Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 290 priced lines covering 4,114 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,247 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 876 head. replacement cattle receipts at 332 head. Counted as USDA files them — 76 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,247Last week 6,434Year ago 5,287

Slaughter CattleReceipts 876Last week 865Year ago 875

Replacement CattleReceipts 332Last week 509Year ago 331

Compared to last weekly close: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	975	935.00–1,000.00	968.33
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	688	600.00–800.00	712.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	855	600.00–700.00	663.55
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,289	500.00–1,725.00	1,489.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,528	1,335.00–1,475.00	1,395.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,608	1,910.00	1,910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,094	500.00–1,075.00	903.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,180	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,274.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,209	1,000.00–1,560.00	1,241.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,370	900.00–1,360.00	1,168.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,441.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,095	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,880	93.00	93.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,585	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,747.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	65.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,086	660.00–1,175.00	936.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	70.00–70.50	70.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,061	725.00–875.00	784.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	72.00	72.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,172	60.50–74.00	70.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,178	63.00–79.00	71.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,127	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,130	63.00–79.00	71.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,003	600.00–1,125.00	937.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,034	650.00–825.00	768.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,183	69.50–74.00	71.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	73.00	73.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,077	610.00–1,055.00	811.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	946	560.00–1,150.00	742.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	1,232	685.00–1,400.00	1,095.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,137	550.00–1,100.00	817.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,211	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,003	62.00–67.00	64.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,102	750.00–1,300.00	1,060.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	830	600.00–750.00	679.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	885	760.00	760.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	988	46.00–73.00	63.94
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	752	64.00–100.00	83.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	860	55.00–93.00	73.49
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	749	61.00–99.00	88.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	137.00	137.00
2	—	413	147.00–149.00	147.99
2	—	518	137.00–152.00	144.54
2	—	478	142.00–148.00	144.98
1	—	315	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	281	150.00–182.50	163.33
138	—	425	129.00–165.00	150.82
123	—	374	140.00–177.50	155.20
19	—	710	107.00–128.00	119.65
96	—	520	125.00–149.00	137.64
141	—	467	130.00–159.00	144.45
14	—	668	117.50–132.00	122.86
98	—	570	120.00–142.00	131.38
8	—	772	124.00–128.00	126.52
61	—	326	140.00–177.50	158.94
1	—	890	100.00	100.00
4	—	813	111.00–116.00	113.77
47	—	624	117.50–137.00	127.12
1	—	925	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	518	138.00–153.00	141.02
15	—	666	127.00–137.00	130.37
14	—	577	129.00–145.00	133.32
2	—	488	148.00	148.00
9	—	370	156.00–160.00	156.47
18	—	724	119.00–128.00	127.49
13	—	437	147.00–163.00	158.65
7	—	757	119.00–124.00	123.29
7	—	625	130.00–142.00	135.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	134.00–148.00	136.60
3	—	618	110.00–115.00	113.26
4	—	569	110.00–120.00	115.01
5	—	530	110.00–127.00	120.44
4	—	414	120.00–152.00	139.00
10	—	377	130.00–150.00	143.90
14	—	685	100.00–126.00	118.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	705	120.00–126.00	124.28
4	—	769	122.00	122.00
1	—	930	84.00	84.00
4	—	866	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	55.00–65.00	59.90
1	—	330	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	638	128.00–129.00	128.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	118.00–120.00	118.98
9	—	428	130.00–154.00	145.93
1	—	595	125.00	125.00
4	—	365	140.00–152.50	147.68
9	—	314	142.00–162.00	156.93
1	—	265	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	425	115.00–148.00	133.77
34	—	324	125.00–155.00	139.27
4	—	737	108.00–118.00	111.42
55	—	528	110.00–139.00	125.18
11	—	669	108.00–130.00	115.58
33	—	572	110.00–132.00	121.96
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
7	—	784	100.00–109.00	107.75
55	—	377	125.00–155.00	138.48
84	—	476	115.00–152.00	132.44
7	—	290	130.00–145.00	138.86
19	—	617	109.00–125.00	117.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	100.00	100.00
11	—	472	100.00–124.00	111.19
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
7	—	316	102.50–143.00	125.14
8	—	374	110.00–130.00	120.52
6	—	569	80.00–110.00	99.30
7	—	421	100.00–124.00	116.57
3	—	672	80.00–110.00	97.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	619	120.00–125.00	121.13
