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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 20
● Final135 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
709 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 700▲ 396 vs year ago 313 · +126.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 129▲ 11 vs year ago 90 · +12.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 90▲ 27 vs year ago 33 · +81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly uneven compared to the previous week. With cattle futures trading in the red today, buyers seemed to be staying more on the cautious side. Feeder steers and feeder heifers 500lb to 600lb sold $15.00 lower. Feeder bulls selling more unevenly sold $22.00 to $23.00 lower. Slaughter cattle 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 $229.41/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −160.23 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$229.41
53 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,251
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.55
vs AR average
−15.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524235.821,23519thin
Medium and Large 1557226.981,26412thin
Medium and Large 2558225.201,25722
One grade step is worth $10.62/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale53 hd
229.41
—
AR average9 barns · 347 hd
241.96
−12.55
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−15.00
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−160.23
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—Low1,631156.952,55912
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,257139.201,74915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,496129.661,9409thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,045118.141,23533

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,179$2,45210
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$2,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,095$1,9104thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,232$1,80915
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,255$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$1,7382thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,105$1,4133thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,0001thin

Every lot

135 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed260410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0661
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed305335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0221
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337290.20/cwt270.00–300.009783
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Full358265.00/cwt265.00–265.009492
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379297.39/cwt280.00–305.001,1275
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed388313.73/cwt310.00–317.501,2172
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2871
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430304.22/cwt300.00–307.501,3083
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435271.31/cwt262.50–282.501,1805
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed463300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3892
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469265.07/cwt250.00–270.001,24314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478289.51/cwt275.00–307.501,3844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3542
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Full495235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed517280.84/cwt277.50–285.001,4523
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523262.11/cwt250.00–275.001,37112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524285.03/cwt280.00–287.501,4946
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537248.39/cwt242.50–252.501,3343
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy543261.66/cwt260.00–265.001,4213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4841
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562267.38/cwt260.00–280.001,50310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562238.99/cwt230.00–245.001,3435
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570259.65/cwt250.00–270.001,4802
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy588243.37/cwt237.50–250.001,4313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5602
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added593243.54/cwt241.00–260.001,4447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Full605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619240.76/cwt231.00–249.001,49010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4571
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621254.95/cwt240.00–264.001,5838
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633224.94/cwt220.00–230.001,4242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7303
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668231.09/cwt225.00–237.501,5442
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673237.58/cwt235.00–240.001,5992
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680229.97/cwt227.50–232.501,5643
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5697
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy723227.42/cwt225.00–230.001,6442
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added740225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6651
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4731
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,058189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,0003
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290270.00/cwt270.00–270.007831
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy305245.00/cwt245.00–245.007471
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318262.35/cwt250.00–275.008344
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy335300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360286.22/cwt285.00–287.501,0302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381259.40/cwt250.00–272.509885
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407265.63/cwt262.50–275.001,0819
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,0994
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420248.55/cwt235.00–260.001,04418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423277.15/cwt267.50–282.501,1723
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full423262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1102
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy445225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467240.85/cwt227.50–252.501,12513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470240.00/cwt230.00–255.001,1285
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473260.56/cwt257.50–267.501,2324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515230.10/cwt225.00–237.501,1854
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521236.14/cwt225.00–245.001,23018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528231.72/cwt220.00–245.001,2238
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed573232.49/cwt230.00–235.001,3322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574232.75/cwt228.00–235.001,3364
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578220.06/cwt205.00–225.001,27211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy581218.10/cwt212.50–220.001,2674
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617227.33/cwt227.00–230.001,4039
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625227.42/cwt225.00–230.001,4212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628213.75/cwt212.50–215.001,3422
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668223.16/cwt215.00–235.001,4918
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670209.85/cwt205.00–215.001,4062
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5201
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5243
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added788207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6352
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255340.00/cwt340.00–340.008671
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2316294.23/cwt280.00–310.009307
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed318320.85/cwt317.50–322.501,0203
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed360305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371287.91/cwt270.00–302.501,0687
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418302.49/cwt300.00–305.001,2642
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Full420251.25/cwt250.00–252.501,0552
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed423291.54/cwt287.50–297.001,2333
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434272.00/cwt257.50–285.001,18010
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440275.78/cwt265.00–282.501,2133
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed463276.23/cwt275.00–277.501,2792
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465281.13/cwt277.50–285.001,3072
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478276.66/cwt275.00–280.001,3229
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479249.32/cwt237.50–260.001,1949
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517253.44/cwt240.00–265.001,31010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3641
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535241.27/cwt240.00–242.501,2912
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2791
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563256.13/cwt237.50–260.001,4426
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565230.44/cwt220.00–242.501,3029
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582239.13/cwt237.50–242.501,3923
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624239.74/cwt233.00–246.001,4965
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full625227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4221
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633233.71/cwt230.00–237.501,4792
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685216.28/cwt212.50–220.001,4822
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2687207.48/cwt200.00–212.501,4253
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6791
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4921
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,433146.26/cwt135.00–153.002,0966
Bulls——1,828167.64/cwt162.00–173.003,0646
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95195.95/cwt90.00–100.009125
Cows—Lean 85-90%981110.54/cwt104.00–115.001,0848
Cows—Lean 85-90%994121.69/cwt116.00–126.001,21011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4301
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,217132.87/cwt129.00–138.001,6179
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257136.37/cwt134.00–139.001,7149
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288146.12/cwt142.00–152.001,8825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436131.01/cwt130.00–134.001,8816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,617126.95/cwt125.00–129.002,0533
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28651,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29701,738.47/head1,700.00–1,775.001,7382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,910.22/head1,400.00–2,275.001,9104
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,413.05/head1,250.00–1,650.001,4133
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120149.90/cwt145.00–154.001,6792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1792,451.74/head2,000.00–2,635.002,45210
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2581,863.53/head1,195.00–2,375.001,86414
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2802,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2927144.68/cwt139.00–154.001,3413
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2943157.11/cwt149.00–167.501,4826
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.