Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 279 priced lines covering 4,874 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,978 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 757 head. replacement cattle receipts at 380 head. Counted as USDA files them — 41 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,978Last week 5,908Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 757Last week 304Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 380Last week 127Year ago 0

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker steers sold mostly 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. The Feeder and Stocker market had some major up and down price swings throughout the week. However, Buyers demand was good for grazing type cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested last week so trend not established.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	379	132.50–177.50	149.74
19	—	421	130.00–163.00	144.95
1	—	805	80.00	80.00
4	—	279	140.00–152.50	144.63
20	—	524	120.00–145.50	134.80
3	—	787	100.00–111.50	107.18
8	—	616	114.00–140.00	128.58
1	—	945	72.00	72.00
5	—	670	115.00–133.00	122.80
5	—	739	120.00	120.00
8	—	327	130.00–179.00	163.15
18	—	481	118.00–177.00	152.97
11	—	575	120.00–134.00	125.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	381	153.00–199.00	178.46
1	—	750	114.00	114.00
1	—	895	105.00	105.00
19	—	672	120.00–142.00	132.19
4	—	726	111.00–129.00	122.24
25	—	329	137.00–202.00	182.09
2	—	825	92.00–117.00	104.50
60	—	527	125.00–181.00	157.03
54	—	479	139.00–186.00	167.51
39	—	573	126.00–166.00	144.94
34	—	417	140.00–191.00	171.30
33	—	629	115.00–141.00	132.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	142.00	142.00
1	—	385	132.50	132.50
3	—	463	130.00–147.00	140.14
1	—	300	170.00	170.00
9	—	517	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	110.00–141.00	127.76
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
1	—	665	94.00	94.00
5	—	430	100.00–130.00	120.01
2	—	328	121.50–129.00	125.11
4	—	459	119.00–135.00	126.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	147.50	147.50
1	—	630	124.00	124.00
3	—	533	138.00–140.00	139.33
4	—	578	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	120.00–145.00	135.09
4	—	539	90.00–132.00	115.72
3	—	640	113.00–121.00	118.33
4	—	575	90.00–135.00	120.39
1	—	660	113.00	113.00
12	—	317	120.00–157.50	142.14
5	—	470	110.00–132.00	119.40
3	—	363	129.00–145.00	137.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	115.00	115.00
1	—	310	164.00	164.00
3	—	290	170.00	170.00
1	—	475	157.00	157.00
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
2	—	530	140.00–160.00	149.91
3	—	373	150.00–160.00	155.04
3	—	597	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	120.00	120.00
23	—	580	125.00–154.00	140.89
38	—	517	125.00–172.00	149.87
41	—	424	130.00–175.00	156.29
43	—	375	140.00–186.00	164.97
3	—	690	141.00	141.00
6	—	618	135.00–142.00	140.12
2	—	265	145.00–164.00	154.14
7	—	717	115.00–138.00	126.39
31	—	318	150.00–189.00	172.15
47	—	475	130.00–170.00	151.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	369	201.00–227.00	220.49
8	—	510	165.00–179.00	168.69
14	—	617	154.00–160.00	156.28
27	—	583	160.00–170.00	167.15
1	—	695	141.00	141.00
7	—	720	134.00–141.00	135.72
2	—	860	131.00	131.00
5	—	803	132.00	132.00
12	—	756	136.00	136.00
27	—	470	177.00–189.00	184.11
40	—	428	181.00–204.00	195.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	895	122.00	122.00
11	—	775	125.00–140.00	134.34
12	—	283	187.50–235.00	201.11
1	—	1,010	92.00	92.00
66	—	628	130.00–160.00	151.87
91	—	329	170.00–227.00	203.27
91	—	573	140.00–175.00	161.02
99	—	376	162.00–216.00	192.57
133	—	521	141.00–197.50	172.08
163	—	472	143.00–200.00	178.61
199	—	427	160.00–200.00	183.23
1	—	920	121.00	121.00
11	—	827	119.00–136.00	130.69
58	—	728	120.00–153.00	145.21
68	—	675	130.00–153.50	147.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	920	108.00	108.00
2	—	595	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	610	156.00–158.00	157.52
46	—	481	182.00	182.00
16	—	379	208.00	208.00
12	—	577	171.00	171.00
6	—	401	175.00	175.00
8	—	539	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	303	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	431	183.00–190.00	186.55
25	—	522	140.00–178.00	169.00
6	—	744	140.00	140.00
5	—	635	153.00	153.00
4	—	593	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	367	210.00–214.00	212.09
3	—	223	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	139.00	139.00
2	—	408	165.00	165.00
2	—	478	163.00–167.50	165.24
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	60.00	60.00
1	—	440	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
1	—	520	111.00	111.00
2	—	378	127.50–130.00	128.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
1	—	660	90.00	90.00
6	—	376	110.00–136.00	126.97
2	—	608	90.00–100.00	94.98
4	—	470	100.00–140.00	122.99
7	—	325	110.00–136.00	120.97
4	—	421	119.00–137.50	126.03
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
3	—	510	100.00–115.00	105.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	110.00–128.00	115.97
1	—	445	126.00	126.00
5	—	326	125.00–143.00	130.79
11	—	373	142.00–160.00	150.65
5	—	475	130.00–145.00	139.09
13	—	282	135.00–160.00	142.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	281	120.00–140.00	131.16
11	—	680	110.00–128.00	122.44
1	—	835	95.00	95.00
24	—	575	105.00–130.00	121.97
42	—	526	110.00–140.00	125.56
46	—	321	120.00–162.00	143.80
4	—	781	104.00–118.00	107.41
78	—	428	120.00–161.00	140.41
4	—	735	84.00–119.00	97.09
12	—	631	110.00–130.00	122.81
61	—	474	115.00–149.00	133.86
72	—	372	120.00–160.00	141.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	789	112.00–121.00	116.23
8	—	831	110.00–122.00	112.73
23	—	273	143.00–177.50	158.98
2	—	875	100.00–115.00	107.46
2	—	983	85.00–107.00	95.97
69	—	670	107.00–135.00	130.51
104	—	321	140.00–182.50	166.95
124	—	567	125.00–145.00	137.51
129	—	374	140.00–178.00	160.73
