Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, over 500 lb 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lb sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher, over 400 lb mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was moderate on feeders and heavy on slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.41/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$134.41

161 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$27.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	492	139.04	684	96
Medium and Large 1-2	510	135.34	690	12thin
Medium and Large 2	536	127.30	683	48
Medium and Large 3	443	111.50	494	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.54/cwt here — about $190 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 sale161 hd

134.41

—

AR average10 barns · 1,608 hd

133.64

+0.77

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	1,503	83.54	1,256	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	64.54	900	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	63.52	724	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	936	53.13	497	12

Every lot, as filed

130 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	—	324	183.82/cwt	165.00–207.50	596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	164.49/cwt	164.00–165.00	839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	138.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	935	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	125.91/cwt	118.00–132.00	840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	165.96/cwt	159.00–170.00	712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	610	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	143.50/cwt	139.00–155.00	601	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	162.52/cwt	160.00–167.50	419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	167.57/cwt	149.00–185.00	627	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	163.47/cwt	155.00–177.50	531	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	164.28/cwt	157.50–167.50	775	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	758	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	146.22/cwt	140.00–153.00	901	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	156.55/cwt	148.00–166.00	650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	148.13/cwt	140.00–154.00	785	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	144.26/cwt	138.00–158.00	672	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	178.74/cwt	164.00–202.50	658	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	120.09/cwt	115.00–125.00	862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	102.46/cwt	100.00–105.00	889	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	131.33/cwt	131.00–132.00	863	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	148.53/cwt	143.00–150.00	823	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	138.10/cwt	132.00–140.00	797	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	131.73/cwt	125.00–135.00	814	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	935	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	129.39/cwt	129.00–132.50	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	134.69/cwt	134.00–136.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	151.36/cwt	146.00–160.00	548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	135.54/cwt	128.00–141.00	721	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	715	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	490	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	135.20/cwt	135.00–136.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	400	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	435	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	156.37/cwt	154.00–163.00	830	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	850	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	1,182.58/cwt	1,025.00–1,400.00	12,216	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	12,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	679	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	83.42/cwt	81.00–86.00	808	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	71.16/cwt	57.00–87.50	712	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	810	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	954.47/cwt	710.00–1,150.00	9,573	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	73.69/cwt	70.00–79.00	879	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	878	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	1,038.45/cwt	800.00–1,150.00	11,485	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	816.84/cwt	800.00–825.00	7,719	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,088	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	745	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	633	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,360	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	60.93/cwt	60.00–62.00	820	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	825	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	413	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	66.14/cwt	62.00–71.00	769	24
Bulls	—	—	1,813	91.26/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,655	3
Bulls	—	—	1,445	83.47/cwt	76.00–89.00	1,206	9
Bulls	—	—	1,100	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	671	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,038	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	70.73/cwt	68.00–74.00	870	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	59.73/cwt	56.00–62.00	671	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	715	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	322	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	294	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	62.00/cwt	59.00–67.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	376	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	49.50/cwt	46.00–54.00	446	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	68.15/cwt	63.00–71.00	985	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	54.83/cwt	52.00–58.00	605	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	992.11/cwt	730.00–1,100.00	11,429	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	80.96/cwt	68.00–92.50	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	137.37/cwt	134.00–142.50	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	130.31/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,003	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	127.78/cwt	125.00–131.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	129.82/cwt	125.00–137.50	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	660	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	493	121.02/cwt	117.00–125.00	597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	129.93/cwt	125.00–135.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	134.62/cwt	131.00–137.00	634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	846	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	132.02/cwt	129.00–135.00	931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	824	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	131.51/cwt	131.00–132.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	138.99/cwt	133.00–145.00	595	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	149.62/cwt	140.00–155.00	718	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	132.97/cwt	131.00–135.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	149.08/cwt	144.00–154.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	420	154.42/cwt	148.00–161.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	463	139.85/cwt	128.00–144.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	126.37/cwt	121.00–130.00	711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	530	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	240	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	660	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	333	167.40/cwt	163.00–172.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	437	130.52/cwt	130.00–134.00	570	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	768	1

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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