Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 290 priced lines covering 4,147 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,196 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 978 head. replacement cattle receipts at 413 head. Counted as USDA files them — 114 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,196Last week 4,566Year ago 4,492

Slaughter CattleReceipts 978Last week 883Year ago 598

Replacement CattleReceipts 413Last week 569Year ago 316

Compared to last report: Steers and Heifers mostly sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	325	141.00–187.50	169.47
16	—	723	120.00–133.00	126.84
160	—	474	138.00–173.00	156.79
22	—	669	128.00–139.00	132.32
13	—	277	150.00–197.50	168.24
11	—	775	120.00–135.00	124.01
53	—	624	127.50–151.00	138.66
155	—	424	141.00–184.00	162.88
1	—	885	118.00	118.00
89	—	524	130.00–160.00	148.95
93	—	372	140.00–180.00	162.34
115	—	569	128.00–157.00	145.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	136.00	136.00
1	—	655	127.00	127.00
8	—	329	133.00–172.50	150.11
4	—	578	119.00–135.00	127.74
9	—	380	137.00–187.50	156.66
3	—	485	137.00–146.00	141.29
7	—	419	135.00–167.50	155.03
2	—	508	137.50–146.00	141.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	429	157.00–183.00	170.09
40	—	710	136.00–140.50	139.44
1	—	865	129.00	129.00
1	—	830	129.00	129.00
17	—	330	158.00–180.00	173.02
21	—	675	132.50–146.00	140.78
4	—	260	169.00	169.00
59	—	464	155.00–181.00	166.72
5	—	561	155.00–161.00	157.37
20	—	627	143.00–151.00	145.75
4	—	368	158.00	158.00
18	—	534	149.00–181.00	157.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	362	162.50–165.00	163.78
8	—	460	147.50–158.00	154.03
2	—	642	132.50	132.50
2	—	267	168.00	168.00
3	—	400	167.50	167.50
17	—	592	142.00–147.50	145.30
31	—	515	155.50–157.00	156.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	146.00	146.00
2	—	285	165.00	165.00
9	—	508	137.00–139.00	138.32
9	—	561	132.00–135.00	133.90
3	—	380	142.00–142.50	142.33
1	—	310	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	359	185.00	185.00
7	—	448	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	522	113.00–146.00	132.84
43	—	366	125.00–165.00	145.63
5	—	269	127.50–147.50	135.26
15	—	624	112.00–130.00	120.86
4	—	726	101.00–124.00	109.83
70	—	425	125.00–156.00	138.95
16	—	660	117.50–137.00	124.86
3	—	773	100.00–115.00	106.55
1	—	800	87.00	87.00
26	—	322	125.00–160.00	142.69
49	—	473	125.00–148.00	138.02
22	—	569	120.00–137.00	129.52
1	—	980	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	664	132.00	132.00
9	—	425	140.00–157.00	149.89
4	—	625	135.00	135.00
10	—	542	140.00–154.00	149.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	370	103.00–136.00	118.15
3	—	672	105.00–121.00	113.67
8	—	571	103.00–133.00	114.41
11	—	280	113.00	113.00
13	—	323	117.50–140.00	125.98
13	—	528	86.00–123.00	108.68
5	—	608	102.00–120.00	111.94
21	—	424	90.00–129.00	117.67
7	—	470	91.00–125.00	112.00
1	—	710	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	327	130.00–159.00	146.03
5	—	459	130.00–148.00	143.72
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
4	—	386	130.00–150.00	145.02
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
2	—	605	115.00–120.00	117.48
2	—	555	132.50–139.00	135.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	811	130.00–136.00	131.80
3	—	723	133.00	133.00
3	—	790	134.00	134.00
12	—	685	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	96.00	96.00
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	146.00	146.00
3	—	512	164.00	164.00
1	—	565	155.00	155.00
5	—	375	150.00–181.00	173.87
2	—	340	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	197.50–220.00	210.25
36	—	407	177.00–218.00	207.58
7	—	850	135.00	135.00
35	—	467	186.00–204.00	196.06
19	—	607	161.00–175.00	169.42
29	—	729	150.00–154.00	151.05
11	—	775	139.00–149.00	146.21
2	—	282	211.00	211.00
26	—	527	170.00–208.00	190.49
4	—	338	200.00–208.00	203.97
15	—	559	157.00–196.00	187.35
2	—	682	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	361	125.00–144.00	130.66
3	—	535	120.00–129.00	123.28
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
2	—	278	117.50–120.00	118.83
2	—	688	125.00	125.00
5	—	478	115.00–135.00	124.81
2	—	620	118.00	118.00
4	—	325	130.00–137.50	133.47
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
9	—	425	75.00–139.00	120.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	472	140.00–185.00	162.35
41	—	420	140.00–190.00	165.96
1	—	940	118.00	118.00
44	—	372	140.00–190.00	167.59
16	—	567	135.00–153.00	144.79
2	—	885	110.00–119.00	114.55
33	—	325	140.00–195.00	170.95
12	—	621	140.00–156.00	146.11
24	—	526	134.00–175.00	156.25
13	—	675	125.00–150.00	139.51
4	—	731	135.00–140.00	136.23
5	—	265	130.00–172.50	152.53
3	—	753	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	723	136.00–158.00	144.56
51	—	330	172.50–227.00	196.33
9	—	768	134.00–151.00	142.21
11	—	265	177.50–212.50	191.27
44	—	666	138.00–172.00	157.36
1	—	900	131.00	131.00
34	—	616	141.00–176.00	161.55
2	—	830	135.00–136.00	135.51
2	—	870	131.00–136.00	133.56
127	—	471	160.00–224.00	186.32
47	—	570	142.00–197.50	176.48
74	—	517	152.50–205.00	176.35
2	—	1,033	100.00–110.00	104.99
80	—	377	170.00–230.00	198.26
107	—	422	167.00–220.00	190.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	142.50–158.00	152.90
6	—	551	151.00	151.00
4	—	477	157.50–178.00	167.46
1	—	660	142.00	142.00
1	—	615	142.00	142.00
4	—	413	163.00	163.00
3	—	750	142.00	142.00
4	—	723	139.50–141.50	141.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	587	148.00–168.00	163.73
6	—	664	145.00	145.00
3	—	600	152.50	152.50
9	—	487	190.00–195.00	193.92
2	—	335	197.50	197.50
7	—	549	187.00	187.00
2	—	377	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	127.50	127.50
1	—	540	152.00	152.00
3	—	318	130.00–165.00	145.31
2	—	250	175.00–180.00	177.50
2	—	428	158.00–170.00	164.04
3	—	380	130.00–180.00	162.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	190.00–200.00	195.00
7	—	524	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	346	199.00–200.00	199.45
3	—	415	166.00	166.00
2	—	510	152.00	152.00
7	—	486	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	411	120.00–168.00	160.88
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
5	—	381	140.00–172.00	154.80
1	—	890	104.00	104.00
3	—	503	135.00–164.00	144.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	147.50–164.00	156.14
2	—	365	150.00–167.00	158.85
1	—	415	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	569	119.00–154.00	130.85
3	—	733	110.00	110.00
22	—	470	130.00–161.00	145.68
19	—	419	129.00–172.00	150.11
17	—	520	120.00–151.00	140.02
14	—	371	137.00–169.00	151.52
2	—	773	110.00–113.00	111.49
4	—	820	88.00–121.00	104.26
12	—	322	132.50–180.00	158.39
8	—	622	120.00–136.00	127.43
3	—	262	140.00–192.50	165.56
7	—	668	120.00–135.00	127.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	110.00	110.00
2	—	878	118.00	118.00
1	—	835	123.00	123.00
67	—	521	135.00–184.00	162.98
19	—	718	120.00–135.50	130.66
15	—	673	135.00–146.00	141.85
46	—	429	150.00–197.00	178.86
74	—	478	142.00–196.00	173.32
37	—	570	131.00–171.00	152.59
1	—	245	190.00	190.00
32	—	623	120.00–163.00	146.66
33	—	383	150.00–196.00	178.87
6	—	773	120.00–134.00	128.71
19	—	330	170.00–216.00	194.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	107.50–140.00	123.73
2	—	580	120.00–127.50	123.69
4	—	378	101.00–147.00	121.44
2	—	628	112.00	112.00
5	—	670	73.00–119.00	105.68
1	—	960	70.00	70.00
2	—	468	114.00–137.00	125.32
6	—	335	120.00–143.00	129.43
3	—	265	109.99–115.00	111.63
2	—	520	117.00–128.00	122.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	79.00	79.00
1	—	740	74.00	74.00
1	—	475	89.00	89.00
1	—	515	50.00	50.00

