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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 4
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,038 head
▲ 340 vs last sale 698▲ 541 vs year ago 497 · +108.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 120▲ 60 vs year ago 30 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 50▲ 77 vs year ago 5 · +1,540.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold $20.00 to $30.00 higher on a strong demand with a larger offering of quality weaned calves. Despite the feeder cattle futures closing $7.60 lower today, buyer demand remained active throughout the sale."

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $389.17/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −39.45 against this barn's trailing median of $428.63.
Average price
$389.17
92 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,156
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.59
vs AR average
−29.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554397.782,20478
Medium and Large 2553341.251,88714thin
One grade step is worth $56.52/cwt here — about $318 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale92 hd
389.17
—
AR average8 barns · 319 hd
379.59
+9.59
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−29.93
This barn, trailing median29 sales
428.63
−39.45
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—Average1,529164.342,51313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,511151.072,28315
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,242149.091,85122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,103125.351,38329

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)1,543$3,2902thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,145$2,6002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,213$2,5686
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,525$2,4501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)888$2,2972thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,066$2,0845
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)888$2,0122thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)870$2,2001thin

Every lot

138 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288502.35/cwt485.00–520.001,4472
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0152
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy320447.50/cwt445.00–450.001,4322
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325355.69/cwt340.00–370.001,1562
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326504.51/cwt500.00–510.001,6459
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363371.24/cwt360.00–395.001,3483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375467.87/cwt450.00–490.001,75510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy377436.88/cwt430.00–445.001,6478
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed420490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0581
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420395.64/cwt370.00–420.001,6625
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426441.26/cwt435.00–470.001,88024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy444422.99/cwt420.00–425.001,8785
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470426.11/cwt400.00–445.002,00319
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471359.39/cwt345.00–385.001,69311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475382.26/cwt375.00–390.001,8162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added479465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2274
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508454.93/cwt450.00–460.002,3112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy521377.35/cwt350.00–385.001,9668
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526348.80/cwt330.00–365.001,8356
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529417.54/cwt392.50–432.502,20925
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3661
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573384.59/cwt375.00–392.502,20420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573364.55/cwt360.00–367.502,0896
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573335.59/cwt322.50–342.501,9238
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added584397.83/cwt395.00–399.002,32316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added606355.91/cwt355.00–357.002,15711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3992
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625334.84/cwt315.00–348.002,09310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632367.51/cwt350.00–377.502,32310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671363.13/cwt347.00–375.002,43719
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full680335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2781
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724356.62/cwt342.50–360.002,58218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0861
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6326
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,2061
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808328.72/cwt325.00–332.502,6562
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1321
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,8751
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2925260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,4051
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,8741
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2993262.49/cwt260.00–265.002,6072
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed265450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1933
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320374.77/cwt370.00–380.001,1992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330402.74/cwt390.00–425.001,3295
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330333.46/cwt325.00–350.001,1003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy350365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366375.53/cwt370.00–380.001,3747
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374348.13/cwt325.00–362.501,30213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378378.33/cwt360.00–400.001,43020
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425338.60/cwt325.00–355.001,43916
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430371.78/cwt360.00–380.001,59914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430339.87/cwt330.00–345.001,4614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475334.50/cwt275.00–360.001,58917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477359.63/cwt350.00–380.001,71524
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519329.05/cwt305.00–340.001,70815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy523315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524351.18/cwt340.00–365.001,84025
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568323.28/cwt305.00–337.501,8368
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy577334.08/cwt330.00–337.501,9283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578350.67/cwt342.50–375.002,02725
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement620380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620335.82/cwt325.00–340.002,0829
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620315.23/cwt313.00–317.501,9542
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628303.38/cwt275.00–320.001,9054
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631350.35/cwt349.00–352.502,21112
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664318.71/cwt312.50–322.502,1164
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9581
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3003
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2331
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy850250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,2011
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328452.12/cwt450.00–452.501,4837
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365398.68/cwt387.50–410.001,45510
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377442.67/cwt430.00–450.001,6699
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Full405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415424.65/cwt415.00–440.001,7629
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6052
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434396.57/cwt375.00–400.001,72115
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463400.44/cwt370.00–417.501,85415
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472353.35/cwt335.00–360.001,66812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485354.90/cwt350.00–360.001,7212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514351.39/cwt322.50–365.001,8067
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522378.40/cwt360.00–392.501,97513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy528355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8742
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561423.39/cwt347.50–552.502,3756
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575327.70/cwt320.00–335.001,8842
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578321.27/cwt310.00–340.001,8578
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624342.04/cwt325.00–360.002,1349
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2631312.20/cwt292.50–327.001,9708
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680322.22/cwt310.00–335.002,1912
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1729299.92/cwt290.00–305.002,1864
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0211
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed780310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4181
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2371
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7491
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810281.27/cwt280.00–282.502,2782
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2860227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9571
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1880272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3981
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2945170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6071
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2985180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,389154.62/cwt145.00–161.002,1486
Bulls——1,649172.67/cwt168.00–177.002,8477
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,011105.38/cwt100.00–112.001,0658
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054119.64/cwt116.00–123.001,2617
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180146.77/cwt142.00–153.001,7327
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,181132.47/cwt126.00–138.001,5647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183142.05/cwt140.00–144.001,6803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213148.24/cwt145.00–153.001,79811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284157.03/cwt155.00–160.002,0167
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,511150.06/cwt142.00–154.002,26713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513157.62/cwt156.00–159.002,3852
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed830263.84/cwt255.00–280.002,1903
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed850170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4451
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2971234.94/cwt170.00–292.502,28116
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,063195.99/cwt175.00–242.502,0836
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205153.97/cwt142.00–170.001,8552
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28882,296.90/head2,150.00–2,500.002,2972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8882,011.97/head1,550.00–2,550.002,0122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9201,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1032,148.87/head1,750.00–2,500.002,1494
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1452,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2042,636.38/head2,000.00–3,300.002,6365
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,2602,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5252,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5433,289.95/head3,050.00–3,500.003,2902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001

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.