Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 194 priced lines covering 2,490 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,618 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 384 head. replacement cattle receipts at 154 head. Counted as USDA files them — 21 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,618Last week 5,568Year ago 3,778

Slaughter CattleReceipts 384Last week 874Year ago 414

Replacement CattleReceipts 154Last week 553Year ago 175

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold mostly 2.00-8.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Lighter auction receipts due to reporters absence from a few auctions this past week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	524	110.00–126.00	118.58
21	—	425	115.00–139.00	128.18
16	—	373	120.00–140.00	128.57
8	—	632	101.00–115.00	111.41
1	—	905	94.00	94.00
6	—	672	100.00–115.00	105.79
8	—	561	105.00–120.00	116.14
9	—	717	85.00–110.00	98.20
3	—	770	90.00–104.00	94.90
17	—	473	110.00–133.00	123.87
17	—	317	122.00–152.00	140.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	155.00	155.00
2	—	653	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	128.00	128.00
5	—	514	135.00–136.00	135.19
10	—	742	119.00–124.00	119.48
5	—	360	158.00	158.00
10	—	563	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	322	135.00–177.00	159.94
17	—	678	113.00–126.00	120.05
94	—	471	125.00–160.00	142.58
73	—	530	120.00–138.00	132.12
10	—	717	114.00–125.00	117.48
1	—	275	152.00	152.00
49	—	379	130.00–165.00	153.28
74	—	573	120.00–134.00	128.69
102	—	424	130.00–170.00	150.91
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
84	—	626	118.00–136.00	128.79
1	—	945	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	122.00	122.00
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
1	—	350	125.00	125.00
3	—	518	110.00–115.00	113.38
5	—	625	112.00–115.00	114.00
2	—	415	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	714	119.00–121.00	120.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	577	123.00	123.00
6	—	704	116.00	116.00
4	—	434	152.00	152.00
5	—	659	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
2	—	633	65.00–67.00	66.00
6	—	361	105.00–127.00	114.45
1	—	490	114.00	114.00
1	—	575	80.00	80.00
2	—	435	115.00	115.00
1	—	755	84.00	84.00
3	—	327	100.00–122.00	107.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	522	133.00	133.00
49	—	657	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	716	114.00–116.00	115.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	303	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	90.00	90.00
1	—	530	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	435	130.00–170.00	154.93
1	—	880	103.00	103.00
6	—	723	110.00–129.00	117.92
6	—	320	142.50–170.00	155.37
2	—	763	119.00–121.00	120.00
10	—	568	125.00–136.00	130.50
14	—	521	125.00–152.00	134.99
1	—	910	108.00	108.00
16	—	377	130.00–152.50	144.93
22	—	472	120.00–160.00	142.20
1	—	1,020	80.00	80.00
10	—	637	110.00–130.00	122.01
6	—	674	110.00–128.00	121.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	574	133.00–157.00	146.28
88	—	471	148.00–185.00	169.53
27	—	372	159.00–207.00	186.13
21	—	811	110.00–129.00	126.35
96	—	532	140.00–170.00	157.30
48	—	619	127.00–150.00	142.06
1	—	855	120.00	120.00
38	—	722	115.00–139.00	133.63
15	—	774	115.00–129.00	125.07
81	—	425	155.00–192.00	177.11
20	—	663	125.00–146.00	139.22
6	—	326	180.00–207.50	196.77
8	—	926	110.00–120.00	117.23
1	—	1,260	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	789	115.00–115.50	115.43
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
1	—	550	136.00	136.00
5	—	623	124.00–130.00	128.78
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	142.00	142.00
7	—	553	160.50–177.00	164.80
76	—	714	128.00–135.00	129.09
14	—	525	165.00–175.00	168.14
4	—	484	177.00–182.50	178.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	120.00–133.00	127.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	115.00–129.00	121.33
2	—	308	127.50–131.00	129.29
2	—	520	86.00–110.00	98.23
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
3	—	385	84.00–127.50	111.98
7	—	417	88.00–140.00	129.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	639	146.00	146.00
6	—	426	171.00	171.00
7	—	581	127.00	127.00
23	—	683	130.00	130.00
7	—	498	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	705	142.00	142.00
65	—	806	135.50	135.50
16	—	627	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	406	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	168.00–190.00	175.28
12	—	363	165.00–187.00	179.20
3	—	740	109.00–123.00	115.71
21	—	522	130.00–160.00	148.72
8	—	668	117.00–130.00	123.86
29	—	568	123.00–138.00	132.05
1	—	250	181.00	181.00
21	—	426	146.00–187.00	170.71
4	—	766	98.00–120.00	111.78
1	—	850	108.00	108.00
28	—	477	147.00–174.00	159.12
14	—	620	122.00–133.00	128.62
1	—	920	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
3	—	570	120.00–127.00	124.02
4	—	523	110.00–130.00	117.37
9	—	678	109.00–120.00	114.35
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
2	—	325	139.00–159.00	149.46
7	—	382	145.00–155.00	150.26
1	—	830	84.00	84.00
4	—	431	130.00–150.00	138.64
12	—	478	130.00–145.00	139.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	96.00	96.00
1	—	725	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
2	—	390	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	159.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,434	60.00–79.00	67.47
28	—	1,647	77.00–94.00	88.44
17	—	1,634	74.00–87.00	81.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,181	53.50–65.00	57.35
2	—	888	5.00–29.00	16.70
48	—	1,264	45.00–56.00	52.33
10	—	1,078	37.00–48.00	43.69
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	22.00	22.00
2	—	788	34.00–43.00	38.71
1	—	825	55.00	55.00
3	—	765	40.00–44.00	42.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	43.00–47.00	45.05
3	—	797	30.00–40.00	33.60
3	—	803	18.00–29.00	22.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	25.00–44.00	34.75
38	—	1,101	32.00–54.00	45.82
15	—	971	20.00–44.00	34.56
32	—	1,163	49.00–63.00	55.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,373	56.00–68.00	60.05
5	—	1,393	55.00–56.00	55.28

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	823	600.00–675.00	634.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,348	700.00–1,150.00	940.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,101	600.00–1,200.00	929.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,041	500.00–775.00	673.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	52.00	52.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,260	525.00–935.00	873.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	—	1,169	45.00–61.00	55.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	979	400.00–825.00	613.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	64.00	64.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,385	57.00	57.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	852	600.00–710.00	668.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,237	56.00–67.00	59.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	705	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,028	550.00–875.00	672.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	68.00	68.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	847	82.00–100.00	92.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,067	48.00–58.00	53.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	909	40.00–65.00	56.78
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	773	575.00	575.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	789	700.00–875.00	812.28
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	815	535.00	535.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	833	600.00–1,070.00	938.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	625.00	625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,113	850.00–1,225.00	1,049.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,171	650.00–925.00	847.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,003	825.00–900.00	862.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,250.00	1,250.00

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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