Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, over 500 lb were 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Quality cattle sold at a premium while fleshy and plain continued to sale discounted. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.88/cwt on 155 head.

Average price

$123.88

155 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$18.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	127.12	663	76
Medium and Large 2	494	122.85	607	55
Medium and Large 1-2	663	118.56	786	18thin
Medium and Large 3	456	108.33	494	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.79/cwt here — about $169 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 sale155 hd

123.88

—

AR average8 barns · 1,578 hd

125.46

−1.58

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	1,589	71.52	1,137	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,383	52.60	727	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,159	50.86	590	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	39.98	416	20

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	49.77/cwt	48.00–52.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	36.14/cwt	32.00–38.00	352	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	103.49/cwt	102.00–105.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	450	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	125.47/cwt	123.00–130.00	588	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	137.96/cwt	133.00–143.00	708	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	175.88/cwt	172.00–180.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	518	115.67/cwt	112.00–120.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	112.28/cwt	110.00–116.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	703	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	759	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	126.60/cwt	117.00–129.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	131.00/cwt	128.00–135.00	939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	134.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	769	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	156.53/cwt	135.00–197.50	590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	128.34/cwt	127.00–129.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	116.58/cwt	112.00–120.00	789	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	116.94/cwt	113.00–119.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	129.46/cwt	126.00–133.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	160.82/cwt	150.00–174.00	682	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	123.56/cwt	121.00–128.00	756	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	465	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	141.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	138.93/cwt	131.00–147.50	513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	117.45/cwt	114.00–122.00	780	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	304	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	456	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	153.22/cwt	142.00–165.00	472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	125.81/cwt	120.00–134.00	712	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	124.92/cwt	120.00–134.00	651	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	153.13/cwt	145.00–162.00	718	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,788	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	784.34/cwt	750.00–810.00	8,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	149.30/cwt	140.00–155.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	126.24/cwt	112.00–132.00	794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	174.86/cwt	160.00–191.00	647	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	984.85/cwt	850.00–1,150.00	10,794	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,438	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	635.21/cwt	630.00–640.00	8,131	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	133.90/cwt	128.00–136.00	841	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	186.16/cwt	160.00–205.00	592	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	729	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	731	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	61.68/cwt	60.00–65.00	551	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	143.39/cwt	138.00–155.00	737	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	113.69/cwt	110.00–118.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	742	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	870	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	67.46/cwt	62.00–72.50	555	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	881.87/cwt	650.00–985.00	9,789	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	827.54/cwt	700.00–935.00	8,962	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	678	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	671.66/cwt	630.00–700.00	6,193	3
Bulls	—	—	2,023	84.29/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,705	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	53.86/cwt	52.00–55.00	768	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	53.54/cwt	52.00–55.00	637	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	48.95/cwt	46.00–52.00	557	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	28.79/cwt	27.00–30.00	287	3
Bulls	—	—	1,292	61.69/cwt	55.00–68.00	797	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	120.46/cwt	116.00–125.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	693	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	45.37/cwt	44.00–47.00	505	9
Bulls	—	—	1,616	73.07/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,181	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	118.59/cwt	110.00–127.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	138.96/cwt	130.00–147.50	435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	714	114.53/cwt	109.00–118.00	818	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	985	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	420	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	127.35/cwt	121.00–130.00	549	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	144.56/cwt	140.00–154.00	674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	142.90/cwt	134.00–151.00	600	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	122.79/cwt	112.00–125.50	806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	380	131.96/cwt	131.00–133.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	124.92/cwt	120.00–135.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	130.72/cwt	125.00–139.00	695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	128.21/cwt	124.00–135.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	390	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	127.81/cwt	120.00–137.50	410	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	120.20/cwt	117.00–124.00	573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	738	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	138.97/cwt	127.50–145.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	612	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	515	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	120.31/cwt	118.00–125.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	123.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	127.26/cwt	113.00–144.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	121.35/cwt	120.00–124.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	130.31/cwt	127.00–134.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	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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