Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 16, 2021

922 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.61/cwt -2.71 vs last sale · ≈ $846/hd at 527 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.57/cwt -3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $521/hd at 376 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.64/cwt -1.96 vs last sale · ≈ $633/hd at 477 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	922	1,440	1,074
Feeder cattle	754	1,236	936
Slaughter cattle	152	172	108
Replacement cattle	16	32	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly 5.00 lower. Heavy supply with strong demand on weaned cattle, fleshy and plain were discounted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	279	5	165.00–197.50	$187.67	$524	-9.83
315–345	324	4	164.00–204.00	$178.16	$577	+14.96
350–395	372	18	152.00–187.50	$167.40	$623	-0.58
400–448	416	13	147.50–180.00	$165.14	$687	+1.36
450–496	477	16	145.00–160.00	$152.09	$725	-8.85
510–540	527	28	150.00–163.00	$160.61	$846	-1.65
553–595	576	12	141.00–154.00	$146.74	$845	-7.19
625	625	9	143.50	$143.50	$897	-0.57
655–688	675	8	139.00–141.00	$139.62	$942	-8.31
715	715	1	137.00	$137.00	$980	—
910–920	915	2	136.00–141.00	$138.49	$1,267	+18.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	280	3	140.00–155.00	$148.33	$415	+9.35
305–345	320	6	130.00–146.00	$138.16	$442	+5.70
320–335 thin fleshed	328	2	149.00–155.00	$152.07	$499	-8.62
355–380	368	2	131.00–150.00	$140.18	$516	+5.34
410	410	1	137.00	$137.00	$562	-5.72
400–445	414	12	130.00–155.00	$143.17	$593	+0.45
450–495	471	7	125.00–140.00	$135.47	$638	+1.93
500–540	510	5	130.00–137.50	$134.51	$686	-1.37
565–595	580	4	130.00–137.00	$133.93	$777	+0.67
650–675	664	6	130.00–133.00	$132.51	$880	—
740	740	1	134.00	$134.00	$992	-1.00
835 thin fleshed	835	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	4	158.00	$158.00	$684	—
600	600	2	130.00	$130.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	125.00	$125.00	$369	-5.00
305	305	1	120.00	$120.00	$366	—
360	360	1	125.00	$125.00	$450	—
400–420	410	2	120.00–125.00	$122.44	$502	—
550	550	1	104.00	$104.00	$572	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	277	3	140.00–160.00	$146.51	$406	-4.49
305–345	318	9	141.00–170.00	$149.32	$475	+4.13
320	320	1	135.00	$135.00	$432	-10.19
353–395	376	25	130.00–148.00	$138.57	$521	-3.98
415 value added	415	1	145.00	$145.00	$602	—
410–448	432	13	130.00–140.00	$132.81	$574	-2.80
440	440	1	126.00	$126.00	$554	-9.61
465	465	1	120.00	$120.00	$558	-14.60
455–498	478	23	128.00–139.00	$133.19	$637	-1.41
500–540	517	20	126.00–139.00	$130.88	$677	-2.29
520–540	530	2	115.00–120.00	$117.55	$623	+6.55
550–582	569	13	123.00–134.00	$127.45	$725	+12.45
605–635	620	4	120.00–128.00	$125.44	$778	-7.24
655–685	672	3	116.00–127.00	$122.67	$824	-4.93
740	740	1	124.00	$124.00	$918	+24.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	257	3	125.00–130.00	$128.38	$330	+0.29
300–345	322	10	120.00–140.00	$129.30	$416	-7.28
350–395	369	9	120.00–135.00	$126.96	$468	-1.08
400–445	418	15	120.00–135.00	$126.55	$529	-0.49
450–475	460	9	121.00–135.00	$127.80	$588	+5.27
475 thin fleshed	475	1	132.00	$132.00	$627	—
500–525	513	2	130.00–131.00	$130.49	$669	+10.03
550	550	1	127.00	$127.00	$698	+4.36
613–630 thin fleshed	623	5	125.00–128.50	$127.12	$792	—
650	650	1	116.00	$116.00	$754	+6.00
659 thin fleshed	659	7	131.00	$131.00	$863	+24.00
700 thin fleshed	700	1	124.00	$124.00	$868	—
720	720	1	90.00	$90.00	$648	—
815	815	1	105.00	$105.00	$856	—
850	850	1	112.00	$112.00	$952	+17.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	130.00	$130.00	$559	+4.00
450	450	8	132.50	$132.50	$596	+4.50
552	552	6	125.00–128.00	$126.50	$698	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	273	3	110.00–120.00	$116.59	$318	+16.59
300–330	310	3	100.00–120.00	$112.90	$350	+12.90
410–440	425	2	100.00–112.50	$106.03	$451	-2.72
450	450	1	100.00	$100.00	$450	-21.09
515–545	528	3	100.00–115.00	$110.13	$581	—
630	630	1	100.00	$100.00	$630	—
705	705	1	70.00	$70.00	$494	—

