Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower,over 500 lb mostly 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher, over 500 sold steady to 2.00 higher.Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Value added cattle sold at a premium of 5.00 to 15.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.94/cwt on 314 head.

Average price

$138.94

314 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$357

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

$33.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.46

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	140.25	829	253
Medium and Large 1-2	545	138.86	757	21
Medium and Large 2	527	132.62	699	37
Medium and Large 3	443	106.57	472	3thin

One grade step is worth $33.69/cwt here — about $357 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 sale314 hd

138.94

—

AR average2 barns · 392 hd

137.48

+1.46

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	—	Low	1,380	57.84	798	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,599	46.65	746	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,261	43.52	549	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	34.46	348	16

Every lot, as filed

104 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	648	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	54.33/cwt	54.00–55.00	442	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	135.02/cwt	132.00–138.00	824	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	127.14/cwt	127.00–127.50	904	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	543	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	370	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	129.92/cwt	123.00–145.00	613	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	125.67/cwt	116.00–128.00	787	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	123.51/cwt	120.00–130.00	695	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	124.05/cwt	121.00–126.00	655	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	112.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	876	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	132.27/cwt	128.00–137.50	511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	127.22/cwt	126.00–132.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	121.33/cwt	120.00–124.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	100.44/cwt	90.00–111.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	119.92/cwt	113.00–127.00	995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	150.97/cwt	146.00–156.00	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	103.11/cwt	100.00–106.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	111.95/cwt	110.00–114.00	459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	128.87/cwt	125.00–133.00	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	779	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	770	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	140.95/cwt	137.00–143.00	794	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	519	151.28/cwt	149.00–154.00	785	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	672	142.07/cwt	140.00–143.50	955	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	138.10/cwt	134.00–140.00	985	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	616	137.89/cwt	134.00–140.00	849	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	366	152.51/cwt	147.50–155.00	558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	133.22/cwt	128.00–135.00	721	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	126.59/cwt	125.00–130.00	586	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	600	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	104.98/cwt	100.00–110.00	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	365	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	133.46/cwt	130.00–137.00	581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	127.44/cwt	125.00–131.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	135.21/cwt	127.00–139.00	660	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	120.08/cwt	119.00–122.00	632	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	133.90/cwt	125.00–135.00	695	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	118.08/cwt	116.00–120.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	115.03/cwt	110.00–120.00	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	123.25/cwt	123.00–124.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	121.53/cwt	110.00–126.00	582	14
Bulls	—	—	1,257	52.59/cwt	45.00–57.00	661	3
Bulls	—	—	1,473	61.78/cwt	60.00–64.00	910	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	734	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	42.09/cwt	40.00–44.00	527	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	549	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	44.53/cwt	43.00–46.00	651	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,813	53.09/cwt	51.00–55.00	963	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	33.80/cwt	30.00–37.00	383	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	41.28/cwt	40.00–44.00	460	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	824	28.08/cwt	20.00–35.00	231	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	122.83/cwt	110.00–131.00	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	518	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	372	156.09/cwt	141.00–166.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	562	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	102.35/cwt	90.00–115.00	440	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,890	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,430	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,870	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	708.22/cwt	550.00–825.00	8,024	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	782.37/cwt	700.00–825.00	8,982	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	849	736.08/cwt	700.00–825.00	6,249	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	545	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	974	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	140.96/cwt	140.00–146.00	670	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	156.07/cwt	143.00–159.00	654	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	126.12/cwt	120.00–134.00	777	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	136.02/cwt	132.00–144.00	721	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	133.63/cwt	127.00–137.00	772	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	130.69/cwt	128.00–136.00	877	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	416	162.84/cwt	160.00–167.00	677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	788	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,056	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	457	152.00/cwt	150.00–154.00	695	10

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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