Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady yo 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 4.00 higher, over 500 lb mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was moderate with strong demand on quality cattle. A nice consignment of replacement cows sold at a premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.79/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$137.79

116 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.20

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	138.50	741	99
Medium and Large 2	450	137.75	620	15thin
Medium and Large 3	503	102.50	515	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about $226 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 sale116 hd

137.79

—

AR average9 barns · 2,053 hd

133.58

+4.20

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	88.59	1,467	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	66.82	964	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	66.65	830	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	953	57.47	548	13

Every lot, as filed

105 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.90/cwt	145.00–155.00	778	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	155.83/cwt	152.00–159.00	873	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	260	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	139.47/cwt	136.00–143.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.30/cwt	150.00–161.00	816	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	138.38/cwt	125.00–147.00	720	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	110.20/cwt	110.00–111.00	888	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	167.74/cwt	160.00–182.50	654	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	173.33/cwt	150.00–178.00	556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.99/cwt	145.00–155.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	119.77/cwt	118.00–125.00	866	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	164.20/cwt	157.50–177.50	714	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.14/cwt	127.00–134.00	813	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	153.41/cwt	148.00–160.00	736	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	158.14/cwt	152.00–170.00	680	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	154.47/cwt	149.00–160.00	584	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	143.01/cwt	136.00–150.00	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	133.79/cwt	129.00–142.00	768	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	550	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	143.60/cwt	135.00–150.00	810	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	149.05/cwt	143.00–151.00	942	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	177.15/cwt	170.00–190.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	192.56/cwt	182.50–202.50	634	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	12,470	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,356	1,181.42/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	16,020	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	540	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	202.61/cwt	197.50–205.00	571	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	1,003.94/cwt	890.00–1,125.00	8,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	925	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	167.77/cwt	160.00–176.00	785	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	124.00/cwt	122.00–128.00	887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	573	164.06/cwt	158.00–168.00	940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	490	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	845	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	680	32.99/cwt	31.00–35.00	224	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	55.51/cwt	47.00–61.00	551	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,011	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	67.58/cwt	66.00–69.00	954	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	65.59/cwt	62.00–70.00	662	7
Bulls	—	—	1,463	85.07/cwt	77.00–90.00	1,245	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,199	942.07/cwt	770.00–1,090.00	11,295	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	614	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,243	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	68.02/cwt	65.00–72.00	843	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	960	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	62.52/cwt	59.00–66.00	790	5
Bulls	—	—	1,575	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,024	1
Bulls	—	—	1,834	94.97/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,742	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	140.04/cwt	137.00–143.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	137.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	152.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	508	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,266	1,311.15/cwt	950.00–1,400.00	16,599	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	12,490	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	134.52/cwt	134.00–135.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	142.50/cwt	135.00–150.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	130.14/cwt	121.00–139.00	757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	137.99/cwt	135.00–141.00	694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	150.18/cwt	137.50–162.50	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	820	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	475	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	144.83/cwt	140.00–157.50	626	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	126.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	848	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	172.26/cwt	159.00–192.50	579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	300	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	345	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	127.12/cwt	120.00–134.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	134.73/cwt	130.00–140.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	420	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	133.75/cwt	130.00–137.50	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	134.02/cwt	125.00–143.00	630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	150.67/cwt	140.00–161.00	550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	122.95/cwt	120.00–129.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	250	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	144.10/cwt	140.00–152.00	689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	148.38/cwt	148.00–150.00	634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	875	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	133.63/cwt	131.00–136.00	628	3

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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