Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 268 priced lines covering 4,282 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,736 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 818 head. replacement cattle receipts at 281 head. Counted as USDA files them — 67 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,736Last week 4,227Year ago 3,333

Slaughter CattleReceipts 818Last week 802Year ago 604

Replacement CattleReceipts 281Last week 501Year ago 373

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	264	171.00–215.00	193.00
1	—	1,145	111.00	111.00
21	—	318	160.00–215.00	178.89
4	—	828	124.00–126.00	125.00
2	—	975	105.00	105.00
100	—	568	138.00–171.00	150.88
3	—	868	115.00–124.00	119.64
107	—	422	146.00–185.00	166.44
25	—	717	120.00–141.00	134.28
14	—	768	120.00–133.00	126.93
2	—	1,072	102.00	102.00
112	—	472	145.00–180.00	161.37
149	—	623	131.00–156.50	146.02
5	—	931	106.00–117.00	113.58
29	—	673	130.00–153.00	140.50
151	—	524	144.00–173.00	158.77
52	—	373	158.00–196.00	173.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	520	157.00–176.00	167.90
11	—	780	132.00–141.00	133.98
11	—	422	163.00–182.00	175.32
22	—	714	138.00–143.00	139.10
7	—	474	154.00–177.00	166.66
27	—	628	140.00–151.00	147.07
20	—	580	145.00–161.00	151.07
1	—	805	132.00	132.00
1	—	860	126.00	126.00
57	—	900	125.20	125.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	138.00	138.00
3	—	483	135.00	135.00
8	—	662	139.00–140.00	139.62
1	—	580	133.00	133.00
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	681	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	616	146.00	146.00
13	—	668	141.00	141.00
13	—	755	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	472	130.00–157.00	147.41
1	—	970	98.00	98.00
32	—	528	125.00–156.00	143.08
27	—	376	135.00–172.00	152.51
1	—	295	162.00	162.00
50	—	427	130.00–164.00	150.89
1	—	920	120.00	120.00
4	—	725	110.00–129.00	121.12
2	—	783	110.00–129.00	119.53
14	—	662	119.00–138.00	128.47
4	—	863	97.00–122.00	107.56
21	—	327	127.50–176.00	155.59
26	—	626	124.00–139.00	133.66
36	—	573	120.00–147.00	138.03
4	—	833	108.00–119.00	114.29
1	—	245	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	784	109.00–117.00	113.06
2	—	375	115.00–135.00	125.00
7	—	470	106.00–135.00	122.16
2	—	725	100.00	100.00
1	—	295	152.00	152.00
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
1	—	640	106.00	106.00
1	—	670	90.00	90.00
6	—	528	120.00–126.00	122.52
2	—	880	100.00	100.00
6	—	428	120.00–141.00	132.70
4	—	568	116.00–124.00	120.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	132.00	132.00
6	—	647	137.00	137.00
50	—	540	155.50–159.00	157.53
10	—	566	146.00–150.00	147.72
3	—	707	123.00	123.00
4	—	410	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	151.00–153.00	151.99
1	—	665	129.00	129.00
6	—	446	157.00	157.00
2	—	763	128.00	128.00
1	—	620	137.00	137.00
4	—	471	147.00–166.00	156.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	172.50	172.50
1	—	565	156.00	156.00
1	—	500	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	719	104.00–127.00	118.67
3	—	780	109.00–116.00	112.28
23	—	672	112.00–132.00	123.26
151	—	472	128.00–150.00	140.91
4	—	811	107.00–111.00	109.25
2	—	238	149.00–152.00	150.52
76	—	619	117.00–135.00	126.79
64	—	374	139.00–169.00	151.04
1	—	900	95.00	95.00
32	—	328	139.00–163.00	153.01
166	—	522	125.00–146.00	136.02
5	—	266	144.00–160.00	155.64
130	—	426	134.00–160.00	145.56
157	—	567	119.00–143.00	131.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
3	—	620	110.00–120.00	115.24
2	—	580	112.00–113.00	112.49
5	—	430	112.00–133.00	127.16
2	—	710	102.00–110.00	105.97
3	—	797	111.00	111.00
2	—	515	120.00–130.00	124.85
4	—	669	110.00–122.00	112.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	132.00	132.00
8	—	526	134.00–138.00	135.49
9	—	617	123.00–133.00	128.98
7	—	439	158.00	158.00
28	—	560	134.00–138.00	136.83
1	—	315	161.00	161.00
1	—	385	147.00	147.00
19	—	468	142.00–145.00	144.74
1	—	290	154.00	154.00
2	—	710	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	125.00	125.00
3	—	762	112.00	112.00
13	—	532	128.00–138.00	133.79
11	—	486	126.00–136.00	132.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	443	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	133.00	133.00
2	—	425	150.00	150.00
1	—	345	161.00	161.00
4	—	516	130.00–131.00	130.50
1	—	360	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	626	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	473	115.00–135.00	128.28
5	—	887	90.00	90.00
22	—	574	110.00–127.00	119.37
23	—	326	120.00–150.00	133.93
10	—	721	100.00–124.00	110.81
4	—	784	96.00–100.00	98.48
44	—	425	120.00–146.00	133.70
16	—	673	104.00–127.00	112.23
3	—	815	100.00	100.00
7	—	271	123.00–147.00	138.87
36	—	370	120.00–145.00	134.45
15	—	624	111.00–128.00	116.98
34	—	519	110.00–135.00	122.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	121.00–128.00	123.98
4	—	471	100.00–117.00	108.33
7	—	363	87.00–123.00	110.91
3	—	273	111.00–127.50	119.95
2	—	623	80.00–95.00	87.35
4	—	576	85.00–110.00	99.38
5	—	520	105.00–116.00	111.18
4	—	664	88.00–117.00	99.68
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	126.00–141.00	131.42
1	—	510	127.00	127.00
1	—	255	162.00	162.00
5	—	584	125.50–130.00	126.41
1	—	655	119.00	119.00
5	—	364	135.00–147.00	140.84
2	—	410	145.00–146.00	145.51
4	—	324	143.00–149.00	146.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	400	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	820	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	128.00	128.00
7	—	400	139.50	139.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	622	124.00–144.00	136.28
49	—	426	150.00–178.00	163.01
32	—	375	150.00–192.00	170.49
21	—	326	146.00–183.00	171.54
5	—	926	80.00–106.00	96.79
4	—	276	165.00–207.50	181.86
5	—	867	95.00–110.00	105.41
66	—	469	138.00–171.00	158.89
101	—	521	130.00–163.00	150.73
86	—	570	130.00–155.00	144.34
17	—	721	100.00–139.00	123.97
13	—	765	106.00–131.00	119.91
30	—	678	111.00–137.00	128.79
1	—	1,030	80.00	80.00
6	—	825	106.00–123.00	113.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	114.00	114.00
2	—	653	117.00	117.00
2	—	620	125.00	125.00
3	—	465	135.00–140.00	136.65
1	—	350	147.50	147.50
3	—	568	125.00–130.00	128.30
3	—	525	124.00–138.00	129.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	120.00–147.00	135.67
1	—	685	90.00	90.00
2	—	473	118.00–135.00	126.72
2	—	630	102.00–103.00	102.50
2	—	390	131.00–139.00	134.95
2	—	243	125.00	125.00
1	—	260	125.00	125.00
2	—	568	110.00–123.00	116.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	574	116.00–144.00	128.00
6	—	618	112.00–129.00	122.40
2	—	758	105.00–119.00	112.07
31	—	472	129.00–156.00	143.38
9	—	668	110.00–119.00	114.89
1	—	990	80.00	80.00
13	—	377	145.00–164.00	153.14
3	—	735	101.00–108.00	105.32
18	—	418	127.50–156.00	143.81
14	—	323	145.00–172.00	154.85
4	—	278	135.00–160.00	151.41
2	—	885	100.00–114.00	107.04
2	—	823	108.00–118.00	113.05
20	—	527	120.00–153.00	135.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	151.00–162.50	153.94
2	—	380	163.00–174.00	168.57
2	—	490	136.00–150.00	142.93
3	—	348	154.00	154.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,217	58.00–73.00	66.49
131	—	1,160	52.00–69.00	61.94
2	—	1,140	45.00	45.00
20	—	1,116	44.00–61.50	54.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	45.00	45.00
2	—	785	48.00–56.00	52.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	966	40.00–53.00	47.73
33	—	1,105	54.00–67.00	61.68
3	—	957	25.00–45.00	35.60
84	—	1,011	44.00–63.00	55.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	779	36.00–59.50	47.03
4	—	703	20.00–35.00	30.27
13	—	768	25.00–45.00	37.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,352	57.00–67.00	62.58
43	—	1,422	60.00–70.00	66.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,265	36.00–82.00	72.37
44	—	1,541	72.00–93.00	86.34
37	—	1,833	90.00–106.00	95.85

