Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 223 priced lines covering 4,704 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,441 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,141 head. replacement cattle receipts at 438 head. Counted as USDA files them — 54 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,441Last week 2,790Year ago 5,438

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,141Last week 574Year ago 1,209

Replacement CattleReceipts 438Last week 215Year ago 434

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. We are starting to see more numbers of non-weaned, new crop calves at auctions. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	534	122.00–129.00	125.18
2	—	772	117.00	117.00
2	—	640	124.00	124.00
24	—	441	133.00–135.00	133.93
42	—	472	120.00–135.00	128.77
36	—	567	122.50–129.00	126.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	619	119.00–139.00	129.17
1	—	850	105.00	105.00
3	—	778	105.00–117.00	111.01
51	—	329	130.00–155.00	141.43
154	—	520	122.00–141.00	132.67
35	—	716	115.00–134.00	125.72
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
5	—	828	106.00–110.00	109.22
119	—	574	120.00–141.00	127.15
113	—	473	120.00–146.00	133.88
1	—	935	100.00	100.00
52	—	665	118.00–144.00	132.91
75	—	378	125.00–151.00	139.81
149	—	422	123.00–149.00	136.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	685	127.00–130.00	129.01
15	—	724	125.00–139.00	136.54
6	—	524	132.00–138.00	134.80
4	—	429	144.00	144.00
12	—	615	128.00–143.50	142.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	353	140.00	140.00
5	—	600	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	365	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	115.00–127.00	121.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	671	100.00–124.00	115.42
3	—	720	105.00–118.00	113.33
62	—	521	110.00–129.00	120.09
97	—	424	113.00–139.00	125.59
88	—	476	110.00–134.00	122.92
5	—	774	100.00–110.00	108.00
2	—	883	85.00–90.00	87.49
1	—	255	144.00	144.00
35	—	321	120.00–143.00	134.35
7	—	837	92.00–104.00	102.33
33	—	623	108.00–125.00	114.41
57	—	373	115.00–138.00	126.13
62	—	575	106.00–129.00	117.96
1	—	900	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	100.00–115.00	108.26
9	—	325	91.00–128.00	111.12
14	—	525	90.00–110.00	100.97
11	—	427	93.00–117.00	105.24
10	—	478	90.00–107.00	98.30
4	—	575	92.00–106.00	100.73
6	—	629	80.00–100.00	93.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
2	—	613	110.00–115.00	112.51
1	—	515	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	110.00–120.00	114.47
1	—	430	122.00	122.00
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
5	—	575	115.00–124.00	120.75
5	—	532	115.00–125.00	118.57
12	—	482	120.00–127.00	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	125.00–130.00	127.52
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
2	—	533	130.00–131.00	130.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	130.00	130.00
6	—	629	136.00–140.00	137.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	314	195.00–220.00	213.12
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	103.00	103.00
9	—	431	90.00–120.00	109.18
6	—	640	90.00–115.00	111.06
1	—	335	114.00	114.00
3	—	554	102.50–111.00	108.16
6	—	371	80.00–124.00	111.15
9	—	472	110.00–125.00	115.11
3	—	528	80.00–105.00	91.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	175.00–201.00	191.96
1	—	850	127.00	127.00
75	—	617	128.00–151.00	141.48
45	—	667	130.00–144.50	135.42
60	—	375	147.00–210.00	175.34
145	—	570	132.00–158.00	143.37
27	—	723	130.00–147.00	137.42
13	—	782	120.00–142.00	131.39
116	—	474	135.00–170.00	151.01
124	—	425	140.50–195.00	158.03
36	—	324	150.00–210.00	178.42
7	—	809	119.00–133.00	127.50
144	—	525	133.00–160.00	146.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	144.00–151.00	147.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	139.00	139.00
2	—	415	170.00–181.00	175.30
11	—	715	142.50–145.00	142.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	508	135.00	135.00
16	—	425	150.00–155.00	152.97
15	—	666	127.00–141.00	136.11
3	—	568	137.00	137.00
4	—	856	130.00	130.00
24	—	635	130.00–143.50	139.35
25	—	713	130.00–141.00	137.17
27	—	492	146.00–150.00	148.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	768	125.00–130.00	129.15
36	—	322	115.00–177.00	149.84
45	—	523	120.00–148.00	135.54
110	—	474	115.00–150.00	135.41
12	—	718	110.00–135.00	122.16
52	—	575	117.50–141.00	128.48
12	—	675	120.00–136.00	124.21
2	—	823	109.00–110.00	109.49
3	—	260	168.00	168.00
74	—	429	121.00–154.00	139.00
50	—	622	120.00–141.00	132.03
48	—	379	129.00–166.00	147.40
1	—	925	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	481	124.00	124.00
