Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 225 priced lines covering 3,556 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,621 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 805 head. replacement cattle receipts at 299 head. Counted as USDA files them — 43 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,621Last week 3,771Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 805Last week 602Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 299Last week 151Year ago 0

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold mostly 2.00-8.00 higher on increased auction receipts this week. Buyers demand increase mid-week which started Feeder and Stocker cattle prices trending higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	134.00	134.00
7	—	421	133.00	133.00
12	—	537	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	110.00	110.00
3	—	298	144.00	144.00
7	—	429	130.00	130.00
10	—	932	95.00	95.00
27	—	490	110.00–130.00	123.30
29	—	521	120.00–130.00	124.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	107.00	107.00
11	—	635	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	110.00–116.00	113.03
3	—	568	94.00–115.00	106.55
1	—	510	94.00	94.00
1	—	415	113.00	113.00
1	—	865	86.00	86.00
4	—	631	89.00–109.00	101.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	264	130.00–148.00	142.81
8	—	709	97.00–114.00	109.39
4	—	808	105.00	105.00
5	—	773	100.00–116.00	108.59
30	—	673	109.00–134.00	121.94
36	—	622	110.00–133.00	120.69
74	—	323	120.00–155.00	140.36
86	—	567	110.00–138.00	123.09
87	—	374	111.00–155.00	137.08
97	—	473	111.00–141.00	127.54
112	—	428	119.00–144.00	132.48
121	—	520	109.00–138.00	122.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	319	100.00–111.00	106.02
11	—	428	100.00–118.00	108.03
1	—	690	106.00	106.00
2	—	563	100.00–105.00	102.47
8	—	474	93.00–119.00	104.37
9	—	372	100.00–120.00	110.29
9	—	520	90.00–110.00	99.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	150.00–160.00	153.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	124.00	124.00
3	—	630	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	115.00	115.00
3	—	770	100.00–113.00	108.61
9	—	663	99.00–119.00	110.26
13	—	569	104.00–125.00	114.78
18	—	324	115.00–136.00	124.93
18	—	614	92.00–120.00	108.96
40	—	425	109.00–134.00	122.18
44	—	371	107.00–140.00	120.74
47	—	472	100.00–130.00	119.43
47	—	526	102.00–126.00	114.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	517	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	100.00–101.00	100.50
1	—	515	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	149.00	149.00
2	—	483	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	125.00–141.00	136.26
9	—	290	146.00	146.00
3	—	383	152.00	152.00
4	—	663	134.00	134.00
5	—	552	134.50	134.50
6	—	806	133.00	133.00
8	—	774	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	139.00	139.00
1	—	550	124.00	124.00
2	—	623	115.00–123.00	119.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
1	—	430	120.00	120.00
2	—	390	105.00–120.00	112.40
3	—	490	110.00	110.00
3	—	520	116.00–120.00	118.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	609	130.00–137.00	132.96
10	—	564	160.00	160.00
1	—	490	148.00	148.00
5	—	524	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	321	111.00–145.00	133.98
1	—	290	134.00	134.00
5	—	936	119.00	119.00
5	—	714	115.00–125.00	122.44
8	—	668	117.00–132.50	127.29
10	—	572	125.00–133.00	130.62
12	—	617	120.00–145.00	130.40
36	—	525	105.00–142.00	129.96
40	—	470	110.00–140.00	128.70
42	—	429	110.00–154.00	131.53
45	—	379	120.00–150.00	137.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	663	117.00–146.00	132.89
1	—	290	165.00	165.00
1	—	890	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,050	90.00	90.00
3	—	770	119.00–130.50	126.54
9	—	713	113.00–140.00	132.34
37	—	322	129.00–189.00	165.29
51	—	626	118.00–147.00	133.25
69	—	373	130.00–176.00	156.26
74	—	569	124.00–155.00	138.86
81	—	523	123.00–153.00	136.66
100	—	474	125.00–168.00	147.42
103	—	422	125.00–169.00	150.40
1	—	830	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	130.00	130.00
6	—	473	120.00–140.00	133.74
1	—	365	150.00	150.00
1	—	300	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	90.00	90.00
2	—	853	90.00–100.00	95.01
3	—	818	89.00–116.00	98.73
8	—	767	99.00–115.00	109.33
1	—	280	146.00	146.00
14	—	721	96.00–120.00	113.11
28	—	325	128.00–185.00	154.94
32	—	377	120.00–179.00	158.92
34	—	668	112.00–134.00	123.17
49	—	617	107.00–134.00	123.65
52	—	419	124.00–166.00	143.82
59	—	568	113.00–143.00	127.27
60	—	471	119.00–156.00	134.40
105	—	522	111.00–147.00	129.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	690	106.00	106.00
4	—	711	110.00	110.00
8	—	483	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	131.00	131.00
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
2	—	373	137.00–145.00	141.19
2	—	340	130.00–146.00	138.00
1	—	565	121.00	121.00
