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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 12
● Final171 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
859 head
▲ 362 vs last sale 497▲ 32 vs year ago 827 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 30▼ 60 vs year ago 191 · −31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 5▲ 18 vs year ago 42 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With a strong offering of 300lb to 400lb feeder calves, feeder steers and feeder bulls sold $34.00-$35.00 higher, while feeder heifers 300lb-400lb sold $31.00-$32.00 higher. 400lb-600lb feeder bulls and feeder heifers sold $11.00-$15.00 higher, while feeder steers 400lb-600lb on a lighter test sold $6.00-$7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $2.00 higher. Supply was strong with a good offering of weaned calves on a good demand this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.27/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −153.37 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$236.27
80 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$14.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.88
vs AR average
−28.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553240.001,3286thin
Medium and Large 1547239.181,30857
Medium and Large 2536225.181,20817thin
One grade step is worth $14.82/cwt here — about $120 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 sale80 hd
236.27
—
AR average11 barns · 540 hd
239.15
−2.88
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−28.83
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−153.37
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—Average1,572126.191,9846thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,326111.921,48418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,435110.001,5791thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07598.821,06320

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,1251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,247$1,7427
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,112$1,6866
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,248$1,67012
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,175$1,3535
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,022$1,2203thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$1,1501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,1502thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)945$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,2002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,8502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,7001thin

Every lot

171 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 · Steers46 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322294.82/cwt290.00–305.009493
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335360.07/cwt355.00–365.001,2062
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed360297.47/cwt295.00–300.001,0712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373350.10/cwt332.50–360.001,3068
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy375322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2091
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378272.83/cwt265.00–280.001,0315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414261.16/cwt250.00–275.001,0817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418312.84/cwt302.50–317.501,3086
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428293.97/cwt292.50–297.501,2585
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471267.82/cwt250.00–275.001,2619
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473294.52/cwt280.00–307.501,39319
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy487267.46/cwt262.50–270.001,3033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4791
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3642
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519247.01/cwt240.00–255.001,2827
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526268.51/cwt262.50–275.001,41210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy538265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4263
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3986
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy567253.96/cwt250.00–257.501,4405
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574261.91/cwt257.50–267.501,50313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580234.48/cwt220.00–245.001,3605
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added617265.03/cwt258.00–272.501,63511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621254.44/cwt248.00–262.501,5808
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4673
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629233.42/cwt225.00–242.501,4689
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy663233.01/cwt225.00–240.001,5459
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667225.02/cwt210.00–232.501,5013
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added674253.85/cwt251.00–256.001,7118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5934
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707235.00/cwt230.00–240.001,6618
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy718216.18/cwt210.00–222.501,5522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added737241.97/cwt239.00–245.001,7834
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7791
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765216.33/cwt210.00–222.501,6552
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added768241.34/cwt240.00–242.001,8533
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy770217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6751
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815211.36/cwt202.50–220.001,7232
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9581
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1741
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,2091
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,2581
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,073197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,1142
Steers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,310160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers55 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318253.40/cwt240.00–260.008063
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322307.14/cwt295.00–320.009895
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed330302.27/cwt295.00–310.009972
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy345287.50/cwt287.50–287.509921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2357252.50/cwt252.50–252.509013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed360315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1341
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370297.39/cwt287.50–305.001,1005
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386248.23/cwt240.00–260.0095811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added410270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1072
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410261.27/cwt260.00–262.501,0712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416280.87/cwt270.00–297.501,16814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy426264.39/cwt257.50–267.501,1267
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438243.70/cwt230.00–255.001,0678
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460260.86/cwt250.00–270.001,20016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed468249.39/cwt247.50–250.001,1674
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1902
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy479245.06/cwt240.00–250.001,1744
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479236.17/cwt227.50–242.501,1316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1693
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added490237.58/cwt230.00–245.001,1642
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515234.38/cwt230.00–239.001,20711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520243.26/cwt240.00–245.001,26517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525223.08/cwt200.00–232.501,17111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed530236.26/cwt235.00–237.501,2522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added535262.98/cwt261.00–265.001,4074
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3152
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3344
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed571225.41/cwt220.00–229.001,2874
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578223.73/cwt220.00–227.501,2934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580235.95/cwt227.50–245.001,36919
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added593245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4532
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610213.75/cwt210.00–217.501,3042
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added613249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620218.76/cwt215.00–220.001,3564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623234.54/cwt225.00–247.001,46114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed635232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4852
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2653209.99/cwt200.00–215.001,3713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660224.45/cwt221.00–227.501,4813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added668236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5766
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy668213.30/cwt200.00–217.001,4255
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed670222.56/cwt220.00–225.001,4912
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4453
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709208.91/cwt200.00–215.001,4814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5481
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Replacement716219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5687
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6201
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5133
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770192.56/cwt190.00–195.001,4832
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Replacement799208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6625
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2871
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7002
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Replacement852195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,66116
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2970125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed310300.00/cwt300.00–300.009301
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009771
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318348.51/cwt330.00–360.001,1083
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323262.60/cwt260.00–265.008482
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375269.60/cwt260.00–280.001,0112
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383335.25/cwt320.00–355.001,2845
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422304.30/cwt297.50–315.001,2847
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445243.75/cwt235.00–252.501,0852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465249.03/cwt235.00–257.501,1585
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471277.63/cwt265.00–287.501,30811
Bulls450–500Small 2490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525260.91/cwt250.00–277.501,3706
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy528247.42/cwt245.00–250.001,3062
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed530257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3652
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530240.49/cwt228.00–247.501,2756
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573234.00/cwt225.00–242.501,3413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575229.56/cwt215.00–245.001,32012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578251.02/cwt242.50–255.001,4519
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610218.49/cwt210.00–225.001,3335
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620227.56/cwt225.00–230.001,4112
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623241.28/cwt235.00–250.001,5036
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666230.70/cwt220.00–240.001,5368
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed672220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680200.93/cwt192.50–210.001,3663
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy682193.35/cwt190.00–200.001,3193
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713209.55/cwt180.00–216.001,49411
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy720210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5121
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7331
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760203.29/cwt197.50–212.501,5453
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4621
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2820167.52/cwt165.00–170.001,3742
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1822207.61/cwt202.50–217.501,7073
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5391
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,095130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,548120.49/cwt115.00–127.001,8654
Bulls——1,620137.58/cwt135.00–140.002,2292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87481.16/cwt70.00–89.007095
Cows—Lean 85-90%99790.00/cwt90.00–90.008973
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,162111.92/cwt110.00–114.001,3015
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,191105.86/cwt100.00–109.001,2617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,277114.26/cwt112.00–117.001,45912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,424107.23/cwt102.50–111.001,5276
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5791
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0001,850.00/head1,700.00–2,000.001,8502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows17 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29301,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29551,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0221,219.66/head1,100.00–1,325.001,2203
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0351,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0601,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1361,315.68/head1,100.00–1,525.001,3164
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1451,510.92/head1,375.00–1,625.001,5112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1481,737.83/head1,525.00–2,125.001,7385
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180110.62/cwt105.00–118.001,3052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,6571
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210110.05/cwt108.00–111.001,3325
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2681,702.38/head1,475.00–2,050.001,70210
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2781,824.58/head1,425.00–2,150.001,8256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed820162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3331
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed870103.00/cwt103.00–103.008961
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,024131.35/cwt117.00–170.001,3454
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29451,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501

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.