Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 285 priced lines covering 5,453 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,131 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,018 head. replacement cattle receipts at 470 head. Counted as USDA files them — 64 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,131Last week 6,578Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,018Last week 872Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 470Last week 288Year ago 0

Compared to close last week: Stocker steers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady; Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold mostly 5.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Stocker heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 lower; Heifers over 600 lbs sold mostly steady on limited comparable sales.

Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 4.00-6.00 lower.

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,162	525.00–975.00	805.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	960	475.00–825.00	746.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,108	450.00–730.00	583.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,208	550.00–705.00	646.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,255	43.00–55.00	50.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	990	68.75–89.00	74.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,239	42.50–48.00	44.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	992	550.00–1,060.00	775.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,021	620.00–1,025.00	878.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,065	630.00–810.00	775.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,403	700.00–820.00	758.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,196	650.00–930.00	765.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,085	42.00	42.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,085	45.00–70.00	55.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,072	44.00–64.00	51.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,011	600.00–1,000.00	839.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,248	51.00–63.00	57.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,255	450.00–790.00	603.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,226	42.00–57.00	50.74
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	665.00	665.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,016	54.00–86.00	66.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	54.00–78.00	64.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,193	40.00–59.00	46.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,348	68.00–78.00	71.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,304	700.00–935.00	822.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,075	86.00–105.00	92.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	685	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,111	650.00–1,275.00	1,161.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,103	725.00–1,010.00	909.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,148	725.00–1,100.00	867.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,343	800.00–900.00	853.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,143	800.00–1,260.00	1,124.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,259	700.00–800.00	766.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,191	600.00–895.00	731.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	645.00–830.00	756.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,060.00	1,060.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	833	72.00–93.00	81.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	892	43.00–94.00	71.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	977	39.00–57.00	48.32
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	800	69.00–98.00	84.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	820	92.50	92.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	785	545.00–680.00	631.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,635	78.00–91.00	85.98

