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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 17
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
584 head
▼ 592 vs last sale 1,176▼ 481 vs year ago 1,065 · −45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 223▼ 201 vs year ago 249 · −80.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 75▼ 57 vs year ago 65 · −87.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder bulls 300lb to 500lb sold steady to $1.00 higher while feeder heifers 300lb to 500lb sold steady to $1.00 lower with moderate demand and supply this week. Slaughter cattle sold $10.00 to $11.00 lower on a lighter test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $223.99/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −165.65 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$223.99
89 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,225
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.57
vs AR average
−13.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551227.331,25259
Medium and Large 1-2522223.431,1677thin
Medium and Large 2544215.581,17223
One grade step is worth $11.75/cwt here — about $81 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 sale89 hd
223.99
—
AR average10 barns · 630 hd
231.56
−7.57
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−13.02
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−165.65
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—Low1,772146.092,5896thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,272116.361,48011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,420111.001,5762thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048100.311,05215

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)1,135$2,0501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$1,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)915$1,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,400$1,9751thin

Every lot

112 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325280.00/cwt280.00–280.009101
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2061
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406302.54/cwt290.00–322.501,2289
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1872
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431259.62/cwt250.00–275.001,11916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1392
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1041
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480269.43/cwt257.50–277.501,2938
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2756
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528258.33/cwt250.00–272.501,36416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533232.95/cwt225.00–240.001,2426
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570231.50/cwt225.00–238.001,3202
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575240.43/cwt240.00–240.501,3827
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580246.19/cwt240.00–260.001,42812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed590242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593232.49/cwt230.00–235.001,3792
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613222.04/cwt219.00–225.001,3612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620226.53/cwt225.00–230.001,4045
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627236.85/cwt233.00–247.501,48518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643228.63/cwt225.00–231.001,4705
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660226.60/cwt222.50–230.001,4963
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671224.61/cwt220.00–227.001,5079
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675231.48/cwt228.00–237.501,5625
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed675227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5361
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710224.68/cwt220.00–230.001,5957
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4562
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7013
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315272.50/cwt272.50–272.508582
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320237.46/cwt230.00–245.007603
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338277.88/cwt272.50–280.009394
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367234.79/cwt220.00–252.508626
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0071
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0724
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385275.76/cwt265.00–282.501,0623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy385255.04/cwt250.00–260.009823
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415256.06/cwt250.00–272.501,06313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424235.62/cwt224.00–242.509997
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy432242.02/cwt240.00–243.001,0463
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0352
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475238.97/cwt235.00–250.001,13510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476226.57/cwt215.00–237.501,07815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy482228.48/cwt225.00–232.501,1015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485208.04/cwt205.00–210.001,0093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed490235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1521
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503225.80/cwt225.00–227.001,1365
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521215.83/cwt200.00–225.001,12413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy522225.90/cwt222.50–230.001,17911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533231.29/cwt227.50–240.001,23318
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy569216.19/cwt210.00–222.501,2306
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570226.71/cwt225.00–230.001,2923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2402
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574210.35/cwt205.00–215.001,2077
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575228.15/cwt220.00–233.001,31223
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy614211.42/cwt200.00–217.001,2988
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620220.08/cwt210.00–225.001,36411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623206.73/cwt197.50–212.501,2883
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660202.54/cwt200.00–207.501,3373
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671218.19/cwt210.00–223.001,46413
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3502
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4462
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733196.14/cwt190.00–202.501,4382
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5401
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,5692
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy855185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5821
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1940170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328261.74/cwt247.50–290.008593
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340322.46/cwt320.00–325.001,0962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed365305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1131
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371315.03/cwt300.00–337.501,1694
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378277.85/cwt247.50–302.501,0505
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy383283.73/cwt280.00–287.501,0872
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy410230.00/cwt230.00–230.009431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1101
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420243.33/cwt237.50–250.001,0226
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438277.46/cwt275.00–280.001,2152
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1551
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467237.43/cwt235.00–240.001,1093
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477260.01/cwt252.50–262.501,2405
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy526232.27/cwt220.00–245.001,2228
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528221.59/cwt200.00–230.001,1705
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568238.05/cwt232.50–242.501,3525
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2541
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3212
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3491
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623229.91/cwt222.50–235.001,4323
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy669199.85/cwt190.00–210.001,3374
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2677203.33/cwt200.00–205.001,3773
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1693207.53/cwt200.00–215.001,4382
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,4941
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,729148.13/cwt144.00–155.002,5614
Bulls——1,858142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,6382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%71086.00/cwt86.00–86.006111
Cows—Lean 85-90%97290.00/cwt90.00–90.008753
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100104.42/cwt100.00–110.001,14911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258109.40/cwt105.00–112.001,3764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6761
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283118.22/cwt115.00–125.001,5176
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6121
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4001,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29151,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.