Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 5, 2021

1,090 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $154.15/cwt +10.22 vs last sale · ≈ $865/hd at 561 lb · 124 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $163.21/cwt +11.30 vs last sale · ≈ $854/hd at 523 lb · 56 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.53/cwt +1.83 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 572 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,090	640	1,035
Feeder cattle	1,022	507	885
Slaughter cattle	56	83	115
Replacement cattle	12	50	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend available auction was closed two weeks previous for Holidays.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	323	9	160.00–174.00	$171.93	$555	—
350–395	366	7	160.00–187.50	$173.33	$634	+25.83
400–445	423	3	165.00–187.50	$175.68	$743	+14.92
415–443 value added	431	13	165.00–185.00	$173.48	$748	—
450–495	474	15	157.50–178.00	$161.93	$768	-0.58
460–487 value added	479	7	165.00–172.50	$168.17	$806	—
500–536 value added	522	42	155.00–170.00	$165.64	$865	—
500–535	527	14	150.00–164.00	$155.91	$822	+4.00
559–590 value added	560	98	140.00–157.50	$156.10	$874	—
556–598	564	26	136.00–155.00	$146.79	$828	+2.86
600–624 value added	616	16	136.00–141.00	$138.33	$852	—
630	630	2	125.00	$125.00	$788	-9.80
660	660	1	124.00	$124.00	$818	—
658–674 value added	665	22	130.00–138.00	$134.04	$891	—
680–695	684	4	120.00–131.00	$125.28	$857	—
713–740	720	4	125.00–128.00	$127.23	$916	—
735 value added	735	3	133.00	$133.00	$978	—
760–788	774	9	125.00–131.00	$129.42	$1,002	—
930	930	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	2	135.00	$135.00	$369	+15.00
275 thin fleshed	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412	—
300–320 thin fleshed	309	4	145.00–165.00	$152.44	$471	—
315–325	321	6	137.50–158.00	$148.01	$475	+4.69
350–370 thin fleshed	360	2	157.50	$157.50	$567	—
360–385	377	3	140.00–156.00	$148.18	$559	+15.57
415–431	428	5	139.00–140.00	$139.19	$596	+4.19
470–478	474	7	132.00–147.00	$137.11	$650	-5.39
485 thin fleshed	485	1	145.00	$145.00	$703	—
500–534	527	5	121.00–140.00	$124.60	$657	-10.94
535–540 thin fleshed	538	2	140.00–147.00	$143.52	$772	—
555–585	566	9	130.00–143.00	$132.85	$752	+2.54
590 thin fleshed	590	1	145.00	$145.00	$856	—
610–633	625	3	114.00–125.00	$117.58	$735	-10.58
655–675	659	10	120.00–127.00	$122.40	$807	+11.43
790	790	1	118.00	$118.00	$932	—
900	900	1	100.00	$100.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	3	170.00	$170.00	$464	—
378–388	383	4	149.00–156.00	$152.55	$584	—
432	432	5	152.00	$152.00	$657	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	—
545	545	1	116.00	$116.00	$632	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	150.00	$150.00	$398	—
330–340	335	2	146.00–155.00	$150.43	$504	—
353–377 value added	367	5	148.00	$148.00	$543	—
385–390	388	3	140.00–145.00	$142.49	$553	+2.49
400–441	422	23	130.00–145.00	$138.44	$584	+3.75
450–485	469	30	126.00–142.50	$131.79	$618	-0.81
485 value added	485	1	167.50	$167.50	$812	—
500–535	515	8	125.00–137.50	$130.25	$671	+2.27
513–528 value added	522	9	135.00–138.00	$135.98	$710	—
550–596	571	33	120.00–133.00	$127.08	$726	+1.15
582 value added	582	3	127.00	$127.00	$739	—
585	585	1	107.00	$107.00	$626	-18.93
600–640 value added	618	8	125.00–132.00	$126.73	$783	—
620–639	632	7	119.00–126.00	$123.59	$781	+13.59
675	675	1	110.00	$110.00	$742	—
675–695	687	3	114.00–120.00	$117.65	$808	—
710–718	715	3	113.00–116.00	$113.99	$815	—
838	838	5	107.00	$107.00	$897	—
885	885	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,204	—
901–935	916	9	105.50–106.50	$106.05	$971	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325 thin fleshed	313	2	138.00–150.00	$144.24	$451	—
380 thin fleshed	380	1	132.00	$132.00	$502	+2.00
375–390	383	2	132.00–134.00	$132.98	$509	+6.70
405–445 thin fleshed	425	2	132.00–143.00	$137.24	$583	—
410–443	430	5	120.00–130.00	$124.88	$537	+2.99
455–480 thin fleshed	462	7	129.00–138.00	$135.72	$627	—
450–490	478	11	120.00–126.00	$124.63	$596	+8.00
535 thin fleshed	535	1	126.00	$126.00	$674	—
545	545	2	117.00–120.00	$118.50	$646	+2.91
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	—
575–595 thin fleshed	585	2	118.00–125.00	$121.44	$710	—
660 thin fleshed	660	1	109.00	$109.00	$719	—
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	4	147.00	$147.00	$437	—
345	345	3	137.00	$137.00	$473	-0.50
358	358	5	149.00	$149.00	$533	—
485	485	3	124.00	$124.00	$601	—
550–573	566	10	124.00–127.50	$126.48	$716	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	117.00	$117.00	$632	—
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	—
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	+3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	165.00	$165.00	$544	+14.08
365–380	373	2	165.00–172.50	$168.67	$629	+29.30
400–435	414	4	147.00–175.00	$164.38	$681	+17.54
460–485	470	4	155.00–165.00	$159.95	$752	+13.09
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	-1.48
590–595	593	2	131.00–138.00	$134.49	$798	+24.49
603	603	4	133.00	$133.00	$802	+8.97
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	+8.55
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	162.50	$162.50	$552	+28.70
350–370	360	2	141.00–152.50	$146.59	$528	+19.18
365–380 thin fleshed	373	2	155.00–158.00	$156.47	$584	—
445	445	1	127.50	$127.50	$567	-0.45
490	490	1	136.00	$136.00	$666	+6.46
500–525 thin fleshed	513	2	127.50–132.00	$129.80	$666	—
510–520	514	4	117.50–135.00	$127.10	$653	+7.61
555–575	565	2	132.00–134.00	$133.02	$752	+9.65
630–640	637	3	115.00–120.00	$118.02	$752	+2.68
665	665	1	116.00	$116.00	$771	+16.00
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	—
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

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	±0.00
1000	1000	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$400	—
1005–1105	1055	85-90%	2	53.00–55.00	$54.05	$570	+5.10

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1220	1113	80-85%	2	50.00–53.00	$51.36	$572	—
1200–1280	1240	80-85%	2	58.00	$58.00	$719	+6.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–1690	1658	75-80%	2	61.00–62.00	$61.49	$1,020	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1020	998	2	60.00–63.00	$61.47	$613	—
1080–1840	1450	7	50.00–77.00	$72.19	$1,047	—
1580–1750	1670	5	82.00–84.00	$82.69	$1,381	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1070	1030	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–69.00	$66.92	$689

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$570
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$650
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$760
1280–1625	1453	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	62.00–65.00	$63.32	$920
1495	1495	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,017

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	980.00	$980.00

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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	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.