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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, May 27
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
316 head
▼ 281 vs last sale 597▼ 54 vs year ago 370 · −14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 105▼ 13 vs year ago 73 · −17.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 85▼ 4 vs year ago 60 · −6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, WET! WET! is the conditions over much of Arkansas right now. With muddy conditions and coming right off the holiday, feeder supply was on the light side. But, the quality of offerings on weaned calves was stronger this week. On a light test, feeder steers and bulls sold $15.00-$20.00 higher with a strong demand. Feeder heifers this week seemed to be on lighter demand selling unevenly $5.00 lower to $10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.51/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −76.12 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$313.51
31 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.72
vs AR average
−19.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538318.201,71313thin
Medium and Large 2530310.131,64418thin
One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about $69 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 sale31 hd
313.51
—
AR average6 barns · 499 hd
329.23
−15.72
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−19.18
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−76.12
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—High1,729178.053,07818
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,517145.312,2056thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,325140.591,8633thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,005118.991,19620

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)1,135$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$2,4224thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)978$2,2002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$2,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,305$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,103$1,7705
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)830$2,1252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,4502thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,067$3,4173thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$3,3252thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,2732thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$2,9433thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)935$2,6003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,250$2,6002thin

Every lot

105 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3951
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318422.04/cwt400.00–435.001,3423
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372421.12/cwt412.50–435.001,5673
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6341
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed421429.91/cwt422.50–437.501,8104
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422395.20/cwt370.00–415.001,6683
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Full445337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469405.03/cwt385.00–425.001,90013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed473389.63/cwt380.00–400.001,8432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478358.81/cwt347.50–370.001,7152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517348.75/cwt340.00–362.501,8037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520395.21/cwt377.50–401.002,0559
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528357.38/cwt352.50–362.501,8874
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553379.14/cwt370.00–381.002,0976
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565340.68/cwt335.00–347.501,9253
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full595320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full615315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319377.04/cwt365.00–385.001,20311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325407.35/cwt405.00–410.001,3242
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368349.50/cwt342.50–357.001,2862
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393366.24/cwt365.00–367.501,4392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415368.88/cwt360.00–382.001,5315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428329.61/cwt317.50–345.001,4119
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465358.74/cwt335.00–365.001,6685
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474304.62/cwt285.00–320.001,44410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5482
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full482303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full518325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed523320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6742
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524309.60/cwt302.50–317.501,62213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528319.92/cwt315.00–322.501,6893
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy528315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6632
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed555312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7341
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565302.52/cwt300.00–305.001,7092
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572311.70/cwt300.00–317.501,7834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8652
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8531
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6541
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720237.29/cwt230.00–245.001,7082
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2815230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8751
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,1321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323392.02/cwt380.00–405.001,2662
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4632
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365440.14/cwt430.00–450.001,6072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2366392.08/cwt360.00–405.001,4354
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421427.60/cwt420.00–430.001,8004
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423381.80/cwt370.00–400.001,6155
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470333.51/cwt322.50–345.001,5672
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472381.32/cwt370.00–405.001,8007
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7271
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511363.23/cwt350.00–380.001,8566
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517329.04/cwt315.00–345.001,7015
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed540360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565322.54/cwt320.00–325.001,8223
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569340.30/cwt320.00–355.001,9365
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625296.72/cwt290.00–300.001,8553
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628323.67/cwt315.00–335.002,0334
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9851
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668276.13/cwt270.00–282.501,8452
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy700272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9081
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,8671
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7861
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,595162.25/cwt158.00–167.002,5884
Bulls——1,723178.99/cwt175.00–184.003,08410
Bulls——1,876191.48/cwt190.00–194.003,5924
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%933101.04/cwt90.00–112.009438
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028121.65/cwt120.00–125.001,2513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060138.95/cwt136.00–141.001,4734
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063130.14/cwt127.00–133.001,3835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205138.38/cwt135.00–142.001,6672
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533145.28/cwt141.00–149.002,2273
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,1462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,565145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,2691
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29522,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0673,417.19/head3,125.00–3,550.003,4173
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,325.00/head3,325.00–3,325.003,3252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,272.73/head3,150.00–3,375.003,2732
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,989.58/head2,625.00–3,250.002,9902
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2502,600.00/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29051,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29801,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29852,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1341,750.17/head1,625.00–1,825.001,7504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,421.69/head2,000.00–2,900.002,4224
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28302,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1252

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.