Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand for the quality. Several fleshy new crop calves that were discounted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.98/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$172.98

168 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$55.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.54

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	178.48	862	127
Medium and Large 1-2	487	163.78	797	15thin
Medium and Large 2	476	155.13	739	23
Medium and Large 3	480	123.33	592	3thin

One grade step is worth $55.14/cwt here — about $270 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 sale168 hd

172.98

—

AR average8 barns · 1,399 hd

186.52

−13.54

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	—	Average	1,645	89.68	1,475	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	75.41	1,105	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,168	71.94	840	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,069	66.26	708	10

Every lot, as filed

117 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	—	371	164.29/cwt	155.00–170.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	385	153.50/cwt	152.50–155.00	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	460	165.83/cwt	157.50–170.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,078	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	182.04/cwt	172.50–189.00	874	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	415	162.41/cwt	155.00–170.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	165.15/cwt	160.00–170.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	300	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	359	173.95/cwt	173.00–175.00	624	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	156.31/cwt	145.00–165.00	736	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	201.93/cwt	200.00–205.50	737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	324	161.71/cwt	160.00–162.50	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	295	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	136.25/cwt	135.00–137.50	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	148.31/cwt	145.00–150.00	755	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	452	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	146.38/cwt	140.00–157.50	473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	158.92/cwt	147.00–170.00	675	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	136.46/cwt	133.00–140.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	168.20/cwt	155.00–177.50	742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	173.66/cwt	162.50–181.00	915	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	158.00/cwt	150.00–168.00	735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	201.83/cwt	200.00–205.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	194.91/cwt	185.00–210.00	733	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	183.12/cwt	170.00–200.00	769	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	155.61/cwt	152.50–160.00	833	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	159.24/cwt	154.00–165.00	916	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	400	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	416	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	832	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	154.89/cwt	147.00–160.00	951	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	393	179.83/cwt	167.50–192.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	149.14/cwt	141.00–156.00	917	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	543	139.74/cwt	137.50–142.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	531	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	76.43/cwt	74.00–79.00	973	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	71.99/cwt	70.00–74.00	826	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	63.80/cwt	60.00–68.00	660	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	72.93/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,066	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	77.88/cwt	76.00–82.00	1,144	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	68.93/cwt	66.00–71.00	760	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	800	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	456	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	86.24/cwt	77.00–93.00	1,324	11
Bulls	—	—	1,255	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	853	1
Bulls	—	—	1,966	101.57/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,997	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	79.63/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,035	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	770	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	941.83/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	8,844	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	712	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	852.92/cwt	800.00–935.00	9,246	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	564	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	11,395	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	8,415	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	718.77/cwt	630.00–750.00	6,562	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	722.55/cwt	600.00–900.00	6,142	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	180.66/cwt	160.00–192.50	667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	135.62/cwt	128.00–146.00	709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	142.82/cwt	140.00–149.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	120.48/cwt	120.00–121.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	135.88/cwt	128.00–140.00	836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	151.02/cwt	140.00–160.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	116.58/cwt	110.00–120.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	134.86/cwt	125.00–140.00	761	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	260	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	171.95/cwt	162.50–182.00	733	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	171.69/cwt	160.00–185.00	714	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	169.63/cwt	155.00–181.00	796	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	140.43/cwt	130.00–150.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	260	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	312	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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