Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 27, 2021

845 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.82/cwt -9.30 vs last sale · ≈ $597/hd at 418 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.90/cwt -6.21 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 480 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.42/cwt -0.74 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 618 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	845	786	986
Feeder cattle	622	673	862
Slaughter cattle	143	83	97
Replacement cattle	80	30	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, over 500 lb 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lb sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher, over 400 lb mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was moderate on feeders and heavy on slaughter cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	185.00	$185.00	$490	-65.00
305–340	324	5	165.00–207.50	$183.82	$596	-5.94
350–395	368	9	164.00–202.50	$178.74	$658	-11.44
415–440	429	4	159.00–170.00	$165.96	$712	-9.25
435	435	1	149.00	$149.00	$648	-26.21
450–490	472	12	157.50–167.50	$164.28	$775	-9.92
490 value added	490	1	168.00	$168.00	$823	—
500–520 value added	510	2	164.00–165.00	$164.49	$839	-12.51
515–540	531	7	154.00–163.00	$156.37	$830	+1.75
572	572	3	151.00	$151.00	$864	+4.14
588	588	2	145.00	$145.00	$853	+10.00
610 thin fleshed	610	1	152.00	$152.00	$927	—
600–635	616	5	140.00–153.00	$146.22	$901	+6.29
655–695	673	5	135.00–142.00	$138.95	$935	+4.51
705–710	709	5	135.00–136.00	$135.20	$959	—
715	715	1	133.00	$133.00	$951	—
775	775	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,008	—
805	805	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	142.50	$142.50	$620	-6.88
455–470	463	2	144.00–154.00	$149.08	$690	-4.61
515–530	523	2	125.00–135.00	$129.93	$680	-14.33
530 thin fleshed	530	1	155.00	$155.00	$822	—
565–585	575	2	131.00–135.00	$132.97	$765	-3.69
615	615	1	139.00	$139.00	$855	+15.87
660 thin fleshed	660	1	139.00	$139.00	$917	—
700–710	705	2	129.00–135.00	$132.02	$931	—
710 thin fleshed	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	—
755–780	770	3	128.00–133.00	$130.31	$1,003	—
835	835	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,002	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	3	160.00–167.50	$162.52	$419	-5.60
300–345	325	7	155.00–177.50	$163.47	$531	+2.54
350–395	362	9	146.00–160.00	$151.36	$548	-6.36
400	400	1	132.00	$132.00	$528	-20.12
400–445	419	16	139.00–155.00	$143.50	$601	-8.62
450–495	466	7	138.00–158.00	$144.26	$672	+2.15
488–493	490	9	129.00–132.50	$129.39	$634	-12.72
518–535	522	4	130.00	$130.00	$679	-6.14
515–545	532	11	128.00–141.00	$135.54	$721	-0.60
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	-4.00
555–595	577	7	132.00–140.00	$138.10	$797	+1.72
600–645	618	12	125.00–135.00	$131.73	$814	+11.73
620	620	4	122.50	$122.50	$760	+2.50
655–680	667	3	118.00–132.00	$125.91	$840	+3.41
855–880	868	2	100.00–105.00	$102.46	$889	-6.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 thin fleshed	240	1	160.00	$160.00	$384	—
365 thin fleshed	365	1	151.00	$151.00	$551	-36.50
385	385	1	143.00	$143.00	$551	+6.04
400–435	418	6	125.00–137.50	$129.82	$543	-0.18
400–443 thin fleshed	437	7	130.00–134.00	$130.52	$570	-9.63
457–480 thin fleshed	463	4	128.00–144.00	$139.85	$648	—
450–495	471	7	131.00–137.00	$134.62	$634	+5.24
505–525	510	4	125.00–131.00	$127.78	$652	+1.58
550–590	563	3	121.00–130.00	$126.37	$711	-0.54
620 thin fleshed	620	1	119.00	$119.00	$738	—
643	643	2	126.00	$126.00	$810	+2.35
665	665	1	117.00	$117.00	$778	+3.00
766	766	8	110.50	$110.50	$846	+3.50
800	800	1	96.00	$96.00	$768	—
805 thin fleshed	805	1	104.00	$104.00	$837	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	3	134.00	$134.00	$626	—
505 thin fleshed	505	4	137.00	$137.00	$692	—
510	510	2	135.00	$135.00	$688	—
550–577	559	3	134.00–136.00	$134.69	$753	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	—
320	320	1	117.50	$117.50	$376	—
415	415	1	100.00	$100.00	$415	-16.00
550	550	1	115.00	$115.00	$632	+10.82
635	635	1	105.00	$105.00	$667	-2.75

