Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 210 priced lines covering 3,952 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,837 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 701 head. replacement cattle receipts at 244 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,837Last week 4,268Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 701Last week 743Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 244Last week 375Year ago 0

Compared to close last week: Steers and Heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 4.00-8.00 lower; offerings over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,700	75.00	75.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,920	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,200	90.00	90.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,295	810.00–1,125.00	970.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	690.00	690.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,144	780.00–1,275.00	1,137.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	848	800.00–975.00	881.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	960	785.00–875.00	831.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	550.00	550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	41	—	947	50.00–95.00	67.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	390.00	390.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	50.00	50.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	807	60.00–104.00	84.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	55.00–78.00	66.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	935	960.00	960.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	875	710.00–900.00	796.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,185	62.00–66.00	63.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,510	63.00–64.50	63.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,085	49.00–72.00	60.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	61.00	61.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,101	700.00–1,075.00	951.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	930	510.00–925.00	773.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,120	625.00–1,075.00	839.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	65.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,077	52.00–69.00	59.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,129	600.00–885.00	728.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,084	870.00–1,020.00	943.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,092	42.00–59.00	51.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	55.00	55.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,120	625.00–890.00	779.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,189	850.00–1,270.00	1,038.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,092	585.00–835.00	719.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	875	510.00–725.00	629.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	61.00	61.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,162	56.00–70.00	63.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	650.00	650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	732	113.00–122.00	118.04
24	—	569	115.00–139.00	128.97
8	—	670	110.00–120.00	117.22
2	—	820	100.00–110.00	104.91
13	—	753	100.00–125.00	115.41
41	—	513	115.00–142.00	134.09
19	—	374	123.00–169.00	151.89
39	—	422	115.00–150.00	138.44
41	—	473	115.00–149.00	135.78
12	—	317	125.00–169.00	150.11
16	—	622	108.50–128.00	119.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	367	154.00–170.00	162.84
20	—	420	145.00–159.00	153.60
3	—	592	121.50	121.50
23	—	526	129.00–145.50	138.23
11	—	622	130.00–135.00	132.64
6	—	713	130.00	130.00
100	—	467	150.00–163.00	158.97
10	—	317	155.00–172.00	166.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	99.00	99.00
4	—	878	105.00–110.00	106.27
15	—	828	95.00–114.00	106.52
57	—	569	120.00–150.00	137.89
37	—	681	105.00–139.00	122.45
31	—	734	100.00–130.00	121.53
13	—	776	100.00–114.00	108.66
118	—	421	132.00–176.00	155.88
100	—	522	127.00–169.00	145.09
54	—	619	117.00–143.00	130.17
60	—	322	140.00–187.00	169.41
77	—	376	135.00–174.00	161.79
124	—	472	130.00–164.00	148.10
5	—	284	164.00–185.00	171.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	115.00–140.00	126.93
3	—	380	115.00–125.00	121.89
1	—	620	108.00	108.00
5	—	470	110.00–126.00	118.17
2	—	538	116.00–124.00	120.02
5	—	434	110.00–127.00	122.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	577	120.00–134.00	132.46
1	—	675	108.00	108.00
