Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2019-09-24

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 24
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
689 head
133 vs last sale 556 689 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
18 vs last sale 71 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
12 vs last sale 18 30 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 under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 500 lb sold 5.00 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 3.00 10.00 higher, over 500 lb 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.62/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$129.62
171 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.48
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2427135.3557736
Medium and Large 1-2547131.4071910thin
Medium and Large 1539128.20691123
Medium and Large 3435105.114572thin
One grade step is worth $30.24/cwt here — about $120 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 sale171 hd
129.62
AR average9 barns · 1,276 hd
126.14
+3.48
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
BullsLow1,62274.491,2088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35752.837176thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14651.1158611
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01244.864547thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed413143.39/cwt137.00–146.0059211
HeifersMedium and Large 3435105.11/cwt100.00–110.004572
SteersMedium and Large 1805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
SteersMedium and Large 1670131.46/cwt125.00–135.008815
SteersMedium and Large 1605131.25/cwt130.00–131.507946
SteersMedium and Large 1369161.69/cwt148.00–174.005977
SteersMedium and Large 1324172.78/cwt160.00–190.005608
SteersMedium and Large 1413149.56/cwt145.00–152.006188
SteersMedium and Large 1471147.56/cwt142.00–151.006959
SteersMedium and Large 1529140.59/cwt133.00–145.007449
SteersMedium and Large 1571134.26/cwt128.00–143.007679
SteersMedium and Large 1-2863115.00/cwt115.00–115.009923
SteersMedium and Large 2380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005321
SteersMedium and Large 2480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006481
SteersMedium and Large 2650116.00/cwt116.00–116.007541
SteersMedium and Large 2610117.01/cwt116.00–118.007142
SteersMedium and Large 2424136.77/cwt134.00–139.005804
SteersMedium and Large 2530125.80/cwt120.00–130.006674
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed485144.00/cwt144.00–144.006982
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed353160.00/cwt160.00–160.005653
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed412150.00/cwt150.00–150.006183
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed330115.00/cwt115.00–115.003801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,063861.76/cwt600.00–1,000.009,1614
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,225966.33/cwt925.00–1,000.0011,8382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050968.45/cwt775.00–1,100.0010,1692
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2800800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,0201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2910750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,290964.97/cwt925.00–1,000.0012,4482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,106731.90/cwt650.00–850.008,0954
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2968732.17/cwt650.00–800.007,0872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,6631
Bulls1,28556.00/cwt56.00–56.007201
Bulls1,85584.00/cwt82.00–86.001,5582
Bulls1,59674.39/cwt72.00–77.001,1875
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28055.00/cwt55.00–55.007041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13350.72/cwt49.00–52.0057510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25054.00/cwt54.00–54.006752
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41152.24/cwt52.00–53.007374
CowsLean 85-90%1,03540.00/cwt40.00–40.004141
CowsLean 85-90%1,04345.80/cwt45.00–48.004785
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83545.00/cwt45.00–45.003761
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006662
BullsMedium and Large 1695128.00/cwt128.00–128.008901
BullsMedium and Large 1735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1810104.00/cwt104.00–104.008421
BullsMedium and Large 1573123.42/cwt120.00–127.007072
BullsMedium and Large 1363157.92/cwt150.00–162.005734
BullsMedium and Large 1465141.22/cwt139.00–145.006574
BullsMedium and Large 1316179.32/cwt177.50–187.505676
BullsMedium and Large 1621120.28/cwt116.00–124.007477
BullsMedium and Large 1420148.34/cwt139.00–152.0062313
BullsMedium and Large 1528132.74/cwt124.00–144.0070124
BullsMedium and Large 2335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
BullsMedium and Large 2520122.50/cwt122.50–122.506371
BullsMedium and Large 2780109.00/cwt109.00–109.008501
BullsMedium and Large 2738115.00/cwt115.00–115.008492
BullsMedium and Large 2387135.59/cwt130.00–139.005253
BullsMedium and Large 2468127.57/cwt123.00–135.005973
BullsMedium and Large 2574116.40/cwt110.00–122.006685
BullsMedium and Large 2431126.25/cwt118.00–134.005447
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550134.00/cwt134.00–134.007372
BullsMedium and Large 3440108.00/cwt108.00–108.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy545101.00/cwt101.00–101.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy620119.00/cwt119.00–119.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 1870107.00/cwt107.00–107.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 1324151.66/cwt145.00–157.004915
HeifersMedium and Large 1656121.96/cwt116.00–126.008005
HeifersMedium and Large 1711112.66/cwt109.00–117.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1566124.21/cwt120.00–133.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 1606121.46/cwt109.00–125.0073611
HeifersMedium and Large 1377144.45/cwt137.00–151.0054513
HeifersMedium and Large 1521126.92/cwt120.00–133.0066115
HeifersMedium and Large 1822111.00/cwt111.00–111.0091215
HeifersMedium and Large 1468128.28/cwt121.00–131.0060017
HeifersMedium and Large 1423138.29/cwt133.00–146.0058525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436141.00/cwt141.00–141.006154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681119.50/cwt119.50–119.508144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed503136.00/cwt136.00–136.006842
HeifersMedium and Large 2333132.48/cwt130.00–135.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 2470121.00/cwt121.00–121.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 2563111.69/cwt103.00–120.006292
HeifersMedium and Large 2444127.66/cwt121.00–131.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 2518111.35/cwt105.00–115.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570126.00/cwt126.00–126.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed372143.74/cwt141.00–152.005354
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed343150.00/cwt150.00–150.005155

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.