Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 268 priced lines covering 5,275 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,845 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 656 head. replacement cattle receipts at 318 head. Counted as USDA files them — 31 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,845Last week 7,506Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 656Last week 968Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 318Last week 371Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00-12.00 lower, except 500 lb weights sold 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold near steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	139.00–144.00	139.99
6	—	486	134.00–135.00	134.15
8	—	768	123.00	123.00
14	—	624	125.00–131.00	128.87
30	—	527	127.00–142.00	136.91
16	—	694	124.00–125.00	124.94
41	—	577	132.00–138.00	136.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	613	134.50–145.00	143.75
97	—	729	135.00	135.00
4	—	561	127.00	127.00
11	—	455	130.00	130.00
7	—	428	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	124.50	124.50
14	—	689	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	120.00	120.00
7	—	618	114.00–119.00	117.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	305	161.00	161.00
24	—	435	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	498	129.00	129.00
9	—	342	140.00–150.00	147.77
8	—	562	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	597	108.00–110.00	108.50
2	—	520	100.00–105.00	102.45
5	—	397	115.00–117.00	116.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	101.00	101.00
3	—	440	110.00–120.00	113.26
5	—	526	106.00–118.00	111.97
5	—	463	120.00–127.00	121.36
8	—	561	102.00–115.00	109.72
4	—	670	114.00	114.00
1	—	760	97.00	97.00
4	—	615	97.00–117.00	107.86
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	676	100.00–120.00	111.03
18	—	727	100.00–117.00	107.31
27	—	318	115.00–141.00	127.10
42	—	620	90.00–123.00	113.60
45	—	372	109.00–136.00	122.87
53	—	527	102.00–125.00	113.03
54	—	573	100.00–126.00	113.40
104	—	427	105.00–132.00	120.01
106	—	474	105.00–130.00	118.79
3	—	770	100.00	100.00
5	—	824	78.00–102.00	84.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	377	130.00–135.00	132.31
11	—	512	125.00–132.00	126.31
11	—	273	128.00	128.00
16	—	708	119.00–125.50	123.84
10	—	771	122.00	122.00
11	—	603	120.00–132.00	127.65
20	—	676	116.00–130.00	125.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	331	110.00–150.00	137.95
50	—	622	111.00–134.00	120.07
58	—	370	120.00–158.00	134.47
14	—	728	99.00–115.00	111.07
103	—	423	120.00–143.00	130.80
140	—	474	117.00–140.00	131.43
19	—	279	130.00–135.00	134.43
1	—	835	100.00	100.00
4	—	763	115.00–117.00	116.49
171	—	570	109.00–135.00	125.93
196	—	522	114.00–134.00	125.97
41	—	673	110.00–125.00	118.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	568	100.00–117.00	103.68
21	—	309	90.00–119.00	109.48
36	—	530	90.00–107.00	95.55
15	—	284	88.00–121.00	107.35
15	—	465	80.00–110.00	102.30
16	—	432	95.00–111.00	105.72
29	—	378	95.00–116.00	107.17
2	—	613	86.00–90.00	87.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	578	137.00–161.00	144.85
23	—	512	147.00–158.00	151.00
1	—	415	166.00	166.00
16	—	622	135.00–140.00	137.97
5	—	462	153.00–154.00	153.41
2	—	770	132.00	132.00
2	—	668	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	130.00–137.50	134.62
2	—	370	166.00	166.00
5	—	457	152.00	152.00
6	—	535	161.00	161.00
82	—	758	140.00–148.75	147.58
16	—	673	138.00–142.00	140.25
104	—	717	143.00–145.00	144.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	605	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	616	120.00–136.00	128.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	677	142.00	142.00
9	—	617	137.00	137.00
22	—	478	135.00–153.00	143.37
31	—	576	130.00–141.00	136.59
7	—	839	124.00	124.00
7	—	220	140.00	140.00
7	—	293	148.00	148.00
37	—	516	129.00–149.00	144.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	416	150.00–160.00	154.93
2	—	535	130.00	130.00
1	—	695	125.00	125.00
1	—	470	135.00	135.00
2	—	365	132.00–137.00	134.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	456	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	890	84.00	84.00
1	—	810	89.00	89.00
1	—	985	84.00	84.00
2	—	678	100.00–115.00	107.42
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
1	—	780	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	572	112.00–116.00	113.71
3	—	513	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	129.00	129.00
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
29	—	629	115.00–133.00	124.45
1	—	905	70.00	70.00
46	—	377	119.00–160.00	141.91
50	—	522	105.00–148.00	128.05
78	—	478	117.00–150.00	135.36
68	—	426	117.00–150.00	135.62
1	—	820	112.00	112.00
8	—	294	131.50	131.50
51	—	573	114.00–140.00	126.53
7	—	722	109.00–129.00	122.41
18	—	323	129.00–147.50	137.07
22	—	673	123.00–141.00	130.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	100.00	100.00
6	—	473	104.00–119.00	109.31
10	—	418	107.00–134.00	118.17
11	—	332	90.00–130.00	125.02
9	—	369	98.00–124.00	113.12
11	—	525	101.00–120.00	112.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	814	105.00–130.00	121.65
6	—	276	165.00–195.00	175.02
27	—	317	143.00–185.00	158.65
48	—	713	120.00–152.00	137.74
47	—	623	115.00–153.00	131.19
95	—	569	125.00–156.00	137.02
55	—	472	125.00–168.00	148.89
62	—	375	125.00–176.00	154.43
79	—	420	140.00–168.00	150.80
95	—	522	120.00–161.00	142.76
15	—	768	122.00–139.00	132.44
32	—	673	118.00–140.00	129.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	92.00	92.00
1	—	605	96.00	96.00
