Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 256 priced lines covering 4,808 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,024 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 770 head. replacement cattle receipts at 246 head. Counted as USDA files them — 45 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,024Last week 5,880Year ago 10,514

Slaughter CattleReceipts 770Last week 622Year ago 590

Replacement CattleReceipts 246Last week 336Year ago 138

Trend not applicable due to auctions not recently reported.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	568	113.00–133.00	124.11
8	—	283	141.00–150.00	145.27
1	—	1,110	75.00	75.00
132	—	521	117.00–137.50	128.73
58	—	333	139.00–169.00	153.18
2	—	885	136.00	136.00
55	—	624	113.00–129.00	120.69
92	—	378	130.00–167.00	148.41
163	—	471	117.00–146.00	132.07
167	—	426	123.00–165.00	143.20
16	—	824	93.00–112.00	108.58
2	—	785	83.00–110.00	96.67
24	—	666	110.00–123.00	117.00
13	—	720	112.00–120.00	115.83
9	—	916	105.50–106.50	106.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	621	117.00–132.00	125.31
5	—	318	162.00	162.00
3	—	708	127.00	127.00
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
23	—	419	143.00–169.00	163.25
54	—	523	129.00–139.00	132.79
20	—	485	133.00–167.50	136.22
15	—	376	146.50–166.00	156.33
53	—	572	123.00–140.00	130.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	124.00	124.00
3	—	735	122.00	122.00
9	—	756	121.50	121.50
6	—	839	115.00–116.50	116.25
9	—	992	106.00	106.00
17	—	593	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	107.00	107.00
7	—	482	115.00–126.00	123.56
2	—	683	110.00–111.00	110.51
1	—	725	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
2	—	528	104.00–117.00	110.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	137.00	137.00
4	—	297	147.00	147.00
5	—	358	149.00	149.00
11	—	632	115.00–122.00	119.40
2	—	440	127.00	127.00
36	—	481	120.00–133.00	128.88
16	—	574	120.00–127.50	123.99
9	—	514	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	440	156.00	156.00
34	—	620	119.00–124.00	121.06
6	—	333	154.00	154.00
24	—	378	134.00–156.00	148.55
34	—	473	123.00–150.00	131.65
30	—	677	118.00–119.00	118.37
27	—	513	125.00–137.00	133.48
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	24.00	24.00
1	—	360	70.00	70.00
1	—	525	30.00	30.00
2	—	560	30.00–71.00	50.87
1	—	450	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	571	106.00–125.00	115.90
13	—	632	104.50–118.00	110.84
1	—	915	70.00	70.00
25	—	324	120.00–142.00	131.57
28	—	527	105.00–122.00	116.67
3	—	682	102.00–117.00	109.56
4	—	780	103.00–110.00	104.78
1	—	230	144.00	144.00
40	—	370	110.00–146.00	129.68
3	—	725	100.00–105.00	102.02
4	—	280	120.00–146.00	132.94
51	—	427	115.00–137.00	125.38
54	—	475	110.00–130.00	121.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	471	81.00–111.00	101.97
8	—	373	100.00–117.50	109.63
4	—	431	105.50–117.00	110.84
3	—	333	107.50–115.00	112.14
4	—	579	86.00–100.00	94.38
2	—	675	80.00–110.00	94.89
5	—	538	90.00–117.00	106.20
5	—	631	60.00–100.00	81.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	132.00–137.00	134.53
1	—	660	109.00	109.00
3	—	425	130.00–143.00	134.83
1	—	535	126.00	126.00
2	—	585	118.00–125.00	121.44
3	—	310	138.00–150.00	142.52
8	—	464	125.00–138.00	134.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	139.00	139.00
4	—	418	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	808	95.00–106.00	98.96
32	—	579	118.00–145.00	134.10
10	—	716	110.00–119.00	116.29
2	—	860	100.00–113.00	106.58
43	—	619	117.00–138.00	129.93
49	—	421	138.00–177.00	161.70
40	—	380	150.00–183.00	171.38
65	—	527	121.00–153.00	142.93
10	—	322	153.00–183.00	170.10
14	—	672	110.00–131.00	121.72
38	—	480	139.00–165.00	151.89
4	—	284	150.00–187.50	174.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	931	87.00	87.00
6	—	666	124.00	124.00
6	—	605	127.00	127.00
11	—	419	154.00–157.00	155.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	372	130.00–161.00	147.44
17	—	471	120.00–143.00	134.13
4	—	674	100.00–116.00	107.94
21	—	434	127.00–160.00	145.21
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
3	—	767	73.00–105.00	87.59
9	—	623	109.00–120.00	115.03
1	—	825	76.00	76.00
1	—	340	162.50	162.50
7	—	568	110.00–134.00	124.39
26	—	527	114.00–140.00	128.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	100.00–115.00	108.51
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
2	—	320	100.00–130.00	115.00
2	—	355	110.00–131.00	120.35
5	—	473	100.00–110.00	106.03
4	—	423	117.00–126.00	121.14
2	—	593	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	127.50–132.00	129.80
2	—	373	155.00–158.00	156.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	475	136.00–178.00	156.95
4	—	819	107.00–129.00	121.31
25	—	773	104.00–133.00	126.00
128	—	570	130.00–155.00	142.49
60	—	716	120.00–143.00	130.00
124	—	526	131.00–169.00	153.45
11	—	859	110.00–125.00	118.83
67	—	375	151.00–208.00	174.93
45	—	621	126.00–145.00	140.35
4	—	930	114.00	114.00
118	—	422	144.00–187.50	165.97
53	—	326	160.00–213.00	180.98
