Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 19, 2021

746 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $138.67/cwt +6.02 vs last sale · ≈ $857/hd at 618 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.55/cwt +4.67 vs last sale · ≈ $844/hd at 572 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.23/cwt +8.21 vs last sale · ≈ $564/hd at 383 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	746	980	635
Feeder cattle	637	846	543
Slaughter cattle	79	94	64
Replacement cattle	30	40	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 15.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was strong on a moderate supply of stockers and feeders. Slaughters cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 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
275	275	1	190.00	$190.00	$522	+24.29
300–348	331	6	185.00–207.50	$197.73	$654	+26.73
350–395	367	7	170.00–202.50	$177.36	$651	+22.98
405–445	427	14	160.00–177.50	$168.17	$718	+3.82
470–473	472	7	165.00–167.00	$166.43	$786	+13.50
500–530	512	16	147.00–166.00	$156.84	$803	+1.92
530	530	1	121.00	$121.00	$641	-33.92
550–595	572	23	140.00–155.50	$147.55	$844	+4.67
605–635	618	24	126.00–139.50	$138.67	$857	+6.02
655–670	663	2	129.00–133.00	$130.98	$868	+10.98
745	745	1	125.00	$125.00	$931	-0.72
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	1	122.00	$122.00	$360	—
300–325	313	3	135.00–154.00	$146.15	$457	—
352	352	3	152.50	$152.50	$537	+4.66
400–445	432	7	123.00–145.00	$136.56	$590	-15.10
450–485	465	4	135.00–147.50	$141.97	$660	+10.33
463–480 thin fleshed	466	5	161.00–176.00	$164.09	$765	+1.59
500–535	518	2	128.00–145.00	$136.79	$709	—
510–543 thin fleshed	533	4	141.00–146.00	$144.74	$771	—
570–595	583	5	120.00–136.00	$131.58	$767	+4.08
610–645	626	5	124.00–132.50	$128.08	$802	—
650–680	668	4	120.00–128.00	$121.95	$815	-0.04
705	705	1	112.00	$112.00	$790	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	168.50	$168.50	$814	—
564	564	5	146.00	$146.00	$823	+16.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	—
415–445	430	2	110.00–122.50	$116.47	$501	-10.53
530–540	535	2	100.00–110.00	$105.05	$562	+8.32

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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	1	145.00	$145.00	$355	—
255–295	260	14	132.00–155.00	$152.74	$397	+5.63
315–340	325	3	141.00–170.00	$150.37	$489	+17.37
350–395	383	17	140.00–162.50	$147.23	$564	+8.21
405–445	419	12	133.00–150.00	$140.90	$590	+9.61
465–490	471	9	130.00–138.00	$135.26	$637	+1.97
510	510	1	135.00	$135.00	$688	+8.53
550–595	571	7	115.00–126.00	$121.50	$694	+1.19
585	585	1	100.00	$100.00	$585	-20.31
600–635	614	8	110.00–119.00	$116.34	$714	-7.21
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	-23.55
655–695	672	3	115.00–116.00	$115.33	$775	+0.58
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	-4.51
755	755	1	95.00	$95.00	$717	-15.00
805	805	1	100.00	$100.00	$805	—
890	890	1	95.00	$95.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	126.00	$126.00	$340	-12.84
310–345	323	5	122.50–135.00	$127.54	$412	-7.85
373–380	377	4	120.00–139.00	$127.82	$482	-3.51
408–440	422	7	120.00–132.50	$124.10	$524	+1.56
443–445 thin fleshed	444	3	136.00–140.00	$138.66	$616	+7.66
450–495	473	9	115.00–133.00	$125.86	$595	+8.54
500–540	520	9	116.00–124.00	$120.21	$625	+5.44
550	550	1	118.00	$118.00	$649	+5.00
600	600	1	105.00	$105.00	$630	—
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	—
650	650	1	113.00	$113.00	$734	—
805	805	2	95.00	$95.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	4	135.00–144.00	$139.53	$534	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	115.00	$115.00	$443	+9.15
500–510	505	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$578	+1.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	197.50	$197.50	$523	+27.50
330–340	335	4	170.00–190.00	$184.29	$617	+36.79
375–390	383	2	160.00–192.50	$175.93	$674	+30.03
400–440	420	5	160.00–177.50	$169.76	$713	+23.55
450–495	475	10	144.00–157.50	$152.45	$724	+0.18
510	510	1	146.00	$146.00	$745	+2.64
550–570	557	14	130.00–145.00	$141.33	$787	+11.19
600–630	615	2	125.00–131.00	$127.93	$787	+2.92
650–690	670	2	121.00	$121.00	$811	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	154.00	$154.00	$477	+1.50
375–395	385	2	130.00	$130.00	$500	-1.39
440–445	443	2	130.00–150.00	$139.94	$620	+17.44
465	465	1	134.00	$134.00	$623	—
480 thin fleshed	480	1	139.00	$139.00	$667	—
505–540	523	4	121.00–138.00	$130.30	$681	+3.48
575	575	1	129.00	$129.00	$742	+2.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	120.00	$120.00	$330	—
355	355	1	111.00	$111.00	$394	—
590	590	1	100.00	$100.00	$590	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	85-90%	1	20.00	$20.00	$141	-10.00
845–890	868	85-90%	2	22.00–30.00	$25.90	$225	-9.47
845–1000	947	85-90%	7	27.00–38.00	$31.96	$303	+6.96
900–1280	1050	85-90%	3	52.00–55.00	$53.50	$562	—
910–1295	1118	85-90%	5	42.00–49.00	$46.02	$515	+0.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	75-80%	1	51.00	$51.00	$696	—
1295–1870	1566	75-80%	4	52.00–57.00	$54.54	$854	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1275	1130	80-85%	3	50.00–53.00	$51.34	$580	-5.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1555	1538	2	62.50–64.00	$63.26	$973	—
1375–1990	1747	7	69.00–79.00	$74.46	$1,301	-7.91
1780–2230	1956	4	83.00–94.00	$87.50	$1,712	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	53.00–55.00	$54.00	$594

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1325	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	600.00–1,010.00	$814.73
905–1225	1122	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–1,150.00	$919.78
1045–1195	1124	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	700.00–900.00	$791.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1500–1705	1603	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	61.00–64.00	$62.40	$1,000

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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.