Sale reports / Arkansas / Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC / 2023-03-14

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 14
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
499 head
▼ 255 vs last sale 754▲ 87 vs year ago 412 · +21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 114▲ 21 vs year ago 70 · +30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold 1.00-7.00 lower. Feeder Heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter Cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls were lightly tested. Demand was good for all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.77/cwt on 212 head.
Average price
$183.77
212 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$59.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.66
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2408205.3883812thin
Medium and Large 1456188.88862137
Medium and Large 2445170.9376157
Medium and Large 3401145.735846thin
One grade step is worth $59.64/cwt here — about $254 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 sale212 hd
183.77
—
AR average11 barns · 1,274 hd
188.43
−4.66
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—Low1,576114.851,81012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40299.991,40212
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16093.541,08549
CowsLean 85-90%Average92374.5468812

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370199.17/cwt180.00–217.5073728
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370145.00/cwt145.00–145.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—495182.50/cwt182.50–182.509033
HeifersMedium and Large 2—607166.17/cwt161.00–172.501,0093
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—545207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—885146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380169.04/cwt160.00–174.0064213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715132.00/cwt132.00–132.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569178.50/cwt175.00–182.501,01615
SteersMedium and Large 3—472189.93/cwt185.00–192.508963
SteersMedium and Large 2—421205.96/cwt190.00–217.508677
SteersMedium and Large 3—543158.69/cwt145.00–172.508622
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516177.67/cwt170.00–190.0091719
SteersMedium and Large 2—379221.24/cwt206.00–235.008389
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—609197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2004
SteersMedium and Large 2—685175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1991
SteersMedium and Large 1—377259.47/cwt245.00–285.0097822
SteersMedium and Large 3—390192.50/cwt192.50–192.507511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775135.00/cwt130.00–140.001,0462
SteersMedium and Large 1—324272.43/cwt260.00–285.008839
SteersMedium and Large 2—473206.20/cwt197.50–219.009756
SteersMedium and Large 1—425252.52/cwt240.00–262.501,07314
SteersMedium and Large 1—660196.02/cwt195.00–200.001,2945
SteersMedium and Large 2—525189.51/cwt180.00–194.009953
SteersMedium and Large 3—433178.77/cwt175.00–182.507742
SteersMedium and Large 1—479236.01/cwt225.00–255.001,13011
SteersMedium and Large 2—575177.57/cwt172.50–185.001,0213
SteersMedium and Large 1—614199.33/cwt185.00–207.501,2244
SteersMedium and Large 1—575201.24/cwt200.00–202.501,1572
SteersMedium and Large 1—840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4701
SteersMedium and Large 2—321215.06/cwt210.00–220.006904
SteersMedium and Large 1—527225.40/cwt212.50–245.001,18816
BullsMedium and Large 1—516210.34/cwt190.00–229.001,0857
BullsMedium and Large 1—733148.56/cwt137.50–160.001,0892
BullsMedium and Large 1—650175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1381
BullsMedium and Large 1—315270.86/cwt267.50–285.0085310
BullsMedium and Large 1—578189.71/cwt180.00–200.001,0975
BullsMedium and Large 1—480223.63/cwt223.00–225.001,0733
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40299.99/cwt99.00–102.001,40212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05885.01/cwt82.00–87.008998
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18095.20/cwt88.00–98.001,12341
CowsLean 85-90%—99879.55/cwt79.00–80.007944
CowsLean 85-90%—88572.03/cwt70.00–75.006378
Bulls——1,143101.05/cwt96.00–106.001,1552
Bulls——1,811122.08/cwt121.00–125.002,2114
Bulls——1,564114.63/cwt110.00–119.001,7936
BullsMedium and Large 3—425176.45/cwt165.00–185.007503
BullsMedium and Large 3—535155.00/cwt155.00–155.008292
BullsMedium and Large 3—590155.00/cwt155.00–155.009151
BullsMedium and Large 2—675143.89/cwt137.50–150.009712
BullsMedium and Large 2—620147.26/cwt140.00–155.009132
BullsMedium and Large 2—380206.09/cwt185.00–222.507833
BullsMedium and Large 2—560177.63/cwt170.00–185.009952
BullsMedium and Large 2—718142.37/cwt135.00–150.001,0222
BullsMedium and Large 2—528169.37/cwt161.00–177.508942
BullsMedium and Large 2—462182.41/cwt170.00–195.008436
BullsMedium and Large 1—780157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2251
BullsMedium and Large 2—426222.44/cwt200.00–235.009486
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458194.00/cwt180.00–207.0088912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317209.70/cwt197.50–227.5066511
BullsMedium and Large 1—379273.12/cwt247.50–285.001,0356
BullsMedium and Large 1—630179.96/cwt175.00–185.001,1342
BullsMedium and Large 1—429248.74/cwt240.00–270.001,06711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—680165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1222
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—405214.00/cwt214.00–214.008672
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—455170.00/cwt170.00–170.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005871
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668154.80/cwt147.50–162.501,0342
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313147.20/cwt135.00–160.004612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413192.70/cwt185.00–210.0079638
HeifersMedium and Large 3—450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—540162.50/cwt162.50–162.508781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470172.94/cwt165.00–177.5081311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432172.87/cwt160.00–185.0074719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—379213.00/cwt213.00–213.008079
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568164.71/cwt159.00–167.509363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330178.82/cwt167.50–190.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630165.89/cwt160.00–170.001,0453

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.