Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With many new crop unweaned calves this week. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 lower while feeder heifers sold $6.00-$7.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.70/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −174.04 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$222.70

68 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,220

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$16.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs AR average

−36.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	226.70	1,248	42
Medium and Large 1-2	557	225.83	1,258	6thin
Medium and Large 2	538	213.95	1,151	17thin
Medium 1	550	210.00	1,156	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.53, low $366.54, median $396.74 across 28 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 sale68 hd

222.70

—

AR average8 barns · 608 hd

229.81

−7.11

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−36.93

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

−174.04

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	1,648	135.19	2,228	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,335	112.70	1,505	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,483	111.27	1,650	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,106	100.14	1,107	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)	1,007	$1,859	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,243	$1,819	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,311	$1,667	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,500	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,080	$1,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	913	$1,634	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,300	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,125	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	967	$2,017	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$2,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

143 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 1Fleshy	400–450	405	305.53/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	202.14/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,433	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	287.33/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	218.46/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,344	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	268.36/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	206.90/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	215.56/cwt	211.00–222.50	1,464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	245.63/cwt	237.50–255.00	1,167	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	263.79/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,129	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	233.98/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,228	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	298.69/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	265.00/cwt	260.00–270.00	896	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	318	343.72/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	187.58/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	237.20/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,122	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	233.99/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	288.28/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,035	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	213.32/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,099	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	256.98/cwt	242.50–267.50	979	4
Heifers	Large 2	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	573	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	227.44/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,294	18
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	500–550	505	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	226.00/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,071	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	212.47/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	207.88/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,287	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	424	246.22/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	249.93/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	293.18/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	234.26/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,244	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	291.70/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	272.49/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	484	258.77/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,252	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	218.21/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	226.18/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	317.47/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,286	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	235.33/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,365	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	207.00/cwt	206.00–208.00	1,718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	243.21/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,150	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	259.55/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,464	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	286.81/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,351	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	214.57/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	588	248.71/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	240.07/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	225.94/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	482	269.15/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	273.48/cwt	262.50–282.50	1,411	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	800–850	815	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	850–900	870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	514	243.50/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,252	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	209.86/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,412	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	109.97/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,514	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	84.23/cwt	80.00–86.00	849	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	93.76/cwt	90.00–100.00	978	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	110.41/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,665	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	113.42/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,611	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,180	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	116.53/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,532	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	250.90/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,285	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,241	113.65/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,410	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	107.24/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,202	9
Bulls	—	—	1,615	124.71/cwt	120.00–131.00	2,014	7
Bulls	—	—	1,873	154.35/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,891	3
Bulls	—	—	1,604	136.77/cwt	134.00–142.00	2,194	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	1,819.11/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,819	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	119.04/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,294	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,717	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,252	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,035	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	925	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	1,634.25/head	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,634	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,366	1,755.33/head	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,755	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,901.79/head	1,725.00–2,350.00	1,902	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	125.67/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,405	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	426	284.71/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,213	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	230.82/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,443	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	253.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,227	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	230.56/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,204	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	220.43/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,159	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	218.76/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,236	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	383	268.95/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	328	317.40/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	380	311.25/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	276.66/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,273	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	227.17/cwt	227.00–227.50	1,374	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	208.52/cwt	204.00–210.00	1,483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	202.50/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	187.53/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,262	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	256.79/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,348	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	303.16/cwt	287.50–320.00	1,258	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	262.44/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	233.72/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,105	9
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	465	245.07/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,140	3
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	440	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,096	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	213.37/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	248.29/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,045	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	289.70/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,075	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	863	151.28/cwt	142.50–160.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	306.75/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,276	4
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	565	228.78/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,293	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	251.11/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,414	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	383	300.65/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,151	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	228.76/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	282.03/cwt	270.00–295.00	939	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	568	230.52/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,309	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	272.68/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,023	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	319	318.33/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,015	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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