Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 9, 2021

1,440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.85/cwt -2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $764/hd at 575 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.52/cwt -2.55 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 519 lb · 34 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.71/cwt -2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $535/hd at 377 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,440	1,415	1,175
Feeder cattle	1,236	1,415	929
Slaughter cattle	172	—	201
Replacement cattle	32	—	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher, stocker and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was good on heavy supply. No trend available on slaughter cattle cows and bulls not reported previous week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	197.50	$197.50	$573	+18.96
310–343	336	9	155.00–190.00	$163.20	$548	-20.60
350–395	374	11	155.00–175.00	$167.98	$628	+12.23
405–440	425	7	152.50–171.00	$163.78	$696	+3.67
450–490	473	22	150.00–174.00	$160.94	$761	+0.59
480 value added	480	1	170.00	$170.00	$816	-0.84
510 value added	510	1	175.00	$175.00	$892	+1.39
500–540	524	11	155.00–170.00	$162.26	$850	+11.25
560–577 value added	574	7	170.00–173.00	$172.16	$988	+11.74
550–592	575	9	146.00–160.00	$153.93	$885	+8.40
600–630	608	9	135.00–152.50	$144.07	$876	+1.98
650–670	661	10	140.00–153.00	$147.93	$978	+4.44
900	900	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	266	5	130.00–150.00	$138.98	$370	-0.93
300–310	305	2	130.00–135.00	$132.46	$404	—
305–315 thin fleshed	310	3	142.50–170.00	$160.69	$498	+10.69
350–375	356	6	130.00–142.50	$134.84	$480	-5.11
395 thin fleshed	395	1	145.00	$145.00	$573	-6.18
420 thin fleshed	420	1	155.00	$155.00	$651	—
400–445	430	12	132.50–146.00	$142.72	$614	+15.17
460 thin fleshed	460	1	143.00	$143.00	$658	—
450–485	471	10	128.00–142.50	$133.54	$629	-7.32
510–545	529	13	124.00–144.00	$135.88	$719	-7.44
550–595	573	5	124.00–145.00	$133.26	$764	+4.22
605–625	615	2	123.00–139.00	$131.13	$806	+4.72
745	745	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,006	+10.00
755–770	763	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$935	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	130.00	$130.00	$351	—
340 thin fleshed	340	1	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	126.00	$126.00	$510	—
460	460	1	117.50	$117.50	$540	-2.50
530–545	538	2	102.50–120.00	$111.13	$598	—
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	477	3	150.00–151.00	$150.34	$717	+9.34

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	151.00	$151.00	$400	-8.72
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	-35.50
300–345	326	12	135.00–150.00	$145.19	$473	-0.31
355–395	377	26	130.00–148.00	$142.55	$537	+1.41
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	-21.14
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	-17.17
400–445	420	24	130.00–145.00	$135.61	$570	-1.56
450–495	468	27	130.00–147.00	$134.60	$630	+2.24
500–545	519	33	125.00–140.00	$133.17	$691	+0.86
535	535	1	111.00	$111.00	$594	-21.31
570	570	1	115.00	$115.00	$656	-17.36
550–598	575	34	125.00–140.00	$133.37	$767	+1.01
600–645	627	24	125.00–138.50	$132.68	$832	-4.32
661–685	665	8	123.00–129.00	$127.60	$849	-1.41
700–735	717	3	120.00–128.00	$124.66	$894	+1.37
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	-23.29
750–780	770	3	125.00	$125.00	$962	+4.00
770	770	1	111.00	$111.00	$855	-10.00
1035	1035	2	98.00	$98.00	$1,014	-21.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	5	122.50–135.00	$128.09	$343	-8.19
325 thin fleshed	325	1	136.00	$136.00	$442	+1.73
330–345	338	4	130.00–149.00	$136.58	$462	+16.58
350–395	370	11	120.00–135.00	$128.04	$474	+1.87
360–390 thin fleshed	378	3	125.00–134.00	$129.68	$490	-3.03
400–445	421	18	120.00–133.00	$127.04	$535	-0.03
435 thin fleshed	435	1	132.00	$132.00	$574	-1.83
450–495	475	9	120.00–127.00	$122.53	$582	-2.20
510–535 thin fleshed	522	3	127.50–132.00	$129.48	$676	-3.52
520–530	524	4	110.00–125.00	$120.46	$631	-2.78
575 thin fleshed	575	1	131.00	$131.00	$753	—
570–585	580	3	121.00–126.00	$122.64	$711	+2.64
610–625	618	2	121.00–125.00	$122.98	$760	-0.37
650 thin fleshed	650	1	107.00	$107.00	$696	—
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	-6.00
795	795	1	86.00	$86.00	$684	—
855	855	1	95.00	$95.00	$812	—
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	135.00	$135.00	$392	—
395	395	4	126.00	$126.00	$498	—
428	428	2	126.00	$126.00	$539	—
470	470	6	128.00	$128.00	$602	—
500	500	3	124.00	$124.00	$620	—
713	713	3	113.00	$113.00	$806	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	100.00	$100.00	$250	—
300	300	1	100.00	$100.00	$300	-10.00
350	350	1	112.50	$112.50	$394	+12.50
400–435	416	4	100.00–115.00	$108.75	$452	-1.25
460 thin fleshed	460	1	112.00	$112.00	$515	—
450–490	470	2	117.50–125.00	$121.09	$569	+13.51