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	665	124.50–135.00	132.06
18	—	805	120.00–132.00	129.30
14	—	756	130.00–136.00	133.43
18	—	620	123.75–135.00	127.05
37	—	466	128.00–149.00	141.06
8	—	361	160.00	160.00
27	—	438	150.00–154.00	153.13
29	—	536	124.00–146.00	136.97
25	—	553	123.50–135.00	127.25
13	—	327	142.50–150.00	148.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	775	109.00–124.00	115.71
6	—	720	120.00–135.00	126.68
73	—	476	110.00–149.00	129.60
42	—	375	120.00–144.00	133.37
1	—	850	105.00	105.00
51	—	522	110.00–139.00	121.12
7	—	819	90.00–125.00	111.36
32	—	672	104.00–130.00	120.31
42	—	322	125.00–165.00	140.90
46	—	427	115.00–150.00	132.46
47	—	619	107.00–138.00	124.32
1	—	295	150.00	150.00
65	—	568	110.00–135.00	126.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	814	102.00–133.00	125.69
3	—	918	90.00–115.00	104.91
1	—	1,165	91.00	91.00
58	—	325	139.00–180.00	158.84
1	—	1,050	90.00	90.00
3	—	950	111.00	111.00
9	—	758	114.00–140.00	131.26
44	—	620	115.00–135.00	126.34
100	—	473	131.00–166.00	145.58
49	—	668	116.00–144.00	132.15
53	—	376	140.00–166.00	152.00
89	—	571	118.00–153.00	134.07
111	—	421	130.00–160.00	147.25
124	—	527	124.00–149.00	138.41
36	—	719	117.00–143.00	133.25
1	—	885	130.00	130.00
1	—	265	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	104.00–117.00	110.34
11	—	368	98.00–130.00	114.30
17	—	422	86.00–123.00	109.91
10	—	479	91.00–121.00	109.52
5	—	328	85.00–125.00	108.72
8	—	527	94.00–118.00	107.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	95.00	95.00
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	655	104.00	104.00
1	—	800	89.00	89.00
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	350	140.00	140.00
12	—	459	129.00–140.00	139.06
3	—	667	130.00	130.00
1	—	420	117.00	117.00
1	—	600	107.00	107.00
4	—	534	110.00–118.00	112.01
2	—	560	120.00–125.00	122.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	159.00	159.00
18	—	292	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	140.00	140.00
1	—	545	132.25	132.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	620	135.00–138.00	135.78
1	—	440	162.00	162.00
2	—	693	129.00–130.00	129.50
4	—	480	142.00–156.00	149.92
6	—	572	144.00–147.00	145.56
19	—	528	146.00–164.00	159.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	386	151.00	151.00
20	—	519	132.00–137.00	134.74
80	—	586	135.00–136.00	135.11
46	—	676	129.00–145.00	134.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	628	125.00–130.00	127.37
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	118.00	118.00
5	—	713	123.00	123.00
5	—	536	120.00	120.00
11	—	440	118.00–128.00	124.33
13	—	559	114.00–119.00	117.83
3	—	636	110.00	110.00
13	—	490	120.00–121.00	120.39
3	—	300	130.00	130.00
19	—	371	120.00–138.00	128.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	627	99.00–120.00	105.68
25	—	671	91.00–110.00	102.99
48	—	377	100.00–129.00	115.68
3	—	828	100.00	100.00
12	—	733	90.00–107.00	100.74
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
139	—	477	95.00–126.00	111.63
112	—	523	90.00–116.00	108.55
105	—	428	100.00–130.00	113.03
44	—	327	105.00–131.00	117.64
53	—	570	95.00–118.00	106.40
3	—	278	121.00–133.00	125.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	676	100.00–124.00	117.63
3	—	820	100.00	100.00
27	—	724	105.00–124.00	115.32
6	—	276	128.00–144.00	135.30
9	—	763	108.00–120.00	111.58
72	—	620	104.00–129.00	116.55
77	—	324	120.00–143.00	134.17
100	—	420	113.00–140.00	125.59
158	—	374	118.00–143.00	132.23
113	—	570	105.00–133.00	118.17
162	—	469	113.00–132.00	123.26
122	—	518	109.00–133.00	119.36
4	—	870	86.00–105.00	90.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	622	129.00	129.00
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
1	—	830	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	105.00	105.00
3	—	583	90.00–95.00	93.40
1	—	500	85.00	85.00
2	—	618	85.00–100.00	92.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	100.00–119.00	109.44
4	—	420	84.00–106.00	98.35
4	—	587	105.00–110.00	108.75
2	—	625	97.00–110.00	103.29
2	—	700	90.00	90.00
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
3	—	475	100.00–105.00	103.32
6	—	517	100.00–106.00	101.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	430	109.00–125.00	116.70
1	—	280	130.00	130.00
2	—	363	125.00–129.00	127.07
2	—	473	103.00–110.00	106.37
4	—	319	126.00–135.00	129.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	285	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	466	135.00	135.00
82	—	605	140.85	140.85
9	—	654	122.50	122.50
11	—	401	135.00	135.00
13	—	742	112.50	112.50
31	—	569	119.00–130.00	125.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	522	119.00	119.00
11	—	486	137.00	137.00
6	—	438	124.00	124.00
13	—	624	123.50	123.50
14	—	655	114.00	114.00
5	—	353	137.00	137.00
22	—	569	119.00–120.00	119.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	620	110.00–115.00	112.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	645	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	831	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	85.00–90.00	87.54
5	—	568	91.00–100.00	95.73
7	—	525	90.00–102.00	97.72
10	—	480	80.00–108.00	94.33
14	—	424	90.00–113.00	100.87
13	—	316	79.00–115.00	98.06
17	—	377	96.00–110.00	104.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	105.00	105.00
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
1	—	540	104.00	104.00
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
1	—	355	105.00	105.00
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	87.50	87.50
15	—	421	94.00–122.00	109.49
3	—	813	69.00–81.00	72.98
6	—	569	90.00–107.00	93.60
3	—	627	80.00–95.00	89.68
7	—	519	80.00–117.00	94.92
14	—	467	90.00–111.00	101.60
1	—	850	65.00	65.00
2	—	713	85.00–86.00	85.50
1	—	305	114.00	114.00
1	—	650	89.00	89.00
8	—	376	97.00–114.00	106.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	573	90.00–125.00	111.13
48	—	471	98.00–136.00	119.34
27	—	669	90.00–118.00	108.51
51	—	426	110.00–140.00	125.75
78	—	527	90.00–132.00	117.91
29	—	625	80.00–117.00	106.19
6	—	769	80.00–97.00	88.81
33	—	370	120.00–140.00	124.41
24	—	322	115.00–156.00	136.76
9	—	713	97.00–118.00	101.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	107.00	107.00
2	—	680	110.00–125.00	117.67
1	—	370	130.00	130.00
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	147.00	147.00
1	—	450	144.00	144.00
1	—	320	166.00	166.00
1	—	515	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	92.00	92.00
4	—	668	90.00–97.50	92.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	424	120.00–168.00	144.47
9	—	772	99.00–109.00	103.40
92	—	522	115.00–145.00	129.82
88	—	475	118.00–161.00	135.88
2	—	930	90.00–99.00	94.57
26	—	331	130.00–180.00	167.72
85	—	574	110.00–135.00	121.15
57	—	620	100.00–140.00	116.40
22	—	673	100.00–129.00	109.82
2	—	875	80.00–104.00	91.79
16	—	724	92.00–119.00	102.93
57	—	371	125.00–164.00	151.08
5	—	815	100.00–109.00	101.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	87.00–89.00	87.97
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	480	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	121.00	121.00
9	—	479	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	422	30.00	30.00
2	—	310	65.00	65.00
2	—	625	51.00	51.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	798	33.00–36.00	34.37
2	—	803	10.00–14.00	12.03
12	—	798	19.00–30.00	23.67
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	20.00	20.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,090	25.00–44.00	36.06
33	—	1,043	20.00–39.00	31.24
12	—	1,148	40.00–48.00	42.90
3	—	1,037	25.00–30.00	28.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,445	42.00–55.00	46.87
4	—	1,389	32.00–38.00	35.62
25	—	1,372	38.00–47.00	41.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,183	32.00–50.50	40.89
49	—	1,059	22.00–40.00	30.33
33	—	1,242	40.00–60.00	47.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,547	55.00–74.00	65.24
22	—	1,350	35.00–65.00	51.36
10	—	1,770	68.00–80.00	73.76

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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