Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 305 priced lines covering 5,258 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,274 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,198 head. replacement cattle receipts at 505 head. Counted as USDA files them — 160 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,274Last week 5,751Year ago 2,984

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,198Last week 1,047Year ago 450

Replacement CattleReceipts 505Last week 756Year ago 134

Compared to last weekly close: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,408	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,484.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,190	900.00–1,600.00	1,322.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,132	600.00–1,075.00	875.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,143	700.00–1,650.00	1,080.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,090	660.00–960.00	818.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	82	—	1,110	730.00–1,650.00	1,164.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	985	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,077.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	922	810.00–1,350.00	1,100.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,465	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	340.00	340.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,031	700.00–835.00	775.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	980	850.00–1,025.00	924.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,040	64.00–80.00	70.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	955	70.00	70.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,203	60.00–69.00	65.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	893	650.00–700.00	683.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,010	735.00–785.00	766.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	1,129	675.00–1,225.00	988.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,101	475.00–880.00	699.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,192	60.00–66.00	61.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,100	450.00–1,175.00	856.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	525.00	525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,108	675.00–1,200.00	941.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,129	650.00–960.00	768.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,165	52.00–73.00	67.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	958	61.00–84.00	71.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,040	550.00–850.00	717.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,085	61.00–73.00	68.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,022	545.00–1,275.00	983.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,093	62.00	62.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,164	57.00–70.00	64.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	908	580.00–1,175.00	954.59
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	445.00	445.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	685	400.00	400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	670.00	670.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	883	52.00	52.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	862	70.00–92.00	82.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	65.00	65.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	926	60.00–70.00	64.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	64.00	64.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	963	66.00–88.00	74.22
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	52.00	52.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	720	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,050.00	1,050.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	708	87.00	87.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	851	725.00–1,050.00	899.77
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	837	750.00–850.00	787.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,053	885.00–1,100.00	1,010.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	965	76.00	76.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	960.00	960.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,653	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,525.49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	811	104.00–115.00	110.34
53	—	469	145.00–181.00	164.54
55	—	617	125.00–145.00	136.30
20	—	724	115.00–132.00	124.64
54	—	571	135.00–156.00	144.94
3	—	917	100.00–106.00	104.01
24	—	672	123.00–135.00	128.54
32	—	325	170.00–200.00	188.81
66	—	524	140.00–170.00	153.95
1	—	885	101.00	101.00
5	—	768	110.00–119.00	114.76
60	—	377	158.00–193.00	180.34
16	—	277	180.00–200.00	188.58
75	—	424	150.00–188.00	173.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	112.00	112.00
3	—	612	137.00	137.00
12	—	472	145.00–162.00	158.43
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
2	—	520	130.00	130.00
13	—	425	159.00–169.00	163.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	775	104.00–116.00	109.39
1	—	275	155.00	155.00
15	—	620	110.00–137.00	126.55
5	—	836	100.00–110.00	102.00
1	—	1,025	80.00	80.00
39	—	473	126.00–159.00	151.54
1	—	900	80.00	80.00
2	—	970	80.00	80.00
28	—	431	134.00–165.00	151.38
4	—	873	90.00–100.00	97.45
5	—	672	110.00–129.00	117.88
28	—	375	141.00–174.00	158.49
24	—	520	125.00–147.00	137.11
5	—	724	100.00–114.00	105.62
23	—	576	120.00–145.00	134.59
17	—	329	140.00–172.50	162.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	102.00–115.00	109.96
1	—	375	148.00	148.00
2	—	415	125.00–133.00	129.00
5	—	649	107.00	107.00
1	—	800	70.00	70.00
1	—	495	126.00	126.00
4	—	561	80.00–115.00	105.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	434	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	174.00	174.00
1	—	525	165.00	165.00
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
4	—	376	161.00–193.00	174.56
2	—	833	75.00–83.00	78.94
4	—	431	153.00–170.00	162.02
1	—	745	90.00	90.00
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
2	—	340	170.00–182.50	176.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	619	120.00–137.00	131.29
23	—	678	113.00–133.00	127.12
78	—	375	145.00–169.00	155.42
