Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were mostly steady. Fleshy and plain cattle and weak cattle sold at a heavy discount. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.82/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$116.82

105 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$54.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.52

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	485	157.00	761	1thin
Medium and Large 1	498	119.34	594	69
Medium and Large 2	505	111.83	565	31
Medium and Large 3	462	102.06	471	4thin

One grade step is worth $54.94/cwt here — about $290 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 sale105 hd

116.82

—

AR average9 barns · 1,110 hd

115.30

+1.52

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	—	Low	1,584	75.90	1,202	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,421	54.79	779	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,154	53.01	612	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	40.49	401	8thin

Every lot, as filed

107 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	—	479	124.31/cwt	114.00–128.00	595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	508	112.48/cwt	110.00–118.00	571	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	107.44/cwt	105.00–111.00	714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	134.96/cwt	127.00–140.00	702	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	112.04/cwt	110.00–116.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	123.87/cwt	119.00–129.00	653	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	148.44/cwt	129.00–155.50	619	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	538	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	288	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	118.46/cwt	110.00–134.00	678	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	136.49/cwt	130.00–142.50	502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	112.51/cwt	110.00–123.00	774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	570	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	108.86/cwt	104.00–111.00	671	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	134.85/cwt	130.00–144.00	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	137.52/cwt	129.00–146.00	664	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	380	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	127.67/cwt	121.00–136.00	664	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	613	116.58/cwt	100.00–132.50	715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	534	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	587	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	451	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,122	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	54.46/cwt	53.00–56.00	688	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	10,438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	648	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	797	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	706	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,280	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,320	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	68.52/cwt	60.00–75.00	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	431	105.48/cwt	101.00–110.00	455	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	969.25/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	10,671	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	954.07/cwt	600.00–1,025.00	10,142	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	54.48/cwt	54.00–55.00	653	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	12,028	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	66.70/cwt	62.00–74.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	104.11/cwt	100.00–108.00	492	2
Bulls	—	—	1,763	66.40/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,171	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	842	32.28/cwt	28.00–35.00	272	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	53.68/cwt	53.00–55.00	630	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	55.40/cwt	53.00–58.00	767	12
Bulls	—	—	1,465	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	86.42/cwt	82.00–91.00	484	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	528	1
Bulls	—	—	1,544	77.55/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,197	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	43.76/cwt	41.00–46.00	479	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	52.34/cwt	52.00–53.00	819	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	49.97/cwt	49.00–51.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	126.91/cwt	123.00–131.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	735	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	765	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	555	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	112.37/cwt	100.00–119.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	116.02/cwt	115.00–117.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	121.48/cwt	117.00–124.00	465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	123.86/cwt	122.50–125.00	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	111.05/cwt	110.00–112.50	710	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	132.64/cwt	131.00–135.00	496	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	485	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	129.30/cwt	125.00–132.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	116.27/cwt	115.00–119.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	378	121.03/cwt	116.00–126.00	457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	410	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	122.57/cwt	115.00–130.00	643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	121.05/cwt	120.00–122.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	111.01/cwt	106.00–116.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	101.99/cwt	100.00–105.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	113.48/cwt	111.00–116.00	635	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	115.04/cwt	113.00–117.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	92.75/cwt	78.00–107.50	450	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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