Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, over 500 lb were mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. Supply was moderate with strong demand. Several quality consignments of value added cattle that sold at a premium.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.41/cwt on 195 head.

Average price

$161.41

195 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$48.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.75

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	166.43	854	156
Medium and Large 1-2	492	157.57	776	7thin
Medium and Large 2	515	141.54	729	27
Medium and Large 3	433	117.50	509	5thin

One grade step is worth $48.92/cwt here — about $345 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 sale195 hd

161.41

—

AR average5 barns · 758 hd

148.66

+12.75

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	1,631	85.72	1,398	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	69.45	1,019	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	67.74	823	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	60.28	636	15

Every lot, as filed

125 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	839.46/cwt	675.00–1,060.00	7,681	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	892	1
Bulls	—	—	1,488	65.50/cwt	50.00–74.00	975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	531	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	443	172.01/cwt	171.00–173.00	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	151.36/cwt	138.00–159.00	997	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	371	198.77/cwt	192.50–200.00	737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	143.02/cwt	138.00–157.00	684	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	565	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	582	161.28/cwt	161.00–163.00	939	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	133.45/cwt	128.00–137.50	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	154.68/cwt	146.00–165.00	875	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	604	162.51/cwt	159.00–163.50	982	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	149.42/cwt	142.00–159.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	201.28/cwt	187.50–210.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	176.96/cwt	160.00–200.00	665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	561	135.34/cwt	134.00–138.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	355	161.93/cwt	156.00–170.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	165.53/cwt	165.00–167.00	422	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	150.57/cwt	144.00–153.00	941	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	130.43/cwt	126.00–133.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	613	133.00/cwt	132.00–134.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	191.64/cwt	183.00–210.00	525	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	172.92/cwt	160.00–187.50	725	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.62/cwt	147.00–167.50	835	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	163.10/cwt	152.00–172.50	775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	150.73/cwt	146.00–157.00	778	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	156.59/cwt	151.00–163.00	672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,038	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	123.60/cwt	115.00–130.00	843	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	148.17/cwt	146.00–152.00	679	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	69.04/cwt	60.00–75.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	528	165.34/cwt	155.00–170.00	873	36
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	167.39/cwt	163.00–170.00	797	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	154.36/cwt	150.00–162.50	718	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	800	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	5,520	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	67.34/cwt	60.00–75.00	544	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	6,365	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	1,019.75/cwt	925.00–1,150.00	10,840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	735	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	60.34/cwt	58.00–63.00	567	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,110.23/cwt	750.00–1,550.00	12,213	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	7,263	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	66.07/cwt	57.00–72.00	653	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	824	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	58.99/cwt	54.00–63.00	625	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	67.65/cwt	64.00–72.00	773	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	70.01/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,035	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	897	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	68.51/cwt	65.00–76.00	826	15
Bulls	—	—	1,611	85.08/cwt	75.00–91.00	1,371	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	790.39/cwt	690.00–1,000.00	7,722	3
Bulls	—	—	1,732	94.93/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,644	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	818	47.02/cwt	46.00–48.00	385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	666	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	18,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	1,042.19/cwt	1,035.00–1,050.00	10,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	138.79/cwt	132.00–143.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	116.45/cwt	115.00–118.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	118.76/cwt	117.50–120.00	366	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	133.44/cwt	120.00–146.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	130.02/cwt	125.00–135.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	470	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	134.92/cwt	132.50–137.50	432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	147.65/cwt	145.00–150.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	127.41/cwt	125.00–131.00	673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	128.31/cwt	121.00–137.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	174.42/cwt	165.00–182.50	654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	138.01/cwt	131.00–146.00	718	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	162.43/cwt	147.50–177.50	513	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	595	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	136.43/cwt	130.00–138.00	850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	542	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	156.55/cwt	144.00–167.50	579	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	483	153.43/cwt	149.00–158.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	129.88/cwt	125.00–135.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Replacement	—	315	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	132.90/cwt	121.00–145.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	137.59/cwt	135.00–140.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	134.35/cwt	130.00–139.00	576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	475	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	419	164.26/cwt	164.00–165.00	688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	133.32/cwt	123.00–138.00	881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	415	146.42/cwt	143.00–150.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	128.43/cwt	125.00–132.00	726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	128.15/cwt	125.00–132.50	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	124.44/cwt	120.00–125.00	752	9

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →