Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 21, 2021

887 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.26/cwt -14.79 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 571 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $142.41/cwt -7.22 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 521 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.62/cwt -9.03 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 466 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	887	1,257	998
Feeder cattle	747	1,088	724
Slaughter cattle	110	154	224
Replacement cattle	30	15	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold 5.00-10.00 lower, instances 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls lightly tested last sale.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	175.00–200.00	$187.27	$515	—
410–448	437	4	155.00–172.50	$159.62	$698	-4.65
475–493	481	18	139.00–150.00	$141.43	$680	-14.32
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	-18.74
500–548	521	22	136.00–150.00	$142.97	$745	-5.77
550–594	578	11	142.00–153.00	$144.57	$836	-8.47
605–635	614	5	139.00–149.00	$142.77	$877	-13.22
665–670	666	4	131.00–137.00	$133.00	$886	-9.02
720–735	728	2	130.00–134.00	$132.02	$961	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	140.00–142.50	$141.25	$445	-26.75
405–445	422	7	129.00–149.00	$136.19	$575	-13.81
460–490	470	3	120.00–125.00	$122.33	$575	-17.65
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	-9.55
550–590	570	2	130.00	$130.00	$741	-11.06
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	-18.48
615–630	623	2	132.00–136.00	$133.98	$835	+0.50
700–740	720	2	115.00–120.00	$117.43	$845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429 thin fleshed	429	4	157.50	$157.50	$676	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	3	140.00–155.00	$148.18	$489	-9.28
350–395	376	8	134.00–142.50	$137.59	$517	-8.49
405–437	416	14	125.00–135.00	$130.78	$544	-15.89
453–490	465	20	125.00–135.00	$130.10	$605	-9.83
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	-2.00
500–540	523	16	123.00–138.00	$132.42	$693	-9.16
550–595	571	26	120.00–130.00	$123.26	$704	-12.07
610–625	614	9	124.00–134.00	$129.30	$794	—
690	690	1	124.00	$124.00	$856	-12.00
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	—
845	845	1	107.00	$107.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	130.00	$130.00	$416	—
350–375	365	3	120.00–128.00	$122.70	$448	-27.30
420	420	1	122.50	$122.50	$514	-10.50
455–490	470	3	115.00–120.00	$118.26	$556	-6.74
515	515	1	122.50	$122.50	$631	-8.24
500–540	523	4	120.00–125.00	$122.27	$639	-8.47
560	560	1	109.00	$109.00	$610	-19.00
610–635	622	3	119.00–120.00	$119.66	$744	—
680	680	1	117.00	$117.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430 value added	430	4	133.00	$133.00	$572	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–395	387	3	150.00–164.00	$159.24	$616	—
405	405	1	157.50	$157.50	$638	—
470–495	483	2	135.00–148.00	$141.33	$683	—
520	520	1	125.00	$125.00	$650	—
525–545	534	4	120.00–142.00	$127.96	$683	—
550–580	565	2	120.00–135.00	$127.70	$722	—
630–633	632	3	113.00–122.00	$115.99	$733	—
665	665	1	101.00	$101.00	$672	—
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
370–390	377	3	122.50–135.00	$127.63	$481	—
410–425	417	3	127.50–140.00	$135.42	$565	—
475	475	1	123.00	$123.00	$584	—
500–540	519	6	115.00–125.00	$120.81	$627	—
555–580	568	2	113.00–115.00	$114.02	$648	—
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	—
690	690	1	90.00	$90.00	$621	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
913	913	3	60.00	$60.00	$548	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	120.00	$120.00	$706	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$254	-23.00
870–970	920	85-90%	2	35.00–40.00	$37.64	$346	-12.71
860–1215	1016	85-90%	4	43.00–46.00	$44.47	$452	—
875–1145	1022	85-90%	5	49.00–54.00	$51.10	$522	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1305	1232	80-85%	3	56.00–58.00	$56.67	$698	-9.71
1120–1385	1276	80-85%	7	58.00–65.00	$62.21	$794	-7.79

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1465	1360	75-80%	2	58.00–60.00	$59.08	$803	—
1305–1645	1448	75-80%	6	62.00–65.00	$64.21	$930	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1775	1652	3	75.00–82.00	$78.34	$1,294	—
1800	1800	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,692	—
1735–1975	1833	4	84.00–90.00	$85.73	$1,571	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1300	1171	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,668.29
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1270–1425	1348	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,200.00	$1,082.19	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.