Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 214 priced lines covering 2,826 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,333 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 604 head. replacement cattle receipts at 373 head. Counted as USDA files them — 117 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,333Last week 5,845Year ago 3,167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 604Last week 747Year ago 549

Replacement CattleReceipts 373Last week 429Year ago 219

Compared to close last week: Stocker steers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady; Steers over 600 lbs lightly tested. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
5	—	529	110.00–125.00	119.16
3	—	415	125.00	125.00
4	—	625	114.00–123.00	120.79
5	—	345	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	135.00–138.00	136.31
2	—	348	143.00	143.00
1	—	280	151.00	151.00
4	—	371	130.00–138.00	135.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	342	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	157.00–160.00	158.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	90.00–119.00	105.90
1	—	310	106.00	106.00
3	—	468	90.00–100.00	93.31
5	—	517	100.00–112.50	102.54
8	—	373	106.00–125.00	119.29
3	—	583	99.00–101.00	99.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	150.00–158.00	154.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	797	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	85.00	85.00
6	—	829	90.00–104.00	98.33
45	—	622	113.00–132.00	122.41
55	—	472	125.00–140.00	131.91
3	—	858	90.00–106.00	95.79
5	—	773	109.00–114.00	110.38
9	—	267	157.50–165.00	164.10
11	—	682	110.00–122.00	117.75
15	—	725	95.00–117.00	109.83
26	—	319	143.00–160.00	148.13
41	—	378	130.00–145.50	140.49
104	—	519	120.00–135.00	127.60
98	—	573	115.00–133.00	124.21
89	—	420	125.00–144.00	137.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	764	106.50	106.50
7	—	693	107.00–111.00	108.70
9	—	642	110.00	110.00
14	—	536	115.00–128.00	123.10
37	—	714	106.50–111.00	110.39
5	—	375	142.00	142.00
8	—	415	139.00	139.00
18	—	490	129.00–138.00	129.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	100.00	100.00
6	—	782	81.00–104.00	99.84
2	—	918	78.00–87.00	82.51
3	—	830	85.00–100.00	93.05
52	—	427	110.00–136.00	127.10
47	—	525	105.00–127.00	121.72
35	—	476	115.00–130.00	123.84
33	—	373	117.00–141.00	130.37
25	—	627	96.00–122.00	110.63
22	—	571	100.00–122.50	114.07
22	—	325	110.00–142.00	130.24
8	—	731	85.00–104.00	97.89
5	—	674	89.00–112.00	103.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	145.00–158.00	149.23
2	—	388	140.00–147.00	143.48
1	—	600	132.00	132.00
1	—	485	136.00	136.00
1	—	540	127.00	127.00
1	—	330	157.00	157.00
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	118.00–127.00	122.48
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
2	—	630	114.00–115.00	114.49
2	—	723	96.00–107.00	101.60
4	—	873	89.00–105.00	93.03
15	—	424	120.00–145.00	135.10
2	—	335	137.00–140.00	138.50
16	—	370	130.00–150.00	137.86
16	—	468	110.00–148.00	133.64
11	—	568	110.00–128.00	118.69
20	—	523	115.00–142.00	131.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	144.00–165.00	154.50
8	—	726	103.00–123.00	114.80
2	—	820	110.00–117.00	113.50
19	—	375	153.00–180.00	160.78
32	—	424	140.00–163.00	151.41
1	—	860	115.00	115.00
7	—	767	100.00–120.00	114.83
22	—	676	114.00–129.00	120.34
32	—	526	130.00–148.00	137.62
37	—	573	124.00–138.00	131.78
37	—	617	118.00–134.00	126.62
39	—	473	131.00–162.00	147.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	170.00	170.00
8	—	819	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	119.00	119.00
3	—	433	95.00–125.00	113.17
5	—	361	102.00–130.00	120.71
8	—	521	101.00–127.00	114.01
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	659	124.50–125.00	124.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	111.00	111.00
1	—	865	111.00	111.00
66	—	567	129.00–151.00	140.31
107	—	473	139.00–167.00	151.58
1	—	920	111.00	111.00
1	—	975	105.00	105.00
3	—	818	112.00–121.00	116.32
4	—	279	158.00–179.00	167.11
62	—	520	137.00–156.00	147.18
52	—	429	144.00–169.00	157.10
43	—	372	150.00–187.50	164.78
27	—	665	120.00–137.50	129.82
26	—	621	120.00–145.00	132.10
23	—	322	149.00–187.50	169.70
8	—	713	119.00–137.00	128.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	604	130.50	130.50
13	—	562	130.00–143.00	138.94
14	—	529	140.00–147.00	141.47
14	—	806	105.00–120.00	116.75
7	—	722	138.00	138.00
32	—	489	145.00–155.00	152.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	121.00–123.50	122.89
1	—	770	120.00	120.00
5	—	717	114.00–125.00	121.75
1	—	955	104.00	104.00
26	—	476	129.00–144.00	137.90
26	—	580	117.00–140.00	129.84
33	—	376	134.00–150.00	142.77
41	—	428	125.00–150.00	141.15
25	—	528	124.00–141.00	134.15
15	—	613	116.00–135.00	126.12
