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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 5
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
▼ 372 vs last sale 869▼ 992 vs year ago 1,489 · −66.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 107▼ 198 vs year ago 228 · −86.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 30 vs year ago 35 · −85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold $2.00-$6.00 lower. Feeder steers 300lb-500lb sold $8.00-$9.00 lower, while feeder steers 600lb-700lb sold $5.00-$6.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $2.00-$3.00 lower. Due to the much needed rain, Muddy conditions had supply held back, while attendance was good with a moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $249.00/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −179.62 against this barn's trailing median of $428.63.
Average price
$249.00
54 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.67
vs AR average
−52.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537257.411,38322
Medium and Large 2561245.121,37613thin
Medium and Large 1-2569241.931,37819thin
One grade step is worth $15.48/cwt here — about $5 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 sale54 hd
249.00
—
AR average10 barns · 407 hd
260.67
−11.67
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−52.85
This barn, trailing median29 sales
428.63
−179.62
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—Average1,550136.662,1182thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,618110.751,7924thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,291108.851,4067thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06093.449907thin

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)1,225$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$1,5251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,2501thin

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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed300335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0052
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310320.00/cwt320.00–320.009921
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365287.47/cwt285.00–290.001,0492
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378317.35/cwt310.00–325.001,2002
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3071
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423309.11/cwt305.00–315.001,3086
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2463
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459276.57/cwt270.00–297.501,2695
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed473282.51/cwt280.00–285.001,3362
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1833
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475252.55/cwt250.00–257.501,2003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed513272.49/cwt270.00–275.001,3982
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy524244.95/cwt235.00–250.001,2847
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526245.04/cwt240.00–252.501,2895
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531267.14/cwt260.00–282.501,41910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558266.49/cwt255.00–277.501,4873
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575240.41/cwt232.50–245.001,38210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585240.82/cwt235.00–245.001,40914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585238.73/cwt237.50–240.001,3972
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617249.41/cwt235.00–255.001,53910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620236.98/cwt235.00–240.001,4695
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy624233.03/cwt230.00–235.001,4545
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637234.13/cwt230.00–237.501,4913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5602
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673222.25/cwt215.00–230.001,4962
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5762
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5766
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717233.96/cwt232.00–235.001,6773
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720229.93/cwt225.00–235.001,6553
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2763215.80/cwt210.00–220.001,6473
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765232.45/cwt230.00–235.001,7782
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815233.82/cwt230.00–237.501,9062
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7001
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310280.00/cwt280.00–280.008682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345260.00/cwt260.00–260.008971
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed360287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374246.44/cwt245.00–252.509225
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377261.37/cwt250.00–277.509857
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2393226.86/cwt225.00–232.508924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417229.10/cwt220.00–237.5095511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419258.94/cwt247.50–267.501,0859
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428241.87/cwt240.00–242.501,0354
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1291
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed465257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466251.72/cwt237.50–260.001,1734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477234.01/cwt232.50–237.501,1168
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478220.47/cwt212.50–225.001,0546
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480220.31/cwt210.00–230.001,0572
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy510205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0461
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed512251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518237.30/cwt230.00–255.001,22911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518223.71/cwt220.00–227.001,1598
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy524227.09/cwt225.00–228.001,1905
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540216.25/cwt215.00–217.501,1682
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578232.50/cwt230.00–240.001,34417
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623224.82/cwt220.00–230.001,4012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy624217.53/cwt212.50–220.001,3573
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635202.56/cwt195.00–210.001,2862
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707221.70/cwt220.00–225.001,5673
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5021
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785167.52/cwt165.00–170.001,3152
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6301
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2310297.50/cwt297.50–297.509222
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320317.34/cwt315.00–320.001,0152
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340285.00/cwt285.00–285.009692
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2367253.36/cwt247.50–260.009303
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375265.00/cwt265.00–265.009942
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416246.98/cwt237.50–255.001,0274
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1132
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1181
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471264.64/cwt260.00–277.501,2467
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471233.41/cwt222.50–240.001,0996
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2003
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2508248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2602
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523247.22/cwt240.00–257.501,29310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533236.67/cwt230.00–245.001,2613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2550242.33/cwt241.00–245.001,3336
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563238.37/cwt235.00–240.001,3423
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568233.28/cwt230.00–235.001,3253
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583220.56/cwt210.00–230.001,2864
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4084
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625214.76/cwt190.00–230.001,3425
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5162
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2722184.16/cwt180.00–190.001,3303
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3952
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,550136.66/cwt131.00–142.002,1182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97882.56/cwt80.00–85.008072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,050121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07092.17/cwt90.00–94.009862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108101.53/cwt100.00–104.001,1253
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183110.29/cwt110.00–111.001,3053
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,480103.36/cwt100.00–105.001,5303
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,618110.75/cwt110.00–113.001,7924
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2252,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.