Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available sale closed previous two weeks. Demand was good on all classes of feeders. pre vac and weaned feeders sold at a premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.03/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$133.03

188 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$32.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.92

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	437	135.63	592	8thin
Medium and Large 1	502	135.14	678	142
Medium and Large 2	464	126.50	587	35
Medium and Large 3	544	102.74	559	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.88/cwt here — about $33 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 sale188 hd

133.03

—

AR average3 barns · 358 hd

131.11

+1.92

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	1,643	64.28	1,056	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	49.98	714	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	48.00	605	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	978	33.22	325	12

Every lot, as filed

113 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	154.89/cwt	150.00–165.00	897	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	152.84/cwt	141.00–165.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	132.52/cwt	125.00–137.00	835	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	162.01/cwt	157.50–167.50	679	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	142.51/cwt	135.00–150.00	754	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	144.68/cwt	137.00–150.00	690	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	582	144.11/cwt	136.00–154.00	839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	107.35/cwt	100.00–114.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	170.29/cwt	164.00–177.50	720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	47.51/cwt	47.00–48.00	524	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	690	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	442	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	742	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	785	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	139.77/cwt	135.00–144.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	149.62/cwt	142.50–156.00	630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	133.16/cwt	130.00–142.50	703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	509	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	133.83/cwt	121.00–146.00	494	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	134.74/cwt	130.00–147.50	794	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	97.61/cwt	90.00–105.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	115.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	121.69/cwt	118.00–126.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	139.14/cwt	138.00–141.00	520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	124.32/cwt	120.00–130.00	515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	189.33/cwt	170.00–205.00	598	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	976	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	855	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,243	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	162.74/cwt	155.00–172.50	760	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	159.70/cwt	159.00–160.00	813	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	191.13/cwt	175.00–200.00	696	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	852	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	621.33/cwt	610.00–630.00	6,524	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	654.15/cwt	570.00–800.00	8,059	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	8,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	1,043.57/cwt	900.00–1,150.00	12,178	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,213	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	755	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	5,738	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	815	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	3,994	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	579.27/cwt	475.00–660.00	6,372	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	819.39/cwt	760.00–890.00	8,071	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	10,494	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	738.77/cwt	650.00–810.00	8,259	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	725	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	573	163.11/cwt	160.00–167.00	935	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	764	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	780	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	881	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	432	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	622	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	355	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	670	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	875	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	565	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	473	126.63/cwt	117.00–130.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	470	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	547	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	178.06/cwt	175.00–187.50	664	4
Bulls	—	—	1,385	51.97/cwt	46.00–55.00	720	3
Bulls	—	—	1,691	68.65/cwt	65.00–72.50	1,161	6
Bulls	—	—	2,125	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	127.64/cwt	122.00–132.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	733	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	124.34/cwt	123.00–126.00	719	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	673	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	46.43/cwt	42.00–50.00	593	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	52.18/cwt	51.00–53.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	758	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	129.92/cwt	125.00–135.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	123.14/cwt	110.00–126.00	887	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	205	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	34.53/cwt	32.00–37.00	344	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	424	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	385	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	51.22/cwt	50.00–54.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	124.13/cwt	120.00–127.00	770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	136.12/cwt	130.00–140.00	641	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	153.72/cwt	142.50–167.50	509	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.15/cwt	123.00–141.00	757	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	135.64/cwt	129.00–140.00	563	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	124.51/cwt	122.50–130.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	150.25/cwt	142.00–157.50	566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	128.22/cwt	124.00–130.00	851	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	128.56/cwt	120.00–130.00	693	7

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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