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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 30
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
583 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 621▲ 368 vs year ago 215 · +171.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 93▲ 48 vs year ago 54 · +88.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 61▲ 25 vs year ago 30 · +83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, over 500 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 11.00 lower, over 500 lb were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.08/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$120.08
124 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.48
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526121.3663862
Medium and Large 2510119.2260859
Medium and Large 3430110.434753thin
One grade step is worth $10.93/cwt here — about $163 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 sale124 hd
120.08
—
AR average8 barns · 1,944 hd
123.56
−3.48
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—Average1,59183.911,33516
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,27668.578755thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06961.4865716
CowsLean 85-90%Average98856.9256210

Every lot, as filed

95 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 2Thin Fleshed—530114.00/cwt114.00–114.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 3—540104.00/cwt104.00–104.005621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375113.65/cwt110.00–117.504262
SteersMedium and Large 1—655121.00/cwt121.00–121.007931
SteersMedium and Large 1—273168.17/cwt162.50–175.004593
SteersMedium and Large 1—375137.63/cwt131.00–144.005163
SteersMedium and Large 1—480144.00/cwt144.00–144.006914
SteersMedium and Large 1—632127.19/cwt126.00–131.008044
SteersMedium and Large 1—757131.57/cwt112.00–135.009967
SteersMedium and Large 1—426142.34/cwt137.00–150.006068
SteersMedium and Large 1—527134.35/cwt126.00–142.007089
SteersMedium and Large 1—585128.18/cwt128.00–130.0075011
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—672142.48/cwt141.00–143.509575
SteersMedium and Large 2—315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005041
SteersMedium and Large 2—625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
SteersMedium and Large 2—283145.09/cwt130.00–166.004113
SteersMedium and Large 2—368135.55/cwt132.00–140.004993
SteersMedium and Large 2—473130.57/cwt125.00–134.006183
SteersMedium and Large 2—512125.15/cwt120.00–134.006417
SteersMedium and Large 2—439132.98/cwt126.00–138.0058410
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00952.33/cwt49.00–55.005284
CowsLean 85-90%—97459.98/cwt57.00–62.005846
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—510118.00/cwt118.00–118.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—270144.00/cwt144.00–144.003891
BullsMedium and Large 3—570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006272
HeifersMedium and Large 2—577118.41/cwt114.00–119.0068310
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469120.63/cwt116.00–126.005669
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27668.57/cwt67.00–71.008755
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09163.26/cwt60.00–68.0069010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03158.51/cwt57.00–60.006036
Bulls——1,59484.23/cwt72.00–89.001,3437
Bulls——1,82592.33/cwt90.00–96.001,6856
Bulls——1,11766.33/cwt65.00–69.007413
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—84558.00/cwt58.00–58.004901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9951,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0010,7963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,118935.00/cwt935.00–935.0010,4533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1081,066.50/cwt1,025.00–1,185.0011,8176
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—945975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,2141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0010,6002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,110810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,9911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,20055.00/cwt55.00–55.006601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—91057.00/cwt57.00–57.005191
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2501,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0014,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0961,154.39/cwt950.00–1,310.0012,65213
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,033874.19/cwt810.00–910.009,0303
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,067923.98/cwt810.00–1,025.009,8596
SteersMedium and Large 3—557109.88/cwt100.00–115.006123
SteersMedium and Large 2—668122.03/cwt121.00–123.0081519
SteersMedium and Large 2—568124.59/cwt120.00–128.0070811
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—380132.97/cwt131.00–135.005052
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—405129.00/cwt129.00–129.005221
BullsMedium and Large 2—465130.53/cwt125.00–137.006075
BullsMedium and Large 2—510126.53/cwt121.00–131.006454
BullsMedium and Large 2—587116.36/cwt114.00–119.006833
BullsMedium and Large 2—87384.80/cwt75.00–95.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2—82089.24/cwt79.00–100.007322
BullsMedium and Large 2—423131.92/cwt130.00–134.005582
BullsMedium and Large 2—700108.00/cwt108.00–108.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2—320136.00/cwt136.00–136.004351
BullsMedium and Large 1—480131.07/cwt122.00–138.0062910
BullsMedium and Large 1—572128.63/cwt122.00–133.007363
BullsMedium and Large 1—413135.42/cwt130.00–140.005593
BullsMedium and Large 1—372147.59/cwt144.00–151.005493
BullsMedium and Large 1—623116.48/cwt115.00–118.007262
BullsMedium and Large 1—830108.00/cwt108.00–108.008961
BullsMedium and Large 1—745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
BullsMedium and Large 1—685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
BullsMedium and Large 1—535128.00/cwt128.00–128.006851
BullsMedium and Large 1—305168.00/cwt168.00–168.005121
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—595111.00/cwt111.00–111.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369125.29/cwt120.00–128.004627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—663114.50/cwt114.50–114.507596
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520117.27/cwt110.00–122.506105
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421120.66/cwt113.00–129.005085
HeifersMedium and Large 2—629113.29/cwt105.00–116.007134
HeifersMedium and Large 2—720104.30/cwt103.00–107.007513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325131.48/cwt125.00–138.004273
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273131.93/cwt127.50–135.003603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—78398.05/cwt95.00–101.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617113.54/cwt105.00–120.5070112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480125.15/cwt122.00–132.0060111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567119.42/cwt114.00–127.006779
HeifersMedium and Large 1—539120.48/cwt120.00–124.006498
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375137.68/cwt133.00–142.005166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416132.89/cwt125.00–141.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—283139.07/cwt132.50–145.003943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723101.02/cwt100.00–102.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,02075.00/cwt75.00–75.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1—86596.00/cwt96.00–96.008301
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695105.00/cwt105.00–105.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340136.00/cwt136.00–136.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—480112.50/cwt110.00–115.005402
BullsMedium and Large 3—522116.03/cwt114.00–118.006063
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,9101

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.