63	—	669	119.00–138.00	132.73
1	—	1,025	110.00	110.00
1	—	985	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	664	130.00–138.00	133.99
25	—	428	165.00–185.00	174.89
85	—	470	141.00–182.00	176.36
112	—	562	138.00–157.50	155.25
1	—	335	181.00	181.00
2	—	383	170.00	170.00
86	—	524	144.00–170.00	163.87
43	—	721	127.00–141.00	133.97
49	—	615	136.00–154.00	143.26
11	—	810	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	579	144.00–150.00	145.73
5	—	475	144.00	144.00
50	—	611	144.00–145.00	144.36
31	—	533	152.00–155.00	154.07
18	—	673	140.00–143.00	141.96
17	—	440	175.00–179.00	177.56
6	—	334	187.00	187.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	50.00–55.00	52.36
1	—	435	50.00	50.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
3	—	623	121.00–125.00	123.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	133.00	133.00
5	—	752	123.00	123.00
7	—	608	135.00–136.00	135.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	274	135.00	135.00
3	—	913	92.00–100.00	94.63
48	—	424	121.00–170.00	144.02
4	—	769	111.00–119.00	115.76
32	—	524	120.00–140.00	131.10
2	—	828	115.00	115.00
6	—	716	105.00–127.00	116.76
19	—	628	110.00–135.00	127.05
49	—	474	123.00–161.00	138.28
1	—	855	99.00	99.00
43	—	577	114.00–143.00	128.06
29	—	328	135.00–170.00	149.52
33	—	376	133.00–180.00	161.03
24	—	665	110.00–130.00	122.15
1	—	1,010	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	101.00–125.00	119.09
7	—	483	90.00–128.00	117.25
6	—	526	90.00–116.00	106.21
1	—	550	107.00	107.00
1	—	650	85.00	85.00
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
1	—	340	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	673	125.00–130.00	127.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	170.00	170.00
28	—	673	130.00–136.00	132.51
4	—	383	149.00–156.00	152.55
6	—	748	127.50	127.50
9	—	625	130.00	130.00
9	—	777	125.00–128.50	126.92
11	—	427	152.00–172.00	162.79
37	—	492	156.00–162.00	159.03
18	—	584	133.50–140.00	137.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	131.00–147.00	136.06
1	—	590	145.00	145.00
4	—	309	145.00–165.00	152.44
2	—	360	157.50	157.50
1	—	485	145.00	145.00
3	—	417	130.00–164.00	146.80
1	—	275	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	173.00	173.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,599	50.00–83.00	75.67
23	—	1,338	45.00–75.00	61.47
18	—	1,755	78.00–94.00	84.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,262	40.00–57.00	48.20
42	—	1,265	50.00–60.50	54.03
11	—	960	23.00–38.00	32.88
13	—	1,002	30.00–44.00	38.27
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	24.00	24.00
1	—	830	46.00	46.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,470	50.00–62.00	55.23
19	—	1,451	45.00–53.00	50.56
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	27.50–38.00	32.61
3	—	842	39.00	39.00
1	—	800	21.00	21.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,032	21.00–40.00	34.40
63	—	1,113	33.00–50.50	43.84
12	—	994	20.00–36.00	30.06
16	—	1,155	48.00–58.00	52.33

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	65.00	65.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,182	500.00–925.00	732.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	888	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,239	48.00–61.00	55.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,092	48.00–63.00	57.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,302	51.00–65.00	60.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,173	56.00–65.00	60.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	963	550.00–1,150.00	920.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,152	900.00–1,200.00	989.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,220	660.00–800.00	752.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,146	48.00–59.00	56.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,267	47.00–60.00	52.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	973	47.00–56.00	53.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,294	550.00–850.00	683.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,495	68.00	68.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,077	550.00–1,200.00	857.04
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	876	65.00–75.00	70.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	966	47.00–66.00	59.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	823	63.00–65.00	63.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	893	56.00–79.00	64.48
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,293	550.00–950.00	718.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	600.00–900.00	766.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,149	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,156.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,423	735.00–1,035.00	910.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,363	975.00–1,150.00	1,071.03
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	980.00	980.00

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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