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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 13
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
812 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 614▲ 315 vs year ago 497 · +63.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 130▲ 57 vs year ago 87 · +65.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 40▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and bulls under 500 lb sold mostly steady, over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower, over 500 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was heavy with strong demand on quality cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.80/cwt on 202 head.
Average price
$138.80
202 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.55
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589140.04825144
Medium and Large 1-2552138.9276613thin
Medium and Large 2480136.5365642
Medium and Large 3490110.835433thin
One grade step is worth $29.20/cwt here — about $282 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 sale202 hd
138.80
—
AR average9 barns · 2,102 hd
139.35
−0.55
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—Low1,57385.011,3374thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42671.141,01413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13768.2077638
CowsLean 85-90%Low97558.5557116

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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003601
Steers—Medium and Large 1271192.79/cwt182.50–207.505224
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed285192.50/cwt192.50–192.505491
Steers—Medium and Large 2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Steers—Medium and Large 3300130.00/cwt130.00–130.003901
Steers—Medium and Large 1311185.11/cwt165.00–202.505764
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed329182.08/cwt176.00–185.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 1363177.74/cwt172.50–182.506456
Steers—Medium and Large 2375154.00/cwt154.00–154.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed393170.00/cwt170.00–170.006682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395170.00/cwt170.00–170.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 2425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006591
Steers—Medium and Large 1427171.27/cwt165.00–181.0073114
Steers—Medium and Large 3430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed461164.01/cwt156.00–168.007565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465164.00/cwt164.00–164.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 2470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 1488158.42/cwt155.00–163.007737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed505167.00/cwt167.00–167.008434
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed508150.73/cwt146.00–160.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 2520146.31/cwt140.00–152.507619
Steers—Medium and Large 1523159.88/cwt154.00–170.0083611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added534166.79/cwt160.00–174.008917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007903
Steers—Medium and Large 1573154.28/cwt150.00–159.008845
Steers—Medium and Large 2580144.23/cwt142.50–146.008372
Steers—Medium and Large 2613135.89/cwt130.00–146.008335
Steers—Medium and Large 1615158.22/cwt150.00–167.5097311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added623160.17/cwt154.00–165.009989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635145.00/cwt145.00–145.009211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645146.00/cwt146.00–146.009422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 1665147.68/cwt140.00–151.009824
Steers—Medium and Large 2665132.00/cwt132.00–132.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1772138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0653
Steers—Medium and Large 1835130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0861
Steers—Medium and Large 1920125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1501
Steers—Medium and Large 294090.00/cwt90.00–90.008461
Steers—Medium and Large 1955121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273162.35/cwt157.50–167.504433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322125.43/cwt120.00–132.504045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329160.43/cwt150.00–166.005286
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335117.50/cwt117.50–117.503941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350156.00/cwt156.00–156.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375151.93/cwt146.00–156.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2393147.02/cwt144.00–150.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added408163.00/cwt163.00–163.006654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416148.53/cwt144.00–151.006185
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429129.35/cwt120.00–138.005557
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed464151.49/cwt136.00–156.007038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467144.29/cwt138.00–151.0067416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488132.99/cwt131.00–135.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500100.00/cwt100.00–100.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515142.46/cwt137.00–149.0073418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed517143.42/cwt137.00–150.007416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added556144.00/cwt144.00–144.008015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558143.00/cwt143.00–143.007984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572132.18/cwt130.00–137.0075610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573133.98/cwt130.00–138.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed590140.00/cwt140.00–140.008262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added605145.00/cwt145.00–145.008772
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610122.14/cwt118.00–130.007454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614132.53/cwt124.00–136.0081410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008062
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656132.05/cwt125.00–135.0086611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670122.43/cwt120.00–125.008202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added731137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,00140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780112.00/cwt112.00–112.008741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800114.00/cwt114.00–114.009121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added813128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,0457
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250147.50/cwt147.50–147.503691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1255176.78/cwt167.50–185.004513
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320110.00/cwt110.00–110.003521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325153.34/cwt150.00–157.004982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358141.94/cwt134.00–150.005082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383164.17/cwt160.00–173.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421167.62/cwt162.50–174.007069
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422137.22/cwt134.00–140.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed440169.00/cwt169.00–169.007442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465113.84/cwt106.00–125.005294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466158.01/cwt152.50–171.0073610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479134.15/cwt125.00–139.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed490147.93/cwt141.00–155.007252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515149.47/cwt142.50–158.0077012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540105.00/cwt105.00–105.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed543148.22/cwt142.50–154.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562130.74/cwt126.00–135.007353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566140.67/cwt130.00–153.0079613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608132.49/cwt130.00–135.008062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620139.22/cwt132.00–146.008633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1669131.27/cwt125.00–142.008786
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680130.40/cwt124.00–137.008872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745125.00/cwt125.00–125.009311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32575.00/cwt75.00–75.009941
Bulls——1,61584.52/cwt82.00–87.001,3652
Bulls——1,73596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82534.00/cwt34.00–34.002811
Cows—Lean 85-90%94045.01/cwt43.00–47.004232
Cows—Lean 85-90%97160.97/cwt55.00–64.005929
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04066.01/cwt65.00–67.006874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09964.30/cwt62.00–65.007079
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14969.41/cwt65.00–78.0079829
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42371.90/cwt67.00–79.001,02312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46062.00/cwt62.00–62.009051
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0015,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0014,1751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2830600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,9801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975760.00/cwt760.00–760.007,4101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02067.00/cwt67.00–67.006831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08073.00/cwt73.00–73.007881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13169.92/cwt66.00–73.007917
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,4481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,28568.00/cwt68.00–68.008741
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,020.72/cwt1,000.00–1,060.0011,2793

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.