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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 31
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
641 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 542▲ 134 vs year ago 507 · +26.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 114▲ 115 vs year ago 20 · +575.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 20▼ 115 vs year ago 140 · −82.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower; Steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; Heifers over 600 lbs lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher in a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.54/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$152.54
97 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.15
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558158.3888366
Medium and Large 2498142.6171027
Medium and Large 3498123.266144thin
One grade step is worth $35.12/cwt here — about $270 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 sale97 hd
152.54
—
AR average8 barns · 968 hd
154.69
−2.15
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,52984.511,29210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40566.8593913
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18965.9278415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05558.3461513

Every lot, as filed

61 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574135.13/cwt130.00–139.0077614
SteersMedium and Large 1—423166.49/cwt160.00–177.507045
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376141.88/cwt130.00–147.505335
SteersMedium and Large 2—476141.01/cwt130.00–148.006717
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524138.28/cwt132.50–142.0072513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479143.10/cwt132.50–148.0068521
SteersMedium and Large 2—318161.30/cwt153.00–170.005132
SteersMedium and Large 3—518119.02/cwt115.00–123.006172
SteersMedium and Large 3—345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
SteersMedium and Large 2—430134.08/cwt130.00–143.005773
SteersMedium and Large 1—315191.92/cwt181.00–202.506052
SteersMedium and Large 1—518155.44/cwt143.00–160.0080517
SteersMedium and Large 2—622139.49/cwt135.00–142.508688
SteersMedium and Large 1—636162.47/cwt153.00–164.001,03311
SteersMedium and Large 1—702146.50/cwt142.00–148.001,0284
SteersMedium and Large 3—610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
SteersMedium and Large 2—515138.61/cwt135.00–144.007143
SteersMedium and Large 2—367157.58/cwt146.00–172.505783
SteersMedium and Large 1—363197.45/cwt192.50–200.007173
SteersMedium and Large 1—484155.27/cwt151.00–160.007529
SteersMedium and Large 1—563158.03/cwt144.00–162.008906
SteersMedium and Large 1—667152.01/cwt140.00–155.001,0145
SteersMedium and Large 2—555134.00/cwt134.00–134.007441
BullsMedium and Large 1—650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
BullsMedium and Large 1—561147.37/cwt142.00–149.008275
BullsMedium and Large 1—507134.28/cwt130.00–140.006817
BullsMedium and Large 1—385177.47/cwt175.00–180.006832
BullsMedium and Large 1—472140.42/cwt137.00–145.0066310
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05862.18/cwt60.00–65.006586
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44372.35/cwt72.00–73.001,0443
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39465.20/cwt64.00–67.0090910
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19362.81/cwt62.00–63.007495
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19372.48/cwt72.00–73.008652
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—82053.00/cwt53.00–53.004351
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09155.38/cwt54.00–56.006046
Bulls——1,37178.91/cwt77.00–82.001,0824
Bulls——1,69092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,5551
Bulls——1,62487.49/cwt86.00–90.001,4215
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18666.22/cwt64.00–68.007858
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—945603.62/cwt500.00–750.005,7043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1701,135.00/cwt1,135.00–1,135.0013,2801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—925500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,6251
BullsMedium and Large 2—413126.26/cwt125.00–127.505212
BullsMedium and Large 2—390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
BullsMedium and Large 2—463128.01/cwt126.00–130.005932
BullsMedium and Large 1—425143.22/cwt137.50–147.006094
BullsMedium and Large 1—624134.00/cwt128.00–139.008367
BullsMedium and Large 2—335172.50/cwt172.50–172.505781
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422147.65/cwt142.50–152.506239
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671133.88/cwt124.00–143.008985
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317149.34/cwt145.00–157.504735
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723134.00/cwt134.00–134.009692
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425141.80/cwt135.00–150.006033
BullsMedium and Large 2—560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388151.12/cwt143.00–157.505865
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619130.18/cwt123.00–136.008064
HeifersMedium and Large 1—788132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0402
SteersMedium and Large 1—915136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508142.00/cwt142.00–142.007212

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.