Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls sold steady. Demand good for all classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $247.89/cwt on 530 head.

Average price

$247.89

530 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$347

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$36.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	516	257.02	1,327	53
Medium and Large 1	571	252.06	1,439	353
Medium and Large 2	538	237.19	1,276	86
Medium and Large 3	444	220.65	980	38

One grade step is worth $36.37/cwt here — about $347 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 sale530 hd

247.89

—

AR average9 barns · 2,180 hd

249.77

−1.88

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	1,344	97.73	1,314	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,341	86.38	1,159	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,100	82.82	911	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	70.11	678	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$990	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	990	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$851	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,000	$1,070	1thin

Every lot, as filed

130 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 2	—	471	207.11/cwt	200.00–215.00	975	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	226.34/cwt	220.00–237.50	853	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	181.30/cwt	180.00–182.50	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	186.26/cwt	185.00–187.50	1,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	192.36/cwt	187.50–200.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	201.98/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,044	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	232.56/cwt	220.00–235.00	772	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	214.27/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,131	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Replacement	—	725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Replacement	—	510	227.50/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Replacement	—	473	220.09/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	629	175.79/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,106	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	712	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Replacement	—	340	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	244.65/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,380	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	304.62/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,261	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	221.17/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,055	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	215.50/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	268.42/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,409	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	311.46/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,025	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	208.16/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	187.53/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	213.92/cwt	200.00–222.50	1,534	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	317.06/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,173	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	262.07/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,114	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	181.19/cwt	177.50–185.00	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	233.06/cwt	217.50–242.50	1,457	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,184	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	282.82/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,326	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	222.57/cwt	205.00–228.00	1,509	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	282.15/cwt	275.00–290.00	917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	210.79/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	225.41/cwt	212.50–232.50	1,298	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,178	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	200.92/cwt	180.00–220.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,280	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	254.88/cwt	227.50–265.00	1,241	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	192.48/cwt	187.50–197.50	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	149.39/cwt	139.00–160.00	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	283.38/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,077	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	386	225.98/cwt	210.00–240.00	872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,431	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	227.49/cwt	210.00–245.00	978	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	238.45/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,254	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,339	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	268.53/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,267	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	256.40/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,320	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	206.12/cwt	195.00–225.00	993	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	851.17/head	750.00–970.00	851	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	990.00/head	990.00–990.00	990	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,071	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	655	1
Bulls	—	—	1,525	106.56/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,625	5
Bulls	—	—	1,043	83.02/cwt	80.00–89.00	866	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	72.47/cwt	70.00–75.00	704	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	63.80/cwt	60.00–66.00	611	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	81.98/cwt	80.00–84.00	894	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	85.68/cwt	85.00–87.00	976	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	91.61/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,235	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,337	82.89/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,108	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,013	76.99/cwt	76.00–78.00	780	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,070.00/head	1,070.00–1,070.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	273.91/cwt	260.00–295.00	877	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	240.34/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,139	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	282.52/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,068	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	172.44/cwt	167.50–180.00	1,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	219.92/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,265	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	317.35/cwt	302.50–340.00	1,041	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	295.58/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,250	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	820	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	229.03/cwt	220.00–257.50	1,175	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	181.68/cwt	175.00–187.50	1,154	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	261.48/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,122	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	313.83/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,164	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	203.66/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	340	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	217.30/cwt	200.00–240.00	921	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	994	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	736	203.67/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	355	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	202.54/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	772	166.61/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	199.99/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,338	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	207.59/cwt	200.00–217.50	789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	226.69/cwt	217.50–241.00	1,070	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	364	216.21/cwt	180.00–250.00	787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	727	166.18/cwt	161.00–172.50	1,208	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	260.58/cwt	245.00–270.00	863	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	818	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	240.56/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,008	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	221.97/cwt	212.50–235.00	1,385	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	222.33/cwt	212.50–235.00	1,283	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	251.96/cwt	240.00–267.50	932	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	230.14/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,224	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	187.43/cwt	179.00–190.00	1,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	206.54/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,175	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	217.62/cwt	205.00–227.50	938	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	206.21/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,285	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	204.52/cwt	190.00–212.50	1,385	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	162.40/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	178.98/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,188	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,192	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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