Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 263 priced lines covering 5,207 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,620 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 756 head. replacement cattle receipts at 272 head. Counted as USDA files them — 32 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,620Last week 6,013Year ago 5,085

Slaughter CattleReceipts 756Last week 737Year ago 509

Replacement CattleReceipts 272Last week 337Year ago 167

Compared to close last week: Stocker Steers under 450 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher; Feeder and Stocker Steers over 450 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder and Stocker Heifers sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	135.00	135.00
1	—	645	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,158	76.00	76.00
10	—	846	117.00–120.00	118.50
11	—	1,312	76.00	76.00
38	—	673	120.00–138.00	129.45
3	—	928	95.00	95.00
4	—	274	142.50–162.50	150.95
3	—	873	122.00–126.00	124.03
57	—	570	118.00–146.00	135.49
62	—	519	119.00–148.00	138.07
83	—	475	122.00–155.00	140.30
49	—	426	125.00–160.00	143.74
13	—	767	120.00–129.00	127.56
7	—	721	117.00–136.00	124.28
2	—	972	116.00	116.00
47	—	381	130.00–165.00	150.92
45	—	617	124.00–144.00	135.32
15	—	326	135.00–178.00	158.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	707	137.00–140.00	139.19
12	—	546	155.00	155.00
5	—	689	147.00	147.00
62	—	831	132.60	132.60
29	—	618	150.00–150.50	150.31
18	—	574	146.00–150.00	147.39
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	125.00	125.00
1	—	450	132.00	132.00
15	—	504	100.00–131.00	125.52
1	—	850	70.00	70.00
2	—	630	110.00–125.00	117.62
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
3	—	577	100.00–125.00	109.54
3	—	333	107.00–150.00	125.42
5	—	377	110.00–141.00	128.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	788	126.50	126.50
1	—	405	182.50	182.50
10	—	468	158.50	158.50
24	—	529	157.00	157.00
20	—	668	136.50–149.50	142.00
10	—	715	138.00–147.00	146.10
4	—	566	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	762	121.00–133.00	128.09
8	—	266	167.50–197.50	185.19
55	—	678	124.00–152.50	141.03
1	—	965	107.00	107.00
2	—	878	114.00–119.00	116.46
51	—	838	115.00–142.50	141.26
53	—	321	153.00–200.00	184.69
68	—	722	122.00–144.00	141.73
76	—	422	146.00–179.00	168.08
90	—	620	125.00–153.00	144.33
91	—	376	149.00–192.50	175.94
99	—	568	130.00–158.00	148.26
112	—	473	140.00–173.00	154.70
149	—	517	137.00–165.50	154.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	138.00	138.00
1	—	575	136.00	136.00
1	—	620	135.00	135.00
1	—	660	126.00	126.00
4	—	499	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	140.00	140.00
11	—	671	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	878	125.00	125.00
10	—	802	132.00	132.00
19	—	774	124.00–137.00	132.97
34	—	576	136.00–151.00	143.60
42	—	428	157.00–168.00	162.12
56	—	477	139.00–159.00	153.77
25	—	932	122.50–124.75	124.12
32	—	515	138.00–150.00	145.86
38	—	656	138.00–148.00	145.88
38	—	741	138.75–140.25	139.14
46	—	623	135.00–150.00	144.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	140.00	140.00
1	—	405	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	466	155.00	155.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	43.00	43.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	63.00	63.00
1	—	660	46.00	46.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	576	113.00–115.00	113.97
1	—	810	85.00	85.00
1	—	750	95.00	95.00
3	—	325	120.00	120.00
3	—	360	112.00–120.00	115.79
14	—	431	120.00–139.00	126.33
6	—	530	110.00–120.00	114.50
2	—	485	110.00–117.00	113.43
3	—	663	100.00–110.00	104.57
3	—	625	100.00–118.00	110.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	470	133.00–156.00	147.55
2	—	890	99.00–105.00	102.00
2	—	253	162.50–194.00	178.41
44	—	616	115.00–142.00	130.01
3	—	923	88.00–123.00	105.25
5	—	824	90.00–114.00	102.43
11	—	779	105.00–128.00	118.79
20	—	720	105.00–134.00	119.64
27	—	673	110.00–132.00	121.71
68	—	571	120.00–148.00	135.62
100	—	521	122.00–150.00	139.49
45	—	422	140.00–174.00	157.74
31	—	371	151.00–187.00	165.87
20	—	329	155.00–195.00	178.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	124.00	124.00
12	—	526	130.00–137.00	134.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	100.00–105.00	102.54
4	—	278	147.50–157.50	152.98
2	—	833	80.00–87.00	83.51
43	—	577	120.00–131.00	125.40
48	—	423	120.00–156.00	137.24
53	—	481	120.00–148.00	132.25
8	—	730	85.00–117.00	103.11
10	—	764	99.00–117.00	109.46
27	—	621	90.00–130.00	118.38
44	—	525	109.00–142.00	128.19
42	—	372	120.00–165.00	148.59
23	—	322	130.00–173.00	152.42
14	—	673	109.00–122.00	114.98
2	—	910	99.00–103.00	101.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	135.00	135.00
1	—	535	123.00	123.00
3	—	433	135.00–150.00	145.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	127.00	127.00
2	—	418	140.00–151.00	145.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	643	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	724	109.00–127.00	123.43
36	—	667	116.00–137.00	123.75
66	—	328	132.50–170.00	155.18
1	—	240	140.00	140.00
2	—	858	82.00–95.00	88.48
3	—	933	86.00	86.00
5	—	279	143.00–152.50	147.13
70	—	620	114.00–137.00	126.87
74	—	368	131.00–163.00	146.39
28	—	775	102.00–123.00	118.94
95	—	572	120.00–142.00	130.39
119	—	478	122.00–147.00	136.88
