Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 20, 2020

974 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.02/cwt -1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 470 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $132.56/cwt +2.97 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 478 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $109.85/cwt -1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $574/hd at 523 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	974	983	1,297
Feeder cattle	791	847	1,056
Slaughter cattle	133	101	141
Replacement cattle	50	35	100

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	165.00–180.00	$172.50	$474	—
315–345	330	4	140.00–175.00	$159.21	$525	+8.21
350–395	366	8	150.00–175.00	$161.06	$589	-0.32
405–430	421	7	143.00–160.00	$153.53	$646	+12.33
460–495	473	9	130.00–142.50	$136.24	$644	-6.72
500–540	516	9	130.00–139.00	$131.74	$680	-4.62
570–582	578	9	117.00–125.00	$119.63	$691	+10.63
605–635	622	3	119.00–125.00	$121.38	$755	+1.65
650–695	665	6	115.00–123.00	$120.21	$799	-2.79
715–730	723	2	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$860	—
758	758	2	117.00	$117.00	$887	—
873	873	7	107.00	$107.00	$934	—
875	875	1	90.00	$90.00	$788	—
975	975	1	102.00	$102.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	145.00	$145.00	$377	—
255–270	263	2	130.00	$130.00	$342	—
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
340 thin fleshed	340	1	132.00	$132.00	$449	—
365	365	1	135.00	$135.00	$493	+6.33
455	455	1	129.00	$129.00	$587	+6.52
500–520	510	2	119.00–135.00	$127.16	$649	+3.56
555	555	1	118.00	$118.00	$655	-3.06
650–670	657	3	102.00–113.00	$105.97	$696	-3.74
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	-15.00
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	-5.00
820	820	1	105.00	$105.00	$861	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	9	129.50	$129.50	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406	—
320 thin fleshed	320	1	122.50	$122.50	$392	—
315–345	334	5	127.00–132.00	$129.27	$432	-7.73
355–375	364	9	120.00–131.00	$125.45	$457	-0.82
360–395	378	2	110.00–111.00	$110.48	$418	-15.79
400–410	404	6	120.00–127.00	$122.32	$494	-1.01
435	435	1	112.00	$112.00	$487	+2.00
455–485	470	20	115.00–131.00	$122.02	$573	-3.50
500–548	521	14	119.00–132.00	$124.03	$646	-3.60
530	530	1	106.00	$106.00	$562	-21.63
550–593	562	11	110.00–120.00	$115.65	$650	-4.26
577–580	578	4	97.00–100.00	$97.75	$565	-22.16
605–643	626	10	108.00–119.00	$110.67	$693	-6.48
630	630	1	96.00	$96.00	$605	-21.15
650–685	673	5	108.00–113.00	$110.79	$746	-0.16
700–735	718	2	110.00–112.00	$110.98	$797	-1.02
735	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	-22.00
770	770	2	109.00	$109.00	$839	+1.00
805–815	810	2	100.00–105.00	$102.48	$830	—
865	865	3	94.50	$94.50	$817	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	6	113.00–130.00	$118.42	$390	-6.10
355–382	377	8	109.00–118.00	$113.90	$429	-7.32
405–445	422	11	109.00–123.00	$115.90	$489	-3.76
450–493	474	7	98.00–117.00	$108.23	$513	-5.46
515 thin fleshed	515	1	111.00	$111.00	$572	—
500–545	523	16	102.00–116.00	$109.78	$574	-1.84
605–630	615	3	102.00–112.00	$105.96	$652	-8.04
660–695	678	2	91.00–102.00	$96.36	$653	-9.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	3	125.00	$125.00	$504	—
556	556	12	125.00	$125.00	$695	—
657	657	3	110.00	$110.00	$723	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	104.00	$104.00	$322	-1.00
370–385	378	2	102.00–110.00	$106.08	$401	-6.42
400–440	420	2	100.00–104.00	$101.90	$428	-2.53
460–480	473	3	91.00–111.00	$100.68	$476	—
565–575	570	2	82.00–83.00	$82.50	$470	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	150.00–160.00	$155.19	$419	—
355–395	383	6	130.00–150.00	$139.22	$533	+3.18
400–445	423	15	135.00–153.00	$144.13	$610	+22.13
450–490	478	18	128.00–145.00	$132.56	$634	+2.97
505–540	516	8	121.00–131.00	$127.95	$660	+3.57
550	550	1	115.00	$115.00	$632	-0.49
570–590	577	6	113.00–126.00	$119.77	$691	+4.28
600–635	615	4	108.00–112.00	$110.48	$679	-4.02
615	615	1	96.00	$96.00	$590	-18.50
655	655	1	96.00	$96.00	$629	-20.00
650–685	670	4	87.00–91.00	$89.49	$600	-26.51
720–740	732	3	106.00–116.00	$110.62	$810	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	142.00	$142.00	$291	—
275–290	283	2	110.00–124.00	$117.19	$332	—
315–335	325	2	139.00–142.50	$140.70	$457	+20.70
410 thin fleshed	410	1	152.50	$152.50	$625	+25.00
420–445	435	5	107.00–130.00	$123.28	$536	+10.33
450–490	475	9	120.00–127.00	$124.48	$591	+2.32
505–540	523	8	111.00–119.00	$113.65	$594	-3.88
550–595	571	14	95.00–116.00	$106.22	$607	+3.22
600–635	617	6	90.00–113.00	$98.35	$607	-11.78
665–690	678	2	96.00–101.00	$98.45	$667	—
748	748	2	86.00	$86.00	$643	—
940	940	1	78.00	$78.00	$733	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	118.00	$118.00	$454	—
445	445	1	105.00	$105.00	$467	-2.82
480	480	1	87.00	$87.00	$418	—
510–520	515	4	100.00–113.00	$106.69	$549	-0.22
585–595	590	2	85.00–96.00	$90.55	$534	-4.07
625	625	1	95.00	$95.00	$594	—
655	655	1	80.00	$80.00	$524	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	120.00	$120.00	$588	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1200	1148	80-85%	4	47.00–49.00	$48.26	$554	—
1080–1360	1251	80-85%	10	52.00–57.00	$54.27	$679	+5.64

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$242	—
875–1310	1030	85-90%	5	38.00–45.00	$42.36	$436	—
1025–1310	1129	85-90%	6	50.00–54.00	$51.62	$583	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1530	1440	75-80%	4	49.00–50.00	$49.24	$709	—
1325–1705	1444	75-80%	5	52.00–55.00	$53.04	$766	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–2345	1590	6	69.00–75.00	$71.95	$1,144	—
1945	1945	1	82.50	$82.50	$1,605	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	66.00	$66.00	$528
745–840	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	57.00–80.00	$70.19	$567
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$500

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1175	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$926.60
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
930–1575	1397	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	700.00–1,250.00	$1,092.61
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1595	1595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	51.00	$51.00	$813

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1350	1311	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	840.00–1,460.00	$1,347.97	—

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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.