Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 238 priced lines covering 4,855 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,410 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 651 head. replacement cattle receipts at 239 head. Counted as USDA files them — 37 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,410Last week 5,137Year ago 4,367

Slaughter CattleReceipts 651Last week 608Year ago 470

Replacement CattleReceipts 239Last week 258Year ago 174

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle mostly sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	135.00	135.00
3	—	367	155.00–159.00	157.03
3	—	602	129.00	129.00
1	—	500	131.00	131.00
1	—	415	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	100.00–118.00	106.39
2	—	528	100.00	100.00
2	—	423	106.00–127.00	116.56
1	—	775	91.00	91.00
2	—	320	129.00–131.00	130.03
2	—	388	131.00–137.00	133.94
3	—	667	90.00–101.00	96.91
1	—	830	86.00	86.00
2	—	563	100.00–120.00	109.96
5	—	618	80.00–116.00	97.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	80.00	80.00
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
9	—	326	137.00–157.50	149.56
15	—	364	134.00–172.50	147.18
30	—	432	125.00–150.00	141.37
37	—	523	101.00–140.00	132.11
3	—	812	90.00–97.00	93.31
1	—	915	84.00	84.00
41	—	473	109.00–141.00	132.25
3	—	287	140.00–177.00	154.10
7	—	718	100.00–118.00	108.90
26	—	570	110.00–131.00	122.90
16	—	683	90.00–125.00	113.84
14	—	621	110.00–125.00	116.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	467	128.00–160.00	146.94
22	—	326	153.00–195.00	179.05
24	—	369	145.00–177.00	164.44
63	—	430	130.00–173.00	157.36
1	—	830	110.00	110.00
3	—	265	188.00–195.00	191.13
3	—	900	94.00	94.00
81	—	572	122.00–139.00	132.30
64	—	626	115.00–137.00	126.82
64	—	523	125.00–149.00	137.23
44	—	666	115.00–137.00	125.10
16	—	719	108.00–125.00	117.70
6	—	763	113.00–118.00	114.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	536	137.00–139.00	137.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
15	—	425	158.00–166.00	161.15
37	—	535	144.00–146.00	144.26
31	—	571	127.00–136.50	134.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	667	114.00	114.00
2	—	370	156.00	156.00
2	—	525	127.00	127.00
2	—	568	126.00–127.00	126.52
4	—	423	138.00–149.00	144.26
7	—	490	127.00–135.00	128.37
8	—	309	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	150.00–165.00	157.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	120.00	120.00
3	—	637	112.50–117.00	115.55
12	—	525	125.00	125.00
1	—	800	94.00	94.00
3	—	1,047	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	748	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	120.00–121.00	120.51
2	—	632	101.00	101.00
2	—	468	89.00–110.00	99.89
10	—	535	80.00–109.00	100.80
2	—	718	90.00	90.00
4	—	592	105.00–107.00	105.50
9	—	379	106.00–125.00	113.97
7	—	327	108.00–120.00	111.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	660	119.00	119.00
14	—	534	130.00	130.00
32	—	417	138.00–145.00	141.62
37	—	467	131.00–144.00	137.93
52	—	576	121.50–126.00	124.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	145.00–150.00	146.71
43	—	669	113.00–127.00	122.01
45	—	328	135.00–174.00	156.59
2	—	868	98.00	98.00
3	—	758	109.00–123.00	116.35
12	—	718	115.00–126.00	118.35
149	—	475	125.00–150.00	137.85
166	—	422	130.00–157.00	143.78
191	—	522	124.00–144.00	133.08
101	—	376	135.00–166.00	149.56
114	—	623	114.00–135.00	126.07
133	—	574	119.00–136.00	127.59
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	666	110.00–120.00	114.91
17	—	326	120.00–145.00	133.23
32	—	627	104.50–124.00	116.28
46	—	377	120.00–142.00	132.19
46	—	579	106.00–126.00	119.13
54	—	475	110.00–137.00	126.83
62	—	422	115.00–140.00	127.25
102	—	523	108.00–130.00	120.50
6	—	724	99.00–110.00	104.86
9	—	766	100.00–114.00	108.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	372	161.00–167.00	164.02
36	—	446	146.50	146.50
51	—	512	125.00–150.00	135.97
103	—	471	137.00–151.00	143.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	432	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	462	162.00	162.00
5	—	745	130.00	130.00
10	—	631	140.00–159.00	157.09
13	—	377	186.00	186.00
2	—	800	132.00	132.00
4	—	1,002	99.00	99.00
8	—	657	144.00	144.00
92	—	512	150.00–164.00	160.53
13	—	438	161.00–177.00	166.98
33	—	561	153.00–161.00	158.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	110.00	110.00
4	—	532	127.00–133.00	131.00
2	—	570	125.00–127.00	125.99
8	—	481	96.00–128.00	118.09
7	—	379	92.50–120.00	110.14
7	—	421	111.00–132.50	124.17
4	—	320	110.00–142.00	126.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	412	155.00–160.00	158.91
10	—	465	154.00	154.00
5	—	506	149.00	149.00
2	—	558	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	90.00	90.00
1	—	315	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	140.00	140.00
11	—	444	155.00	155.00
33	—	527	139.00–157.00	150.59
25	—	481	135.00–156.00	153.09
60	—	628	139.00–151.00	147.05
33	—	720	134.00–140.00	137.95
59	—	574	137.00–148.00	142.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	413	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	767	114.00–137.00	128.56
9	—	819	120.00–134.00	127.06
3	—	858	107.00–130.00	121.27
1	—	1,085	97.00	97.00
6	—	287	175.00–187.50	181.31
7	—	919	110.00–120.00	117.85
40	—	721	118.00–143.00	135.08
42	—	325	161.00–201.00	180.91
63	—	678	118.00–149.00	136.00
73	—	623	124.00–154.00	141.81
88	—	378	145.00–184.00	169.27
1	—	990	117.00	117.00
120	—	573	129.00–159.00	146.24
111	—	472	135.00–170.00	155.11
104	—	522	135.00–160.00	148.35
103	—	422	140.00–178.00	159.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	154.00	154.00
5	—	594	134.00	134.00
6	—	510	134.00–148.00	136.40
7	—	681	125.00–126.00	125.86
2	—	623	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	738	129.00	129.00
8	—	639	155.00	155.00
61	—	431	167.00–178.00	173.22
48	—	507	157.00–163.00	160.69
21	—	584	153.00–156.00	154.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	154.00	154.00
2	—	575	143.00	143.00
3	—	487	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
5	—	717	123.00–138.00	131.54
43	—	574	117.00–143.00	135.54
55	—	476	125.00–155.00	145.03
68	—	526	120.00–150.00	139.07
27	—	625	120.00–141.00	134.15
30	—	328	131.00–176.00	158.11
31	—	423	130.00–154.00	142.83
36	—	373	127.00–161.00	146.25
12	—	668	115.00–130.00	128.09
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	65.00	65.00