15	—	392	152.00–155.00	152.37
29	—	538	125.00–135.00	129.33
31	—	483	138.00–146.00	142.37
11	—	570	130.00	130.00
22	—	428	150.00–154.00	151.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	120.00	120.00
6	—	607	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	411	154.00	154.00
10	—	339	160.00–162.00	161.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	679	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	130.00	130.00
3	—	607	105.00	105.00
1	—	650	85.00	85.00
1	—	365	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	423	160.00–188.00	173.40
4	—	755	125.00–135.00	127.99
20	—	612	132.50–155.00	144.10
72	—	519	144.00–180.00	162.21
56	—	571	129.00–167.50	153.09
107	—	474	152.00–180.00	168.58
82	—	373	166.00–212.50	183.05
27	—	670	120.00–148.00	138.74
25	—	731	119.00–139.00	134.55
4	—	868	119.00–124.00	120.75
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,000	110.00	110.00
56	—	318	165.00–217.50	189.16
13	—	265	177.00–210.00	190.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	141.00	141.00
4	—	455	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	482	168.00–188.00	183.05
1	—	755	137.00	137.00
20	—	435	180.00–190.00	185.15
5	—	660	146.00–152.00	149.37
12	—	704	135.00–142.00	141.38
13	—	611	141.00–159.00	155.14
21	—	512	166.00–181.00	177.21
23	—	574	147.00–168.00	160.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	129.00–130.00	129.32
1	—	550	135.00	135.00
8	—	331	175.00–184.00	178.63
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
1	—	860	115.00	115.00
6	—	759	120.00	120.00
3	—	495	156.00	156.00
1	—	545	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	42.00–43.00	42.49
2	—	388	50.00–79.00	64.78
5	—	659	43.00	43.00
1	—	500	44.00	44.00
2	—	330	50.00	50.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	629	148.00	148.00
2	—	660	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	834	110.00–121.00	117.42
17	—	616	120.00–142.00	133.36
22	—	568	120.00–149.00	136.08
1	—	965	113.00	113.00
31	—	522	122.00–153.00	139.11
2	—	940	110.00–115.00	112.51
5	—	766	100.00–126.00	115.76
42	—	423	127.50–170.00	146.28
33	—	326	142.00–184.00	163.08
58	—	474	127.00–165.00	146.20
35	—	374	140.00–177.50	161.49
3	—	737	115.00–134.00	126.59
4	—	268	155.00–170.00	160.97
8	—	672	120.00–134.00	127.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	90.00–112.00	103.59
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
3	—	328	125.00–135.00	130.18
3	—	375	100.00–145.00	126.44
6	—	419	100.00–135.00	124.91
6	—	458	108.00–125.00	116.59
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
1	—	275	122.50	122.50
7	—	826	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	195.00	195.00
5	—	347	185.00	185.00
5	—	445	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	140.00	140.00
11	—	482	159.00	159.00
3	—	285	185.00	185.00
2	—	398	175.00	175.00
8	—	437	157.50–172.50	160.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	150.00	150.00
2	—	640	137.00	137.00
1	—	690	126.00	126.00
1	—	560	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	181.00	181.00
2	—	755	105.00–126.00	115.43
1	—	290	179.00	179.00
1	—	365	161.00	161.00
4	—	440	146.00–172.50	162.73
1	—	520	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	470	129.00–180.00	159.32
67	—	425	160.00–190.00	168.50
83	—	524	130.00–169.00	151.51
30	—	622	120.00–142.00	133.04
2	—	843	114.00	114.00
2	—	858	108.00–110.00	108.99
13	—	724	110.00–125.00	120.37
32	—	668	116.00–139.00	131.71
61	—	567	129.00–157.00	144.62
19	—	316	164.00–199.00	187.20
58	—	377	145.00–202.50	174.26
8	—	781	113.00–126.00	117.73
2	—	280	177.50–193.00	185.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	442	153.00–157.00	154.48
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
3	—	575	113.00–128.00	120.46
7	—	342	179.00–180.00	179.72
1	—	620	124.00	124.00
4	—	462	150.00–155.00	153.71
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	713	106.00–118.00	112.86
23	—	566	120.00–145.00	130.14
24	—	476	125.00–159.00	141.73
16	—	525	121.00–146.00	136.51
5	—	270	150.00–172.50	165.55
18	—	374	140.00–164.00	152.52
9	—	673	110.00–124.00	116.62
14	—	329	147.50–182.00	164.40
16	—	429	140.00–156.00	148.06
12	—	615	110.00–130.00	119.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	110.00–140.00	127.54
3	—	577	100.00–120.00	109.83
1	—	280	150.00	150.00
7	—	369	100.00–145.00	129.10
2	—	523	118.00–129.00	123.42
3	—	322	125.00–143.00	134.93
1	—	645	95.00	95.00
3	—	468	118.00–134.00	123.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	167.00	167.00
13	—	562	131.00–154.00	140.16
5	—	613	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	97.00	97.00
2	—	520	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	158.00	158.00
3	—	637	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	145.00	145.00
3	—	377	147.00–167.00	156.49
4	—	478	140.00–160.00	144.71
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	65.00	65.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	62.00	62.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,793	85.00–102.00	95.24
36	—	1,648	66.00–94.00	84.86
28	—	1,389	54.00–86.50	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,172	58.50–75.00	67.74
5	—	998	46.00–52.00	48.78
25	—	995	41.00–59.00	51.93
105	—	1,105	51.00–69.00	60.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,123	62.00–68.00	64.25
44	—	980	44.00–59.00	52.35
5	—	943	27.00–39.00	35.60
16	—	916	30.00–52.00	43.69
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	20.00–36.00	28.73
3	—	813	37.50–46.00	40.42
2	—	758	55.00–59.00	57.02
5	—	816	40.00–51.00	45.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,399	64.50–73.50	67.93
10	—	1,299	54.00–66.00	61.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	42.00	42.00
4	—	774	22.00–38.00	29.82
3	—	810	46.00–55.00	50.35
2	—	813	67.00–71.00	68.99

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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