Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 26, 2022

915 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.98/cwt +0.99 vs last sale · ≈ $659/hd at 417 lb · 35 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $191.69/cwt -11.66 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 368 lb · 29 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.50/cwt +3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $543/hd at 330 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	915	806	845
Feeder cattle	618	547	622
Slaughter cattle	200	169	143
Replacement cattle	97	90	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Stocker heifers under 500 lb were steady, feeder heifers over 500 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate with good to strong demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	268	8	190.00–215.00	$203.16	$544	+19.63
300	300	3	170.00	$170.00	$510	-17.43
305–335	315	5	187.50–225.00	$195.29	$615	+7.86
350–390	368	29	172.50–205.00	$191.69	$705	-11.66
400–445	419	21	180.00–202.50	$193.25	$810	-1.90
455–465	460	2	170.00–172.50	$171.26	$788	-16.09
465–489	477	17	170.00–195.00	$183.16	$874	-4.19
500–540	518	13	160.00–175.00	$166.33	$862	-11.76
560–570	563	3	161.00–162.50	$161.51	$909	-1.49
605–645	623	6	140.00–160.00	$150.98	$941	-14.34
660–695	673	3	140.00–155.00	$149.84	$1,008	-3.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	1	177.50	$177.50	$524	+3.62
295	295	2	160.00–162.50	$161.25	$476	—
300–325	313	2	160.00	$160.00	$501	+25.00
340 thin fleshed	340	1	177.50	$177.50	$604	+13.17
375–390	383	2	169.00–172.50	$170.72	$654	+0.72
380–385 thin fleshed	383	2	180.00–182.50	$181.24	$694	-0.96
400 thin fleshed	400	1	166.00	$166.00	$664	—
405–445	425	2	150.00–165.00	$157.15	$668	-1.28
455 thin fleshed	455	1	195.00	$195.00	$887	—
450–495	479	7	148.00–165.00	$155.35	$744	-7.95
505–540	518	3	150.00–160.00	$154.29	$799	+3.42
555	555	1	155.00	$155.00	$860	+0.90
665	665	1	150.00	$150.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	120.00	$120.00	$390	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	284	7	157.50–162.50	$160.00	$454	+4.27
300–346	330	23	160.00–173.00	$164.56	$543	+3.81
333 value added	333	3	164.00	$164.00	$546	—
355–387	377	14	155.00–172.50	$164.47	$620	+2.69
400 value added	400	3	166.00	$166.00	$664	—
400–445	419	32	147.50–165.00	$157.23	$659	-3.56
450–480	467	15	145.00–170.00	$155.84	$728	+18.84
505 value added	505	2	164.00	$164.00	$828	—
508	508	2	142.50	$142.50	$724	+7.50
500–540	518	13	141.00–155.00	$150.03	$777	-4.26
550–580	568	7	136.00–149.00	$142.53	$810	-9.01
575	575	1	138.00	$138.00	$794	-13.54
605	605	1	120.00	$120.00	$726	—
645	645	1	133.00	$133.00	$858	+3.00
650–670	660	2	130.00–139.00	$134.43	$887	-11.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	162.50	$162.50	$414	+14.63
315	315	2	132.50–147.50	$140.00	$441	+3.56
305–345 thin fleshed	320	4	152.50–180.00	$166.06	$531	+3.66
365 value added	365	2	151.00	$151.00	$551	—
360–380 thin fleshed	370	4	152.50–165.00	$157.46	$583	+5.46
350–390	373	4	135.00–155.00	$147.13	$549	-2.59
410 thin fleshed	410	6	147.50–164.00	$159.50	$654	-0.07
405–440	424	6	127.50–145.00	$138.42	$587	+3.59
455–490	472	10	130.00–147.50	$139.80	$660	-3.24
460–490 thin fleshed	473	4	147.00–167.50	$155.45	$735	-9.56
530 thin fleshed	530	1	142.00	$142.00	$753	—
525–540	534	5	132.00–142.50	$136.27	$728	-2.61
555–585	570	5	132.00–141.00	$136.85	$780	-5.06
655	655	3	120.00–132.00	$125.67	$823	+2.67
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	-9.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350 value added	350	3	160.00	$160.00	$560	—
375	375	3	155.00	$155.00	$581	—
408 value added	408	8	168.00	$168.00	$685	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	—
425	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	—
480	480	1	107.50	$107.50	$516	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	170.00–197.50	$183.75	$606	+4.19
365–395	388	4	167.50–202.50	$191.03	$741	+15.51
395	395	1	140.00	$140.00	$553	-35.52
405–440	419	4	150.00–185.00	$166.44	$697	+18.94
435	435	2	145.00	$145.00	$631	-31.75
460–475	465	6	170.00–185.00	$175.36	$815	+11.93
470	470	1	140.00	$140.00	$658	-23.43
510	510	1	142.00	$142.00	$724	-16.70
505–540	525	8	150.00–167.50	$158.31	$831	-0.39
555	555	1	135.00	$135.00	$749	-23.25
560–590	572	3	145.00–154.00	$151.03	$864	-7.22
605–620	610	3	140.00–159.00	$152.39	$930	-5.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	155.00	$155.00	$512	+6.64
353 thin fleshed	353	2	160.00	$160.00	$565	—
360–385	370	3	135.00–167.00	$155.93	$577	+6.54
415–440	428	2	125.00–144.00	$134.22	$574	-22.28
470–485	478	2	140.00–144.00	$142.03	$679	+13.55
488 thin fleshed	488	4	160.00	$160.00	$781	-2.50
505 thin fleshed	505	3	165.00	$165.00	$833	—
515–540	532	3	147.50–152.50	$150.04	$798	+12.52
560	560	1	132.50	$132.50	$742	-13.76
610–630	620	2	145.00–148.00	$146.52	$908	+16.51
715–740	732	3	117.50–120.00	$118.83	$870	+8.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	12	170.00	$170.00	$586	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$623	—
935–1265	1096	80-85%	7	73.00–77.00	$75.13	$823	—
1130–1325	1205	80-85%	9	80.00–86.00	$83.61	$1,008	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–845	803	85-90%	3	57.00–62.00	$60.11	$483	—
900–1055	975	85-90%	7	63.00–68.00	$65.60	$640	+3.56
1015	1015	85-90%	1	56.00	$56.00	$568	-14.93
950–1215	1047	85-90%	3	69.00–75.00	$72.07	$755	+1.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1465	1316	75-80%	6	81.00–87.00	$85.02	$1,119	-0.50

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1500	1324	7	85.00–100.00	$94.20	$1,247	+8.16
1020–2305	1683	16	102.50–111.00	$106.21	$1,788	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–945	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	90.00–91.00	$90.54	$795
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	72.00	$72.00	$749

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
926–1065	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,076.04
923–1180	991	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–880.00	$838.94
835–1100	1042	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	680.00–1,200.00	$966.48
900–1275	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	875.00–1,100.00	$941.21
985–1200	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,050.00	$1,016.19

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00

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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
900–1000	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,315.52	+104.49
1000–1050	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,400.00	$1,295.16	—
1000–1150	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,150.00–1,500.00	$1,371.56	+208.57
1050–1150	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,042.90	-157.10
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00	+450.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	±0.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,483.33	+283.33
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00	-275.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	+250.00
733–1350	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	1,025.00–1,650.00	$1,309.62	+109.62

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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.