Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The supply of feeders this week was strong despite the cold weather, and it was a good time to get your calves to market with the snow coming in towards the end of the week and into the weekend. The largest draft sold was a group of 56 heifers weighing 648lb, a little on the fleshy side, selling for 257.50 Per Cwt. A draft of 18 steers weighing 608lb sold for 302.50 Per Cwt. No trend was determined since there was no sale the past 2 weeks due to the holidays. Attendance was good with a good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.57/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −124.17 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$272.57

89 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$14.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.61

vs AR average

−32.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	276.41	1,517	43
Medium and Large 1-2	566	273.63	1,549	27
Medium and Large 2	535	262.37	1,405	19thin

One grade step is worth $14.03/cwt here — about $112 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

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 sale89 hd

272.57

—

AR average4 barns · 255 hd

263.96

+8.61

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−32.67

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

−124.17

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	1,622	142.95	2,319	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,620	124.90	2,023	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	123.44	1,556	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	95.56	1,074	10

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,109	$1,968	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,003	$1,775	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,122	$1,758	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,195	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,029	$1,392	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	947	$1,217	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,800	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	968	$1,750	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,073	$1,650	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,025	$1,975	2thin

Every lot, as filed

157 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 1-2	650–700	665	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,666	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	489	288.41/cwt	287.50–289.00	1,410	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	323.26/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,542	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	315.20/cwt	290.00–324.00	1,797	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	284.18/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,461	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	267.13/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,822	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	246.84/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,948	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	344.91/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	328.32/cwt	322.00–335.00	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	680	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	274.16/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,864	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	273.93/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,570	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	250.57/cwt	242.50–259.00	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,842	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	301.57/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,297	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	370	332.09/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	354	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,274	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	270.87/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	960	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	748	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	284.92/cwt	277.50–288.00	1,482	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	274.17/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,549	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	323	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	484	287.51/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	328.89/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,217	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	341.18/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	256.35/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,707	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	319.14/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,356	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	262.39/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,656	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	322.49/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	261.22/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	420.42/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,375	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	251.89/cwt	242.50–262.50	1,942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	361.93/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,516	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	340.17/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	326.81/cwt	315.00–338.00	1,722	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	394.49/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,440	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	337.45/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	296.24/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,860	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	341.24/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,621	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	333	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	265.50/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,909	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	534	344.39/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	768	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	265.63/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,798	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	665	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	501	324.29/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	571	305.82/cwt	290.00–322.50	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	806	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	261.98/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,761	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	383.55/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,258	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	407	344.18/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	865	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,817	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	117.43/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,439	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	75.53/cwt	70.00–80.00	765	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	124.90/cwt	120.00–129.00	2,023	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	91.90/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,080	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	112.31/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,357	3
Bulls	—	—	1,358	128.06/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,739	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,328	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	965	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	2,502.69/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,503	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	845	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,394	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	1,413.20/head	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,413	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	840	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	965	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	884	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	1,902.68/head	1,725.00–2,100.00	1,903	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	875	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,690	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	720	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	148.90/cwt	141.00–156.00	2,573	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	126.45/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,616	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,717	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	935	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,234	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	965	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,129	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	985	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,690	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	325.22/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,512	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	224.99/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,045	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	343.84/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,475	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	243.90/cwt	230.00–257.50	1,678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	306.04/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	227.45/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	210.50/cwt	200.00–221.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	479	283.34/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,357	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	310.85/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,623	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	290.06/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,514	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	285.88/cwt	272.50–297.50	1,624	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	425	301.71/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,282	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	567	256.37/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	647	256.71/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,661	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	350–400	355	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	246.46/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	303.89/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,130	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	385	317.50/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	211.62/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	283.39/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	267.00/cwt	247.50–275.00	1,399	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,414	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	246.39/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,562	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	245.03/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	243.50/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	314.03/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	272.24/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,579	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	276.41/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,313	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	305.76/cwt	292.50–317.50	1,410	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,077	2

How this sale compares

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