Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 252 priced lines covering 4,667 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,095 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 825 head. replacement cattle receipts at 581 head. Counted as USDA files them — 82 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,095Last week 11,150Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 825Last week 773Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 581Last week 220Year ago 0

Compared to close last week: Stocker steers under 600 lbs sold mostly 4.00-5.00 higher; Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Stocker heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher; offerings over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows

and bulls sold unevenly steady.

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	22	—	1,347	675.00–1,300.00	1,013.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,138	550.00–1,575.00	1,028.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,028	600.00–800.00	712.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,075	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,111.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	880.00	880.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,248	510.00–1,225.00	771.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,315	700.00–1,000.00	844.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,372	685.00–900.00	851.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,485	835.00–1,325.00	1,148.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	2,003	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	700.00	700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	998	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,243	880.00–1,010.00	946.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,270	96.00	96.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	963	38.00–66.00	50.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	41.00–47.00	44.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	730.00	730.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	891	40.00–73.00	55.57
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	36.00	36.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,150	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,025	42.00–54.00	45.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	63	—	1,201	500.00–875.00	677.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	928	590.00–1,010.00	780.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,024	625.00–725.00	704.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,018	530.00–700.00	594.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	962	400.00–640.00	515.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,082	540.00–735.00	668.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,184	40.00–60.00	45.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	460.00	460.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,211	37.00–58.00	47.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	970	510.00–950.00	827.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,152	46.00–76.00	60.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	—	954	600.00–1,225.00	963.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,190	750.00–1,000.00	879.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,088	76.00–85.00	80.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	961	49.00–74.00	59.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	54.00	54.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,046	65.00–80.00	75.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	41.00–52.00	46.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	58	—	1,215	38.00–56.00	44.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	38.00	38.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	—	1,158	450.00–1,210.00	859.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	927	675.00–1,000.00	887.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,161	600.00–910.00	749.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,142	725.00–900.00	807.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	490.00	490.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	620	117.00–139.00	125.71
21	—	370	125.00–169.00	149.32
1	—	1,015	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,060	96.00	96.00
27	—	526	120.00–146.00	136.77
30	—	326	128.00–175.00	152.57
1	—	835	104.00	104.00
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
1	—	955	110.00	110.00
5	—	664	111.00–129.00	120.46
31	—	421	132.00–162.00	143.24
38	—	472	120.00–160.00	136.27
3	—	722	116.00–130.00	121.91
19	—	566	119.00–138.00	130.51
2	—	870	120.00–122.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	180.00	180.00
4	—	909	120.00–122.00	120.51
21	—	765	122.00–138.00	134.08
37	—	321	142.00–197.00	174.06
54	—	718	124.00–143.00	136.99
41	—	674	118.50–142.00	132.52
1	—	830	126.00	126.00
1	—	960	115.00	115.00
114	—	476	138.00–175.00	158.68
124	—	526	131.00–169.00	154.29
46	—	620	116.00–143.00	137.11
62	—	378	135.00–187.00	165.71
78	—	570	123.00–158.00	145.29
92	—	418	138.00–181.00	163.63
1	—	890	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	129.00	129.00
2	—	630	115.00–116.00	115.50
3	—	473	110.00–135.00	123.34
5	—	331	110.00–132.50	123.90
14	—	436	100.00–139.00	104.78
3	—	372	96.00–130.00	117.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	677	125.00–138.00	132.46
9	—	384	179.00	179.00
18	—	733	136.50	136.50
26	—	430	137.00–172.00	160.61
4	—	507	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	130.00–132.50	131.68
