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
BullsAverage1,60176.581,22613
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 Fleshed360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
BullsMedium and Large 2482132.22/cwt130.50–135.006376
BullsMedium and Large 2550127.00/cwt124.00–130.006992
BullsMedium and Large 2513130.99/cwt130.00–132.006722
BullsMedium and Large 2433135.50/cwt135.00–136.005872
BullsMedium and Large 2373143.12/cwt141.00–145.005342
BullsMedium and Large 2725122.00/cwt122.00–122.008851
BullsMedium and Large 2650132.00/cwt132.00–132.008581
BullsMedium and Large 2310142.50/cwt142.50–142.504421
BullsMedium and Large 1562135.07/cwt130.00–140.007598
BullsMedium and Large 1527134.12/cwt130.00–140.007077
BullsMedium and Large 1618130.50/cwt129.50–132.008064
BullsMedium and Large 1478135.97/cwt129.00–142.006503
BullsMedium and Large 1423147.69/cwt144.00–151.006252
BullsMedium and Large 1350154.00/cwt154.00–154.005391
BullsMedium and Large 1340152.50/cwt152.50–152.505191
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007041
BullsMedium and Large 3435121.00/cwt121.00–121.005261
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005852
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy528124.49/cwt124.00–125.006572
HeifersMedium and Large 1690119.00/cwt119.00–119.008211
HeifersMedium and Large 1750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1338147.85/cwt142.00–156.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 1373141.79/cwt139.00–143.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 1520128.98/cwt125.00–130.006718
HeifersMedium and Large 1419137.79/cwt133.00–142.0057711
HeifersMedium and Large 1619126.95/cwt125.00–130.0078613
HeifersMedium and Large 1468133.32/cwt128.00–137.0062417
HeifersMedium and Large 1572128.34/cwt120.00–130.0073428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700128.00/cwt128.00–128.008963
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added570134.50/cwt134.50–134.507676
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added610133.62/cwt129.00–135.008159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525129.48/cwt129.00–130.006808
HeifersMedium and Large 2315145.81/cwt140.00–152.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 2365135.54/cwt120.00–143.004953
HeifersMedium and Large 2562123.00/cwt120.00–126.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 2423128.89/cwt124.00–134.005455
HeifersMedium and Large 2475125.77/cwt120.00–130.005976
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83541.99/cwt40.00–44.003512
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight70549.00/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
Bulls1,61476.92/cwt70.00–82.001,2419
Bulls1,86385.10/cwt84.00–86.001,5852
Bulls1,27866.56/cwt65.00–68.008512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292269.29/cwt62.00–78.006393
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,2601
SteersMedium and Large 3495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed369156.99/cwt153.00–159.005793
SteersMedium and Large 2582133.27/cwt130.00–135.007767
SteersMedium and Large 2528133.26/cwt128.00–137.007044
SteersMedium and Large 2434139.46/cwt132.00–145.006054
SteersMedium and Large 2360144.10/cwt135.00–150.005193
HeifersMedium and Large 2529125.04/cwt120.00–127.006619
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed378145.97/cwt145.00–147.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 3370115.00/cwt115.00–115.004261
HeifersMedium and Large 3410111.00/cwt111.00–111.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 3600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1285182.50/cwt182.50–182.505201
SteersMedium and Large 1655136.50/cwt135.00–138.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1708136.02/cwt134.00–138.009632
SteersMedium and Large 1340173.57/cwt170.00–180.005903
SteersMedium and Large 1865118.29/cwt115.00–120.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 1466150.82/cwt144.00–156.007036
SteersMedium and Large 1765134.47/cwt128.00–137.001,0296
SteersMedium and Large 1425155.08/cwt152.00–160.0065910
SteersMedium and Large 1363165.98/cwt164.00–171.0060311
SteersMedium and Large 1516145.75/cwt140.00–150.0075222
SteersMedium and Large 1571140.85/cwt138.50–143.5080424
SteersMedium and Large 1624140.68/cwt135.00–144.5087828
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added688139.00/cwt139.00–139.009562
SteersMedium and Large 2308147.56/cwt145.00–150.004542
SteersMedium and Large 2463144.28/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.