Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 257 priced lines covering 5,019 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,800 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 977 head. replacement cattle receipts at 390 head. Counted as USDA files them — 105 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,800Last week 6,214Year ago 5,410

Slaughter CattleReceipts 977Last week 899Year ago 651

Replacement CattleReceipts 390Last week 373Year ago 239

Compared to last report: Stocker steers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady; Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers under 550 lbs sold mostly steady; offerings over 550 lbs sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	573	124.00–151.00	140.58
55	—	327	145.00–177.50	162.55
4	—	273	142.00–163.00	151.24
151	—	471	130.00–166.00	148.78
176	—	519	125.00–165.00	143.29
87	—	674	116.00–150.00	134.77
90	—	375	137.50–168.00	156.32
7	—	827	112.00–130.00	121.47
20	—	777	111.00–131.00	123.47
149	—	425	130.00–167.00	150.48
1	—	985	105.00	105.00
123	—	623	118.00–151.00	135.57
28	—	723	117.00–138.00	127.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	619	132.00–144.50	141.33
19	—	424	146.00–160.00	153.42
24	—	576	140.00–152.00	146.22
27	—	655	133.50–141.50	136.88
42	—	482	142.00–170.00	163.37
4	—	900	120.00	120.00
9	—	728	133.00	133.00
49	—	535	139.50–151.00	145.10
1	—	750	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	140.00–146.00	143.97
4	—	421	151.00–160.00	153.19
8	—	469	150.00–161.00	155.43
1	—	605	140.00	140.00
2	—	575	140.00–141.00	140.49
2	—	378	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	135.00	135.00
1	—	470	127.00	127.00
1	—	825	103.00	103.00
4	—	434	128.50–130.00	129.24
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
2	—	510	120.00	120.00
2	—	570	117.00–120.00	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	526	125.00–156.00	147.38
5	—	746	124.00	124.00
1	—	260	135.00	135.00
5	—	658	132.50	132.50
13	—	425	147.00–152.00	149.37
20	—	573	130.00–144.00	139.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	526	110.00–140.00	128.98
1	—	840	106.00	106.00
12	—	677	110.00–134.00	118.00
5	—	271	125.00–145.00	139.68
24	—	381	121.00–150.00	138.45
41	—	429	120.00–154.00	135.28
38	—	575	110.00–141.00	125.64
62	—	476	110.00–147.00	132.76
22	—	619	110.00–135.00	121.82
14	—	328	130.00–143.00	137.18
9	—	719	109.00–129.00	112.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	90.00–110.00	102.92
12	—	422	105.00–128.00	115.14
5	—	529	100.00–117.00	110.90
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
2	—	288	104.00–105.00	104.50
16	—	381	80.00–137.00	122.61
5	—	613	80.00–100.00	87.94
8	—	323	105.00–130.00	119.58
9	—	471	80.00–129.00	105.82
2	—	668	101.00–113.00	106.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	546	150.00	150.00
14	—	585	132.00–140.50	139.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	789	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	523	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	131.00	131.00
1	—	455	135.00	135.00
1	—	440	139.00	139.00
1	—	395	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	485	132.50–140.00	138.86
1	—	570	132.00	132.00
1	—	415	142.00	142.00
2	—	535	127.00–136.00	131.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	572	146.00–181.00	162.98
47	—	323	171.00–218.00	194.30
104	—	624	134.00–174.00	157.85
102	—	425	150.00–197.50	173.79
145	—	525	149.00–182.00	164.67
10	—	724	130.00–150.00	139.73
1	—	890	130.00	130.00
14	—	768	129.00–145.50	137.58
104	—	474	151.00–180.00	166.84
4	—	818	132.00–137.00	134.76
54	—	675	131.00–160.50	151.12
12	—	275	170.00–215.00	192.37
72	—	377	162.50–210.00	184.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	522	160.00–188.00	176.68
54	—	619	150.00–175.00	160.44
28	—	568	157.00–179.00	174.54
1	—	420	185.00	185.00
56	—	815	145.00	145.00
2	—	703	138.00–152.00	144.98
1	—	310	205.00	205.00
13	—	668	142.00–161.00	152.12
10	—	397	172.00–205.00	201.88
27	—	474	158.00–175.00	171.42
1	—	850	138.00	138.00
16	—	785	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	632	170.00–175.00	171.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	555	165.00	165.00
13	—	673	149.50	149.50
3	—	648	135.50	135.50
11	—	764	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	709	140.00–144.00	143.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	569	125.00–155.00	143.57
70	—	475	121.00–170.00	146.85
8	—	722	129.00–139.00	132.09
60	—	524	120.00–164.00	149.24
10	—	317	142.50–187.00	161.10
10	—	670	130.00–150.00	140.88
37	—	429	122.00–172.00	148.16
1	—	855	120.00	120.00
26	—	621	121.00–154.00	140.93
1	—	950	110.00	110.00
1	—	240	146.00	146.00
32	—	375	128.00–188.00	156.04
1	—	845	118.00	118.00
7	—	781	127.00–136.00	132.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	559	102.50–130.00	119.12
2	—	605	120.00	120.00
7	—	427	100.00–135.00	116.95
2	—	665	100.00–119.00	109.57
5	—	468	110.00–128.00	119.62
2	—	328	130.00–131.00	130.51
5	—	520	120.00–129.00	124.49
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	536	161.00–173.00	164.51
1	—	790	136.00	136.00
8	—	574	155.00	155.00
12	—	629	136.00–153.00	149.63
50	—	479	151.00–176.00	169.76
7	—	807	137.50	137.50
14	—	669	132.50–150.00	142.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	388	155.00–164.00	156.83
2	—	455	170.00	170.00
5	—	426	147.00–177.50	163.47
6	—	513	165.00	165.00
2	—	318	172.00–175.00	173.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	152.50	152.50
1	—	705	142.00	142.00
1	—	305	166.00	166.00
4	—	544	165.00–169.00	165.98
2	—	585	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	372	156.00–185.00	173.23
64	—	473	145.00–173.00	157.00
30	—	329	141.00–196.00	179.59
3	—	278	152.50–172.50	165.19
3	—	857	117.00–120.00	118.00
