Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 270 priced lines covering 3,484 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,677 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 734 head. replacement cattle receipts at 238 head. Counted as USDA files them — 64 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,677Last week 4,401Year ago 3,870

Slaughter CattleReceipts 734Last week 983Year ago 694

Replacement CattleReceipts 238Last week 414Year ago 269

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
6	—	445	164.00–165.00	164.67
1	—	455	145.00	145.00
1	—	650	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	630	143.00–156.00	150.51
9	—	420	166.00–182.50	173.75
3	—	807	132.50	132.50
8	—	675	140.00–145.00	142.62
1	—	475	168.00	168.00
86	—	526	147.00–169.00	166.11
6	—	359	169.00–175.00	170.99
13	—	728	133.00–140.00	137.35
4	—	572	146.00–156.00	148.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	130.00–165.00	143.06
1	—	655	128.00	128.00
4	—	329	137.50–175.00	160.67
1	—	645	135.00	135.00
2	—	463	150.00–162.50	156.22
11	—	369	147.00–185.00	162.22
7	—	271	157.50–187.50	173.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	143.00	143.00
2	—	573	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	165.00	165.00
2	—	745	141.00	141.00
2	—	878	134.00	134.00
3	—	780	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	221	197.00	197.00
12	—	723	120.00–135.00	128.09
2	—	915	101.00–103.00	102.01
1	—	855	122.50	122.50
13	—	275	160.00–192.00	171.50
66	—	377	153.00–185.00	168.43
9	—	674	129.00–150.00	137.63
7	—	817	116.00–125.00	121.14
22	—	621	130.00–156.00	143.39
49	—	569	139.00–165.00	150.27
146	—	522	140.00–170.00	155.37
1	—	990	105.00	105.00
96	—	474	144.00–169.50	157.34
122	—	426	142.50–175.00	160.29
9	—	767	123.00–138.00	132.02
42	—	327	149.00–185.00	167.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	574	125.50–149.00	144.64
11	—	387	160.00–162.00	161.48
5	—	506	145.00	145.00
2	—	615	125.00	125.00
6	—	650	133.00	133.00
2	—	750	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	120.00–125.00	123.34
1	—	980	105.00	105.00
3	—	762	115.00–121.00	118.96
28	—	428	120.00–155.00	143.92
12	—	324	132.00–166.00	150.06
31	—	571	122.00–150.00	134.41
3	—	627	124.00–130.00	127.73
2	—	710	126.00	126.00
9	—	271	130.00–155.00	144.05
24	—	376	130.00–163.00	149.69
27	—	518	120.00–156.00	137.38
31	—	475	126.00–150.00	141.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	890	82.00	82.00
2	—	530	120.00	120.00
2	—	770	86.00–95.00	90.56
2	—	465	95.00–100.00	97.50
5	—	569	63.00–116.00	104.04
2	—	638	90.00	90.00
5	—	427	60.00–131.00	101.68
3	—	670	105.00–110.00	106.69
2	—	318	129.00–137.00	133.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	656	148.50	148.50
49	—	554	155.25	155.25
13	—	508	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	148.00	148.00
4	—	851	131.50	131.50
7	—	999	103.50	103.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	132.50	132.50
2	—	370	157.00–160.00	158.44
9	—	477	143.00–150.00	147.99
4	—	438	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	152.50	152.50
1	—	260	157.50	157.50
1	—	925	107.50	107.50
5	—	571	168.00	168.00
6	—	517	173.00–180.00	178.78
3	—	445	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	777	135.00–157.00	148.74
38	—	330	180.00–230.00	201.29
6	—	715	130.00–154.00	143.99
63	—	380	177.00–220.00	200.92
80	—	524	165.00–203.00	182.42
5	—	919	125.00–134.00	129.88
22	—	817	140.00–155.00	147.09
42	—	617	147.00–182.00	166.61
1	—	240	200.00	200.00
11	—	269	185.00–220.00	195.44
105	—	473	165.00–220.00	192.52
3	—	1,003	120.00–125.00	123.34
38	—	658	135.00–169.00	160.40
99	—	423	174.00–216.00	195.61
47	—	568	150.00–184.00	169.03
2	—	850	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	166.00	166.00
9	—	651	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	63.00	63.00
2	—	428	122.50–155.00	139.42
1	—	945	91.00	91.00
1	—	360	167.00	167.00
1	—	635	125.00	125.00
3	—	510	118.00–148.00	128.00
2	—	568	125.00–128.00	126.45
2	—	490	115.00–121.00	118.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	57.00	57.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	679	143.50–150.00	144.45
2	—	263	167.50–175.00	171.07
32	—	420	140.00–190.00	167.09
21	—	316	150.00–200.00	177.28
20	—	382	150.00–196.00	179.59
36	—	527	140.00–175.00	162.99
34	—	476	140.00–177.00	162.45
12	—	577	140.00–162.50	153.60
8	—	621	136.00–158.00	145.20
5	—	777	104.00–138.00	125.48
1	—	845	95.00	95.00
2	—	980	86.00–110.00	97.94
2	—	723	131.00–140.00	135.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	828	140.00–145.00	141.72
11	—	713	146.00–166.00	155.00
17	—	629	163.00–169.00	167.44
8	—	473	190.00–207.50	202.17
2	—	1,280	170.00	170.00
11	—	675	154.00–173.00	160.22
5	—	573	173.00–182.00	178.69
3	—	378	210.00–232.50	217.70
4	—	781	147.00–150.00	148.26
37	—	526	171.00–197.50	189.45
14	—	418	205.00–212.50	207.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	655	158.00	158.00
17	—	518	165.00–186.00	181.46
5	—	343	200.00	200.00
23	—	569	162.00–169.00	166.32
3	—	478	170.00	170.00
5	—	444	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	173.00	173.00
3	—	559	159.00–164.00	160.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	179.00–180.00	179.50
3	—	333	165.00–185.00	175.70
1	—	290	182.00	182.00
2	—	522	162.50	162.50
5	—	379	161.00–190.00	179.50
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
2	—	563	163.00–169.00	165.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	795	152.00	152.00
52	—	567	165.00–174.50	173.71
8	—	544	176.00	176.00
3	—	973	122.50	122.50
5	—	498	168.00	168.00
21	—	737	164.50	164.50
5	—	616	157.50–159.50	158.70
57	—	671	168.00–170.00	168.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	145.00–170.00	157.50
1	—	470	141.00	141.00
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
1	—	420	180.00	180.00
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	182.50–190.00	187.45
1	—	480	163.00	163.00
1	—	590	157.50	157.50
1	—	405	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	110.00–125.00	119.86
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
2	—	683	61.00–101.00	81.37
3	—	380	110.00–132.00	124.06
2	—	480	110.00–137.00	123.78
1	—	130	115.00	115.00
4	—	411	110.00–161.00	132.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	371	165.00–204.00	182.42
13	—	718	120.00–149.00	135.25
3	—	240	200.00	200.00
6	—	809	120.00–122.00	121.67
57	—	521	145.00–181.00	167.74
30	—	568	140.00–172.50	161.96
20	—	618	135.00–164.00	154.46
14	—	320	170.00–200.00	190.55
1	—	875	120.00	120.00
34	—	423	161.00–202.50	177.99
46	—	467	150.00–186.00	172.80
1	—	985	92.00	92.00
6	—	278	187.50–207.50	203.32
3	—	772	126.00–132.00	129.03
24	—	666	132.00–159.00	149.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	331	150.00–178.00	164.79
3	—	723	120.00–125.00	122.65
12	—	570	136.00–159.00	142.79
2	—	258	135.00–140.00	137.43
7	—	477	135.00–164.00	156.40
4	—	613	127.00–143.00	134.15
10	—	517	120.00–158.00	139.79
2	—	665	138.00–146.00	142.09
11	—	364	150.00–179.00	163.80
1	—	900	113.00	113.00
9	—	428	140.00–176.00	158.78
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	838	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	55.00–67.50	61.45

