Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 251 priced lines covering 5,216 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,343 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 817 head. replacement cattle receipts at 364 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,343Last week 6,651Year ago 5,507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 817Last week 789Year ago 896

Replacement CattleReceipts 364Last week 366Year ago 272

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Auctions throughout the state continue to see more fleshy, new crop calves. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	657	85.00	85.00
13	—	481	104.00–120.00	112.35
14	—	383	104.00–126.00	117.84
7	—	585	75.00–110.00	99.35
9	—	419	96.00–125.00	114.59
11	—	516	90.00–117.00	104.48
5	—	314	108.00–122.00	117.12
2	—	640	61.00–77.00	69.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	140.00–177.00	155.96
2	—	563	121.00–125.00	122.99
3	—	243	180.00	180.00
3	—	353	131.00–146.00	139.37
3	—	422	132.00–137.00	134.35
4	—	468	130.00–139.00	134.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	347	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	112.00–120.00	118.22
6	—	409	124.00–125.00	124.82
3	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	610	115.00	115.00
1	—	705	91.00	91.00
10	—	525	105.00–120.00	114.58
1	—	680	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	70.00	70.00
2	—	393	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	268	143.00–151.00	145.81
30	—	670	105.00–120.00	114.12
53	—	333	125.00–147.00	140.01
59	—	613	107.00–125.00	120.62
95	—	377	130.00–151.00	139.55
109	—	430	125.00–143.00	136.79
113	—	473	120.00–140.00	130.97
130	—	565	115.00–130.00	123.30
183	—	519	117.00–137.00	127.70
14	—	716	100.00–115.00	105.72
17	—	805	95.00–109.00	107.20
4	—	770	100.00–107.00	102.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	285	133.00–142.50	137.48
2	—	958	83.00	83.00
17	—	773	100.00–110.00	105.47
10	—	721	90.00–108.00	99.78
11	—	673	85.00–114.00	108.40
19	—	614	95.00–118.00	112.35
127	—	426	107.00–135.00	125.31
112	—	473	105.00–138.00	121.17
54	—	369	115.00–142.00	127.70
41	—	519	100.00–127.00	115.48
32	—	328	115.00–136.00	129.79
30	—	577	100.00–130.00	115.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	679	118.00–118.50	118.36
30	—	582	120.00	120.00
51	—	744	115.00–117.00	116.80
59	—	626	115.00–123.50	117.40
32	—	375	133.00–140.00	137.39
66	—	429	127.00–137.00	132.88
108	—	485	120.00–129.00	126.85
141	—	515	120.00–127.50	125.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	488	131.50	131.50
14	—	588	126.50	126.50
46	—	641	120.00	120.00
20	—	516	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	641	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	150.00	150.00
4	—	400	138.00	138.00
5	—	505	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	141.00	141.00
8	—	536	134.00	134.00
7	—	658	126.00	126.00
7	—	576	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	611	120.00–122.00	121.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	121.00	121.00
2	—	463	110.00–111.00	110.49
9	—	512	103.00–112.00	109.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	112.00	112.00
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
9	—	524	100.00–115.00	109.94
9	—	476	104.00–128.00	117.70
2	—	325	125.00–132.00	128.55
3	—	427	120.00–126.00	121.99
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
1	—	855	73.00	73.00
1	—	585	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	134.00–149.00	142.35
2	—	505	140.00–142.00	141.01
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
3	—	303	160.00	160.00
1	—	455	145.00	145.00
1	—	760	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	165.00	165.00
14	—	315	140.00–180.00	160.88
41	—	364	145.00–176.00	154.24
62	—	428	139.00–166.00	149.50
2	—	1,018	80.00–84.00	82.00
2	—	885	96.00–111.50	103.84
6	—	823	100.00–114.00	108.01
14	—	778	100.00–118.00	110.11
16	—	715	97.00–121.00	115.13
25	—	672	107.00–126.00	117.49
61	—	472	127.00–159.00	142.03
68	—	619	115.00–130.00	122.39
80	—	568	119.00–137.00	128.81
87	—	518	120.00–169.00	134.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	106.00	106.00
5	—	429	140.00–145.00	143.97
2	—	523	122.00–123.00	122.49
2	—	630	97.00–121.00	109.19
11	—	476	134.00–143.00	138.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	423	115.00–148.00	136.63
27	—	329	135.00–151.00	144.12
32	—	378	125.00–153.00	137.22
1	—	915	79.00	79.00
6	—	722	92.00–111.00	101.11
14	—	668	90.00–119.00	111.81
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
42	—	477	118.00–143.00	131.63
23	—	518	112.00–137.00	122.72
22	—	573	110.00–129.00	118.28
17	—	627	100.00–121.00	112.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	130.00	130.00
2	—	565	130.00–133.00	131.51
2	—	480	137.00–148.00	142.39
1	—	445	150.00	150.00
1	—	510	140.00	140.00
2	—	355	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
1	—	260	191.00	191.00
8	—	586	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
8	—	579	130.00–133.00	130.72
1	—	315	141.00	141.00
2	—	610	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	467	159.00	159.00
8	—	673	130.00–131.50	131.31
3	—	507	150.00–156.00	153.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	625	124.00–133.00	130.71
9	—	682	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	733	125.00–129.00	128.05