1	—	820	118.00	118.00
6	—	628	114.00–140.00	135.76
1	—	575	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	120.00–130.00	124.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	145.00–150.00	147.49
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
1	—	435	137.00	137.00
1	—	525	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	175.00	175.00
12	—	390	187.50	187.50
1	—	490	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	415	160.00–170.00	164.95
102	—	575	131.00–148.00	145.42
6	—	838	129.00	129.00
14	—	510	148.00–151.00	149.95
16	—	639	137.00–138.00	137.37
30	—	670	135.00–138.00	136.17
24	—	473	147.00–160.00	156.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	178.00	178.00
127	—	617	139.00–144.00	142.03
9	—	411	166.00–173.00	169.26
69	—	527	149.00–159.00	152.33
2	—	320	170.00–180.00	175.23
6	—	465	149.00–165.00	158.55
7	—	842	130.00–133.00	132.43
18	—	755	128.50–142.00	140.41
40	—	715	130.00–135.00	133.84
50	—	665	133.00–143.00	142.36
104	—	581	141.00–153.00	146.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	374	130.00–158.00	144.86
112	—	576	108.00–132.00	126.23
52	—	324	130.00–160.00	147.04
81	—	527	108.00–138.00	126.68
176	—	474	117.00–155.00	136.92
179	—	421	121.00–162.00	141.81
26	—	734	100.00–124.00	121.10
34	—	673	95.00–126.00	118.25
8	—	286	130.00–146.00	135.13
2	—	900	111.00	111.00
2	—	993	114.00	114.00
3	—	812	108.00–119.00	112.39
28	—	612	110.00–135.00	123.05
8	—	774	105.00–126.00	112.70
2	—	878	91.00–94.00	92.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	673	85.00–120.00	110.10
20	—	573	100.00–124.00	117.18
32	—	324	110.00–140.00	129.59
43	—	472	102.00–130.00	119.39
34	—	524	108.00–133.00	118.99
43	—	374	110.00–141.00	127.91
12	—	623	107.00–124.00	113.93
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
5	—	763	99.00–110.00	103.26
53	—	422	110.00–137.00	124.84
3	—	278	124.00–133.00	129.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	315	100.00–115.00	106.81
7	—	431	109.50–118.00	113.16
5	—	531	95.00–105.00	101.20
4	—	380	100.00–117.00	108.06
6	—	578	80.00–109.00	98.63
1	—	695	90.00	90.00
11	—	478	100.00–116.00	108.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
3	—	470	105.00–130.00	116.45
1	—	510	107.00	107.00
20	—	691	96.00–122.00	119.39
1	—	820	85.00	85.00
1	—	740	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	105.00	105.00
1	—	810	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	130.00–140.00	133.37
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	80.00	80.00
1	—	285	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	629	120.00–133.50	127.87
10	—	428	145.00–162.00	157.37
1	—	770	127.00	127.00
2	—	365	150.00–152.50	151.27
2	—	743	125.00	125.00
5	—	322	152.50–156.00	153.23
5	—	801	124.00	124.00
12	—	528	133.50–139.00	136.00
35	—	568	132.00–135.50	133.34
48	—	469	141.00–147.50	142.74
88	—	672	128.00–135.00	133.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	544	125.00–134.00	133.18
14	—	634	129.00–132.50	131.29
13	—	427	145.00	145.00
9	—	342	149.00	149.00
9	—	494	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	118.00–120.00	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	129.00	129.00
9	—	842	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	591	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	600	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	105.00–110.00	107.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	571	90.00–130.00	116.57
2	—	600	120.00–130.00	125.00
19	—	473	110.00–139.00	130.15
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
2	—	773	70.00–103.00	86.55
9	—	675	100.00–121.00	116.14
16	—	528	102.00–134.00	121.92
8	—	326	139.00–158.00	145.56
33	—	426	124.00–152.00	137.08
13	—	369	123.00–149.50	137.75
9	—	720	90.00–117.00	107.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	182.50	182.50
13	—	665	105.00–126.00	118.09
1	—	910	92.00	92.00
3	—	809	111.00–122.00	114.67
1	—	790	118.00	118.00
56	—	380	141.00–187.00	164.37
49	—	573	120.00–148.00	134.53
33	—	326	124.00–180.00	160.64
26	—	618	110.00–138.00	129.59
52	—	527	129.00–161.00	142.99
65	—	476	132.00–168.00	150.23
64	—	422	138.00–181.00	157.83
10	—	729	100.00–125.00	117.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	165.00	165.00
4	—	330	162.00	162.00
4	—	463	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	520	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	143.00	143.00
1	—	460	137.00	137.00
1	—	515	132.00	132.00
2	—	380	134.00–150.00	142.32
1	—	550	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	106.00–110.00	107.50
7	—	364	108.00–130.00	119.01
10	—	428	104.00–122.00	115.78
3	—	323	110.00–130.00	122.56
2	—	708	90.00–102.00	95.94
2	—	573	101.00–115.00	108.28
2	—	478	119.00–120.00	120.00
1	—	645	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	116.50	116.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,751	65.00–78.00	71.22
26	—	1,587	50.00–80.00	64.23
22	—	1,420	25.00–63.50	51.26
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	835	20.00–35.00	27.25
3	—	815	25.00–35.00	30.00
2	—	923	15.00–22.00	18.60
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	40.00	40.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,274	39.50–55.50	47.05
83	—	1,200	31.00–51.00	41.01
2	—	1,070	20.00	20.00
26	—	1,087	25.00–37.00	32.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,437	35.00–46.00	39.91
2	—	1,385	30.00–37.00	33.71
12	—	1,371	40.00–48.00	43.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,085	37.50–46.00	42.68
32	—	1,030	20.00–38.00	28.73
36	—	1,080	32.00–43.00	37.27
9	—	997	10.00–22.00	15.11

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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