Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 31, 2022

616 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.48/cwt -9.82 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 482 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $166.54/cwt -6.07 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 519 lb · 24 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.90/cwt -2.04 vs last sale · ≈ $596/hd at 370 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	616	925	780
Feeder cattle	482	675	675
Slaughter cattle	101	184	70
Replacement cattle	33	66	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Stocker heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 500 lb were steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. Supply was moderate with good demand for quality, run of cattle was not as attractive as weeks past with new crop calves discounted for flesh.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	263	3	187.50–207.50	$196.58	$517	+9.37
313–335	320	7	180.00–192.50	$186.40	$596	-7.89
375–388	384	7	172.00–205.00	$180.77	$694	-4.67
400–445	426	7	173.00–195.00	$185.34	$790	+0.90
450–495	467	8	162.50–182.50	$169.34	$791	+14.34
500–539	519	24	162.50–175.00	$166.54	$864	-6.07
550–590	576	20	150.00–163.00	$161.39	$930	+3.89
605–630	613	7	140.00–152.50	$148.09	$908	-6.26
670	670	1	135.00	$135.00	$904	—
800–805	801	6	138.00–140.00	$139.66	$1,119	+1.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	175.00	$175.00	$455	+14.90
295 thin fleshed	295	1	172.50	$172.50	$509	-25.52
305	305	1	170.00	$170.00	$518	+3.64
365–395	378	4	150.00–167.50	$158.41	$599	-3.32
410	410	1	150.00	$150.00	$615	-10.00
465 thin fleshed	465	2	165.00	$165.00	$767	-11.00
470–490	478	3	160.00–167.50	$163.34	$781	+9.12
500–540	523	4	142.50–165.00	$155.82	$815	+2.83
583 thin fleshed	583	2	150.00	$150.00	$874	—
590	590	1	135.00	$135.00	$796	-1.89
600–618	609	4	140.00–153.00	$146.40	$892	+11.06
665	665	1	142.00	$142.00	$944	+7.00
755–790	771	4	129.00–132.00	$130.25	$1,004	+0.25
915–930	923	2	109.00–120.00	$114.46	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	167.50	$167.50	$754	-11.80
522	522	3	160.00	$160.00	$835	+7.00
565–580	576	7	154.00–160.00	$155.68	$897	-4.09
640	640	2	140.00	$140.00	$896	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	2	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$499	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	4	140.00–172.50	$160.00	$421	-7.70
300–345	331	10	152.50–175.00	$166.24	$550	+3.73
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	-22.94
350–395	371	22	150.00–171.00	$161.85	$600	-1.09
400–448	424	20	140.00–167.00	$151.71	$643	-7.65
480	480	1	135.00	$135.00	$648	-29.30
450–499	482	25	140.00–162.00	$155.26	$748	-9.04
505–545	519	8	135.00–150.00	$142.74	$741	-0.76
550–590	563	14	137.50–150.00	$146.29	$824	+13.15
609–635	617	7	135.00–136.00	$135.56	$836	+5.56
680	680	1	133.00	$133.00	$904	+3.00
740	740	1	122.00	$122.00	$903	-0.37
756	756	4	132.00	$132.00	$998	+3.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	263	2	140.00–155.00	$147.29	$387	-6.68
275–295 thin fleshed	288	3	140.00–168.00	$154.66	$445	-10.46
300–325	315	4	132.50–141.00	$138.35	$436	-20.46
315–345 thin fleshed	330	2	165.00–166.00	$165.52	$546	-10.07
360–365 thin fleshed	363	2	165.00–166.00	$165.50	$601	+1.42
355–390	373	10	140.00–150.00	$144.54	$539	-6.22
400–445	423	9	135.00–147.50	$139.43	$590	-0.95
400–443 thin fleshed	425	8	146.00–162.50	$154.90	$658	-2.88
455–480	472	6	135.00–140.00	$137.68	$650	-0.33
490 thin fleshed	490	1	136.00	$136.00	$666	-19.00
500–540	521	4	128.00–143.00	$137.76	$718	+9.01
610–630	620	2	119.00–123.00	$121.03	$750	-1.97
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	-0.49
