Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2023-02-07

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 7
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,142 head
465 vs last sale 677 906 vs year ago 236 · +383.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
10 vs last sale 100 48 vs year ago 42 · +114.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
40 vs last sale 0 20 vs year ago 20 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market trend not established due to auction not recently covered. However, all classes of cattle had a higher undertone on good to very good demand. Feeder and Stocker cattle consignments consisted of pre vac cattle plus regular cattle. Next pre vac sale is scheduled for March 7, 2023.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.66/cwt on 302 head.
Average price
$172.66
302 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510174.2188860
Medium and Large 1566173.08980232
Medium and Large 2554153.6785110thin
One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about $37 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 sale302 hd
172.66
AR average1 barns · 302 hd
172.66
+0.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,520104.071,58214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40088.511,2394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22986.381,0626thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97469.6767914

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,390$2,0908

Every lot, as filed

81 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2579177.59/cwt165.00–182.501,0284
SteersMedium and Large 1728178.75/cwt178.00–182.501,3016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added663173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1473
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added688162.86/cwt156.00–166.001,12016
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added420188.65/cwt188.00–189.0079218
SteersMedium and Large 1581193.21/cwt187.50–199.001,12323
SteersMedium and Large 3475165.00/cwt145.00–185.007842
SteersMedium and Large 3655145.00/cwt145.00–145.009501
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500167.50/cwt167.50–167.508381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added583163.72/cwt160.00–166.009548
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added572171.82/cwt170.00–177.0098349
SteersMedium and Large 2620166.49/cwt156.00–177.501,0322
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added626191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,19615
SteersMedium and Large 1677183.56/cwt180.00–190.001,2439
SteersMedium and Large 2320167.62/cwt160.00–175.005362
SteersMedium and Large 2658162.32/cwt160.00–167.001,0683
SteersMedium and Large 1414208.25/cwt205.00–210.008623
SteersMedium and Large 1385204.43/cwt200.00–217.507874
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added571198.32/cwt197.00–200.001,13220
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added824167.71/cwt164.00–170.001,3828
SteersMedium and Large 1317214.14/cwt210.00–222.506793
SteersMedium and Large 1460187.55/cwt185.00–190.008632
SteersMedium and Large 3555156.21/cwt145.00–160.008674
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added402220.01/cwt215.00–232.508847
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added781175.09/cwt170.00–178.001,36724
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added507212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2053
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed420237.32/cwt237.00–240.009979
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added481180.00/cwt180.00–180.008664
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added475230.40/cwt212.50–238.001,09437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added508172.00/cwt172.00–172.0087412
SteersMedium and Large 1628189.69/cwt181.00–195.001,19113
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added712181.66/cwt176.00–184.001,29322
BullsMedium and Large 1527207.82/cwt187.00–215.001,0954
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy480160.98/cwt160.00–162.007732
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy340152.50/cwt152.50–152.505191
BullsMedium and Large 1645167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1745133.00/cwt133.00–133.009911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41892.35/cwt91.00–93.001,3103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20683.34/cwt78.00–87.001,0054
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27592.46/cwt91.00–94.001,1792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0361
CowsLean 85-90%98865.91/cwt62.00–69.006513
CowsLean 85-90%1,00175.14/cwt73.00–78.007528
CowsLean 85-90%88858.85/cwt56.00–60.005233
Bulls1,26485.27/cwt75.00–93.001,0785
Bulls1,854120.63/cwt117.00–126.002,2364
Bulls1,508109.62/cwt107.00–112.001,6535
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3902,089.68/head1,800.00–2,250.002,0908
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0035
HeifersMedium and Large 2780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 2538150.00/cwt150.00–150.008072
HeifersMedium and Large 1569174.25/cwt170.00–180.009915
HeifersMedium and Large 1820135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1071
BullsMedium and Large 1568181.39/cwt178.00–185.001,0302
HeifersMedium and Large 1628166.61/cwt166.00–171.001,0468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550165.00/cwt165.00–165.009084
HeifersMedium and Large 2475158.84/cwt150.00–167.507542
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open727165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2003
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open789157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2395
HeifersMedium and Large 1466180.22/cwt173.00–185.008407
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added476178.71/cwt171.00–186.0085136
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement551185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,01930
HeifersMedium and Large 1513171.53/cwt167.50–172.5088013
HeifersMedium and Large 2600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 2570159.67/cwt155.00–169.009103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement931130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2107
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added737154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added365182.50/cwt182.50–182.506664
HeifersMedium and Large 2420170.00/cwt170.00–170.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1680162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 1335177.50/cwt177.50–177.505951
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added630168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,05811
SteersMedium and Large 1515204.63/cwt190.00–212.501,05416
SteersMedium and Large 2425189.00/cwt189.00–189.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1392189.95/cwt182.50–195.007458
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added521173.31/cwt165.00–178.0090321
HeifersMedium and Large 1427184.39/cwt177.50–187.507876
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added460185.86/cwt184.00–190.0085510

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.