Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 13, 2022

1,152 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.54/cwt -28.33 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 423 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.92/cwt -10.92 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 519 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $191.32/cwt -7.86 vs last sale · ≈ $905/hd at 473 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,152	832
Feeder cattle	939	706
Slaughter cattle	166	76
Replacement cattle	47	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold steady to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers over 500 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower. Stocker heifers under 500 lb sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower, feeder heifers over 500 lb were 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly 4.00 lower. Supply was heavy with softer buyer interest. Quality of cattle offered not as attractive with several fleshy and unweaned calves.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–278	273	4	208.00–217.50	$212.06	$579	+0.89
300–340	318	7	200.00–217.00	$207.49	$660	-9.64
360–395	374	14	180.00–205.00	$197.07	$737	-11.12
390 value added	390	4	211.00	$211.00	$823	-11.00
405–440	416	17	180.00–207.50	$196.10	$816	+0.09
458–478 value added	469	10	193.00–198.00	$196.99	$924	-11.73
450–490	477	11	175.00–197.50	$186.17	$888	-9.61
500–545	518	10	172.50–207.50	$182.18	$944	-4.32
550–580 value added	559	7	195.00–199.00	$197.81	$1,106	+7.10
555–565	560	3	177.00–192.50	$182.33	$1,021	+5.80
605–643	630	5	151.00–170.00	$161.16	$1,015	-5.64
650–685	668	2	172.50–180.00	$176.15	$1,177	+12.80
970	970	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280 thin fleshed	264	7	140.00–185.00	$164.10	$433	—
250–290	266	4	150.00–185.00	$169.30	$450	—
330–345 thin fleshed	340	3	165.00–190.00	$173.09	$589	—
340	340	1	170.00	$170.00	$578	—
355 thin fleshed	355	1	195.00	$195.00	$692	—
385–390	388	2	160.00–172.50	$166.21	$645	-11.29
415 thin fleshed	415	1	167.50	$167.50	$695	—
420	420	1	172.50	$172.50	$724	+7.85
455 thin fleshed	455	1	182.50	$182.50	$830	-11.50
485	485	1	164.00	$164.00	$795	+0.53
500 value added	500	1	170.00	$170.00	$850	—
510	510	1	160.00	$160.00	$816	-5.27
520 thin fleshed	520	1	156.00	$156.00	$811	—
565–590	581	4	147.50–155.00	$151.26	$879	-3.74
600–630	616	6	150.00–152.50	$150.84	$929	-9.16
650–665	659	4	145.00–151.00	$148.39	$978	+13.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	177.50	$177.50	$604	—
420–430	423	7	165.00–185.00	$176.45	$746	—
470–499	488	12	170.00–185.00	$182.08	$889	—
503 value added	503	2	207.50	$207.50	$1,044	-6.50
555 value added	555	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,054	—
585	585	2	170.00	$170.00	$994	-9.00
625	625	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,044	—
650	650	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,138	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	170.00	$170.00	$408	±0.00
287	287	3	173.00	$173.00	$497	-7.69
300–340	326	9	165.00–172.50	$168.75	$550	-23.12
350 value added	350	1	192.50	$192.50	$674	—
350–395	375	19	165.00–174.00	$168.05	$630	-16.43
400–445	423	21	150.00–175.00	$163.54	$692	-21.80
450–490	471	14	151.00–163.00	$156.03	$735	-13.53
500–545	519	21	147.50–159.00	$152.92	$794	-11.84
550–580	567	3	130.00–140.00	$135.96	$771	-22.39
550–580	567	16	140.00–158.00	$150.55	$854	-7.80
600–630	613	11	142.00–152.00	$148.30	$909	-7.54
605–645	622	3	125.00	$125.00	$778	-30.84
660–675	666	8	145.00–152.00	$147.76	$984	-3.71
715	715	1	136.00	$136.00	$972	-14.00
750–760	755	3	140.00–142.00	$140.67	$1,062	-3.33
815	815	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,019	±0.00
875–895	885	2	120.00–124.00	$121.98	$1,080	+1.98
930	930	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	262	3	140.00–160.00	$151.15	$396	-12.63
270 thin fleshed	270	1	167.50	$167.50	$452	+7.50
310–340	323	5	145.00–162.50	$156.62	$506	-13.38
300–340 thin fleshed	328	9	162.50–175.00	$166.48	$546	-22.69
350–380	365	5	132.50–155.00	$147.14	$537	-8.40
350–380 thin fleshed	366	6	150.00–175.00	$163.75	$599	-15.25
400–433 thin fleshed	418	13	157.50–173.00	$165.20	$691	-1.80
405–440	421	4	145.00–153.00	$149.57	$630	-8.39
455 thin fleshed	455	1	152.50	$152.50	$694	-17.77
450–490	471	11	130.00–152.50	$141.94	$669	-10.78
500 thin fleshed	500	3	147.50–154.00	$149.67	$748	—
515–525	521	4	130.00–147.50	$141.88	$739	-10.93
550	550	1	172.50	$172.50	$949	+26.02
550	550	1	142.50	$142.50	$784	-3.98
600	600	1	133.00	$133.00	$798	—
697 thin fleshed	697	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	176.00	$176.00	$577	—
