Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 283 priced lines covering 6,187 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,790 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 843 head. replacement cattle receipts at 344 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,790Last week 8,192Year ago 8,439

Slaughter CattleReceipts 843Last week 1,131Year ago 919

Replacement CattleReceipts 344Last week 349Year ago 122

Compared to close last week: Stocker cattle under 550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower; Feeder cattle over 550 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand best for weaned and preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	112.00	112.00
1	—	420	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	667	107.00–128.50	123.96
27	—	621	119.00–135.00	124.62
92	—	523	119.00–143.00	130.47
1	—	935	110.00	110.00
1	—	835	118.00	118.00
8	—	757	120.00–126.00	123.73
96	—	478	115.00–146.00	130.41
102	—	577	110.00–135.00	129.03
4	—	870	100.00–119.00	113.48
16	—	328	120.00–176.00	144.72
26	—	379	130.00–168.00	145.33
3	—	293	140.00–150.00	145.00
77	—	428	115.00–150.00	138.36
7	—	739	125.00–130.00	127.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
1	—	625	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	417	127.00–151.00	142.40
17	—	716	125.50–140.00	132.35
125	—	482	142.50–155.00	152.84
72	—	680	133.00–143.25	139.18
24	—	632	128.00–145.50	137.59
16	—	905	128.50	128.50
37	—	387	135.00–166.00	161.72
69	—	567	129.00–148.50	138.18
30	—	534	132.00–150.00	139.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	161.00–172.50	168.41
93	—	633	136.00–157.50	143.22
22	—	768	132.00–135.00	133.77
45	—	524	142.00–163.00	158.23
26	—	674	133.00–139.50	136.88
9	—	703	126.50–136.00	127.58
18	—	579	136.00–152.00	145.60
1	—	455	170.00	170.00
5	—	804	128.00–131.50	130.09
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	60.00	60.00
1	—	400	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	79.00	79.00
6	—	468	104.00–122.00	115.71
1	—	785	79.00	79.00
2	—	565	91.00–122.00	106.50
4	—	511	100.00–115.00	108.85
12	—	385	110.00–138.00	121.02
5	—	328	100.00–139.00	124.30
11	—	420	100.00–127.00	114.96
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
1	—	905	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	455	130.00–145.00	144.09
44	—	541	131.00–146.00	145.68
1	—	660	125.00	125.00
1	—	785	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	526	123.00–161.00	143.25
57	—	376	140.00–187.50	159.69
29	—	842	130.00–139.00	135.27
47	—	329	148.00–203.00	172.07
192	—	573	124.00–154.00	138.69
34	—	771	120.00–142.50	138.90
72	—	671	118.00–150.00	142.69
127	—	627	120.00–157.50	139.59
1	—	1,065	101.00	101.00
4	—	263	170.00–182.50	178.21
19	—	732	119.50–147.00	138.27
140	—	426	139.00–177.00	163.00
78	—	474	131.00–177.00	153.79
1	—	965	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	133.00	133.00
1	—	875	90.00	90.00
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
1	—	480	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	772	117.00	117.00
4	—	715	110.00–124.00	120.35
12	—	622	115.00–130.00	124.41
24	—	657	105.00–130.00	122.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	373	129.50	129.50
14	—	573	117.00–122.00	119.78
74	—	473	114.00–134.00	124.97
38	—	523	132.50–135.50	134.70
4	—	670	114.00	114.00
7	—	431	124.00	124.00
9	—	1,015	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	597	100.00	100.00
1	—	490	106.00	106.00
3	—	518	100.00–105.00	101.64
1	—	370	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	617	105.00–110.00	107.55
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	772	100.00	100.00
15	—	716	104.00–114.00	106.71
36	—	673	100.00–114.00	104.49
2	—	808	80.00–91.00	85.45
80	—	379	111.00–138.00	123.38
85	—	431	109.00–137.00	120.97
1	—	245	120.00	120.00
54	—	571	100.00–125.00	113.86
84	—	515	100.00–122.00	112.28
21	—	622	100.00–118.00	113.09
37	—	321	110.00–142.00	125.29
102	—	474	108.00–130.00	117.35
5	—	279	121.00–138.00	131.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	704	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	630	125.00–129.00	126.42
22	—	704	131.50	131.50
6	—	552	130.00	130.00
33	—	832	118.00	118.00
186	—	774	133.35	133.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	486	130.50–139.00	134.62
3	—	563	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	123.00	123.00
4	—	763	122.50	122.50
34	—	632	123.00–138.00	130.97
11	—	515	121.00–125.00	121.38
14	—	493	134.00–142.00	137.61
29	—	681	121.50–126.00	123.93
14	—	574	124.00–133.00	128.08
11	—	424	143.00–147.00	144.49
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	55.00–57.00	55.67
1	—	625	43.00	43.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	331	104.00–117.00	109.82
4	—	625	79.00–110.00	87.89
15	—	376	85.00–130.00	105.38
9	—	521	76.00–105.00	94.72
2	—	675	97.00–100.00	98.53
17	—	427	90.00–117.00	106.36
8	—	570	89.00–107.00	96.80
28	—	469	90.00–113.00	103.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	116.00	116.00
1	—	320	146.00	146.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
54	—	485	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	529	110.00–121.50	117.11
1	—	295	148.00	148.00
1	—	405	114.00	114.00
2	—	660	105.00–115.00	110.00
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
14	—	467	110.00–122.00	120.02
10	—	573	105.00–115.00	111.63
9	—	626	105.00–115.00	111.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	707	120.00–137.50	135.36
22	—	779	130.00–135.00	133.89
11	—	642	135.00	135.00
17	—	596	133.00–137.50	135.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	105.00	105.00
2	—	662	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	361	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	520	114.00–141.00	127.06
47	—	327	119.00–153.00	142.89
5	—	943	103.00	103.00
114	—	375	120.00–154.00	141.27
