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
Bulls—Low1,520104.071,58214
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 2—579177.59/cwt165.00–182.501,0284
SteersMedium and Large 1—728178.75/cwt178.00–182.501,3016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—663173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1473
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—688162.86/cwt156.00–166.001,12016
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—420188.65/cwt188.00–189.0079218
SteersMedium and Large 1—581193.21/cwt187.50–199.001,12323
SteersMedium and Large 3—475165.00/cwt145.00–185.007842
SteersMedium and Large 3—655145.00/cwt145.00–145.009501
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—500167.50/cwt167.50–167.508381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—583163.72/cwt160.00–166.009548
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—572171.82/cwt170.00–177.0098349
SteersMedium and Large 2—620166.49/cwt156.00–177.501,0322
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—626191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,19615
SteersMedium and Large 1—677183.56/cwt180.00–190.001,2439
SteersMedium and Large 2—320167.62/cwt160.00–175.005362
SteersMedium and Large 2—658162.32/cwt160.00–167.001,0683
SteersMedium and Large 1—414208.25/cwt205.00–210.008623
SteersMedium and Large 1—385204.43/cwt200.00–217.507874
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—571198.32/cwt197.00–200.001,13220
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—824167.71/cwt164.00–170.001,3828
SteersMedium and Large 1—317214.14/cwt210.00–222.506793
SteersMedium and Large 1—460187.55/cwt185.00–190.008632
SteersMedium and Large 3—555156.21/cwt145.00–160.008674
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—402220.01/cwt215.00–232.508847
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—781175.09/cwt170.00–178.001,36724
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—507212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—677178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2053
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—420237.32/cwt237.00–240.009979
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—481180.00/cwt180.00–180.008664
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—475230.40/cwt212.50–238.001,09437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—508172.00/cwt172.00–172.0087412
SteersMedium and Large 1—628189.69/cwt181.00–195.001,19113
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—712181.66/cwt176.00–184.001,29322
BullsMedium and Large 1—527207.82/cwt187.00–215.001,0954
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—480160.98/cwt160.00–162.007732
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—340152.50/cwt152.50–152.505191
BullsMedium and Large 1—645167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1—745133.00/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
Bulls——1,26485.27/cwt75.00–93.001,0785
Bulls——1,854120.63/cwt117.00–126.002,2364
Bulls——1,508109.62/cwt107.00–112.001,6535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3902,089.68/head1,800.00–2,250.002,0908
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—627160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538150.00/cwt150.00–150.008072
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569174.25/cwt170.00–180.009915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1071
BullsMedium and Large 1—568181.39/cwt178.00–185.001,0302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628166.61/cwt166.00–171.001,0468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—550165.00/cwt165.00–165.009084
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475158.84/cwt150.00–167.507542
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—727165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2003
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—789157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2395
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466180.22/cwt173.00–185.008407
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—476178.71/cwt171.00–186.0085136
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—551185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,01930
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513171.53/cwt167.50–172.5088013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570159.67/cwt155.00–169.009103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—931130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2107
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—737154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—365182.50/cwt182.50–182.506664
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420170.00/cwt170.00–170.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335177.50/cwt177.50–177.505951
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—630168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,05811
SteersMedium and Large 1—515204.63/cwt190.00–212.501,05416
SteersMedium and Large 2—425189.00/cwt189.00–189.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—392189.95/cwt182.50–195.007458
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—521173.31/cwt165.00–178.0090321
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427184.39/cwt177.50–187.507876
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—460185.86/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.