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	67.00	67.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,003	600.00–900.00	742.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	830.00	830.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,149	730.00–850.00	805.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,166	800.00–850.00	841.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,077	880.00–1,080.00	957.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	930.00	930.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,273	68.00–69.00	68.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	74.00	74.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,138	900.00–1,150.00	1,032.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,164	60.00–61.50	61.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	75.00	75.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,231	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,041	63.00–72.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,211	59.00–78.00	66.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	85.00	85.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,138	66.00–69.00	67.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,183	58.00–66.00	62.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,098	775.00–890.00	832.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,243	65.00–69.00	67.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,039	650.00–1,110.00	959.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	58.50	58.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,245	850.00–1,040.00	945.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,163	850.00–1,000.00	911.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,232	975.00–1,375.00	1,204.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	957	750.00–1,100.00	1,005.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	895	770.00–910.00	848.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	894	1,150.00–1,200.00	1,192.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	89.00	89.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,410	1,500.00	1,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,134	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,279.76
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	900.00	900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,098	59.00–70.00	64.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	63.00–69.00	65.92
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	724	80.00–91.00	88.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	884	55.00–85.00	76.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,230	62.50–71.50	66.02
16	—	1,018	45.00–56.50	51.69
74	—	1,135	54.00–65.00	60.33
5	—	1,063	40.00–48.00	42.90
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	35.00	35.00
1	—	755	59.00	59.00
1	—	835	54.00	54.00
3	—	722	20.00–37.00	28.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,457	57.50–65.00	61.55
25	—	1,400	62.00–71.50	66.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	882	39.00–51.00	46.10
12	—	970	38.00–57.00	49.01
22	—	1,128	60.00–72.00	63.96
40	—	1,016	47.00–64.00	54.92
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	770	28.00–44.00	36.64
1	—	840	50.00	50.00
2	—	840	42.50–47.50	45.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,388	55.00–84.00	72.89
21	—	1,832	92.00–108.50	99.09
28	—	1,608	81.00–96.50	88.58

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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