Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was heavy with several good condition cattle offered today as well as several new crop fleshy calves that sold discounted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.57/cwt on 149 head.

Average price

$129.57

149 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$23.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.50

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	131.02	662	101
Medium and Large 2	434	129.45	562	36
Medium and Large 1-2	618	122.50	756	8thin
Medium and Large 3	434	108.00	468	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.02/cwt here — about $193 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 sale149 hd

129.57

—

AR average8 barns · 1,177 hd

129.07

+0.50

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	1,622	83.75	1,358	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,446	67.88	982	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	64.46	761	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	921	51.48	474	19

Every lot, as filed

127 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	—	618	138.13/cwt	135.00–146.00	854	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	127.62/cwt	123.00–132.00	678	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	136.01/cwt	132.00–138.00	962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	480	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	167.74/cwt	160.00–172.50	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	164.56/cwt	155.00–177.00	685	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	154.89/cwt	152.50–160.00	791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	184.29/cwt	170.00–200.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	181.59/cwt	165.00–200.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	119.75/cwt	115.00–121.00	792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	131.26/cwt	126.00–133.00	823	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	130.09/cwt	122.00–138.00	898	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	125.01/cwt	122.00–128.00	969	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	119.46/cwt	116.00–123.00	745	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	155.75/cwt	142.50–175.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	144.55/cwt	142.00–147.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	137.34/cwt	134.00–150.00	589	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	152.71/cwt	142.50–160.00	727	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	122.70/cwt	119.00–128.00	699	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	134.78/cwt	132.00–137.50	612	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	143.64/cwt	137.00–145.00	546	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	250	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	163.99/cwt	157.50–179.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	166.52/cwt	159.00–175.00	781	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	835	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	770	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	144.30/cwt	137.00–146.00	841	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	468	124.53/cwt	122.50–126.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	420	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	714	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	1,073.87/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	11,555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	923	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	442	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	8,010	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	1,144.23/cwt	850.00–1,250.00	10,744	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	1,094.19/cwt	875.00–1,210.00	12,846	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	679	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	537	120.97/cwt	120.00–123.00	650	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	621	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,208.06/cwt	1,010.00–1,275.00	14,497	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	966	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	9,631	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,431	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,875	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	540	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	60.72/cwt	60.00–61.00	678	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	750	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	255	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	610	39.93/cwt	33.00–45.00	244	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	65.40/cwt	60.00–69.00	783	16
Bulls	—	—	1,915	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,580	82.29/cwt	68.00–91.00	1,300	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	43.54/cwt	40.00–46.00	345	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	62.12/cwt	58.00–65.00	611	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	55.20/cwt	51.00–59.00	581	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	67.88/cwt	63.00–73.00	982	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	491	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	1,076.06/cwt	925.00–1,200.00	9,878	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	8,274	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,214.29/cwt	1,100.00–1,375.00	16,029	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	63.02/cwt	58.00–67.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	856.25/cwt	710.00–985.00	8,520	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	137.10/cwt	130.00–142.50	642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	139.27/cwt	130.00–150.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	121.19/cwt	120.00–123.00	631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	141.25/cwt	130.00–150.00	662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	125.02/cwt	124.00–126.00	954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	127.35/cwt	123.00–130.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	685	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	138.31/cwt	132.50–145.00	710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	680	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	360	172.47/cwt	170.00–175.00	621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	844	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	136.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	328	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	282	145.00/cwt	135.00–160.00	409	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	131.34/cwt	122.50–135.00	500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	131.43/cwt	129.00–134.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	390	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	131.99/cwt	120.00–145.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	428	138.46/cwt	133.00–143.00	593	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	250	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	308	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	493	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	137.93/cwt	132.50–143.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	545	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	358	162.55/cwt	155.00–170.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	463	155.03/cwt	150.00–160.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	128.63/cwt	125.00–132.50	544	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	130.99/cwt	120.00–143.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	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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