Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 30, 2021

751 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.83/cwt +10.83 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 717 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $169.59/cwt +12.67 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 434 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.54/cwt -0.51 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 578 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	751	705	661
Feeder cattle	624	596	487
Slaughter cattle	97	78	124
Replacement cattle	30	31	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 450 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 450 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, over were steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady to 4.00 higher. Supply was moderate, demand was strong on weaned cattle ready to turnout. Pre-vac cattle sold at a premium.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	260	8	177.50–207.50	$188.67	$491	-11.65
300–330	314	8	180.00–217.50	$198.40	$623	+2.97
320–325	323	2	175.00	$175.00	$565	-20.43
350–385	368	8	175.00–212.50	$188.19	$693	+15.28
400–430	415	4	160.00–187.00	$173.52	$720	-2.76
410–440 value added	427	3	180.00–190.00	$185.76	$793	—
455–485	468	4	161.00–175.00	$166.69	$780	+12.52
465–490 value added	478	2	185.00	$185.00	$884	—
505–525	514	7	150.00–172.50	$159.85	$822	+2.76
518–535 value added	525	4	175.00–180.00	$178.25	$936	—
555–595	575	6	142.00–160.00	$152.47	$877	+3.47
600–615	606	6	132.50–150.00	$142.66	$865	+2.84
655	655	1	130.00	$130.00	$852	-4.00
680	680	1	141.00	$141.00	$959	+7.00
715–740	730	3	119.00–134.00	$126.42	$923	-4.58
755 value added	755	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,034	—
858–875	864	3	120.00–124.00	$121.35	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	268	4	155.00–170.00	$160.97	$431	-3.38
330–335	333	2	155.00–170.00	$162.44	$541	-0.69
340 thin fleshed	340	1	181.00	$181.00	$615	—
385	385	1	167.50	$167.50	$645	+15.19
400–440	418	4	127.50–148.00	$138.07	$577	-12.32
448 thin fleshed	448	2	172.50	$172.50	$773	—
460–495	483	4	131.00–147.50	$138.48	$669	+3.58
500–530	515	3	128.00–140.00	$134.22	$691	-5.93
550–575	563	2	131.00–142.50	$136.62	$769	+7.89
670	670	1	125.00	$125.00	$838	—
775	775	1	126.00	$126.00	$976	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	185.00	$185.00	$527	—
380 thin fleshed	380	3	195.00	$195.00	$741	—
400	400	2	172.50	$172.50	$690	+11.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	275	5	160.00–182.50	$169.66	$467	-5.46
300–320	308	3	152.50–165.00	$160.68	$495	+6.43
350–395	375	9	147.50–167.50	$153.58	$576	+3.64
380	380	1	130.00	$130.00	$494	-19.94
400–435	420	6	141.00–157.50	$145.32	$610	+1.38
405–445	425	2	120.00–134.00	$126.67	$538	-17.27
425 value added	425	1	154.00	$154.00	$654	—
430 thin fleshed	430	1	155.00	$155.00	$666	—
455–490	467	13	138.00–150.00	$145.36	$679	+3.54
500–540	525	13	131.00–142.00	$136.30	$716	+2.54
570	570	1	120.00	$120.00	$684	-8.42
550–595	579	13	125.00–132.50	$127.04	$736	-1.38
600–647	632	6	124.00–129.00	$127.05	$803	+2.34
643 value added	643	2	130.00	$130.00	$836	—
664 value added	664	5	131.00	$131.00	$870	—
665–670	668	2	122.00–125.00	$123.49	$825	+5.49
703–705	704	7	124.00	$124.00	$873	+8.00
723 value added	723	17	128.00	$128.00	$925	—
757 value added	757	6	124.00	$124.00	$939	—
763–778	772	8	124.00–128.00	$126.52	$977	—
925	925	1	105.00	$105.00	$971	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	4	141.00	$141.00	$409	—
300–305	303	3	132.50–155.00	$144.23	$437	+7.21
308 thin fleshed	308	5	162.00	$162.00	$499	+18.33
350–390	367	9	128.00–142.50	$137.04	$503	+0.15
400–432	426	8	127.50–137.50	$130.62	$556	-1.68
420–445 thin fleshed	436	5	152.00–154.00	$152.99	$667	-1.02
455–490	469	5	125.00–137.50	$130.94	$614	+6.02
