Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 267 priced lines covering 5,818 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,409 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 777 head. replacement cattle receipts at 365 head. Counted as USDA files them — 103 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 3, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,409Last week 3,167Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 777Last week 549Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 365Last week 219Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle closed the week mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows closed the week steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bull closed the week steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	487	158.00–165.00	162.83
55	—	556	143.00–161.00	159.67
19	—	414	160.00–180.00	172.94
1	—	835	123.00	123.00
15	—	504	160.00–164.00	163.74
4	—	612	141.00	141.00
6	—	654	138.00–142.00	141.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	753	121.50	121.50
8	—	677	129.50	129.50
2	—	388	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	825	120.00–124.00	120.72
1	—	1,155	81.00	81.00
2	—	768	122.00–125.00	123.53
16	—	740	122.00–135.00	132.57
121	—	477	138.00–169.00	155.40
259	—	526	130.00–163.00	151.50
6	—	289	177.00–202.50	186.08
127	—	570	128.00–158.50	144.76
125	—	422	143.00–177.00	161.38
103	—	617	126.00–146.50	141.09
60	—	375	150.00–188.00	170.99
34	—	324	160.00–195.00	179.48
6	—	879	113.00–135.00	131.35
21	—	666	129.00–141.00	132.70
1	—	1,355	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	668	122.00–134.00	127.19
28	—	620	115.00–140.00	131.19
9	—	766	119.00–125.00	120.34
2	—	920	100.00	100.00
5	—	718	120.00–130.00	124.63
99	—	474	130.00–157.00	145.41
65	—	573	125.00–144.00	135.93
65	—	518	125.00–150.00	140.63
55	—	425	138.00–165.00	150.40
48	—	381	131.00–168.00	151.70
13	—	328	145.00–171.00	155.64
2	—	877	117.00	117.00
3	—	805	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	119.00–120.00	119.49
2	—	840	117.00	117.00
2	—	418	100.00–137.00	119.05
2	—	513	120.00	120.00
1	—	310	149.00	149.00
2	—	490	124.00–135.00	129.50
2	—	375	140.00–151.00	145.43
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	40.00	40.00
6	—	487	32.00–45.00	42.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	660	127.50–137.00	133.16
24	—	627	131.50–140.00	135.80
103	—	582	138.00–149.00	140.35
34	—	475	140.00–153.00	148.67
66	—	536	133.50–148.50	139.81
21	—	726	115.00–125.50	121.82
4	—	874	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	162.00–170.00	165.91
4	—	518	133.00–135.00	133.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	441	152.00	152.00
16	—	599	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	679	125.00–130.50	128.73
38	—	626	145.00–146.50	145.74
17	—	772	120.50–121.50	120.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	129.00	129.00
24	—	666	128.00	128.00
4	—	631	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	633	133.00–148.00	141.17
5	—	682	134.50	134.50
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	564	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	661	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	127.00–135.00	132.29
1	—	575	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
18	—	606	120.00–127.00	125.79
8	—	412	142.50	142.50
62	—	531	138.00–141.50	140.94
63	—	470	137.50–147.50	143.52
19	—	377	152.00	152.00
15	—	593	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	379	140.00	140.00
3	—	653	115.00	115.00
6	—	795	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	109.00–127.00	117.87
16	—	372	106.00–122.00	116.01
3	—	678	95.00–115.00	107.88
4	—	581	110.00–119.00	113.20
14	—	476	110.00–120.00	115.08
8	—	534	97.00–120.00	109.58
3	—	612	100.00–116.00	107.10
1	—	735	87.00	87.00
5	—	423	100.00–120.00	111.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	768	100.00–105.00	103.71
7	—	731	95.00–110.00	104.74
22	—	671	100.00–121.00	113.04
46	—	621	110.00–125.00	116.91
35	—	318	120.00–150.00	137.04
42	—	566	110.00–129.00	121.17
43	—	374	120.00–141.00	132.34
56	—	527	110.00–129.00	121.11
99	—	478	115.00–138.00	126.95
60	—	420	120.00–139.00	131.09
6	—	292	142.00–145.00	144.50
5	—	819	107.00–108.00	107.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	135.00	135.00
18	—	485	127.00–134.00	130.42
11	—	438	133.00–138.00	136.17
12	—	538	127.00	127.00
22	—	623	123.50–128.50	125.01
6	—	379	130.00	130.00
7	—	844	104.00	104.00
9	—	712	118.00–124.00	120.01
12	—	652	122.00	122.00
48	—	576	120.00–132.50	125.39
8	—	783	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	320	137.50–154.00	145.68
35	—	677	115.00–126.00	120.91
35	—	724	105.00–121.00	117.43
147	—	423	130.00–147.50	137.67
141	—	575	114.00–137.00	128.32
307	—	473	122.00–147.00	134.82
19	—	810	98.00–111.00	110.20
3	—	755	106.00–115.00	112.02
57	—	623	115.00–136.50	125.83
122	—	385	130.00–148.50	143.12
1	—	875	101.00	101.00
273	—	524	116.00–143.00	132.57
5	—	270	160.00	160.00
25	—	990	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	664	122.00	122.00
5	—	769	108.00	108.00
86	—	602	121.00–129.85	128.35
3	—	593	120.00–124.00	122.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	144.00	144.00
1	—	645	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	285	151.00	151.00
7	—	484	127.00–128.00	127.73
2	—	385	141.00	141.00
2	—	635	127.50	127.50
11	—	550	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	120.00–133.00	125.57
1	—	600	129.00	129.00
2	—	578	133.00	133.00
19	—	429	143.00–144.50	143.68
12	—	526	120.00–131.00	129.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	574	110.00–124.00	119.35
2	—	633	115.00–118.00	116.49