11	—	325	125.00–165.00	146.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	128.00	128.00
5	—	501	134.00–140.00	135.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
1	—	710	95.00	95.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
5	—	514	100.00–125.00	108.20
1	—	340	135.00	135.00
4	—	577	96.00–118.50	108.48
1	—	490	107.00	107.00
2	—	405	110.00–127.00	118.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	636	130.00–139.00	137.07
30	—	658	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	132.50	132.50
1	—	840	119.00	119.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	63.00	63.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,330	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,539.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	982	510.00–1,270.00	965.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,160	820.00–1,500.00	1,167.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,141	600.00–1,600.00	1,334.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,095	825.00–1,170.00	985.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,052	900.00–1,525.00	1,276.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,106	900.00–1,175.00	1,046.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,146	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,196.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,153	930.00–1,225.00	1,080.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,260	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,260.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,051	700.00–1,090.00	919.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	984	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,887.30
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	60.00	60.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	808	75.00–108.00	93.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	54	—	886	54.00–98.00	79.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	900	50.00–80.00	65.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	973	60.00–80.00	68.73
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	530	32.00	32.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	77.00	77.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	950	700.00–800.00	752.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,082	970.00–1,100.00	1,022.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,049	760.00–1,175.00	932.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,077	840.00–1,375.00	1,209.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	871	690.00–1,080.00	882.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	956	700.00–1,290.00	983.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	60.00–64.00	61.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,218	730.00–950.00	840.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,177	53.00–78.00	59.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,210	650.00–835.00	751.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,230	63.00–64.00	63.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	54.00	54.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,204	55.00–68.00	62.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,080	650.00–1,150.00	933.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	950.00–1,050.00	1,002.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,107	735.00–900.00	799.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	991	54.00–67.00	59.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,108	700.00–1,010.00	821.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,180	735.00–800.00	772.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	897	830.00–975.00	884.45
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	550.00	550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	730	725.00	725.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	753	685.00–765.00	724.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,324	60.00–78.00	71.33
24	—	1,786	88.00–101.00	93.34
37	—	1,639	72.00–93.00	84.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,031	42.00–55.00	51.25
45	—	1,187	61.00–68.50	63.71
93	—	1,164	52.00–64.00	57.80
1	—	1,020	42.00	42.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,338	52.00–68.00	57.05
22	—	1,413	60.00–72.00	64.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,018	59.00–66.00	61.34
22	—	945	35.00–54.00	45.38
55	—	1,028	45.00–58.00	52.63
5	—	973	30.00–37.00	34.49
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	767	46.00–50.00	46.63
8	—	805	35.00–45.00	38.22
1	—	770	65.00	65.00
2	—	665	20.00–25.00	22.24
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	838	39.00–41.50	39.84
5	—	784	47.00–52.00	49.31

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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