52	—	423	142.00–183.00	167.42
39	—	620	129.00–160.00	141.26
20	—	712	118.00–140.00	131.86
3	—	818	99.00–122.00	112.96
7	—	767	112.00–134.00	126.88
83	—	573	131.00–153.50	145.68
38	—	674	123.00–144.00	134.80
94	—	521	140.00–172.00	152.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	598	129.00	129.00
1	—	345	120.00	120.00
2	—	648	120.00	120.00
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	59.00	59.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	619	116.00–153.00	128.23
42	—	429	130.00–166.00	147.71
3	—	282	140.00–158.00	150.18
6	—	320	151.00–164.00	155.19
3	—	870	95.00–100.00	98.37
28	—	380	136.00–167.00	155.44
10	—	664	109.00–137.00	122.43
31	—	573	117.00–144.00	132.16
2	—	908	90.00–100.00	95.04
50	—	471	125.00–161.00	146.47
2	—	828	81.00–112.00	96.27
8	—	721	117.00–126.00	120.25
39	—	524	120.00–154.00	138.96
2	—	780	80.00–100.00	89.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	100.00–117.00	108.44
1	—	485	142.00	142.00
4	—	615	110.00–119.00	115.32
6	—	423	125.00–136.00	129.79
6	—	519	79.00–121.00	108.46
2	—	658	115.00–119.00	116.98
9	—	376	105.00–149.00	135.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	506	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	122.00	122.00
1	—	675	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	181.00	181.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	95.50	95.50
2	—	568	51.00	51.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,707	90.50–107.00	97.48
42	—	1,520	72.00–97.00	87.54
14	—	1,274	50.00–86.00	73.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,130	53.00–76.50	64.44
127	—	1,184	64.00–88.00	69.47
23	—	1,006	42.00–60.00	49.56
6	—	942	44.00–54.00	50.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,441	66.00–76.50	69.63
20	—	1,452	52.50–77.00	64.64
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	53.00	53.00
2	—	715	36.50–48.00	41.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	996	41.00–66.00	56.86
23	—	1,098	57.00–72.00	65.98
3	—	922	40.00–52.00	45.57
20	—	928	38.00–59.00	46.88
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	836	36.00–48.00	41.69
4	—	834	47.00–59.00	53.98
1	—	700	25.00	25.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	68.00	68.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,096	725.00–1,180.00	923.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,118	625.00–800.00	715.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	913	775.00–1,100.00	953.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,002	60.00–85.00	68.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	730.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,168	68.00–73.00	70.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,007	59.00–71.00	66.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,196	675.00–1,175.00	1,003.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	978	54.00–76.00	64.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,106	47.00–73.00	64.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,160	550.00–900.00	813.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,204	835.00–950.00	921.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	87.00	87.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,135	69.00–74.00	71.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,123	725.00–825.00	782.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	998	890.00–1,250.00	1,050.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,005	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,275.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	905	560.00–570.00	565.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	550.00	550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	91.00	91.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	695	107.00	107.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,033	1,050.00	1,050.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	940	900.00–1,100.00	1,003.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,025	840.00–1,020.00	948.65
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	800	75.00–115.00	102.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	886	52.00–101.00	74.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	988	51.00–73.50	65.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	934	57.00–70.00	62.47
(<2 yrs)	Open	20	—	882	950.00–1,220.00	1,114.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	69.50–92.50	79.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,685	99.00–102.00	100.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	943	660.00–700.00	675.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	961	610.00–950.00	764.80
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,066	720.00–1,100.00	914.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,103	835.00–1,275.00	1,153.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,191	825.00–1,325.00	1,090.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,135	580.00–1,075.00	881.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	725.00–800.00	760.34
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,343	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,086.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	995	720.00–1,175.00	1,014.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,414	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,080.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,108	1,100.00–1,485.00	1,373.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,328	925.00–1,250.00	1,112.90
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	785.00	785.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	825.00	825.00

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

More

Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line