Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 244 priced lines covering 5,101 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,013 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 737 head. replacement cattle receipts at 337 head. Counted as USDA files them — 66 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,013Last week 6,317Year ago 3,801

Slaughter CattleReceipts 737Last week 1,015Year ago 645

Replacement CattleReceipts 337Last week 356Year ago 229

Compared to close last week: Steers under 450 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower; Steers over 450 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher; Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady, instances 2.00 higher on Boner cows. Slaughters bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	723	124.00–125.00	124.17
5	—	354	174.00	174.00
5	—	302	154.00	154.00
15	—	602	142.00–148.00	144.01
5	—	445	176.00	176.00
6	—	520	140.00–158.00	152.02
14	—	570	137.00–147.00	142.87
17	—	469	145.00–150.00	148.48
29	—	677	122.00–144.00	134.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	115.00–117.50	116.24
1	—	1,025	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,135	87.00	87.00
2	—	1,055	99.00–110.00	104.50
1	—	245	182.50	182.50
17	—	270	171.00–210.00	194.39
127	—	378	149.00–196.00	180.37
126	—	475	142.00–180.00	161.78
110	—	523	138.00–167.00	154.04
95	—	423	141.00–191.00	161.64
85	—	670	125.00–154.00	142.82
82	—	570	134.00–162.00	149.26
62	—	623	133.00–155.00	144.18
42	—	326	153.00–202.50	184.18
22	—	721	123.00–143.00	134.75
11	—	876	110.00–132.50	122.84
11	—	827	110.00–132.00	121.55
8	—	769	125.00–139.00	130.08
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	125.00–132.50	129.63
2	—	570	110.00	110.00
2	—	713	91.00–100.00	95.45
2	—	340	132.00–140.00	135.94
6	—	364	127.50–141.00	131.70
6	—	522	110.00–123.00	118.29
8	—	473	115.00–127.00	123.30
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
2	—	628	113.00–115.00	114.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	693	140.00–149.00	148.38
23	—	460	160.00–172.00	160.51
23	—	566	147.50–161.00	154.31
3	—	410	162.00	162.00
20	—	778	139.50	139.50
86	—	868	130.00–135.00	133.36
372	—	715	143.50–147.25	145.88
24	—	536	159.50–165.00	160.65
23	—	639	141.00–156.00	146.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	639	142.00–146.00	144.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	130.00	130.00
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
1	—	675	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	146.00	146.00
2	—	508	140.00	140.00
4	—	575	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	677	143.50	143.50
5	—	480	162.00	162.00
16	—	518	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	85.00	85.00
3	—	975	110.00	110.00
66	—	476	126.00–158.00	143.20
22	—	322	135.00–180.00	154.57
23	—	677	120.00–140.00	133.99
28	—	631	114.00–144.00	134.87
29	—	371	130.00–175.00	148.63
30	—	521	123.00–155.00	139.10
34	—	574	110.00–145.00	132.44
44	—	429	125.00–173.00	145.76
15	—	719	117.00–135.00	128.97
10	—	818	97.50–125.00	118.01
10	—	768	110.00–135.00	122.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	100.00–113.00	106.42
7	—	320	107.00–135.00	121.58
5	—	575	80.00–114.00	100.85
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
8	—	426	101.00–120.00	112.16
8	—	515	97.00–115.00	108.32
9	—	373	99.00–126.00	114.18
15	—	473	88.00–120.00	109.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	618	103.00–125.00	117.80
1	—	295	152.00	152.00
24	—	669	100.00–122.00	113.61
27	—	323	120.00–154.00	138.65
48	—	418	120.00–140.00	130.76
48	—	575	109.00–136.00	122.75
50	—	526	110.00–137.00	125.31
59	—	473	114.00–145.00	128.85
60	—	376	120.00–152.00	134.78
2	—	795	105.00	105.00
13	—	710	92.00–110.00	107.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	324	136.00–171.00	149.47
59	—	672	112.00–136.00	127.63
82	—	625	116.00–138.00	128.95
99	—	573	120.00–144.00	132.88
105	—	376	135.00–164.00	149.91
120	—	422	130.00–161.00	145.27
155	—	524	120.00–148.00	137.27
172	—	473	125.00–160.00	143.12
2	—	865	92.00–96.00	94.03
3	—	282	139.00–145.00	141.25
1	—	930	109.00	109.00
8	—	766	110.00–129.00	120.52
8	—	834	111.00–119.00	117.22
9	—	722	113.00–125.00	118.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	606	122.00–133.00	125.60
19	—	520	127.00–145.00	141.90
22	—	472	136.00–154.00	149.85
35	—	570	125.00–140.00	133.58
4	—	448	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	607	137.00	137.00
10	—	706	122.50	122.50
12	—	563	132.00–135.00	132.51
2	—	400	159.00–160.00	159.50
5	—	369	140.00–166.00	160.51
15	—	523	136.00–142.00	138.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	117.00	117.00
1	—	725	105.00	105.00
2	—	633	120.00	120.00
2	—	468	110.00–122.00	116.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	847	124.00	124.00
70	—	690	138.00	138.00
6	—	932	102.00	102.00
70	—	728	130.00–134.00	133.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	157.00	157.00
15	—	582	136.50–137.00	136.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	141.00	141.00
1	—	612	123.00	123.00
2	—	500	128.00	128.00
4	—	382	138.00–148.00	145.41
4	—	474	133.00–135.00	133.76
5	—	411	135.00–145.00	139.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	524	120.00–144.00	133.38
29	—	624	110.00–132.00	122.01
24	—	573	105.00–137.00	127.14
2	—	275	140.00–157.50	148.75
2	—	780	102.00–103.00	102.50
1	—	955	80.00	80.00
21	—	324	130.00–177.00	156.36
32	—	470	117.00–156.00	136.86
38	—	373	130.00–172.00	151.74
44	—	427	130.00–164.00	151.67
16	—	676	90.00–122.00	110.09
7	—	715	96.00–116.00	107.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	720	110.00–132.00	121.71
29	—	666	115.00–138.00	129.86
58	—	569	125.00–151.00	138.64
5	—	280	172.50–205.00	185.78
66	—	421	141.00–180.00	161.36
32	—	382	143.00–180.00	164.64
19	—	322	150.00–197.00	178.14
8	—	765	107.00–126.00	120.05
1	—	930	90.00	90.00
1	—	860	120.00	120.00
110	—	521	130.00–154.00	143.14
62	—	476	135.00–166.00	151.34
59	—	625	124.00–143.50	134.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	120.00–144.00	133.49
2	—	563	125.00–127.00	125.99
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
2	—	655	105.00–110.00	107.50
8	—	421	106.00–130.00	120.82
10	—	477	111.00–130.00	128.03
11	—	378	120.00–141.00	132.69
4	—	524	105.00–126.00	112.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
1	—	840	92.00	92.00
2	—	618	120.00–121.00	120.49
2	—	753	91.00–100.00	95.49
2	—	723	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	60.00	60.00
1	—	335	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	492	57.00–64.00	62.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	52.00–55.00	53.70
4	—	804	35.00–45.00	41.39
1	—	810	44.00	44.00
3	—	750	20.00–29.00	24.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	51.00	51.00
16	—	1,395	55.00–60.00	57.46
22	—	1,422	59.00–70.00	62.43
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	50.00	50.00
3	—	812	40.50–50.00	44.95
1	—	545	30.00	30.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	995	35.00–48.00	41.30
14	—	1,036	42.50–54.00	49.32
56	—	1,227	58.50–67.00	62.37
89	—	1,167	49.00–61.00	56.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,151	55.50–63.50	58.96
4	—	1,015	35.00–37.00	35.47
28	—	986	38.00–50.00	45.52
53	—	1,061	43.00–60.00	53.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,798	80.50–97.00	90.54
17	—	1,359	50.00–80.50	73.25
40	—	1,555	67.00–87.00	81.87

