Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 9, 2021

1,193 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.07/cwt +8.38 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 517 lb · 50 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.65/cwt -8.14 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 523 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.32/cwt +7.61 vs last sale · ≈ $731/hd at 565 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,193	583	671
Feeder cattle	970	533	569
Slaughter cattle	153	35	55
Replacement cattle	70	15	47

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold mostly steady, over 500 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 5.00 lower. Supply was heavy with lots of quality cattle with condition attractive to buyers for grazing. We seen a few new crop calves show up at market.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	282	5	175.00–195.00	$184.58	$521	—
300	300	1	147.50	$147.50	$442	-42.48
305–345	325	12	182.50–200.00	$191.62	$623	+1.64
350–395	372	12	165.00–201.00	$187.89	$699	-14.53
373 value added	373	5	205.00	$205.00	$765	—
395	395	1	145.00	$145.00	$573	-57.42
410 value added	410	1	198.00	$198.00	$812	+13.00
406–435	424	16	178.00–197.50	$186.79	$792	+14.91
450–470	460	9	170.00–183.00	$179.34	$825	+21.84
510–515 value added	513	4	173.00–175.00	$174.00	$893	-0.44
506–548	524	26	150.00–165.00	$158.60	$831	+1.10
550–598	569	28	145.00–165.00	$151.01	$859	+2.52
600–645	624	13	130.00–147.00	$138.34	$863	-1.66
670–678	676	4	125.00–134.00	$127.23	$860	+7.23
733–740	735	8	124.00–129.00	$126.62	$931	+3.07
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	-4.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	165.00	$165.00	$429	—
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	—
305–335 thin fleshed	320	6	170.00–187.50	$172.78	$553	—
300–345	322	3	152.50–162.50	$158.29	$510	—
375	375	1	167.50	$167.50	$628	+22.50
380 thin fleshed	380	2	185.00	$185.00	$703	—
415	415	1	157.50	$157.50	$654	+0.50
420–430 thin fleshed	427	3	144.00–162.50	$150.89	$644	—
475–495	485	2	135.00–138.00	$136.53	$662	+2.20
505–545	525	2	122.50–145.00	$134.18	$704	+5.22
550–560	555	2	138.00–140.00	$139.01	$772	+4.34
600–625	615	3	115.00–131.00	$123.59	$760	-2.90
660–665	663	2	126.00–132.00	$128.99	$855	+28.99
790	790	1	123.00	$123.00	$972	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283 thin fleshed	283	4	170.00	$170.00	$481	—
443–444 thin fleshed	444	6	167.50–186.00	$179.84	$798	—
510	510	3	172.50	$172.50	$880	+15.72
713	713	3	125.50	$125.50	$895	—
823	823	9	123.00	$123.00	$1,012	—
925	925	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	115.00	$115.00	$667	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	273	3	150.00–165.00	$156.89	$428	—
310–335	323	10	140.00–170.00	$159.99	$517	-7.58
353–395	365	17	140.00–155.00	$148.15	$541	+1.88
400–443	428	18	142.00–157.50	$146.41	$627	+6.41
451–498	473	24	128.00–147.00	$138.35	$654	+12.35
460–495	478	2	110.00–120.00	$114.82	$549	-11.18
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	-12.06
500–542	517	49	125.00–136.00	$133.54	$690	+11.48
550–598	565	28	126.00–135.00	$129.32	$731	+7.61
605–640	626	11	120.00–132.00	$123.96	$776	+5.96
680–690	685	2	100.00–105.00	$102.48	$702	-14.18
690–695	693	3	112.00–116.00	$114.00	$790	-2.66
710	710	1	103.00	$103.00	$731	—
715–735	725	2	110.00–113.00	$111.48	$808	—
760	760	1	108.00	$108.00	$821	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 thin fleshed	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	—
260–280	270	2	152.50–155.00	$153.80	$415	—
250–290 thin fleshed	278	7	146.00–167.50	$162.28	$451	+12.28
310 thin fleshed	310	1	140.00	$140.00	$434	-6.88
325	325	1	130.00	$130.00	$422	—
355–395 thin fleshed	375	3	143.00–150.00	$147.67	$554	+7.67
360–390	377	5	120.00–138.00	$129.05	$487	-4.05
400 thin fleshed	400	2	130.00	$130.00	$520	+2.97
405–445	423	5	125.00–132.00	$129.44	$548	+11.15
455–495	473	7	120.00–137.50	$127.75	$604	+8.14
485 thin fleshed	485	1	140.00	$140.00	$679	+5.00
515–545	525	7	120.00–125.00	$121.85	$640	-1.33
570–595	584	6	112.00–123.00	$118.96	$695	+5.37
620–645	628	5	109.00–120.00	$113.59	$713	—
660–665	663	2	120.00	$120.00	$796	+12.06
710–735	725	3	108.00–112.00	$110.02	$798	—
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—
818	818	5	103.00	$103.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 thin fleshed	325	4	175.00	$175.00	$569	—
400 thin fleshed	400	3	157.00	$157.00	$628	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	114.00	$114.00	$399	—
445	445	1	107.50	$107.50	$478	+7.50
495	495	1	105.00	$105.00	$520	-7.46
520	520	1	115.00	$115.00	$598	—
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	192.50	$192.50	$578	+17.50
350–385	369	5	150.00–195.00	$175.68	$648	-4.46
400–445	420	12	162.50–192.50	$178.98	$752	—
450–470	461	7	150.00–185.00	$161.42	$744	-0.55
508–520	511	6	150.00–170.00	$162.29	$829	+1.29
550–595	571	18	130.00–141.00	$137.29	$784	+11.29
600–630	607	6	123.00–143.00	$135.77	$824	—
660–695	680	4	124.00–130.00	$126.22	$858	+21.22
735	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	—
745	745	1	125.00	$125.00	$931	—
780	780	1	115.00	$115.00	$897	+13.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	162.50	$162.50	$479	—
305–345	323	6	135.00–175.00	$155.03	$501	—
325 thin fleshed	325	1	174.00	$174.00	$566	—
375–380	377	3	140.00–170.00	$155.93	$588	—
400–445	430	5	122.00–146.00	$135.87	$584	—
455–480 thin fleshed	467	3	141.00–150.00	$146.91	$686	—
460–485	475	3	145.00–150.00	$147.54	$701	+24.54
510–545	520	4	134.00–147.50	$142.33	$740	—
550–590	568	3	121.00–124.00	$122.96	$698	-0.04
630–640	635	2	122.00–124.00	$122.99	$781	—
650–685	668	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$798	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
370	370	1	110.00	$110.00	$407	—
525	525	1	126.00	$126.00	$662	+26.00
610	610	1	130.00	$130.00	$793	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–835	770	85-90%	4	32.00–37.00	$34.63	$267	+8.63
770–825	804	85-90%	4	42.00–45.00	$43.48	$350	—
855–1090	933	85-90%	3	35.00–40.00	$37.75	$352	—
860–1070	975	85-90%	8	44.00–51.00	$47.18	$460	-3.03

