Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 257 priced lines covering 3,784 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,401 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 983 head. replacement cattle receipts at 414 head. Counted as USDA files them — 121 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,401Last week 3,730Year ago 3,786

Slaughter CattleReceipts 983Last week 783Year ago 829

Replacement CattleReceipts 414Last week 303Year ago 551

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold mostly steady. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	372	151.00–205.00	175.33
1	—	775	123.00	123.00
56	—	475	140.00–186.00	166.46
24	—	564	140.00–178.00	161.28
2	—	295	160.00–162.50	161.25
30	—	327	150.00–200.00	183.96
5	—	634	150.00–160.00	153.95
3	—	673	140.00–150.00	144.31
39	—	424	148.00–188.00	169.43
8	—	741	139.00	139.00
3	—	850	130.00	130.00
38	—	525	135.00–183.00	162.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	273	175.00–215.00	199.75
101	—	423	178.00–220.00	196.43
9	—	712	144.00–156.00	150.34
50	—	323	186.00–230.00	203.82
5	—	776	145.00–150.00	148.60
1	—	1,015	128.00	128.00
116	—	473	170.00–211.00	191.58
2	—	928	130.00	130.00
101	—	519	160.00–204.00	185.86
1	—	840	139.00	139.00
3	—	880	132.00–138.00	135.30
40	—	565	159.00–188.00	176.21
27	—	669	140.00–169.50	163.83
48	—	623	140.00–186.00	164.69
105	—	373	172.50–220.00	198.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	190.00	190.00
3	—	467	150.00–172.50	163.97
19	—	519	140.00–164.00	161.46
3	—	300	170.00	170.00
1	—	690	134.00	134.00
2	—	603	147.00–160.00	153.47
15	—	443	160.00–192.00	178.64
8	—	566	161.00–166.00	165.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	667	140.00–160.00	155.83
7	—	625	158.00–166.00	161.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	90.00–105.00	95.74
1	—	895	84.00	84.00
12	—	409	110.00–150.00	130.65
7	—	468	120.00–142.50	131.40
1	—	820	69.00	69.00
3	—	315	115.00–131.00	121.88
8	—	363	90.00–148.00	131.43
2	—	523	109.00–121.00	114.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	187.00–191.00	189.40
2	—	650	161.00	161.00
8	—	416	201.00–215.00	208.77
1	—	910	135.00	135.00
8	—	608	170.00–175.00	171.86
3	—	578	172.50–182.50	175.87
4	—	518	185.00–186.00	185.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	167.00–195.00	179.66
3	—	325	135.00–207.50	173.62
2	—	405	166.00–202.50	184.48
4	—	267	177.50–193.00	188.72
4	—	374	180.00–185.00	182.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	520	178.00	178.00
7	—	354	194.00	194.00
36	—	466	180.00–196.00	193.62
3	—	585	169.00	169.00
5	—	801	148.00	148.00
11	—	441	185.00–199.00	191.29
5	—	892	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	210.00	210.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	45.00	45.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	127.00	127.00
16	—	722	124.00–143.00	136.07
14	—	275	157.50–182.50	164.69
76	—	329	155.00–190.00	171.75
29	—	671	130.00–152.00	141.37
5	—	774	121.00–140.00	128.93
84	—	377	151.00–185.00	170.26
77	—	566	136.00–163.00	153.15
122	—	520	141.00–167.00	153.27
1	—	245	162.50	162.50
61	—	620	129.00–158.00	148.04
103	—	473	143.00–177.00	162.12
152	—	424	140.00–180.00	164.19
2	—	830	110.00–123.00	116.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	630	118.00–140.00	132.79
37	—	577	120.00–149.00	136.46
4	—	765	110.00–112.00	110.50
14	—	671	106.00–140.00	124.48
1	—	905	105.00	105.00
9	—	721	110.00–129.00	119.17
49	—	373	130.00–166.00	149.11
27	—	322	132.50–160.00	148.84
73	—	474	130.00–161.00	146.88
37	—	526	120.00–150.00	137.29
77	—	423	127.50–160.00	148.61
2	—	263	127.00–162.50	144.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	137.00–149.00	140.66
6	—	319	130.00–182.50	162.60
5	—	475	147.00–167.50	156.89
1	—	285	160.00	160.00
4	—	370	152.50–165.00	157.46
10	—	414	140.00–174.00	159.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	433	165.00	165.00
8	—	373	155.00–160.00	158.11
16	—	490	152.00–156.00	154.26
15	—	576	145.00–168.00	152.75
15	—	510	146.00–154.00	148.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	560	150.00–155.00	152.73
2	—	460	167.50	167.50
5	—	416	166.00–170.00	167.69
19	—	526	164.00–168.50	167.88
3	—	333	164.00	164.00
1	—	815	133.00	133.00
8	—	613	145.00–152.00	148.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	160.00	160.00
8	—	408	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	96.00	96.00
3	—	524	110.00–120.00	113.47
27	—	372	92.00–140.00	119.73
18	—	423	71.00–131.00	112.42
2	—	608	80.00–110.00	95.19
3	—	685	78.00–105.00	88.14
22	—	322	100.00–130.00	115.34
1	—	700	71.00	71.00
16	—	483	80.00–146.00	117.02
4	—	574	100.00–120.00	107.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	990	99.00	99.00
5	—	645	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	429	140.00–162.00	157.51
2	—	343	164.00	164.00
9	—	478	150.00–157.00	153.03
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
9	—	523	126.00–149.00	142.63
4	—	574	120.00–144.00	131.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	130.00	130.00
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	108.00	108.00
13	—	745	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	135.00	135.00
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
10	—	429	145.00–180.00	172.91
7	—	516	142.00–169.00	164.34
6	—	485	140.00–179.00	162.01
5	—	390	140.00–168.00	162.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	358	160.00–166.00	163.24
3	—	435	145.00–167.00	158.91
5	—	488	160.00	160.00
4	—	515	155.00–165.00	162.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	172.00	172.00
