Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady. Stocker heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was heavy with several quality consignments of pre/vac cattle that sold at a premium. Very nice weather conditions brought buyers out today getting ready for spring grazing .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.45/cwt on 364 head.

Average price

$146.45

364 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$26.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	148.06	865	276
Medium and Large 2	461	143.19	660	65
Medium and Large 1-2	590	141.61	836	17thin
Medium and Large 3	464	121.49	564	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.56/cwt here — about $301 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 sale364 hd

146.45

—

AR average2 barns · 421 hd

146.96

−0.51

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	1,446	79.74	1,153	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	80.98	1,197	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,125	74.94	843	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	909	50.00	455	9thin

Every lot, as filed

141 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 2	—	517	155.40/cwt	147.50–162.00	803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	808	143.19/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,157	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	183.66/cwt	172.50–200.00	863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	213.75/cwt	202.50–225.00	620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	148.53/cwt	140.00–157.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	150.31/cwt	135.00–165.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	168.24/cwt	159.00–182.50	787	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	161.64/cwt	159.00–165.00	605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	157.85/cwt	142.50–172.50	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	204.84/cwt	192.50–215.00	975	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	669	140.74/cwt	140.00–141.00	942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	441	182.10/cwt	170.00–192.50	803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	153.43/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,122	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	136.71/cwt	130.00–139.00	868	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	445	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	738	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	626	141.32/cwt	139.00–143.00	885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	133.77/cwt	128.00–139.00	900	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	140.97/cwt	135.00–145.00	808	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	867	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	131.94/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,009	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	328	160.48/cwt	155.00–175.00	526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	150.99/cwt	141.00–165.00	788	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	152.73/cwt	149.00–168.00	895	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	194.03/cwt	177.50–200.00	728	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	153.90/cwt	148.00–158.00	885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	166.62/cwt	161.00–172.50	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	199.80/cwt	172.00–220.00	667	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	145.13/cwt	138.00–153.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	583	148.99/cwt	148.00–150.00	869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	380	160.57/cwt	152.00–167.00	610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	147.29/cwt	139.00–155.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	189.82/cwt	172.50–197.50	793	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	174.58/cwt	164.00–195.00	903	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	524	202.35/cwt	182.00–210.00	1,060	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	185.43/cwt	171.00–190.00	1,044	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	692	155.29/cwt	154.00–158.50	1,075	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	553	159.98/cwt	157.50–162.50	885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	535	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	340	170.15/cwt	160.00–180.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	713	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,041	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	723	155.51/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,124	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	440	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	605	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	631	163.25/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,030	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	413	168.06/cwt	166.00–170.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	395	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	80.98/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,197	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	77.63/cwt	74.00–82.00	900	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	855	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	410	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	63.96/cwt	60.00–66.00	622	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	56.07/cwt	55.00–57.00	579	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	70.10/cwt	67.00–74.00	747	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	340	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	775	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	233	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	675	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	203	1
Bulls	—	—	1,813	106.18/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,925	2
Bulls	—	—	1,339	82.59/cwt	74.00–95.00	1,106	6
Bulls	—	—	1,553	65.42/cwt	50.00–75.00	1,016	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	930	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	623	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	785.18/cwt	685.00–875.00	7,561	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	522	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	742	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,020	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,126	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,879	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	77.31/cwt	72.00–84.00	875	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	763	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	64.96/cwt	55.00–74.00	574	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	724	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	78.93/cwt	78.00–80.00	953	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	181.81/cwt	162.50–192.50	842	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	175.04/cwt	167.50–181.00	915	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	137.32/cwt	135.00–142.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	915	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,061	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	154.29/cwt	135.00–162.50	645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	182.24/cwt	176.00–185.00	767	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	410	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	135.53/cwt	132.00–138.00	835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	134.41/cwt	128.00–140.00	757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	134.40/cwt	134.00–135.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	165.90/cwt	150.00–180.00	700	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	509	145.35/cwt	135.00–157.50	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	138.86/cwt	130.00–150.00	653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	137.26/cwt	130.00–145.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	149.47/cwt	142.50–160.00	710	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	161.94/cwt	142.50–185.00	607	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	166.40/cwt	147.50–184.00	544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	141.85/cwt	137.50–145.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	123.35/cwt	120.00–125.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	145.01/cwt	130.00–155.00	615	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	156.09/cwt	140.00–170.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	150.53/cwt	142.00–155.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	410	133.69/cwt	130.00–135.00	548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	144.28/cwt	133.00–157.50	749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	960	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	292	203.35/cwt	165.00–216.00	594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	945	114.50/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	115.45/cwt	111.00–120.00	485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	880	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	176.87/cwt	160.00–202.50	661	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	126.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	137.28/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,002	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	125.61/cwt	116.00–135.00	833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	1

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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