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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 16
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
375 head
▼ 407 vs last sale 782▼ 16 vs year ago 391 · −4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 123▲ 9 vs year ago 94 · +9.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 40▼ 1 vs year ago 56 · −1.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This week's sale was followed by a pre-vac sale last week with a better offering of weaned calves than this week. Feeder steers sold $3.00 to $4.00 lower this week while feeder bulls sold steady to $1.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to $2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold $9.00 to $10.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold $3.00 to $4.00 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.40/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −141.23 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$248.40
35 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,356
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.95
vs AR average
−9.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553251.861,39322
Medium and Large 2534242.561,29613thin
One grade step is worth $9.30/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale35 hd
248.40
—
AR average9 barns · 657 hd
256.35
−7.95
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−9.40
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−141.23
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—Average1,460151.552,2137thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,241136.331,69234
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,578134.212,11716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,055123.231,30127

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)1,215$2,3363thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,328$2,2025
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,119$2,0595
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,450$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,268$1,8012thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$1,6084thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,355$2,4504thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,795$4,4001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$3,3173thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,163$3,2958
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,1754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,117$2,9636
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,7252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,075$2,2752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)750$2,0001thin

Every lot

100 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0301
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,1991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373307.08/cwt295.00–320.001,1452
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1392332.52/cwt327.50–340.001,3033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3371
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426300.15/cwt285.00–312.501,2794
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475300.54/cwt292.50–310.001,4284
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483277.51/cwt275.00–280.001,3402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510267.65/cwt260.00–275.001,3652
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514290.90/cwt280.00–300.001,4956
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571261.01/cwt250.00–275.001,4905
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575270.26/cwt260.00–280.001,5548
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605281.30/cwt275.00–287.501,7022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637254.15/cwt250.00–257.501,6193
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6654
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668239.98/cwt235.00–250.001,6033
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716245.35/cwt235.00–255.001,7577
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6861
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778229.89/cwt225.00–235.001,7892
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8751
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9781
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1995180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7911
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,115192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,1461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263347.57/cwt345.00–350.009142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323260.91/cwt255.00–267.508432
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,0092
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330328.81/cwt325.00–332.501,0852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370317.42/cwt315.00–320.001,1743
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375316.11/cwt312.50–320.001,1855
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375293.96/cwt280.00–305.001,1023
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416305.58/cwt300.00–310.001,2714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428269.86/cwt257.50–282.501,15510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468278.64/cwt270.00–292.501,3048
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469268.52/cwt255.00–277.501,2595
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514247.97/cwt240.00–257.501,2758
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529260.74/cwt252.50–267.501,3799
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy566233.64/cwt225.00–240.001,3224
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567233.90/cwt225.00–250.001,3265
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571251.07/cwt242.50–260.001,4349
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614246.40/cwt230.00–255.001,5139
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633222.45/cwt220.00–225.001,4082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667235.75/cwt227.50–245.001,5723
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677223.34/cwt220.00–225.001,5123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735192.45/cwt185.00–200.001,4152
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6071
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5991
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855202.20/cwt202.20–202.201,7291
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285315.00/cwt315.00–315.008981
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0921
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318343.40/cwt340.00–350.001,0923
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2471
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395316.25/cwt315.00–317.501,2492
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421319.41/cwt310.00–330.001,3457
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423293.95/cwt290.00–297.501,2432
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462287.36/cwt270.00–300.001,3288
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475268.75/cwt267.50–270.001,2772
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490300.84/cwt297.50–305.001,4743
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518265.97/cwt240.00–275.001,3788
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572252.40/cwt247.50–260.001,4443
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574266.78/cwt262.50–270.001,5314
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed610253.69/cwt250.00–257.501,5482
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625257.49/cwt255.00–260.001,6094
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670233.28/cwt225.00–240.001,5633
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675234.70/cwt225.00–245.001,5842
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,095137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5001
Bulls——1,521153.98/cwt151.00–157.002,3426
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%944117.20/cwt112.00–122.501,1069
Cows—Lean 85-90%992107.71/cwt105.00–111.001,0683
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135129.95/cwt125.00–134.001,47515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176126.44/cwt125.00–128.001,4874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224136.39/cwt130.00–139.001,66924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353142.68/cwt140.00–147.001,9306
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,532140.66/cwt140.00–141.002,1553
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,537133.65/cwt132.00–138.002,05411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,870127.58/cwt126.00–129.002,3862
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,7954,400.00/head4,400.00–4,400.004,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29501,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,945.00/head1,925.00–3,250.002,9455
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1403,231.58/head3,000.00–3,400.003,2325
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,316.67/head3,300.00–3,350.003,3173
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,608.13/head1,525.00–1,725.001,6084
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1192,058.74/head1,200.00–2,475.002,0595
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,335.60/head2,175.00–2,550.002,3363
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2681,800.89/head1,750.00–1,850.001,8012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3282,201.88/head1,550.00–2,400.002,2025
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4504

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.