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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Dec 17
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
457 head
▼ 419 vs last sale 876▼ 41 vs year ago 498 · −8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 49▲ 7 vs year ago 61 · +11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 50▼ 33 vs year ago 84 · −39.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

PRE-VAC SALE ON 1/7/25 ALONG WITH REGULAR SALE

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls sold $6.00-$8.00 higher, while feeder heifers sold $4.00-$5.00 higher. Mixed offerings of weaned and unweaned calves. Demand was strong on a moderate supply. Slaughter cattle sold $3.00-$4.00 higher on a stronger offering than the previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.58/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −126.05 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$263.58
47 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.51
vs AR average
−21.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530267.751,42027
Medium and Large 1-2533261.681,39512thin
Medium and Large 2545252.341,3758thin
One grade step is worth $15.41/cwt here — about $45 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 sale47 hd
263.58
—
AR average9 barns · 523 hd
264.09
−0.51
National average180 barns · 17,940 hd
284.95
−21.37
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−126.05
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—Low1,562139.812,1846thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,524119.271,8173thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,272116.811,48626
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00997.339826thin

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)1,118$2,0232thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,156$2,01216
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,078$1,8212thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,305$1,7751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,191$1,71311
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)963$2,3963thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)850$1,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,5751thin

Every lot

124 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 2Thin Fleshed320410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322429.22/cwt425.00–440.001,3825
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324381.18/cwt360.00–395.001,2354
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy325380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2351
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed335460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367358.69/cwt340.00–375.001,3166
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370413.02/cwt405.00–425.001,5283
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed375430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6132
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed381379.85/cwt375.00–390.001,4473
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400415.00/cwt410.00–420.001,6602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415378.53/cwt370.00–395.001,5713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418378.92/cwt365.00–400.001,5845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427331.27/cwt310.00–347.501,4159
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5664
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed468377.46/cwt375.00–380.001,7672
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471333.29/cwt320.00–345.001,5707
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480306.07/cwt297.50–315.001,4692
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,5993
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5471
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed522350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8273
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530272.48/cwt270.00–275.001,4442
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534313.49/cwt300.00–335.001,67411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560313.51/cwt300.00–322.501,75612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578275.03/cwt262.50–285.001,5906
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610251.15/cwt245.00–257.501,5322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6964
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669264.05/cwt252.50–275.001,76610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324300.33/cwt285.00–310.009734
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329374.70/cwt365.00–385.001,2334
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed334340.17/cwt335.00–350.001,1363
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy355320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1361
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369362.44/cwt360.00–370.001,3374
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed373309.20/cwt300.00–320.001,1536
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed374342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2818
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383285.66/cwt275.00–292.501,0943
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy393261.24/cwt260.00–262.501,0272
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420298.37/cwt290.00–305.001,2533
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423321.78/cwt305.00–340.001,3612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425253.75/cwt252.50–255.001,0782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427273.67/cwt260.00–285.001,1697
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy435283.76/cwt282.50–285.001,2342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443279.47/cwt275.00–285.001,23811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy455230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0471
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed472270.00/cwt267.50–272.501,2743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473256.05/cwt242.50–265.001,21112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483282.71/cwt275.00–290.001,36510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy488265.60/cwt260.00–270.001,2964
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506264.65/cwt260.00–267.501,3397
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519274.11/cwt270.00–280.001,42315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528255.85/cwt245.00–262.501,3515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy528255.44/cwt250.00–257.501,3496
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561264.18/cwt261.00–276.001,4826
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571257.53/cwt252.50–260.001,4705
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573246.50/cwt240.00–257.501,4123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620255.36/cwt242.50–266.001,5835
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629222.41/cwt200.00–235.001,3994
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy647230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4889
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy663237.47/cwt235.00–240.001,5742
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4681
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6052
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6053
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy750210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5751
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2131
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323420.12/cwt415.00–425.001,3572
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0041
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378379.97/cwt375.00–385.001,4362
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5581
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418361.49/cwt350.00–375.001,5116
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4281
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6581
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430316.13/cwt295.00–340.001,3594
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460286.88/cwt265.00–300.001,3203
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy470297.47/cwt295.00–300.001,3982
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480329.45/cwt322.50–345.001,5814
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed480296.13/cwt292.50–300.001,4212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527270.74/cwt250.00–285.001,4276
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537301.98/cwt290.00–320.001,6225
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563288.69/cwt282.50–297.501,6256
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578264.96/cwt260.00–270.001,5313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6071
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy610230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4031
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623260.82/cwt257.50–262.501,6253
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6961
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Full680252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7171
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4101
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy728238.74/cwt237.50–240.001,7382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,439135.82/cwt131.00–141.001,9544
Bulls——1,808147.80/cwt144.00–151.002,6722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95095.00/cwt95.00–95.009031
Cows—Lean 85-90%96584.00/cwt80.00–88.008112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245113.35/cwt110.00–115.001,41112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296119.78/cwt116.00–125.001,55214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478121.41/cwt120.00–123.001,7942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,615115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8571
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28551,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29801,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0781,821.23/head1,700.00–1,950.001,8212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1182,023.38/head1,450.00–2,550.002,0232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,121.12/head1,600.00–2,700.002,12114
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1911,712.67/head1,400.00–1,950.001,71311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,2551,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,275121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,5431
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3051,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,330129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,410143.77/cwt138.00–149.002,0272
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28001,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2943157.46/cwt135.00–172.501,4853
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,008130.76/cwt117.00–147.501,3184
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28501,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29632,396.06/head2,100.00–2,775.002,3963

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.