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	—	1,083	560.00–760.00	672.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,199	55.00–72.00	68.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,053	960.00	960.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	966	685.00–1,125.00	983.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	61.00	61.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,115	68.00–78.00	72.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,134	62.00–67.50	64.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	—	1,148	675.00–1,050.00	905.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,315	68.00–70.00	68.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,345	57.00–70.50	63.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,180	65.00–71.00	68.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,134	650.00–925.00	773.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,035	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,027	60.00–66.00	63.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	990	610.00–800.00	716.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,020	610.00–750.00	663.68
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	970	725.00–850.00	782.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,003	850.00–1,050.00	945.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	72.00	72.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,148	685.00–1,150.00	993.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,104	650.00–1,135.00	870.10
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	42.00	42.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	748	700.00–875.00	765.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	65.50	65.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	722	76.00–114.00	89.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	710	63.00–71.00	67.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	923	60.00–93.00	77.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	905	61.00–85.00	74.59
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,279	650.00–1,475.00	1,167.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	844	950.00–1,125.00	1,063.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,104	975.00–1,050.00	1,003.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,144	740.00–1,100.00	940.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,278	850.00–1,000.00	903.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	945	900.00–1,400.00	1,221.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,353	1,025.00–1,510.00	1,272.43
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	900.00–1,225.00	1,070.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,435	95.50–99.00	97.23

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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