Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2020-01-14

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jan 14
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
867 head
18 vs last sale 885 867 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
31 vs last sale 115 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
15 vs last sale 35 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher over 500 sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 4.00 to to 5.00 higher, over 500 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Demand was good .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.70/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$150.70
178 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.14
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573155.13889120
Medium and Large 1-2473155.007332thin
Medium and Large 2497142.1270651
Medium and Large 3432130.195635thin
One grade step is worth $24.94/cwt here — about $326 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 sale178 hd
150.70
AR average10 barns · 2,636 hd
155.83
−5.14
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
BullsLow1,68671.161,2008thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52552.007931thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16344.245148thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08635.6438712

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1Fleshy425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
BullsMedium and Large 3385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
BullsMedium and Large 2475139.43/cwt133.00–145.006626
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
BullsMedium and Large 2425135.49/cwt132.00–140.005764
BullsMedium and Large 2368144.19/cwt135.00–152.505313
BullsMedium and Large 2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
BullsMedium and Large 1415166.63/cwt155.00–175.0069210
BullsMedium and Large 1466163.26/cwt157.50–170.007618
BullsMedium and Large 1307173.42/cwt165.00–190.005326
BullsMedium and Large 1573142.26/cwt130.00–155.008155
BullsMedium and Large 1722120.03/cwt100.00–130.008673
BullsMedium and Large 1505133.38/cwt128.00–142.006743
BullsMedium and Large 1600129.50/cwt129.00–130.007772
BullsMedium and Large 185590.00/cwt90.00–90.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy67090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005941
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight75025.00/cwt25.00–25.001881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13840.45/cwt40.00–41.004602
Bulls1,56562.00/cwt62.00–62.009701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2925490.00/cwt490.00–490.004,5331
BullsMedium and Large 1698129.00/cwt129.00–129.009003
HeifersMedium and Large 3540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 3485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 3335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
HeifersMedium and Large 2424131.76/cwt130.00–135.005595
HeifersMedium and Large 2676128.00/cwt128.00–128.008654
HeifersMedium and Large 2700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 2550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 2535122.00/cwt122.00–122.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 2470125.00/cwt125.00–125.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 2345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383135.00/cwt135.00–135.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added521137.57/cwt136.00–138.007179
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added728126.50/cwt126.50–126.509216
HeifersMedium and Large 1620127.59/cwt120.00–131.0079127
HeifersMedium and Large 1568128.83/cwt122.50–135.0073222
HeifersMedium and Large 1468141.14/cwt135.00–150.0066115
HeifersMedium and Large 1524130.70/cwt126.00–135.0068514
HeifersMedium and Large 1422139.52/cwt135.00–150.0058914
HeifersMedium and Large 1721120.02/cwt110.00–123.508658
HeifersMedium and Large 1668124.23/cwt119.00–128.008308
HeifersMedium and Large 1389144.04/cwt141.00–150.005608
HeifersMedium and Large 1326152.52/cwt140.00–165.004977
HeifersMedium and Large 1783120.00/cwt120.00–120.009405
SteersMedium and Large 2475142.19/cwt134.00–150.0067514
SteersMedium and Large 2567147.84/cwt140.00–157.508388
SteersMedium and Large 2430146.71/cwt140.00–157.006317
SteersMedium and Large 2371139.68/cwt133.00–150.005186
SteersMedium and Large 2608131.40/cwt131.00–133.007995
SteersMedium and Large 2516138.05/cwt135.00–145.007124
SteersMedium and Large 2755124.00/cwt124.00–124.009362
SteersMedium and Large 2325152.50/cwt152.50–152.504962
SteersMedium and Large 2690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473155.00/cwt155.00–155.007332
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added590155.00/cwt155.00–155.009155
SteersMedium and Large 1380181.49/cwt160.00–190.0069016
SteersMedium and Large 1723136.64/cwt125.00–138.5098815
SteersMedium and Large 1689137.64/cwt134.00–143.0094814
SteersMedium and Large 1523164.00/cwt157.50–170.0085812
SteersMedium and Large 1422175.48/cwt160.00–190.0074112
SteersMedium and Large 1624145.81/cwt138.00–150.0091011
SteersMedium and Large 1461168.09/cwt155.00–182.507759
SteersMedium and Large 1566155.10/cwt132.50–168.008786
SteersMedium and Large 1865128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1075
SteersMedium and Large 1832126.80/cwt122.00–128.001,0555
SteersMedium and Large 1323182.52/cwt160.00–212.505905
SteersMedium and Large 1777131.35/cwt130.00–134.001,0213
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy528129.00/cwt129.00–129.006812
CowsLean 85-90%1,11038.63/cwt35.00–45.004297
CowsLean 85-90%1,12833.06/cwt30.00–35.003734
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52552.00/cwt52.00–52.007931
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15045.00/cwt45.00–45.005185
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27548.00/cwt48.00–48.006121
Bulls1,69770.46/cwt67.50–72.501,1965
Bulls1,72077.50/cwt77.50–77.501,3332
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15056.68/cwt50.00–66.006522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,234811.87/cwt550.00–1,025.0010,01813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,258842.49/cwt500.00–1,100.0010,5999
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,231779.99/cwt675.00–900.009,6028
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,254698.70/cwt660.00–725.008,7625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,091567.27/cwt470.00–675.006,1894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,39548.00/cwt48.00–48.006701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,183998.87/cwt925.00–1,050.0011,8173
SteersMedium and Large 3442131.98/cwt126.00–135.005833
SteersMedium and Large 3485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
SteersMedium and Large 3350130.00/cwt130.00–130.004551
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed525160.00/cwt160.00–160.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435167.50/cwt167.50–167.507291
HeifersMedium and Large 1295155.00/cwt155.00–155.004571
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy880102.00/cwt102.00–102.008981

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.