Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 239 priced lines covering 4,314 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,685 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 987 head. replacement cattle receipts at 383 head. Counted as USDA files them — 74 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,685Last week 3,677Year ago 5,390

Slaughter CattleReceipts 987Last week 734Year ago 830

Replacement CattleReceipts 383Last week 238Year ago 547

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker cattle mostly sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00-4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	130.00–135.00	132.59
2	—	473	90.00–151.00	119.05
6	—	384	137.00–163.00	147.33
2	—	680	55.00–70.00	62.33
7	—	321	137.50–166.00	148.17
1	—	580	129.00	129.00
15	—	506	129.50	129.50
1	—	705	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	117.50–133.00	125.19
25	—	474	135.00–193.00	169.90
38	—	528	140.00–185.00	168.10
1	—	780	150.00	150.00
11	—	575	144.00–173.00	155.64
34	—	375	146.00–190.00	168.77
20	—	681	127.00–167.00	147.40
16	—	626	139.00–168.00	155.74
1	—	295	165.00	165.00
2	—	953	102.00–135.00	118.46
24	—	323	155.00–190.00	173.36
46	—	432	145.00–197.00	169.78
2	—	723	137.00–143.00	140.03
1	—	890	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	600	161.00	161.00
54	—	519	168.00–190.00	184.50
33	—	485	185.00–200.00	195.76
6	—	564	173.00	173.00
6	—	784	149.50	149.50
2	—	425	170.00	170.00
5	—	254	179.00	179.00
6	—	668	167.00	167.00
5	—	395	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	130.00	130.00
1	—	970	110.00	110.00
7	—	470	188.00–197.00	191.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	496	212.00	212.00
14	—	364	233.00	233.00
67	—	407	233.00	233.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	892	131.50	131.50
5	—	809	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	480	192.00	192.00
30	—	553	190.00	190.00
3	—	905	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	310	205.00–210.00	205.97
3	—	428	196.00	196.00
1	—	515	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	628	161.00–166.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	376	175.00–223.00	203.19
6	—	922	136.00–141.00	137.16
38	—	322	180.00–227.00	202.22
7	—	820	131.00–147.00	141.17
62	—	664	145.00–175.00	164.11
3	—	865	132.00–145.00	137.27
38	—	612	145.00–179.00	170.63
1	—	240	200.00	200.00
144	—	565	155.00–204.00	182.53
20	—	762	137.00–167.00	154.94
171	—	519	160.00–213.00	189.15
109	—	467	165.00–219.00	196.38
11	—	721	140.00–159.00	154.28
105	—	423	170.00–225.00	201.04
9	—	277	170.00–212.50	184.53
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	682	51.00	51.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	817	120.00–124.00	122.52
69	—	318	150.00–187.00	171.21
3	—	762	128.00–134.00	131.36
119	—	376	149.00–182.50	168.29
158	—	520	140.00–166.00	156.43
1	—	940	120.00	120.00
17	—	663	133.00–149.00	142.05
3	—	865	108.00–120.00	116.07
197	—	419	145.00–183.00	167.97
203	—	474	145.00–175.00	161.14
97	—	561	138.00–165.00	152.46
16	—	715	125.00–144.00	136.43
57	—	618	135.00–156.00	146.63
6	—	278	150.00–177.50	164.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	110.00	110.00
1	—	920	88.00	88.00
25	—	525	120.00–150.00	134.23
7	—	672	118.00–134.00	126.50
17	—	332	128.00–169.00	152.24
12	—	723	110.00–125.00	115.78
10	—	772	101.00–132.00	123.38
22	—	625	120.00–138.00	130.73
2	—	850	100.00	100.00
56	—	476	132.50–158.00	147.20
51	—	376	130.00–168.00	149.70
4	—	275	132.50–145.00	140.43
29	—	570	124.00–146.00	135.01
39	—	423	130.00–159.00	147.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	152.50	152.50
1	—	615	139.00	139.00
2	—	315	150.00	150.00
5	—	375	160.00–175.00	164.92
2	—	435	151.00–165.00	157.84
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	444	175.00	175.00
1	—	645	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	689	129.00–137.00	132.25
19	—	373	155.00–165.00	161.63
34	—	477	143.00–159.00	155.98
25	—	571	150.00–152.00	151.05
12	—	701	132.50	132.50
13	—	423	163.00–176.00	166.82
7	—	515	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	80.00	80.00
11	—	323	70.00–141.00	117.82
1	—	800	80.00	80.00
2	—	770	98.00–100.00	98.98
37	—	476	85.00–126.00	117.07
4	—	681	50.00–118.00	94.38
15	—	373	96.00–141.00	112.77
13	—	423	89.00–136.00	114.13
8	—	516	96.00–120.00	114.62
5	—	562	60.00–125.00	96.48
2	—	713	100.00–105.00	102.46
1	—	610	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	145.00–148.00	145.99
1	—	385	135.00	135.00
1	—	440	144.00	144.00
3	—	580	128.00–148.00	140.22
1	—	845	114.00	114.00
10	—	488	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	739	139.00	139.00
4	—	586	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	321	197.00	197.00
