Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 17, 2020

1,074 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $133.00/cwt +17.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,116/hd at 839 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $140.23/cwt +7.08 vs last sale · ≈ $802/hd at 572 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.23/cwt +7.30 vs last sale · ≈ $671/hd at 515 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,074	1,175	1,374
Feeder cattle	936	929	1,180
Slaughter cattle	108	201	134
Replacement cattle	30	45	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lb were 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 6.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	263	2	165.00–180.00	$172.29	$453	-12.71
305–345	322	6	160.00–190.00	$176.80	$569	-9.36
355–385	368	3	150.00–172.50	$164.66	$606	-10.20
400–435	423	12	150.00–171.00	$162.77	$689	+1.95
455–495	477	13	140.00–165.00	$154.04	$735	+0.91
500–540	517	22	145.00–166.00	$157.85	$816	+14.46
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	-10.00
561 value added	561	6	143.00	$143.00	$802	—
555–591	577	17	135.00–147.00	$140.44	$810	+5.72
610–648	639	11	124.00–134.00	$131.19	$838	-2.71
686 value added	686	16	137.00	$137.00	$940	+3.00
710	710	1	127.00	$127.00	$902	-4.00
713 unweaned	713	2	120.00	$120.00	$856	—
839 value added	839	32	133.00	$133.00	$1,116	—
868	868	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	150.00	$150.00	$504	—
382 thin fleshed	382	3	151.00	$151.00	$577	—
421	421	4	154.00	$154.00	$648	—
644	644	4	132.00	$132.00	$850	—
750–778	773	12	120.00–126.50	$124.24	$960	—
875	875	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	155.00	$155.00	$403	+10.00
315–320	318	2	145.00–150.00	$147.48	$469	-5.74
350	350	1	147.00	$147.00	$514	—
355 thin fleshed	355	1	156.00	$156.00	$554	—
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	—
425 thin fleshed	425	1	140.00	$140.00	$595	—
450–485	470	3	128.00–135.00	$131.95	$620	-10.05
535	535	1	136.00	$136.00	$728	+5.28
550–560	555	3	133.00–138.00	$135.32	$751	+10.40
605–640	623	2	121.00–126.00	$123.57	$770	-1.43
715–720	718	2	112.00–117.00	$114.51	$822	-5.80
850	850	2	91.00	$91.00	$774	—
985	985	1	90.00	$90.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	110.00	$110.00	$385	—
733	733	2	105.00	$105.00	$770	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	144.00	$144.00	$403	+2.50
310	310	1	120.00	$120.00	$372	-29.30
325–335	330	3	141.00–161.00	$153.25	$506	+3.95
360–380	373	5	134.00–144.00	$138.98	$518	+0.05
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	-19.46
400–440	421	10	126.00–141.00	$133.20	$561	+3.74
463 value added	463	2	137.00	$137.00	$634	—
460–495	477	11	124.00–137.00	$132.19	$631	+6.72
485	485	1	118.00	$118.00	$572	-7.47
500–505 value added	503	7	136.00–140.00	$137.70	$693	—
500–545	520	14	120.00–134.00	$127.59	$663	+2.67
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	-9.92
552 value added	552	3	136.00	$136.00	$751	—
565	565	1	118.00	$118.00	$667	-7.81
550–590	566	8	117.00–130.00	$123.05	$696	-2.76
600–640	623	8	116.00–122.00	$119.08	$742	-7.16
650–658	655	9	115.00–118.00	$117.67	$771	+0.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	135.00	$135.00	$351	—
300–345	328	3	120.00–135.00	$130.43	$428	+2.62
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	-13.37
385	385	2	124.00–135.00	$129.50	$499	+6.13
410–445	425	12	120.00–132.50	$125.71	$534	-1.64
425 thin fleshed	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	-2.00
450–465	458	2	121.00–127.50	$124.20	$569	+4.00
515–545	524	7	115.00–122.00	$117.88	$618	-3.47
528 thin fleshed	528	4	126.00	$126.00	$665	-13.00
565–590	576	6	115.00–122.00	$117.82	$679	-1.20
600–645	615	3	115.00–131.00	$125.41	$771	+15.41
680	680	1	110.00	$110.00	$748	-15.00
720–738	732	3	110.00	$110.00	$805	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403 value added	403	9	141.00	$141.00	$568	—
597	597	5	128.50	$128.50	$767	—
610	610	3	117.00	$117.00	$714	-11.34
664 value added	664	11	127.50	$127.50	$847	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–405	403	2	100.00–110.00	$104.97	$423	-5.03
640	640	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	375	11	140.00–172.50	$155.36	$583	+35.36
400–445	423	9	140.00–155.00	$147.69	$625	+4.79
465–495	476	5	132.00–150.00	$142.26	$677	-2.30
500–540	517	12	134.00–150.00	$141.51	$732	+3.55
555–595	578	11	127.00–139.00	$131.79	$762	+18.10
600–610	606	4	125.00–128.00	$127.01	$770	+3.45
680	680	1	112.00	$112.00	$762	+4.00
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	+4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	130.00–150.00	$140.00	$483	+1.04
425–435	430	2	140.00–149.00	$144.55	$622	+14.24
460–470	465	3	125.00–138.00	$130.01	$605	+11.42
510–535	527	5	122.00–130.00	$127.98	$674	+7.52
575	575	1	126.00	$126.00	$724	-1.26
675	675	1	127.00	$127.00	$857	—
715	715	2	105.00–120.00	$112.50	$804	-2.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–540	530	2	113.00–115.00	$114.02	$604	+1.59

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–940	905	85-90%	3	30.00–34.00	$32.30	$292	—
915–1010	948	85-90%	3	28.00–30.00	$28.64	$272	—
1070–1075	1073	85-90%	2	40.00–45.00	$42.49	$456	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1425	1280	80-85%	3	54.00–56.00	$54.63	$699	—
1135–1515	1348	80-85%	5	42.00–48.00	$46.26	$624	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1615	1473	75-80%	3	45.00–47.00	$45.96	$677	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1645	1544	4	45.00–60.00	$55.00	$849	—
1520–1925	1726	7	68.00–75.00	$72.62	$1,253	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1020	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	52.00–73.00	$63.41	$579

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–950	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	530.00–640.00	$583.21
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
980–1080	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	530.00–680.00	$601.36
1000–1220	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	500.00–960.00	$775.86
975–1300	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	590.00–740.00	$641.44
1015–1255	1151	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00–870.00	$672.49
1140–1360	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,125.00	$1,023.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1565	1565	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$970

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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
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–980.00	$965.00	—

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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.