500–535	509	4	130.00–133.00	$131.03	$667	+3.78
568–595	577	3	119.00–132.00	$127.53	$736	+7.02
595 thin fleshed	595	1	125.00	$125.00	$744	+1.00
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—
650–680	660	3	112.00–121.00	$117.91	$778	+4.91
715	715	1	118.00	$118.00	$844	+14.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	3	130.00	$130.00	$715	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	115.00	$115.00	$431	—
415	415	1	117.00	$117.00	$486	+2.00
555	555	1	110.00	$110.00	$610	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	177.50	$177.50	$541	+27.50
350–385	374	7	145.00–202.50	$179.37	$671	+5.28
405–446	434	16	160.00–190.00	$169.59	$736	+12.67
455–488	480	6	155.00–172.50	$157.77	$757	+2.99
500–545	514	7	140.00–160.00	$152.13	$782	+5.52
555–585	565	3	140.00–152.50	$144.96	$819	+2.88
600–630	615	4	128.00–135.00	$132.78	$817	-0.22
743	743	5	122.00	$122.00	$906	+7.00
793	793	2	117.00	$117.00	$928	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	265	4	150.00–172.50	$165.98	$440	—
370–375	373	2	145.00–155.00	$150.03	$560	+12.35
360–390 thin fleshed	377	3	147.00–167.00	$156.49	$590	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	158.00	$158.00	$640	+5.94
435	435	1	152.50	$152.50	$663	+18.12
450–487 thin fleshed	478	4	140.00–160.00	$144.71	$692	—
450–490	479	4	142.00–147.50	$144.42	$692	+18.42
515	515	1	146.00	$146.00	$752	+6.33
555–570	564	5	135.00–145.00	$138.00	$778	+6.15
620	620	1	130.00	$130.00	$806	—
637 thin fleshed	637	3	120.00	$120.00	$764	—
705–715	710	2	115.00–118.00	$116.49	$827	-4.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	4	167.00	$167.00	$767	—
613	613	5	130.00	$130.00	$797	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	125.00	$125.00	$388	+15.00
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1170	1042	80-85%	6	54.00–59.00	$57.84	$603	—
895–1320	1069	80-85%	12	60.00–67.00	$63.15	$675	—
1120–1285	1212	80-85%	6	68.00–72.00	$70.19	$851	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$411	—
885–935	910	85-90%	2	40.00–46.00	$42.92	$391	+12.92
875–1020	948	85-90%	2	29.00–36.00	$32.23	$306	—
890–1155	1030	85-90%	7	49.00–56.00	$52.41	$540	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1440	1368	75-80%	2	62.00	$62.00	$848	-0.86
1515	1515	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,030	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1780	1322	7	64.00–74.00	$70.53	$932	—
1250–1940	1698	5	76.00–86.00	$81.98	$1,392	—
1895–2200	2042	3	94.00–99.00	$96.62	$1,973	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705 thin fleshed	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	61.00	$61.00	$430
780–805	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–88.00	$81.60	$647

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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	775.00	$775.00
890 thin fleshed	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
855–1105	998	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	725.00–875.00	$786.06
955–1125	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–1,300.00	$1,047.48
885–1220	1049	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	610.00–1,000.00	$821.12
990–1115	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	925.00–1,150.00	$1,056.92

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1030	1030	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$721
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	67.00	$67.00	$707

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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	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	-9.88
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1050–1250	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,385.00	$1,374.65	—

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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.