Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2019-07-16

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 16
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
▼ 253 vs last sale 700▲ 447 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 107▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 15▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, under 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, under 500 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.90/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$130.90
155 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$25.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.72
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494133.7166011thin
Medium and Large 1532131.62701111
Medium and Large 2463129.4559930
Medium and Large 3460108.675003thin
One grade step is worth $25.05/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale155 hd
130.90
—
AR average8 barns · 1,657 hd
129.18
+1.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,60176.581,22613
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37758.658083thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17657.4867614
CowsLean 85-90%Low97649.7648610

Every lot, as filed

80 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
BullsMedium and Large 2—482132.22/cwt130.50–135.006376
BullsMedium and Large 2—550127.00/cwt124.00–130.006992
BullsMedium and Large 2—513130.99/cwt130.00–132.006722
BullsMedium and Large 2—433135.50/cwt135.00–136.005872
BullsMedium and Large 2—373143.12/cwt141.00–145.005342
BullsMedium and Large 2—725122.00/cwt122.00–122.008851
BullsMedium and Large 2—650132.00/cwt132.00–132.008581
BullsMedium and Large 2—310142.50/cwt142.50–142.504421
BullsMedium and Large 1—562135.07/cwt130.00–140.007598
BullsMedium and Large 1—527134.12/cwt130.00–140.007077
BullsMedium and Large 1—618130.50/cwt129.50–132.008064
BullsMedium and Large 1—478135.97/cwt129.00–142.006503
BullsMedium and Large 1—423147.69/cwt144.00–151.006252
BullsMedium and Large 1—350154.00/cwt154.00–154.005391
BullsMedium and Large 1—340152.50/cwt152.50–152.505191
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007041
BullsMedium and Large 3—435121.00/cwt121.00–121.005261
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005852
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—528124.49/cwt124.00–125.006572
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690119.00/cwt119.00–119.008211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338147.85/cwt142.00–156.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373141.79/cwt139.00–143.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520128.98/cwt125.00–130.006718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419137.79/cwt133.00–142.0057711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619126.95/cwt125.00–130.0078613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468133.32/cwt128.00–137.0062417
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572128.34/cwt120.00–130.0073428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—700128.00/cwt128.00–128.008963
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—570134.50/cwt134.50–134.507676
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—610133.62/cwt129.00–135.008159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525129.48/cwt129.00–130.006808
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315145.81/cwt140.00–152.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365135.54/cwt120.00–143.004953
HeifersMedium and Large 2—562123.00/cwt120.00–126.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423128.89/cwt124.00–134.005455
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475125.77/cwt120.00–130.005976
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—83541.99/cwt40.00–44.003512
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—70549.00/cwt49.00–49.003451
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07950.93/cwt48.00–53.005505
CowsLean 85-90%—99555.00/cwt55.00–55.005472
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37758.65/cwt58.00–59.008083
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18855.82/cwt53.00–58.006637
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16459.14/cwt59.00–60.006887
Bulls——1,61476.92/cwt70.00–82.001,2419
Bulls——1,86385.10/cwt84.00–86.001,5852
Bulls——1,27866.56/cwt65.00–68.008512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—92269.29/cwt62.00–78.006393
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1201,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,2601
SteersMedium and Large 3—495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—369156.99/cwt153.00–159.005793
SteersMedium and Large 2—582133.27/cwt130.00–135.007767
SteersMedium and Large 2—528133.26/cwt128.00–137.007044
SteersMedium and Large 2—434139.46/cwt132.00–145.006054
SteersMedium and Large 2—360144.10/cwt135.00–150.005193
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529125.04/cwt120.00–127.006619
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—378145.97/cwt145.00–147.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370115.00/cwt115.00–115.004261
HeifersMedium and Large 3—410111.00/cwt111.00–111.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 3—600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1—285182.50/cwt182.50–182.505201
SteersMedium and Large 1—655136.50/cwt135.00–138.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1—708136.02/cwt134.00–138.009632
SteersMedium and Large 1—340173.57/cwt170.00–180.005903
SteersMedium and Large 1—865118.29/cwt115.00–120.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 1—466150.82/cwt144.00–156.007036
SteersMedium and Large 1—765134.47/cwt128.00–137.001,0296
SteersMedium and Large 1—425155.08/cwt152.00–160.0065910
SteersMedium and Large 1—363165.98/cwt164.00–171.0060311
SteersMedium and Large 1—516145.75/cwt140.00–150.0075222
SteersMedium and Large 1—571140.85/cwt138.50–143.5080424
SteersMedium and Large 1—624140.68/cwt135.00–144.5087828
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—688139.00/cwt139.00–139.009562
SteersMedium and Large 2—308147.56/cwt145.00–150.004542
SteersMedium and Large 2—463144.28/cwt142.50–146.006682

How this sale compares

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.