Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 higher. Stocker heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 500 lb were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly 4.00 higher. Supply was moderate with strong demand. Value added cattle sold at premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.02/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$151.02

268 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$38.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.38

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	153.67	795	195
Large 1	555	149.00	827	2thin
Medium and Large 2	476	145.50	693	59
Medium and Large 1-2	647	142.11	919	9thin
Medium and Large 3	572	115.32	660	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.35/cwt here — about $136 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 sale268 hd

151.02

—

AR average9 barns · 1,588 hd

150.64

+0.38

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	1,685	97.10	1,636	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,370	79.27	1,086	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,122	76.10	854	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	971	61.77	600	10

Every lot, as filed

124 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	—	435	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	171.07/cwt	167.50–175.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	197.12/cwt	180.00–230.00	649	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	706	152.68/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	196.57/cwt	177.50–220.00	725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	152.02/cwt	150.00–155.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	159.97/cwt	140.00–167.50	846	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	151.07/cwt	140.00–162.50	851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	627	147.42/cwt	143.00–155.00	924	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	359	170.99/cwt	169.00–175.00	614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	300	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,280	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	196.05/cwt	190.00–197.50	1,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	445	164.67/cwt	164.00–165.00	733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	807	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,069	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	422	172.70/cwt	166.00–180.00	729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	142.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	158.28/cwt	156.00–162.50	820	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	463	156.22/cwt	150.00–162.50	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	356	160.04/cwt	152.50–170.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	423	155.78/cwt	147.50–165.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	734	135.59/cwt	133.00–138.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	745	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	878	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,177	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	780	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,034	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Replacement	—	690	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	192.86/cwt	185.00–220.00	517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	194.78/cwt	180.00–212.50	810	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	162.10/cwt	150.00–175.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	190.65/cwt	172.00–200.00	890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	180.76/cwt	170.00–200.00	951	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	142.87/cwt	135.00–151.00	1,119	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	144.76/cwt	130.00–154.00	1,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	170.34/cwt	150.00–181.00	973	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	380	168.40/cwt	161.00–176.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	378	217.70/cwt	210.00–232.50	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	483	207.00/cwt	205.00–207.50	1,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	550	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	840	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	678	160.70/cwt	154.00–173.00	1,090	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	419	207.33/cwt	205.00–210.00	869	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	790	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	593	174.00/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	838	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	74.33/cwt	70.00–77.00	831	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	71.03/cwt	69.00–73.00	794	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	79.35/cwt	77.00–84.00	895	6
Bulls	—	—	955	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	573	1
Bulls	—	—	1,943	110.37/cwt	105.00–114.00	2,144	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	64.68/cwt	60.00–68.00	659	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	55.30/cwt	52.00–59.00	476	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	79.27/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,086	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	815	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	416	1
Bulls	—	—	1,634	94.44/cwt	84.00–101.00	1,543	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,264	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,265.97/cwt	1,200.00–1,325.00	11,394	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	71.19/cwt	65.00–77.00	598	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	63.17/cwt	52.00–75.00	553	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	823.57/cwt	800.00–850.00	7,560	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	10,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,545	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,820	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	79.59/cwt	77.00–82.00	858	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	1,137.66/cwt	1,000.00–1,275.00	12,446	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,052.50/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	10,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	186.04/cwt	177.50–202.50	804	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	171.08/cwt	165.00–180.00	809	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	150.16/cwt	145.00–158.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	119.86/cwt	110.00–125.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	263	163.69/cwt	157.50–170.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	328	148.84/cwt	137.50–160.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	157.98/cwt	145.00–167.00	678	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	168.03/cwt	160.00–175.00	551	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	132.51/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	124.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	164.50/cwt	153.00–170.00	615	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	980	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	153.38/cwt	145.00–159.00	799	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	152.27/cwt	144.00–165.00	869	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	154.24/cwt	144.00–162.00	739	23
Heifers	Large 1	—	555	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	142.63/cwt	134.00–156.00	736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	137.62/cwt	129.00–150.00	778	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	145.37/cwt	130.00–155.00	392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	139.22/cwt	126.00–145.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	145.39/cwt	142.50–152.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	160.60/cwt	155.00–166.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	142.01/cwt	139.00–145.00	970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	149.51/cwt	142.00–156.00	919	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	166.50/cwt	160.00–172.00	460	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	115.32/cwt	115.00–116.00	660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	165.18/cwt	157.00–175.00	869	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	250	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	182.58/cwt	170.00–190.00	694	4

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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