Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower,over 500 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, over 500 lb 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Fleshy new crop calves sold discounted 10.00 to 15.00. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.08/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$118.08

156 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.27

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	379	132.00	500	13thin
Medium and Large 1	510	118.22	603	109
Medium and Large 2	452	114.09	516	28
Medium and Large 3	382	104.03	397	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.97/cwt here — about $103 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 sale156 hd

118.08

—

AR average10 barns · 1,800 hd

120.35

−2.27

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,419	57.57	817	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,324	46.26	612	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	40.38	483	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	33.91	357	9thin

Every lot, as filed

120 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	957.27/cwt	750.00–1,025.00	9,716	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,009	895.97/cwt	725.00–1,000.00	9,040	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,118	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	84.53/cwt	80.00–94.00	746	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	820	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	509	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	129.28/cwt	127.50–131.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	113.66/cwt	109.00–118.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	110.49/cwt	103.00–113.00	573	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	375	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	437	109.66/cwt	109.00–110.00	479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	111.19/cwt	110.00–112.50	361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	101.89/cwt	100.00–104.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	395	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	152.93/cwt	140.00–162.50	575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	123.55/cwt	110.00–128.00	647	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	590	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	715	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	795	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	810	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	395	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	668	92.07/cwt	90.00–97.50	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	380	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	405	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	135.57/cwt	128.00–144.00	389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	113.98/cwt	111.00–118.00	806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	125.10/cwt	121.00–131.00	509	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	120.19/cwt	116.00–122.00	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	128.67/cwt	125.00–132.50	483	11
Bulls	—	—	1,750	71.00/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,243	2
Bulls	—	—	1,309	48.45/cwt	45.00–55.00	634	7
Bulls	—	—	1,428	60.94/cwt	55.00–65.00	870	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	39.05/cwt	38.00–40.00	460	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	41.71/cwt	40.00–43.00	507	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,190	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	500	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	47.68/cwt	46.00–50.00	652	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	29.47/cwt	28.00–31.00	293	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	36.04/cwt	35.00–38.00	399	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	850	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	150.02/cwt	143.00–160.00	618	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	145.93/cwt	133.00–149.00	693	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	119.64/cwt	115.00–123.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	156.04/cwt	140.00–165.00	510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	121.70/cwt	116.00–127.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	133.98/cwt	129.00–144.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	142.27/cwt	140.00–144.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	580	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	129.07/cwt	126.00–132.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	132.04/cwt	130.00–135.00	420	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	119.02/cwt	117.00–120.00	667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	130.64/cwt	122.00–135.00	482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	122.32/cwt	112.00–125.00	746	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	534	112.01/cwt	110.00–118.00	598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	780	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	142.19/cwt	135.00–150.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	96.38/cwt	92.00–101.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	104.44/cwt	100.00–109.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	146.05/cwt	140.00–155.00	536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	116.86/cwt	112.00–119.00	671	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	116.71/cwt	113.00–119.00	710	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	129.93/cwt	126.00–132.00	628	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	142.32/cwt	134.00–145.00	723	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	126.73/cwt	120.00–134.00	416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	124.19/cwt	120.00–128.00	457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	105.35/cwt	97.00–114.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	114.31/cwt	113.00–118.00	758	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	112.05/cwt	100.00–117.00	696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	125.15/cwt	112.00–128.00	522	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	114.68/cwt	107.50–122.00	653	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	120.96/cwt	118.00–125.00	562	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	117.04/cwt	112.00–122.00	596	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	106.93/cwt	104.00–110.00	602	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	1,161.75/cwt	650.00–1,275.00	12,907	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	1,121.22/cwt	800.00–1,260.00	12,681	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,540	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	647	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	520	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	7,088	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,384	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	750.52/cwt	700.00–800.00	10,732	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	784.69/cwt	700.00–930.00	8,537	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,219	947.58/cwt	925.00–975.00	11,551	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	800.31/cwt	700.00–825.00	7,699	5

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.

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