Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 14, 2022

731 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.76/cwt -10.58 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 375 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.49/cwt -11.34 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 476 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $178.77/cwt -8.75 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 373 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	731	940	641
Feeder cattle	535	782	517
Slaughter cattle	145	118	90
Replacement cattle	51	40	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold mostly steady instances 4.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lb sold mostly steady. Stocker heifers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 500 lb were mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good 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	270	7	170.00–222.50	$197.04	$532	-10.34
300–330	314	7	197.50–215.00	$204.81	$643	+5.56
355	355	1	160.00	$160.00	$568	-30.67
360–395	379	6	175.00–205.00	$190.62	$722	-0.05
410–445	418	5	176.00–197.50	$186.47	$779	+1.67
450–485	478	14	170.00–187.50	$180.70	$864	+6.20
505 value added	505	1	185.00	$185.00	$934	+4.32
500–535	518	12	165.00–180.00	$173.07	$897	+2.06
565	565	2	171.00	$171.00	$966	+4.75
625–628	627	5	150.00–166.00	$153.19	$961	+3.19
630–635 value added	634	6	153.00–157.50	$153.75	$975	-14.39
660–680	675	7	145.00–156.00	$147.67	$997	-17.33
728	728	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,048	-3.72
760–790	769	7	140.00–148.00	$144.54	$1,112	-0.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 thin fleshed	330	1	187.00	$187.00	$617	—
365	365	1	167.50	$167.50	$611	-0.49
420 thin fleshed	420	1	175.00	$175.00	$735	—
415–445	430	2	150.00–160.00	$155.17	$667	-4.83
465	465	1	167.50	$167.50	$779	+12.06
540	540	1	142.50	$142.50	$770	-14.90
555–595	575	2	125.00–145.00	$134.65	$774	-15.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	152.50	$152.50	$747	—
545	545	3	160.00	$160.00	$872	-5.66
588	588	2	162.50	$162.50	$956	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	140.00	$140.00	$350	—
250–285	274	9	152.50–182.50	$172.09	$472	+0.46
320	320	1	145.00	$145.00	$464	-29.17
300–345	327	7	150.00–173.00	$159.12	$520	-15.05
355–395	375	21	150.00–167.50	$158.76	$595	-9.54
403–440	420	14	140.00–165.00	$155.95	$655	-2.66
455–495	475	19	149.00–160.00	$154.20	$732	-1.69
490	490	1	140.00	$140.00	$686	-15.89
505–545	522	11	142.50–154.00	$148.65	$776	-1.68
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	-20.33
555	555	1	136.00	$136.00	$755	-11.20
550–563	560	4	145.00–147.50	$145.61	$815	-1.59
605–640	618	8	140.00–145.00	$142.01	$878	+9.51
620–633	631	7	128.00–134.00	$133.16	$840	-11.43
665–695	677	3	135.00–144.00	$139.60	$945	-3.31
685	685	2	128.00	$128.00	$877	-14.91
700–735	708	6	125.00–133.00	$131.29	$930	-9.71
778–780	779	4	130.00–132.50	$131.87	$1,027	—
815	815	1	120.00	$120.00	$978	—
933	933	2	100.00	$100.00	$933	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	140.00	$140.00	$371	±0.00
280–285 thin fleshed	283	2	155.00–172.00	$163.58	$463	-2.42
335–345 thin fleshed	342	3	160.00–168.00	$162.69	$556	-5.31
350–390	369	10	130.00–153.00	$139.52	$515	-12.27
370 thin fleshed	370	1	156.00	$156.00	$577	-13.00
405–435	421	4	131.00–146.00	$137.91	$581	-5.91
430 thin fleshed	430	1	142.00	$142.00	$611	-21.68
465–495	477	6	130.00–145.00	$137.98	$658	+4.27
520–540	528	6	130.00–142.50	$138.35	$730	-5.15
550–580	559	6	125.00–145.00	$135.46	$757	+4.15
595 thin fleshed	595	1	144.00	$144.00	$857	—
615 thin fleshed	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	-20.00
610–625	618	2	125.00–133.00	$128.95	$797	+3.95
655	655	1	136.00	$136.00	$891	+2.00
800	800	1	105.00	$105.00	$840	+1.00
915	915	1	88.00	$88.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	2	154.00	$154.00	$598	—
463–480	469	6	145.00–152.50	$149.12	$699	+2.12
528	528	3	145.00	$145.00	$766	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	—
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—
630	630	1	102.00	$102.00	$643	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	170.00	$170.00	$459	—
310–335	327	3	167.50–185.00	$176.45	$577	-23.55
360–390	373	15	167.00–190.00	$178.77	$667	-8.75
400–445	427	14	150.00–197.50	$170.53	$728	-1.85
450–495	472	10	150.00–182.50	$166.01	$784	+0.49
500–545	522	7	150.00–177.50	$165.92	$866	-0.73
555–583	574	4	157.00–162.50	$158.58	$910	-2.65
605	605	1	104.00	$104.00	$629	-48.16
615	615	1	140.00	$140.00	$861	-12.16
650–675	662	5	131.00–142.00	$138.15	$915	-12.85
735	735	1	134.00	$134.00	$985	+9.00
850	850	1	111.00	$111.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 thin fleshed	285	1	182.50	$182.50	$520	—
300–335 thin fleshed	313	3	140.00–180.00	$164.15	$514	—
325	325	1	130.00	$130.00	$422	-20.00
350 thin fleshed	350	1	184.00	$184.00	$644	—
365–385	378	3	135.00–160.00	$143.04	$541	-8.21
425 thin fleshed	425	1	168.00	$168.00	$714	—
420–435	428	2	155.00–165.00	$160.09	$685	—
480 thin fleshed	480	1	154.00	$154.00	$739	—
480–485	483	2	140.00–143.00	$141.51	$683	+6.51
530	530	1	144.00	$144.00	$763	-1.00
565–590	574	4	140.00–149.00	$142.75	$819	+0.42
720	720	1	108.00	$108.00	$778	—
880	880	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,038	—
920	920	1	94.00	$94.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	110.00	$110.00	$434	—
400	400	1	122.00	$122.00	$488	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$351	—
845–1090	958	85-90%	13	63.00–71.00	$67.28	$645	+1.82
950–1205	1058	85-90%	11	71.00–77.00	$74.12	$784	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1025	993	80-85%	3	71.00–74.00	$72.30	$718	—
950–1410	1167	80-85%	20	74.00–88.00	$80.33	$937	-0.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1645	1403	75-80%	10	80.00–87.00	$83.32	$1,169	-1.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1700	1428	6	85.00–101.00	$92.26	$1,317	—
1950–2120	2035	2	110.00–114.00	$111.92	$2,278	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1000	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–84.00	$75.55	$715
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	68.00	$68.00	$666

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–865	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	750.00	$750.00
778–910	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	735.00–785.00	$766.97
938–1135	1017	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	760.00–850.00	$800.18
1073–1140	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,110.00	$1,067.59
1015–1400	1228	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,135.00	$1,043.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	79.00	$79.00	$719
835–1005	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	69.00–79.00	$74.46	$685
1030–1200	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	76.00–78.00	$77.08	$859

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	90.00	$90.00	$954

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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	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	560.00	$560.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–975.00	$968.75	+68.75
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	±0.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,108.33	+418.33

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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.