80	—	486	143.50–150.00	144.95
117	—	530	137.00–147.00	143.28
119	—	574	135.00–141.50	139.12
5	—	667	137.00	137.00
6	—	799	120.00	120.00
15	—	633	140.50	140.50
19	—	435	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	614	147.00	147.00
96	—	528	144.00–155.00	151.27
12	—	652	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	631	128.00–135.00	132.24
4	—	726	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	85.00–110.00	97.36
6	—	780	109.00–115.00	110.97
12	—	708	115.00–128.00	125.21
16	—	680	120.00–133.00	127.97
31	—	325	134.00–163.00	150.43
39	—	626	109.00–130.50	126.33
44	—	375	130.00–157.50	146.77
45	—	570	112.00–136.00	128.83
57	—	527	115.00–143.00	133.16
67	—	423	125.00–152.00	140.99
81	—	477	123.00–152.00	135.19
1	—	275	165.00	165.00
1	—	935	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	121.00	121.00
5	—	419	111.00–130.00	120.43
9	—	574	106.00–110.00	106.88
4	—	536	78.00–115.00	103.20
3	—	657	80.00–100.00	92.73
5	—	485	112.00–125.00	120.80
2	—	333	89.00–127.00	108.14
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	149.00	149.00
5	—	435	155.00	155.00
5	—	489	147.00–150.00	147.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	571	124.00–150.00	139.03
129	—	517	130.00–158.00	145.58
34	—	323	147.00–190.00	160.02
60	—	681	119.00–139.50	134.17
70	—	374	144.00–175.00	158.49
93	—	469	138.00–162.00	151.60
108	—	424	140.00–166.00	152.15
2	—	858	113.00	113.00
3	—	917	105.00–111.00	107.03
10	—	277	170.00–205.00	186.28
11	—	821	113.00–121.00	118.72
28	—	717	120.00–133.50	126.47
80	—	620	123.00–144.00	133.31
4	—	768	121.00–131.00	124.19
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	63.00	63.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	67.00	67.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,382	62.00	62.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,225	56.00–71.00	66.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,068	53.00–73.00	65.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,233	850.00–1,050.00	960.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,173	700.00–775.00	739.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,205	775.00–1,200.00	1,130.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	64.00	64.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,565	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,120	61.00	61.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,005	710.00–800.00	755.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,136	510.00–1,425.00	1,062.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,175	880.00–900.00	895.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,060	540.00–810.00	689.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,206	910.00–1,210.00	1,029.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	978	650.00–1,000.00	871.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	50.00	50.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	58.00	58.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,228	60.00–65.00	62.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,114	700.00–975.00	895.43
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	705	82.00	82.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	950	57.00–70.00	64.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,108	60.00	60.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	813	52.00–71.00	59.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	915	570.00–830.00	707.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	973	740.00–820.00	788.42
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	940	65.00–94.00	89.19
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	72.00	72.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,115	710.00–900.00	793.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,209	910.00–1,060.00	985.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,185	950.00–1,400.00	1,163.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	1,300.00–1,510.00	1,398.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,130	900.00–1,200.00	1,080.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,213	800.00–975.00	869.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,250	900.00–1,350.00	1,126.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	775.00	775.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	12	—	1,164	830.00–1,400.00	1,106.65
(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,088	80.00–89.00	82.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,824	85.00–110.00	99.08
20	—	1,548	80.00–96.00	87.52
6	—	1,369	61.00–81.00	74.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	50.00	50.00
1	—	745	22.00	22.00
2	—	738	42.00–46.00	44.02
5	—	781	30.00–41.00	36.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,206	53.50–64.00	58.73
2	—	988	20.00–44.00	31.91
45	—	1,228	56.00–69.00	63.67
21	—	1,001	38.00–56.00	47.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	810	41.00–42.00	41.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	28.00–44.00	35.33
38	—	1,016	42.00–60.00	50.92
14	—	1,027	54.00–64.00	58.01
9	—	988	35.00–55.00	44.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,356	50.00–66.50	58.13
20	—	1,407	58.00–69.00	64.54

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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