulls	—	—	1,843	79.00/cwt	72.00–83.00	1,456	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	42.11/cwt	40.00–45.00	419	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	53.01/cwt	48.00–59.00	571	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,254	60.79/cwt	57.00–66.00	762	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,383	67.44/cwt	66.00–69.00	933	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,467	64.68/cwt	64.00–66.00	949	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	660	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	6,797	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,550	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	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 Feb 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 174Last week 0Year ago 600

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 0Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 150

No trend available sale not reported weeks previous due to absence of reporter. Following a week of snow and extremely cold weather receipts were light, demand and quality was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	115.00–127.00	120.91
1	—	565	137.50	137.50
1	—	440	153.00	153.00
1	—	770	105.00	105.00
4	—	618	125.00–135.00	130.69
3	—	525	140.00–145.00	141.67
1	—	940	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	105.00–120.00	112.59
2	—	443	139.00–145.00	141.98
2	—	380	127.50–130.00	128.78
1	—	455	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	135.00–140.00	137.58
2	—	688	130.00–132.00	130.99
1	—	325	190.00	190.00
2	—	410	152.50–160.00	156.20
2	—	623	133.00–136.00	134.47
4	—	524	149.00–165.00	154.82
2	—	365	150.00–165.00	157.81
7	—	466	152.50–162.50	158.10
1	—	890	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
1	—	525	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	105.00–116.00	110.30
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
1	—	600	133.00	133.00
1	—	285	157.50	157.50
4	—	560	120.00–133.00	127.78
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
4	—	521	120.00–140.00	133.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	473	126.00–140.00	132.89
4	—	323	135.00–145.00	140.44
6	—	523	124.00–134.00	128.74
3	—	568	120.00–128.00	123.26
2	—	623	114.00–119.00	116.45
2	—	268	142.50–147.50	144.98
7	—	429	126.00–145.00	137.18
4	—	684	112.00–118.00	116.00
2	—	708	114.00–116.00	115.00
5	—	374	135.00–150.00	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	137.50	137.50
1	—	380	132.50	132.50
1	—	250	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	103.00–105.00	104.01
3	—	368	127.50–130.00	129.19
1	—	415	126.00	126.00
1	—	250	120.00	120.00
3	—	805	90.00–104.00	99.30
4	—	319	115.00–137.50	128.16
3	—	463	120.00–126.00	123.70
1	—	560	118.00	118.00
2	—	743	110.00–112.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	92.00	92.00
1	—	865	85.00	85.00
1	—	440	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	95.00	95.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	60.00	60.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	690.00	690.00

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	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	91.00	91.00
3	—	1,843	72.00–83.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	64.00–66.00	64.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	66.00–69.00	67.44
12	—	1,254	57.00–66.00	60.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,077	48.00–59.00	53.01
3	—	995	40.00–45.00	42.11

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.