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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 13
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052
Feeder Cattle receipts
563 head
▼ 339 vs last sale 902▼ 36 vs year ago 599 · −6.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 150▲ 11 vs year ago 66 · +16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 51▲ 81 vs year ago 30 · +270.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle were in moderate supply, with few offerings of weaned calves. Overall quality was plainer. Demand was strong for feeder cattle carrying additional condition, while demand was lighter for fleshier new-crop calves. Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to $3.00 lower, while feeder bulls sold steady to $2.00 higher. Replacement cattle were offered in several groups, attracting a good crowd and reflecting good demand. Slaughter cattle also saw stronger demand, selling $5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $345.21/cwt on 55 head, down $2.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −60.49 against this barn's trailing median of $405.70.
Average price
$345.21
▼ 2.15 vs prior sale
55 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.73
vs AR average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551355.011,95520
Medium and Large 2549339.611,86535
One grade step is worth $15.40/cwt here — about $90 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale55 hd
345.21
—
AR average7 barns · 220 hd
340.48
+4.73
This barn, trailing median31 sales
405.70
−60.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
486433380326median 405.7002/2404/2106/3009/0110/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $472.35, low $340.41, median $405.70 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,754180.503,1657thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,280136.421,7469thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,534134.672,0653thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,078119.141,2856thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$3,4629
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,115$3,0322thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,277$2,9503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,238$2,6643thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,023$3,8002thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)943$3,80022
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)825$3,4501thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,770$3,9992thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$5,0001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,8752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,213$3,6128
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,200$3,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

121 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318527.56/cwt520.00–535.001,6782
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6281
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370411.08/cwt395.00–440.001,5213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Full435370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480352.63/cwt340.00–365.001,6932
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483418.95/cwt410.00–435.002,0244
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518356.60/cwt340.00–370.001,8474
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522404.84/cwt390.00–420.002,1137
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0351
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575340.51/cwt330.00–350.001,9584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586378.58/cwt365.00–405.002,2189
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627330.72/cwt317.50–340.002,0743
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,1923
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy663330.33/cwt320.00–332.502,1906
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670327.54/cwt325.00–330.002,1952
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3952
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1542
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy748300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2442
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,4221
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5911
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873297.57/cwt285.00–307.502,5983
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315425.08/cwt420.00–430.001,3392
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329393.60/cwt365.00–415.001,2958
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376426.81/cwt415.00–440.001,6055
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378372.67/cwt340.00–385.001,4094
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy418327.46/cwt325.00–330.001,3692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy419374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,5676
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425398.25/cwt395.00–400.001,6933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426366.89/cwt357.50–385.001,56311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Replacement445500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed452380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7183
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455355.00/cwt350.00–360.001,6152
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477373.97/cwt360.00–390.001,7848
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy478318.73/cwt317.50–320.001,5242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6341
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517321.46/cwt300.00–335.001,66213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532346.63/cwt340.00–355.001,8449
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560314.91/cwt310.00–320.001,7632
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed565335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579309.93/cwt300.00–320.001,79415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587336.44/cwt330.00–365.001,97512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608302.94/cwt285.00–312.501,8424
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630306.40/cwt300.00–312.501,9302
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8851
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680306.50/cwt303.00–327.502,0847
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695281.89/cwt281.00–290.001,95910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2713277.37/cwt270.00–285.001,9782
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1661
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915276.11/cwt267.50–285.002,5262
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313500.40/cwt490.00–510.001,5662
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320439.38/cwt420.00–460.001,4063
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358398.14/cwt390.00–420.001,4256
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed363500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8154
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365447.67/cwt435.00–460.001,6342
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4802
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428454.91/cwt440.00–470.001,9472
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430397.09/cwt380.00–415.001,7072
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432390.94/cwt360.00–407.501,68913
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed437447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,9566
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471351.55/cwt340.00–365.001,6567
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy473325.45/cwt320.00–327.501,5395
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474393.16/cwt367.00–407.501,8647
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515368.44/cwt360.00–385.001,8975
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527338.60/cwt320.00–352.501,78416
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy528337.39/cwt330.00–345.001,7812
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9085
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568352.55/cwt340.00–362.502,00213
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574320.97/cwt310.00–337.501,8427
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed589346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,0387
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623337.01/cwt332.50–355.002,1005
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627302.91/cwt287.50–320.001,8995
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673313.96/cwt302.50–325.002,1132
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8843
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed709320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,26910
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9582
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738293.84/cwt285.00–302.502,1692
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed775282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1891
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775279.94/cwt277.50–285.002,1703
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1813273.40/cwt260.00–285.002,2233
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1850272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3161
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2865245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1192
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed873264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,3054
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,055200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1103
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,700189.33/cwt189.00–190.003,2193
Bulls——1,794173.87/cwt170.00–177.003,1194
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088131.46/cwt131.00–132.001,4302
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098111.98/cwt111.00–113.001,2303
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246135.03/cwt131.00–138.001,6824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272143.21/cwt140.00–145.001,8223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7542
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,423130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,8502
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,755144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,5271
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,7703,998.59/head3,500.00–4,500.003,9992
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2938247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,3223
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed953247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,3596
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0005,000.00/head5,000.00–5,000.005,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,875.00/head3,400.00–4,350.003,8752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2203,619.67/head3,000.00–4,000.003,6205
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1153,031.84/head2,900.00–3,200.003,0322
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1403,461.68/head3,350.00–3,775.003,4629
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2382,663.53/head2,550.00–2,900.002,6643
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2772,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9503
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28253,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29433,799.68/head3,500.00–4,050.003,80022
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0233,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850294.06/cwt255.00–335.002,5004

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.