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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 3
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 426▼ 142 vs year ago 650 · −21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 47▼ 34 vs year ago 142 · −23.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 15▼ 15 vs year ago 30 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*PRE-VAC SALE NEXT WEEK 9/10/24*

Compared to last week: 500lb to 600lb feeder steers and feeder bulls sold $3.00 to $4.00 higher. Feeder heifers $500lb to $6.00lb sold $2.00 to $3.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Supply was good with a strong demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $277.53/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −151.10 against this barn's trailing median of $428.63.
Average price
$277.53
69 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.04
vs AR average
+8.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545280.481,52957
Medium and Large 1-2533270.371,4417thin
Medium and Large 2543253.911,3795thin
One grade step is worth $26.57/cwt here — about $151 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 sale69 hd
277.53
—
AR average7 barns · 244 hd
270.49
+7.04
National average147 barns · 6,928 hd
269.40
+8.13
This barn, trailing median29 sales
428.63
−151.10
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

29 sales
493441389337median 428.6303/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.83, low $350.71, median $428.63 across 29 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—Low1,724145.482,50814
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,271133.811,70126
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,733126.452,1918thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,115113.621,26634
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,550122.001,8911thin

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)1,410$2,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$1,9623thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,103$1,6552thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)940$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$1,9501thin

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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed295375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1061
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,0402
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363279.01/cwt275.00–285.001,0133
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375331.07/cwt320.00–350.001,2423
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425324.48/cwt310.00–335.001,3797
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425291.09/cwt280.00–300.001,2373
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed428332.37/cwt325.00–340.001,4232
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3624
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed469289.90/cwt280.00–307.501,3604
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477295.26/cwt282.50–307.501,40814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486253.05/cwt240.00–262.501,2304
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed518302.66/cwt300.00–308.001,56812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520267.40/cwt265.00–270.001,3902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525286.73/cwt270.00–297.501,50520
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533270.37/cwt260.00–280.001,4417
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy535232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570251.12/cwt247.50–255.001,4312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577270.07/cwt260.00–287.501,55818
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580250.31/cwt237.50–260.001,4526
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full630242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5281
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631258.80/cwt252.50–265.001,6339
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed632237.51/cwt230.00–247.501,5013
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5761
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5531
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy713227.40/cwt220.00–232.501,6214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,3961
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768223.34/cwt220.00–225.001,7153
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy945175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed318298.72/cwt290.00–305.009504
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322287.50/cwt287.50–287.509263
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322268.63/cwt257.50–280.008655
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345298.33/cwt297.50–300.001,0293
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365272.50/cwt272.50–272.509952
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374281.33/cwt270.00–287.501,0527
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375259.53/cwt242.50–272.509736
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed385275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,1102
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430270.87/cwt262.50–290.001,16511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439247.39/cwt235.00–255.001,0864
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470245.39/cwt240.00–250.001,1536
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed473269.93/cwt257.50–276.001,2774
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy473247.43/cwt245.00–250.001,1702
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483260.93/cwt255.00–265.001,26012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2252
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy514242.53/cwt235.00–247.501,2479
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515262.45/cwt260.00–265.001,3522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522253.92/cwt250.00–260.001,32515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed538265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4263
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567246.28/cwt230.00–253.001,3969
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573221.10/cwt217.50–225.001,2672
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed575257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4782
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633227.47/cwt220.00–230.001,4404
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5952
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5991
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6811
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5541
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330305.27/cwt285.00–320.001,0073
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360323.38/cwt320.00–330.001,1643
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376294.91/cwt277.50–315.001,1096
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412319.94/cwt305.00–327.501,3183
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427269.37/cwt245.00–290.001,1505
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2741
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467265.68/cwt250.00–275.001,2418
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474283.63/cwt275.00–292.501,3444
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed485287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3941
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2952
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed530279.88/cwt279.00–282.501,4834
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533263.60/cwt257.50–270.001,4052
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564263.70/cwt250.00–275.001,4874
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed575252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4521
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575245.77/cwt244.00–247.501,4132
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed615247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5221
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623246.21/cwt245.00–247.501,5342
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy830210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7431
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1910182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,6611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,654154.95/cwt150.00–163.002,5637
Bulls——1,794136.02/cwt125.00–145.002,4407
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99387.40/cwt80.00–95.008685
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088103.60/cwt100.00–110.001,1277
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,149118.84/cwt115.00–125.001,36514
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,154129.62/cwt127.00–133.001,4968
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193134.01/cwt130.00–139.001,5999
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,309141.73/cwt140.00–145.001,8559
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,316124.69/cwt118.00–128.001,6418
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600134.37/cwt132.00–139.002,1503
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,813121.69/cwt120.00–127.002,2065
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,550122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29401,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1031,655.10/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1831,961.58/head1,475.00–2,450.001,9623
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4102,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.