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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 22
● Final143 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
670 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 703▼ 117 vs year ago 787 · −14.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 137▼ 107 vs year ago 233 · −45.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 75▲ 5 vs year ago 45 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With many new crop unweaned calves this week. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 lower while feeder heifers sold $6.00-$7.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.70/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −166.93 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$222.70
68 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$16.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.11
vs AR average
−36.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551226.701,24842
Medium and Large 1-2557225.831,2586thin
Medium and Large 2538213.951,15117thin
Medium 1550210.001,1563thin
One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale68 hd
222.70
—
AR average8 barns · 608 hd
229.81
−7.11
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−36.93
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−166.93
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—Low1,648135.192,22820
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,335112.701,50518
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,483111.271,6507thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,106100.141,10732

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,007$1,85914
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,243$1,8192thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,311$1,6678
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$1,5002thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,080$1,7501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)913$1,6342thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,3002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,1252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)967$2,0173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,0002thin

Every lot

143 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0831
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1391
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378291.70/cwt285.00–295.001,1033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405317.47/cwt315.00–320.001,2862
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy405305.53/cwt297.50–310.001,2375
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419272.49/cwt260.00–285.001,1427
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471286.81/cwt272.50–300.001,3518
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473243.21/cwt238.00–250.001,1505
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed482269.15/cwt267.50–270.001,2973
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy484258.77/cwt250.00–265.001,2524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed505302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516273.48/cwt262.50–282.501,41110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531234.26/cwt220.00–247.501,2447
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed545250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564259.55/cwt250.00–270.001,46417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565249.93/cwt242.50–257.501,4122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580235.33/cwt225.00–247.001,3655
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed588248.71/cwt240.00–257.501,4622
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621240.07/cwt235.00–242.501,4914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy633226.18/cwt220.00–235.001,4324
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666225.94/cwt220.00–232.501,5056
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy679215.56/cwt211.00–222.501,4644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4971
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714218.21/cwt210.00–225.001,5586
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3682
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766214.57/cwt214.00–215.001,6447
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5801
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830207.00/cwt206.00–208.001,7184
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed318343.72/cwt342.50–345.001,0932
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338298.69/cwt290.00–307.501,0102
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338265.00/cwt260.00–270.008963
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355293.18/cwt282.50–315.001,0413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1359288.28/cwt280.00–300.001,0356
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381256.98/cwt242.50–267.509794
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy383268.95/cwt260.00–277.501,0303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2351
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy424246.22/cwt240.00–252.501,0444
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428263.79/cwt252.50–280.001,1299
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435287.33/cwt280.00–295.001,2502
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438233.99/cwt220.00–247.501,0252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473237.20/cwt230.00–244.001,12210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474226.00/cwt220.00–243.001,07111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475245.63/cwt237.50–255.001,16714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed480268.36/cwt267.50–270.001,2883
Heifers500–550Medium 1Fleshy505210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515213.32/cwt200.00–225.001,0999
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525233.98/cwt230.00–242.501,22811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed525230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy526220.43/cwt217.50–225.001,1596
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565218.76/cwt200.00–225.001,2367
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569227.44/cwt220.00–232.501,29418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569212.47/cwt210.00–217.501,2097
Heifers550–600Medium 1573210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2924
Heifers600–650Large 2615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615218.46/cwt210.00–222.001,3446
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619207.88/cwt200.00–215.001,2877
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665206.90/cwt200.00–211.001,3763
Heifers650–700Large 2695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709202.14/cwt200.00–210.001,4336
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy745187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3971
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775187.58/cwt180.00–200.001,4543
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls42 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1341
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy319318.33/cwt305.00–335.001,0154
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed328317.40/cwt315.00–320.001,0412
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333282.03/cwt270.00–295.009392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2371289.70/cwt282.50–315.001,0755
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375272.68/cwt260.00–282.501,0237
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380311.25/cwt302.50–320.001,1832
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy383300.65/cwt295.00–305.001,1514
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415303.16/cwt287.50–320.001,2582
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416306.75/cwt302.50–315.001,2764
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421248.29/cwt240.00–257.501,0459
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy426284.71/cwt275.00–300.001,2134
Bulls400–450Medium 1440249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0963
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed458262.44/cwt257.50–265.001,2023
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460276.66/cwt265.00–290.001,2737
Bulls450–500Medium 1465245.07/cwt240.00–250.001,1403
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473233.72/cwt220.00–242.501,1059
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485253.07/cwt250.00–260.001,2274
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed512250.90/cwt247.50–255.001,2853
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy514243.50/cwt235.00–252.501,2525
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522230.56/cwt215.00–245.001,2049
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525256.79/cwt252.50–260.001,3487
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563251.11/cwt240.00–262.501,41412
Bulls550–600Medium 1565228.78/cwt227.50–230.001,2932
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568230.52/cwt222.50–245.001,3094
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570228.76/cwt227.50–230.001,3042
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed605227.17/cwt227.00–227.501,3743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3222
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625230.82/cwt220.00–235.001,44312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628213.37/cwt210.00–217.001,3403
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy673209.86/cwt200.00–215.001,4124
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673187.53/cwt185.00–190.001,2622
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1711208.52/cwt204.00–210.001,4834
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed720200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added735222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6351
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765202.50/cwt200.00–210.001,5494
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3521
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed815195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5891
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2863151.28/cwt142.50–160.001,3062
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed870170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,604136.77/cwt134.00–142.002,19410
Bulls——1,615124.71/cwt120.00–131.002,0147
Bulls——1,873154.35/cwt150.00–157.002,8913
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00884.23/cwt80.00–86.008498
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04393.76/cwt90.00–100.009787
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121107.24/cwt105.00–115.001,2029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,241113.65/cwt112.00–118.001,4108
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315116.53/cwt114.00–118.001,5329
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,377109.97/cwt105.00–112.001,5148
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420113.42/cwt112.00–115.001,6112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508110.41/cwt110.00–111.001,6655
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9251,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0051,901.79/head1,725.00–2,350.001,90213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0351,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2521
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,087119.04/cwt115.00–124.001,2943
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,118125.67/cwt124.00–128.001,4052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2431,819.11/head1,700.00–1,900.001,8192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3661,755.33/head1,500.00–2,000.001,7557
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,455118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,7171
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29131,634.25/head1,400.00–1,875.001,6342
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4002,050.00/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.