Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 450 sold steady, over 450 sold steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lb sold steady, over 450 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Several quality consignments of value added cattle sold at a premium. supply was high , demand was strong thru out the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.19/cwt on 358 head.

Average price

$145.19

358 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$13.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	148.24	824	267
Medium and Large 1-2	575	139.13	799	32
Medium and Large 2	564	134.64	760	59

One grade step is worth $13.60/cwt here — about $64 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 sale358 hd

145.19

—

AR average8 barns · 1,206 hd

144.08

+1.11

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	1,603	87.37	1,400	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,419	63.79	905	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,128	61.87	698	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	883	47.46	419	13

Every lot, as filed

116 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 1-2	—	521	146.11/cwt	145.00–147.00	761	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	136.31/cwt	132.00–142.00	784	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	146.28/cwt	145.00–149.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	135.55/cwt	128.00–143.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	128.29/cwt	128.00–130.00	793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	131.93/cwt	124.00–137.00	761	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	126.46/cwt	116.00–127.50	830	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	355	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	445	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	273	167.73/cwt	162.50–172.50	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	807	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	162.61/cwt	156.00–170.00	603	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	146.59/cwt	142.50–152.00	695	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	134.58/cwt	130.00–140.00	759	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	899	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	567	152.58/cwt	148.00–158.00	865	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	900	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	829	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	67.49/cwt	67.00–68.00	732	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	66.78/cwt	65.00–69.00	768	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,408	70.02/cwt	67.00–73.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	133.67/cwt	132.00–134.50	580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	800	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	486	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	639	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	645	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	768	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	135.75/cwt	135.50–136.00	703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	706	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	305	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	647	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	789	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	128.76/cwt	124.00–134.00	670	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	128.58/cwt	125.00–136.00	616	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	113.79/cwt	111.50–123.00	778	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	125.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	707	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	140.10/cwt	138.00–146.00	534	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	112.47/cwt	110.00–117.00	799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	143.48/cwt	136.00–145.00	616	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	116.74/cwt	113.00–122.00	723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	164.90/cwt	157.50–170.00	460	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	119.45/cwt	115.00–123.00	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	135.22/cwt	131.00–140.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	745	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	815	37.59/cwt	25.00–44.00	306	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	715	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	250	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	54.60/cwt	53.00–56.00	526	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	49.05/cwt	45.00–51.00	429	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	64.65/cwt	62.00–67.00	906	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	882	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	63.60/cwt	60.00–67.00	717	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	57.93/cwt	54.00–60.00	654	7
Bulls	—	—	1,742	92.13/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,605	8
Bulls	—	—	1,360	84.12/cwt	76.00–89.00	1,144	3
Bulls	—	—	1,215	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	717	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	59.26/cwt	50.00–74.00	556	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	65.51/cwt	60.00–73.00	569	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	992.27/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	10,260	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	11,100	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,615	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	1,036.42/cwt	980.00–1,110.00	11,121	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	875.27/cwt	810.00–925.00	10,529	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	981	842.38/cwt	650.00–885.00	8,264	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	701.44/cwt	675.00–725.00	6,699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	377	178.99/cwt	170.00–192.50	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	408	163.47/cwt	162.00–165.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	140.50/cwt	136.00–150.00	797	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	145.82/cwt	140.00–153.00	754	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	148.12/cwt	144.00–158.00	707	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	135.00/cwt	125.00–145.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	738	111.49/cwt	109.00–114.00	823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	120.38/cwt	119.00–125.00	757	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	532	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	148.49/cwt	142.50–155.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	121.73/cwt	113.00–124.00	650	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	128.35/cwt	120.00–134.00	597	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	130.00/cwt	125.00–136.00	558	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	363	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	408	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	574	121.72/cwt	121.50–123.00	699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	623	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	169.04/cwt	165.00–177.50	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	127.70/cwt	123.00–130.00	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	176.97/cwt	160.00–185.00	510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	135.01/cwt	130.00–138.00	834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	176.29/cwt	162.50–202.50	571	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	129.82/cwt	120.00–132.00	884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	158.48/cwt	150.00–165.50	666	14

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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