1	—	700	114.00	114.00
1	—	370	134.00	134.00
1	—	530	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	515	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	622	120.00–139.00	129.58
9	—	769	114.00–121.00	115.57
12	—	720	100.00–125.00	116.91
29	—	377	136.00–170.00	158.61
32	—	670	116.00–130.00	125.88
14	—	340	157.00–185.00	169.17
1	—	830	107.00	107.00
1	—	880	98.00	98.00
1	—	295	187.50	187.50
73	—	477	129.00–165.00	145.36
95	—	523	130.00–150.00	140.49
123	—	573	120.00–146.00	137.36
65	—	433	130.00–165.00	152.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	126.00	126.00
7	—	530	140.00	140.00
6	—	606	116.50	116.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	715	100.00–116.00	106.01
22	—	375	127.00–153.00	144.93
16	—	578	120.00–140.00	126.27
33	—	523	116.00–143.00	132.05
48	—	481	123.00–154.00	140.03
36	—	420	125.00–158.00	145.59
5	—	658	115.00–125.00	120.78
16	—	331	141.00–178.00	163.10
13	—	625	110.00–126.00	121.22
1	—	970	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	127.00–131.00	129.05
1	—	455	129.00	129.00
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	538	125.00–138.00	134.20
1	—	590	113.00	113.00
2	—	458	123.00–132.00	127.57
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	530	140.50	140.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	59.00	59.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,153	50.00–65.00	55.47
43	—	1,200	56.50–75.00	60.83
32	—	1,127	38.00–54.50	48.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,021	41.00–52.50	46.44
51	—	1,018	38.00–61.00	51.12
42	—	1,116	52.00–65.00	58.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,402	56.50–62.00	59.14
2	—	1,145	47.00–50.00	48.55
35	—	1,334	53.00–60.00	55.54
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	54.50–60.00	56.13
15	—	851	37.00–50.00	44.34
3	—	912	27.00–36.00	30.27
1	—	815	44.00	44.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	52.00	52.00
3	—	832	39.50–44.00	42.05
6	—	826	29.00–47.00	37.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,553	70.00–86.00	77.81
9	—	1,317	58.00–70.00	65.48
15	—	1,782	81.00–96.00	86.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	85.00	85.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,101	85.00–100.00	93.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,111	100.00–125.00	106.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,168	65.00–75.00	69.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,098	60.00–75.00	67.48
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	70.00–75.00	72.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	80.00	80.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,138	80.00–85.00	82.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,179	85.00–100.00	96.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,274	900.00–985.00	963.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,269	45.00–55.00	51.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	991	620.00–925.00	831.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,212	700.00–1,025.00	940.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,399	700.00–1,000.00	842.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,314	680.00–760.00	711.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	57.00	57.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,199	49.00–67.00	56.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,250	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	952	650.00–825.00	747.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	982	670.00–1,125.00	736.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,160	775.00–1,075.00	899.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	600.00–650.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,023	850.00–1,100.00	966.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	60.00	60.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,007	650.00–875.00	768.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	925	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	66.50	66.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,033	57.00–61.00	59.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	925	60.00–66.00	63.11
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	763	68.00–97.00	84.86
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	54.00	54.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,048	52.00–66.00	59.28
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,014	60.00–98.00	80.94
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	698	710.00	710.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	880	78.00	78.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	931	900.00–925.00	911.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,064	800.00–1,175.00	971.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,275.00–1,325.00	1,298.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,418	1,110.00–1,585.00	1,453.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,252	975.00–1,125.00	1,041.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	996	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,158.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,267	875.00–1,250.00	1,098.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,064	1,080.00–1,575.00	1,386.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	1,000.00–1,235.00	1,105.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,266	825.00–985.00	917.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	750.00–1,200.00	995.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,735	1,250.00	1,250.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Arkansas barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line