165	—	424	130.00–175.00	155.95
178	—	522	124.00–156.00	142.60
224	—	474	130.00–168.00	152.26
16	—	719	111.00–130.00	122.80
67	—	622	115.00–136.00	130.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	185.00	185.00
1	—	350	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	390	177.00	177.00
1	—	280	147.50	147.50
10	—	340	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	520	138.00–157.00	146.01
1	—	610	131.00	131.00
6	—	330	170.00	170.00
14	—	720	133.00–136.50	135.51
23	—	688	133.00–134.50	133.74
19	—	369	160.00–184.00	174.26
20	—	469	148.00–160.00	157.91
35	—	417	162.50–170.00	169.71
1	—	770	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	468	157.50	157.50
7	—	427	167.00	167.00
3	—	575	136.00	136.00
74	—	627	138.50	138.50
30	—	360	155.00–178.00	175.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	381	170.00–176.00	173.54
31	—	318	161.00–180.00	173.81
15	—	463	155.00	155.00
8	—	444	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	578	125.00–140.00	135.50
5	—	664	127.00	127.00
6	—	643	130.00	130.00
2	—	500	133.00	133.00
4	—	380	145.00	145.00
27	—	475	130.00–156.00	145.32
9	—	432	135.00–158.00	148.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	120.00–123.00	122.26
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
2	—	678	102.00–115.00	108.57
4	—	380	132.50	132.50
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
2	—	475	125.00–133.00	128.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	674	138.00	138.00
15	—	627	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	337	142.50–143.00	142.61
1	—	350	167.50	167.50
1	—	550	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	352	75.00	75.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,213	850.00–1,185.00	978.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,225	850.00–1,425.00	1,126.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,015.00	1,015.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,109	860.00–1,450.00	1,162.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,113	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,108.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,385	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,478	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,275.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	950.00–975.00	962.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,216	610.00–1,275.00	1,023.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,042	455.00–950.00	690.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,128	55.00–107.00	89.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	121.00	121.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	105.00	105.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,216	56.00–69.00	62.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,019	650.00–1,250.00	1,014.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,161	450.00–1,650.00	1,441.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,014	650.00–1,600.00	1,137.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,024	400.00–770.00	670.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,185	58.50–71.00	63.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,160	55.00–84.00	63.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	46.00	46.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,238	61.00–69.00	63.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,146	600.00–1,035.00	921.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	74.00	74.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,105	825.00–875.00	852.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	997	650.00–1,185.00	1,024.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,220	575.00–1,185.00	930.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,238	800.00–885.00	854.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	975	76.00	76.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	720	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	750	675.00–900.00	760.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	633	650.00–700.00	683.29
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	490.00	490.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	941	52.00–76.00	61.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	850.00	850.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	725	84.00–123.00	108.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,030	40.00–69.00	58.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	837	45.00–103.00	75.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	700	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	800	700.00	700.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	675	575.00	575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	838	615.00–650.00	639.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	950	690.00–750.00	727.52
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	688	650.00–700.00	659.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,305	935.00	935.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	827	24.00–40.00	34.02
2	—	793	15.00–20.00	17.68
2	—	773	40.00–45.00	42.38
1	—	815	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	999	31.00–63.00	47.54
32	—	979	19.00–54.00	38.90
1	—	880	35.50	35.50
15	—	1,069	46.00–70.00	55.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,153	35.00–64.00	55.77
55	—	1,221	50.00–70.00	62.55
21	—	1,016	37.00–54.00	46.92
4	—	918	15.00–38.00	26.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	58.00	58.00
12	—	1,295	54.00–62.00	58.17
8	—	1,339	60.00–73.50	63.90
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	30.00–39.00	34.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,794	75.00–99.00	86.85
13	—	1,359	51.00–77.50	66.10
22	—	1,443	64.00–88.00	75.60
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	43.00	43.00

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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