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Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Apr 8

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052

← Mar 25Apr 8Apr 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

303 head

▼ 355 vs last sale 658▼ 35 vs year ago 338 · −10.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 76 vs last sale 116▼ 50 vs year ago 90 · −55.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 71▼ 17 vs year ago 41 · −41.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was a light supply of feeder cattle today. Due to lots of rain in the past week, the pastures are still very muddy. No trend was determined due to the sale not being reported last week, although there were some undertones on feeders today. With a downward turn on the feeder board over the last few days, the beginning of the sale demand was lighter. It became stronger toward the end of the sale with the feeder board making a little rebound at closing today. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $3.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $291.08/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −98.56 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.

Average price

$291.08

26 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$36.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.45

vs AR average

−25.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	310.00	1,597	4thin
Medium and Large 1	533	301.64	1,608	11thin
Medium and Large 2	551	273.64	1,508	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.36/cwt here — about $88 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 sale26 hd

291.08

—

AR average10 barns · 176 hd

297.53

−6.45

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−25.47

This barn, trailing median30 sales

389.63

−98.56

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,368	149.55	2,046	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	149.40	1,816	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,365	145.12	1,981	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	115.56	1,173	10

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$2,461	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,525	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	840	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	965	$2,025	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	775	$1,875	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$3,113	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$2,450	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	800	$2,550	1thin

Every lot

88 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,125	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	417.93/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,596	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,691	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	410.35/cwt	407.50–425.00	1,826	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,586	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	336.59/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,579	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	384.29/cwt	368.00–405.00	1,837	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	357.27/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,833	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,699	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	306.76/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,788	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,755	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,695	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	301.52/cwt	298.00–315.00	1,839	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	269.35/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,718	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,090	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	315	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,071	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	346.07/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,101	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	322.52/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,026	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	369.85/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,239	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	356.46/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,301	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	334.68/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,228	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	312.97/cwt	304.00–330.00	1,180	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	385	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,367	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	297.01/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,265	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	327.46/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,398	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	316.68/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,498	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	293.11/cwt	277.50–310.00	1,422	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	513	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,462	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	273.15/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,401	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	310.42/cwt	307.50–312.50	1,623	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	273.92/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,570	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	287.53/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,691	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,649	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	271.25/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,744	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,586	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	808	211.25/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,707	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,190	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,386	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	370	400.54/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,482	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	352.60/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,305	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	378.96/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,432	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,541	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	354.29/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,520	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	351.11/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,626	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	361.71/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,696	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	318.77/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,524	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	350.46/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,798	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,770	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	292.50/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,799	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	272.40/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,697	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	256.24/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,755	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,812	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,866	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,240	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,034	1
Bulls	—	—	1,394	146.66/cwt	130.00–158.00	2,044	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	910	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	116.57/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,134	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	110.17/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,152	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	132.61/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,416	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	150.07/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,813	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,836	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,328	138.98/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,846	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	149.21/cwt	146.00–153.00	2,074	3
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	2,005	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	3,248	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	840	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	2,461.45/head	2,400.00–2,525.00	2,461	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,525	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,645	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,336	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,601	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 658Year ago 338

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 116Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 71Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	370	345.00–360.00	352.60
4	400–450	429	340.00–367.50	354.29
2	450–500	478	315.00–322.50	318.77
2	600–650	623	267.50–277.50	272.40
1	850–900	895	202.50	202.50
1	900–950	945	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	390	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	469	350.00–375.00	361.71
5	500–550	513	347.50–360.00	350.46
1	550–600	585	302.50	302.50
2	600–650	615	282.50–302.50	292.50
2	650–700	685	255.00–257.50	256.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	372.50–385.00	378.96
2	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	463	342.50–360.00	351.11
2	500–550	520	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	380.00–420.00	400.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	310.00–335.00	322.52
7	350–400	377	304.00–330.00	312.97
11	400–450	426	270.00–310.00	297.01
13	450–500	485	277.50–310.00	293.11
4	500–550	513	272.50–275.00	273.15
7	550–600	573	270.00–275.00	273.92
2	600–650	643	270.00–272.50	271.25
1	650–700	675	235.00	235.00
2	800–850	808	210.00–212.50	211.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	385	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	335.00–355.00	346.07
3	350–400	367	325.00–340.00	334.68
2	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	605	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	360.00–380.00	369.85
3	350–400	365	345.00–365.00	356.46
6	400–450	427	320.00–355.00	327.46
8	450–500	473	315.00–322.50	316.68
7	500–550	523	307.50–312.50	310.42
2	550–600	588	285.00–290.00	287.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	400.00–430.00	417.93
6	400–450	445	407.50–425.00	410.35
10	450–500	478	368.00–405.00	384.29
15	500–550	513	350.00–365.00	357.27
19	550–600	583	300.00–317.50	306.76
8	600–650	610	298.00–315.00	301.52
1	850–900	880	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	407.50	407.50
2	450–500	450	352.50	352.50
2	500–550	515	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	585	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	469	330.00–340.00	336.59
4	500–550	548	310.00	310.00
4	600–650	638	267.50–272.50	269.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	285.00	285.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,005	162.00	162.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	3,325.00	3,325.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	2,000.00	2,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,645	142.00	142.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,195	2,400.00–2,525.00	2,461.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,525	2,350.00	2,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,500.00	2,500.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	1,875.00	1,875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,394	130.00–158.00	146.66
1	—	1,240	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,390	146.00–153.00	149.21
2	—	1,328	138.00–140.00	138.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,046	104.00–114.00	110.17
1	—	910	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,068	131.00–134.00	132.61
3	—	973	115.00–119.00	116.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,208	145.00–155.00	150.07
1	—	1,275	144.00	144.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.