Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and bulls under 500 lb sold mostly steady, over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower, over 500 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was heavy with strong demand on quality cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.80/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$138.80

202 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$29.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	140.04	825	144
Medium and Large 1-2	552	138.92	766	13thin
Medium and Large 2	480	136.53	656	42
Medium and Large 3	490	110.83	543	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.20/cwt here — about $282 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 sale202 hd

138.80

—

AR average9 barns · 2,102 hd

139.35

−0.55

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	1,573	85.01	1,337	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,426	71.14	1,014	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,137	68.20	776	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	975	58.55	571	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	—	467	144.29/cwt	138.00–151.00	674	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	148.53/cwt	144.00–151.00	618	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	154.28/cwt	150.00–159.00	884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	731	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,001	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,065	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	158.01/cwt	152.50–171.00	736	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	151.93/cwt	146.00–156.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	132.53/cwt	124.00–136.00	814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	185.11/cwt	165.00–202.50	576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	132.18/cwt	130.00–137.00	756	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	162.35/cwt	157.50–167.50	443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	132.05/cwt	125.00–135.00	866	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	160.43/cwt	150.00–166.00	528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	158.22/cwt	150.00–167.50	973	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.22/cwt	132.00–146.00	863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,015	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	140.67/cwt	130.00–153.00	796	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.88/cwt	154.00–170.00	836	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	149.47/cwt	142.50–158.00	770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	142.46/cwt	137.00–149.00	734	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	130.40/cwt	124.00–137.00	887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	131.27/cwt	125.00–142.00	878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	158.42/cwt	155.00–163.00	773	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	171.27/cwt	165.00–181.00	731	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	177.74/cwt	172.50–182.50	645	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	192.79/cwt	182.50–207.50	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	408	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	166.79/cwt	160.00–174.00	891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	147.68/cwt	140.00–151.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,086	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	14,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	340	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	623	160.17/cwt	154.00–165.00	998	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	813	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,045	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	801	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	745	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	931	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	15,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	167.62/cwt	162.50–174.00	706	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	255	176.78/cwt	167.50–185.00	451	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	69.92/cwt	66.00–73.00	791	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,410	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	64.30/cwt	62.00–65.00	707	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	281	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	45.01/cwt	43.00–47.00	423	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	66.01/cwt	65.00–67.00	687	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	60.97/cwt	55.00–64.00	592	9
Bulls	—	—	1,325	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	994	1
Bulls	—	—	1,615	84.52/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,365	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	788	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,448	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	71.90/cwt	67.00–79.00	1,023	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,980	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	144.23/cwt	142.50–146.00	837	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	69.41/cwt	65.00–78.00	798	29
Bulls	—	—	1,735	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	129.35/cwt	120.00–138.00	555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	113.84/cwt	106.00–125.00	529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	517	143.42/cwt	137.00–150.00	741	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	874	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,020.72/cwt	1,000.00–1,060.00	11,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	133.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	440	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	146.31/cwt	140.00–152.50	761	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	137.22/cwt	134.00–140.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	134.15/cwt	125.00–139.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	130.74/cwt	126.00–135.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	505	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	843	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	164.17/cwt	160.00–173.00	629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	464	151.49/cwt	136.00–156.00	703	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	490	147.93/cwt	141.00–155.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	329	182.08/cwt	176.00–185.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	250	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	147.02/cwt	144.00–150.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	508	150.73/cwt	146.00–160.00	766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	285	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	461	164.01/cwt	156.00–168.00	756	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	590	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	122.14/cwt	118.00–130.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	543	148.22/cwt	142.50–154.00	805	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	153.34/cwt	150.00–157.00	498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	135.89/cwt	130.00–146.00	833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	132.99/cwt	131.00–135.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	125.43/cwt	120.00–132.50	404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	393	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	141.94/cwt	134.00–150.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	806	2

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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