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
863	863	2	107.00	$107.00	$923	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	275	3	185.00–190.00	$188.42	$518	+38.42
300–340	316	12	147.50–170.00	$164.16	$519	-6.07
350–390	379	9	151.00–170.00	$164.21	$622	-1.11
400–430	412	6	147.50–165.00	$155.81	$642	+3.71
452–495	463	25	142.00–160.00	$151.10	$700	+41.21
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	-23.70
500–546	527	20	141.00–150.00	$146.85	$774	-3.56
550–585	563	12	130.00–145.00	$139.37	$785	+24.37
575–590	583	2	120.00–130.00	$124.94	$728	-19.06
600–644	628	18	124.00–141.00	$131.79	$828	+2.48
655–668	664	3	124.00–126.00	$125.34	$832	-7.66
685	685	1	109.00	$109.00	$747	+12.00
735	735	1	118.00	$118.00	$867	-6.01
750	750	1	127.00	$127.00	$952	+19.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	145.00–165.00	$154.62	$402	+14.62
325–345	334	4	125.00–140.00	$133.64	$446	-11.36
350–390	369	10	120.00–147.50	$134.32	$496	+8.47
370 thin fleshed	370	2	150.00–158.00	$154.00	$570	—
400–445 thin fleshed	423	2	122.50–157.50	$140.93	$596	—
400–445	425	8	120.00–140.00	$132.21	$562	+4.70
455 thin fleshed	455	1	142.00	$142.00	$646	+22.00
455–495	473	9	120.00–140.00	$128.75	$609	+1.06
500–545	523	2	120.00–132.50	$126.52	$662	-2.93
540 thin fleshed	540	1	137.50	$137.50	$742	+31.50
550 thin fleshed	550	1	118.00	$118.00	$649	—
550–585	565	3	120.00–132.00	$127.20	$719	+1.09
620–630	625	2	105.00–123.00	$113.93	$712	-4.07
695	695	1	122.00	$122.00	$848	+12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	120.00	$120.00	$336	—
370	370	1	120.00	$120.00	$444	+10.00
410	410	1	112.50	$112.50	$461	—
480	480	1	117.50	$117.50	$564	+7.50
510–535	523	3	105.00–122.00	$113.93	$596	+12.22
560–578	568	3	82.50–115.00	$102.62	$583	-8.86
610	610	1	103.00	$103.00	$628	—
720	720	1	90.00	$90.00	$648	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458 thin fleshed	458	2	160.00	$160.00	$733	—
489	489	5	145.00	$145.00	$709	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–875	870	85-90%	2	38.00–40.00	$38.99	$339	—
945–1035	990	85-90%	5	40.00–45.00	$41.62	$412	—
930–1110	1020	85-90%	2	34.00–35.00	$34.54	$352	—
1260–1270	1265	85-90%	2	53.00–54.00	$53.50	$677	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1125	1088	80-85%	2	55.00	$55.00	$598	—
1135–1340	1238	80-85%	2	60.00–64.00	$62.17	$770	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1410	1380	75-80%	2	56.00–58.00	$57.02	$787	—
1420	1420	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$994	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1500	1241	4	60.00–69.00	$65.90	$818	—
1000–1675	1329	8	75.00–84.00	$79.55	$1,057	—
1835–1925	1880	2	90.00	$90.00	$1,692	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790	790	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	96.00	$96.00	$758
840–910	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	50.00–78.00	$61.95	$544

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–870 thin fleshed	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	510.00–575.00	$542.69
955 thin fleshed	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
950–1065	1008	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$736.79
950–1260	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,025.00	$957.67
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
792–902	839	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	770.00–1,000.00	$875.96
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
800–950 thin fleshed	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–670.00	$659.14	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1000 thin fleshed	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1100–1150	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–950.00	$901.11	—

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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.