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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 5
● Final153 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
982 head
▲ 677 vs last sale 305▲ 616 vs year ago 366 · +168.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 47▲ 35 vs year ago 65 · +53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 40▲ 34 vs year ago 50 · +68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts were up sharply from last week, with a good offering of weaned calves on hand. Lightweight steer calves (300-500 lbs) saw reduced demand, trading $5.00-$10.00 lower. In contrast, steer calves weighing 500-600 lbs were met with a stronger demand, selling $10.00-$15.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded on a more consistent demand throughout. Heifers weighing 300-500 lbs were $5.00-$10.00 higher, while 500-600 lb heifers sold $10.00-$15.00 higher, with a few spots up to $20.00 higher. Slaughter cattle held steady. Trends based on limited comparable sales from the prior week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $389.69/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −38.94 against this barn's trailing median of $428.63.
Average price
$389.69
82 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.85
vs AR average
−0.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540392.782,12353
Medium and Large 1-2527390.972,06123
Medium and Large 2529357.491,8916thin
One grade step is worth $35.29/cwt here — about $231 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale82 hd
389.69
—
AR average8 barns · 303 hd
384.84
+4.85
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
−0.33
This barn, trailing median29 sales
428.63
−38.94
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

29 sales
493441389337median 428.6303/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.83, low $350.71, median $428.63 across 29 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—Low1,672178.832,99014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,375160.602,20810
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,151158.811,82821
CowsLean 85-90%High1,015126.811,28724

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,433$3,3736
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,270$3,1982thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,495$3,0502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,068$2,9832thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,266$2,9567
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$2,5463thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$3,1501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)803$2,2385
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,485$4,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$3,9002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,004$3,37412
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,013$2,8134thin

Every lot

153 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy320442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,4161
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328432.56/cwt430.00–435.001,4192
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333453.89/cwt450.00–475.001,5118
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6151
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381419.58/cwt400.00–435.001,5996
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384439.93/cwt435.00–450.001,6896
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added394430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6947
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy405412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,6711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed424426.12/cwt420.00–435.001,8074
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427398.93/cwt380.00–417.501,7036
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432434.05/cwt425.00–442.501,8758
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465389.87/cwt377.50–402.501,8132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467411.00/cwt390.00–425.001,91916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467382.02/cwt365.00–400.001,7845
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,9924
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519398.18/cwt385.00–405.002,06718
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521354.98/cwt350.00–360.001,8494
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528391.78/cwt375.00–402.502,06926
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added529406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,1489
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9481
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0295
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562385.44/cwt367.50–392.502,1666
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added564395.67/cwt380.00–397.502,23210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9771
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added609397.90/cwt392.50–399.002,42348
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3292
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1532
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619377.97/cwt360.00–387.502,3404
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1251
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1781
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675378.02/cwt367.50–387.502,55222
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3947
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695358.08/cwt352.50–375.002,4894
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1703367.26/cwt350.00–370.002,58214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added718370.13/cwt352.50–376.002,65816
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,3224
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full735320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Full755315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3781
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6072
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,5561
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6351
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,7271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,1811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270429.72/cwt415.00–445.001,1602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2004
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325433.81/cwt425.00–445.001,4104
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326403.78/cwt375.00–410.001,31614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373375.17/cwt367.00–395.001,3998
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376415.92/cwt397.50–425.001,56423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed408427.48/cwt425.00–430.001,7442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416402.85/cwt380.00–416.001,67631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425363.74/cwt362.50–365.001,5462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added427400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7085
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434367.39/cwt360.00–375.001,5947
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy468351.27/cwt350.00–355.001,6444
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474376.00/cwt360.00–400.001,78213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474352.93/cwt350.00–355.001,6736
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9161
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,7303
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517320.98/cwt300.00–332.501,6593
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519364.39/cwt350.00–380.001,89112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed523352.51/cwt350.00–357.501,8443
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added530393.71/cwt382.50–397.502,0874
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530342.50/cwt340.00–345.001,8152
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565355.95/cwt340.00–373.002,01126
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added569373.21/cwt367.50–379.002,1246
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580321.64/cwt310.00–335.001,8664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0101
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613313.67/cwt310.00–317.501,9232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added629359.32/cwt350.00–368.002,2606
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640353.94/cwt330.00–357.002,26515
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1452
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added671339.38/cwt329.00–350.002,2774
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8901
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720322.04/cwt320.00–324.002,3192
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3091
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy820265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1731
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,4151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed200605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,2101
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2205510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,0461
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,3111
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270510.37/cwt500.00–520.001,3782
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy308423.46/cwt400.00–435.001,3043
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324464.61/cwt450.00–480.001,50510
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333427.44/cwt425.00–435.001,4234
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed362440.07/cwt435.00–445.001,5933
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368416.43/cwt370.00–435.001,53211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370452.10/cwt430.00–470.001,67313
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374437.14/cwt432.50–440.001,6358
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy395422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6691
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2421417.85/cwt412.50–422.501,75912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422426.73/cwt420.00–440.001,80123
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed425427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,8171
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426388.49/cwt360.00–405.001,6557
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453368.76/cwt367.50–370.001,6702
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8065
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471392.35/cwt370.00–415.001,84814
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526370.91/cwt352.50–385.001,95110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,7232
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577336.52/cwt335.00–337.501,9423
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578350.86/cwt335.00–360.002,0285
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615339.90/cwt330.00–347.502,0904
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0461
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Full655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1291
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2102
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,2141
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1751
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2810280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,392171.27/cwt169.00–173.002,3845
Bulls——1,738179.51/cwt175.00–185.003,1207
Bulls——2,140195.35/cwt192.00–199.004,1802
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945145.47/cwt145.00–146.001,3752
Cows—Lean 85-90%987121.37/cwt118.00–125.001,1989
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,024111.00/cwt110.00–114.001,1375
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057138.14/cwt134.00–144.001,4608
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143159.28/cwt155.00–164.001,8217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155149.95/cwt146.00–153.001,7327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156167.19/cwt165.00–170.001,9337
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,265151.04/cwt150.00–152.001,9112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376166.01/cwt165.00–167.002,2844
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,429159.96/cwt156.00–164.002,2864
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4854,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7502,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28162,284.53/head2,100.00–2,500.002,2854
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0203,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8402,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29752,546.24/head2,350.00–2,750.002,5463
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0682,983.02/head2,650.00–3,250.002,9832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2703,198.03/head2,625.00–3,650.003,1982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3373,040.52/head2,500.00–3,350.003,0416
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4333,372.55/head3,100.00–3,675.003,3736
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,435195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,7981
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4953,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9503,443.75/head3,050.00–3,500.003,4448
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9503,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1673,245.71/head3,000.00–3,400.003,2463
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed878219.90/cwt210.00–232.501,9314
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed930200.83/cwt192.50–210.001,8682

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.