Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 15, 2020

640 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.98/cwt +2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 518 lb · 23 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.55/cwt +0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $605/hd at 425 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $119.58/cwt -5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $579/hd at 484 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	640	1,039	825
Feeder cattle	507	899	557
Slaughter cattle	83	115	143
Replacement cattle	50	25	125

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers were steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls were steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	180.00	$180.00	$486	—
385	385	1	147.50	$147.50	$568	-26.30
410–445	429	9	150.00–172.50	$160.76	$690	-6.25
450–490	470	13	150.00–172.50	$162.51	$764	-0.36
500–540	519	6	143.00–158.00	$151.91	$788	-5.36
550–595	568	3	135.00–152.50	$143.93	$818	+7.28
605–645	620	9	130.00–137.00	$134.80	$836	-0.70
620	620	1	120.00	$120.00	$744	-15.50
810–825	822	7	110.00–124.00	$120.18	$988	-6.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	-25.00
305–340	325	3	130.00–152.50	$143.32	$466	-2.59
375–398	389	7	130.00–138.00	$132.61	$516	-7.29
415	415	1	135.00	$135.00	$560	-15.00
460	460	1	142.50	$142.50	$656	+9.04
505–535	527	5	132.00–140.00	$135.54	$714	-6.69
555–565	558	3	127.00–134.00	$130.31	$727	-0.45
600–615	607	6	120.00–133.00	$128.16	$778	+1.50
685–695	690	3	103.00–115.00	$110.97	$766	-7.59
735	735	1	109.00	$109.00	$801	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	2	135.00	$135.00	$709	-1.00
710	710	4	125.00	$125.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	—
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	140.00	$140.00	$546	-9.96
400–425	408	5	122.50–140.00	$134.69	$550	-7.59
430 value added	430	16	145.00	$145.00	$624	—
460–495	480	13	123.00–138.00	$132.60	$636	+3.11
500–540	518	23	119.00–138.00	$127.98	$663	+1.38
550–596	580	12	120.00–135.00	$125.93	$730	—
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	—
605–645	624	11	116.00–126.00	$122.48	$764	+0.02
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	-12.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	120.00	$120.00	$336	-25.00
325–345	335	3	120.00–123.00	$121.86	$408	-12.19
358 thin fleshed	358	2	130.00	$130.00	$465	—
365–395	384	11	120.00–135.00	$126.28	$485	-3.43
405–445	426	9	115.00–131.00	$121.89	$519	-8.56
450–490	474	9	107.00–127.00	$116.63	$553	-8.73
499 thin fleshed	499	6	124.00	$124.00	$619	—
505–545	523	4	106.00–124.00	$115.59	$605	-1.68
595	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684	-7.27
600–640	620	2	115.00	$115.00	$713	—
655	655	1	106.00	$106.00	$694	-1.99
705–715	710	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$728	—
755	755	1	99.00	$99.00	$747	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	92.50	$92.50	$264	—
315	315	2	118.00–121.00	$119.50	$376	-0.50
425	425	1	105.00	$105.00	$446	-6.63
455–485	474	4	105.00–120.00	$110.18	$522	+0.18
500–505	503	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$516	—
550–590	570	2	106.00–110.00	$108.07	$616	-3.93
650	650	1	107.00	$107.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	137.50	$137.50	$450	—
430	430	3	125.00	$125.00	$538	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	142.50–160.00	$150.92	$495	—
350–370	359	4	135.00–142.50	$139.37	$500	-26.02
400–440	415	9	142.00–160.00	$146.84	$609	-11.67
450–495	470	12	134.00–150.00	$146.86	$690	+3.44
500–515	508	2	100.00–110.00	$105.07	$534	-39.73
510–545	528	11	133.00–152.50	$146.48	$773	+1.68
550–575	563	2	120.00–137.50	$128.56	$724	+2.35
590	590	1	110.00	$110.00	$649	-16.21
600–640	630	8	118.00–140.00	$124.03	$781	-0.30
670	670	1	113.00	$113.00	$757	—
650–676	672	6	110.00–119.00	$111.45	$749	—
780	780	1	108.00	$108.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	127.50–140.00	$133.80	$419	-5.66
360–380	371	4	120.00–140.00	$127.41	$473	-14.49
429 thin fleshed	429	4	159.00	$159.00	$682	—
405–445	432	10	110.00–138.00	$127.95	$553	-12.80
460–495	478	5	125.00–135.00	$129.54	$619	+2.09
515–535	529	4	110.00–125.00	$119.49	$632	-10.90
563–580	569	5	113.00–134.00	$123.37	$702	-2.10
620–645	635	3	115.00–116.00	$115.34	$732	+3.92
680–690	685	2	100.00	$100.00	$685	—
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	—
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	102.50	$102.50	$323	—
380–385	383	2	110.00–117.00	$113.52	$435	-7.91
475	475	1	115.00	$115.00	$546	+1.00
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	4	150.00	$150.00	$531	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1330	1207	80-85%	8	44.00–50.00	$46.64	$563	-6.31
1110–1330	1219	80-85%	6	50.00–53.00	$51.32	$626	-1.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$361	—
1000–1110	1055	85-90%	2	48.00–50.00	$48.95	$516	—
940–1305	1120	85-90%	6	40.00–48.00	$44.16	$495	-5.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1675	1533	75-80%	2	51.00–54.00	$52.64	$807	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1220	1193	2	54.00–57.00	$55.47	$662	—
1050–1815	1398	7	66.00–76.00	$70.69	$988	—
1535–1635	1568	3	80.00–86.00	$83.59	$1,311	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1045	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	48.00–63.00	$54.77	$522
925–1060	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	45.00–57.50	$50.82	$505

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
970–1150	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–775.00	$655.16
1069	1069	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	850.00	$850.00
1060–1230	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	675.00–950.00	$827.38
1168	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1115–1340	1246	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	825.00–1,125.00	$964.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–1255	1103	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	51.00–54.00	$52.71	$581
1085–1365	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	57.00–58.00	$57.34	$704
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$701

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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	935.00	$935.00	-15.00
1150–1250	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,107.39	+157.39
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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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.