Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeders steers over 500 lb sold mostly steady. Stocker heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeders heifers over 500 lb were 2.00 to 6.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Some noticeable discounts for fleshy cattle as well as bad hair as summer approaches.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.48/cwt on 175 head.

Average price

$150.48

175 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$685

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$32.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	463	155.38	720	95
Medium and Large 2	437	146.64	641	68
Medium and Large 1-2	549	138.75	762	8thin
Medium and Large 3	373	122.56	457	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.82/cwt here — about $263 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 sale175 hd

150.48

—

AR average9 barns · 1,525 hd

149.80

+0.67

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	1,490	84.26	1,256	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	73.24	1,061	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	71.70	822	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	994	55.45	551	21

Every lot, as filed

140 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 2Thin Fleshed	—	470	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	185.44/cwt	175.00–200.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	166.36/cwt	160.00–175.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	162.51/cwt	160.00–167.50	543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	167.70/cwt	157.50–172.50	449	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	136.89/cwt	124.00–150.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	154.35/cwt	149.00–165.00	957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	133.14/cwt	130.00–135.00	774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	122.37/cwt	115.00–130.00	879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	162.94/cwt	155.00–174.00	624	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	140.38/cwt	130.00–147.00	606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	138.01/cwt	122.50–145.00	657	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	419	157.78/cwt	150.00–165.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	788	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	164.30/cwt	152.00–170.00	774	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	153.97/cwt	145.00–165.00	428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	128.04/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	159.36/cwt	150.00–170.00	668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	122.98/cwt	120.00–126.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	143.50/cwt	140.00–154.00	749	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	120.49/cwt	117.50–125.00	852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	129.73/cwt	120.00–135.00	739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	150.76/cwt	135.00–167.50	564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	306	175.59/cwt	160.00–180.00	537	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	179.30/cwt	172.50–182.50	841	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	152.99/cwt	135.00–160.00	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	161.73/cwt	160.00–165.00	615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	302	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	172.61/cwt	165.00–180.00	887	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	135.34/cwt	130.00–142.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	252	160.10/cwt	145.00–175.00	403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	184.44/cwt	176.00–196.00	778	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	187.21/cwt	180.00–200.00	522	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	450	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	154.22/cwt	150.00–160.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	896	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	159.77/cwt	158.00–161.00	906	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	194.29/cwt	175.00–206.00	629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	180.43/cwt	172.50–185.00	857	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	157.50/cwt	157.00–158.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	305	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	269	198.02/cwt	182.50–210.00	533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	136.37/cwt	132.50–156.00	918	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	345	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	170.82/cwt	162.50–182.50	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	678	123.63/cwt	117.50–130.00	838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	68.90/cwt	65.00–73.00	773	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	49.62/cwt	40.00–54.00	477	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	71.07/cwt	67.00–76.00	770	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	70.53/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,014	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	75.12/cwt	73.00–77.00	883	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	458	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	330	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	60.22/cwt	55.00–65.00	635	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	75.49/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,101	6
Bulls	—	—	1,925	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	2,098	1
Bulls	—	—	1,424	62.88/cwt	50.00–74.00	895	5
Bulls	—	—	1,480	92.47/cwt	75.00–104.00	1,369	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	962.68/cwt	675.00–1,075.00	10,397	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	895.16/cwt	600.00–950.00	9,954	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,044	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	10,925	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,101.64/cwt	760.00–1,375.00	11,567	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,360.00/cwt	1,360.00–1,360.00	15,640	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	65.09/cwt	58.00–70.00	612	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	73.44/cwt	70.00–82.50	676	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	69.48/cwt	69.00–70.00	851	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,565	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,096	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	908	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	65.74/cwt	63.00–68.00	684	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,060.36/cwt	825.00–1,225.00	12,300	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	885.43/cwt	825.00–950.00	8,704	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	925.99/cwt	900.00–950.00	8,732	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	966.36/cwt	700.00–1,050.00	10,040	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,125	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	940	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	9,075	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,083.86/cwt	1,060.00–1,110.00	11,922	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	18,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	153.50/cwt	133.00–165.00	496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	128.75/cwt	127.50–130.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	127.62/cwt	125.00–130.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	413	160.00/cwt	154.00–170.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	169.87/cwt	160.00–175.00	807	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	178.95/cwt	172.00–190.00	596	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	263	165.12/cwt	162.50–167.50	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	375	164.08/cwt	155.00–169.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	158.81/cwt	155.00–162.50	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	181.11/cwt	171.00–191.00	666	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	180.25/cwt	167.50–190.00	741	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	142.50/cwt	138.00–157.50	899	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	134.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	153.32/cwt	140.00–167.50	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	495	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	807	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	890	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	147.01/cwt	130.00–155.00	688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	148.58/cwt	138.00–155.00	848	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	125.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	835	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,004	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	154.10/cwt	135.00–165.00	660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	148.31/cwt	130.00–162.50	779	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	815	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	174.73/cwt	170.00–180.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.38/cwt	150.00–174.00	834	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	908	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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