Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher. Stocker heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Supply was moderate with strong demand. Weaned pre/vac cattle sold at a premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.21/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$150.21

216 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$357

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

$48.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.05

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	155.04	752	144
Medium and Large 1-2	572	143.55	821	22
Medium and Large 2	477	141.34	674	47
Medium and Large 3	370	106.67	395	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.37/cwt here — about $357 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 sale216 hd

150.21

—

AR average10 barns · 1,138 hd

151.27

−1.05

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	1,492	90.28	1,347	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,420	77.80	1,105	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,116	73.96	825	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	984	62.02	610	22

Every lot, as filed

121 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 1	—	411	190.65/cwt	170.00–205.00	784	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	164.16/cwt	160.00–167.50	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	615	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	425	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	154.45/cwt	150.00–162.50	581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	970	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	205.97/cwt	205.00–210.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	143.50/cwt	142.00–144.50	947	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	152.79/cwt	145.00–160.00	791	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	162.24/cwt	150.00–176.00	612	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	438	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	164.39/cwt	150.00–177.50	457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	147.00/cwt	135.00–149.00	903	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	159.04/cwt	150.00–175.00	676	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	141.94/cwt	132.50–145.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	138.97/cwt	137.00–141.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	164.97/cwt	150.00–174.00	530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	139.09/cwt	132.50–142.50	394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	145.45/cwt	142.50–150.00	567	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	158.14/cwt	147.50–170.00	746	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	151.97/cwt	140.00–154.50	845	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	929	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	132.66/cwt	130.00–136.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	157.36/cwt	152.50–172.50	664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	194.76/cwt	182.50–210.00	726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,116	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	203.36/cwt	195.00–212.50	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	158.32/cwt	157.85–165.00	1,084	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	168.99/cwt	168.00–170.00	892	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	191.28/cwt	185.00–200.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	480	1
Steers	Large 1	—	809	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,072	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	966	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	157.76/cwt	145.00–167.50	830	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,051	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	177.62/cwt	168.00–195.00	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,148	1
Steers	Large 1	—	892	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,173	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,086	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	200.38/cwt	187.50–212.50	940	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	176.99/cwt	162.50–184.00	995	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	545	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	285	163.86/cwt	157.50–170.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	385	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	280	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	455	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	76.60/cwt	70.00–84.00	780	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	64.01/cwt	55.00–69.00	645	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	49.05/cwt	45.00–55.00	442	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	76.96/cwt	75.00–78.00	884	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	70.95/cwt	65.00–74.00	768	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	775	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	310	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	77.80/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,105	7
Bulls	—	—	1,725	107.61/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,856	2
Bulls	—	—	1,499	90.81/cwt	80.00–100.00	1,361	9
Bulls	—	—	1,230	70.54/cwt	68.00–73.00	868	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	75.98/cwt	67.00–78.00	928	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	660	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	70.71/cwt	68.00–72.50	745	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	512	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	19,200	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	14,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	961.77/cwt	825.00–1,125.00	10,705	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	79.68/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,056	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	801.66/cwt	700.00–875.00	8,161	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	80.87/cwt	69.00–85.00	698	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	1,004.68/cwt	660.00–1,100.00	11,011	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,013	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	83.68/cwt	63.00–93.00	628	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	763.69/cwt	700.00–800.00	6,102	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,125	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	12,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	1,023.44/cwt	1,000.00–1,075.00	10,920	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	8,164	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	16,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	1,181.81/cwt	835.00–1,350.00	12,539	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	138.38/cwt	135.00–140.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	141.25/cwt	140.00–142.50	470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	520	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	153.91/cwt	140.00–167.50	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	179.16/cwt	160.00–195.00	674	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	149.84/cwt	140.00–159.00	650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	154.02/cwt	152.00–156.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	187.02/cwt	165.00–197.50	722	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	146.11/cwt	135.00–152.50	777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	108.88/cwt	100.00–125.00	456	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	167.15/cwt	157.50–187.50	791	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	152.66/cwt	140.00–160.00	493	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	613	129.80/cwt	120.00–139.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	177.43/cwt	157.50–192.50	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	114.80/cwt	110.00–120.00	431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	146.25/cwt	135.00–157.50	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	444	179.23/cwt	165.00–182.00	796	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	157.52/cwt	150.00–165.00	830	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	905	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	139.05/cwt	133.00–145.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	140.23/cwt	125.00–150.00	933	3

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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