Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold mixed from 3.00 lower to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb were mostly 3.00 lower, over 500 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Fleshy and plain cattle sold at a heavy discount again this week. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.03/cwt on 183 head.

Average price

$115.03

183 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$23.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.82

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	547	122.50	670	18thin
Medium and Large 1	525	117.09	615	101
Medium and Large 2	464	111.71	518	54
Medium and Large 3	447	98.70	441	10thin

One grade step is worth $23.80/cwt here — about $230 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 sale183 hd

115.03

—

AR average9 barns · 1,650 hd

120.85

−5.82

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	—	Average	1,641	73.46	1,205	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	52.55	642	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	51.35	741	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	45.96	488	12

Every lot, as filed

117 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	129.27/cwt	127.00–132.00	432	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	161.06/cwt	150.00–175.00	589	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	136.24/cwt	130.00–142.50	644	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	122.02/cwt	115.00–131.00	573	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	131.74/cwt	130.00–139.00	680	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	887	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	110.67/cwt	108.00–119.00	693	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	124.03/cwt	119.00–132.00	646	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	110.79/cwt	108.00–113.00	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	132.56/cwt	128.00–145.00	634	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	120.21/cwt	115.00–123.00	799	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	139.22/cwt	130.00–150.00	533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	115.65/cwt	110.00–120.00	650	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	110.62/cwt	106.00–116.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	122.32/cwt	120.00–127.00	494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	125.45/cwt	120.00–131.00	457	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	110.48/cwt	108.00–112.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	119.77/cwt	113.00–126.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	127.95/cwt	121.00–131.00	660	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	320	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	155.19/cwt	150.00–160.00	419	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	144.13/cwt	135.00–153.00	610	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	530	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	159.21/cwt	140.00–175.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	121.38/cwt	119.00–125.00	755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	153.53/cwt	143.00–160.00	646	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	172.50/cwt	165.00–180.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	119.63/cwt	117.00–125.00	691	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,094	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	8,979	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,311	1,347.97/cwt	840.00–1,460.00	17,672	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	435	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	97.75/cwt	97.00–100.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	378	110.48/cwt	110.00–111.00	418	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,188	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	13,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	9,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	630	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	934	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	875	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	89.49/cwt	87.00–91.00	600	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	70.19/cwt	57.00–80.00	567	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	926.60/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	10,128	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	528	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,397	1,092.61/cwt	700.00–1,250.00	15,264	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	813	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	42.36/cwt	38.00–45.00	436	5
Bulls	—	—	1,590	71.95/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,144	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	48.26/cwt	47.00–49.00	554	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	242	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,605	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	53.04/cwt	52.00–55.00	766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	106.08/cwt	102.00–110.00	401	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	54.27/cwt	52.00–57.00	679	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	51.62/cwt	50.00–54.00	583	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	49.24/cwt	49.00–50.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	101.90/cwt	100.00–104.00	428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	100.68/cwt	91.00–111.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	82.50/cwt	82.00–83.00	470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	106.69/cwt	100.00–113.00	549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	90.55/cwt	85.00–96.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	748	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	410	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	205	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	124.48/cwt	120.00–127.00	591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	260	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	123.28/cwt	107.00–130.00	536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	105.96/cwt	102.00–112.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	695	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	830	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	940	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	117.19/cwt	110.00–124.00	332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	340	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	106.22/cwt	95.00–116.00	607	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	140.70/cwt	139.00–142.50	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	515	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	98.35/cwt	90.00–113.00	607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	108.23/cwt	98.00–117.00	513	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	113.90/cwt	109.00–118.00	429	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	127.16/cwt	119.00–135.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	105.97/cwt	102.00–113.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	118.42/cwt	113.00–130.00	390	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	113.65/cwt	111.00–119.00	594	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	115.90/cwt	109.00–123.00	489	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	109.78/cwt	102.00–116.00	574	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	98.45/cwt	96.00–101.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	96.36/cwt	91.00–102.00	653	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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