Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls 300lb to 500lb sold $5.00 to $12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300lb to 450lb sold $16.00 to $17.00 higher while feeder heifers over 500lb sold steady to $5.00 lower. Higher-yielding slaughter cattle sold $6.00 to $7.00 higher while average and low-yielding slaughter cattle sold steady. The sale today had good attendance with a moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $265.49/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −179.60 against this barn's trailing median of $445.09.

Average price

$265.49

69 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$27.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.10

vs AR average

−21.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	270.00	1,441	5thin
Medium and Large 1	538	267.85	1,442	57
Medium and Large 2	561	242.99	1,364	7thin

One grade step is worth $27.01/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale69 hd

265.49

—

AR average10 barns · 487 hd

260.39

+5.10

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−21.33

This barn, trailing median26 sales

445.09

−179.60

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	—	Low	1,483	135.34	2,007	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	120.21	1,863	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	118.04	1,494	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,041	102.08	1,062	32

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,028	$1,679	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$1,475	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$1,297	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	730	$800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

154 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	237.29/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,457	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	286.74/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,075	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	475	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	267.00/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,290	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	240.50/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	237.18/cwt	222.50–247.00	1,359	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	317.35/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,365	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	247.45/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	228.75/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	528	248.82/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	225.04/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	614	235.52/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	231.45/cwt	222.50–242.50	1,308	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	242.75/cwt	242.50–243.00	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	233.67/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,362	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	298.34/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,098	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	213.96/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	171.50/cwt	165.00–178.00	1,406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	244.84/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	380	286.13/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,087	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	237.29/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,236	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	242.24/cwt	225.00–257.50	1,037	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	228.02/cwt	215.00–237.00	1,074	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	209.18/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	823	205.30/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	374.91/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	264.66/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	263.22/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	309.77/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,028	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	228.00/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	318.92/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,164	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	422	281.66/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,189	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	353.66/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,287	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	292.40/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,374	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	225.53/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	461	282.52/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,302	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	235.89/cwt	225.00–247.50	1,463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	222.51/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	313	340.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	408	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	239.02/cwt	232.50–246.00	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	276.50/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,432	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	277.17/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	236.83/cwt	234.00–238.50	1,520	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	251.22/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	450	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	289.17/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	259.31/cwt	252.50–265.00	1,470	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	298.35/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	380	298.75/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	630	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	461	274.88/cwt	262.50–285.00	1,267	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	523	252.08/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	283.77/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,200	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	114.06/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,419	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,798	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	911	78.01/cwt	75.00–80.00	711	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	104.55/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,066	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	91.89/cwt	90.00–95.00	896	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	124.02/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,622	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	117.49/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,449	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,892	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,100	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	104.11/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,206	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	123.09/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,866	5
Bulls	—	—	1,455	130.07/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,893	9
Bulls	—	—	1,525	143.24/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,184	6
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,361	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,505	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,990.00/head	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,990	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	121.09/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,816	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,170	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	1,297.06/head	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,297	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	885	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	730	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,035	1,440.04/head	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,440	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	266.64/cwt	260.00–275.00	965	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	260.49/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,115	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	468	231.28/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,082	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	229.66/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,203	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	668	204.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	567	227.30/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,289	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,502	8
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	780	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	390	242.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	946	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	255.00/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	642	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	250.85/cwt	240.00–267.50	1,184	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	180.91/cwt	160.00–209.00	1,216	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	561	222.18/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,246	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1050–1100	1,070	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	275.52/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,174	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	226.72/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,412	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	310.89/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,010	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	212.13/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,226	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	221.82/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,180	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	197.49/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	217.75/cwt	217.50–218.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	257.16/cwt	240.00–265.00	975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	464	236.81/cwt	232.50–245.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	429	252.89/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	212.65/cwt	203.00–220.00	1,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	536	220.87/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,184	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	383	265.71/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,018	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	286.38/cwt	280.00–290.00	931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	218.55/cwt	200.00–232.50	1,250	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	266.38/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,383	17
Bulls	Large 2	700–750	738	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	226.99/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,425	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	245.53/cwt	238.00–257.50	1,382	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	300.92/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,258	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	319.90/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,177	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	296.41/cwt	280.00–315.00	949	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	271.34/cwt	260.00–292.50	1,273	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	240.89/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,277	8
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	655	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,434	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	700	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	223.45/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,381	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	221.48/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	195.42/cwt	191.00–200.00	1,325	2

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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