Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 10.00 higher, instances 12.00-15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.15/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −142.94 against this barn's trailing median of $445.09.

Average price

$302.15

28 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$39.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.17

vs AR average

−8.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	306.41	1,687	25
Medium and Large 2	563	266.62	1,502	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.79/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.83, low $392.00, median $445.09 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale28 hd

302.15

—

AR average8 barns · 279 hd

302.32

−0.17

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−8.11

This barn, trailing median26 sales

445.09

−142.94

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	1,679	152.02	2,553	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,385	130.34	1,805	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	122.14	1,428	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	800	88.33	707	3thin

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$1,377	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,500	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1	600–650	607	224.16/cwt	212.50–237.50	1,361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	249.96/cwt	242.50–262.50	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	302.87/cwt	280.00–312.50	1,139	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	258.49/cwt	235.00–287.50	1,225	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	296.39/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,206	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	307.94/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,303	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	272.43/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	319.22/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	316.92/cwt	275.00–347.50	1,493	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	344.17/cwt	320.00–380.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	317.17/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,545	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	367.81/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	273.14/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	233.88/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	313.41/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,617	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	354.04/cwt	325.00–380.00	1,324	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	340.99/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	306.79/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,718	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	232.37/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	376.29/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	462	329.61/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	845	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	250.03/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	290.27/cwt	272.50–307.50	1,254	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	256.62/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,365	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,334	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	347	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,157	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	628	830.57/head	750.00–975.00	831	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	1,649.91/head	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,650	6
Bulls	—	—	1,741	150.62/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,622	4
Bulls	—	—	1,465	140.54/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,059	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	166.31/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,944	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	137.01/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,943	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	727	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	120.76/cwt	116.00–129.00	1,366	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	134.39/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,720	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,425	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	584	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	125.34/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,705	4

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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