Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold mostly steady, over 500 lb mostly 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 500 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.02/cwt on 142 head.

Average price

$168.02

142 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$56.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.23

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	374	186.63	698	4thin
Medium and Large 1	478	172.78	826	98
Medium and Large 2	439	155.12	680	39
Medium and Large 3	425	130.00	553	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.63/cwt here — about $145 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 sale142 hd

168.02

—

AR average10 barns · 847 hd

157.79

+10.23

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	—	High	1,691	77.35	1,308	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,408	60.72	855	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	56.58	698	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,065	47.78	509	21

Every lot, as filed

119 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 2	—	418	143.50/cwt	136.00–150.00	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	152.60/cwt	150.00–158.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	159.46/cwt	150.00–165.00	603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	365	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	555	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	473	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	505	147.48/cwt	145.00–150.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	324	164.20/cwt	160.00–165.00	532	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	418	168.22/cwt	165.00–175.00	703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	113.67/cwt	110.00–117.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	880	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	373	127.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	413	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	307	138.78/cwt	136.00–144.00	426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	105.10/cwt	100.00–110.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	395	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	475	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	300	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	530	105.50/cwt	100.00–111.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	125.97/cwt	122.00–130.00	995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	195.15/cwt	183.00–200.00	650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	140.29/cwt	138.00–149.00	955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	152.26/cwt	142.50–160.00	862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	179.21/cwt	170.00–192.50	676	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	171.04/cwt	160.00–175.00	814	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	782	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	825	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,569	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	855	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,130	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	56.03/cwt	55.00–57.00	587	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	735	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	55.38/cwt	50.00–59.00	586	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,404	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,388	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	13,630	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	814.92/cwt	700.00–935.00	8,842	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,088	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	731.28/cwt	650.00–800.00	7,861	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	74.83/cwt	68.00–86.00	701	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	66.56/cwt	61.00–74.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	152.15/cwt	147.00–157.50	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	134.07/cwt	128.00–140.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	133.50/cwt	132.00–135.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	129.89/cwt	121.00–137.50	738	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	137.24/cwt	130.00–145.00	716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	145.69/cwt	135.00–157.50	686	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	635	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	375	164.24/cwt	156.00–175.00	616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	122.09/cwt	110.00–134.00	400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	123.47/cwt	115.00–132.50	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	171.08/cwt	160.00–176.00	859	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	181.04/cwt	170.00–186.00	766	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	750	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	162.00/cwt	159.00–165.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	132.98/cwt	127.00–137.00	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	125.99/cwt	124.00–130.00	763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	111.20/cwt	110.00–116.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	155.71/cwt	140.00–165.00	503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	144.83/cwt	140.00–149.00	740	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	145.42/cwt	135.00–152.51	686	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	114.14/cwt	112.00–119.00	774	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	156.60/cwt	150.00–167.50	578	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	151.50/cwt	143.00–157.50	647	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	380	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	477	154.65/cwt	152.00–157.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	508	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	130.45/cwt	126.00–135.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	106.04/cwt	100.00–112.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	106.93/cwt	100.00–114.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	140.83/cwt	137.50–142.50	430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	145.73/cwt	140.00–150.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	132.46/cwt	127.00–143.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	440	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	836	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	503	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	905	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	179.46/cwt	167.50–184.00	849	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	153.81/cwt	140.00–169.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	128.90/cwt	125.00–133.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.64/cwt	120.00–128.00	692	3
Bulls	—	—	1,815	85.97/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,560	4
Bulls	—	—	1,591	70.46/cwt	60.00–75.00	1,121	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	50.72/cwt	48.00–52.00	572	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	60.49/cwt	54.00–65.00	788	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	60.72/cwt	58.00–63.00	855	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	39.31/cwt	39.00–40.00	406	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	54.95/cwt	54.00–56.00	636	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	48.61/cwt	44.00–52.00	521	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	790	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	181.94/cwt	172.50–195.00	680	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	151.11/cwt	147.00–157.50	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	154.85/cwt	147.00–157.50	722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	132.76/cwt	125.00–139.00	830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	157.37/cwt	152.50–162.50	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	809	2

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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