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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 1
● Final129 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
385 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 292▲ 385 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 45▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 47▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders selling unevenly this week, with mixed offerings of pre-vac value-added calves selling on a strong demand, along with some plainer, unweaned, fleshier calves selling on a lighter demand. Comparables from last week were too light to determine a good trend on feeders. Slaughter cattle sold on a strong demand, selling $5.00-$15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.95/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −72.68 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$316.95
42 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.63
vs AR average
−26.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543325.441,76630
Medium and Large 2556295.741,64312thin
One grade step is worth $29.70/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale42 hd
316.95
—
AR average4 barns · 104 hd
328.59
−11.63
National average21 barns · 2,053 hd
342.96
−26.01
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−72.68
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—Average1,682169.512,8504thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,182166.241,96516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,422161.252,2938thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,041145.201,51218

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$2,9001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)930$2,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$2,3751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)938$2,0252thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,510$3,3432thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,8001thin

Every lot

129 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1160570.00/cwt570.00–570.009121
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3491
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4561
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy325366.65/cwt357.50–375.001,1922
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5181
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5981
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy383412.42/cwt410.00–415.001,5802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2392395.81/cwt390.00–400.001,5523
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed413406.45/cwt400.00–420.001,6793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added430442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,9031
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added440390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7161
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465361.61/cwt337.50–370.001,6814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added477403.33/cwt402.50–405.001,9243
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added492370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8203
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed510362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8491
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0463
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520332.91/cwt320.00–342.501,7314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523360.97/cwt360.00–365.001,8885
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed555345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8481
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565357.10/cwt347.50–360.002,0185
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy577334.99/cwt322.50–342.501,93313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added595327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9491
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added612355.39/cwt347.50–360.002,17511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added630332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0951
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631334.46/cwt320.00–340.002,11014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added655320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added669322.48/cwt310.00–345.002,1577
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678322.05/cwt305.00–340.002,1832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710299.56/cwt295.00–304.002,1272
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4601
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4371
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,7021
Steers1600–1650Medium and Large 11,600211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,3761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1180570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,0261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed323392.40/cwt390.00–395.001,2672
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338352.33/cwt345.00–360.001,1912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368352.78/cwt327.50–370.001,2984
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy375367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,3781
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added413397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,6422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423318.42/cwt310.00–330.001,3478
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426350.45/cwt340.00–367.501,4934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428337.46/cwt335.00–340.001,4442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430347.33/cwt342.50–352.501,4942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added465360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6741
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468319.83/cwt307.50–327.501,4973
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy471319.90/cwt312.50–327.501,5074
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6151
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525341.49/cwt335.00–348.001,79314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531299.96/cwt290.00–310.001,5936
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535303.72/cwt300.00–307.501,6254
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added558327.25/cwt320.00–331.001,8263
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567313.83/cwt295.00–330.001,7798
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7831
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5951
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581287.82/cwt260.00–297.501,6725
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed600290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621318.99/cwt309.00–324.001,98114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy622282.63/cwt275.00–292.501,7583
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632299.42/cwt290.00–310.001,8926
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added638296.25/cwt295.00–297.501,8902
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7251
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669288.16/cwt285.00–295.001,9284
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added688303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,0853
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added690265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8291
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8981
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9141
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1995210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1155585.00/cwt585.00–585.009071
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2241
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2317368.13/cwt350.00–385.001,1673
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4451
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373404.82/cwt395.00–420.001,5103
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383364.67/cwt350.00–380.001,3973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415392.64/cwt385.00–400.001,6294
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429352.73/cwt340.00–365.001,5134
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468339.91/cwt335.00–350.001,5913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478357.99/cwt350.00–375.001,7118
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy513284.98/cwt280.00–290.001,4622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7641
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518345.66/cwt332.50–355.001,7913
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525316.80/cwt300.00–332.501,6636
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557303.34/cwt295.00–310.001,6903
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed563331.26/cwt330.00–332.501,8652
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy583297.47/cwt295.00–300.001,7342
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7691
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635290.83/cwt287.50–297.501,8473
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8361
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8021
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723248.75/cwt247.50–250.001,7982
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0171
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3331
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1955230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,383150.09/cwt145.00–156.002,0762
Bulls——1,980188.92/cwt188.00–190.003,7412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%981138.09/cwt130.00–141.001,3556
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,015152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,5431
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2081
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026145.87/cwt144.00–148.001,4976
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,137158.15/cwt152.00–163.001,7985
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175170.48/cwt167.00–177.002,00310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230160.62/cwt156.00–164.001,9765
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,362159.44/cwt156.00–162.002,1725
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485171.40/cwt168.00–174.002,5452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,595150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,3931
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5103,343.38/head3,100.00–3,600.003,3432
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28901,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29302,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29852,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8091
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,050190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2402,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,420172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,4421
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2795160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2721
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,015167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,6951
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1502,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.