6	—	821	109.00–118.00	113.19
1	—	245	177.50	177.50
85	—	569	120.00–141.50	133.45
1	—	900	107.00	107.00
100	—	523	119.00–151.00	138.37
4	—	764	117.00–122.00	119.78
7	—	281	150.00–195.00	170.49
16	—	727	114.00–131.00	121.69
145	—	472	130.00–155.00	144.51
137	—	425	132.00–163.00	151.08
74	—	327	140.00–205.00	161.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	147.00	147.00
2	—	355	180.00–185.00	182.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	390	149.00–153.00	151.89
20	—	577	135.50–142.00	138.20
15	—	735	124.50–133.50	127.07
18	—	673	125.00–133.00	131.19
28	—	533	139.00–147.00	142.87
3	—	422	152.00–155.00	154.04
21	—	476	140.00–153.00	142.50
17	—	626	132.00–136.00	133.87
2	—	815	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	616	130.00–133.00	131.95
5	—	821	119.00	119.00
10	—	733	125.00–127.00	125.41
3	—	668	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	627	110.00–123.00	117.08
16	—	428	135.00–150.00	144.81
1	—	810	105.00	105.00
1	—	750	107.00	107.00
1	—	870	90.00	90.00
13	—	516	120.00–135.00	128.18
18	—	468	120.00–140.00	133.65
15	—	373	136.00–156.00	149.98
3	—	580	114.00–128.00	122.52
1	—	345	143.00	143.00
2	—	675	118.00–126.00	121.94
11	—	700	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	724	129.25	129.25
43	—	805	130.00	130.00
65	—	764	125.75	125.75
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	349	170.00	170.00
1	—	395	175.00	175.00
1	—	855	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	477	120.00–149.00	136.25
49	—	521	115.00–140.00	128.18
34	—	626	105.00–131.00	120.51
69	—	378	122.00–153.00	140.20
4	—	819	108.00–114.00	111.25
48	—	572	113.00–136.00	123.54
6	—	771	90.00–111.00	103.23
47	—	326	130.00–160.00	144.16
1	—	910	94.00	94.00
7	—	276	132.50–155.00	144.40
98	—	425	121.00–149.00	137.44
13	—	676	108.00–127.00	114.85
11	—	718	100.00–124.00	112.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	476	100.00–125.00	115.13
2	—	288	140.00–148.00	143.90
16	—	428	70.00–137.00	116.22
4	—	619	90.00–100.00	95.76
1	—	675	95.00	95.00
7	—	565	100.00–112.00	107.59
7	—	377	76.00–140.00	116.39
11	—	330	104.00–145.00	128.04
5	—	522	105.00–125.00	115.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	150.00	150.00
4	—	544	140.00	140.00
8	—	393	168.00	168.00
5	—	550	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	538	122.00–145.00	135.90
8	—	674	118.00–131.00	126.17
52	—	370	147.00–160.00	153.52
20	—	477	142.00–149.00	146.63
21	—	431	143.00–151.00	147.51
15	—	579	130.00–133.00	131.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	482	130.00–147.50	142.31
2	—	275	145.00–167.50	156.86
11	—	365	138.00–162.50	151.86
10	—	422	130.00–152.50	141.73
2	—	645	125.00–126.00	125.50
19	—	329	140.00–174.00	164.73
6	—	238	152.50–185.00	175.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	132.00	132.00
7	—	577	125.00–132.00	127.90
2	—	723	122.00–125.00	123.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	675	133.00–151.00	144.38
108	—	571	142.00–165.00	156.40
103	—	423	160.00–206.00	177.77
27	—	725	125.00–149.00	137.96
49	—	320	160.00–215.00	194.29
138	—	472	146.00–188.00	169.71
4	—	868	128.00	128.00
2	—	960	112.00–116.00	114.00
101	—	370	156.00–204.00	186.27
10	—	274	194.00–212.50	203.11
21	—	816	120.00–134.00	130.34
77	—	620	130.00–159.00	147.86
16	—	771	120.00–137.00	129.13
115	—	517	142.00–182.00	161.56
1	—	1,070	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	512	155.00–181.00	166.88
8	—	479	156.50	156.50
22	—	621	147.00–158.00	151.91
1	—	355	188.00	188.00
2	—	822	124.00	124.00
15	—	582	146.00–165.00	154.69
9	—	737	132.00–143.00	138.18
5	—	675	145.00	145.00
8	—	757	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	577	130.00–156.00	146.64
2	—	308	180.00	180.00
1	—	640	125.00	125.00
1	—	710	125.00	125.00
4	—	524	136.00–150.00	146.66
7	—	483	155.00–165.00	162.57
7	—	427	162.50–171.00	167.46
9	—	688	121.00–136.00	126.26
2	—	393	175.00	175.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	70.00	70.00
1	—	325	87.50	87.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	579	130.00–155.00	139.91
27	—	327	140.00–186.00	165.74
2	—	955	96.00–101.00	98.50
43	—	423	129.00–174.00	153.80
8	—	673	122.00–135.00	129.67
2	—	873	100.00–119.00	109.53
8	—	285	155.00–175.00	168.36
45	—	524	122.00–155.00	139.26
31	—	374	140.00–175.00	159.44
8	—	832	99.00–120.00	114.31
3	—	772	110.00–125.00	118.29
38	—	471	129.00–173.00	151.32
8	—	619	125.00–147.00	136.40
11	—	720	123.00–134.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	88.00	88.00
5	—	368	123.00–136.00	131.75
6	—	529	120.00–125.00	123.16
2	—	303	115.00–120.00	117.48
5	—	567	123.00	123.00
2	—	420	121.00–127.50	124.29
4	—	474	114.00–135.00	126.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	602	150.75	150.75
27	—	475	150.00–170.00	166.33
18	—	535	151.00–167.00	159.29
4	—	596	155.00	155.00
13	—	668	142.00	142.00
59	—	704	143.85	143.85
9	—	439	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	135.00–142.50	140.66
7	—	447	144.50	144.50
14	—	670	134.00	134.00
2	—	455	168.00	168.00
4	—	571	146.00	146.00
17	—	721	130.00–135.00	131.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	118.00	118.00
1	—	365	187.50	187.50
2	—	565	140.00–145.00	142.46
1	—	745	135.00	135.00
1	—	795	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	77.00–78.00	77.68
1	—	445	86.00	86.00
1	—	845	71.00	71.00
2	—	388	77.00	77.00
2	—	308	76.00–79.00	77.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,616	61.00–95.00	84.66
25	—	1,808	90.00–105.00	93.70
19	—	1,315	54.00–82.00	72.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	966	36.00–40.00	37.25
25	—	988	40.00–60.00	53.05
120	—	1,138	50.50–69.00	60.00
118	—	1,163	60.00–74.00	65.29
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	808	33.00–54.50	42.74
1	—	730	34.00	34.00
7	—	784	45.00–54.00	46.95
1	—	785	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,326	56.00–65.00	61.37
24	—	1,341	60.00–74.00	66.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	968	25.00–65.00	49.45
40	—	1,043	54.00–68.00	61.01
19	—	911	32.00–57.00	45.25
4	—	933	24.00–50.00	32.64
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	59.00	59.00
3	—	780	30.00–41.00	35.37
6	—	763	20.00–39.00	28.31
5	—	789	45.00–56.00	51.64

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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