6	—	864	106.00–111.00	108.47
55	—	669	110.00–136.00	125.01
95	—	622	113.00–136.00	126.19
10	—	720	109.00–121.00	113.58
17	—	775	101.50–130.00	119.21
128	—	573	110.00–138.50	124.27
4	—	280	142.50–147.50	145.48
173	—	474	110.00–143.00	129.92
126	—	425	121.00–145.00	133.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	678	89.00–116.00	103.59
5	—	771	87.00–113.00	101.80
40	—	380	121.00–156.00	138.79
2	—	270	140.00–142.50	141.23
40	—	425	117.00–144.00	133.73
4	—	813	90.00–95.00	92.01
52	—	575	100.00–125.00	111.74
85	—	526	100.00–135.00	117.40
1	—	950	81.00	81.00
50	—	475	116.00–140.00	128.99
11	—	325	125.00–157.00	142.97
4	—	729	97.00–115.00	105.39
25	—	622	101.00–118.00	112.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	142.50	142.50
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
3	—	397	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	580	115.00–121.00	118.91
34	—	518	126.00–130.00	128.30
5	—	464	144.00	144.00
10	—	351	140.00	140.00
7	—	681	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	612	109.00–120.00	117.59
13	—	675	108.00–115.00	110.70
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	60.00	60.00
1	—	710	46.00	46.00
1	—	370	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	616	92.00–100.00	95.25
10	—	385	110.00–131.00	122.46
8	—	570	71.00–110.00	97.78
4	—	316	125.00–135.00	131.77
13	—	524	85.00–110.00	101.41
10	—	423	100.00–125.00	117.84
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
16	—	466	106.00–120.00	111.71
1	—	870	80.00	80.00
1	—	660	71.00	71.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	641	107.00–110.00	108.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	118.00–120.00	119.49
4	—	688	99.00–117.00	103.61
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
2	—	625	110.00–115.00	112.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	519	119.00–144.00	133.75
46	—	381	139.00–180.00	161.83
4	—	875	90.00–110.00	102.18
1	—	285	167.00	167.00
41	—	328	137.50–196.00	176.91
15	—	755	109.00–117.00	113.58
106	—	570	111.00–134.00	123.69
2	—	925	103.00–105.00	103.99
47	—	625	109.00–127.00	118.93
89	—	423	138.50–162.00	148.17
10	—	816	98.00–113.00	107.22
60	—	472	126.00–163.00	141.98
30	—	672	107.00–124.00	115.33
7	—	711	107.00–124.00	116.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	440.00	440.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	882	410.00–550.00	480.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,310.00	1,310.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,067	49.00–53.00	50.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,159	450.00–810.00	667.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,059	400.00–975.00	715.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,048	620.00–725.00	681.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,162	635.00–1,080.00	759.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,018	540.00–675.00	624.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,168	735.00–900.00	827.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,030	450.00–500.00	471.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,240	550.00–1,150.00	854.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,250	825.00–850.00	839.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,057	38.00–60.00	48.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,294	45.00–67.00	52.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,118	44.00–57.00	51.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,073	800.00–1,050.00	965.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,093	630.00–730.00	670.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,565	48.00	48.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	53.00	53.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,069	470.00–710.00	618.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,194	550.00–1,150.00	872.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	48.50	48.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,109	620.00–1,125.00	868.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	54.00	54.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,117	750.00–1,250.00	993.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	983	800.00–925.00	833.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,448.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,445	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,490	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,100	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	525.00	525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	42.00–64.00	47.78
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	751	40.00–86.00	64.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	897	490.00–650.00	566.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	988	42.00–70.00	52.23
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	925.00	925.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,030	60.50	60.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	1,000.00	1,000.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	977	18.00–38.00	27.13
28	—	1,081	25.00–45.00	34.87
5	—	1,293	47.50–57.00	53.34
58	—	1,139	37.00–55.00	44.43
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	34.00	34.00
1	—	790	40.00	40.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	36.00–42.00	39.37
6	—	1,304	46.00–56.50	49.78
13	—	1,403	44.00–55.50	47.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	988	31.00–40.00	36.24
3	—	873	26.00–32.50	29.58
17	—	1,011	37.00–47.00	42.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	37.00	37.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,322	31.00–75.00	57.65
24	—	1,648	50.00–82.00	72.04
7	—	1,688	73.00–83.50	78.56

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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