1	—	450	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	100.00–115.00	110.50
2	—	758	101.00	101.00
3	—	322	118.00–125.00	121.02
3	—	367	110.00–132.00	122.16
4	—	677	105.00–109.00	108.00
7	—	501	105.00–110.00	106.43
9	—	430	100.00–121.00	112.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	97.00	97.00
4	—	530	100.00	100.00
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
1	—	610	94.00	94.00
1	—	590	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	89.00	89.00
3	—	869	90.00	90.00
4	—	793	105.00	105.00
9	—	672	103.00–115.00	108.32
10	—	324	120.00–159.00	142.28
11	—	576	100.00–127.00	115.35
23	—	623	100.00–126.00	113.71
28	—	523	104.00–131.00	118.47
30	—	374	111.50–150.00	130.98
39	—	425	109.00–149.00	128.30
44	—	472	114.00–140.00	129.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	132.00	132.00
3	—	627	128.00	128.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	95.50	95.50
7	—	368	62.00–92.50	88.00
5	—	637	53.00	53.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	36.00	36.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	858	675.00–1,275.00	907.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,025	750.00–1,100.00	950.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	869	900.00–1,175.00	1,078.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,387	1,300.00–1,485.00	1,423.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,213	950.00–1,075.00	1,022.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	950.00–1,150.00	1,055.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,113	875.00–900.00	888.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,075	825.00–900.00	876.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	965	780.00–875.00	829.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,112	500.00–1,025.00	755.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,140	900.00–1,050.00	985.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	947	650.00–1,025.00	804.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	935	675.00–1,100.00	843.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,106	55.00–60.00	57.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	110.00	110.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	70.00–80.00	74.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,058	700.00–1,025.00	872.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,199	50.00–64.00	56.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	76.00	76.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,048	56.00–60.00	57.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,161	56.00–68.00	60.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	978	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,204	735.00–910.00	811.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	983	600.00–900.00	764.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,185	700.00–975.00	829.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	—	1,120	650.00–1,050.00	851.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,000	750.00–1,050.00	873.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	995	46.00–54.00	49.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	52.00	52.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	51.00	51.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	80.00	80.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	904	550.00–775.00	656.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	645.00	645.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	625.00	625.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,408	80.00–106.00	92.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	851	58.00–95.00	69.93
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	928	650.00–700.00	673.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	824	700.00–850.00	788.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	863	58.00–64.00	60.78
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	695	75.00–82.00	75.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	966	46.00–86.00	62.76
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	375.00	375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	34.00–42.00	37.92
3	—	725	40.00–60.00	52.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,221	51.00–65.00	56.44
35	—	1,058	31.00–50.00	41.43
141	—	1,165	44.00–58.00	50.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,436	50.50–66.00	56.48
27	—	1,233	43.00–59.50	51.39
1	—	1,485	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	912	24.00–35.00	31.50
21	—	1,142	48.00–64.00	53.52
27	—	979	35.00–48.00	40.96
134	—	1,065	30.00–54.00	47.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	814	30.00–40.00	37.01
12	—	843	29.00–50.00	41.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,670	75.00–93.00	82.75
26	—	1,218	40.00–72.00	60.24
46	—	1,628	62.00–80.00	74.69

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.

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