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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, May 13
● Final136 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
342 head
▼ 520 vs last sale 862▼ 178 vs year ago 520 · −34.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 67▼ 73 vs year ago 164 · −44.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 15▼ 55 vs year ago 100 · −55.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, supply on feeders was lighter than the previous week, with mixed offerings of weaned and fleshier new crop calves. Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly, selling $5.00 lower to $5.00 higher. Demand continues to be strong. With the record prices we've seen over the past year, it seems producers are pulling these calves off sooner and taking advantage of these high prices, but in return, offerings on calves over 600lb are getting harder to come by. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.18/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −65.46 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$324.18
34 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.66
vs AR average
−15.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531333.901,77314thin
Medium and Large 1-2557319.461,78014thin
Medium and Large 2538312.491,6806thin
One grade step is worth $21.40/cwt here — about $94 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 sale34 hd
324.18
—
AR average8 barns · 359 hd
317.51
+6.66
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−15.70
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−65.46
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—Low1,544167.192,58214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,449145.512,1088thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,209142.291,7209thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,122134.601,5109thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,7501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,071$2,7254thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,320$2,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,145$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,156$2,2847
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,115$1,7903thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$2,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,7502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$2,1502thin

Every lot

136 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed310492.26/cwt485.00–500.001,5262
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy315450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4181
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322478.60/cwt460.00–500.001,5415
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328451.24/cwt450.00–452.501,4802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy350430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370459.91/cwt450.00–470.001,7023
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374428.60/cwt415.00–435.001,6034
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7671
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411454.73/cwt435.00–470.001,8694
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy415415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421432.60/cwt420.00–437.501,8214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422418.10/cwt405.00–430.001,7643
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed432433.28/cwt430.00–440.001,8723
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468404.31/cwt390.00–425.001,8928
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed468402.03/cwt390.00–415.001,8822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468359.87/cwt352.50–370.001,6844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8052
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490371.26/cwt370.00–372.501,8192
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9302
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515370.27/cwt355.00–375.001,9076
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530330.96/cwt320.00–350.001,7544
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567311.46/cwt300.00–320.001,7663
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9102
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573352.47/cwt350.00–355.002,0202
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612331.01/cwt330.00–333.002,0263
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy613294.90/cwt290.00–300.001,8082
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1222
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720302.45/cwt300.00–305.002,1782
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1751
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,2481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers46 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy300405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed310455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4111
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy320335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0721
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323390.23/cwt380.00–400.001,2602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329439.48/cwt435.00–450.001,4464
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy360360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed368377.45/cwt375.00–380.001,3892
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371359.23/cwt342.50–370.001,3335
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380396.69/cwt385.00–415.001,5073
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy380315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419385.21/cwt370.00–407.501,6147
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6381
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423366.08/cwt350.00–376.001,5495
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433334.91/cwt320.00–350.001,4502
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468355.89/cwt340.00–370.001,6666
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474312.53/cwt300.00–325.001,4814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477345.97/cwt340.00–350.001,6505
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed495337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,6711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520340.00/cwt325.00–347.501,76811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed525345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535306.24/cwt290.00–320.001,6384
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536325.12/cwt317.50–329.001,7436
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568317.27/cwt310.00–325.001,8022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573315.22/cwt307.50–325.001,8068
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603302.49/cwt300.00–305.001,8242
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605294.96/cwt290.00–300.001,7852
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2616292.35/cwt280.00–305.001,8014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630296.19/cwt292.50–300.001,8662
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9201
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683265.14/cwt257.50–272.501,8112
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed685287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9691
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed710270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9171
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728271.99/cwt270.00–275.001,9805
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9481
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743236.24/cwt232.50–240.001,7552
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1763261.14/cwt250.00–272.501,9922
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785242.66/cwt230.00–255.001,9052
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1451
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement845287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,4291
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0761
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,1811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed305510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5561
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2305455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3881
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323457.60/cwt455.00–460.001,4782
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy330390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2871
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy340400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,6541
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5792
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370452.40/cwt450.00–455.001,6742
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6721
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy415405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418439.64/cwt430.00–450.001,8385
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418437.40/cwt435.00–440.001,8282
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420432.53/cwt430.00–435.001,8172
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425412.66/cwt380.00–425.001,7547
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469393.88/cwt380.00–425.001,8477
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480360.49/cwt347.50–365.001,7304
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482353.37/cwt350.00–355.001,7033
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485351.89/cwt330.00–365.001,7075
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520330.07/cwt320.00–340.001,7164
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521368.30/cwt357.50–380.001,9195
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8361
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577344.28/cwt335.00–350.001,9867
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578305.15/cwt300.00–310.001,7642
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615329.33/cwt320.00–337.502,0254
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9531
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9042
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy665289.97/cwt285.00–297.501,9283
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2729258.42/cwt240.00–272.501,8845
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,0611
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800261.25/cwt260.00–262.502,0902
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,518160.38/cwt150.00–167.002,4358
Bulls——1,579176.26/cwt170.00–180.002,7836
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121139.58/cwt135.00–145.001,5655
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123128.38/cwt125.00–134.001,4424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178137.11/cwt135.00–139.001,6152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214142.07/cwt140.00–147.001,7256
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395152.02/cwt150.00–154.002,1212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,467143.34/cwt140.00–148.002,1036
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0002,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29031,683.38/head1,400.00–1,950.001,6832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0682,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0701,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0802,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1381,835.38/head1,600.00–2,050.001,8352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1452,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,8681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2572,524.90/head2,400.00–2,800.002,5255
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3202,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,570166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,6061

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.