770	770	1	111.00	$111.00	$855	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	3	170.00	$170.00	$522	—
558–563	561	5	140.00–145.00	$143.01	$802	+5.01
685	685	4	134.00	$134.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	280	3	120.00	$120.00	$336	-5.00
325	325	1	120.00	$120.00	$390	—
465	465	1	120.00	$120.00	$558	+10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	288	3	160.00–182.50	$174.83	$504	+0.10
330	330	1	185.00	$185.00	$610	+6.05
325–345	335	6	150.00–182.50	$167.01	$559	-11.94
350–395	371	12	132.50–185.00	$168.77	$626	-12.34
405–445	428	8	162.50–184.00	$172.04	$736	-8.21
425–445	435	2	145.00–150.00	$147.44	$641	-32.81
450–490	471	9	150.00–167.50	$161.12	$759	-8.75
505–525	515	2	142.00–142.50	$142.25	$733	-17.13
510–530	518	3	155.00–160.00	$158.36	$820	-1.02
560–580	570	4	150.00	$150.00	$855	+1.42
615	615	1	135.00	$135.00	$830	±0.00
630	630	1	145.00	$145.00	$914	+2.50
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	-6.37
667	667	3	135.00	$135.00	$900	-1.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	142.50	$142.50	$385	+2.50
290 thin fleshed	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
335 thin fleshed	335	1	168.00	$168.00	$563	+5.50
335	335	1	167.50	$167.50	$561	+14.00
385	385	2	145.00–150.00	$147.50	$568	-5.82
425 thin fleshed	425	1	164.00	$164.00	$697	+4.00
410–445	428	2	135.00	$135.00	$578	-19.10
480 thin fleshed	480	1	160.00	$160.00	$768	-3.00
475–495	485	2	140.00–145.00	$142.45	$691	-4.56
500–540	516	6	138.00–145.00	$142.11	$733	-6.20
550	550	1	140.00	$140.00	$770	+5.04
600–647	622	13	128.00–142.00	$134.42	$836	+1.92
658–685	667	3	121.00–132.00	$128.23	$855	+2.31
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	156.00	$156.00	$613	—
555	555	2	159.00	$159.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	125.00	$125.00	$488	—
645	645	1	115.00	$115.00	$742	—
650	650	1	123.00	$123.00	$800	-9.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–800	763	85-90%	2	50.00–57.00	$53.67	$410	—
785–885	835	85-90%	2	64.00–66.00	$65.06	$543	+25.06
700–1075	933	85-90%	8	60.00–70.00	$66.91	$624	—
915–1130	1015	85-90%	5	70.00–76.00	$73.47	$746	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1195	1071	80-85%	7	70.00–74.00	$71.67	$768	—
920–1310	1136	80-85%	9	74.00–79.00	$75.57	$858	+6.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1570	1432	75-80%	8	72.00–82.00	$76.85	$1,100	+6.32
1575	1575	75-80%	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,134	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	1	64.00	$64.00	$778	—
1235–1795	1556	10	75.00–98.00	$91.70	$1,427	—
1760–2030	1888	3	99.00–102.00	$100.35	$1,895	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–845	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	65.00–77.50	$72.20	$567
855–990	923	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	57.00–73.00	$64.41	$595

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$671
800–1040	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	74.00–82.50	$77.70	$715
700–1090	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	65.00–80.00	$71.67	$676
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	72.00	$72.00	$817
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	79.00	$79.00	$924
1065–1345	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	73.00–79.00	$76.21	$930

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1150	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–935.00	$919.07
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	935.00	$935.00
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
850–950	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–1,150.00	$976.60	—
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.