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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 2
● Final147 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
866 head
▲ 241 vs last sale 625▲ 358 vs year ago 508 · +70.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 68▼ 33 vs year ago 108 · −30.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 15▲ 44 vs year ago 15 · +293.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle offerings increased compared to last week, with a larger supply of high-quality, weaned calves available. Buyer turnout was strong, and demand remained robust throughout the sale. Feeder steers traded $15.00 to $25.00 higher, while feeder heifers saw steady to $15.00 higher prices. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $418.83/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 14 of 29 comparable sales and sits −9.79 against this barn's trailing median of $428.63.
Average price
$418.83
74 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,297
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.06
vs AR average
+2.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549426.132,33851
Medium and Large 2548402.652,20523
One grade step is worth $23.49/cwt here — about $133 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 sale74 hd
418.83
—
AR average8 barns · 380 hd
407.78
+11.06
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
+2.30
This barn, trailing median29 sales
428.63
−9.79
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—High1,597181.522,89917
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,179163.691,9297thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,364159.532,17512
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,030137.621,41726

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)1,275$3,2542thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,132$3,1756
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,068$2,8002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,198$2,6752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$2,6262thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$2,6102thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$3,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$3,0001thin

Every lot

147 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed313575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,8003
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338480.22/cwt470.00–490.001,6232
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added345560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9321
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8461
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed360530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9082
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369494.93/cwt475.00–512.501,82617
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy370395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4623
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added380475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2394432.69/cwt410.00–455.001,7059
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428462.08/cwt440.00–480.001,97823
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed428450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9262
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432434.59/cwt430.00–440.001,8777
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450467.50/cwt460.00–475.002,1042
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full470425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472444.51/cwt430.00–475.002,09838
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488424.58/cwt410.00–427.002,07212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510413.21/cwt400.00–417.502,1074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517436.64/cwt425.00–460.002,25714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525408.02/cwt392.50–420.002,1427
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed526420.01/cwt415.00–425.002,2095
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566396.63/cwt395.00–397.502,2456
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568425.55/cwt402.50–445.002,41731
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy573350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0062
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed583408.30/cwt407.50–410.002,3803
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy610460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,8061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620382.59/cwt375.00–387.502,3724
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624410.45/cwt400.00–420.002,56110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674393.52/cwt380.00–424.002,65223
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707385.13/cwt370.00–400.002,7239
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,5021
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4751
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779367.68/cwt345.00–371.002,86421
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy845337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,8521
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,9581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,0301
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed323466.63/cwt455.00–480.001,5072
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323415.16/cwt400.00–440.001,3416
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328479.28/cwt470.00–507.501,5728
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy340450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355451.27/cwt450.00–452.501,6022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed358485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7363
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368445.10/cwt420.00–467.501,63810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381392.18/cwt375.00–415.001,4948
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432389.31/cwt370.00–410.001,6826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436431.25/cwt410.00–447.501,88010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy465335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5581
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466370.13/cwt350.00–380.001,7255
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467413.23/cwt390.00–427.001,93026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,9321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522360.96/cwt340.00–372.501,88411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy525420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526387.59/cwt370.00–402.502,03914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed565370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567346.90/cwt330.00–365.001,9676
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573376.04/cwt365.00–385.002,15512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575361.62/cwt357.50–367.502,0793
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed606354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1454
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614363.49/cwt350.00–377.502,23211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed660342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy668332.03/cwt317.50–335.002,2188
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677347.92/cwt342.50–357.502,3556
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1421
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718345.64/cwt330.00–351.002,48216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718312.46/cwt310.00–315.002,2432
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786339.50/cwt322.50–344.002,66811
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6401
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,085245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,6581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls45 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1195630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,2291
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,1441
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed225585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,3161
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed260540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4041
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,3121
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320501.33/cwt500.00–502.501,6042
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325535.31/cwt520.00–560.001,7403
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330469.39/cwt450.00–500.001,5494
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8031
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed365462.50/cwt455.00–470.001,6882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375425.02/cwt400.00–447.501,5942
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1387457.49/cwt452.50–470.001,77010
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405455.31/cwt440.00–480.001,8443
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414450.50/cwt447.50–455.001,8655
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431413.26/cwt380.00–422.501,7818
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy435412.53/cwt410.00–415.001,7952
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467387.04/cwt360.00–410.001,8073
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy472401.73/cwt392.50–412.501,8963
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474410.86/cwt395.00–430.001,94711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505406.04/cwt397.50–415.002,0515
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed508402.51/cwt400.00–405.002,0452
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532377.03/cwt360.00–395.002,0066
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533364.93/cwt360.00–370.001,9452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562376.68/cwt370.00–380.002,1173
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568347.06/cwt337.50–357.501,9716
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed575377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9931
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed615370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2761
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621374.00/cwt365.00–385.002,3235
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626347.46/cwt340.00–355.002,1754
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640343.00/cwt335.00–351.002,1952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed655375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4561
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663366.32/cwt362.50–370.002,4292
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy663300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9892
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed695380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,6411
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy715325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3241
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718351.22/cwt342.50–360.002,5222
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723333.31/cwt327.50–337.502,4103
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1761339.40/cwt330.00–345.002,5834
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy770297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,2911
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed800302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,4201
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1873287.55/cwt285.00–290.002,5102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,536173.26/cwt168.00–178.002,6618
Bulls——1,628187.47/cwt182.50–193.003,0528
Bulls——1,835200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,6701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%916121.03/cwt114.00–128.001,1099
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033133.50/cwt130.00–136.001,3795
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065145.41/cwt144.00–148.001,5496
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,7622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,163158.13/cwt152.00–164.001,8396
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204165.96/cwt164.00–169.001,9985
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350154.94/cwt151.00–158.002,0924
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,369163.66/cwt160.00–167.002,2417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,0561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29702,609.60/head2,425.00–2,800.002,6102
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29852,626.14/head2,600.00–2,650.002,6262
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29603,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9852,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1613,269.77/head3,000.00–3,600.003,2705
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1752,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,2452,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,254.31/head3,150.00–3,350.003,2542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,365200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,7301
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed895180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6111

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.