Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 19, 2022

943 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.60/cwt -2.92 vs last sale · ≈ $553/hd at 377 lb · 23 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.90/cwt -5.05 vs last sale · ≈ $617/hd at 426 lb · 18 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.82/cwt +1.28 vs last sale · ≈ $514/hd at 332 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	943	1,772	877
Feeder cattle	712	1,391	759
Slaughter cattle	201	381	103
Replacement cattle	30	—	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold mostly steady with instances 8.00 higher on light weights. Feeders steers were steady to 3.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. No trend on Slaughter cattle from last week due absence of reporter however Slaughter cattle were weaker and not in demand this week. Supply was heavy due to drought conditions in the area. Demand was good on quality cattle. Discounts were noticeable on fleshy and plain cattle.

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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	271	7	202.50–222.50	$212.36	$575	+8.28
305–345	323	10	172.50–212.50	$197.81	$639	+18.50
350–378	367	7	172.50–207.50	$182.95	$671	+50.36
405–418	414	5	160.00–175.00	$166.00	$687	-6.76
450–495	472	5	155.00–167.50	$159.88	$755	-3.27
500–530	514	4	140.00–160.00	$151.79	$780	-7.39
550–570	562	3	145.00–162.50	$154.43	$868	+2.82
600–620	605	4	152.50–155.00	$153.88	$931	+23.88
655–685	666	4	150.00–160.00	$153.95	$1,025	+1.66
700	700	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,050	+5.00
750	750	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,192	—
860	860	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,118	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	365	4	145.00–157.50	$149.38	$545	+5.72
405–445	424	4	140.00–145.00	$142.51	$604	-1.45
450–495	469	4	140.00–147.50	$144.29	$677	-2.21
500	500	1	142.00	$142.00	$710	-3.05
550–555	553	2	130.00–135.00	$132.51	$733	-7.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–430	426	5	156.00–160.00	$157.62	$671	+2.62
478	478	2	152.50	$152.50	$729	-1.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	110.00	$110.00	$495	—
550	550	1	105.00	$105.00	$578	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	125.00	$125.00	$338	-21.57
260–295	277	9	130.00–160.00	$147.54	$409	+0.97
300–347	332	17	145.00–170.00	$154.82	$514	+22.26
350–397	376	21	140.00–160.00	$147.94	$556	+20.09
390	390	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$517	+4.65
405–430	418	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$512	-7.84
400–445	427	16	142.50–155.00	$147.69	$631	-1.59
455–480	468	2	130.00	$130.00	$608	-20.06
460–495	471	11	144.00–150.00	$146.71	$691	-3.35
500–530	513	3	125.00–137.50	$132.58	$680	-15.44
500–540	516	9	140.00–150.00	$144.22	$744	-3.80
555–560	558	2	120.00–135.00	$127.47	$711	-17.80
560–590	578	6	125.00–145.00	$138.27	$799	+5.77
600–645	618	6	130.00–141.00	$134.73	$833	+6.34
650–685	664	5	133.00–140.00	$136.01	$903	+18.01
705–710	708	2	126.00–129.00	$127.51	$903	-8.48
755	755	1	130.00	$130.00	$982	—
820	820	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,017	+6.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	272	3	127.50–137.50	$131.86	$359	-8.75
300–345	320	6	125.00–140.00	$137.20	$439	-5.66
345 thin fleshed	345	2	147.50	$147.50	$509	-2.50
355–390	375	9	130.00–147.50	$137.28	$515	+0.52
375–390 thin fleshed	380	3	145.00	$145.00	$551	+2.50
420 thin fleshed	420	1	140.00	$140.00	$588	-2.57
420–445	437	6	122.50–137.50	$129.57	$566	-7.31
470–490	480	5	120.00–130.00	$123.00	$590	-12.31
505–545	523	8	130.00–140.00	$135.02	$706	-5.15
555–585	575	8	126.00–137.50	$132.65	$763	-1.88
600–635	615	3	120.00–130.00	$125.39	$771	+6.74
660–680	672	3	117.00–130.00	$123.94	$833	-6.51
728	728	2	110.00	$110.00	$801	-13.70
775	775	1	112.00	$112.00	$868	+2.00
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	4	145.00	$145.00	$492	—
418	418	3	142.50	$142.50	$596	-0.50
470–485	478	4	140.00–142.50	$141.23	$675	-1.88
510–525	518	9	127.50–140.00	$135.00	$699	-9.59
630–646	641	9	125.00–135.00	$128.28	$822	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	105.00	$105.00	$357	-10.66
