Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2020-02-25

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 25
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
600 head
25 vs last sale 575 600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
2 vs last sale 68 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
150 head
109 vs last sale 41 150 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 to 4.00 lower, over 500 lb steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower, over 500 sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.52/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$134.52
115 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.66
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2340140.004762thin
Medium and Large 1499137.9068863
Medium and Large 2447131.6058844
Medium and Large 3354118.694206thin
One grade step is worth $21.31/cwt here — about $56 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 sale115 hd
134.52
AR average9 barns · 2,005 hd
147.18
−12.66
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
BullsAverage1,52677.281,17914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44562.449024thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21458.1770612
CowsLean 85-90%Average98649.444885thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1845105.00/cwt105.00–105.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
HeifersMedium and Large 1285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
BullsMedium and Large 3470110.13/cwt107.00–113.005182
BullsMedium and Large 3315118.22/cwt111.00–125.003722
BullsMedium and Large 3500100.00/cwt100.00–100.005001
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed390177.50/cwt177.50–177.506921
BullsMedium and Large 2580126.99/cwt125.00–128.007373
BullsMedium and Large 2480131.04/cwt123.00–141.006293
BullsMedium and Large 2367140.13/cwt135.00–147.505143
BullsMedium and Large 2628124.00/cwt124.00–124.007792
BullsMedium and Large 2325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
BullsMedium and Large 1471164.25/cwt158.00–168.007745
BullsMedium and Large 1813118.00/cwt118.00–118.009593
BullsMedium and Large 1558147.50/cwt147.00–148.008232
BullsMedium and Large 1525150.57/cwt148.00–153.007902
BullsMedium and Large 1383173.98/cwt173.00–175.006662
BullsMedium and Large 1310186.74/cwt179.00–195.005792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120966.57/cwt770.00–1,260.0010,82615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1431,161.97/cwt790.00–1,265.0013,28130
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,190725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,6282
SteersMedium and Large 1719125.96/cwt122.00–131.009065
SteersMedium and Large 1581148.17/cwt147.00–150.008615
SteersMedium and Large 1418192.50/cwt192.50–192.508052
SteersMedium and Large 1675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008841
SteersMedium and Large 1285182.50/cwt182.50–182.505201
HeifersMedium and Large 3314117.43/cwt110.00–125.003694
HeifersMedium and Large 3433121.21/cwt120.00–122.505252
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed324143.79/cwt143.00–145.0046613
HeifersMedium and Large 2425133.98/cwt125.00–137.5056910
HeifersMedium and Large 2553120.00/cwt120.00–120.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 2372139.73/cwt135.00–141.005205
HeifersMedium and Large 2537122.34/cwt115.00–127.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 2733112.47/cwt110.00–115.008242
HeifersMedium and Large 2453131.46/cwt125.00–138.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 287560.00/cwt60.00–60.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 2750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 2665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007911
HeifersMedium and Large 2310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004762
HeifersMedium and Large 1414151.34/cwt142.50–159.0062713
HeifersMedium and Large 1521132.20/cwt127.00–138.0068911
HeifersMedium and Large 1372155.09/cwt148.00–170.0057711
HeifersMedium and Large 1614122.00/cwt115.00–127.007497
HeifersMedium and Large 1575123.85/cwt119.00–128.007127
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,121871.81/cwt705.00–1,050.009,77314
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,5501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2850876.47/cwt850.00–900.007,4502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2800710.00/cwt710.00–710.005,6801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2900860.00/cwt860.00–860.007,7401
SteersMedium and Large 3475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006411
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed411177.00/cwt177.00–177.007277
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed346188.00/cwt188.00–188.006506
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed377175.00/cwt175.00–175.006603
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed485162.00/cwt162.00–162.007861
SteersMedium and Large 2522157.27/cwt150.00–161.0082111
SteersMedium and Large 2673125.34/cwt124.00–127.008443
SteersMedium and Large 2580134.93/cwt131.00–139.007832
SteersMedium and Large 2488157.48/cwt156.00–159.007692
SteersMedium and Large 2785115.00/cwt115.00–115.009031
SteersMedium and Large 2415131.00/cwt131.00–131.005441
SteersMedium and Large 2325143.00/cwt143.00–143.004651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2454170.85/cwt170.00–173.007767
SteersMedium and Large 1-2405168.00/cwt168.00–168.006803
SteersMedium and Large 1466176.78/cwt176.00–182.5082410
SteersMedium and Large 1332179.37/cwt160.00–205.005967
CowsLean 85-90%97746.62/cwt45.00–48.004553
CowsLean 85-90%1,00053.66/cwt52.50–55.005372
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44562.44/cwt61.00–64.009024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18856.75/cwt53.00–60.006748
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26561.00/cwt60.00–63.007724
Bulls1,40876.40/cwt73.00–83.001,0766
Bulls1,79488.70/cwt83.00–94.001,5915
Bulls1,31559.99/cwt56.00–65.007893
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05566.00/cwt66.00–66.006962
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-284370.36/cwt64.00–76.005933
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2901807.72/cwt750.00–960.007,27817
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29761,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0011,71211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920719.13/cwt700.00–750.006,6165
SteersMedium and Large 1614146.82/cwt140.00–152.009016
SteersMedium and Large 1536166.07/cwt163.00–181.008906
SteersMedium and Large 1375183.67/cwt170.00–198.006896
HeifersMedium and Large 1468133.32/cwt130.00–138.006246
HeifersMedium and Large 1877108.00/cwt108.00–108.009473
HeifersMedium and Large 1335170.00/cwt165.00–175.005702

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.