Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was moderate with strong demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.32/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$146.32

145 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$37.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	151.90	767	99
Medium and Large 2	458	136.26	624	42
Medium and Large 3	483	114.03	550	4thin

One grade step is worth $37.87/cwt here — about $217 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 sale145 hd

146.32

—

AR average9 barns · 1,335 hd

142.61

+3.71

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	1,538	95.12	1,462	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,468	79.40	1,166	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,183	77.59	918	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	54.42	499	5thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	989	1,096.97/cwt	1,070.00–1,150.00	10,849	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	838.57/cwt	800.00–875.00	7,337	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	844.53/cwt	700.00–925.00	9,036	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	157.64/cwt	144.00–183.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	155.79/cwt	154.00–157.50	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	265	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	135.71/cwt	130.00–142.50	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	388	169.96/cwt	155.00–187.50	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	415	158.57/cwt	150.00–164.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	573	128.68/cwt	124.00–133.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	332	144.94/cwt	135.00–155.00	481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	149.54/cwt	143.00–155.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	124.50/cwt	120.00–128.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	136.24/cwt	133.00–140.00	846	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	183.33/cwt	175.00–197.50	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	139.18/cwt	130.00–143.00	803	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	163.42/cwt	152.50–170.00	610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	115.06/cwt	110.00–120.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	136.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	137.76/cwt	137.50–138.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	132.65/cwt	128.00–137.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	157.54/cwt	153.00–165.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	146.46/cwt	137.50–152.50	839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	508	141.77/cwt	137.50–146.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	164.06/cwt	160.00–172.50	438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	153.51/cwt	138.00–162.50	1,025	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	182.68/cwt	168.00–197.50	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	190.98/cwt	185.00–212.50	497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	195.11/cwt	175.00–205.00	905	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	168.17/cwt	162.50–177.50	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	207.87/cwt	187.50–220.00	894	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	212.30/cwt	192.50–230.00	809	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	250	177.50/cwt	175.00–180.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	157.29/cwt	140.00–165.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	610	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	146.33/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	155.45/cwt	145.00–170.00	954	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	206.72/cwt	192.50–225.00	672	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	245	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	250	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	704	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	432	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	79.40/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,166	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	75.33/cwt	73.00–77.00	851	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	82.86/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,051	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	60.37/cwt	57.00–65.00	572	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	363	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	98.49/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,522	3
Bulls	—	—	1,515	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,288	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	74.06/cwt	61.00–82.00	569	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,053	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,808	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,235	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	70.12/cwt	63.00–73.00	642	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	15,190	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	1,049.71/cwt	650.00–1,225.00	11,904	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	805.51/cwt	735.00–825.00	8,369	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	579	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	9,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	1,130.71/cwt	925.00–1,325.00	13,195	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	143.71/cwt	142.00–146.00	887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	170.04/cwt	163.00–180.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	685	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	138.66/cwt	130.00–147.50	372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	155.93/cwt	145.00–165.00	742	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	165.34/cwt	147.50–175.00	704	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	130.99/cwt	128.00–135.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	132.16/cwt	125.00–138.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	469	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	786	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	130.49/cwt	129.00–132.50	872	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	154.08/cwt	142.00–161.00	726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	112.39/cwt	110.00–115.00	307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	170.71/cwt	155.00–180.00	879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	158.92/cwt	150.00–167.50	617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	149.17/cwt	147.50–151.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	140.54/cwt	138.00–143.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	128.37/cwt	124.00–133.00	793	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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