Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

MARCH 29TH SPRING REPLACEMENT SALE STARTING AT 12:00PM. OVER 350 COWS WITH 150 CALVES AT SIDE. OVER 20 BULLS AND 80 FANCY BLK/BLK BALDY HEIFERS OPEN AND READY TO BREED

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold $10.00-$20.00 higher. With a stronger offering of feeder bulls than steers, bulls sold $15.00-$25.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Supply was good with a strong demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $297.00/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −99.74 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$297.00

25 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$22.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.15

vs AR average

−24.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	304.38	1,673	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	533	297.93	1,587	11thin
Medium and Large 2	535	281.66	1,507	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.71/cwt here — about $165 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 sale25 hd

297.00

—

AR average9 barns · 403 hd

313.15

−16.15

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−24.74

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

−99.74

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	—	High	1,609	161.47	2,597	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	137.57	2,050	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,231	135.94	1,674	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	116.09	1,193	29

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)	1,205	$2,775	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$2,463	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	853	$2,350	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$2,200	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$2,175	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$2,028	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	787	$1,951	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	860	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	870	$1,488	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	789	$2,050	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,850	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	800	$1,925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

127 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 1Fleshy	650–700	660	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	307.64/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,600	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	259.62/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,607	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	423.15/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	332.89/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,248	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	376.03/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	260.54/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,524	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	356.39/cwt	342.50–370.00	1,543	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	226.11/cwt	212.50–240.00	1,612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	389.22/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,888	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	303.32/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,705	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	399.23/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,721	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	367.36/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,888	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	431.07/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,815	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	297.83/cwt	287.50–299.00	1,942	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,463	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	216.25/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,119	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	459.95/cwt	457.50–465.00	1,573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	327.49/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,824	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	438.41/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,631	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	429.84/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	322.98/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,954	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	787	1,950.67/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,951	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	2,462.51/head	2,225.00–2,650.00	2,463	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	2,028.33/head	1,850.00–2,150.00	2,028	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	860	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	2,050.05/head	2,025.00–2,125.00	2,050	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,688	137.41/cwt	131.00–144.00	2,319	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	815	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	925	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	143.06/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,545	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	795	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	148.06/cwt	142.00–162.50	1,759	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,443	155.56/cwt	135.00–170.00	2,245	3
Bulls	—	—	1,808	172.00/cwt	171.00–173.00	3,110	2
Bulls	—	—	1,332	155.48/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,071	5
Bulls	—	—	1,749	162.73/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,846	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	138.43/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,935	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	2,050	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	126.24/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,540	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	116.32/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,245	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	130.30/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,432	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	136.09/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,647	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	145.09/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,917	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,272	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	871	103.40/cwt	100.00–108.00	901	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	326.64/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	341.50/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,776	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	377.87/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	341.70/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	392.20/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	432.65/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	284.19/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	311.37/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	292.75/cwt	275.00–295.00	2,125	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	383.85/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,662	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	334.97/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	413.85/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	309.37/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	439.98/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	385.05/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	371.88/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	464.82/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	406.02/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	283.88/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	491.79/cwt	460.00–505.00	1,603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	360.85/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,530	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	329.68/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,596	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	399.24/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,306	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	274.78/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	312.45/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	224.90/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	292.44/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	337.80/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	284.12/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	377.50/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,442	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	299.00/cwt	280.00–312.50	1,414	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	300.71/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	273.81/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	267.36/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	368.80/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,176	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	364.87/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	208.73/cwt	202.50–215.00	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	330.88/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	322.39/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,518	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	249.95/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	337.47/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	299.15/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,574	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	377.54/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	212.46/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	286.25/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,268	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	302.84/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,290	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	329.48/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,053	14

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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