Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 8, 2020

1,039 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.49/cwt -8.99 vs last sale · ≈ $620/hd at 479 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $162.87/cwt +2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $764/hd at 469 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.27/cwt +0.87 vs last sale · ≈ $807/hd at 513 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,039	1,502	757
Feeder cattle	899	1,340	661
Slaughter cattle	115	150	71
Replacement cattle	25	12	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher, over 500 lb 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was strong on a heavy supply of feeders.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	2	160.00–172.50	$166.55	$525	+6.55
350–395	379	17	160.00–190.00	$173.80	$659	+12.12
405–445	435	23	152.50–177.00	$167.01	$726	+9.97
450–498	469	30	152.00–177.50	$162.87	$764	+6.49
500–545	513	28	153.00–171.00	$157.27	$807	+4.95
560–595	578	3	133.00–142.00	$136.65	$790	-5.52
615–635	629	6	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$852	+6.52
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	-18.98
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	-0.54
715	715	1	118.00	$118.00	$844	-8.15
785	785	2	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$973	-2.05
800–820	810	2	120.00–133.00	$126.42	$1,024	+6.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	2	145.00	$145.00	$362	-15.00
280–285	283	2	145.00	$145.00	$410	-11.08
308–318 thin fleshed	312	5	168.00–172.00	$169.63	$529	—
305–340	323	2	140.00–152.50	$145.91	$471	—
355–370	363	2	135.00–145.00	$139.90	$508	-6.10
410	410	1	150.00	$150.00	$615	+15.74
415 thin fleshed	415	2	155.00	$155.00	$643	—
465–475	470	2	130.00–137.00	$133.46	$627	-3.64
505–548	533	12	131.00–145.00	$142.23	$758	+3.23
558–595	572	18	125.00–139.00	$130.76	$748	+4.54
600–645	620	6	120.00–133.00	$126.66	$785	+6.66
650–660	655	2	110.00–127.00	$118.56	$777	—
818	818	3	111.00	$111.00	$908	—
885	885	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	8	136.00	$136.00	$718	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–530	515	2	128.00–144.00	$135.77	$699	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	±0.00
278–280	279	3	148.00	$148.00	$413	+1.00
330–348	344	9	135.00–150.00	$141.99	$488	-2.16
350–390	371	16	140.00–165.00	$149.96	$556	+3.36
400–440	410	9	137.50–164.00	$142.28	$583	+0.09
450–492	479	34	122.00–143.00	$129.49	$620	-5.52
500–525	510	10	120.00–128.00	$126.60	$646	-3.77
545	545	1	115.00	$115.00	$627	-15.37
600–640	621	6	115.00–126.00	$122.46	$760	+3.51
660–675	668	3	113.00–121.00	$117.97	$788	+7.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	+5.00
275	275	1	145.00	$145.00	$399	—
300–345	323	6	121.00–150.00	$134.05	$433	+10.53
305–340 thin fleshed	323	2	134.00–141.00	$137.31	$444	—
355–380	366	5	120.00–142.50	$129.71	$475	-2.29
400–445	429	10	120.00–137.50	$130.45	$560	+3.68
450–490	469	7	120.00–130.00	$125.36	$588	+5.36
510–520	518	4	114.00–120.00	$117.27	$607	-3.73
565–573	571	4	117.00–124.00	$122.27	$698	+9.75
665–675	670	2	106.00–110.00	$107.99	$724	+1.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	6	149.00	$149.00	$580	—
451	451	7	134.00	$134.00	$604	+3.33
646	646	4	125.00	$125.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	120.00	$120.00	$384	+20.00
365	365	1	116.00	$116.00	$423	—
400–415	408	3	110.00–115.00	$111.63	$455	—
460	460	1	110.00	$110.00	$506	—
565	565	1	112.00	$112.00	$633	+3.12

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	155.00–175.00	$165.55	$455	+0.55
370–390	378	8	163.00–170.00	$165.39	$625	-3.32
400–445	427	10	150.00–180.00	$158.51	$677	+10.97
450–490	472	11	140.00–150.00	$143.42	$677	-3.12
500–540	516	8	138.00–155.00	$144.80	$747	-8.20
560–590	579	8	120.00–139.00	$126.21	$731	+4.04
600–605	603	3	124.00–125.00	$124.33	$750	-3.41
720–730	725	2	103.00–110.00	$106.52	$772	—
810–825	820	3	99.00–106.00	$101.30	$831	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	3	132.50–157.50	$141.43	$379	—
340–345	343	3	130.00–147.50	$139.46	$478	-3.87
360–383	375	3	130.00–147.50	$141.90	$532	+2.64
405–440	422	9	130.00–150.00	$140.75	$594	+9.22
455–475	464	4	120.00–135.00	$127.45	$591	+3.45
500–530	507	10	125.00–135.00	$130.39	$661	+5.26
550–590	572	5	119.00–137.00	$125.47	$718	+4.47
605–645	626	7	105.00–116.00	$111.42	$697	—
735–740	738	2	104.00–105.00	$104.50	$771	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	373	2	120.00–123.00	$121.43	$453	—
450	450	1	114.00	$114.00	$513	—
515–520	518	2	116.00	$116.00	$601	—
553–575	563	10	100.00–117.00	$110.42	$622	+20.42
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	—
855	855	1	73.00	$73.00	$624	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–473	470	9	141.00–143.00	$142.34	$669	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1170	990	85-90%	7	32.00–39.00	$35.72	$354	+10.72
880–1320	1046	85-90%	9	40.00–44.00	$41.43	$433	-0.30
1110	1110	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$555	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1685	1413	75-80%	10	52.00–54.00	$52.60	$743	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1320	1151	80-85%	4	45.00–51.00	$48.76	$561	—
1145–1285	1220	80-85%	3	51.00–54.00	$52.95	$646	+6.51

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1670	1318	9	35.00–65.00	$55.85	$736	—
1470–1885	1726	8	68.00–74.00	$70.76	$1,221	—
1710–1785	1748	2	76.00–80.00	$78.04	$1,364	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	59.00	$59.00	$487
885	885	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$620

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1030	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	975.00	$975.00
860–1160	1027	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	650.00–925.00	$817.97
1000–1160	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–975.00	$847.69
1050–1150	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–975.00	$939.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	51.00	$51.00	$477
1165–1450	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	53.00–59.00	$55.55	$718

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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	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00	+100.00

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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.