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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 18
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
638 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 503▲ 12 vs year ago 626 · +1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 55▼ 131 vs year ago 223 · −58.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 40▼ 35 vs year ago 85 · −41.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Supply was good with a strong demand. The strongest test was on 3 and 4 weight feeders this week. Feeder steers sold $17.00 to $18.00 higher and feeder bulls sold $20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold $11.00 to $12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to $2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to $2.00 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.17/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −128.46 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$261.17
60 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,414
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$39.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.22
vs AR average
−6.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544269.221,46332
Medium and Large 1-2527261.261,37714thin
Large 1528258.451,3653thin
Medium and Large 2557239.221,33210thin
Large 2565230.001,3001thin
One grade step is worth $39.22/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale60 hd
261.17
—
AR average7 barns · 247 hd
251.96
+9.22
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−6.05
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−128.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
441398355312median 389.6303/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.53, low $325.96, median $389.63 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,524150.242,2909thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,478132.151,95311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242131.351,63132
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low903107.9197412

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,340$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,228$1,9217
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,235$1,87717
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)890$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,110$1,4751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)945$1,7263thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,475$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)752$1,7132thin

Every lot

111 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325360.44/cwt345.00–380.001,1717
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365363.46/cwt347.50–372.501,32711
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2398335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3332
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420333.26/cwt320.00–342.501,4006
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed429318.19/cwt310.00–327.501,3654
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430288.71/cwt285.00–292.501,2412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475318.96/cwt300.00–327.501,51510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4361
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519267.16/cwt255.00–277.501,3879
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563294.94/cwt285.00–300.001,6613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583266.22/cwt265.00–267.501,5522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605254.96/cwt250.00–260.001,5432
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614267.51/cwt262.50–272.501,6436
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7603
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8384
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327337.92/cwt320.00–355.001,10513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371310.45/cwt292.50–325.001,15216
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380309.88/cwt307.50–312.201,1782
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
Heifers350–400Large 1395295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1651
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419264.55/cwt250.00–272.501,1087
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424293.50/cwt282.50–310.001,24417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed440299.89/cwt290.00–310.001,3202
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469240.48/cwt230.00–250.001,1286
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471284.39/cwt275.00–302.501,33918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472268.08/cwt262.50–272.501,2655
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519281.54/cwt272.50–297.501,46116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527261.26/cwt252.50–267.501,37714
Heifers500–550Large 1528258.45/cwt250.00–272.501,3653
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529236.11/cwt227.50–247.501,2494
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565262.05/cwt250.00–267.501,48110
Heifers550–600Large 2565230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3001
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575241.30/cwt232.20–247.501,3876
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590242.50/cwt235.00–247.501,4314
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614241.36/cwt232.50–252.501,4827
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620225.65/cwt220.00–237.501,3993
Heifers600–650Large 2635225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4291
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6252
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5841
Heifers700–750Large 1720212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5301
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy765210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6071
Heifers800–850Large 2830140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1621
Heifers850–900Large 2850140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0691
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320337.66/cwt335.00–340.001,0812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324361.14/cwt345.00–380.001,1709
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371352.90/cwt335.00–375.001,3097
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383314.26/cwt310.00–317.501,2043
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed388336.22/cwt330.00–342.201,3052
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413266.27/cwt265.00–267.501,1002
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed414321.10/cwt315.00–327.501,3294
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424322.18/cwt307.50–335.001,36611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed470316.35/cwt300.00–330.001,4873
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470306.97/cwt290.00–320.001,44311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472263.02/cwt255.00–275.001,2413
Bulls450–500Large 2495252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5321
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520302.42/cwt285.00–315.001,57311
Bulls500–550Large 1525287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5091
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529274.60/cwt265.00–282.501,4535
Bulls500–550Large 2530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564268.74/cwt260.00–285.001,5164
Bulls550–600Large 2580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580242.60/cwt230.00–255.001,4074
Bulls550–600Large 1583276.12/cwt270.00–282.501,6102
Bulls600–650Large 1620270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6741
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624261.69/cwt250.00–272.501,6334
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685224.85/cwt215.00–235.001,5402
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6681
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718212.56/cwt200.00–225.001,5263
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720227.53/cwt225.00–230.001,6382
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6591
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805206.21/cwt200.00–212.501,6602
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1818203.46/cwt190.00–217.501,6642
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,359142.36/cwt135.00–150.001,9355
Bulls——1,648156.12/cwt151.00–163.002,5733
Bulls——1,980172.00/cwt172.00–172.003,4061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%879106.09/cwt102.00–111.009335
Cows—Lean 85-90%90794.88/cwt90.00–100.008613
Cows—Lean 85-90%930119.96/cwt115.00–123.001,1164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200124.32/cwt120.00–126.001,4927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240143.86/cwt140.00–149.001,7843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255131.88/cwt128.00–138.001,65522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458132.56/cwt130.00–135.001,93310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4753,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,505172.50/cwt172.50–172.502,5961
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28901,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1101,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2281,921.06/head1,650.00–2,075.001,9217
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,876.85/head1,400.00–2,175.001,87717
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3401,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-25031,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5841
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29451,726.01/head1,450.00–1,850.001,7263

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.