477	477	3	154.00	$154.00	$735	—
550–583	563	5	145.00–150.00	$147.93	$833	-2.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	130.00	$130.00	$468	+5.00
405	405	1	125.00	$125.00	$506	—
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	±0.00
565	565	1	122.00	$122.00	$689	-3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	210.00	$210.00	$578	+17.70
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	-32.30
310	310	1	190.00	$190.00	$589	-5.80
350–395	370	7	172.50–203.00	$190.86	$706	+3.38
410–445	433	10	169.00–206.00	$178.12	$771	-7.71
460	460	1	143.00	$143.00	$658	-37.95
460–495	478	12	160.00–185.00	$178.55	$853	-2.40
510–530	522	8	155.00–167.50	$162.77	$850	-13.23
535	535	1	160.00	$160.00	$856	-16.00
550–590	563	3	135.00–145.00	$138.25	$778	-43.07
555–590	580	6	150.00–160.00	$154.93	$899	-26.39
600–640	619	8	140.00–165.00	$154.84	$958	-3.86
655–671	664	7	156.00–158.00	$156.85	$1,041	+18.85
660–685	673	2	131.00–135.00	$133.04	$895	-4.96
705	705	2	147.50–148.00	$147.75	$1,042	—
725	725	1	133.00	$133.00	$964	—
780	780	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170	±0.00
855	855	1	110.00	$110.00	$940	-15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	277	3	150.00–167.50	$158.92	$440	+5.33
275–290 thin fleshed	282	3	142.50–210.00	$172.59	$487	-7.41
305 thin fleshed	305	1	170.00	$170.00	$518	—
305–325	315	2	147.50–157.50	$152.66	$481	+2.66
350–385 thin fleshed	368	2	180.00–215.00	$198.33	$730	-1.67
380–395	388	2	160.00–165.00	$162.45	$630	—
410–425	418	2	142.50–165.00	$153.55	$642	-14.47
455 thin fleshed	455	1	179.00	$179.00	$814	-3.50
455–495	474	9	142.50–165.00	$154.50	$732	-1.90
505–530 thin fleshed	518	2	152.00–180.00	$166.34	$862	—
520–535	528	4	138.00–150.00	$145.29	$767	-11.44
560–590	575	2	145.00–154.00	$149.62	$860	-5.96
600–620	610	3	124.00–135.00	$129.64	$791	-22.04
675–685	680	2	148.00–149.00	$148.50	$1,010	+6.51
865–880	873	2	127.00–136.00	$131.46	$1,148	—
915	915	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,121	-2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	1	160.00	$160.00	$472	—
417–448	429	5	160.00–177.50	$170.20	$730	—
495	495	3	180.00	$180.00	$891	—
516	516	5	163.00	$163.00	$841	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	132.50	$132.50	$364	—
355	355	1	135.00	$135.00	$479	±0.00
375 thin fleshed	375	1	139.00	$139.00	$521	—
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	—
505	505	1	122.00	$122.00	$616	—
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	—
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	—
880	880	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,012	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–905	838	85-90%	5	55.00–57.00	$55.77	$467	+20.77
835–885	860	85-90%	2	65.00–70.00	$67.43	$580	—
800–1000	910	85-90%	3	48.00–63.00	$55.67	$507	—
870–1180	981	85-90%	15	63.00–74.00	$69.11	$678	+15.24
945–1195	1101	85-90%	10	73.00–82.00	$75.87	$835	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1130	1019	80-85%	5	74.00–78.00	$76.64	$781	-2.71
1005–1400	1166	80-85%	17	78.00–86.00	$83.03	$968	-4.76

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$728	—
1120–1630	1369	75-80%	8	81.00–97.00	$86.29	$1,181	-5.64

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	85.00	$85.00	$850	—
1005–2055	1447	19	94.00–107.00	$101.21	$1,465	—
1640–1930	1785	2	109.00–110.00	$109.54	$1,955	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$640
895–1070	957	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	80.00–94.00	$86.89	$832
1020–1080	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	78.00–83.00	$80.43	$845

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1017	964	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	800.00–910.00	$865.81
965–1115	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–850.00	$809.53
810–1450	1114	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	750.00–1,075.00	$949.24
1000–1290	1146	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	925.00–1,300.00	$1,131.92
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	73.00	$73.00	$639
785–1150	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	87.00–119.00	$99.98	$968
975–1165	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	74.00–91.00	$80.06	$874
1085–1280	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	70.00–84.00	$77.58	$918

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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
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+75.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—

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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.