Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Supply was light due heavy rainfall in the area ,consignments was not as attractive as weeks previous.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.46/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$153.46

112 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$54.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.98

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	391	169.17	662	6thin
Medium and Large 1	443	161.32	715	67
Medium and Large 2	433	141.66	614	33
Medium and Large 3	348	115.01	400	6thin

One grade step is worth $54.16/cwt here — about $262 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 sale112 hd

153.46

—

AR average10 barns · 1,204 hd

154.45

−0.98

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	1,327	89.14	1,183	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	80.27	1,159	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,161	78.35	910	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	977	63.24	618	13

Every lot, as filed

116 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	—	282	160.24/cwt	155.00–165.00	452	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	157.72/cwt	147.50–165.00	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	116.68/cwt	110.00–120.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	140.73/cwt	120.00–152.50	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	138.73/cwt	137.50–140.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	610	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	160.99/cwt	150.00–170.00	755	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	126.39/cwt	120.00–133.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	317	158.21/cwt	133.00–175.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	156.92/cwt	150.00–162.50	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	138.77/cwt	130.00–162.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	465	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	795	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	402	136.68/cwt	130.00–140.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	138.34/cwt	138.00–139.00	902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	167.33/cwt	157.50–182.50	542	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	150.80/cwt	145.00–162.50	789	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	163.22/cwt	157.50–174.00	591	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	179.90/cwt	172.50–185.00	935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Replacement	—	417	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	380	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	197.23/cwt	190.00–205.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	151.70/cwt	143.00–161.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	185.48/cwt	177.50–203.00	783	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	428	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	175.44/cwt	157.50–185.00	830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	203.57/cwt	200.00–210.00	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	275	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	186.66/cwt	185.00–190.00	610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	157.54/cwt	155.00–160.00	961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	178.67/cwt	170.00–187.50	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	257	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	156.54/cwt	150.00–162.50	819	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	152.41/cwt	146.00–159.00	850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	840	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	160.99/cwt	156.00–168.00	790	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	180.57/cwt	160.00–192.50	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	863	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,036	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	71.84/cwt	68.00–77.00	769	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	59.73/cwt	57.00–65.00	518	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,213	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	80.48/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,149	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	780	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	468	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	461	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	78.35/cwt	72.00–83.00	910	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	865	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	277	1
Bulls	—	—	1,005	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	693	1
Bulls	—	—	1,508	104.36/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,574	2
Bulls	—	—	1,308	83.99/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,099	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	896	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	82.58/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,069	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	738.90/cwt	685.00–850.00	6,872	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,448	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,156.25/cwt	1,025.00–1,250.00	12,141	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	79.67/cwt	77.00–82.00	944	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,193	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	680	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	783	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	16,023	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	746	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,239	1,314.88/cwt	1,050.00–1,400.00	16,291	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	18,512	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,277.08/cwt	925.00–1,575.00	15,325	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	9,975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	1,234.99/cwt	825.00–1,450.00	14,400	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	141.44/cwt	138.00–145.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	136.26/cwt	128.00–145.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	157.16/cwt	154.00–160.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	170.21/cwt	155.00–180.00	727	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	264	142.71/cwt	125.00–162.50	377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	136.66/cwt	135.00–140.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	174.48/cwt	131.00–202.50	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	340	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	493	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	116.40/cwt	110.00–122.50	364	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	149.21/cwt	135.00–160.00	764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	130.09/cwt	125.00–135.00	537	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	162.60/cwt	160.00–165.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	125.24/cwt	120.00–130.00	395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	160.94/cwt	152.50–170.00	459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	181.84/cwt	170.00–190.00	693	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,114	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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