Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 239 priced lines covering 4,740 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,845 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 747 head. replacement cattle receipts at 429 head. Counted as USDA files them — 59 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,845Last week 2,682Year ago 2,969

Slaughter CattleReceipts 747Last week 623Year ago 695

Replacement CattleReceipts 429Last week 256Year ago 214

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle mostly sold steady to 4.00 lower, however 550-600 lb offerings sold with instances of 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-5.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,102	600.00–1,050.00	834.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	850	87.00	87.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,013	600.00–825.00	690.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	63.50	63.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	58.00	58.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,160	58.00–64.00	61.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	58.00	58.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,127	68.00–97.00	83.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	850	680.00	680.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	915	77.00–81.00	78.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	910	800.00–825.00	813.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	892	560.00–900.00	796.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	59.00–63.00	60.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,166	600.00–975.00	768.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	1,160	925.00–1,475.00	1,194.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,283	64.00–66.00	64.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	65.00	65.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	600.00–750.00	684.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	70.00	70.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	75.00	75.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	685	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,112	600.00–800.00	695.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	971	560.00–960.00	779.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,016	750.00–975.00	892.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	775	640.00	640.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	580.00	580.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,161	590.00–1,090.00	916.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	996	840.00–1,325.00	1,106.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,275	1,400.00–1,535.00	1,478.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,298	1,000.00–1,500.00	1,364.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,298	800.00–1,325.00	1,115.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	835.00–1,000.00	915.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,021	550.00–1,110.00	983.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	820	425.00–1,050.00	848.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	69.00	69.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	809	56.00–96.00	82.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	826	47.00–80.00	68.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,039	54.00–70.00	59.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	495	350.00	350.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	785	975.00	975.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
2	—	638	98.00–102.00	100.02
6	—	336	127.00–139.00	129.68
1	—	585	111.00	111.00
13	—	420	98.00–121.00	107.55
7	—	376	110.00–137.00	118.96
6	—	479	87.00–120.00	105.06
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	65.00	65.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	529	150.00–156.50	153.39
15	—	480	151.00–168.00	164.74
36	—	578	135.00–163.00	157.33
21	—	714	145.50	145.50
1	—	805	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	104.00	104.00
1	—	1,165	96.00	96.00
164	—	428	140.00–169.00	159.74
7	—	861	117.00–124.00	122.87
34	—	670	116.00–149.00	130.09
40	—	766	110.00–135.00	124.11
63	—	624	125.00–149.50	139.35
66	—	321	152.00–197.50	168.88
76	—	567	129.00–150.00	139.71
95	—	372	149.00–177.00	164.23
99	—	470	135.00–166.00	153.36
123	—	522	130.00–161.00	148.45
6	—	822	111.00–120.00	117.63
1	—	245	205.00	205.00
2	—	273	187.50–220.00	203.00
6	—	716	118.00–130.00	125.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	141.00–144.00	142.53
2	—	433	149.00–150.00	149.50
4	—	533	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	541	135.00–144.00	142.88
12	—	573	130.00–140.00	136.64
2	—	495	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	416	155.00–156.00	155.22
52	—	478	154.00–159.00	155.67
65	—	522	142.00–152.00	147.49
4	—	609	135.00	135.00
5	—	576	140.00	140.00
14	—	724	127.00–130.00	128.49
18	—	679	130.00–134.00	133.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	727	133.00	133.00
11	—	613	153.00	153.00
26	—	586	133.00–140.00	136.83
