Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2019-12-10

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Dec 10
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
661 head
441 vs last sale 1,102 661 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
47 vs last sale 118 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 20 25 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 steady, over 500 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady, over 500 lb mostly 4.00 lower.Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.43/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$139.43
109 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.32
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543143.2877881
Medium and Large 1-2443140.006206thin
Medium and Large 2457125.1357222
One grade step is worth $18.14/cwt here — about $205 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 sale109 hd
139.43
AR average9 barns · 2,675 hd
146.76
−7.32
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
BullsHigh1,52260.8992711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38445.636315thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20739.994837thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99529.412938thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87820.00/cwt20.00–20.001762
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed465122.64/cwt120.00–128.005703
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed509124.00/cwt124.00–124.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420113.00/cwt113.00–113.004753
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed525117.00/cwt117.00–117.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
HeifersMedium and Large 2565105.00/cwt105.00–105.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 2340122.50/cwt122.50–122.504171
HeifersMedium and Large 2290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
HeifersMedium and Large 1335136.71/cwt122.50–145.004589
SteersMedium and Large 1723131.10/cwt125.00–135.5094821
SteersMedium and Large 2387129.56/cwt125.00–136.005016
SteersMedium and Large 1286148.00/cwt148.00–148.004237
SteersMedium and Large 2418125.56/cwt120.00–132.505253
SteersMedium and Large 2582123.00/cwt123.00–123.007162
SteersMedium and Large 2620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
SteersMedium and Large 2515122.50/cwt120.00–125.006312
SteersMedium and Large 2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
SteersMedium and Large 2330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004461
SteersMedium and Large 2275137.00/cwt137.00–137.003771
SteersMedium and Large 1645126.00/cwt126.00–126.008131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443140.00/cwt140.00–140.006206
SteersMedium and Large 1775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009301
SteersMedium and Large 1530148.11/cwt142.00–153.0078510
SteersMedium and Large 1576132.19/cwt130.00–142.007619
SteersMedium and Large 1474153.22/cwt147.00–158.007269
SteersMedium and Large 1372163.03/cwt150.00–170.006068
SteersMedium and Large 1427156.37/cwt151.00–160.006686
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025585.44/cwt570.00–600.006,0012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,190590.00/cwt590.00–590.007,0211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26543.58/cwt42.00–45.005512
SteersMedium and Large 1325161.54/cwt150.00–180.005254
SteersMedium and Large 1819124.62/cwt121.00–128.001,0213
SteersMedium and Large 1653129.00/cwt128.00–130.008422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2845700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,9151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2785600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,7101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100577.70/cwt530.00–660.006,3553
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298550.00/cwt50.00–50.004931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,197698.51/cwt470.00–925.008,3617
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,3001
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 339060.00/cwt60.00–60.002341
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 261260.00/cwt60.00–60.003675
Bulls1,90868.70/cwt67.00–71.001,3113
BullsMedium and Large 1568128.66/cwt126.00–132.007313
BullsMedium and Large 1398134.00/cwt134.00–134.005333
BullsMedium and Large 1480135.00/cwt129.00–141.006482
BullsMedium and Large 1675127.50/cwt127.50–127.508611
BullsMedium and Large 1440156.00/cwt156.00–156.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy720105.00/cwt105.00–105.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed330105.00/cwt105.00–105.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004385
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed484134.00/cwt134.00–134.006494
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed623100.00/cwt100.00–100.006232
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006561
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed49083.00/cwt83.00–83.004071
Bulls1,37545.00/cwt45.00–45.006191
BullsMedium and Large 366379.98/cwt75.00–85.005302
BullsMedium and Large 3370110.00/cwt110.00–110.004072
BullsMedium and Large 3425108.00/cwt108.00–108.004591
BullsMedium and Large 3330112.50/cwt112.50–112.503711
Bulls1,37859.81/cwt50.00–66.008247
BullsMedium and Large 3530105.29/cwt90.00–110.005584
BullsMedium and Large 2595124.51/cwt117.00–126.007416
BullsMedium and Large 2665114.53/cwt96.00–145.007625
BullsMedium and Large 362096.00/cwt96.00–96.005951
BullsMedium and Large 3590107.00/cwt107.00–107.006311
BullsMedium and Large 280581.00/cwt81.00–81.006521
BullsMedium and Large 2615102.54/cwt101.00–104.006312
BullsMedium and Large 2485122.04/cwt120.00–124.005922
BullsMedium and Large 1520136.08/cwt132.00–149.007084
BullsMedium and Large 272095.00/cwt95.00–95.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 2374122.09/cwt117.00–127.504574
HeifersMedium and Large 1275145.00/cwt135.00–155.003992
HeifersMedium and Large 1366134.44/cwt130.00–138.004928
HeifersMedium and Large 2439119.00/cwt119.00–119.005226
HeifersMedium and Large 1512120.12/cwt115.00–123.0061516
HeifersMedium and Large 2479109.52/cwt100.00–117.005254
HeifersMedium and Large 1625116.98/cwt116.00–118.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 1469122.82/cwt115.00–126.0057613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37848.11/cwt46.00–50.006632
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38843.97/cwt43.00–45.006103
CowsLean 85-90%99030.39/cwt28.00–34.003013
HeifersMedium and Large 1695116.00/cwt116.00–116.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 1419126.29/cwt124.00–135.005296
HeifersMedium and Large 1568119.18/cwt110.00–125.006776
BullsMedium and Large 2416127.94/cwt123.00–136.005324
BullsMedium and Large 2329136.72/cwt122.00–140.004505
BullsMedium and Large 1745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
CowsLean 85-90%1,07834.69/cwt34.00–35.003743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25047.00/cwt47.00–47.005881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20038.82/cwt35.00–44.004666
BullsMedium and Large 1330142.00/cwt142.00–142.004692
BullsMedium and Large 2528123.99/cwt119.00–131.0065512

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.