Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 23, 2021

705 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.92/cwt -1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $599/hd at 428 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.04/cwt +1.58 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 582 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $152.86/cwt -7.04 vs last sale · ≈ $721/hd at 472 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	705	882	297
Feeder cattle	596	688	195
Slaughter cattle	78	129	87
Replacement cattle	31	65	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 500 lb were mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate demand was strong for grass ready cattle . Noticed a few more new crop calves than last week that were discounted for being fleshy.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	195.00–205.00	$200.32	$557	+7.82
305–335	322	6	185.00–207.50	$195.43	$629	-8.61
350–395	383	5	165.00–185.00	$172.91	$662	-17.55
405–440	416	4	172.50–185.00	$176.28	$733	+0.66
485–490	488	3	150.00–160.00	$154.17	$752	-16.27
500–545	516	8	150.00–164.00	$157.09	$811	-1.66
550	550	1	135.00	$135.00	$742	-13.36
580–585	583	2	148.00–150.00	$149.00	$869	+0.64
600–640	620	5	128.00–144.00	$139.82	$867	+0.64
680	680	1	134.00	$134.00	$911	+1.00
705	705	1	131.00	$131.00	$924	+8.00
750	750	1	125.00	$125.00	$938	+3.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	2	155.00–175.00	$164.35	$440	—
305–345	322	3	157.50–172.50	$163.13	$525	—
375–395	385	2	145.00–160.00	$152.31	$586	-12.29
385 thin fleshed	385	1	168.00	$168.00	$647	+13.00
425–433	431	5	150.00–152.00	$150.39	$648	+6.34
465–494	489	6	133.00–145.00	$134.90	$660	-5.01
505–545	525	2	136.00–144.00	$140.15	$736	-4.56
570–590	580	2	127.50–130.00	$128.73	$747	-6.27
640	640	1	125.00	$125.00	$800	+1.08
775	775	1	120.00	$120.00	$930	+0.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–428	426	8	155.00–165.00	$161.28	$687	—
477	477	3	157.50	$157.50	$751	-2.50
564 thin fleshed	564	7	147.00	$147.00	$829	—

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

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	265	3	170.00–183.00	$175.12	$464	+4.33
315–345	330	10	142.50–165.00	$154.25	$509	-9.41
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	-28.66
350–395	373	8	141.00–160.00	$149.94	$559	+14.94
405–430	419	12	138.00–153.00	$143.94	$603	+2.92
400–446	436	13	130.00–137.00	$136.20	$594	-4.82
450–497	476	15	129.00–152.50	$141.82	$675	+21.82
500–535	516	11	127.50–137.00	$133.76	$690	+3.54
555–593	582	16	122.00–130.00	$128.42	$747	+2.96
590	590	1	105.00	$105.00	$620	-20.46
605–625	615	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$680	-9.81
623–647	641	12	118.00–129.00	$124.71	$799	+4.41
655	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	+18.00
735	735	2	116.00	$116.00	$853	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	167.50	$167.50	$402	—
295 thin fleshed	295	1	180.00	$180.00	$531	—
300–340 thin fleshed	320	2	142.50–145.00	$143.67	$460	+6.53
320–345	333	5	132.50–145.00	$137.02	$456	+0.37
355 thin fleshed	355	2	140.00–143.00	$141.50	$502	+5.56
350–395	379	7	129.00–151.00	$136.89	$519	+5.88
415–419 thin fleshed	419	9	142.00–155.50	$154.01	$645	+7.01
435–445	440	5	125.00–137.50	$132.30	$582	+0.33
460 thin fleshed	460	1	123.00	$123.00	$566	-10.03
450–495	476	5	120.00–135.00	$124.92	$595	-1.09
520	520	4	120.00–132.00	$127.25	$662	+4.23
555–570	563	2	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$678	-0.76
575 thin fleshed	575	1	124.00	$124.00	$713	—
604 thin fleshed	604	4	129.00	$129.00	$779	+9.00
680–685	683	2	112.00–114.00	$113.00	$772	+6.00
720	720	1	104.00	$104.00	$749	-7.00
750–765	760	3	92.00–105.00	$97.35	$740	+3.35
820	820	2	103.00	$103.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364 thin fleshed	364	5	158.00	$158.00	$575	—
383	383	2	150.00	$150.00	$574	—
453	453	4	139.00	$139.00	$630	—
503	503	5	135.00	$135.00	$679	+6.00
710	710	3	119.00	$119.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	328	3	100.00–122.00	$114.08	$374	—
420	420	1	115.00	$115.00	$483	+0.61
470	470	1	117.00	$117.00	$550	+3.02
625	625	1	105.00	$105.00	$656	+2.51

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	150.00	$150.00	$472	-30.00
300–335	324	6	155.00–190.00	$169.70	$550	-10.30
350–395	371	4	162.00–185.00	$174.09	$646	+7.96
415–440	424	12	152.50–174.00	$156.92	$665	-10.90
455–490	470	15	147.00–161.00	$154.78	$727	-5.12
495	495	1	124.00	$124.00	$614	-35.90
500–545	517	7	140.00–151.00	$146.61	$758	-0.31
550–595	565	5	134.00–146.00	$142.08	$803	+17.08
610	610	1	133.00	$133.00	$811	+8.00
655–690	670	3	120.00–129.00	$124.92	$837	+12.92
715	715	1	115.00	$115.00	$822	-8.34
755	755	1	105.00	$105.00	$793	-19.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	165.00–187.50	$176.94	$575	+12.94
330 thin fleshed	330	1	145.00	$145.00	$478	-7.50
350–395	365	5	130.00–144.00	$137.68	$503	-14.97
407–420 thin fleshed	409	6	147.50–153.00	$152.06	$622	-18.94
400–445	422	7	123.00–143.00	$134.38	$567	-11.81
490	490	1	126.00	$126.00	$617	-15.27
530–540	537	3	139.00–140.00	$139.67	$750	+1.35
575–595	585	2	123.00–141.00	$131.85	$771	+2.65
665	665	1	112.00	$112.00	$745	-0.01
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	+21.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	—
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429	—
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	—
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	+15.41
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	±0.00

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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	37.00	$37.00	$261	—
910	910	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$273	-6.00
970–1280	1113	85-90%	6	56.00–60.00	$57.12	$636	—
915–1270	1122	85-90%	6	48.00–53.00	$49.43	$555	—
1150	1150	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$437	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1050	972	80-85%	3	55.00–58.00	$57.11	$555	—
1055–1410	1189	80-85%	8	60.00–64.00	$61.89	$736	+2.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1460	1364	75-80%	4	61.00–65.00	$62.86	$857	+6.86
1610	1610	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$966	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–1590	1515	2	57.00–69.00	$63.30	$959	—
1185–2120	1626	8	76.00–84.00	$80.96	$1,316	+16.10
1690–2070	1837	3	84.00–85.00	$84.38	$1,550	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1090	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	60.00–67.00	$63.08	$614
1080	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	61.00	$61.00	$659

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
950–980	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$927.89
890–1095	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–800.00	$727.26
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1050–1280	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	660.00–950.00	$815.99
1185–1335	1264	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	825.00–1,050.00	$951.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$641
1335–1480	1408	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	69.00–70.00	$69.47	$978

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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	675.00	$675.00

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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
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
900–1050	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	685.00–910.00	$824.41	—
1000–1150	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,084.88	+334.88

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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.