Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 246 priced lines covering 6,081 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,514 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 590 head. replacement cattle receipts at 138 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,514Last week 6,095Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 590Last week 825Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 138Last week 581Year ago 0

Market trend not applicable due to holidays. However, market was firm for the week to start off 2020. Happy New Year everyone

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	141.00–159.00	150.71
1	—	500	140.00	140.00
1	—	550	135.00	135.00
5	—	484	131.00–147.00	143.52
2	—	375	151.00–155.00	152.89
3	—	670	132.00	132.00
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
1	—	875	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	467	165.00–176.00	169.97
4	—	380	196.00	196.00
36	—	608	151.00–155.00	153.86
3	—	780	136.00	136.00
26	—	419	176.00–197.00	190.12
29	—	526	156.50–165.00	163.53
25	—	665	144.00–147.00	146.24
93	—	572	152.00–167.00	156.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	472	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	625	149.00–151.00	150.62
25	—	469	150.00–177.00	163.49
71	—	436	145.00–179.00	176.06
72	—	524	150.00–165.00	161.63
27	—	567	145.00–154.00	149.25
54	—	671	143.75–149.50	144.98
120	—	720	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	644	139.00	139.00
1	—	670	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	538	150.00–157.50	154.83
58	—	683	134.00–144.00	140.42
46	—	479	159.00–169.00	163.97
28	—	371	170.00–185.00	174.34
48	—	613	139.00–145.00	143.04
20	—	701	140.00	140.00
4	—	800	130.00	130.00
13	—	431	159.00–165.00	161.30
7	—	783	130.00	130.00
3	—	341	164.00	164.00
82	—	574	142.00–151.50	148.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	681	125.00–139.00	131.87
2	—	810	94.00–109.00	101.45
1	—	865	86.00	86.00
52	—	330	139.00–175.00	159.11
36	—	525	120.00–152.00	139.51
7	—	725	124.00–132.00	130.29
25	—	573	130.00–147.50	134.74
41	—	472	130.00–160.00	144.25
3	—	960	99.00–125.00	116.24
2	—	1,043	108.00	108.00
6	—	630	127.00–139.00	134.33
4	—	781	110.00–127.00	122.78
62	—	427	130.00–172.00	154.35
66	—	376	132.00–177.00	157.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	278	167.00–186.00	174.62
1	—	915	121.00	121.00
211	—	473	142.00–178.00	165.14
2	—	878	126.00–127.00	126.49
22	—	772	122.00–140.00	137.94
207	—	423	139.00–195.00	171.82
9	—	815	122.00–136.50	131.71
103	—	572	140.00–165.00	153.00
87	—	681	120.00–146.00	143.20
27	—	712	132.00–144.00	138.15
72	—	326	166.00–205.00	185.36
123	—	369	155.00–200.00	178.17
126	—	625	130.00–153.00	148.81
170	—	520	137.00–179.00	159.55
1	—	1,020	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	140.00–149.00	144.61
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	127.00	127.00
4	—	701	106.00	106.00
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
6	—	799	80.00	80.00
6	—	461	100.00–135.00	115.43
5	—	634	110.00–125.00	114.58
3	—	430	134.00–136.00	135.03
8	—	377	120.00–142.50	131.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
5	—	791	125.00	125.00
1	—	445	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	367	128.00–147.00	137.89
6	—	422	129.00–140.00	134.40
8	—	516	134.00–137.00	136.24
3	—	553	120.00–130.00	126.69
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
11	—	471	117.00–139.00	131.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	521	137.00–141.00	138.67
8	—	652	133.00	133.00
4	—	412	144.00	144.00
9	—	563	134.00	134.00
22	—	378	130.00–156.00	151.75
60	—	472	140.00–145.00	140.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	625	131.50–137.00	132.67
63	—	572	135.00–138.50	137.94
74	—	533	134.00–143.00	138.75
43	—	677	135.00–136.00	135.61
17	—	412	144.00–156.00	148.95
18	—	378	161.00	161.00
48	—	479	142.00–150.00	145.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	457	132.00–135.00	134.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	672	118.00–137.00	130.01
3	—	280	150.00–157.50	154.91
54	—	729	110.00–131.75	126.08
183	—	369	135.00–162.00	149.81
1	—	855	107.00	107.00
98	—	625	116.00–140.00	130.30
137	—	574	119.00–152.00	134.98
155	—	330	133.00–167.50	152.00
6	—	757	102.00–126.00	121.68
186	—	423	129.00–157.00	146.24
218	—	521	120.00–152.00	138.34
223	—	471	125.00–153.00	141.59
6	—	814	108.00–120.00	113.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	474	110.00–139.00	126.59
68	—	424	110.00–145.00	131.86
3	—	760	90.00–110.00	103.16
12	—	659	108.00–120.00	116.62
15	—	614	109.00–129.00	123.59
18	—	571	110.00–126.00	119.97
1	—	270	133.00	133.00
25	—	323	125.00–148.00	135.77
44	—	524	108.00–134.00	120.38
8	—	717	105.00–120.00	112.69
57	—	375	120.00–145.00	134.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	129.00–130.00	129.32
8	—	470	110.00–122.00	115.08
4	—	574	85.00–100.00	95.77
6	—	427	93.00–117.00	110.22
6	—	534	90.00–110.00	102.46
