Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 217 priced lines covering 2,607 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,778 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 414 head. replacement cattle receipts at 175 head. Counted as USDA files them — 14 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,778Last week 2,355Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 414Last week 299Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 175Last week 150Year ago 0

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Wet and muddy conditions still apparent throughout the state which continues to put a damper on livestock movement.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	571	130.00–155.00	138.68
2	—	813	117.00–124.00	120.47
5	—	326	175.00–195.00	184.64
24	—	622	120.00–142.00	134.58
7	—	857	103.00–123.00	119.88
38	—	473	141.00–171.00	158.41
53	—	526	130.00–166.00	147.93
1	—	990	97.00	97.00
4	—	281	165.00–190.00	176.37
8	—	721	119.00–135.00	124.82
13	—	677	124.00–141.00	130.79
15	—	374	158.00–174.00	165.43
24	—	424	150.00–196.00	168.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	101.00–121.00	110.65
9	—	317	132.00–160.00	147.04
6	—	580	120.00–139.00	125.89
8	—	521	127.00–146.00	135.87
9	—	382	136.00–159.00	147.25
22	—	476	131.00–150.00	142.36
19	—	428	130.00–155.00	143.33
4	—	671	120.00–125.00	122.26
1	—	825	112.00	112.00
1	—	950	94.00	94.00
3	—	630	100.00–122.00	114.23
1	—	790	110.00	110.00
1	—	280	160.00	160.00
1	—	885	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
2	—	560	118.00–125.00	121.50
2	—	315	120.00–129.00	124.43
3	—	515	116.00–123.00	119.74
2	—	445	125.00–134.00	129.50
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
7	—	374	100.00–129.00	117.68
7	—	471	118.00–131.00	126.06
2	—	775	92.00–96.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	167.00	167.00
8	—	357	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	146.00	146.00
4	—	528	148.00–152.00	148.98
3	—	374	162.50–165.00	164.14
8	—	428	144.00–161.00	155.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	119.00–120.00	119.51
1	—	510	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	100.00–136.00	122.04
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
2	—	563	109.00–112.00	110.51
5	—	421	110.00–126.00	120.80
5	—	475	106.00–128.00	117.05
3	—	517	120.00–124.00	121.37
4	—	325	116.00–147.50	130.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	120.00–132.00	126.04
8	—	666	130.00–141.00	139.06
84	—	467	144.00–182.00	164.97
59	—	522	139.00–175.00	156.32
64	—	568	142.00–166.00	152.54
48	—	324	148.00–212.50	180.58
43	—	368	161.00–197.00	180.26
29	—	615	135.00–148.00	141.70
4	—	856	133.00	133.00
103	—	419	145.00–192.50	171.94
13	—	724	128.00–141.00	131.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	494	151.00	151.00
5	—	540	156.00	156.00
7	—	644	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	160.00	160.00
14	—	328	140.00–170.00	157.31
2	—	963	121.00	121.00
4	—	721	120.00–130.00	122.46
2	—	675	120.00–129.00	124.43
16	—	569	121.00–135.00	129.35
19	—	520	124.00–152.50	134.19
25	—	425	130.00–170.00	146.81
25	—	370	140.00–170.00	155.04
27	—	472	126.00–159.00	139.23
10	—	618	120.00–133.00	127.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	174.00	174.00
7	—	725	133.00	133.00
18	—	454	175.00–179.00	175.40
21	—	561	148.00–164.00	157.49
29	—	622	140.00–148.00	145.42
33	—	522	155.00–171.00	167.65
23	—	676	138.00–143.00	139.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	135.00	135.00
1	—	570	137.00	137.00
1	—	520	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
2	—	393	150.00	150.00
1	—	475	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	355	175.00	175.00
8	—	465	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
2	—	670	135.00	135.00
4	—	550	129.00–135.00	133.50
2	—	440	150.00–155.00	152.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	359	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	85.00–100.00	92.62
4	—	470	100.00–118.00	107.94
3	—	670	80.00–105.00	96.67
6	—	369	103.00–120.00	112.63
8	—	416	105.00–120.00	110.41
1	—	345	113.00	113.00
8	—	523	90.00–130.00	119.10
1	—	585	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
19	—	419	149.00–161.00	149.78
31	—	476	145.00–157.00	148.60
1	—	745	125.00	125.00
3	—	560	135.00–145.00	140.30
17	—	755	120.00	120.00
1	—	330	162.50	162.50
24	—	634	130.00–132.00	131.58
66	—	527	133.00–152.00	141.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	112.00	112.00
1	—	495	118.00	118.00
4	—	415	127.50–135.00	131.84
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,063	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	114.00	114.00
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
11	—	410	130.00–141.00	137.94
4	—	343	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	422	140.00–153.00	143.20