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
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,398	101.00–157.50	131.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	600.00	600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,393	950.00–1,450.00	1,189.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,068	730.00–1,275.00	973.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,018	625.00–925.00	781.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,355	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,477.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,268	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,440.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,001	760.00–1,325.00	973.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	857	750.00–1,000.00	879.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,154	980.00–1,450.00	1,259.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,242	900.00–1,600.00	1,240.38
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	958	900.00–1,200.00	1,071.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,001	900.00–1,325.00	1,232.68
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	708	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	989	1,070.00–1,150.00	1,096.97
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	933	63.00–74.00	71.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	85.00	85.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	850	85.00–131.00	103.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	864	61.00–85.00	77.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,072	800.00–950.00	877.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	90.00	90.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,198	83.00–91.00	86.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	64.00	64.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,242	925.00–1,350.00	1,226.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,066	520.00–1,350.00	1,021.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,405	72.00–82.50	77.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	—	1,212	700.00–1,450.00	1,216.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,028	670.00–1,050.00	894.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,159	73.00–81.00	77.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	84.00	84.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,415	79.00–84.00	81.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,117	75.00–86.00	80.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	865	800.00–1,025.00	932.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,290	980.00–1,275.00	1,130.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,038	630.00–925.00	804.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,089	735.00–1,215.00	922.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,020	565.00–1,225.00	958.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	816	57.50–108.00	84.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,049	55.00–86.00	76.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	990.00	990.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	905	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,367	54.00–98.00	82.37
45	—	1,627	80.00–117.00	102.52
35	—	1,748	92.00–131.00	111.44
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	61.00–68.00	64.77
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	813	25.00–30.00	28.30
3	—	797	48.00–68.00	55.37
10	—	814	36.00–52.50	43.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	943	30.50–58.00	47.23
8	—	1,011	30.00–47.00	38.06
20	—	1,145	65.00–85.00	74.91
40	—	1,048	52.00–77.00	64.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,222	67.00–93.00	83.44
65	—	1,158	65.00–86.00	77.09
18	—	1,059	55.00–76.00	66.87
20	—	1,007	49.00–69.00	56.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,453	76.00–98.50	87.38
8	—	1,521	75.00–88.50	80.80

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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