28	—	462	135.00–152.00	147.16
11	—	388	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	627	118.00–136.00	126.75
1	—	865	100.00	100.00
4	—	771	110.00–120.00	116.30
75	—	423	120.00–160.00	139.73
63	—	374	124.00–160.00	143.69
62	—	468	120.00–155.00	137.69
39	—	570	115.00–143.00	132.22
38	—	519	120.00–147.00	134.69
25	—	320	133.00–173.00	153.32
12	—	723	97.00–128.00	121.98
6	—	673	104.00–129.00	123.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	156.00	156.00
12	—	339	160.00	160.00
5	—	405	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	105.00	105.00
4	—	574	108.00–120.00	114.68
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
9	—	481	110.00–128.00	124.09
15	—	529	119.00–129.00	122.15
1	—	615	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	89.00	89.00
2	—	520	85.00–117.50	101.25
8	—	383	96.00–126.50	114.25
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
14	—	425	80.00–119.00	106.69
7	—	466	97.00–115.00	108.76
6	—	324	103.00–133.00	118.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	91.00	91.00
10	—	765	92.00–113.00	103.48
21	—	716	90.00–118.00	108.07
40	—	675	107.00–126.00	119.08
66	—	626	110.00–128.00	119.64
88	—	328	137.00–159.00	147.07
134	—	572	114.00–129.00	123.23
168	—	376	130.00–158.00	146.82
3	—	862	90.00–111.00	101.33
7	—	271	144.00–153.00	151.16
168	—	522	116.00–135.00	128.05
182	—	427	125.00–149.00	141.29
203	—	471	122.00–150.00	135.57
4	—	815	105.00–108.00	107.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	120.00–128.00	124.00
1	—	365	142.00	142.00
1	—	475	131.00	131.00
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
2	—	418	130.00–137.00	133.40
3	—	287	152.50	152.50
5	—	340	132.00–149.00	141.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	114.00	114.00
1	—	850	113.00	113.00
1	—	920	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	329	120.00–145.00	131.13
30	—	568	97.00–125.00	116.86
4	—	769	95.00–110.00	100.22
11	—	721	93.50–109.00	97.82
12	—	625	95.00–115.00	105.88
13	—	679	94.00–117.00	106.88
60	—	475	104.00–133.00	122.52
57	—	518	104.00–135.00	120.43
53	—	375	115.00–144.00	130.17
47	—	423	110.00–137.00	126.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	684	126.00	126.00
42	—	584	126.50–133.00	131.77
11	—	430	133.75	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	621	116.00	116.00
19	—	485	120.00–131.00	125.08
35	—	423	130.00–139.00	134.00
42	—	520	119.00–125.00	123.63
14	—	574	118.00–123.00	120.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	455	143.00	143.00
36	—	434	134.50–145.00	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	639	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	551	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	140.00	140.00
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	446	145.00	145.00
8	—	384	154.00	154.00
5	—	473	145.00	145.00
1	—	517	140.00	140.00
8	—	818	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	66.00	66.00
1	—	935	66.00	66.00
1	—	865	89.00	89.00
4	—	763	55.00–111.00	87.15
5	—	629	105.00–116.00	112.83
6	—	663	90.00–114.00	104.42
7	—	731	85.00–110.00	104.31
18	—	570	104.00–135.00	120.95
22	—	520	110.00–132.00	123.76
8	—	321	146.00–160.00	150.00
17	—	425	130.00–145.00	136.63
30	—	473	115.00–143.00	135.69
34	—	375	120.00–155.00	145.14
1	—	815	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	69.00	69.00
95	—	474	129.00–160.00	148.16
1	—	260	165.00	165.00
85	—	526	125.00–155.00	138.61
3	—	867	102.00–115.00	106.45
7	—	817	95.00–110.00	102.27
8	—	777	85.00–125.00	105.97
28	—	722	102.00–123.00	112.27
32	—	672	110.00–129.00	121.45
54	—	620	112.00–130.00	123.06
74	—	573	115.00–140.00	131.10
2	—	925	89.00–102.00	95.57
17	—	325	160.00–184.00	170.65
41	—	383	150.00–168.00	159.50
80	—	429	140.00–162.00	154.81
4	—	964	83.50	83.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	90.00	90.00
2	—	575	110.00–114.00	112.07
1	—	535	137.00	137.00
1	—	495	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	77.50	77.50
3	—	342	130.00–135.00	131.63
1	—	425	114.00	114.00
2	—	365	103.00–127.00	114.51
2	—	470	50.00–110.00	80.96
3	—	510	115.00–119.00	116.36
7	—	594	100.00–117.00	113.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	128.00	128.00
1	—	520	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,294	45.00–79.00	66.56
27	—	1,825	82.50–100.50	93.49
34	—	1,636	70.00–92.00	84.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,067	38.00–54.00	48.35
69	—	1,235	57.50–72.50	63.20
86	—	1,145	47.00–63.00	57.27
6	—	967	29.50–46.00	40.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,373	52.00–60.00	56.63
30	—	1,381	60.00–71.00	63.81
1	—	1,780	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,033	35.00–43.00	40.64
37	—	961	30.00–54.00	44.15
49	—	1,046	45.00–60.00	52.68
25	—	1,105	51.00–65.50	58.54
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	837	40.00–52.00	45.81
4	—	833	50.00–60.00	54.07
3	—	770	30.50–37.00	34.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	815	30.00	30.00
1	—	815	38.00	38.00
4	—	844	50.00–53.50	50.88
6	—	754	43.00–45.00	43.34

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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