Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 237 priced lines covering 3,925 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,186 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 874 head. replacement cattle receipts at 289 head. Counted as USDA files them — 53 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,186Last week 3,563Year ago 5,247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 874Last week 717Year ago 876

Replacement CattleReceipts 289Last week 226Year ago 332

Compared to last report: Stocker cattle under 600 lbs mostly sold 5.00-10.00 higher, instances 10.00-15.00 higher; Feeder cattle over 600 lbs sold mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand for light weight, grazing type stocker cattle was good to very good with active buyers participation. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	744	139.00	139.00
2	—	308	175.00	175.00
5	—	572	157.00	157.00
23	—	517	160.00–169.00	167.82
6	—	397	184.00	184.00
6	—	631	152.00–155.00	153.50
7	—	499	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	581	145.00	145.00
5	—	461	157.50–161.00	159.70
16	—	424	145.00–175.00	163.52
8	—	366	152.50–170.00	160.53
1	—	675	105.00	105.00
6	—	281	130.00–152.50	144.29
1	—	340	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	174.00	174.00
1	—	470	167.00	167.00
2	—	423	172.00–175.00	173.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	514	154.00–165.00	159.49
3	—	468	158.00	158.00
4	—	400	167.50	167.50
8	—	685	130.00	130.00
26	—	562	139.00–154.00	147.55
3	—	642	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	469	140.00–179.00	167.70
4	—	278	162.50–180.00	170.34
135	—	523	135.00–172.50	159.32
6	—	820	110.00–127.00	116.96
130	—	376	150.00–188.00	171.62
4	—	719	125.00–131.00	128.74
167	—	422	142.50–186.00	170.20
92	—	572	135.00–166.00	151.64
23	—	622	130.00–155.00	142.92
25	—	657	127.00–150.00	140.66
6	—	774	120.00–123.00	121.33
1	—	865	116.00	116.00
69	—	324	157.00–192.00	176.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	397	181.00	181.00
27	—	481	174.00	174.00
19	—	444	181.00	181.00
5	—	512	162.00	162.00
10	—	577	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
23	—	571	120.00–145.00	133.22
29	—	322	135.00–170.00	154.13
43	—	471	120.00–159.00	145.99
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
10	—	678	100.00–131.00	118.04
12	—	624	113.00–143.00	129.44
39	—	421	130.00–172.50	148.03
8	—	280	120.00–175.00	145.26
38	—	369	119.00–165.00	147.93
3	—	713	122.00–125.00	123.98
23	—	522	113.00–151.00	137.90
6	—	757	85.00–119.00	110.94
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	374	100.00–146.00	118.05
13	—	321	102.00–151.00	127.46
12	—	423	100.00–139.00	122.97
1	—	245	120.00	120.00
2	—	625	101.00–115.00	107.78
6	—	565	70.00–124.00	104.04
9	—	474	80.00–135.00	117.04
5	—	527	102.50–137.00	120.57
1	—	250	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	137.50	137.50
3	—	420	128.00–168.00	154.98
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	665	112.00	112.00
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
2	—	260	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	532	166.00	166.00
8	—	756	137.00	137.00
10	—	592	155.00	155.00
7	—	676	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	180.00	180.00
1	—	550	168.00	168.00
1	—	440	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	692	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	124.00–130.00	126.63
29	—	473	145.00–189.00	166.90
32	—	520	139.00–178.00	163.86
46	—	427	140.00–193.00	171.83
8	—	614	135.00–156.00	146.72
20	—	327	140.00–195.00	171.78
4	—	274	147.50–155.00	151.34
8	—	678	129.00–147.00	140.27
34	—	372	135.00–197.00	168.01
1	—	765	138.00	138.00
41	—	571	135.00–175.00	159.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	157.50–188.00	181.71
19	—	382	190.00	190.00
1	—	635	128.00	128.00
25	—	480	178.00–186.00	184.35
1	—	265	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
4	—	326	125.00–137.50	131.35
2	—	580	110.00–138.00	124.24
2	—	383	100.00–139.00	119.12
2	—	530	110.00–132.00	121.31
1	—	760	100.00	100.00
3	—	490	112.50–138.00	128.66
7	—	428	116.00–151.00	127.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	207.00	207.00
8	—	501	209.00	209.00
10	—	373	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	190.00	190.00
8	—	373	220.50–225.00	223.24
10	—	426	200.00–225.00	208.97
14	—	531	200.00–216.00	210.39
10	—	747	159.00	159.00
19	—	590	184.00–191.00	188.66
36	—	483	199.00–222.00	216.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	328	185.00–228.00	206.77
49	—	622	150.00–180.00	166.61
13	—	775	135.50–159.00	152.77
11	—	707	135.00–156.00	144.38
88	—	561	152.00–199.00	188.17
61	—	670	140.00–172.00	163.71
9	—	831	127.00–156.00	140.11
128	—	471	166.00–220.00	197.08
5	—	282	185.00–215.00	197.88
68	—	372	177.50–228.00	202.29
78	—	520	165.00–211.00	186.80
91	—	423	170.00–229.00	197.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	184.00	184.00
6	—	590	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	698	162.00	162.00
26	—	630	135.00–175.00	167.96
15	—	419	202.00	202.00
41	—	888	141.50–154.00	143.54
