Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 27, 2021

688 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.29/cwt +1.86 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 524 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.99/cwt -3.63 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 480 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $157.89/cwt -11.39 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 476 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	688	877
Feeder cattle	499	759
Slaughter cattle	153	103
Replacement cattle	36	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower, over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 500 lb were mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was moderate. Buyer demand was lighter with severe heat present in central Arkansas and forecasted for the rest of the week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	175.00	$175.00	$438	-27.47
330–345	338	2	174.00–180.00	$176.93	$598	-28.22
350–397	383	16	170.00–206.00	$187.47	$718	-7.26
400–445	422	7	160.00–190.00	$174.19	$735	-8.77
450–491	476	20	140.00–167.50	$157.89	$752	-11.39
500–545	522	16	150.00–165.00	$158.09	$825	-6.84
555–582	570	9	147.50–158.00	$153.65	$876	-1.09
580 value added	580	1	160.00	$160.00	$928	—
625–645	626	15	142.00–156.50	$155.50	$973	+1.50
670	670	1	142.00	$142.00	$951	-6.73
710	710	4	144.00–146.00	$144.50	$1,026	—
750	750	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,072	—
800	800	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 thin fleshed	270	1	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
285–295	290	3	135.00–155.00	$147.60	$428	—
305–345	330	4	137.50–150.00	$141.92	$468	-23.08
355–385	370	2	150.00–165.00	$157.80	$584	-2.95
405–445	425	3	150.00–166.00	$160.32	$681	-2.68
455–488	475	6	130.00–157.50	$144.26	$685	+1.76
500–545	515	3	140.00–145.00	$141.62	$729	-8.63
595	595	1	147.50	$147.50	$878	+7.33
625	625	1	137.00	$137.00	$856	-7.06

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	127.00	$127.00	$349	—
445	445	1	125.00	$125.00	$556	-7.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	2	147.50–152.50	$149.98	$402	+2.48
315–345	330	3	140.00–175.00	$157.59	$520	-5.98
360–395	385	10	140.00–165.00	$152.47	$587	-5.35
405–440	420	11	137.00–162.50	$151.74	$637	+1.07
455–495	480	20	130.00–147.50	$138.99	$667	-3.63
500–545	524	21	135.00–147.00	$139.29	$730	+1.86
550–590	577	8	125.00–138.00	$132.53	$765	-2.34
600–645	622	7	127.00–133.00	$131.31	$817	-0.78
655–675	662	4	125.00–134.00	$130.71	$865	+2.21
675	675	1	116.00	$116.00	$783	-12.50
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	—
759–760	759	6	121.00–128.00	$126.83	$963	+5.83
765	765	1	112.00	$112.00	$857	-9.00
830	830	1	111.00	$111.00	$921	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
255–290	272	3	130.00–140.00	$134.18	$365	—
280 thin fleshed	280	1	162.50	$162.50	$455	—
320–348	336	7	120.00–141.00	$133.10	$447	—
350–365 thin fleshed	358	2	145.00–154.00	$149.59	$536	—
350–380	363	6	127.00–155.00	$140.71	$511	—
415 thin fleshed	415	1	145.00	$145.00	$602	+3.00
410–435	420	5	120.00–136.00	$129.91	$546	-7.59
450–465	456	6	129.00–134.00	$132.00	$602	+0.63
518	518	2	130.00	$130.00	$673	+9.30
555–570	563	2	134.00–136.00	$135.01	$760	+10.01
613–620	615	3	115.00–120.00	$118.32	$728	+3.32
650–680	665	2	115.00–126.00	$120.38	$801	+2.06
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	—
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	110.00–124.00	$116.67	$307	—
365–375	370	3	120.00–125.00	$122.00	$451	-3.00
410	410	1	118.00	$118.00	$484	+9.00
565	565	1	100.00	$100.00	$565	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	170.00	$170.00	$442	—
310–340	329	7	161.00–185.00	$171.14	$563	-8.86
380–390	384	4	170.00–200.00	$188.13	$722	+15.70
410–440	429	6	150.00–175.00	$166.75	$715	+3.96
450–487	470	15	157.50–172.50	$164.73	$774	+6.50
500–545	523	15	140.00–151.00	$145.92	$763	-7.16
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	-15.21
550–595	567	13	137.50–150.00	$142.15	$806	+1.94
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	-22.59
605–627	619	6	135.00–142.00	$140.20	$868	-12.39
655–675	671	8	136.00–141.00	$139.50	$936	+6.82
680	680	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	-17.68
705–740	723	4	128.00–139.00	$134.23	$970	+0.23
885	885	1	93.00	$93.00	$823	—
898	898	4	104.00	$104.00	$934	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	135.00	$135.00	$344	-17.50
290 thin fleshed	290	1	175.00	$175.00	$508	—
335	335	1	140.00	$140.00	$469	-12.50
375–388	385	4	130.00–140.00	$132.44	$510	-17.56
405–440	423	2	140.00	$140.00	$592	+1.05
470–485	478	2	126.00–145.00	$135.35	$647	-1.93
487 thin fleshed	487	3	153.00	$153.00	$745	—
505–520	515	5	132.50–139.00	$135.92	$700	+2.80
555–595	575	3	124.00–133.00	$128.93	$741	+4.94
610–630	620	2	120.00–122.50	$121.27	$752	-12.63
660	660	1	122.00	$122.00	$805	-6.50
710–725	718	2	121.00–137.00	$128.92	$926	—
720 thin fleshed	720	1	126.00	$126.00	$907	—
785	785	1	107.00	$107.00	$840	—
815	815	1	95.00	$95.00	$774	—
880	880	2	76.00–85.00	$80.50	$708	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	125.00	$125.00	$525	—
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1270	1093	80-85%	3	52.00–63.00	$59.11	$646	—
1040–1550	1223	80-85%	19	64.00–76.00	$67.72	$828	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1025	959	85-90%	4	40.00–49.00	$44.03	$422	-11.99
920–1280	1076	85-90%	8	50.00–60.00	$55.42	$596	-7.77
1115–1220	1168	85-90%	2	64.00–72.00	$67.82	$792	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1645	1540	75-80%	5	64.00–72.00	$68.48	$1,055	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1095	1040	2	69.00–72.00	$70.42	$732	—
1160–1530	1368	5	76.00–84.00	$80.39	$1,100	—
1710–2010	1837	3	91.00–96.00	$93.72	$1,722	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–800	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–98.00	$88.40	$663
830–890	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	52.00–72.00	$61.65	$530

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780 thin fleshed	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
775–935	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–1,100.00	$958.48
780–1215	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–1,050.00	$888.84
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1010	978	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	55.00–64.00	$59.65	$583
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$777
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$836
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$850

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
967 fancy	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+380.00
800 thin fleshed	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
850–1000	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,180.82	—
900–1000	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,200.53	—

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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.