2	—	485	130.00	130.00
6	—	372	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	155.00	155.00
4	—	485	140.00–148.00	145.96
2	—	500	135.00–136.00	135.50
1	—	350	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	250	193.00	193.00
4	—	338	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	383	171.00	171.00
3	—	587	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	131.00	131.00
2	—	508	151.00–153.00	152.00
4	—	734	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	110.00–115.50	112.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	97.50–104.00	100.71
1	—	820	85.00	85.00
130	—	472	115.00–142.50	128.10
131	—	523	105.00–132.00	123.21
94	—	568	104.00–125.00	117.65
102	—	424	118.00–147.00	133.75
111	—	378	120.00–158.00	142.05
41	—	671	90.00–120.00	110.46
52	—	619	95.00–130.00	114.12
83	—	327	130.00–166.00	143.45
6	—	284	144.00–152.00	146.60
19	—	717	85.00–113.00	103.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	631	110.00–118.00	115.80
24	—	369	146.00	146.00
52	—	433	121.00–135.00	132.94
11	—	511	124.00–125.00	124.64
54	—	466	120.00–136.00	129.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	759	96.00–100.00	97.32
2	—	670	100.00	100.00
21	—	326	110.00–145.00	131.24
3	—	943	75.00	75.00
5	—	727	86.00–103.00	98.48
2	—	275	136.00–142.00	138.95
45	—	374	110.00–143.00	127.43
61	—	420	104.00–138.00	125.33
97	—	475	100.00–134.00	120.25
8	—	628	103.00–114.00	108.99
14	—	577	92.00–120.00	109.34
43	—	522	100.00–128.00	116.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	97.00–105.00	102.03
2	—	550	110.00	110.00
5	—	437	80.00–119.00	104.26
10	—	384	100.00–125.00	114.52
4	—	476	100.00–110.00	105.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	90.00–100.00	96.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	120.00–127.00	122.15
1	—	560	109.00	109.00
6	—	424	130.00	130.00
3	—	485	120.00–127.00	122.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	115.00–124.00	118.24
16	—	468	120.00–138.00	128.86
4	—	691	111.00	111.00
5	—	434	130.00–136.00	132.38
5	—	379	137.00–160.00	143.28
5	—	579	110.00–117.00	115.60
9	—	318	132.50–153.00	145.53
3	—	618	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
2	—	498	132.00	132.00
7	—	373	132.00–139.00	135.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	125.00–132.00	128.48
11	—	436	110.00–134.00	120.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	818	90.00–103.00	96.00
55	—	570	105.00–137.00	125.52
62	—	474	115.00–147.00	138.60
64	—	524	119.00–145.00	133.71
10	—	722	85.00–114.00	103.46
31	—	665	98.00–123.00	113.11
48	—	621	100.00–130.00	118.85
6	—	765	85.00–108.00	100.38
35	—	429	133.00–163.00	148.02
43	—	377	142.00–173.00	156.80
16	—	322	143.00–181.00	166.39
8	—	282	150.00–177.00	163.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	326	125.00–165.00	144.75
26	—	377	126.00–165.00	143.22
5	—	882	61.00–94.00	87.45
3	—	910	84.00–94.00	87.33
19	—	572	85.00–129.00	113.95
4	—	716	91.00–100.00	94.24
30	—	519	110.00–135.00	123.06
34	—	427	125.00–144.00	134.16
59	—	471	117.50–141.00	130.00
8	—	672	97.00–115.00	105.33
18	—	631	98.00–114.00	109.35
5	—	770	89.00–101.00	98.65
2	—	278	147.50–150.00	148.76
5	—	819	86.00–90.00	87.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	140.00	140.00
4	—	426	148.00	148.00
1	—	565	119.00	119.00
2	—	330	155.00–162.50	158.69
8	—	384	140.00–159.00	149.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	110.00–115.00	113.35
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
5	—	366	125.00–145.00	134.54
3	—	518	110.00–111.00	110.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	146.00	146.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	67.00	67.00
1	—	815	63.00	63.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,359	35.00–79.00	67.17
34	—	1,601	69.00–90.00	79.29
35	—	1,768	82.00–104.00	89.41
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	882	42.00–52.00	45.18
2	—	873	52.00–53.00	52.50
7	—	882	30.00–42.00	36.03
9	—	816	20.00–37.00	23.82
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	42.00	42.00
2	—	903	52.00–57.00	54.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,057	30.00–57.50	48.38
8	—	1,075	25.00–38.00	31.74
39	—	1,103	50.00–63.00	56.40
26	—	980	31.00–51.00	42.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,163	38.00–59.00	54.41
3	—	915	35.00–39.00	36.24
16	—	996	25.00–52.00	45.11
68	—	1,237	50.00–65.00	60.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,410	50.00–58.50	56.05
24	—	1,418	57.00–65.00	61.39

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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