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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, May 20
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
597 head
▲ 255 vs last sale 342▲ 81 vs year ago 516 · +15.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 91▲ 29 vs year ago 76 · +38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 45▲ 35 vs year ago 50 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, offerings on feeders was a touch plainer with fewer weaned calves this week, with a light supply on calves over 600lb. Feeder steers under 600lb sold $15.00-$20.00 lower, while heifers under 600lb sold $10.00-$15.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $5.00-$10.00 higher. Stronger offerings on replacement cows this week, with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.39/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −73.24 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$316.39
39 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.27
vs AR average
−17.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532320.471,70529
Medium and Large 1-2525310.001,6284thin
Medium and Large 2521300.971,5686thin
One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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
316.39
—
AR average7 barns · 331 hd
319.66
−3.27
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−17.87
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−73.24
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—Low1,855175.813,2616thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,443161.862,3364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,258152.021,91213
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,040127.301,32315

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)1,239$2,67510
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,176$2,5407
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,131$2,3025
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,305$2,2876
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,131$1,7875
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,178$2,7052thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)963$3,0718
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$3,02515
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$2,8146

Every lot

121 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315471.94/cwt455.00–490.001,4872
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2317404.20/cwt380.00–415.001,2815
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333447.18/cwt436.00–485.001,4898
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373404.54/cwt377.50–420.001,5095
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377429.15/cwt420.00–450.001,6185
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5771
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412427.39/cwt420.00–450.001,7619
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427392.37/cwt375.00–417.501,67514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463357.19/cwt340.00–372.501,6546
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480351.72/cwt350.00–355.001,6883
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484372.12/cwt360.00–380.001,8018
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518354.61/cwt347.50–360.001,8376
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533333.72/cwt325.00–345.001,7794
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565337.51/cwt320.00–352.501,90720
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568320.25/cwt305.00–332.501,8194
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600337.50/cwt335.00–340.002,0252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620310.19/cwt303.00–317.501,9232
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8231
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,0911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1961
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770285.89/cwt272.50–300.002,2012
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed321414.71/cwt410.00–420.001,3314
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325368.69/cwt350.00–380.001,1984
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326419.26/cwt395.00–430.001,3676
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy355330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372393.18/cwt380.00–410.001,4633
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375386.27/cwt375.00–400.001,4493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2389337.13/cwt320.00–350.001,3116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417371.12/cwt350.00–387.001,54816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428324.31/cwt310.00–340.001,38811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed429364.84/cwt350.00–380.001,5654
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429342.12/cwt338.00–352.501,4687
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy437336.65/cwt332.50–340.001,4713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455343.75/cwt340.00–347.501,5642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465343.62/cwt325.00–357.501,59815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy473322.86/cwt320.00–326.001,5273
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed478340.74/cwt335.00–345.001,6293
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481319.09/cwt300.00–335.001,53515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518326.81/cwt315.00–331.001,69319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521300.97/cwt280.00–317.501,5686
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6284
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525302.57/cwt300.00–305.001,5882
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567309.87/cwt300.00–315.001,7578
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618300.06/cwt295.00–305.001,8542
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed620302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,8761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7341
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0881
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2808217.52/cwt212.50–222.501,7582
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy810220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7821
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1839253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,1235
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy305405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2351
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed310487.26/cwt480.00–495.001,5112
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2312397.46/cwt370.00–410.001,2407
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318425.39/cwt415.00–435.001,3532
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368380.68/cwt360.00–410.001,4014
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370439.19/cwt420.00–460.001,6252
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378434.17/cwt430.00–440.001,6413
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425407.04/cwt385.00–425.001,7304
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429385.74/cwt360.00–410.001,65510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430418.75/cwt417.50–420.001,8012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed460385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy468344.84/cwt335.00–355.001,6142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469361.47/cwt347.50–385.001,6957
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479346.18/cwt335.00–362.501,65810
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Full495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5841
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514350.27/cwt345.00–355.001,8008
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed521348.07/cwt345.00–352.501,8134
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526322.02/cwt300.00–337.501,6947
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7301
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full555308.69/cwt302.50–315.001,7132
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566288.38/cwt275.00–310.001,6328
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567317.49/cwt315.00–322.501,8003
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8671
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608289.96/cwt280.00–300.001,7634
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626302.47/cwt295.00–307.501,8934
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full635285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8101
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8901
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Full685271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8561
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9841
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9351
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Full715259.98/cwt257.50–262.501,8592
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718279.97/cwt277.50–282.502,0102
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2776243.12/cwt237.50–250.001,8874
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1818256.31/cwt250.00–262.502,0972
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1381
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0091
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2945202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,9141
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2990212.01/cwt210.00–214.002,0992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,803170.22/cwt169.00–173.003,0694
Bulls——1,958186.99/cwt186.00–188.003,6612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%873100.00/cwt100.00–100.008732
Cows—Lean 85-90%954122.29/cwt120.00–128.001,1674
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078132.91/cwt130.00–137.001,4336
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188140.97/cwt140.00–143.001,6753
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252138.07/cwt133.00–143.001,7295
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257162.41/cwt159.00–170.002,0417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,9301
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443161.86/cwt159.00–169.002,3364
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1782,704.88/head2,100.00–3,200.002,7052
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1312,301.95/head2,000.00–2,500.002,3025
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1311,787.22/head1,625.00–2,000.001,7875
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,2271
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1762,539.85/head2,300.00–3,050.002,5407
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2392,675.37/head2,350.00–2,950.002,67510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,287.07/head2,200.00–2,525.002,2876
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29002,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9502,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29633,071.43/head3,000.00–3,275.003,0718
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1273,072.78/head2,750.00–3,400.003,07311
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1302,892.04/head2,800.00–3,000.002,8925
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1672,943.57/head2,700.00–3,325.002,9443

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.