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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, May 5
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
← Apr 28May 5May 19 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
995 head
▲ 620 vs last sale 375▲ 133 vs year ago 862 · +15.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 80▲ 40 vs year ago 67 · +59.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 81▲ 50 vs year ago 15 · +333.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"Compared to last week, total receipts were higher, with several offerings of weaned calves. Feeder steers sold steady to $2.00 higher. Demand for heifers and bulls was uneven. Lightweight heifers weighing 300-500 lbs sold $5.00 lower, while 500-700 lb heifers sold $10.00 higher. Feeder bulls weighing 300-500 lbs sold $15.00 lower, while 500-600 lb bulls sold steady to $2.00 higher. On a strong test, slaughter cattle sold $5.00 higher."

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $426.53/cwt on 80 head, up $9.07 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 30 of 30 comparable sales and sits +36.89 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.
Average price
$426.53
▲ 9.07 vs prior sale
80 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.50
vs AR average
−1.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532428.902,28369
Medium and Large 1-2538425.002,2873thin
Medium and Large 2528406.672,1478thin
One grade step is worth $22.23/cwt here — about $136 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 sale80 hd
426.53
—
AR average7 barns · 213 hd
420.03
+6.50
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
−1.37
This barn, trailing median30 sales
389.63
+36.89
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—Average1,588222.213,5295thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,473175.292,5827thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,234171.932,12225
CowsLean 85-90%Average980161.221,58030
Dairy Bulls—Low970156.651,5202thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,183$3,5514thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,188$3,3488
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,068$3,0976
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,114$3,0384thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,059$2,9654thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)993$2,5522thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)915$2,3501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)839$3,1264thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,017$2,7673thin

Every lot

116 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1306691.31/cwt660.00–700.002,11511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2309622.55/cwt615.00–630.001,9244
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed311705.00/cwt705.00–705.002,1934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364628.67/cwt600.00–675.002,28811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed368590.05/cwt580.00–595.002,1713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372575.05/cwt570.00–580.002,1394
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377541.85/cwt515.00–560.002,04311
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy387572.61/cwt562.50–595.002,21612
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414567.62/cwt554.50–615.002,35031
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy414545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,2563
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423524.41/cwt492.50–545.002,2186
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed456569.00/cwt569.00–569.002,59515
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474495.36/cwt482.50–515.002,3486
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474462.43/cwt440.00–480.002,1924
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475561.30/cwt535.00–595.002,6666
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy484509.86/cwt480.00–512.002,46815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515501.05/cwt465.00–537.502,58032
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535434.91/cwt430.00–440.002,3272
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559426.22/cwt422.50–430.002,3834
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573470.85/cwt440.00–487.002,69855
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613404.44/cwt392.50–410.002,4795
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623426.54/cwt420.00–437.502,6575
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,5721
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy665382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,5441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675410.16/cwt400.00–425.002,7693
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5991
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717399.82/cwt390.00–417.502,86712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765380.58/cwt365.00–390.002,9118
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,7952
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826353.34/cwt349.00–356.002,9198
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1898350.00/cwt350.00–350.003,1432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321555.00/cwt540.00–590.001,78217
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325492.21/cwt465.00–530.001,6004
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy360435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5661
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373526.22/cwt515.00–565.001,96318
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375482.83/cwt450.00–505.001,8119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed379527.66/cwt525.00–535.002,0009
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420466.12/cwt450.00–485.001,9589
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed421500.57/cwt490.00–510.002,1079
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427490.25/cwt475.00–525.002,09321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464463.64/cwt450.00–485.002,15129
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed476460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1905
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480437.69/cwt420.00–445.002,10110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy489427.18/cwt420.00–430.002,0897
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed508428.34/cwt425.00–430.002,1763
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0601
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520438.12/cwt417.50–452.502,27852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526400.83/cwt375.00–415.002,1084
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2873
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573400.73/cwt385.00–420.002,29616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617400.73/cwt395.00–420.002,47311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4002
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681361.24/cwt345.00–372.502,46011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695315.00/cwt310.00–320.002,1892
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718348.24/cwt348.00–350.002,5008
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy745310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3101
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773338.59/cwt335.00–342.002,61717
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825326.92/cwt320.00–334.002,6972
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7281
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,088260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,8293
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315570.16/cwt540.00–610.001,7963
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329623.57/cwt612.50–655.002,0528
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed360560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,0161
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378571.43/cwt550.00–605.002,1605
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379500.89/cwt460.00–525.001,8986
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy400510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415541.08/cwt530.00–555.002,24511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417488.68/cwt450.00–520.002,0383
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473450.90/cwt435.00–470.002,1335
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490488.62/cwt480.00–530.002,3949
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524459.76/cwt452.00–477.502,40911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy528427.91/cwt415.00–440.002,2592
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542436.07/cwt425.00–440.002,3635
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564448.32/cwt420.00–453.002,52919
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583382.91/cwt361.00–405.002,2322
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3602
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1632416.22/cwt415.00–420.002,6314
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy643465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,9902
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,3621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685393.84/cwt387.50–400.002,6984
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7112
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500213.56/cwt210.00–217.503,2033
Bulls——1,720235.19/cwt232.00–238.004,0452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%902148.59/cwt143.00–154.001,34010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,009174.91/cwt171.00–188.001,7657
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,024163.56/cwt160.00–167.001,67513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219167.06/cwt165.00–169.002,0366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231174.29/cwt170.00–179.002,14616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288181.14/cwt180.00–182.502,3332
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428182.98/cwt180.00–186.002,6132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491172.22/cwt170.00–176.002,5685
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——970156.65/cwt155.00–158.001,5202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29152,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29932,551.51/head2,350.00–2,750.002,5522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0683,097.19/head2,550.00–3,350.003,0976
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0833,286.23/head3,100.00–3,400.003,2863
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,093198.32/cwt188.00–210.002,1682
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1143,037.82/head2,800.00–3,500.003,0384
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1833,550.85/head3,500.00–3,600.003,5514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1883,348.43/head2,800.00–3,600.003,3488
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2908255.10/cwt250.00–260.002,3162
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,001233.39/cwt197.50–250.002,3365
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9002,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28393,125.54/head3,050.00–3,200.003,1264

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.
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