Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 199 priced lines covering 2,498 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,628 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 490 head. replacement cattle receipts at 262 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,628Last week 5,148Year ago 4,835

Slaughter CattleReceipts 490Last week 813Year ago 1,063

Replacement CattleReceipts 262Last week 285Year ago 386

Compared to last report: All classes of cattle lightly tested due to a few auctions not reported so trend not applicable.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	105.00	105.00
47	—	628	120.00–136.00	128.97
40	—	567	121.00–139.00	131.12
4	—	981	109.00–115.00	112.75
11	—	675	125.50–133.00	128.73
70	—	518	120.00–150.00	132.78
1	—	290	135.00	135.00
1	—	860	126.00	126.00
69	—	473	125.00–150.00	136.79
4	—	767	120.00–123.00	122.24
31	—	331	127.00–149.00	140.38
69	—	421	127.00–153.00	140.66
35	—	383	130.00–156.00	143.13
11	—	721	115.00–136.00	126.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	144.00	144.00
3	—	662	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	738	115.00	115.00
2	—	572	123.00	123.00
9	—	524	119.00–124.00	120.71
4	—	649	129.00	129.00
5	—	1,099	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	766	90.00–110.00	102.16
59	—	469	105.00–140.00	122.65
25	—	567	105.00–126.00	117.97
20	—	622	105.00–125.00	116.50
27	—	327	116.00–138.00	126.76
4	—	907	95.00–100.00	98.75
30	—	376	113.00–144.00	132.16
50	—	427	110.00–137.00	129.31
4	—	728	100.00–110.00	104.46
76	—	528	105.00–134.00	123.49
17	—	670	100.00–125.00	115.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	380	98.00–126.00	112.65
6	—	718	80.00	80.00
17	—	474	80.00–118.00	104.68
14	—	420	90.00–120.00	107.04
11	—	521	90.00–120.00	104.26
17	—	324	90.00–131.00	110.39
5	—	580	96.00–100.00	99.19
3	—	615	90.00–111.00	101.53
2	—	803	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	50.00	50.00
2	—	318	70.00–83.00	76.76
1	—	650	60.00	60.00
1	—	435	66.00	66.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	107.00	107.00
1	—	760	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	726	132.00–135.00	134.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	622	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	592	125.00	125.00
3	—	548	120.00	120.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	659	125.00	125.00
5	—	610	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	733	116.00–136.00	125.85
28	—	373	125.00–171.00	153.58
14	—	329	135.00–176.00	164.00
1	—	960	127.00	127.00
30	—	425	130.00–161.00	150.23
2	—	675	130.00–135.00	132.50
12	—	570	120.00–141.00	133.20
5	—	614	124.00–136.00	130.56
24	—	484	130.00–157.00	143.52
35	—	529	128.00–147.00	139.06
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	90.00	90.00
7	—	419	72.50–131.00	106.72
5	—	334	114.00–133.00	121.85
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
5	—	479	90.00–120.00	102.97
3	—	370	96.00–117.50	107.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	136.00	136.00
9	—	676	134.00–139.00	136.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	604	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	630	137.00–158.00	151.67
56	—	427	150.00–178.00	165.54
2	—	275	182.00	182.00
3	—	800	143.50	143.50
29	—	371	152.00–195.00	174.36
64	—	469	139.00–178.00	162.96
11	—	689	140.00–145.00	142.18
54	—	521	132.00–167.00	151.11
13	—	765	132.00–150.00	145.39
1	—	945	130.00	130.00
25	—	321	160.00–205.00	177.10
59	—	573	140.00–156.00	149.27
3	—	722	129.00–137.00	131.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	421	165.00–168.00	166.08
28	—	524	143.00–154.00	148.81
4	—	690	138.00	138.00
25	—	488	156.00–158.00	156.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	559	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	175.00–183.00	178.84
19	—	719	110.00–133.00	121.11
1	—	800	124.00	124.00
19	—	376	160.00–178.00	169.28
3	—	892	111.00–123.00	117.14
58	—	523	130.00–158.00	143.36
39	—	424	149.00–182.00	161.04
31	—	667	110.00–134.00	125.80
55	—	567	121.00–144.00	136.24
28	—	617	115.00–135.00	127.16
4	—	761	112.00–122.00	118.03
1	—	985	88.00	88.00
39	—	473	145.00–168.00	155.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	527	117.00–140.00	127.55
3	—	827	84.00–108.00	98.91
21	—	380	132.00–160.00	144.71
32	—	475	124.00–149.00	133.33
22	—	571	110.00–130.00	122.49
3	—	767	90.00–108.00	96.03
30	—	421	120.00–150.00	140.98
8	—	614	110.00–120.00	117.02
3	—	958	80.00–85.00	81.65
2	—	873	80.00	80.00
4	—	729	100.00–113.00	108.26
12	—	668	108.00–124.00	114.72
1	—	290	157.00	157.00
17	—	326	130.00–162.00	145.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	90.00	90.00
12	—	613	128.50	128.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	103.00–125.00	110.68
9	—	476	100.00–130.00	119.72
1	—	735	92.00	92.00
9	—	525	95.00–121.00	112.23
7	—	413	100.00–131.00	119.90
2	—	338	120.00–125.00	122.48
2	—	625	110.00–115.00	112.48
13	—	367	113.00–132.00	122.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	86.00	86.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	67.00	67.00

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)	1	—	840	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	645	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	790	650.00–775.00	714.87
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	936	850.00–900.00	891.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	88.00	88.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	61.00	61.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	605	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	905	80.00–90.00	85.28
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	690	75.00	75.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	707	375.00–550.00	479.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	738	550.00–600.00	573.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	400.00	400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	725	23.00–38.00	31.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	27.00	27.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	330.00	330.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	678	285.00–375.00	339.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	51.00	51.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,126	49.00–89.00	66.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,213	49.50–54.50	52.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,213	59.00–66.00	61.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	98.00	98.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,246	56.00–65.00	60.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	828	62.00–83.00	72.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,235.00	1,235.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,170	700.00–1,060.00	856.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,166	600.00–1,000.00	817.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,152	45.00–65.00	56.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,194	32.00–79.00	60.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	870	460.00–750.00	616.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	27.00	27.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,079	60.00–78.00	68.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	938	680.00–825.00	743.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,005	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,013.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	829	41.00–100.00	70.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	930	50.00–58.00	55.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	760	500.00–515.00	507.85
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	1,185.00	1,185.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,251	910.00–1,260.00	1,075.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	915	98.00	98.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	940	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,186	59.00–76.00	69.25
9	—	1,644	72.00–84.50	79.46
7	—	1,867	83.00–88.00	85.79
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	14.00–20.00	15.91
1	—	700	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,095	44.50–54.00	50.52
10	—	965	19.00–40.00	28.98
7	—	1,019	38.00–46.00	41.98
7	—	1,274	55.00–60.50	58.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,280	56.00–66.50	61.59
11	—	1,077	40.00–50.00	45.24
12	—	1,053	26.00–44.00	35.06
60	—	1,146	48.00–59.00	53.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,378	60.00–68.00	63.41
9	—	1,340	52.00–66.00	59.05
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	54.00–57.50	55.76
6	—	724	24.00–38.00	29.25
1	—	820	56.50	56.50

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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