353–395	367	3	120.00	$120.00	$440	+4.52
435	435	1	117.50	$117.50	$511	+6.28
510	510	1	117.50	$117.50	$599	—
595	595	1	100.00	$100.00	$595	-19.02
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—
670–685	678	2	110.00	$110.00	$746	±0.00
745	745	1	97.00	$97.00	$723	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	125.00–135.00	$129.79	$305	—
250–290	266	4	120.00–130.00	$123.71	$329	-26.92
300–345	321	7	120.00–150.00	$126.10	$405	-8.09
350–395	378	6	125.00–145.00	$137.22	$519	-3.79
410	410	1	125.00	$125.00	$512	-17.54
405–440	432	7	130.00–145.00	$137.92	$596	-4.62
450–490	469	10	120.00–145.00	$136.77	$641	-5.09
500–540	522	11	120.00–140.00	$129.76	$677	-14.82
550–585	561	7	125.00–137.50	$132.45	$743	-5.54
605–635	615	6	110.00–130.00	$121.64	$748	-9.71
650–675	658	5	117.50–133.50	$123.68	$814	—
720–740	730	2	108.00–110.00	$109.01	$796	—
750–770	760	2	110.00–121.00	$115.57	$878	-29.43
800	800	1	100.00	$100.00	$800	-20.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	273	4	155.00–180.00	$163.94	$448	+1.44
320–340	330	2	155.00–175.00	$165.30	$545	-4.70
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	-40.00
360–390	379	4	145.00–167.50	$152.60	$578	-19.54
410–445	428	2	150.00–160.00	$155.20	$664	+20.22
455–475	469	6	145.00–167.50	$153.74	$721	-3.92
475–480	478	2	117.50–120.00	$118.76	$568	-38.90
500–540	520	2	105.00–120.00	$112.79	$587	-15.34
500–540	520	2	132.50–140.00	$136.11	$708	+7.98
564–580	567	6	135.00–144.00	$136.54	$774	-8.51
550–590	570	2	120.00–128.00	$123.86	$706	-21.19
635–645	640	2	120.00	$120.00	$768	-5.00
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	+20.00
705	705	2	125.00	$125.00	$881	—
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	140.00	$140.00	$521	—
415–433	426	5	140.00–145.00	$141.95	$605	—
652	652	4	130.00	$130.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	265	2	100.00–110.00	$105.09	$278	-29.91
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	-2.31
375–380	378	2	100.00–110.00	$105.03	$397	—
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	-2.50
500–510	505	2	100.00–115.00	$107.43	$543	—
640	640	1	105.00	$105.00	$672	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–855	818	85-90%	2	30.00–43.00	$36.20	$296	—
855	855	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$299	—
700–1045	863	85-90%	4	29.00–36.00	$32.50	$280	—
895–1200	1039	85-90%	13	40.00–47.00	$43.82	$455	—
735–1260	1076	85-90%	15	49.00–58.00	$53.09	$571	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$521	—
1000–1470	1155	80-85%	22	49.00–61.00	$57.08	$659	—
1235–1265	1250	80-85%	2	62.00–64.00	$62.99	$787	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1500	1388	75-80%	5	63.00–67.00	$64.65	$897	—
1085–1670	1421	75-80%	17	55.00–62.00	$58.09	$825	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	65.00	$65.00	$650	—
1070–2285	1546	12	73.00–95.00	$86.83	$1,342	—
1615	1615	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,550	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	54.00	$54.00	$486
805–1180	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–70.00	$63.99	$622
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	52.00	$52.00	$543

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1040	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	60.00–77.00	$67.93	$611
895–1015	937	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	51.00–72.00	$61.21	$574
940–1260	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	60.00–64.00	$62.29	$683
985–1245	1117	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	60.00–75.00	$64.41	$719
1330–1380	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	62.00–65.00	$63.53	$861

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–835	795	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
850	850	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
720–1050	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	560.00–1,000.00	$821.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$531
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	79.00	$79.00	$719

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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.