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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 1
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
675 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 757▼ 430 vs year ago 1,105 · −38.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 166▼ 22 vs year ago 92 · −23.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 35▼ 25 vs year ago 60 · −41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower, over 500 lb were steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Several quality consignments of pre-vac cattle that sold at a premium. Supply was heavy and demand strong. Fleshy new crop calves were discounted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.15/cwt on 256 head.
Average price
$149.15
256 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$311
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.69
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1619150.44931195
Medium and Large 1-2572149.1085341
Medium and Large 2495140.2369419thin
Medium and Large 388570.006201thin
One grade step is worth $80.44/cwt here — about $311 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 sale256 hd
149.15
—
AR average9 barns · 1,262 hd
149.84
−0.69
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—Average1,65788.961,47410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43572.001,0331thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17568.7480824
CowsLean 85-90%Average96058.5856216

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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1270190.00/cwt190.00–190.005131
Steers—Medium and Large 2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1335190.00/cwt190.00–190.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 1350197.50/cwt197.50–197.506911
Steers—Medium and Large 2360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added396188.20/cwt188.00–190.0074510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398180.00/cwt180.00–180.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added405181.23/cwt180.00–182.507342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed415174.00/cwt174.00–174.007222
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418160.00/cwt160.00–160.006693
Steers—Medium and Large 2418142.72/cwt135.00–150.005972
Steers—Medium and Large 1419163.99/cwt161.00–170.006875
Steers—Medium and Large 2475129.00/cwt129.00–129.006131
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added476174.05/cwt171.00–175.008288
Steers—Medium and Large 1482154.86/cwt150.00–160.007468
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added505167.50/cwt167.50–167.508461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510154.00/cwt154.00–154.0078514
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added510142.50/cwt142.50–142.507271
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed513152.50/cwt152.50–152.507822
Steers—Medium and Large 1532149.34/cwt148.00–150.007949
Steers—Medium and Large 2535132.00/cwt130.00–136.007063
Steers—Medium and Large 2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added569148.70/cwt145.00–153.008469
Steers—Medium and Large 1571146.51/cwt145.00–147.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 1605146.78/cwt142.00–148.008885
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added631151.12/cwt146.00–151.2595477
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650139.50/cwt139.50–139.5090722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added658140.79/cwt140.00–141.009265
Steers—Medium and Large 2673120.72/cwt119.00–122.508122
Steers—Medium and Large 1680137.00/cwt137.00–137.009322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added715137.80/cwt134.00–139.0098534
Steers—Medium and Large 2725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added805130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0471
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added857124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0675
Steers—Medium and Large 388570.00/cwt70.00–70.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added969120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1637
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277151.00/cwt151.00–151.004183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290164.00/cwt164.00–164.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed290148.00/cwt148.00–148.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added375142.50/cwt142.50–142.505341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385127.50/cwt127.50–127.504911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed393141.38/cwt141.00–143.005565
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed408153.00/cwt153.00–153.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410125.00/cwt125.00–125.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429140.31/cwt138.00–146.006028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added443142.00/cwt142.00–142.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463131.46/cwt125.00–138.006092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473135.46/cwt130.00–140.0064110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added476137.04/cwt133.00–145.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy480118.77/cwt110.00–127.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed485135.70/cwt129.00–139.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505124.00/cwt124.00–124.006261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added515138.00/cwt138.00–138.007111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517130.33/cwt127.00–135.006747
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530128.76/cwt128.00–129.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added559135.70/cwt134.00–136.0075910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed563129.00/cwt129.00–129.007262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568133.29/cwt130.00–135.5075719
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added625124.00/cwt124.00–124.007751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635121.01/cwt120.00–122.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added657127.50/cwt127.50–127.508385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665113.49/cwt112.00–115.007552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673118.12/cwt116.00–123.0079511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718113.51/cwt113.00–114.008152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added760123.50/cwt123.50–123.509395
Heifers—Medium and Large 2810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009084
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1386165.97/cwt143.00–187.506417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed397161.00/cwt161.00–161.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430156.09/cwt152.00–158.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430151.45/cwt149.00–157.506515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466153.40/cwt146.00–158.0071517
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed498141.00/cwt141.00–141.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532151.74/cwt145.00–156.008076
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533131.34/cwt128.00–141.007005
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed535121.00/cwt121.00–121.006472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558129.49/cwt129.00–130.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed565136.23/cwt135.00–137.507702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580138.86/cwt135.00–145.0080511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608121.15/cwt113.00–124.007374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613130.50/cwt130.00–131.008002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1656122.00/cwt118.00–126.008004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed713122.00/cwt122.00–122.008703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720121.00/cwt121.00–121.008711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1763118.00/cwt118.00–118.009003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2770118.00/cwt118.00–118.009091
Bulls—Medium and Large 282590.00/cwt90.00–90.007431
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Full94075.00/cwt75.00–75.007051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60684.48/cwt75.00–89.001,3575
Bulls——1,70793.43/cwt91.00–96.001,5955
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83058.00/cwt58.00–58.004811
Cows—Lean 85-90%83341.00/cwt40.00–42.003422
Cows—Lean 85-90%83656.27/cwt51.00–60.004706
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11464.97/cwt64.00–66.007244
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12165.66/cwt62.00–72.007367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18769.49/cwt67.00–73.0082520
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0331
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0011,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,145.42/cwt1,050.00–1,325.0011,4543
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-286372.69/cwt57.00–90.006272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2898996.45/cwt800.00–1,125.008,9482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03058.00/cwt58.00–58.005971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,061898.14/cwt750.00–1,000.009,5296
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,033.10/cwt975.00–1,085.0011,2093
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,086960.74/cwt735.00–1,050.0010,4348
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12366.00/cwt66.00–66.007412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16068.00/cwt68.00–68.007891
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,198924.27/cwt875.00–975.0011,0732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,29073.00/cwt73.00–73.009421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,37572.00/cwt72.00–72.009901

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.