2	—	555	164.00	164.00
9	—	470	171.00–192.00	182.35
9	—	757	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	169.00–200.00	181.15
4	—	331	172.50–177.50	176.35
1	—	380	195.00	195.00
1	—	485	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
1	—	455	140.00	140.00
2	—	865	110.00–111.00	110.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	157.50–174.00	165.84
3	—	280	132.50–185.00	161.96
4	—	369	170.00–185.00	175.35
3	—	328	147.50–165.00	153.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	180.00–205.00	192.64
74	—	520	144.00–202.00	170.12
7	—	772	125.00–139.00	129.90
14	—	672	135.00–160.00	148.04
2	—	878	107.00–108.00	107.51
4	—	270	170.00–200.00	187.13
7	—	823	100.00–125.00	111.33
1	—	160	210.00	210.00
25	—	567	146.00–181.00	160.69
42	—	327	150.00–210.00	193.31
31	—	420	160.00–204.00	183.52
57	—	380	163.00–212.50	189.57
8	—	722	122.00–147.00	134.26
2	—	928	113.00–120.00	116.55
22	—	628	133.00–167.50	152.27
47	—	466	160.00–199.00	183.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	151.00–160.00	155.57
2	—	583	100.00–110.00	104.89
2	—	418	129.00–150.00	139.56
2	—	483	138.00–151.00	144.67
2	—	535	103.00–125.00	114.00
6	—	367	120.00–168.00	144.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	324	151.00–194.00	175.99
31	—	423	120.00–186.00	155.71
12	—	571	117.00–157.00	141.14
33	—	473	120.00–171.00	149.18
7	—	620	120.00–140.00	130.10
2	—	678	120.00–121.00	120.51
2	—	268	147.50–155.00	151.00
1	—	835	100.00	100.00
26	—	370	141.00–191.00	166.26
22	—	519	120.00–163.00	148.37
3	—	775	120.00–124.00	122.02
3	—	710	110.00–127.00	118.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,600	1,400.00–1,675.00	1,506.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,128	810.00–1,275.00	1,132.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,264	850.00–1,550.00	1,343.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,017	550.00–1,200.00	936.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,005	750.00–1,300.00	1,078.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,185	750.00–1,350.00	1,123.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,360	810.00–1,400.00	1,161.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	80.00	80.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,175	78.00–88.00	82.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	878	67.00–90.00	80.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,148	65.00–86.50	80.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	953	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,107.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,081	825.00–1,175.00	981.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,198	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,111.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,045	625.00–1,050.00	926.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	83.00	83.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,276	75.00–90.00	82.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,129	72.00–92.00	82.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,037	62.00–96.00	82.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,028	81.00–87.00	83.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	968	775.00–1,210.00	979.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,078	900.00–1,210.00	1,014.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,127	880.00–1,400.00	1,111.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,057	74.00–87.00	81.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,144	710.00–1,450.00	1,144.38
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	630	50.00	50.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	960.00	960.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	82.00	82.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	880.00	880.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	923	850.00–940.00	894.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	990	900.00–1,000.00	951.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	743	45.00–57.00	52.07
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	849	64.00–115.00	87.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	822	60.00–88.00	79.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,300	65.00–102.00	84.48
32	—	1,816	105.00–127.00	114.46
49	—	1,515	80.00–110.00	97.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	42.00–45.00	43.45
2	—	788	32.50–36.00	34.16
3	—	777	51.00–55.00	52.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	55.00	55.00
2	—	735	59.00–74.00	67.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,168	61.00–86.50	73.03
11	—	990	43.00–77.00	65.84
106	—	1,221	75.00–92.00	84.33
22	—	1,029	48.00–84.00	70.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	949	32.00–56.00	48.70
35	—	977	53.00–84.00	63.89
30	—	1,065	71.00–88.50	76.45
16	—	902	20.00–42.00	35.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,393	79.00–90.00	85.11
19	—	1,409	72.00–87.00	79.32

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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