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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, May 12
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
373 head
▼ 265 vs last sale 638▲ 373 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 95▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 60▲ 160 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 450 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher, over 450 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher,over 450 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows were steady.Slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.35/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$128.35
101 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.53
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517129.2166875
Medium and Large 2479126.4360525
Medium and Large 3530112.005941thin
One grade step is worth $17.21/cwt here — about $75 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 sale101 hd
128.35
—
AR average7 barns · 1,121 hd
127.82
+0.53
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
Bulls—High1,58585.421,35415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35559.428056thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14857.7866322
CowsLean 85-90%Low95749.3047210

Every lot, as filed

81 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—430136.94/cwt135.00–142.505894
BullsMedium and Large 2—612118.00/cwt118.00–118.007223
BullsMedium and Large 2—317144.05/cwt135.00–152.504573
BullsMedium and Large 2—590125.00/cwt125.00–125.007381
BullsMedium and Large 1—483142.99/cwt130.00–155.0069113
BullsMedium and Large 1—381155.93/cwt146.00–177.505948
BullsMedium and Large 1—612122.69/cwt114.00–127.007516
BullsMedium and Large 1—566129.65/cwt122.00–132.007346
BullsMedium and Large 1—517139.45/cwt134.00–147.007216
BullsMedium and Large 1—423156.91/cwt154.00–160.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1—330179.77/cwt172.50–187.505932
BullsMedium and Large 1—665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—75046.00/cwt46.00–46.003451
CowsLean 85-90%—91540.00/cwt40.00–40.003662
CowsLean 85-90%—94547.00/cwt47.00–47.004441
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11550.00/cwt50.00–50.005581
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87695.38/cwt95.00–95.508369
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0191,085.08/cwt750.00–1,325.0011,05742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,144991.05/cwt700.00–1,200.0011,33860
SteersMedium and Large 1—630122.21/cwt113.00–126.007704
SteersMedium and Large 1—570141.58/cwt139.00–146.008073
SteersMedium and Large 1—735115.97/cwt112.00–120.008522
SteersMedium and Large 1—800114.00/cwt114.00–114.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530112.00/cwt112.00–112.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—415134.88/cwt130.00–142.505605
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469127.39/cwt120.00–133.005976
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588117.74/cwt116.00–119.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520120.74/cwt120.00–123.006284
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435127.00/cwt126.00–128.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360132.50/cwt127.50–137.504772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725104.00/cwt104.00–104.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—713124.80/cwt124.00–125.008905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380144.26/cwt137.00–150.0054814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670113.14/cwt108.00–115.0075812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513128.12/cwt123.00–132.0065712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467130.21/cwt124.00–134.0060812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428136.16/cwt130.00–145.005837
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330149.08/cwt144.00–155.004925
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720107.97/cwt104.00–110.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—611115.49/cwt115.00–116.007062
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563122.98/cwt122.00–124.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—94590.00/cwt90.00–90.008511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1101,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,9331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,250750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,3751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,19259.36/cwt57.00–65.007085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,25066.64/cwt64.00–69.008332
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9001,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0012,3753
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9711,315.37/cwt1,300.00–1,335.0012,7727
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,117.70/cwt890.00–1,175.0011,7366
SteersMedium and Large 3—565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—435148.00/cwt148.00–148.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006001
SteersMedium and Large 2—470147.19/cwt144.00–152.506923
SteersMedium and Large 2—385132.56/cwt130.00–135.005102
SteersMedium and Large 2—710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
SteersMedium and Large 2—650116.00/cwt116.00–116.007541
SteersMedium and Large 2—605134.00/cwt134.00–134.008111
SteersMedium and Large 2—520134.00/cwt134.00–134.006971
SteersMedium and Large 2—435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
SteersMedium and Large 1—424160.00/cwt147.50–167.506789
SteersMedium and Large 1—669121.74/cwt111.00–129.008148
SteersMedium and Large 1—508157.39/cwt155.00–160.008008
SteersMedium and Large 1—372169.84/cwt165.00–182.506326
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00853.34/cwt51.00–56.005386
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36858.01/cwt56.00–59.007944
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33062.23/cwt62.00–62.508282
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14257.61/cwt54.00–59.0065817
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18160.46/cwt60.00–62.007144
Bulls——1,76195.34/cwt92.50–100.001,6796
Bulls——1,57386.84/cwt82.50–90.001,3666
Bulls——1,25562.73/cwt57.50–70.007873
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87286.46/cwt82.00–95.0075416
SteersMedium and Large 1—329176.83/cwt170.00–187.505826
SteersMedium and Large 1—456159.97/cwt152.50–162.507295
SteersMedium and Large 1—772113.75/cwt110.00–115.008784
BullsMedium and Large 3—330120.00/cwt120.00–120.003961
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—460147.50/cwt147.50–147.506791
BullsMedium and Large 2—368132.48/cwt127.00–142.504887
BullsMedium and Large 2—517128.28/cwt123.00–135.006634
BullsMedium and Large 2—471132.72/cwt123.00–143.006254

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.