154	—	526	121.00–145.50	134.93
162	—	421	125.00–156.00	142.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	110.00	110.00
4	—	491	120.00–123.00	120.76
5	—	443	120.00–125.00	122.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	130.00	130.00
1	—	510	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	440	133.00	133.00
7	—	572	110.00–120.00	118.34
2	—	475	132.00	132.00
2	—	635	100.00–118.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	563	132.50–138.50	135.51
16	—	542	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	328	115.00–150.00	137.85
6	—	279	130.00–145.00	137.75
4	—	725	99.00–115.00	105.86
4	—	824	95.00–100.00	97.53
10	—	774	93.00–110.00	101.98
40	—	620	103.00–123.00	113.93
22	—	668	99.00–123.00	112.52
44	—	375	117.00–146.00	133.35
58	—	575	110.00–130.00	121.49
73	—	423	110.00–141.00	127.76
74	—	472	113.00–138.00	127.11
78	—	520	110.00–134.00	123.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	158.00	158.00
18	—	468	142.00–145.50	143.00
15	—	514	132.00–138.00	134.22
57	—	652	133.00–140.50	136.42
12	—	624	128.00–134.50	132.17
7	—	726	129.00	129.00
2	—	750	132.00	132.00
1	—	800	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	97.00	97.00
1	—	600	81.00	81.00
1	—	690	105.00	105.00
4	—	323	103.00–120.00	111.88
4	—	419	110.00–121.00	116.16
7	—	469	100.00–119.00	112.13
10	—	383	109.00–124.00	121.62
11	—	514	100.00–115.00	105.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	698	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	344	142.50–145.00	144.19
1	—	260	152.50	152.50
1	—	460	127.00	127.00
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
2	—	425	128.00–135.00	131.50
2	—	383	130.00–138.00	133.92
1	—	610	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	615	121.00–126.00	125.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	618	124.00–128.00	126.31
22	—	573	124.00–129.00	126.86
35	—	419	143.00–148.00	146.40
40	—	535	120.00–130.00	125.42
72	—	487	134.00–142.00	135.72
4	—	732	115.00	115.00
2	—	670	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	640	137.00–143.00	138.71
24	—	670	136.00	136.00
40	—	579	138.00–145.75	142.01
65	—	831	128.35	128.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	770	118.00	118.00
7	—	896	113.50	113.50
8	—	722	122.50	122.50
37	—	667	139.35	139.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	803	40.00–45.00	42.29
1	—	835	20.00	20.00
3	—	845	48.00	48.00
3	—	843	52.00–54.00	52.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	52.00	52.00
6	—	1,397	56.00–62.50	59.19
14	—	1,391	58.00–67.50	63.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,161	50.00–61.00	57.48
15	—	911	34.00–54.00	44.45
27	—	1,062	45.00–59.00	53.66
3	—	948	40.50–46.00	44.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,286	58.50–68.50	64.26
67	—	1,206	50.00–62.50	57.08
8	—	1,034	41.00–49.00	46.60
17	—	1,016	40.00–53.00	47.21
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	39.00	39.00
1	—	780	42.00	42.00
1	—	835	50.00	50.00
4	—	834	45.00–46.50	45.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,325	49.00–82.00	66.60
19	—	1,795	82.00–95.00	89.28
33	—	1,628	72.00–92.00	83.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	105.00	105.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	778	63.00–76.00	69.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,003	56.00–59.00	57.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	835	54.00–100.00	69.61
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	788	770.00–800.00	777.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,186	600.00–1,300.00	908.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	86.00	86.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	860	55.00–64.00	59.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,049	63.00–81.00	74.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,093	690.00–1,075.00	906.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,094	780.00–1,110.00	914.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,143	750.00–800.00	776.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	64.50	64.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	978	60.00–83.00	66.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	63.50	63.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,208	775.00–850.00	808.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,199	64.00–67.00	65.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,211	40.00–66.00	59.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,055	750.00–1,175.00	945.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,163.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,120	820.00–980.00	905.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,048	950.00–1,225.00	1,098.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,270.00	1,270.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	913	985.00–1,085.00	1,035.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,047	800.00–950.00	902.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,220.00	1,220.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	850	480.00	480.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	875.00	875.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,125	1,500.00	1,500.00

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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