1	—	665	101.00	101.00
1	—	635	112.00	112.00
1	—	520	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	665	115.00–130.00	123.61
1	—	1,070	89.00	89.00
12	—	770	100.00–125.00	112.33
6	—	813	105.00–121.00	110.14
8	—	326	156.00–172.00	163.57
1	—	870	115.00	115.00
32	—	376	150.00–181.00	162.82
97	—	525	120.00–147.00	134.15
116	—	571	120.00–145.00	133.00
57	—	471	134.00–159.00	146.02
78	—	623	113.00–139.00	127.55
21	—	729	110.00–127.00	115.09
43	—	424	139.00–165.00	153.40
2	—	293	190.00–194.00	192.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	90.00–100.00	95.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	125.00	125.00
5	—	674	120.00	120.00
9	—	476	130.00–142.00	136.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	673	100.00–124.00	116.15
66	—	470	116.00–144.00	128.14
60	—	522	110.00–135.00	123.09
1	—	830	90.00	90.00
25	—	374	122.50–150.00	135.94
1	—	880	85.00	85.00
14	—	730	90.00–114.00	106.07
46	—	424	108.00–147.00	131.55
12	—	329	130.00–150.00	142.88
30	—	574	110.00–135.00	118.36
2	—	910	90.00	90.00
3	—	762	104.00–110.00	107.35
30	—	623	108.00–129.00	118.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	69.00	69.00
5	—	426	118.00–126.00	122.33
5	—	526	50.00–110.00	92.36
7	—	471	104.00–120.00	114.98
7	—	323	103.00–130.00	122.37
4	—	366	113.00–125.00	121.07
1	—	935	61.00	61.00
3	—	635	61.00–70.00	67.09
1	—	760	72.00	72.00
4	—	570	80.00–110.00	92.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	25.00	25.00
1	—	705	60.00	60.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,195	101.00	101.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,243	750.00–1,275.00	1,076.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,202	725.00–1,200.00	990.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,148	830.00–1,325.00	995.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,300	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,020	1,335.00–1,475.00	1,397.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,306	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,059.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,274	900.00–985.00	966.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,348	950.00–1,200.00	1,082.19
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	750.00–1,050.00	921.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	1,025.00–1,045.00	1,035.23
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	849	700.00–1,050.00	911.80
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	105.00	105.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	62.00	62.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,034	52.00–87.00	69.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	—	1,111	700.00–1,850.00	1,024.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,171	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,668.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	750.00–860.00	804.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,164	620.00–1,000.00	854.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	955.00	955.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,153	675.00–850.00	746.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,228	700.00–800.00	744.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,371	58.00–69.00	66.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,236	55.00–71.00	58.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,176	62.00–72.00	64.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,092	54.00–71.00	62.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,123	48.50–59.00	55.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,110	55.00–81.00	72.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,142	55.00–68.00	61.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	69	—	1,222	725.00–1,175.00	848.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,606	75.00–90.00	83.37
17	—	1,864	86.00–98.00	90.28
20	—	1,343	66.50–82.00	73.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	997	28.00–46.00	37.77
35	—	1,055	35.00–58.00	44.26
90	—	1,293	57.50–69.00	62.48
121	—	1,189	48.00–65.00	55.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	58.00–60.00	59.08
29	—	1,435	50.00–65.00	60.19
18	—	1,497	61.00–70.50	65.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	41.00	41.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,028	32.00–48.00	38.65
47	—	1,056	35.00–58.00	47.52
16	—	978	25.00–51.00	40.26
4	—	1,103	57.50–62.00	60.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	40.00	40.00
1	—	845	30.00	30.00

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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