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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 24
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 355▼ 171 vs year ago 463 · −36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 71▼ 93 vs year ago 138 · −67.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 100▲ 20 vs year ago 27 · +74.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Hay season is here. Lots of cattle producers are in the hay fields this week holding supply back compared to last week. Mostly plainer offerings this week, with demand moderate to good. However, due to the light test, no trends were determined on feeders. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $5.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.30/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −87.34 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$302.30
32 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.43
vs AR average
−33.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517313.041,6186thin
Medium and Large 2553300.251,66112thin
Medium and Large 1555299.451,66314thin
One grade step is worth $13.59/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale32 hd
302.30
—
AR average6 barns · 242 hd
311.73
−9.43
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−33.61
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−87.34
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—Low1,549162.082,5108thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,295160.332,0774thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220158.421,9338thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average964128.821,24114

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)1,233$2,7282thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,093$2,4802thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,235$2,4399
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,035$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$2,2502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,026$1,9048
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,019$2,3294thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)885$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,4502thin

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4361
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312468.29/cwt460.00–480.001,4613
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4021
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy345435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372408.67/cwt390.00–425.001,5205
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7331
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7531
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429364.53/cwt355.00–385.001,5644
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy478364.16/cwt362.50–367.501,7413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy503362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8232
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed513357.37/cwt350.00–362.501,8333
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8282
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527329.92/cwt320.00–335.001,7393
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533377.49/cwt370.00–387.502,0123
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559341.33/cwt340.00–342.001,9083
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577359.05/cwt352.50–365.002,0723
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585315.88/cwt300.00–327.501,8483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy608315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9152
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628315.51/cwt314.00–317.001,9814
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676314.56/cwt310.00–317.502,1265
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,1982
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873277.56/cwt270.00–285.002,4232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310395.16/cwt390.00–400.001,2252
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4581
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378348.82/cwt345.00–355.001,3194
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390366.63/cwt360.00–370.001,4303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415356.98/cwt347.50–370.001,4814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419330.71/cwt310.00–345.001,3867
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426372.89/cwt370.00–385.001,5895
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed468338.58/cwt332.50–345.001,5852
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473340.75/cwt335.00–350.001,6123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474317.32/cwt302.50–325.001,50410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy488325.42/cwt315.00–328.001,5885
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517313.04/cwt311.00–315.001,6186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523302.16/cwt280.00–310.001,5806
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525322.50/cwt320.00–325.001,6932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533298.23/cwt290.00–310.001,5903
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy569287.00/cwt285.00–290.001,6335
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570304.39/cwt292.50–313.001,7354
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed578307.46/cwt305.00–310.001,7773
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2589289.22/cwt282.50–292.501,7043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5991
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed655300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9651
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9451
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718238.86/cwt232.50–245.001,7152
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8561
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333384.59/cwt360.00–405.001,2814
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy338425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4372
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed395400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430398.49/cwt380.00–410.001,7143
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467336.30/cwt320.00–355.001,5713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473375.18/cwt350.00–462.501,7756
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523343.72/cwt342.50–345.001,7982
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7461
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531329.98/cwt322.50–337.501,7525
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6911
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553322.42/cwt310.00–332.501,7833
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575349.38/cwt332.50–357.502,0093
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613296.26/cwt295.00–297.501,8162
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7041
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8591
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2708265.02/cwt260.00–270.001,8762
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2772268.35/cwt267.50–270.002,0723
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840253.80/cwt245.00–262.502,1322
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1881
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2910230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0931
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,359156.71/cwt150.00–169.002,1306
Bulls——2,118178.17/cwt173.00–183.003,7742
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%861114.82/cwt110.00–119.009894
Cows—Lean 85-90%952123.16/cwt122.00–125.001,1723
Cows—Lean 85-90%985134.36/cwt131.00–137.501,3234
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083145.77/cwt140.00–150.001,5793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170163.63/cwt163.00–164.001,9143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250155.29/cwt150.00–159.001,9415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,277158.77/cwt156.00–162.002,0273
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,2281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed6431,343.39/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3433
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed6901,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed8101,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0352,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,7382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0932,479.98/head2,400.00–2,550.002,4802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,727.69/head2,700.00–2,750.002,7282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,240.52/head2,000.00–2,550.002,2415
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2882,544.13/head2,175.00–2,900.002,5448
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed710165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1721
Stock Cows—Medium 1-21,005152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,5331
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,9401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28852,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0192,329.42/head1,925.00–2,600.002,3294
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-27002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.