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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 4
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
634 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 759▼ 401 vs year ago 1,035 · −38.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 103▼ 46 vs year ago 115 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 160▲ 5 vs year ago 40 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold unevenly, selling $3.00 lower to $4.00 higher, while feeder heifers sold steady to $5.00 higher. Offerings this week were plainer than the previous week, except a few drafts of pre-vac calves, with the largest draft being 39 head of 782lb heifers that brought 239.00cwt. Demand was moderate, improving throughout the sale. Slaughter cattle sold steady 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 $288.36/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −101.27 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$288.36
39 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.94
vs AR average
−16.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530299.931,59026
Medium and Large 2549265.221,45613thin
One grade step is worth $34.70/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale39 hd
288.36
—
AR average10 barns · 713 hd
301.30
−12.94
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−16.66
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−101.27
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—High1,637158.142,58910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,426143.792,0514thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235143.031,76614
CowsLean 85-90%High1,095116.961,28116

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,204$2,6614thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,115$2,2733thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,244$2,2617
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$1,9872thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$1,6252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)965$1,4751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$2,3251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)848$2,0232thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)875$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)835$1,9942thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,330$3,6501thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,540$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,000$2,2604thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,5001thin

Every lot

132 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325413.40/cwt402.50–425.001,3442
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2336373.51/cwt360.00–385.001,2556
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed362380.00/cwt375.00–385.001,3765
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed369462.24/cwt450.00–470.001,7064
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373347.30/cwt330.00–365.001,2956
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added375475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378416.74/cwt410.00–420.001,5753
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy383369.73/cwt360.00–380.001,4164
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421337.58/cwt335.00–345.001,4214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431404.91/cwt382.50–435.001,7458
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy435360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5661
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added459423.09/cwt410.00–447.501,9426
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5642
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475313.22/cwt300.00–325.001,4884
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479364.36/cwt350.00–390.001,74514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6171
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy505327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added511382.11/cwt365.00–389.001,95325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512350.06/cwt330.00–362.501,7925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527316.68/cwt315.00–320.001,6693
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed535342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571322.90/cwt300.00–350.001,84414
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed573311.10/cwt307.50–315.001,7832
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584273.17/cwt265.00–277.501,5954
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623304.93/cwt290.00–316.001,90010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625258.28/cwt250.00–270.001,6143
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630275.00/cwt270.00–280.001,7332
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8203
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657292.10/cwt280.00–295.001,9197
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773251.23/cwt250.00–255.001,9424
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325348.87/cwt345.00–352.501,1342
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326327.62/cwt310.00–340.001,0686
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339360.27/cwt350.00–375.001,2215
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy360335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363373.62/cwt370.00–385.001,3564
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added370380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed373343.84/cwt335.00–350.001,2834
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375309.35/cwt290.00–327.501,16011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413349.56/cwt332.50–362.501,4449
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed413334.74/cwt325.00–347.501,3823
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added416360.90/cwt359.00–367.501,5019
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429301.38/cwt275.00–315.001,29313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy438309.91/cwt300.00–320.001,3574
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added462330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5256
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469274.04/cwt257.50–287.501,28511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472312.43/cwt297.50–320.001,47512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy480247.58/cwt245.00–250.001,1882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4031
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516300.01/cwt280.00–312.501,54811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523267.11/cwt250.00–277.501,3976
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525307.70/cwt306.00–310.001,6159
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569261.71/cwt250.00–265.001,4896
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7162
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578283.92/cwt270.00–295.001,6413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed585275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6091
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617233.07/cwt225.00–240.001,4385
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625267.11/cwt262.50–280.001,6697
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651260.90/cwt250.00–262.001,69811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added673269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8104
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680245.19/cwt244.00–250.001,6675
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715260.21/cwt250.00–270.001,8612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2729232.25/cwt220.00–237.001,6934
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781239.02/cwt239.00–240.001,86740
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy880210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8481
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8201
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2975160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2351
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2341350.07/cwt330.00–370.001,1944
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy360360.00/cwt350.00–370.001,2962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371402.58/cwt375.00–425.001,49411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373348.30/cwt330.00–365.001,2993
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428336.05/cwt330.00–350.001,4387
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430376.67/cwt365.00–395.001,6203
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450375.00/cwt360.00–395.001,6883
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy478339.96/cwt332.50–347.501,6252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479306.42/cwt285.00–325.001,4686
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6771
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524336.56/cwt327.50–350.001,7645
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528307.07/cwt300.00–315.001,6216
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed555301.50/cwt293.00–310.001,6732
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4551
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6593
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583297.44/cwt292.50–302.501,7342
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7522
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5702
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660282.50/cwt280.00–285.001,8652
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685251.33/cwt240.00–262.501,7222
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6921
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,9261
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758240.05/cwt235.00–245.001,8202
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed760257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9571
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,9701
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,9702
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7021
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,050170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7851
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475148.27/cwt140.00–156.002,1874
Bulls——1,651159.02/cwt157.00–163.002,6254
Bulls——1,935176.13/cwt174.00–178.003,4082
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02395.11/cwt85.00–100.009733
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061108.56/cwt106.00–110.001,1524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110131.06/cwt130.00–132.001,4552
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118119.21/cwt115.00–122.001,3333
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143132.36/cwt127.00–136.001,5136
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208140.68/cwt137.00–142.001,6996
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,6351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303149.38/cwt145.00–154.001,9466
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495147.05/cwt145.00–150.002,1983
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3303,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5402,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9651,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0851,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1152,272.83/head2,200.00–2,375.002,2733
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2042,660.67/head2,300.00–3,000.002,6614
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,986.54/head1,975.00–2,000.001,9872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2442,260.88/head1,900.00–2,600.002,2617
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28351,994.24/head1,800.00–2,175.001,9942
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28482,023.23/head1,625.00–2,375.002,0232
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28752,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29202,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,260.00/head2,260.00–2,260.002,2604
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501

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.