1	—	545	135.00	135.00
13	—	323	152.00–152.50	152.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	573	120.00–140.00	129.68
110	—	375	139.00–162.50	149.57
5	—	725	117.00–123.00	120.17
80	—	520	128.00–150.00	136.23
20	—	618	115.00–135.00	126.89
44	—	324	130.00–162.50	147.74
76	—	422	130.00–162.50	147.69
89	—	471	130.00–157.50	142.28
6	—	801	110.00	110.00
2	—	780	117.00–120.00	118.47
4	—	666	120.00–126.00	123.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	424	110.00–140.00	130.23
38	—	474	115.00–137.00	125.44
7	—	619	115.00–123.00	120.27
5	—	977	97.00	97.00
17	—	572	110.00–127.00	120.45
27	—	524	118.00–131.00	124.96
30	—	322	121.00–162.50	135.32
33	—	370	120.00–143.00	135.85
1	—	265	141.00	141.00
7	—	682	110.00–117.00	113.56
8	—	783	90.00–115.00	107.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	542	126.00	126.00
3	—	600	128.00	128.00
8	—	569	129.00	129.00
20	—	466	141.00–147.00	144.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	150.00	150.00
5	—	494	138.00	138.00
7	—	427	147.00–150.00	147.82
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	56.00	56.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,033	1,050.00–1,500.00	1,209.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,680	1,280.00	1,280.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	600.00–900.00	748.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	1,330.00	1,330.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	780.00	780.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,478	1,025.00–1,275.00	1,179.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	650	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	69.00	69.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,108	625.00–900.00	773.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,350	72.00–72.50	72.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	68.00	68.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	65.00	65.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,136	600.00–1,150.00	763.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,185	50.00–53.50	51.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,338	825.00–1,100.00	959.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,209	45.00–94.00	67.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,067	435.00–1,010.00	860.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	970	710.00–1,050.00	858.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	76.00	76.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,168	108.00–110.00	109.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,085	91.00–108.00	100.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,259	48.00–67.00	58.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,129	450.00–935.00	634.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,170	46.00–50.00	47.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,163	570.00–1,050.00	877.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,027	720.00–1,050.00	845.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	967	450.00–750.00	639.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,204	65.00–75.00	70.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	88.00	88.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	105.00	105.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	808	550.00–660.00	601.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	805	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	660	450.00	450.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,041	49.00–105.00	72.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	55.00–60.00	57.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	49.00	49.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	826	80.00–100.00	90.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	56.00	56.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	815	725.00–750.00	736.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,120	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,334	50.00–67.00	59.47
14	—	1,745	74.00–92.50	82.56
21	—	1,547	65.00–87.00	77.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,213	35.00–62.00	55.66
45	—	1,281	52.00–70.00	63.14
1	—	965	24.00	24.00
10	—	1,037	18.00–56.00	41.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	994	20.00–57.00	40.38
57	—	1,061	36.00–66.00	47.16
17	—	1,177	46.00–73.00	56.83
1	—	920	13.50	13.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,448	40.00–64.00	54.57
11	—	1,495	56.00–71.00	63.91
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	19.00	19.00
1	—	830	29.00	29.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	793	24.50–37.00	29.68
8	—	864	35.00–46.00	40.51

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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