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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	2	137.00–152.50	$144.75	$376	-43.67
300–345	317	3	145.00–174.00	$159.61	$506	-4.55
370 thin fleshed	370	1	175.00	$175.00	$648	—
355–395	376	11	140.00–167.50	$155.29	$584	-8.92
395	395	1	130.00	$130.00	$514	-34.21
400–445	421	9	140.00–162.50	$149.48	$629	-6.33
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	-35.81
455–480	467	11	140.00–149.00	$144.98	$677	-6.12
517	517	3	148.00	$148.00	$765	+1.15
570	570	1	119.00	$119.00	$678	-20.37
560–590	573	10	129.00–144.00	$137.07	$785	-2.30
600–625	615	3	115.00–120.00	$117.02	$720	-14.77
617–648	629	5	126.00–132.00	$129.53	$815	-2.26
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	-5.34
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	+1.00
700	700	1	121.00	$121.00	$847	+3.00
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	157.50	$157.50	$410	—
260–280	270	2	132.50–150.00	$141.57	$382	-13.05
310–335	323	2	127.50–142.50	$135.29	$437	+1.65
375–395	382	5	125.00–135.00	$131.54	$502	-2.78
400–445	421	5	129.00–140.00	$133.52	$562	+1.31
435 thin fleshed	435	1	142.00	$142.00	$618	+1.07
455–490	467	10	126.00–134.00	$130.17	$608	+1.42
500–540	516	5	120.00–136.00	$126.93	$655	+0.41
550–595	571	5	109.00–126.00	$122.19	$698	-5.01
705 thin fleshed	705	1	130.00	$130.00	$916	—
770	770	1	106.00	$106.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	330	3	100.00–125.00	$114.72	$379	—
350	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	±0.00
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	-7.50
540–545	543	2	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$611	-1.42
570	570	1	115.00	$115.00	$656	+12.38
830	830	1	95.00	$95.00	$788	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1420	1195	80-85%	8	47.00–53.00	$50.56	$604	—
1260–1440	1350	80-85%	2	53.00–55.00	$54.07	$730	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$255	-8.99
900	900	85-90%	1	18.00	$18.00	$162	—
960	960	85-90%	1	28.00	$28.00	$269	-13.62
905–1175	1035	85-90%	4	40.00–44.00	$42.87	$444	+8.33
1035	1035	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$507	+14.46
1095	1095	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$383	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1475	1285	75-80%	2	56.00–58.00	$56.85	$731	—
1205–1725	1476	75-80%	7	51.00–55.00	$53.16	$785	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1670	1542	5	55.00–65.00	$61.25	$944	—
1150–1915	1567	9	70.00–82.00	$75.98	$1,191	—
2005–2075	2040	2	85.00	$85.00	$1,734	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–790	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	62.50–77.50	$70.05	$550
765–970	868	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–92.00	$86.71	$753

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1195	1118	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–1,025.00	$978.47
1160–1310	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	735.00–985.00	$848.55
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
938	938	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	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
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.