Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower, over 500 lb were steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Several quality consignments of pre-vac cattle that sold at a premium. Supply was heavy and demand strong. Fleshy new crop calves were discounted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.15/cwt on 256 head.

Average price

$149.15

256 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$80.44/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	619	150.44	931	195
Medium and Large 1-2	572	149.10	853	41
Medium and Large 2	495	140.23	694	19thin
Medium and Large 3	885	70.00	620	1thin

One grade step is worth $80.44/cwt here — about $311 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 sale256 hd

149.15

—

AR average9 barns · 1,262 hd

149.84

−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	—	Average	1,657	88.96	1,474	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	72.00	1,033	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,175	68.74	808	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	58.58	562	16

Every lot, as filed

122 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	—	473	135.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	641	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	485	135.70/cwt	129.00–139.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	510	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	380	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	135.70/cwt	134.00–136.00	759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	148.70/cwt	145.00–153.00	846	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	396	188.20/cwt	188.00–190.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	181.23/cwt	180.00–182.50	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	146.51/cwt	145.00–147.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	805	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	130.33/cwt	127.00–135.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	163.99/cwt	161.00–170.00	687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	146.78/cwt	142.00–148.00	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	154.86/cwt	150.00–160.00	746	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	760	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	151.74/cwt	145.00–156.00	807	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	133.29/cwt	130.00–135.50	757	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	113.51/cwt	113.00–114.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	386	165.97/cwt	143.00–187.50	641	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	138.86/cwt	135.00–145.00	805	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	153.40/cwt	146.00–158.00	715	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	149.34/cwt	148.00–150.00	794	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	118.12/cwt	116.00–123.00	795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	415	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	857	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	969	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	140.79/cwt	140.00–141.00	926	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	174.05/cwt	171.00–175.00	828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	443	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	625	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	118.77/cwt	110.00–127.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	631	151.12/cwt	146.00–151.25	954	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	137.04/cwt	133.00–145.00	652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	137.80/cwt	134.00–139.00	985	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	657	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	838	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	11,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,145.42/cwt	1,050.00–1,325.00	11,454	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	122.00/cwt	118.00–126.00	800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	72.69/cwt	57.00–90.00	627	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	990	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	996.45/cwt	800.00–1,125.00	8,948	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	960.74/cwt	735.00–1,050.00	10,434	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	898.14/cwt	750.00–1,000.00	9,529	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	597	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	481	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	65.66/cwt	62.00–72.00	736	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	836	56.27/cwt	51.00–60.00	470	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	41.00/cwt	40.00–42.00	342	2
Bulls	—	—	1,606	84.48/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,357	5
Bulls	—	—	1,707	93.43/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,595	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	69.49/cwt	67.00–73.00	825	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	64.97/cwt	64.00–66.00	724	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	—	940	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	491	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	789	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,033.10/cwt	975.00–1,085.00	11,209	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	924.27/cwt	875.00–975.00	11,073	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	131.34/cwt	128.00–141.00	700	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	825	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	743	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	741	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	885	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	128.76/cwt	128.00–129.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	120.72/cwt	119.00–122.50	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	142.72/cwt	135.00–150.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	113.49/cwt	112.00–115.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	131.46/cwt	125.00–138.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	418	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	498	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	785	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	907	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	140.31/cwt	138.00–146.00	602	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	151.45/cwt	149.00–157.50	651	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	121.15/cwt	113.00–124.00	737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	565	136.23/cwt	135.00–137.50	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	393	141.38/cwt	141.00–143.00	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	290	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	713	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	870	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	325	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	563	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	408	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	513	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	505	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	397	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	430	156.09/cwt	152.00–158.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	132.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	613	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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