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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Apr 14
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
643 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 546▼ 177 vs year ago 820 · −21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 50▼ 45 vs year ago 115 · −39.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 54▼ 44 vs year ago 75 · −58.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder offerings consisted of a mixed supply of weaned calves carrying condition and new crop calves. Demand was moderate for fleshy calves, with stronger interest noted for thinner-fleshed types. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to $8.00 lower, while feeder heifers sold $7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady on a good test, with demand remaining strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.06/cwt on 32 head, up $12.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 30 comparable sales and sits +12.42 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$402.06
▲ 12.16 vs prior sale
32 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.56
vs AR average
−25.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546405.792,21414thin
Medium and Large 2537399.152,14318thin
One grade step is worth $6.64/cwt here — about $71 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 sale32 hd
402.06
—
AR average10 barns · 372 hd
422.61
−20.56
National average182 barns · 12,591 hd
427.39
−25.33
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
+12.42
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—Average1,708213.523,6488thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455172.532,5104thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,216168.252,04513
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low985160.661,58328

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)1,360$3,0001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,390$3,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,4001thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,7361
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed282800.00/cwt800.00–800.002,2563
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283717.74/cwt690.00–745.002,0312
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316671.42/cwt640.00–700.002,1228
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324625.91/cwt600.00–640.002,0287
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed361645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,3284
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379585.73/cwt570.00–605.002,2208
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390545.00/cwt540.00–550.002,1262
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390505.00/cwt470.00–540.001,9702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed395565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,2321
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413576.38/cwt560.00–590.002,38011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed423570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,4113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430569.94/cwt565.00–575.002,4512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy433496.99/cwt480.00–515.002,1522
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463508.32/cwt490.00–565.002,35421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed470542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,5505
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473473.10/cwt440.00–515.002,23813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0451
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521483.57/cwt470.00–500.002,51919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy523440.17/cwt435.00–445.002,3022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed533475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5322
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,7915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy563432.38/cwt420.00–435.002,4346
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569436.83/cwt432.50–445.002,4864
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579447.05/cwt440.00–480.002,58813
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed617452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,7923
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631435.01/cwt425.00–445.002,7456
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7113
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6351
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,8731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed310649.49/cwt620.00–652.502,01316
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318473.09/cwt440.00–505.001,5044
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327561.53/cwt545.00–590.001,8368
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed327544.59/cwt540.00–555.001,7813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372541.95/cwt530.00–560.002,01615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384490.66/cwt455.00–510.001,8846
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390497.50/cwt490.00–505.001,9402
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423494.27/cwt475.00–510.002,09121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426412.43/cwt400.00–425.001,7575
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed433469.71/cwt460.00–485.002,0344
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0243
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462484.99/cwt480.00–490.002,2416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed463462.54/cwt455.00–465.002,1424
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475444.17/cwt425.00–475.002,11020
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477416.69/cwt390.00–440.001,9889
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy505395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9951
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522420.30/cwt410.00–427.502,1946
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed522416.38/cwt415.00–420.002,1749
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529387.52/cwt365.00–397.502,0504
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570397.80/cwt392.50–410.002,2676
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570377.44/cwt360.00–390.002,1515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603372.49/cwt370.00–375.002,2462
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628362.45/cwt360.00–365.002,2762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3731
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690333.75/cwt325.00–342.502,3032
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4091
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4421
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3561
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2783297.54/cwt295.00–300.002,3302
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1937275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5773
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315648.10/cwt640.00–660.002,0423
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325628.38/cwt620.00–635.002,0423
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed328700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,29610
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed360590.00/cwt585.00–595.002,1242
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed374627.11/cwt620.00–655.002,34511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376581.15/cwt565.00–600.002,1858
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382538.19/cwt530.00–550.002,0563
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420547.14/cwt540.00–570.002,2984
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426512.66/cwt490.00–530.002,1847
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,6394
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474493.34/cwt470.00–520.002,3387
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477464.23/cwt450.00–500.002,21411
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508487.40/cwt480.00–495.002,4765
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516438.87/cwt430.00–455.002,2654
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555408.44/cwt385.00–420.002,2673
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565455.76/cwt440.00–470.002,5755
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2421
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625412.59/cwt405.00–435.002,57911
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2171
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6891
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,5111
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2880315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520226.00/cwt226.00–226.003,4351
Bulls——1,719206.95/cwt203.00–210.003,5574
Bulls——1,757218.11/cwt212.00–223.003,8323
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880142.64/cwt137.50–147.501,2554
Cows—Lean 85-90%958156.27/cwt150.00–160.001,4979
Cows—Lean 85-90%995179.64/cwt177.00–182.001,7873
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038165.22/cwt163.00–171.001,71512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182167.10/cwt162.00–170.001,9759
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273176.80/cwt173.00–183.002,2513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,0581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455172.53/cwt170.00–174.002,5104
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3903,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950231.25/cwt225.00–235.002,1973
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2970210.70/cwt202.50–217.502,0442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120196.80/cwt167.50–220.002,2042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,131208.17/cwt170.00–270.002,3545
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,310217.46/cwt189.00–265.002,8493
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3603,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,365180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,4571
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2841245.31/cwt206.00–270.002,0634
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2948215.48/cwt205.00–230.002,0434
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001

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.