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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 14
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
599 head
▼ 221 vs last sale 820▼ 104 vs year ago 703 · −14.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 100▼ 71 vs year ago 137 · −51.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 52▼ 45 vs year ago 75 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, improved quality offerings and firm support from the feeder futures contributed to stronger demand across the board. Feeder steers and bulls traded $10.00 to $20.00 higher, while feeder heifers sold $10.00 to $15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle traded mostly steady. Replacement cows with quality characteristics were met with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.23/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 11 of 30 comparable sales and sits −23.40 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$366.23
53 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.28
vs AR average
−31.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553368.602,03942
Medium and Large 2540357.171,93011thin
One grade step is worth $11.43/cwt here — about $109 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 sale53 hd
366.23
—
AR average9 barns · 451 hd
358.95
+7.28
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−31.63
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
−23.40
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—Average1,558176.242,7467thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,348159.582,1516thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,433158.502,2712thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,058132.721,4047thin

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)1,478$3,5052thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,108$3,1552thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,389$3,05310
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,1501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,400$3,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,300$3,1501thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278549.82/cwt510.00–595.001,5282
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed310500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326420.77/cwt400.00–445.001,3724
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339490.05/cwt455.00–510.001,6619
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373439.27/cwt425.00–445.001,6387
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387498.76/cwt465.00–525.001,93011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418448.29/cwt445.00–450.001,8743
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418421.10/cwt400.00–440.001,76012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431484.56/cwt465.00–500.002,08812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475451.34/cwt435.00–475.002,14414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479384.83/cwt370.00–415.001,84312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515386.27/cwt365.00–400.001,9896
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523436.22/cwt422.50–470.002,2818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2001
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572351.39/cwt325.00–367.502,0105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573399.40/cwt382.50–420.002,28913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed585390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,5564
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622388.27/cwt382.50–405.002,4156
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy623362.55/cwt350.00–375.002,2592
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624364.87/cwt345.00–375.002,2776
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed640415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6561
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655340.91/cwt320.00–352.502,2333
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665400.58/cwt395.00–402.502,6644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670373.88/cwt362.50–400.002,50511
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685353.63/cwt345.00–357.502,4227
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739377.85/cwt362.50–387.502,7926
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,8121
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1862350.01/cwt345.00–355.003,0173
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920352.50/cwt352.50–352.503,2431
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965347.47/cwt345.00–350.003,3532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy320425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328424.65/cwt410.00–445.001,3936
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362397.41/cwt390.00–410.001,4394
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4802
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371430.58/cwt420.00–450.001,5977
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423380.24/cwt370.00–395.001,6085
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425422.11/cwt400.00–450.001,79423
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy445340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476388.71/cwt375.00–395.001,85021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476367.34/cwt350.00–382.501,7495
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy480460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed518395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0463
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522343.04/cwt322.50–355.001,7913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523371.82/cwt360.00–385.001,94510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy527356.90/cwt355.00–357.501,8814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy553356.24/cwt355.00–357.501,9702
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565342.96/cwt317.50–357.501,9385
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569370.12/cwt357.50–385.002,10626
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618354.47/cwt342.50–367.502,19120
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678292.94/cwt262.50–325.001,9862
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684331.10/cwt320.00–357.502,26511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1861
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734315.33/cwt310.00–325.002,3156
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4161
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0761
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3001
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,130210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,3731
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,275200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,5502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy320440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4081
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323483.20/cwt480.00–490.001,5613
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed330555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8321
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380479.34/cwt460.00–500.001,82111
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383427.35/cwt405.00–450.001,6372
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414482.86/cwt455.00–500.001,99916
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy420370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5541
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425431.35/cwt420.00–445.001,8334
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468422.30/cwt400.00–445.001,9768
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469385.49/cwt362.50–405.001,80811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy475355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6861
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515409.93/cwt390.00–430.002,11113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520368.97/cwt355.00–380.001,9197
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy527373.32/cwt365.00–380.001,9673
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563351.89/cwt330.00–362.501,9816
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571383.52/cwt360.00–402.502,1909
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2614321.24/cwt310.00–330.001,9724
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2682322.47/cwt310.00–332.502,1993
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6721
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2787298.37/cwt290.00–302.502,3483
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1878295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,534174.15/cwt169.00–179.002,6715
Bulls——1,618181.48/cwt180.00–183.002,9362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0921
Cows—Lean 85-90%988125.52/cwt125.00–126.001,2402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028135.46/cwt135.00–136.001,3932
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225144.53/cwt143.00–146.001,7702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9941
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298164.02/cwt162.00–165.002,1293
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,398155.14/cwt150.00–158.002,1693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,5591
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1083,155.30/head2,950.00–3,375.003,1552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3893,052.50/head2,400.00–3,450.003,05310
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4783,504.91/head3,300.00–3,650.003,5052
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501

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.