Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 500 lb sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00 higher. Supply was heavy with several pre-vac yearling cattle offered. Buyer demand was strong for quality cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.38/cwt on 418 head.

Average price

$143.38

418 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$34.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.64

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	145.17	829	84
Medium and Large 1	536	144.46	774	214
Medium and Large 2	510	141.77	722	114
Medium and Large 3	572	110.53	632	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.64/cwt here — about $197 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 sale418 hd

143.38

—

AR average10 barns · 1,563 hd

139.74

+3.64

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	1,620	91.78	1,487	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	73.53	917	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	71.73	1,034	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,004	62.00	622	22

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	767	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	295	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	715	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	166.10/cwt	160.00–179.00	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	623	157.86/cwt	157.00–159.00	983	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	379	161.37/cwt	161.00–162.50	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	529	146.06/cwt	140.00–157.50	773	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	157.52/cwt	147.00–162.50	822	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	127.98/cwt	120.00–136.00	851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	148.18/cwt	145.00–153.00	917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	149.52/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,084	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	146.63/cwt	140.00–154.00	685	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	133.74/cwt	125.00–138.00	772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	160.62/cwt	140.00–167.50	601	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	136.53/cwt	132.00–141.00	908	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	175.47/cwt	160.00–192.50	461	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	141.37/cwt	135.00–147.00	674	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	618	142.67/cwt	132.50–146.00	882	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.32/cwt	145.00–167.00	743	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	135.34/cwt	134.00–136.00	862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	162.44/cwt	150.00–180.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	181.80/cwt	170.00–205.00	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	148.63/cwt	140.00–155.00	629	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	158.76/cwt	152.00–166.00	903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	138.38/cwt	125.00–145.00	715	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	888	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	193.38/cwt	180.00–205.00	727	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	746	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	825	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	172.16/cwt	161.00–200.00	730	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	437	189.03/cwt	182.50–200.00	826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	170.65/cwt	160.00–175.00	875	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	175.04/cwt	165.00–187.50	849	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	153.96/cwt	147.50–160.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	164.22/cwt	158.00–171.00	944	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	153.92/cwt	142.50–159.00	1,031	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	579	143.81/cwt	140.00–146.00	833	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	14,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	432	156.70/cwt	155.00–160.00	677	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	882.20/cwt	800.00–950.00	8,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	662	138.94/cwt	138.00–147.00	920	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	166.95/cwt	147.50–175.00	524	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	185.37/cwt	180.00–190.00	500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	172.33/cwt	150.00–182.50	645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	877.06/cwt	825.00–935.00	8,621	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	420	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	61.20/cwt	53.00–65.00	487	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	68.31/cwt	64.00–72.00	728	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	73.12/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,062	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	66.63/cwt	66.00–68.00	934	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	73.53/cwt	68.00–81.00	917	25
Bulls	—	—	1,769	96.88/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,714	9
Bulls	—	—	1,396	84.14/cwt	75.00–90.00	1,175	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	9,975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	70.37/cwt	65.00–73.00	797	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	972.02/cwt	820.00–1,040.00	11,032	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	952	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	748	43.32/cwt	35.00–53.00	324	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	60.58/cwt	54.00–64.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	102.31/cwt	94.00–111.00	680	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	109.72/cwt	100.00–119.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	800	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	832	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	928.10/cwt	725.00–1,090.00	8,845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	120.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	111.31/cwt	110.00–114.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	137.30/cwt	130.00–145.00	585	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	133.49/cwt	132.00–135.00	391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	123.29/cwt	117.00–126.00	836	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	127.93/cwt	126.00–130.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	134.65/cwt	125.00–137.00	727	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	131.00/cwt	128.00–135.00	537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	161.40/cwt	155.00–167.50	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	135.51/cwt	130.00–140.00	504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	149.99/cwt	144.00–155.00	786	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	134.72/cwt	125.00–139.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.61/cwt	128.00–135.00	816	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	136.86/cwt	132.50–146.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	839	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	365	144.79/cwt	140.00–150.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	483	156.24/cwt	155.00–157.00	755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	613	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	766	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	390	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	325	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	157.38/cwt	150.00–164.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	495	152.06/cwt	132.00–154.00	753	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	488	148.74/cwt	147.50–150.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	365	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	489	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	134.45/cwt	124.00–140.00	769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	122.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	430	148.96/cwt	140.00–150.50	641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	126.54/cwt	125.00–128.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	140.74/cwt	136.00–144.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	132.83/cwt	120.00–136.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	563	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	809	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	159.91/cwt	157.50–162.50	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	788	112.43/cwt	105.00–120.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	153.88/cwt	145.00–160.00	654	4

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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