Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 500 lb were mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate demand was strong for grass ready cattle . Noticed a few more new crop calves than last week that were discounted for being fleshy.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.76/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$135.76

189 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$27.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

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	476	140.95	671	19thin
Medium and Large 1	485	137.63	667	107
Medium and Large 2	477	132.88	635	57
Medium and Large 3	417	113.21	472	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.74/cwt here — about $199 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 sale189 hd

135.76

—

AR average11 barns · 1,367 hd

135.07

+0.69

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	1,658	79.03	1,310	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	62.29	880	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,130	60.59	685	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	49.62	535	15

Every lot, as filed

120 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	157.09/cwt	150.00–164.00	811	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	149.94/cwt	141.00–160.00	559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	141.82/cwt	129.00–152.50	675	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	174.09/cwt	162.00–185.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	133.76/cwt	127.50–137.00	690	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	146.61/cwt	140.00–151.00	758	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	156.92/cwt	152.50–174.00	665	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	200.32/cwt	195.00–205.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	755	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	142.08/cwt	134.00–146.00	803	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	169.70/cwt	155.00–190.00	550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	128.42/cwt	122.00–130.00	747	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	143.94/cwt	138.00–153.00	603	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	154.25/cwt	142.50–165.00	509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	564	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	829	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	364	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	575	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	134.38/cwt	123.00–143.00	567	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	154.78/cwt	147.00–161.00	727	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	124.92/cwt	120.00–129.00	837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	195.43/cwt	185.00–207.50	629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	154.17/cwt	150.00–160.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.82/cwt	128.00–144.00	867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	172.91/cwt	165.00–185.00	662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	176.28/cwt	172.50–185.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	124.71/cwt	118.00–129.00	799	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	175.12/cwt	170.00–183.00	464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	149.00/cwt	148.00–150.00	869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	436	136.20/cwt	130.00–137.00	594	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	824.41/cwt	685.00–910.00	8,104	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,455	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	815.99/cwt	660.00–950.00	9,302	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	659	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	63.08/cwt	60.00–67.00	614	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	927.89/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	8,954	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,084.88/cwt	1,050.00–1,125.00	11,662	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	437	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	966	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,364	62.86/cwt	61.00–65.00	857	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	61.89/cwt	60.00–64.00	736	8
Bulls	—	—	1,837	84.38/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,550	3
Bulls	—	—	1,626	80.96/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,316	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	49.43/cwt	48.00–53.00	555	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	273	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	57.11/cwt	55.00–58.00	555	3
Bulls	—	—	1,515	63.30/cwt	57.00–69.00	959	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	705	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	261	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	57.12/cwt	56.00–60.00	636	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,264	951.49/cwt	825.00–1,050.00	12,027	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	727.26/cwt	650.00–800.00	7,251	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	641	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,408	69.47/cwt	69.00–70.00	978	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,360	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	114.08/cwt	100.00–122.00	374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	176.94/cwt	165.00–187.50	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	137.02/cwt	132.50–145.00	456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	131.85/cwt	123.00–141.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	137.68/cwt	130.00–144.00	503	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	575	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	355	141.50/cwt	140.00–143.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	161.28/cwt	155.00–165.00	687	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	460	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	604	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	419	154.01/cwt	142.00–155.50	645	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	320	143.67/cwt	142.50–145.00	460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	139.67/cwt	139.00–140.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	164.35/cwt	155.00–175.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	150.39/cwt	150.00–152.00	648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	385	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	409	152.06/cwt	147.50–153.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	295	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	97.35/cwt	92.00–105.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	140.15/cwt	136.00–144.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	128.73/cwt	127.50–130.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	163.13/cwt	157.50–172.50	525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	124.92/cwt	120.00–135.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	136.89/cwt	129.00–151.00	519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	132.30/cwt	125.00–137.50	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	127.25/cwt	120.00–132.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	152.31/cwt	145.00–160.00	586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	134.90/cwt	133.00–145.00	660	6

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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