Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 16, 2022

667 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.82/cwt +7.30 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 522 lb · 31 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.27/cwt -2.45 vs last sale · ≈ $678/hd at 418 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.57/cwt +3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 469 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	667	654	1,081
Feeder cattle	543	477	844
Slaughter cattle	84	127	207
Replacement cattle	40	50	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 450lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, over 450 lb were steady to 3.00 higher. Stocker heifers under 500 lb sold steady to 4.00 higher, feeders over 500 lb were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate with strong demand. Quality of cattle offered today was above average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	225.00	$225.00	$529	—
250–260	253	3	185.00–215.00	$199.38	$504	-21.87
315–345	334	6	207.50–212.50	$210.60	$703	+13.32
350–390	366	11	175.00–220.00	$202.77	$742	+13.33
400–445	421	9	175.00–207.50	$192.94	$812	+2.06
450–495	475	9	167.50–187.50	$182.29	$866	+2.40
500–545	526	18	165.00–190.00	$177.31	$933	+1.48
555–575	567	5	165.00–177.50	$168.66	$956	+0.49
600–640	626	5	152.50–172.50	$162.88	$1,020	+2.50
655–680	665	4	160.00–165.00	$161.28	$1,073	+3.29
705–715	710	3	160.00–170.00	$164.99	$1,171	+12.49
767	767	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,227	—
868	868	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,215	—
980	980	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,333	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	130.00	$130.00	$358	-34.72
300 thin fleshed	300	1	182.50	$182.50	$548	—
305–340	323	2	140.00–160.00	$149.46	$483	-16.37
375	375	1	137.50	$137.50	$516	—
420 thin fleshed	420	1	190.00	$190.00	$798	—
410–445	429	6	145.00–160.00	$152.15	$653	-22.85
450–470	457	3	145.00–160.00	$153.36	$701	-5.57
510–530	524	4	145.00–160.00	$155.57	$815	-4.43
535–540 thin fleshed	538	2	170.00–177.50	$173.73	$935	—
555–595	575	2	145.00–155.00	$149.83	$862	—
625 thin fleshed	625	1	155.00	$155.00	$969	—
630	630	1	130.00	$130.00	$819	—
670	670	1	127.50	$127.50	$854	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	175.00	$175.00	$534	+1.00
455	455	4	167.50–175.00	$171.25	$779	+7.96
630	630	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,040	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	157.50–172.50	$165.06	$484	-11.84
300–345	324	16	165.00–187.50	$175.29	$568	+6.33
350–390	377	16	157.50–178.00	$169.33	$638	-2.39
400–445	418	25	154.00–170.00	$162.27	$678	-2.45
450–490	469	23	150.00–176.00	$165.31	$775	+3.81
475	475	1	147.50	$147.50	$701	-14.00
520	520	1	140.00	$140.00	$728	-15.20
500–545	522	30	152.50–170.00	$161.51	$843	+6.31
550–585	568	16	155.00–162.50	$157.40	$894	+2.84
600–640	612	17	147.50–161.00	$155.02	$949	+1.56
650–690	658	12	142.50–164.00	$152.41	$1,003	+8.43
705	705	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,100	—
775	775	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,085	+5.00
850	850	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 thin fleshed	240	1	160.00	$160.00	$384	—
265	265	1	150.00	$150.00	$398	+1.74
300–325 thin fleshed	319	4	170.00–188.00	$183.76	$586	+16.26
325–330	328	2	155.00–160.00	$157.48	$517	+15.04
360–395 thin fleshed	377	5	152.50–170.00	$162.56	$613	+2.56
390–395	393	2	145.00–150.00	$147.52	$580	+12.52
400–445	425	3	140.00–152.50	$146.62	$623	-1.85
450–490 thin fleshed	470	2	150.00–155.00	$152.61	$717	-4.39
450–490	474	5	137.50–152.50	$143.32	$679	+1.82
500–520	513	4	125.00–147.50	$141.21	$724	-4.76
500–545 thin fleshed	523	2	162.50–164.00	$163.28	$854	—
550–580	565	2	147.50–152.50	$149.93	$847	+9.81
605–640	631	4	135.00–140.00	$138.80	$876	+2.12
655–670 thin fleshed	663	2	147.50	$147.50	$978	—
665	665	1	139.00	$139.00	$924	+6.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	3	162.50	$162.50	$736	+12.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	135.00	$135.00	$446	+5.00
470	470	1	135.00	$135.00	$634	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	5	160.00–192.50	$178.66	$582	-0.92
380–390	387	3	165.00–202.50	$185.80	$719	+11.02
400–445	428	10	165.00–197.50	$181.97	$779	+9.74
450–495	468	13	157.50–192.50	$176.51	$826	+4.44
505–540	523	10	158.00–187.50	$171.99	$900	-1.11
553–580	556	9	157.00–175.00	$169.37	$942	+44.37
610–645	628	12	140.00–155.00	$149.36	$938	-11.89
675–682	680	4	145.00	$145.00	$986	-10.00
700	700	2	141.00	$141.00	$987	+11.00
700	700	1	129.00	$129.00	$903	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	147.50	$147.50	$479	-37.50
350–365	358	2	165.00–167.50	$166.22	$595	+11.22
410	410	1	160.00	$160.00	$656	+30.00
535 thin fleshed	535	1	165.00	$165.00	$883	+7.50
545	545	2	150.00	$150.00	$818	+2.10
565	565	2	147.50	$147.50	$833	+6.90
600–610	605	3	140.00–150.00	$143.31	$867	-2.30
725	725	1	135.00	$135.00	$979	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	175.00	$175.00	$682	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1270	1080	80-85%	13	72.00–78.00	$75.44	$815	—
1135–1410	1241	80-85%	7	77.00–85.00	$80.19	$995	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$440	—
755–950	853	85-90%	2	40.00–56.00	$47.09	$402	—
900–1070	981	85-90%	5	63.00–68.00	$65.61	$644	+0.62
990–1100	1038	85-90%	3	72.00–74.00	$73.01	$758	-3.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1435	1297	75-80%	3	76.00–79.00	$77.11	$1,000	—
1255–1500	1379	75-80%	7	78.00–86.00	$81.68	$1,126	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	1	65.00	$65.00	$686	—
1200–1980	1552	8	85.00–101.00	$92.62	$1,437	—
1590–1650	1620	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,717	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	$740
875–1150	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	70.00–86.00	$78.05	$780

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
985–1228	1102	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	850.00–1,025.00	$950.48
1050–1270	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,135.00	$1,071.29
970–1295	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	750.00–1,300.00	$1,126.74
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$770
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,009

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	790.00	$790.00	-410.00
900–1000	986	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,397.83	+111.11

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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.