Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 8, 2022

947 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.90/cwt -3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $695/hd at 424 lb · 25 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.55/cwt -7.02 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 622 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $160.35/cwt +5.93 vs last sale · ≈ $831/hd at 518 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	947	1,046	1,193
Feeder cattle	701	971	970
Slaughter cattle	126	50	153
Replacement cattle	120	25	70

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher, Over 500 lb feeders sold unevenly steady. Stocker and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady to 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with strong demand for grass cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	267	3	172.50–187.50	$180.69	$482	—
305–345 thin fleshed	325	2	187.50–190.00	$188.67	$613	+18.52
325–345	335	3	170.00–177.50	$174.14	$583	+16.29
360 thin fleshed	360	1	182.50	$182.50	$657	+21.93
360–395	383	8	160.00–175.00	$167.54	$642	+5.90
400–440	417	11	140.00–190.00	$167.40	$698	+0.78
465 thin fleshed	465	1	158.00	$158.00	$735	-2.00
470–490	480	5	137.00–175.00	$162.42	$780	+12.11
500–540	518	17	140.00–170.00	$160.37	$831	+4.97
525 thin fleshed	525	1	160.00	$160.00	$840	+11.00
555–588	574	6	140.00–162.50	$156.33	$897	+9.04
610–640	628	3	130.00–145.00	$136.88	$860	+1.88
640 thin fleshed	640	1	134.00	$134.00	$858	—
675–685	678	3	130.00–136.00	$133.34	$904	-3.66
805	805	1	120.00	$120.00	$966	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	212.50	$212.50	$616	-1.25
305–345	331	11	192.50–212.50	$205.69	$681	+5.89
355–395	373	6	190.00–202.50	$196.12	$732	+2.09
415–445	429	7	197.50–227.00	$215.47	$924	+25.65
460–495	479	8	185.00–202.50	$192.54	$922	+8.88
500–540	526	5	170.00–192.00	$180.59	$950	+6.01
565	565	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,074	+36.10
600–615	605	3	143.00–160.00	$152.73	$924	+7.60
650–665	657	3	130.00–140.00	$135.01	$887	-13.52
715	715	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,030	-9.43
780–795	788	2	130.00–131.00	$130.50	$1,028	-17.50
825	825	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,204	—
865	865	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,185	-7.00
955	955	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,299	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–490	477	6	170.00–177.50	$173.57	$828	+11.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	372	3	140.00–147.50	$144.11	$536	+9.11
420	420	1	140.00	$140.00	$588	—
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	—
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	177.50–178.00	$177.74	$498	—
300–340	322	8	155.00–172.50	$163.20	$526	-3.20
350–390	368	14	152.00–170.00	$163.14	$600	+1.20
400–445	424	25	150.00–177.50	$163.90	$695	-2.00
450–495	463	15	142.50–167.50	$155.95	$722	+6.48
500–540	516	12	140.00–155.00	$148.47	$766	-2.52
540	540	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$662	-28.49
560	560	1	125.00	$125.00	$700	-15.97
555–580	564	10	132.50–145.00	$136.74	$771	-4.23
600–642	622	25	127.00–140.00	$130.55	$812	-4.98
660–690	675	2	128.00–129.00	$128.51	$867	-5.26
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	—
705–725	715	2	123.00–125.00	$124.01	$887	—
765	765	1	118.00	$118.00	$903	—
915	915	1	90.00	$90.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 thin fleshed	235	1	157.50	$157.50	$370	—
255–290	270	4	140.00–160.00	$148.47	$401	-7.62
300–325	313	2	122.50–150.00	$136.80	$428	-13.73
355–360	358	4	136.00–150.00	$144.01	$516	+2.16
370–395 thin fleshed	383	2	152.50–172.50	$162.83	$624	-7.17
400–445 thin fleshed	412	7	147.50–175.00	$162.62	$670	-4.38
410–445	427	3	135.00–150.00	$142.38	$608	-2.63
460–490	479	5	122.00–145.00	$132.94	$637	-5.92
500 thin fleshed	500	1	145.00	$145.00	$725	-0.35
500–530	521	12	120.00–140.00	$131.65	$686	-5.61
550–595	570	8	112.00–135.00	$126.97	$724	-7.44
600	600	1	118.00	$118.00	$708	-16.40
650–695	673	3	120.00–122.00	$121.33	$817	-2.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 thin fleshed	270	1	127.00	$127.00	$343	—
270–280	275	2	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$337	—
368–370	369	3	130.00	$130.00	$480	+2.00
415–435	422	3	110.00–122.00	$117.22	$495	+1.77
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	—
500	500	1	115.00	$115.00	$575	-8.35
705	705	1	116.00	$116.00	$818	—
820	820	1	82.00	$82.00	$672	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	187.50–200.00	$193.42	$542	-9.93
315–340	331	4	127.50–207.50	$170.92	$566	—
350–390	368	7	152.50–205.00	$178.49	$657	+1.62
400–430	415	7	156.00–200.00	$172.70	$717	-9.54
450–495	482	9	150.00–187.50	$169.74	$818	-12.07
505–545	526	8	157.50–170.00	$160.36	$843	-14.68
555–595	578	6	130.00–152.50	$144.79	$837	—
585–590	588	2	132.50–138.00	$135.26	$795	—
605–625	614	4	128.00–148.00	$139.89	$859	+5.89
625	625	1	127.50	$127.50	$797	-6.50
655–695	680	5	126.00–130.00	$127.98	$870	—
700–723	715	3	120.00–125.00	$123.37	$882	-13.91
755	755	1	105.00	$105.00	$793	—
833	833	2	117.00	$117.00	$975	-3.00
878	878	2	105.00	$105.00	$922	-24.00
945	945	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,143	+6.50
950	950	1	100.00	$100.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	150.00–177.50	$163.63	$455	—
365 thin fleshed	365	1	185.00	$185.00	$675	+12.50
405 thin fleshed	405	1	159.00	$159.00	$644	-9.06
405–435	420	3	154.00–165.00	$158.12	$664	+3.83
470–481	479	5	150.00–157.50	$156.03	$747	-1.97
475–490 thin fleshed	485	3	155.00–175.00	$162.37	$787	—
515–545	530	3	135.00–152.50	$143.00	$758	-1.28
550–585	561	4	127.50–156.00	$144.37	$810	+7.05
570 thin fleshed	570	1	165.00	$165.00	$940	+20.00
605–625	613	3	130.00–135.00	$133.34	$817	+6.67
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	-10.61
720	720	3	114.00–117.00	$115.67	$833	-7.33

