Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 186 priced lines covering 2,868 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,020 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 603 head. replacement cattle receipts at 185 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,020Last week 2,660Year ago 3,771

Slaughter CattleReceipts 603Last week 416Year ago 602

Replacement CattleReceipts 185Last week 232Year ago 151

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	122.50	122.50
10	—	375	113.00–132.00	123.28
11	—	474	107.00–124.00	116.65
3	—	335	120.00–125.00	123.43
2	—	570	113.00–115.00	114.04
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	125.50	125.50
21	—	525	144.00–149.00	145.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	168.00	168.00
14	—	630	140.00	140.00
4	—	734	129.00–133.00	131.52
12	—	764	124.00–131.00	128.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	125.00	125.00
51	—	430	126.00–157.00	143.04
83	—	479	120.00–148.00	135.83
16	—	331	135.00–171.00	148.36
16	—	527	110.00–145.00	130.16
33	—	376	124.00–171.00	141.50
14	—	571	125.00–144.00	133.82
9	—	664	111.00–137.00	127.45
2	—	720	88.50–130.00	108.67
2	—	865	122.00	122.00
2	—	988	100.00	100.00
9	—	612	120.00–136.00	131.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	121.00	121.00
4	—	783	120.00–126.00	123.75
73	—	374	140.00–190.00	167.07
68	—	418	136.00–175.00	155.43
63	—	474	130.00–165.00	149.64
57	—	567	125.00–149.00	139.79
46	—	327	150.00–199.00	175.11
41	—	625	120.00–150.00	133.83
40	—	523	125.00–150.00	142.03
16	—	723	118.00–140.00	133.94
20	—	663	121.00–136.00	129.27
6	—	828	117.00–129.00	122.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	617	135.00–147.00	141.85
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	58.00	58.00
1	—	660	65.00	65.00
1	—	740	72.00	72.00
4	—	644	39.00–51.00	41.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	616	110.00–141.00	128.18
64	—	519	115.00–148.00	134.22
80	—	574	110.00–144.00	128.71
3	—	838	104.00	104.00
18	—	319	180.00–199.00	191.11
19	—	380	149.00–186.00	174.40
46	—	422	147.00–170.00	161.64
10	—	716	117.00–125.50	122.26
10	—	774	111.00–123.00	117.89
16	—	669	100.00–127.00	113.88
49	—	478	120.00–155.00	143.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	617	105.00–124.00	114.46
14	—	577	104.00–130.00	121.63
19	—	518	105.00–134.00	125.82
7	—	677	105.00–117.00	114.01
8	—	321	133.00–179.00	154.85
8	—	383	138.00–156.00	147.90
12	—	422	130.00–149.00	139.94
26	—	471	118.00–140.00	135.28
1	—	735	112.00	112.00
2	—	775	98.00–115.00	106.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	64.00–105.00	91.20
4	—	427	124.00–132.00	128.21
5	—	529	90.00–113.00	102.61
2	—	358	125.00–131.00	128.06
2	—	468	118.00–123.00	120.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	50.00–51.00	50.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	683	125.00–127.00	126.56
11	—	461	139.00	139.00
2	—	618	129.00–133.00	131.04
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	132.00	132.00
12	—	571	130.50–131.00	130.63
12	—	737	115.00–123.00	119.14
3	—	783	116.00–118.00	116.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	726	110.00–118.00	113.79
30	—	670	105.00–127.00	118.01
45	—	326	135.00–166.00	148.55
46	—	619	114.00–133.00	121.48
62	—	425	122.00–148.50	138.98
69	—	570	113.00–134.50	122.97
76	—	373	136.00–154.00	145.14
5	—	857	103.00	103.00
4	—	824	98.00–107.00	102.58
110	—	521	115.00–135.50	126.14
79	—	469	120.00–142.00	130.00
5	—	771	100.00–117.00	109.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	528	105.00–125.00	115.52
3	—	472	130.00	130.00
3	—	395	135.00	135.00
1	—	680	107.00	107.00
6	—	570	102.00–106.00	105.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	622	101.00–128.00	113.84
27	—	378	115.00–144.00	128.23
1	—	955	93.00	93.00
11	—	729	90.00–110.00	102.09
5	—	668	99.00–119.00	107.14
54	—	472	109.00–134.00	122.81
47	—	429	109.00–139.00	128.72
43	—	521	105.00–132.00	117.65
32	—	329	117.00–153.00	135.17
29	—	576	109.00–123.00	117.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	618	112.00–127.00	121.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	120.00	120.00
6	—	639	117.00	117.00
2	—	660	105.00	105.00
3	—	503	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	112.00	112.00
4	—	470	122.00–125.00	124.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	155.00–160.00	157.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
11	—	565	83.00	83.00
1	—	525	104.00	104.00
3	—	475	105.00–118.00	113.51
3	—	368	93.00–119.00	108.40
16	—	419	105.00–118.00	112.74
4	—	327	100.00–120.00	112.74
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	61.00	61.00
3	—	313	51.00–58.00	53.53
4	—	566	60.00	60.00
6	—	417	54.00–59.00	56.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,001	36.00–52.00	46.95
1	—	880	29.00	29.00
11	—	1,090	59.00–65.00	61.92
74	—	1,026	45.00–59.00	54.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	971	17.00–37.00	27.31
17	—	1,012	38.00–53.00	46.62
65	—	1,216	52.00–71.00	63.19
117	—	1,187	40.00–61.00	56.78
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	753	46.00–54.00	50.99
2	—	720	40.00–45.00	42.92
3	—	685	27.00–35.00	30.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,376	54.00–62.00	59.32
33	—	1,417	59.00–71.00	63.65
1	—	1,170	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	47.00	47.00
1	—	735	54.00	54.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,319	45.00–81.50	71.61
21	—	1,735	88.50–106.00	94.21
29	—	1,568	69.00–92.00	86.97

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,329	885.00–1,400.00	1,228.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,160	850.00–1,025.00	908.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,312	900.00–1,025.00	984.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,069	750.00–1,450.00	1,150.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,133	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,198.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	999	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,267.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	900.00–1,000.00	945.18
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,156	54.00–70.00	61.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,134	55.00–73.50	66.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,085	73.50–78.00	75.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,603	61.50–62.50	61.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,335	850.00–990.00	922.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	66.00	66.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,345	700.00–750.00	721.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,110.00	1,110.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	900	700.00–910.00	862.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,139	700.00–950.00	843.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,128	59.00–62.00	60.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	965	56.00–62.00	58.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,368	775.00–850.00	811.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,108	950.00–1,150.00	1,057.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,059	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,184.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,203	875.00–1,200.00	1,024.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,121	725.00–1,350.00	1,025.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,185	625.00–810.00	717.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,307	975.00–1,025.00	1,001.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,164	56.00–65.00	59.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	62.00	62.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,215	700.00–1,035.00	904.03
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	675	710.00	710.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	925	800.00–975.00	913.78
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	983	925.00–1,250.00	1,098.01
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	59.00	59.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	907	55.00–92.00	72.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	68.00	68.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	863	83.00–107.00	93.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	977	57.50–63.00	58.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,775	2,200.00–2,700.00	2,432.02
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,070	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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