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,090	875.00–1,025.00	964.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,075	59.00–67.00	63.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	66.00	66.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,011	785.00–1,000.00	872.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	—	1,191	635.00–1,475.00	1,031.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,205	775.00–885.00	813.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,110	63.00–71.00	66.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,109	51.50–64.00	59.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,237	56.00–62.00	58.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,224	57.00–86.00	63.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	45.00	45.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,320	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,033	875.00–950.00	932.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,060	885.00–1,050.00	954.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	56.00–83.50	67.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,403	67.00–68.50	67.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,215	60.00–71.00	64.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,167	700.00–900.00	826.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,287	910.00–1,360.00	1,230.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,186	810.00–1,275.00	1,048.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,234	65.00–67.00	66.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,380	72.00	72.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,023	68.00–80.00	73.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,206	735.00–1,025.00	945.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,150	560.00–1,250.00	964.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,102	860.00–1,450.00	1,237.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,143	850.00–1,275.00	1,154.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,280	1,175.00–1,425.00	1,303.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,094	1,025.00–1,325.00	1,252.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,098	850.00–1,550.00	1,391.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	968	50.00–77.50	59.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	65.00	65.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	79.00	79.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	906	57.00–75.00	64.44
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	650.00	650.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	780	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	917	850.00–1,100.00	1,022.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,435	1,375.00	1,375.00

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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