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1500	1104	80-85%	7	65.00–73.00	$70.50	$778	—
1085–1420	1213	80-85%	10	68.00–80.00	$75.46	$915	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–825	808	85-90%	3	40.00–50.00	$44.29	$358	—
900–1040	975	85-90%	3	50.00–55.00	$52.75	$514	-11.21
955–1050	1015	85-90%	4	63.00–67.00	$64.77	$657	+8.70

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1470	1324	75-80%	6	78.00–83.00	$80.53	$1,066	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	1	77.00	$77.00	$851	—
1300–2210	1620	6	88.00–96.00	$93.03	$1,507	—
1455–2085	1809	9	102.00–112.00	$107.03	$1,936	+0.85

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–870	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	82.00–90.00	$84.70	$700

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–975	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–900.00	$784.30

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,125.00	$1,125.00
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,025.00	$1,025.00
800–1085	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	825.00–1,200.00	$1,043.33
900–1185	1027	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	750.00–1,150.00	$955.19
1005–1090	1069	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00
900–1300	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	925.00–1,300.00	$1,219.50
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1050–1415	1284	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,025.00–1,475.00	$1,311.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–1450	1117	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	72.00–75.00	$73.70	$823
970–1615	1307	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	72.00–78.00	$74.46	$973
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,128

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1000–1100	1027	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	925.00–1,300.00	$1,120.80	—
1050–1200	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,708.70	—
950–1300	1172	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	1,125.00–1,850.00	$1,634.39	—

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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.