Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 1, 2020

1,502 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $155.13/cwt +14.90 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 557 lb · 113 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.48/cwt +6.62 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 476 lb · 56 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $160.60/cwt +6.56 vs last sale · ≈ $757/hd at 472 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,502	1,074	1,240
Feeder cattle	1,340	936	1,102
Slaughter cattle	150	108	118
Replacement cattle	12	30	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. over 500 lb were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Several quality consignments of pre/vac cattle sold at a premium while plain cattle were discounted. Demand for quality was strong .

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	162.50–167.50	$165.07	$475	-7.22
310	310	2	160.00	$160.00	$496	-16.80
372–385	374	7	160.00–169.00	$161.68	$605	-2.98
388 value added	388	2	180.00	$180.00	$698	—
403–440	422	15	145.00–172.50	$157.04	$663	-5.73
406–442 value added	429	18	160.00–168.00	$164.40	$705	—
451–493	470	27	140.00–166.00	$156.38	$735	+2.34
450–499 value added	473	29	160.00–170.00	$164.52	$778	—
500–545	521	19	142.50–154.00	$152.32	$794	-5.53
520–542 value added	533	13	156.00–166.00	$162.36	$865	—
553–595 value added	554	84	133.00–160.50	$159.60	$884	+16.60
550–598	565	29	132.50–150.50	$142.17	$803	+1.73
600–635	613	14	121.00–135.00	$128.98	$791	-2.21
607–643 value added	620	35	132.50–140.00	$136.52	$846	—
651–686 value added	667	14	130.00–131.00	$130.29	$869	-6.71
653–678	669	23	129.00–135.00	$130.54	$873	—
705 value added	705	2	132.00	$132.00	$931	—
700–717	710	7	121.00–128.00	$126.15	$896	-0.85
775	775	2	126.00	$126.00	$976	—
755–795	785	13	121.00–128.50	$126.05	$989	—
808–816	814	10	118.00–120.00	$119.60	$974	—
818–820	818	7	114.00–116.00	$115.71	$947	—
903	903	2	106.00	$106.00	$957	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–317 value added	313	9	167.50–170.00	$169.47	$530	—
386 value added	386	8	170.00	$170.00	$656	—
444	444	4	131.00	$131.00	$582	-23.00
453–480	459	9	150.00–170.00	$165.35	$759	—
498 value added	498	6	155.00	$155.00	$772	—
547	547	7	141.00	$141.00	$771	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	3	140.00–167.50	$156.08	$426	+1.08
275 thin fleshed	275	1	160.00	$160.00	$440	—
355 thin fleshed	355	3	172.50	$172.50	$612	+16.50
365	365	1	146.00	$146.00	$533	-1.00
430–445	438	4	126.00–141.00	$134.26	$588	—
450–495	465	3	135.50–140.00	$137.10	$638	+5.15
500	500	1	139.00	$139.00	$695	+3.00
555–595	573	3	121.00–130.00	$126.22	$723	-9.10
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	-3.57

