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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 1
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
724 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 583▼ 142 vs year ago 866 · −16.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 75▼ 35 vs year ago 75 · −46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 45▼ 34 vs year ago 59 · −57.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle receipts were higher. Several offerings of pre-vaccinated cattle sold on good demand. Light-weaned and unweaned feeder steers and heifers sold on lighter demand, $15.00 to $25.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $10.00 to $15.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $363.09/cwt on 66 head, down $18.71 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −65.54 against this barn's trailing median of $428.63.
Average price
$363.09
▼ 18.71 vs prior sale
66 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.07
vs AR average
−8.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547379.772,07931
Medium and Large 1-2587352.792,07116thin
Medium and Large 2545344.561,87919thin
One grade step is worth $35.21/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale66 hd
363.09
—
AR average8 barns · 223 hd
359.02
+4.07
National average157 barns · 5,984 hd
371.39
−8.30
This barn, trailing median29 sales
428.63
−65.54
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—Average1,533185.432,8428thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,464159.012,3273thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,300157.492,0476thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low996138.861,38318

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$2,9752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,228$2,8932thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$2,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)830$2,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,049$2,3944thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,7002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,3673thin

Every lot

122 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4491
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,4921
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5271
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368427.98/cwt412.50–445.001,5752
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368396.80/cwt385.00–420.001,4606
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added393420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6513
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422383.33/cwt370.00–395.001,6189
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433410.30/cwt400.00–427.501,7775
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473379.92/cwt365.00–405.001,7978
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478370.57/cwt357.50–375.001,77114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full485357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,7341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added500367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8383
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514352.14/cwt340.00–360.001,8106
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added529388.66/cwt385.00–392.502,0568
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536376.15/cwt362.50–385.002,0168
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553367.98/cwt362.50–372.502,0355
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added566387.15/cwt380.00–395.002,1919
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578333.13/cwt320.00–345.001,92510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587352.79/cwt352.50–353.002,07116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full590330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9471
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added609336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,0464
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610374.79/cwt350.00–382.502,28613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616346.49/cwt340.00–365.002,1345
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630324.21/cwt317.50–330.002,0433
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,0989
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664353.39/cwt342.50–357.502,34715
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667337.41/cwt332.50–340.002,2513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added716347.42/cwt340.00–357.502,4884
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724340.06/cwt337.50–340.252,46228
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729324.48/cwt320.00–335.002,3655
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added770345.03/cwt342.50–347.502,6572
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775320.96/cwt310.00–332.502,4872
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6241
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,080240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,5921
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,205237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,8621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325446.42/cwt430.00–465.001,4512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330385.64/cwt370.00–415.001,2734
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359394.94/cwt372.50–405.001,4187
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375406.21/cwt392.50–430.001,5238
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added378435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6444
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405387.53/cwt385.00–390.001,5692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427353.07/cwt340.00–365.001,50810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5271
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434379.84/cwt367.50–400.001,64919
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447355.48/cwt352.00–362.501,5899
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,9001
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474340.43/cwt325.00–350.001,61416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,6511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478367.83/cwt352.50–380.001,7583
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added515380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9574
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521354.98/cwt340.00–377.501,84914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522328.92/cwt320.00–337.501,7177
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525319.80/cwt312.50–330.001,6794
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8976
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562342.59/cwt330.00–348.001,92512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8703
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573314.68/cwt300.00–330.001,8039
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy574325.06/cwt320.00–330.001,8664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585355.91/cwt355.00–367.502,08214
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617324.01/cwt320.00–326.001,9993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618312.50/cwt310.00–315.001,9313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added633346.18/cwt345.00–352.502,1916
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660300.57/cwt291.00–310.001,9842
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674306.80/cwt300.00–310.002,0684
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738294.94/cwt282.50–317.502,1773
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0671
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5241
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4372
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed363414.97/cwt410.00–420.001,5062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371426.59/cwt405.00–450.001,5838
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385381.35/cwt355.00–400.001,4685
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426372.53/cwt370.00–380.001,5877
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434386.78/cwt372.50–405.001,6795
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6651
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467369.35/cwt350.00–373.001,72517
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471344.72/cwt325.00–355.001,6245
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7682
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522335.10/cwt325.00–340.001,74910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525349.66/cwt342.50–352.501,83620
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6391
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed585332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9451
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585330.10/cwt320.00–355.001,9318
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617324.83/cwt315.00–333.002,0049
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9381
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1122
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662321.87/cwt320.00–327.502,1314
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663293.71/cwt282.50–305.001,9472
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740303.25/cwt303.00–304.002,2444
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1561
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1821280.74/cwt280.00–281.002,3054
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1861
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,3761
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1990230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——810150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2151
Bulls——1,636190.49/cwt185.00–197.003,1167
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%680118.00/cwt118.00–118.008021
Cows—Lean 85-90%963152.01/cwt148.00–160.001,4644
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016141.90/cwt132.00–154.001,4429
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063124.09/cwt120.00–129.001,3194
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,215162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,9681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297153.41/cwt149.00–158.001,9903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302161.56/cwt160.00–164.002,1043
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,588157.51/cwt157.00–158.002,5012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0472,408.28/head2,200.00–2,800.002,4083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0552,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,974.69/head2,950.00–3,000.002,9752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2282,892.87/head2,800.00–3,000.002,8932
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,495185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,7661
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,7371

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.