Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 12, 2021

980 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $164.35/cwt -9.54 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 426 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.14/cwt -6.15 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 525 lb · 24 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.29/cwt +4.30 vs last sale · ≈ $861/hd at 728 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	980	1,090	1,001
Feeder cattle	846	1,022	867
Slaughter cattle	94	56	84
Replacement cattle	40	12	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower, over 500 lb were steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower, over 500 lb were steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	273	4	160.00–177.50	$165.71	$452	—
338	338	3	171.00	$171.00	$578	-0.93
365–395	383	3	145.00–170.00	$154.38	$591	-18.95
400–447	426	27	148.00–177.50	$164.35	$700	-11.33
450–495	477	19	145.00–157.50	$152.93	$729	-9.00
500–530	513	15	150.00–160.00	$154.92	$795	-0.99
565–595	579	19	136.00–152.50	$142.88	$827	-3.91
600–635	616	10	126.00–138.00	$132.65	$817	+7.65
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	-4.00
665–683	678	4	130.00	$130.00	$881	+4.72
718–745	725	4	122.00–127.00	$125.72	$911	-1.51
755	755	1	126.00	$126.00	$951	-3.42
855	855	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	4	135.00–155.00	$147.84	$551	-0.34
386 thin fleshed	386	4	160.00	$160.00	$618	+2.50
418–420	419	3	145.00–155.00	$151.66	$635	+12.47
430 thin fleshed	430	1	165.00	$165.00	$710	—
450–490	470	3	127.00–141.00	$131.64	$619	-5.47
470 thin fleshed	470	1	162.50	$162.50	$764	+17.50
550–590	568	4	118.00–136.00	$127.50	$724	-5.35
641 thin fleshed	641	4	133.00	$133.00	$853	—
675–680	678	2	118.00–126.00	$121.99	$827	-0.41
870	870	1	100.00	$100.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–530	526	9	146.00–151.00	$148.20	$780	—
575	575	2	130.00	$130.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	117.50	$117.50	$352	—
410	410	1	127.00	$127.00	$521	+7.00
505–535	515	3	90.00–100.00	$96.73	$498	-19.27
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	268	6	140.00–160.00	$147.11	$394	-2.89
340	340	1	133.00	$133.00	$452	-17.43
355–395	372	6	136.00–150.00	$139.02	$517	-3.47
400–440	421	19	122.00–140.00	$131.29	$553	-7.15
450–495	480	22	126.00–140.00	$133.29	$640	+1.50
500–545	524	23	124.00–132.00	$126.47	$663	-3.78
540 fancy	540	1	142.50	$142.50	$770	—
570–585	578	6	115.00–132.00	$120.31	$695	-6.77
600–625	612	3	116.00–133.00	$123.55	$756	-0.04
605–615	612	3	100.00–110.00	$105.70	$647	-17.89
655–685	668	6	109.00–132.00	$114.75	$767	+4.75
668 value added	668	6	117.00	$117.00	$782	—
665–690	678	2	104.00	$104.00	$705	-6.00
705–715	710	2	108.00–111.00	$109.51	$778	-4.48
720–735	728	2	100.00	$100.00	$728	-13.99
730 value added	730	20	121.00	$121.00	$883	—
753–790	765	3	110.00	$110.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	2	137.50–140.00	$138.84	$375	—
270 thin fleshed	270	3	151.00	$151.00	$408	—
313–345	324	6	132.50–137.50	$135.39	$439	—
355–380	363	4	122.00–137.00	$131.33	$477	-1.65
350–390 thin fleshed	370	2	128.00–135.00	$131.31	$486	-0.69
400–445	420	3	120.00–128.00	$122.54	$515	-2.34
435–445 thin fleshed	440	2	131.00	$131.00	$576	-6.24
450–480	464	4	110.00–125.00	$117.32	$544	-7.31
505–535	517	5	110.00–120.00	$114.77	$593	-3.73
565–570	568	4	108.00–116.00	$113.00	$642	-7.00
720	720	1	106.00	$106.00	$763	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403 thin fleshed	403	6	131.00	$131.00	$528	—
446	446	7	120.00	$120.00	$535	—
460–469	463	22	120.00–126.00	$123.83	$573	-0.17

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–396	392	12	104.00–106.00	$105.85	$415	—
475–480	478	2	100.00	$100.00	$478	—
515	515	1	113.00	$113.00	$582	-4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	170.00	$170.00	$425	—
320	320	1	147.50	$147.50	$472	-17.50
360–375	368	3	140.00–150.00	$145.90	$537	-22.77
420–425	423	2	140.00–152.50	$146.21	$618	-18.17
455–495	474	8	140.00–160.00	$152.27	$722	-7.68
500–535	515	9	136.00–155.00	$143.36	$738	-1.64
570–580	574	7	129.00–132.00	$130.14	$747	-4.35
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	-13.00
620–630	625	3	122.00–128.00	$125.01	$781	-7.99
703	703	2	116.00	$116.00	$815	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258 thin fleshed	258	3	167.50	$167.50	$432	—
318	318	2	152.50	$152.50	$485	-10.00
345 thin fleshed	345	1	160.00	$160.00	$552	—
370–395	383	2	128.00–135.00	$131.39	$503	-15.20
415	415	1	122.50	$122.50	$508	-5.00
500–530	520	4	122.00–131.00	$126.82	$659	-0.28
560–580	572	3	119.00–136.00	$126.38	$723	-6.64
625	625	1	112.00	$112.00	$700	-6.02
710–745	725	3	112.00–115.00	$112.99	$819	+2.99
735 thin fleshed	735	1	108.00	$108.00	$794	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	5	147.00	$147.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$219	—
790–960	865	85-90%	3	35.00–36.00	$35.37	$306	—
940	940	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$235	—
885–1335	1133	85-90%	10	43.00–48.00	$46.00	$521	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1255	1118	80-85%	2	53.00–61.00	$56.51	$632	+5.15
1085–1270	1168	80-85%	6	47.00–53.00	$50.40	$589	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1745	1745	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$942	—
1960	1960	75-80%	1	51.00	$51.00	$1,000	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–2060	1676	5	69.00–79.00	$73.63	$1,234	-9.06
1565–1920	1742	3	82.00–83.00	$82.37	$1,435	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060–1225	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	53.00–57.00	$55.14	$630

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
985–1180	1083	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–685.00	$646.33
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
885–1400	1094	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–950.00	$801.04
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1245–1300	1273	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$748.92
1085–1420	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	600.00–1,125.00	$942.43
1280–1300	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,060.00–1,085.00	$1,072.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	58.00	$58.00	$626
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	58.00	$58.00	$632
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$781
1645	1645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$1,053

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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	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	—

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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.