Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 212 priced lines covering 3,478 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,231 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 444 head. replacement cattle receipts at 206 head. Counted as USDA files them — 17 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,231Last week 0Year ago 3,512

Slaughter CattleReceipts 444Last week 0Year ago 544

Replacement CattleReceipts 206Last week 0Year ago 393

Compared to close last week: market trend not applicable due to inclement weather closing livestock auctions last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	641	142.00	142.00
12	—	531	154.00–158.00	156.07
48	—	568	145.00–160.00	156.25
19	—	438	158.00–176.00	171.71
7	—	666	130.00	130.00
10	—	477	149.50–162.00	154.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	377	150.00–207.00	182.24
41	—	324	155.00–216.00	196.71
13	—	779	119.00–130.00	128.34
3	—	875	104.00–116.00	111.60
7	—	821	117.00–125.00	120.00
132	—	565	129.00–164.50	156.35
84	—	620	130.00–154.00	143.88
55	—	677	127.00–142.00	133.62
78	—	430	152.00–197.00	177.18
117	—	523	141.00–184.00	161.34
11	—	727	125.00–133.00	128.09
1	—	975	100.00	100.00
160	—	470	142.00–184.00	169.24
1	—	1,025	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	835	128.00–130.00	128.49
10	—	407	176.00–201.00	195.84
17	—	562	157.30–164.00	158.89
29	—	514	157.00–172.00	165.51
28	—	671	133.00–135.00	134.26
3	—	605	150.00	150.00
1	—	865	127.00	127.00
5	—	481	157.00–171.00	162.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	776	124.00	124.00
7	—	540	142.00	142.00
7	—	415	170.00	170.00
28	—	619	145.00–146.00	145.86
12	—	489	167.00	167.00
17	—	692	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	322	135.00–182.50	155.18
7	—	726	115.00–120.00	117.08
8	—	676	120.00–130.00	124.47
37	—	479	128.00–165.00	149.99
44	—	573	117.00–142.00	130.11
32	—	523	120.00–158.00	141.46
35	—	627	120.00–135.00	129.52
28	—	376	125.00–184.00	162.27
4	—	287	157.50–171.00	165.65
10	—	776	105.00–120.00	115.13
32	—	426	135.00–169.00	150.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
4	—	564	108.00–118.00	113.48
4	—	430	107.50–129.00	117.66
2	—	480	117.50–122.00	119.68
3	—	512	110.00–128.00	118.88
5	—	366	97.50–138.00	118.47
1	—	310	140.00	140.00
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	79.00	79.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	160.00	160.00
1	—	480	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	629	125.00	125.00
12	—	433	166.00	166.00
10	—	673	120.00	120.00
24	—	500	143.00	143.00
67	—	555	134.00–138.00	135.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	620	111.00–133.00	123.75
5	—	781	100.00–110.00	107.06
2	—	268	142.50–147.50	144.98
217	—	523	120.00–147.00	138.59
91	—	578	118.00–141.00	130.38
121	—	472	126.00–159.00	139.96
31	—	665	110.00–129.00	122.96
2	—	865	90.00–100.00	95.00
148	—	423	126.00–168.00	152.37
64	—	373	132.00–163.00	150.76
50	—	327	135.00–162.50	150.67
1	—	830	108.00	108.00
14	—	725	102.00–116.00	111.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	456	166.00–168.00	167.39
1	—	360	172.50	172.50
2	—	320	163.00–170.00	166.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	120.00	120.00
1	—	860	100.00	100.00
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	470	125.00–151.00	139.70
14	—	583	130.00–132.00	130.72
21	—	379	154.00	154.00
34	—	518	124.00–140.00	132.06
72	—	618	119.00–131.00	127.05
9	—	795	100.00	100.00
2	—	715	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	604	120.00–121.00	120.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	425	115.00–145.00	132.04
7	—	728	90.00–112.00	101.19
8	—	766	90.00–107.00	100.41
40	—	369	115.00–145.00	133.07
31	—	333	115.00–147.50	136.42
27	—	526	110.00–135.00	120.78
12	—	674	100.00–118.00	109.83
27	—	469	119.00–148.00	131.59
20	—	569	100.00–124.00	115.90
1	—	250	120.00	120.00
10	—	821	90.00–104.00	99.80
23	—	621	102.00–124.00	113.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
1	—	335	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	126.00	126.00
4	—	328	110.00–127.00	118.53
1	—	440	112.50	112.50
1	—	675	92.00	92.00
1	—	605	90.00	90.00
4	—	474	90.00–119.00	109.08
1	—	865	85.00	85.00
1	—	510	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	438	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
