Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 70 priced lines covering 287 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 346 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 42 head. replacement cattle receipts at 33 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 346Last week 4,304Year ago 5,908

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 473Year ago 304

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 225Year ago 127

Compared to close last week: not enough cattle to establish a market trend. Majority of auctions last week closed or had very light receipts due to inclement winter weather.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	318	128.00–147.00	134.69
2	—	580	121.00–122.00	121.51
9	—	377	125.00–139.00	132.34
6	—	756	111.00	111.00
14	—	422	125.00–145.00	132.14
3	—	657	109.00–114.00	112.30
7	—	471	125.00–133.00	128.44
5	—	522	114.00–129.00	124.11
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	101.00–118.00	111.40
3	—	428	115.00–129.00	122.99
1	—	610	105.00	105.00
2	—	468	105.00–113.00	109.06
2	—	323	110.00–115.00	112.40
1	—	665	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	402	138.00	138.00
86	—	570	136.00–138.00	136.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	105.00–115.00	110.21
1	—	475	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	130.00–145.00	139.98
2	—	390	159.00–165.00	162.00
10	—	462	130.00–158.00	144.56
5	—	667	125.00–130.00	128.02
4	—	516	130.00–149.00	139.53
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
1	—	565	139.00	139.00
2	—	643	130.00	130.00
2	—	323	170.00–186.00	177.81
4	—	720	113.00–131.00	123.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	129.00–158.00	145.67
3	—	418	120.00–154.00	134.74
1	—	560	136.00	136.00
1	—	460	146.00	146.00
1	—	695	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	472	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
9	—	525	125.00–147.00	135.70
7	—	468	130.00–156.00	149.74
1	—	800	112.00	112.00
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
1	—	350	165.00	165.00
1	—	275	180.00	180.00
1	—	315	180.00	180.00
2	—	555	125.00–132.00	128.50
1	—	750	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	104.00–134.00	119.00
1	—	380	145.00	145.00
1	—	430	140.00	140.00

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	1	—	975	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,143	750.00–870.00	821.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,075	750.00–1,150.00	972.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	51.50	51.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,111	800.00–1,100.00	1,021.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,095	560.00	560.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,220	50.00–58.00	52.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,760	80.00	80.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	885	78.00–87.00	82.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,012	53.00–79.00	65.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	35.00–37.00	35.94
2	—	828	22.00	22.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,191	47.00–54.50	51.75
3	—	1,127	55.00–60.00	56.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,743	80.00–90.00	84.27
4	—	1,528	77.00–86.00	81.22
1	—	1,075	70.00	70.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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