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	163.00	$163.00	$554	-10.57
350–395	374	14	149.00–185.00	$167.57	$627	+0.94
400–435	415	5	148.00–166.00	$156.55	$650	-5.51
460–493	480	8	140.00–155.00	$149.62	$718	-10.10
500–545	530	11	140.00–154.00	$148.13	$785	+23.13
550–580	554	7	143.00–150.00	$148.53	$823	+1.94
576	576	6	143.00	$143.00	$824	-3.59
650–661	657	6	131.00–132.00	$131.33	$863	—
705–730	718	2	115.00–125.00	$120.09	$862	+10.09
758	758	2	122.00	$122.00	$925	—
935	935	1	92.00	$92.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	150.00	$150.00	$405	—
320	320	1	137.50	$137.50	$440	-20.00
325–340 thin fleshed	333	2	163.00–172.00	$167.40	$557	—
370	370	1	121.00	$121.00	$448	-20.35
415–425 thin fleshed	420	2	148.00–161.00	$154.42	$649	-15.58
420–440	428	5	133.00–145.00	$138.99	$595	-1.40
455–495	480	3	134.00–142.50	$137.37	$659	-11.60
495 thin fleshed	495	5	145.00	$145.00	$718	—
500–530	515	2	125.00	$125.00	$644	-5.68
590	590	1	123.50	$123.50	$729	-4.37
610–630	620	2	131.00–132.00	$131.51	$815	+0.31
650	650	1	127.00	$127.00	$826	+12.00
715	715	1	122.00	$122.00	$872	—
785	785	1	108.00	$108.00	$848	+3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	—
490–495	493	2	117.00–125.00	$121.02	$597	—
660	660	1	85.00	$85.00	$561	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$412	—
890–1350	1123	80-85%	13	56.00–62.00	$59.73	$671	—
915–1370	1163	80-85%	24	62.00–71.00	$66.14	$769	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$322	—
840	840	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$294	+2.00
800–1040	901	85-90%	5	46.00–54.00	$49.50	$446	—
930–1195	1034	85-90%	5	59.00–67.00	$62.00	$641	+0.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1480	1345	75-80%	3	60.00–62.00	$60.93	$820	—
1350–1575	1445	75-80%	3	63.00–71.00	$68.15	$985	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	61.00	$61.00	$671	-4.34
1090–1785	1445	9	76.00–89.00	$83.47	$1,206	—
1505–2150	1813	3	90.00–93.00	$91.26	$1,655	+0.50

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745 thin fleshed	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	85.00	$85.00	$633
775–870	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	68.00–92.50	$80.96	$666
950–1055	1001	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	57.00–87.50	$71.16	$712

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1135	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	81.00–86.00	$83.42	$808
1040–1165	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	52.00–58.00	$54.83	$605
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	73.00	$73.00	$810
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	76.00	$76.00	$878
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	69.00	$69.00	$800
1077–1270	1193	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	70.00–79.00	$73.69	$879
945–1420	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	68.00–74.00	$70.73	$870

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
870–1040	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–825.00	$816.84
760–1145	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	710.00–1,150.00	$954.47
865–1400	1106	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,150.00	$1,038.45
920–1350	1152	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	730.00–1,100.00	$992.11

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
850 thin fleshed	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—
950–1200	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,025.00–1,400.00	$1,182.58	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+115.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.