Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 21, 2022

692 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $153.07/cwt +12.05 vs last sale · ≈ $578/hd at 378 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.29/cwt -2.20 vs last sale · ≈ $714/hd at 472 lb · 13 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.80/cwt +0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $831/hd at 578 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	692	731	518
Feeder cattle	394	535	425
Slaughter cattle	238	145	73
Replacement cattle	60	51	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeders steers over 500 lb were mostly steady. Stocker and feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate with good demand on average quality.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	217.50	$217.50	$522	—
265–285	274	5	180.00–217.50	$200.98	$551	+3.94
310–340	326	9	172.50–212.50	$198.97	$649	-5.84
355–375	368	3	192.50–200.00	$197.59	$727	+6.97
400–425	416	9	175.00–192.50	$183.69	$764	-2.78
450–485	464	8	130.00–182.50	$166.37	$772	-14.33
510	510	1	130.00	$130.00	$663	-43.07
505–540	516	4	165.00–190.00	$172.51	$890	-0.56
560–565	563	2	186.00–190.00	$187.99	$1,058	+16.99
630–645	637	3	151.00–158.00	$154.03	$981	+0.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340 thin fleshed	340	1	167.50	$167.50	$570	-19.50
345	345	1	167.50	$167.50	$578	—
355–385	370	2	162.50–170.00	$166.10	$615	-1.40
405–415	410	2	140.00–142.50	$141.27	$579	-13.90
450–480	463	3	150.00–155.00	$153.35	$710	-14.15
505–525	516	6	140.00–160.00	$150.39	$776	+7.89
555–585	565	5	145.00–160.00	$154.98	$876	+20.33
635	635	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	$905	—
745	745	1	128.00	$128.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	175.00	$175.00	$604	—
682	682	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,003	—
703–735	714	3	140.00–147.00	$144.60	$1,032	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	226	7	135.00–170.00	$150.49	$340	—
250–280	266	4	130.00–150.00	$136.01	$362	-3.99
265–285 thin fleshed	275	2	162.50	$162.50	$447	-1.08
300–335 thin fleshed	317	3	162.50–168.00	$165.23	$524	+2.54
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	—
350–385	374	5	137.00–155.00	$145.81	$545	+6.29
360–395 thin fleshed	380	9	149.00–167.00	$157.10	$597	+1.10
405–440 thin fleshed	418	4	155.00–160.00	$156.86	$656	+14.86
410–445	433	5	130.00–150.00	$142.36	$616	+4.45
450–490 thin fleshed	465	4	142.00–153.00	$149.42	$695	—
455–495	478	4	135.00–136.00	$135.25	$646	-2.73
505 thin fleshed	505	1	152.50	$152.50	$770	—
515–545	527	8	125.00–147.00	$137.30	$724	-1.05
570 thin fleshed	570	1	142.00	$142.00	$809	-2.00
565–595	579	5	120.00–130.00	$127.80	$740	-7.66
620–640	630	2	130.00–131.00	$130.49	$822	+1.54
690	690	1	132.50	$132.50	$914	-3.50
730	730	1	124.00	$124.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	276	4	150.00–180.00	$163.75	$452	-8.34
310–345	327	6	155.00–170.00	$162.54	$532	+3.42
365–390	378	8	161.00–172.50	$167.10	$632	+8.34
400–435	415	9	152.50–167.50	$159.44	$662	+3.49
450–495	471	12	140.00–162.50	$152.86	$720	-1.34
480	480	1	132.50	$132.50	$636	-21.70
500–531	524	7	150.00–155.00	$152.89	$801	+4.24
550–590	578	11	140.00–150.00	$143.80	$831	-1.81
630	630	1	128.00	$128.00	$806	-5.16
800	800	1	124.00	$124.00	$992	+4.00
875	875	1	114.00	$114.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	—
330	330	1	110.00	$110.00	$363	—
360–395	378	2	125.00	$125.00	$472	—
430	430	1	125.00	$125.00	$538	—
590	590	1	116.00	$116.00	$684	—
605	605	1	115.00	$115.00	$696	+13.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	220	4	150.00–167.50	$159.15	$350	—
260–265	263	2	160.00–175.00	$167.57	$441	—
265–280 thin fleshed	273	2	180.00–210.00	$195.41	$533	+12.91
305 thin fleshed	305	1	145.00	$145.00	$442	-19.15
310–325	318	2	145.00–160.00	$152.68	$486	+22.68
360 thin fleshed	360	2	162.50–170.00	$166.25	$598	-17.75
350–390	373	5	145.00–157.50	$153.00	$571	+9.96
430–435	433	2	133.00–147.50	$140.21	$607	-19.88
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	-21.51
450–495	473	4	135.00–155.00	$144.51	$684	+3.00
500–520	510	2	130.00–132.00	$130.98	$668	-13.02
575–580	578	2	132.50–138.00	$135.24	$782	-7.51
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	—
716	716	4	111.00	$111.00	$795	+3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	170.00–197.50	$183.89	$447	—
280	280	1	182.50	$182.50	$511	+12.50
315–345	331	5	165.00–190.00	$177.82	$589	+1.37
355–380	363	5	167.50–192.50	$179.11	$650	+0.34
380	380	1	145.00	$145.00	$551	-33.77
405–425	416	5	160.00–170.00	$166.03	$691	-4.50
460	460	1	125.00	$125.00	$575	-41.01
465	465	1	152.00	$152.00	$707	-14.01
500–540	520	2	157.50–172.50	$164.71	$856	-1.21
560	560	1	162.50	$162.50	$910	+3.92
610	610	1	142.50	$142.50	$869	+38.50
655	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	-13.15
730	730	1	120.00	$120.00	$876	-14.00
760	760	1	120.00	$120.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	423	2	110.00–122.00	$115.96	$491	-6.04
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$377	—
890	890	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$570	—
875–1180	991	85-90%	14	67.00–75.00	$71.17	$705	+3.89
985–1185	1075	85-90%	5	75.00–82.00	$76.91	$827	+2.79

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1475	1306	75-80%	16	81.00–91.00	$85.52	$1,117	—
1105–1550	1357	75-80%	3	75.00–80.00	$78.29	$1,062	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$595	—
960–1285	1125	80-85%	13	78.00–87.50	$80.71	$908	—
955–1420	1130	80-85%	4	73.00–76.00	$74.68	$844	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1105	1007	3	66.00–75.00	$69.90	$704	—
1085–2040	1364	15	85.00–103.00	$92.01	$1,255	—
1675	1675	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,759	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	73.00	$73.00	$613
780–950	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	74.00–84.00	$79.66	$679
830–1000	921	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	69.00–77.00	$72.71	$670

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–830	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–825.00	$779.23
800–1078	929	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	685.00–850.00	$788.26
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1143–1313	1206	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,121.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1165	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	75.00–82.00	$78.23	$843
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	92.00	$92.00	$998
1000–1310	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	81.00–88.00	$84.58	$964
1140–1355	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	87.00–90.00	$88.46	$1,097

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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
900–1250	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,400.00	$1,157.72	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-208.33
1100–1300	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00–1,435.00	$1,432.03	—

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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.