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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jan 14
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
533 head
▼ 555 vs last sale 1,088▲ 533 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 55▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 32▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, The supply of feeders was lighter than last week, but that was expected given the weather we had over the weekend. Some snow still lingers in places, making it difficult to get cattle to the market. Feeder steers and bulls 400lb-600lb sold $5.00-$7.00 higher, while feeder heifers 400lb-600lb sold $2.00-$11.00 higher with a mixed offering of weaned and unweaned thinner fleshed more common type cattle. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $2.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.61/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −115.03 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$274.61
59 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.53
vs AR average
−29.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545280.331,52723
Medium and Large 1-2544272.061,47916thin
Medium and Large 2541270.071,46020
One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale59 hd
274.61
—
AR average7 barns · 685 hd
285.14
−10.53
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−29.42
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−115.03
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—Average1,612142.312,2959thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,523126.511,9272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,331124.451,65610
CowsLean 85-90%Average97298.959629thin

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)988$1,8092thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,128$1,7832thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,135$1,7292thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)968$1,7012thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$1,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)800$1,0501thin

Every lot

114 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed333382.54/cwt380.00–385.001,2744
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338357.52/cwt355.00–360.001,2082
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed373372.45/cwt370.00–375.001,3892
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374345.57/cwt337.50–355.001,2924
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed375420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed412402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,6569
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy414352.48/cwt350.00–355.001,4597
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427326.64/cwt315.00–345.001,39510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6772
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed436371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,6187
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed475341.61/cwt340.00–345.001,6233
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478351.30/cwt340.00–357.501,6797
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5361
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480313.40/cwt300.00–330.001,50412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed493357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,7621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530308.53/cwt300.00–312.501,6353
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530296.67/cwt290.00–310.001,5723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed540312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6882
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7853
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560296.65/cwt295.00–300.001,6613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed562326.54/cwt320.00–333.001,8354
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6022
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582316.24/cwt300.00–327.001,84114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7372
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620297.19/cwt288.00–314.001,84310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658283.72/cwt274.00–289.001,8679
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy722254.06/cwt245.00–258.001,8344
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729265.48/cwt264.00–267.001,9354
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770254.00/cwt253.00–255.001,9562
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9321
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0591
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,115200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,2301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed338341.26/cwt340.00–342.501,1532
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343310.04/cwt305.00–315.001,0632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355336.23/cwt335.00–337.501,1942
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376319.70/cwt300.00–330.001,2028
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3163
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412331.21/cwt325.00–335.001,3658
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed417333.19/cwt320.00–343.001,38910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422307.77/cwt285.00–317.501,29914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy427310.85/cwt305.00–315.001,3273
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed468298.58/cwt290.00–310.001,3977
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470313.83/cwt300.00–323.001,47512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480288.38/cwt285.00–292.501,3843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484280.34/cwt267.50–287.501,3577
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed508285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4482
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519279.17/cwt277.50–280.001,4499
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523274.00/cwt270.00–282.501,43311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526288.92/cwt282.50–297.501,52011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed563273.78/cwt272.50–275.001,5412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572274.32/cwt267.50–282.501,5698
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575262.91/cwt260.00–264.001,5127
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584253.96/cwt242.50–262.501,4835
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625234.18/cwt220.00–242.501,4643
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628258.59/cwt255.00–262.501,6249
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed650257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,6742
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663248.87/cwt245.00–250.001,6509
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4741
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy698180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2562
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6241
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy733228.27/cwt222.50–234.001,6732
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full740230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7021
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy770220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6941
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3132
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2771
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed385360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3861
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy423331.45/cwt327.50–335.001,4022
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432313.68/cwt300.00–330.001,3559
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435348.75/cwt347.50–350.001,5172
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed440370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed463340.04/cwt330.00–345.001,5746
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464313.70/cwt300.00–322.501,4566
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479328.94/cwt325.00–350.001,5769
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516326.16/cwt322.50–332.501,6838
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520320.00/cwt317.50–322.501,6643
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529278.09/cwt270.00–285.001,4714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6491
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed555307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7071
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569288.46/cwt282.50–307.501,6417
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575276.67/cwt272.50–280.001,5913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613259.96/cwt242.50–270.001,5944
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623288.34/cwt285.00–292.501,7963
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy623271.23/cwt267.50–275.001,6902
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed655270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2672249.96/cwt240.00–257.501,6803
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681259.51/cwt259.00–261.001,7678
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723230.90/cwt225.00–235.001,6693
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1812225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8273
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2895200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,458130.86/cwt120.00–136.001,9084
Bulls——1,613146.13/cwt140.00–151.002,3573
Bulls——1,920159.48/cwt157.00–163.003,0622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90283.44/cwt80.00–85.007533
Cows—Lean 85-90%986104.06/cwt100.00–107.001,0264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,338127.44/cwt123.00–131.001,7058
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,470115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523126.51/cwt126.00–127.001,9272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29651,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29681,701.16/head1,650.00–1,750.001,7012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29881,808.73/head1,600.00–2,025.001,8092
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1281,783.26/head1,675.00–1,900.001,7832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,728.96/head1,675.00–1,775.001,7292

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.