Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold mostly steady, over 500 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 5.00 lower. Supply was heavy with lots of quality cattle with condition attractive to buyers for grazing. We seen a few new crop calves show up at market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.31/cwt on 248 head.

Average price

$134.31

248 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$58.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.22

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	357	167.29	597	7thin
Medium and Large 1	495	136.01	674	172
Medium and Large 2	497	128.17	636	64
Medium and Large 3	492	108.30	533	5thin

One grade step is worth $58.99/cwt here — about $65 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 sale248 hd

134.31

—

AR average10 barns · 4,118 hd

133.09

+1.22

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	1,620	74.80	1,212	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,453	58.30	847	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	56.10	680	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	889	42.27	376	19

Every lot, as filed

136 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	126.62/cwt	124.00–129.00	931	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	127.23/cwt	125.00–134.00	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	158.60/cwt	150.00–165.00	831	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	129.32/cwt	126.00–135.00	731	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	133.54/cwt	125.00–136.00	690	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	114.00/cwt	112.00–116.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	191.62/cwt	182.50–200.00	623	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	187.89/cwt	165.00–201.00	699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	156.89/cwt	150.00–165.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	123.96/cwt	120.00–132.00	776	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	159.99/cwt	140.00–170.00	517	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	146.41/cwt	142.00–157.50	627	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	138.34/cwt	130.00–147.00	863	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	745	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	148.15/cwt	140.00–155.00	541	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	138.35/cwt	128.00–147.00	654	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	178.98/cwt	162.50–192.50	752	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	111.48/cwt	110.00–113.00	808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	126.22/cwt	124.00–130.00	858	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	162.29/cwt	150.00–170.00	829	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	135.77/cwt	123.00–143.00	824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	685	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	444	179.84/cwt	167.50–186.00	798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	161.42/cwt	150.00–185.00	744	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	137.29/cwt	130.00–141.00	784	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	175.68/cwt	150.00–195.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	122.99/cwt	122.00–124.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	184.58/cwt	175.00–195.00	521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	179.34/cwt	170.00–183.00	825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	151.01/cwt	145.00–165.00	859	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	186.79/cwt	178.00–197.50	792	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	300	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	174.00/cwt	173.00–175.00	893	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	373	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	812	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,111	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,004.37/cwt	850.00–1,125.00	10,546	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	924.42/cwt	850.00–1,010.00	9,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	731	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	755.15/cwt	660.00–775.00	5,467	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	50.90/cwt	44.00–57.00	453	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,013	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	478	114.82/cwt	110.00–120.00	549	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	740	71.90/cwt	51.00–95.00	532	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	735	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,696	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	621	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	679	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	840	761.37/cwt	650.00–835.00	6,396	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	960	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	79.56/cwt	70.00–91.00	621	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	59.54/cwt	59.00–60.00	714	2
Bulls	—	—	1,703	82.57/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,406	6
Bulls	—	—	1,659	75.83/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,258	5
Bulls	—	—	1,504	66.16/cwt	62.00–70.00	995	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	770	34.63/cwt	32.00–37.00	267	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	538	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	821.09/cwt	725.00–925.00	9,443	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	47.18/cwt	44.00–51.00	460	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	37.75/cwt	35.00–40.00	352	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,030	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	56.88/cwt	54.00–59.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	399	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	55.80/cwt	54.00–57.00	693	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	804	43.48/cwt	42.00–45.00	350	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	559	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	478	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	925.14/cwt	785.00–1,025.00	10,103	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	705	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	142.33/cwt	134.00–147.50	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	135.87/cwt	122.00–146.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	127.75/cwt	120.00–137.50	604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	118.96/cwt	112.00–123.00	695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	123.59/cwt	115.00–131.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	158.29/cwt	152.50–162.50	510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	147.54/cwt	145.00–150.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	155.93/cwt	140.00–170.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	155.03/cwt	135.00–175.00	501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,012	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	467	146.91/cwt	141.00–150.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	375	147.67/cwt	143.00–150.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	400	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	283	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	481	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	134.18/cwt	122.50–145.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	278	162.28/cwt	146.00–167.50	451	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	129.05/cwt	120.00–138.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	129.44/cwt	125.00–132.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	136.53/cwt	135.00–138.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	427	150.89/cwt	144.00–162.50	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	325	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	153.80/cwt	152.50–155.00	415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	121.85/cwt	120.00–125.00	640	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	320	172.78/cwt	170.00–187.50	553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	260	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	110.02/cwt	108.00–112.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.59/cwt	109.00–120.00	713	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	122.96/cwt	121.00–124.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	128.99/cwt	126.00–132.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	818	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	443	1

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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