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$538	—
1095–1305	1200	80-85%	2	59.00–60.00	$59.54	$714	—
1015–1370	1242	80-85%	6	54.00–57.00	$55.80	$693	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1535	1414	75-80%	4	54.00–59.00	$56.88	$804	-3.83
1610	1610	75-80%	1	64.00	$64.00	$1,030	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1670	1504	6	62.00–70.00	$66.16	$995	-13.52
1355–1965	1659	5	73.00–77.00	$75.83	$1,258	—
1525–1990	1703	6	80.00–84.00	$82.57	$1,406	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–905 thin fleshed	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	51.00–95.00	$71.90	$532
710–850	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–91.00	$79.56	$621
835–945	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	44.00–57.00	$50.90	$453

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
699–875	724	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	660.00–775.00	$755.15
735 thin fleshed	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
835–845 thin fleshed	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–835.00	$761.37
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
765–980	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
960 thin fleshed	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
970–1205	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	785.00–1,025.00	$925.14
1105–1195	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–925.00	$821.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705 thin fleshed	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	71.00	$71.00	$501
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	58.00	$58.00	$621
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	52.00	$52.00	$559
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	58.00	$58.00	$679

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1000–1100	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–1,125.00	$1,004.37	—
1000–1150	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,010.00	$924.42	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.