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	373	2	120.00–125.00	$122.42	$457	+12.42
400–430	406	5	110.00–122.00	$119.46	$485	—
568	568	5	111.00	$111.00	$630	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
275	275	1	147.00	$147.00	$404	+3.00
305–337	327	9	140.00–150.00	$144.15	$471	-9.10
350–378	364	6	145.00–150.00	$146.60	$534	+7.62
380–395 value added	392	6	147.00–154.00	$152.35	$597	—
400–433 value added	421	18	138.00–156.00	$146.04	$615	—
418–437	428	17	135.00–150.00	$142.19	$609	+8.99
450–496 value added	476	41	136.00–144.00	$139.75	$665	+2.75
453–495	477	15	128.00–138.00	$135.01	$644	+2.82
500–524 value added	517	14	133.00–136.00	$134.05	$693	-3.65
500–540	519	29	120.00–135.00	$130.37	$677	+2.78
550–593	570	19	120.00–131.00	$123.52	$704	+0.47
572–592 value added	584	10	122.00–136.00	$130.46	$762	-5.54
590	590	1	106.00	$106.00	$625	-17.05
600–648	617	29	115.00–124.00	$118.95	$734	-0.13
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	-9.08
638 value added	638	3	124.00	$124.00	$791	—
650–685	661	5	115.00–121.00	$117.37	$776	-0.30
673	673	2	110.00	$110.00	$740	-7.67
677–695 value added	684	9	119.00–121.50	$120.83	$826	—
721 value added	721	4	118.00	$118.00	$851	—
709–743	722	20	109.00–117.00	$112.78	$814	—
770–798	788	8	105.00–114.00	$108.06	$852	—
810–820	815	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$876	—
885	885	1	105.00	$105.00	$929	—
923	923	2	100.00	$100.00	$923	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
268–270 thin fleshed	269	3	142.50–155.00	$150.81	$406	+15.81
305–345	325	2	120.00–127.50	$123.52	$401	-6.91
385	385	1	132.00	$132.00	$508	+2.50
400–415 thin fleshed	403	6	120.00–124.00	$123.31	$497	-1.69
405–440	424	7	120.00–136.00	$126.77	$538	+1.06
470 thin fleshed	470	1	131.99	$131.99	$620	—
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	-4.20
515 thin fleshed	515	6	133.00	$133.00	$685	+7.00
525	525	1	121.00	$121.00	$635	+3.12
550–560	555	2	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$624	-5.30
582 thin fleshed	582	6	123.00	$123.00	$716	—
605–617	614	4	113.00–115.00	$113.49	$697	-11.92
660	660	1	106.00	$106.00	$700	-4.00
700	700	1	104.00	$104.00	$728	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350 value added	350	3	150.00	$150.00	$525	—
415	415	2	135.00	$135.00	$560	—
480	480	3	126.00–133.00	$130.67	$627	—
557	557	3	119.00	$119.00	$663	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	100.00	$100.00	$345	—
445	445	1	122.00	$122.00	$543	—
570–585	578	2	100.00–118.00	$108.88	$629	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	165.00	$165.00	$462	—
330	330	1	142.00	$142.00	$469	—
370–395	383	2	167.50–170.00	$168.71	$646	+13.35
435–440	438	2	140.00–155.00	$147.54	$646	-0.15
450–480	458	4	145.00–149.00	$146.54	$671	+4.28
540	540	1	153.00	$153.00	$826	+11.49
590	590	6	119.00–130.00	$122.17	$721	-9.62
603–640	626	11	119.00–131.00	$127.74	$800	+0.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	132.00–155.00	$143.33	$473	+3.33
377–395	382	4	130.00–142.50	$139.26	$532	—
420–443	435	3	120.00–137.00	$131.53	$572	-13.02
460 thin fleshed	460	2	140.00	$140.00	$644	—
480	480	1	124.00	$124.00	$595	-6.01
500–520	503	6	120.00–131.00	$125.13	$629	-2.85
566	566	4	121.00	$121.00	$685	-5.00
670	670	1	105.00	$105.00	$704	-22.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	5	135.00	$135.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–875	830	85-90%	2	29.00–31.00	$29.95	$249	—
975	975	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$244	—
890–1235	1039	85-90%	9	30.00–39.00	$35.54	$369	—
920–1205	1041	85-90%	10	39.00–45.00	$41.73	$434	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1355	1211	80-85%	4	43.00–52.00	$46.44	$562	—
1285–1365	1325	80-85%	2	51.00–53.00	$52.03	$689	+5.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620	1620	75-80%	1	53.00	$53.00	$859	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1440	1223	8	48.00–65.00	$58.05	$710	—
1680	1680	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,277	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	67.00	$67.00	$516

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–1105	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	530.00–710.00	$639.29
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
975–1485	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–750.00	$693.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$684

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00

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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
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.