Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 450 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, over 450 lb were steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lb sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower, over 450 lb were 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady. Supply was heavy with pre-vac weaned cattle selling at a premium.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.25/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$152.25

301 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

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

$52.99/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	538	154.99	834	186
Medium and Large 1-2	557	148.52	827	75
Medium and Large 2	485	147.63	716	39
Medium and Large 3	500	102.00	510	1thin

One grade step is worth $52.99/cwt here — about $324 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 sale301 hd

152.25

—

AR average9 barns · 932 hd

151.56

+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	—	Low	1,380	80.24	1,108	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,417	68.16	966	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,096	65.19	714	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	893	47.80	427	10

Every lot, as filed

148 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 2Value Added	—	449	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	477	130.63/cwt	126.00–136.00	623	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	488	144.00/cwt	141.00–145.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	483	128.83/cwt	126.00–134.00	622	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	140.49/cwt	139.00–145.00	802	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	136.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	132.33/cwt	130.00–134.00	955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,043	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	277	157.90/cwt	154.00–160.00	437	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	136.07/cwt	129.00–144.00	895	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	162.28/cwt	152.50–170.00	769	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	152.05/cwt	142.00–157.00	879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	470	164.47/cwt	157.50–171.00	773	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	262	197.45/cwt	195.00–200.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	112.29/cwt	108.00–121.00	811	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	149.24/cwt	140.00–157.50	497	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	139.53/cwt	137.00–142.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	162.11/cwt	150.00–168.00	603	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	174.42/cwt	163.00–180.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	123.60/cwt	121.00–129.00	759	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	166.91/cwt	159.00–174.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	101.23/cwt	100.00–102.50	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	160.80/cwt	150.00–162.00	847	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	142.66/cwt	136.00–146.00	809	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	159.05/cwt	150.00–170.00	662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	125.00/cwt	123.00–127.00	781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	905	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	173.22/cwt	160.00–182.50	549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	131.65/cwt	128.00–143.00	640	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	123.01/cwt	121.00–125.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	136.27/cwt	129.00–141.00	695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	995	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	985	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	745	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	141.49/cwt	130.00–145.00	535	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	138.92/cwt	128.00–144.00	581	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	132.07/cwt	129.00–137.00	745	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	141.00/cwt	138.00–142.00	873	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	278	170.48/cwt	155.00–177.00	474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	131.72/cwt	130.00–134.00	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	163.91/cwt	152.00–171.00	849	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	417	177.27/cwt	170.00–182.00	739	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	734	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	962	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	813	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	142.46/cwt	140.00–147.00	882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	329	191.72/cwt	185.00–197.50	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	404	144.80/cwt	139.00–146.00	585	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	377	143.12/cwt	136.00–147.00	540	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,013	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	1,151.82/cwt	710.00–1,350.00	11,967	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	885	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	584	131.49/cwt	128.00–132.50	768	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,830	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,067.97/cwt	975.00–1,150.00	10,573	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	643.99/cwt	575.00–700.00	6,363	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,235	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	750	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,239.71/cwt	1,200.00–1,275.00	10,538	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	73.51/cwt	73.00–74.00	870	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	677.55/cwt	470.00–885.00	6,850	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	71.24/cwt	67.00–75.00	606	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	850.80/cwt	770.00–885.00	9,206	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	1,090.40/cwt	800.00–1,200.00	10,272	12
Bulls	—	—	1,174	71.82/cwt	66.00–74.00	843	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	798	30.97/cwt	30.00–32.00	247	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	44.99/cwt	43.00–46.00	377	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	56.21/cwt	55.00–58.00	541	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	68.16/cwt	66.00–71.00	966	3
Bulls	—	—	1,800	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,656	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,126	67.85/cwt	63.00–74.00	764	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	841.47/cwt	750.00–985.00	9,021	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	1,084.32/cwt	1,050.00–1,125.00	11,689	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	736.00/cwt	600.00–1,000.00	7,235	6
Heifers	Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	1,052	79.67/cwt	79.00–80.00	838	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	65.70/cwt	61.00–69.00	725	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	541	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	980	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	568	1
Bulls	—	—	1,365	80.70/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,102	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	139.52/cwt	135.00–144.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	128.37/cwt	122.00–134.00	547	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,209	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	925	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	559	108.66/cwt	105.00–115.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	118.32/cwt	117.00–119.00	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	134.01/cwt	133.00–135.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	125.75/cwt	121.00–130.00	606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	128.33/cwt	123.00–134.00	472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	116.34/cwt	114.00–120.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	138.58/cwt	135.00–142.50	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	129.51/cwt	125.00–131.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	147.51/cwt	145.00–150.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	151.30/cwt	145.00–157.50	489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	645	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	400	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	154.63/cwt	150.00–162.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	131.93/cwt	130.00–137.00	699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	153.21/cwt	149.00–157.50	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	785	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	160.70/cwt	152.00–166.00	754	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	120.73/cwt	119.00–122.50	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	147.01/cwt	145.00–149.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	152.94/cwt	150.00–155.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	761	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	697	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	911	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	835	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	870	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	123.38/cwt	122.50–125.00	637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	405	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	713	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	365	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	338	150.43/cwt	141.00–160.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	367	169.46/cwt	165.00–170.00	622	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	245	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	140.17/cwt	131.00–150.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	565	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	712	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	371	140.17/cwt	134.00–144.00	520	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	893	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	475	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	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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