10	—	474	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	109.00	109.00
5	—	632	120.00–124.00	121.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	393	153.00–163.00	159.82
1	—	510	142.00	142.00
24	—	462	147.00–160.00	157.69
2	—	323	161.00–168.00	164.36
4	—	426	150.00–153.00	152.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
1	—	410	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	701	116.00	116.00
4	—	665	118.50	118.50
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
1	—	590	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	109.00–116.00	112.46
8	—	516	110.00–115.00	111.25
5	—	583	105.00–117.00	112.61
1	—	495	118.00	118.00
3	—	667	103.00–106.00	104.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	574	100.00–132.00	118.37
74	—	527	104.00–134.00	123.09
92	—	476	101.00–143.00	127.21
1	—	900	85.00	85.00
3	—	763	92.00–102.00	98.03
9	—	676	100.00–123.00	109.24
18	—	330	121.00–147.00	132.41
47	—	374	110.00–150.00	133.78
66	—	427	112.00–147.00	127.66
3	—	835	92.00–96.00	94.71
3	—	280	122.50–158.00	143.55
1	—	700	106.00	106.00
36	—	618	101.00–122.00	110.97
1	—	880	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	326	141.00–184.00	164.46
5	—	777	100.00–117.00	107.24
10	—	722	105.00–122.00	112.75
71	—	570	110.00–138.00	126.37
78	—	478	120.00–168.00	142.10
20	—	664	102.00–126.00	118.94
43	—	619	110.00–130.00	121.27
1	—	280	157.00	157.00
34	—	372	132.00–169.00	148.36
90	—	520	110.00–151.00	133.55
7	—	815	92.00–115.50	105.91
1	—	1,030	84.00	84.00
95	—	427	125.00–164.00	145.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	100.00–115.00	104.00
1	—	635	95.00	95.00
1	—	750	92.00	92.00
2	—	525	100.00–110.00	104.90
13	—	381	97.00–121.00	111.42
15	—	419	100.00–120.00	110.34
10	—	581	80.00–116.00	103.05
9	—	318	100.00–135.00	116.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	495	144.00	144.00
13	—	504	140.00	140.00
6	—	414	134.00–154.00	144.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	94.00	94.00
3	—	520	100.00–120.00	109.97
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	45.50	45.50
3	—	878	51.00	51.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	57.00–66.50	61.64
1	—	800	40.00	40.00
1	—	720	38.00	38.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	790	30.00–38.50	34.57
4	—	816	43.50–50.00	47.43
1	—	890	52.00	52.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	981	32.00–48.00	39.31
41	—	1,058	35.00–58.00	44.62
13	—	1,115	50.00–63.00	56.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,191	50.00–67.00	56.45
108	—	1,160	42.00–60.00	48.85
1	—	1,035	23.00	23.00
21	—	1,011	30.00–50.00	38.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	40.00–44.00	42.11
14	—	1,337	47.50–57.00	51.51
17	—	1,320	51.00–66.50	55.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,302	45.00–72.50	59.48
10	—	1,813	75.00–84.00	79.31
44	—	1,568	60.00–80.50	72.48

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	7	—	1,179	725.00–1,250.00	961.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,043	650.00–1,125.00	847.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	867	850.00–1,200.00	1,018.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	929	850.00–1,225.00	1,057.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	57.00	57.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	62.00	62.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	784	70.00–97.00	87.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	843	59.00–84.00	73.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,003	50.00–70.00	59.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	963	70.00–85.00	77.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	950	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	450.00	450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,029	50.00–62.00	60.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	48.00–66.00	57.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,088	58.00–84.00	65.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	55.00	55.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	45.00	45.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	63.00	63.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,091	885.00–1,055.00	942.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,147	690.00–800.00	789.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,134	450.00–750.00	679.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,355	77.50	77.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,177	550.00–950.00	768.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,184	52.50–70.00	60.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,025	57.00–85.00	68.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,088	1,000.00–1,145.00	1,081.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,117	525.00–1,200.00	968.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,153	650.00–875.00	775.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,164	910.00–1,085.00	1,013.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,115	550.00–1,100.00	909.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,055	85.00–93.00	89.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	998	95.00–97.00	96.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,108	49.00–67.00	59.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,123	52.00–79.00	64.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	959	600.00–995.00	728.91
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,050.00	1,050.00

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.

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