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	—	1,755	100.50	100.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,450	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	475.00	475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,117	1,200.00–1,650.00	1,489.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,136	750.00–1,700.00	1,213.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,025	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,153.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,529	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,702.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	907	49.00–105.00	79.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	799	52.00–75.00	61.89
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	872	63.00–91.00	83.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	105.00	105.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	740	535.00–975.00	727.35
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	610	600.00	600.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	600	81.00	81.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,008	57.00–68.00	62.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,287	63.00–81.00	76.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	77.00	77.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,068	550.00–1,250.00	841.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,045	725.00–1,090.00	831.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,238	860.00–1,030.00	942.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	992	800.00–990.00	900.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	945	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,060	800.00–825.00	818.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,151	74.00–84.00	78.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,012	69.00–74.50	73.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,150	78.00	78.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,101	61.00–82.00	74.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	940	52.00–54.00	52.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,145	775.00–1,260.00	993.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	947	725.00–850.00	774.16
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	—	890	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	770	465.00	465.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	792	800.00–860.00	836.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	59.00–79.00	68.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,601	84.00–109.00	97.76
18	—	1,277	60.00–99.00	84.69
36	—	1,788	105.00–132.00	117.10
1	—	1,295	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	766	46.00–57.50	51.87
1	—	705	28.00	28.00
3	—	845	65.00–72.00	69.25
7	—	817	35.00–53.00	47.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,069	45.00–70.00	60.83
72	—	1,225	71.00–92.00	79.97
11	—	934	45.00–61.00	55.06
114	—	1,171	59.00–78.50	70.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,673	65.00–69.00	66.70
36	—	1,379	75.00–97.00	81.14
22	—	1,349	62.00–79.00	72.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	969	22.00–40.00	34.48
68	—	1,014	50.00–75.50	63.93
31	—	1,096	68.00–83.00	73.60
31	—	905	33.00–68.00	51.53
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	44.00–63.00	52.46
2	—	843	38.00–41.00	39.50

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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