2	—	513	182.50–187.00	184.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	345	170.00	170.00
6	—	477	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	105.00	105.00
1	—	290	210.00	210.00
2	—	880	112.00–118.00	115.03
4	—	766	129.00–145.00	136.93
58	—	475	155.00–198.00	181.28
13	—	330	170.00–205.00	196.63
41	—	376	165.00–207.00	189.04
43	—	427	150.00–215.00	185.88
51	—	620	135.00–170.00	155.57
4	—	823	114.00–129.00	122.19
1	—	950	117.00	117.00
66	—	527	145.00–197.00	171.54
2	—	925	100.00	100.00
27	—	665	125.00–158.00	150.44
53	—	575	133.00–175.00	161.11
14	—	724	125.00–152.00	139.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	522	130.00–168.00	153.52
4	—	731	110.00–120.00	116.63
24	—	477	140.00–179.00	160.14
15	—	331	142.00–195.00	170.08
2	—	680	130.00	130.00
10	—	576	130.00–161.00	145.06
1	—	825	105.00	105.00
4	—	610	125.00–148.00	138.64
16	—	371	135.00–188.00	162.25
18	—	422	125.00–183.00	162.68
3	—	787	103.00–107.00	104.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
1	—	830	77.50	77.50
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
1	—	410	132.00	132.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	783	730.00–750.00	740.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	61.00–72.00	66.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	875	73.00–126.00	89.91
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	750	87.00–95.00	92.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,048	72.00–79.50	75.78
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	890	98.00	98.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	898	885.00–1,100.00	1,019.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	972	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	903	106.00–107.00	106.56
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	790.00	790.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	675	43.00	43.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	775	60.00	60.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	720	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	715	65.00	65.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,109	68.00–81.00	77.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	991	775.00–880.00	838.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,048	875.00–1,100.00	941.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	811	440.00–790.00	607.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,020	61.00–83.50	75.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,057	680.00–1,200.00	946.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,092	815.00–1,230.00	1,044.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	955	78.00	78.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,158	63.00–86.00	78.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	988	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,076.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	1,160.00	1,160.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,124	750.00–850.00	792.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,410	82.00	82.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	863	71.00–81.00	76.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,081	59.00–84.00	73.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,273	79.00–95.00	83.08
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	626	400.00–520.00	484.79
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	950.00–1,050.00	1,000.44
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,072	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,171.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	1,230.00–1,350.00	1,299.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,100	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,463	1,200.00–1,285.00	1,251.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,086	1,050.00–1,550.00	1,352.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,315.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	44	—	1,132	875.00–1,650.00	1,261.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,033	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,352.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,103	925.00–1,125.00	1,019.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	865	450.00–500.00	474.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	685.00	685.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	677	590.00–700.00	648.01
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	869	685.00–750.00	735.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,730	99.00–115.00	107.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,536	85.00–109.00	96.89
40	—	1,783	94.00–121.50	109.38
13	—	1,387	65.00–101.00	87.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	774	44.00–70.00	57.96
2	—	813	70.00–78.00	73.99
5	—	706	15.00–27.50	22.31
3	—	807	47.00–56.00	51.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,220	75.00–88.00	82.00
12	—	994	50.00–71.00	62.18
8	—	974	36.00–62.00	53.66
55	—	1,128	63.00–80.00	72.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,094	69.00–81.00	74.86
18	—	952	30.00–58.00	49.56
43	—	1,017	53.00–73.00	64.69
3	—	965	36.00–42.00	38.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,378	76.00–88.00	83.88
11	—	1,464	65.00–81.50	75.26
1	—	1,295	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	54.00	54.00
3	—	752	33.00–49.00	40.25

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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