Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 13, 2020

983 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.50/cwt ≈ $508/hd at 415 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $113.69/cwt ≈ $530/hd at 466 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $113.72/cwt ≈ $714/hd at 628 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	983	1,598	1,139
Feeder cattle	847	—	942
Slaughter cattle	101	—	137
Replacement cattle	35	—	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower, over 500 lb 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower,over 500 lb 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Fleshy and plain non attractive cattle sold at a heavy discount. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
330	330	1	151.00	$151.00	$498
365–370	368	5	146.00–174.00	$161.38	$594
405–445	423	14	132.00–152.50	$141.20	$597
452–495	468	14	140.00–150.00	$142.96	$669
510–545	525	10	134.00–151.00	$136.36	$716
555	555	1	134.00	$134.00	$744
585	585	1	109.00	$109.00	$638
623 value added	623	5	120.00	$120.00	$748
605–648	626	10	114.00–123.00	$119.73	$750
695	695	1	123.00	$123.00	$855
835	835	1	116.00	$116.00	$969

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
368–370	369	3	128.00–130.00	$128.67	$475
403–445	425	8	120.00–135.00	$127.03	$540
455–465	463	4	121.00–127.00	$122.48	$567
468 thin fleshed	468	3	137.50	$137.50	$644
505–546	526	8	118.00–127.00	$123.60	$650
550–575	564	4	115.00–126.00	$121.06	$683
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682
650–685	665	3	90.00–122.00	$109.71	$730
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811
775	775	1	115.00	$115.00	$891
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
293	293	2	135.00	$135.00	$396

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
315	315	1	100.00	$100.00	$315
415	415	1	120.00	$120.00	$498

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
320	320	1	137.00	$137.00	$438
350–390	370	8	119.00–130.00	$126.27	$467
400–445	413	15	120.00–128.00	$123.33	$509
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484
450–455	453	2	114.00–117.00	$115.51	$523
450–485	468	9	122.00–130.00	$125.52	$587
500–513	507	2	115.00	$115.00	$583
500–532	516	11	124.00–132.00	$127.63	$659
564 value added	564	4	129.00	$129.00	$728
555–580	568	2	116.00–124.00	$119.91	$681
600–615	605	3	100.00	$100.00	$605
615–645	634	12	100.00–124.00	$117.15	$743
660–695	683	4	108.00–115.00	$110.95	$758
715	715	1	112.00	$112.00	$801
760	760	1	108.00	$108.00	$821

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
268–280	273	4	120.00–126.00	$121.51	$332
300–310	303	3	122.50–126.00	$124.52	$377
344 thin fleshed	344	7	140.00	$140.00	$482
360–395 thin fleshed	381	5	131.00	$131.00	$499
350–396	388	7	115.00–126.00	$121.22	$470
410–418 thin fleshed	416	4	117.00–120.00	$117.74	$490
410–440	420	5	108.00–124.00	$119.66	$503
450–485	466	16	105.00–118.00	$113.69	$530
510–545	535	4	105.00–118.00	$111.62	$597
555–580	570	2	109.00–115.00	$111.95	$638
610	610	1	114.00	$114.00	$695
660–690	675	2	100.00–112.00	$106.13	$716
788	788	1	107.50	$107.50	$847

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
365	365	3	134.00	$134.00	$489
494	494	7	130.00	$130.00	$642

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	105.00	$105.00	$289
300	300	1	105.00	$105.00	$315
375	375	1	112.50	$112.50	$422
415–445	433	3	100.00–109.00	$104.43	$452
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545
590	590	1	82.50	$82.50	$487
645	645	1	90.00	$90.00	$580

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
316 thin fleshed	316	4	150.00	$150.00	$474
320	320	1	120.00	$120.00	$384
360–385	378	4	117.50–126.00	$122.07	$461
393 thin fleshed	393	2	135.00	$135.00	$531
400–445	423	2	112.00–114.00	$112.95	$478
425 thin fleshed	425	1	127.50	$127.50	$542
460	460	1	110.00	$110.00	$506
460–495	480	5	116.00–127.00	$122.16	$586
487 thin fleshed	487	5	133.00	$133.00	$648
510–545	528	8	110.00–124.00	$117.53	$621
580	580	1	103.00	$103.00	$597
600–630	612	6	100.00–115.00	$110.13	$674
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700
750	750	1	104.00	$104.00	$780

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300	300	1	155.00	$155.00	$465
360	360	1	125.00	$125.00	$450
365–380	369	4	130.00–140.00	$136.04	$502
415	415	1	122.00	$122.00	$506
450–495	480	8	124.00–135.00	$129.59	$622
500–535	520	3	120.00–132.00	$124.38	$647
575–580	578	2	114.00–117.00	$115.49	$668
570–595	582	7	112.00–123.00	$118.39	$689
615–620	619	4	111.00–118.00	$114.50	$709
675	675	1	116.00	$116.00	$783

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	125.00	$125.00	$306
265–297	281	2	110.00–128.00	$119.51	$336
335–345	340	2	110.00	$110.00	$374
410–440	428	3	100.00–113.00	$107.82	$461
500–530	518	4	97.00–113.00	$106.91	$554
550–585	568	3	85.00–106.00	$94.62	$537
705–720	713	2	93.00–100.00	$96.46	$688
750	750	2	86.00–113.00	$99.50	$746

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1010	943	85-90%	2	35.00–37.00	$36.07	$340
845–1315	1075	85-90%	14	37.00–48.00	$43.23	$465
1025–1315	1170	85-90%	2	49.00–54.00	$51.81	$606

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150–1225	1190	80-85%	4	51.00–53.00	$52.01	$619
1020–1535	1274	80-85%	6	46.00–52.00	$48.63	$620

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1255–1445	1350	75-80%	2	50.00–53.00	$51.39	$694
1390–1765	1545	75-80%	3	40.00–45.00	$43.50	$672

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1665	1191	9	34.00–68.00	$62.05	$739
1475–2110	1851	7	71.00–77.00	$73.70	$1,364
1990–2075	2033	2	82.00–84.00	$83.02	$1,688

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$650

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1015	921	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–850.00	$768.84
900–1320	1063	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	640.00–775.00	$719.14
980–1215	1082	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–690.00	$601.64
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1175–1360	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	620.00–730.00	$682.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$728
1120–1320	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	49.00–56.00	$52.16	$652
1630	1630	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$913

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	630.00	$630.00
1000–1100	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–750.00	$726.19
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,137.50
1050–1300	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	780.00–825.00	$800.11

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.