Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher, over were steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was moderate with several quality consignments offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.31/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$131.31

171 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$23.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.75

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	136.24	645	78
Medium and Large 2	457	130.59	597	72
Medium and Large 1-2	509	129.00	657	4thin
Medium and Large 3	455	112.30	511	17thin

One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $134 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 sale171 hd

131.31

—

AR average9 barns · 2,136 hd

138.06

−6.75

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	1,702	74.58	1,269	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	59.31	847	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,115	56.47	629	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	46.97	469	19

Every lot, as filed

144 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	—	318	163.66/cwt	160.00–167.50	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	204.04/cwt	197.50–207.50	635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	117.52/cwt	114.00–120.00	780	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	146.92/cwt	136.00–161.00	774	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	130.22/cwt	123.00–133.00	672	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	159.90/cwt	150.00–167.00	750	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	139.18/cwt	130.00–145.00	856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	141.02/cwt	137.50–144.00	588	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	123.34/cwt	120.00–124.00	897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	167.82/cwt	150.00–176.00	720	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	120.30/cwt	118.00–125.00	731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	124.67/cwt	120.00–127.00	947	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	145.41/cwt	142.50–155.00	550	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	166.13/cwt	150.00–190.00	648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	190.46/cwt	170.00–207.50	720	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	138.94/cwt	132.50–144.00	646	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	170.79/cwt	167.50–175.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	880	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	146.19/cwt	141.00–152.00	608	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	245	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	255	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	270	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	158.75/cwt	150.00–165.00	830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	991	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	170.44/cwt	160.00–175.00	813	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	125.46/cwt	123.00–129.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	148.36/cwt	143.00–157.50	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	175.62/cwt	160.00–194.00	725	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	250	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	345	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	14,750	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	63.66/cwt	63.00–64.00	796	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,464.29/cwt	1,375.00–1,550.00	17,938	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	63.86/cwt	58.00–71.00	794	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,254	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	76.88/cwt	75.00–79.00	796	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	668	65.44/cwt	60.00–71.00	437	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	780	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,480	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	766	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	61.51/cwt	59.00–63.00	903	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	59.65/cwt	57.00–63.00	697	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	54.08/cwt	50.00–57.00	581	8
Bulls	—	—	1,635	64.86/cwt	60.00–70.00	1,060	3
Bulls	—	—	1,721	73.12/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,258	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	47.38/cwt	44.00–53.00	471	14
Bulls	—	—	1,713	81.13/cwt	59.00–88.00	1,390	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	290	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	367	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	328	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	56.07/cwt	54.00–58.00	708	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	11,859	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	14,850	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	1,349.08/cwt	1,275.00–1,400.00	15,339	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,490	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,051	1,254.52/cwt	575.00–1,385.00	13,185	7
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	490	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	114.39/cwt	104.00–120.00	490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	113.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	60.62/cwt	59.00–62.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	112.56/cwt	100.00–125.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	109.68/cwt	108.00–112.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	263	130.05/cwt	125.00–135.00	342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	375	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	350	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	107.00/cwt	105.00–109.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	104.59/cwt	88.00–121.00	495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	152.65/cwt	147.50–158.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	403	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	477	133.03/cwt	129.00–134.00	635	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	141.27/cwt	140.00–145.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	318	137.14/cwt	120.00–147.50	436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	818	104.48/cwt	99.00–110.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	468	163.70/cwt	156.00–167.50	766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	402	147.00/cwt	146.00–148.00	591	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	360	135.94/cwt	135.00–137.50	489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	139.91/cwt	132.50–150.00	667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	123.92/cwt	118.00–134.00	778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	268	205.05/cwt	200.00–210.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	144.05/cwt	130.00–154.00	606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	164.60/cwt	157.50–172.50	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	131.97/cwt	125.00–137.50	552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	144.71/cwt	140.00–150.00	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	123.02/cwt	118.00–129.00	650	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	328	201.22/cwt	197.50–205.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	131.01/cwt	120.00–135.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	126.01/cwt	119.00–130.00	599	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	119.91/cwt	110.00–125.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	136.65/cwt	120.00–147.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	121.27/cwt	120.00–123.00	689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	112.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	138.32/cwt	132.50–145.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	129.20/cwt	120.00–135.00	739	5

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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