2	—	388	120.00–121.00	120.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	632	125.00–131.00	127.44
67	—	474	127.50–143.00	138.48
79	—	430	134.00–153.00	143.38
83	—	526	128.00–138.00	132.14
9	—	713	125.00	125.00
10	—	386	145.00	145.00
13	—	685	122.00–127.00	124.67
44	—	575	128.00–134.00	130.74
2	—	318	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	110.00–115.00	112.53
4	—	488	100.00–125.00	111.70
3	—	530	120.00–121.00	120.34
2	—	578	103.00–110.00	106.58
5	—	410	125.00–131.00	127.37
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	547	135.00	135.00
1	—	915	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	477	135.00–181.00	156.94
1	—	880	105.00	105.00
18	—	326	151.00–196.00	168.68
19	—	671	120.00–133.00	125.65
66	—	568	127.00–154.00	138.66
81	—	521	131.00–163.00	145.45
30	—	377	145.00–187.50	171.33
43	—	421	139.00–180.00	161.96
5	—	779	109.00–123.00	115.19
8	—	725	117.00–134.00	121.83
71	—	621	120.00–143.00	131.63
1	—	1,070	80.00	80.00
1	—	940	100.00	100.00
2	—	818	115.00–119.00	116.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	330	137.50–170.00	149.19
22	—	378	121.00–160.00	141.84
26	—	474	124.00–151.00	137.64
2	—	670	110.00–120.00	115.15
6	—	630	111.00–123.00	118.14
14	—	569	114.00–133.00	123.67
3	—	769	108.00–117.00	111.08
29	—	535	116.00–145.00	132.24
21	—	425	130.00–164.00	142.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	110.00–120.00	116.79
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
2	—	573	106.00–110.00	108.04
2	—	325	110.00–124.00	117.43
3	—	440	100.00–131.00	120.90
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	627	126.00	126.00
5	—	480	143.00	143.00
7	—	531	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	141.00	141.00
1	—	390	151.00	151.00
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
3	—	470	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	31.50	31.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	809	28.00–30.00	29.46
6	—	787	20.00–32.00	26.09
1	—	725	20.00	20.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	24.00	24.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,035	30.00–38.00	34.39
12	—	1,222	42.00–54.00	50.54
56	—	1,213	35.00–51.00	45.28
8	—	978	15.00–30.00	21.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,333	39.50–53.50	45.52
11	—	1,315	45.00–54.00	48.88
2	—	1,215	45.00–46.00	45.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	961	15.00–23.50	20.28
44	—	1,080	26.00–47.00	39.56
12	—	1,098	40.00–52.00	45.44
31	—	995	20.00–40.00	30.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,635	63.00–83.00	70.16
9	—	1,819	68.00–76.00	73.30
16	—	1,415	34.00–68.00	54.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	64.00	64.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	745	80.00–95.00	86.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,073	38.00–66.00	48.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	868	50.00–72.00	59.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	40.00	40.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	830	80.00–84.00	82.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	86.00	86.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	960	53.00–58.00	55.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,185	85.00–103.00	93.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	42.00	42.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,232	570.00–800.00	654.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	934	650.00–925.00	803.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,128	500.00–810.00	702.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	940	500.00–990.00	776.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,118	760.00–890.00	835.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,183	42.00–49.00	46.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,038	39.00–67.00	48.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	979	600.00–775.00	693.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,063	430.00–630.00	555.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	475.00–660.00	579.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,260	45.00–56.00	49.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,388	48.00–56.00	51.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,301	41.00–58.00	51.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,262	575.00–800.00	714.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,123	500.00–900.00	726.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,016	650.00–875.00	819.17
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	815	490.00	490.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,017	710.00–950.00	879.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,150	900.00–1,275.00	1,098.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	820.00–1,050.00	935.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	775.00	775.00

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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