3	—	408	113.00–135.00	126.81
3	—	267	147.00–150.00	147.94
5	—	368	132.50–144.00	139.52
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
2	—	488	131.00–137.50	134.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	113.00–120.00	117.75
18	—	670	115.00–130.00	123.64
21	—	621	116.00–136.00	128.96
4	—	871	99.00–105.00	102.71
27	—	578	125.00–146.00	139.23
2	—	828	110.00–111.00	110.51
21	—	473	138.00–180.00	163.86
2	—	925	94.00–98.00	95.97
19	—	374	166.00–200.00	187.29
7	—	333	141.00–194.00	183.35
23	—	422	150.00–192.00	174.15
6	—	777	105.00–113.00	108.47
1	—	290	192.00	192.00
38	—	522	124.00–184.00	148.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	105.00–110.00	108.30
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
3	—	345	120.00	120.00
1	—	580	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	670	100.00–125.00	111.07
15	—	570	115.00–142.00	123.73
26	—	530	120.00–142.00	132.26
2	—	758	100.00–106.00	103.01
13	—	615	105.00–123.00	115.62
10	—	431	131.00–164.00	144.74
2	—	728	91.00–110.00	100.34
19	—	376	127.50–163.00	147.10
5	—	319	130.00–167.00	148.60
1	—	960	88.00	88.00
1	—	295	165.00	165.00
27	—	473	125.00–158.00	144.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	58.00–90.00	65.89
1	—	625	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,674	69.00–90.00	82.23
12	—	1,341	52.00–73.00	66.53
14	—	1,833	80.00–95.00	90.45
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	34.00–35.00	34.50
2	—	808	46.00–50.00	47.96
1	—	820	51.00	51.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,406	62.00–72.50	65.94
14	—	1,395	54.00–63.50	58.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	963	25.00–54.00	39.02
33	—	1,043	36.00–60.00	51.48
10	—	1,115	55.00–64.00	60.41
7	—	946	27.00–44.00	33.75
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	27.00–32.50	29.70
2	—	828	37.00–40.00	38.46
5	—	801	45.00–49.00	47.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	944	27.00–48.00	37.54
34	—	1,251	58.00–71.00	64.43
57	—	1,159	50.00–66.00	58.09
16	—	1,060	30.00–55.00	46.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,005	55.00–69.00	60.85
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	773	95.00–100.00	97.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	922	45.00–72.00	60.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	869	47.00–92.00	73.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,119	675.00–900.00	791.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	54.00	54.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,133	595.00–900.00	761.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,425	600.00–1,075.00	891.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	986	750.00–1,185.00	918.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,157	54.00–65.00	62.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,125	600.00–685.00	642.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	67.00	67.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,055	61.00	61.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,196	56.00–63.00	60.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	940	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,141	725.00–985.00	853.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,047	600.00–975.00	752.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,246	59.00–79.00	66.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,118	675.00–1,050.00	896.38
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	655	24.00	24.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	28.00	28.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	47.00	47.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	860	600.00–710.00	664.59
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,140	675.00–950.00	834.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	985.00	985.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,126	700.00–1,350.00	950.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	775.00–1,250.00	979.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	900.00–1,000.00	938.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,185	67.00	67.00

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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