73	—	408	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	157.50–170.00	163.86
2	—	435	140.00–167.50	153.91
1	—	330	172.50	172.50
1	—	385	175.00	175.00
1	—	545	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	425	165.00–215.00	187.46
1	—	250	167.50	167.50
56	—	576	138.00–178.00	162.58
6	—	720	127.00–145.00	134.15
26	—	328	157.50–221.00	200.68
4	—	811	110.00–124.00	120.25
25	—	622	135.00–168.00	152.68
51	—	521	150.00–187.00	169.67
31	—	473	151.00–190.00	173.85
24	—	374	152.00–224.00	186.08
1	—	900	117.00	117.00
3	—	885	115.00–132.00	120.67
6	—	777	121.00–133.00	126.26
24	—	667	120.00–159.00	143.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	477	147.00–179.00	161.90
1	—	905	89.00	89.00
27	—	373	135.00–186.00	166.35
15	—	329	140.00–179.00	160.65
20	—	528	135.00–165.00	148.58
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
12	—	631	120.00–149.00	133.61
45	—	425	138.00–184.00	160.46
4	—	832	110.00–116.00	111.52
13	—	575	129.00–153.00	139.98
10	—	681	118.00–132.00	126.33
6	—	721	112.00–128.00	122.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	110.00	110.00
2	—	335	130.00–150.00	140.30
4	—	513	120.00–140.00	126.53
3	—	380	110.00–127.00	118.97
4	—	419	100.00–125.00	108.88
2	—	678	111.00–115.00	113.05
3	—	472	107.00–143.00	125.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	142.50	142.50
3	—	612	120.00–136.00	130.55
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	665	143.00	143.00
1	—	280	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	386	165.00–197.50	187.02
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	492	102.00	102.00
1	—	410	93.00	93.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,123	1,225.00–1,525.00	1,409.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,128	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,372.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,238	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,545.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,058	585.00–1,375.00	1,110.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	903	600.00–940.00	797.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,144	875.00–1,100.00	1,016.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	775	680.00–740.00	710.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,285.00	1,285.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	865	63.00–105.00	82.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	64.00	64.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	773	70.00–100.00	86.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	868	57.00–88.00	70.83
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	435	365.00	365.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	72.00	72.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	799	700.00–800.00	763.69
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	695	475.00	475.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	942	80.00–100.00	89.54
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	87.00	87.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,129	56.00–79.00	72.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,258	72.00–77.00	73.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,230	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,152	660.00–1,100.00	935.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	978	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,125.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,078	66.00–92.00	84.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,053	57.00–72.50	69.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	950	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,043	63.00–79.50	74.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	915	510.00–850.00	769.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,076	540.00–1,125.00	892.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	590.00	590.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,018	700.00–875.00	801.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	785.00	785.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,015	65.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,010	78.00–80.00	78.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	996	74.00–86.00	78.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,245	70.00–91.00	77.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	74.00	74.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	950.00	950.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,065	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,705	90.00–110.00	105.64
15	—	1,283	45.00–90.00	70.55
28	—	1,523	80.00–106.00	92.38
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	51.00–52.00	51.52
3	—	727	22.00–40.00	31.43
4	—	775	42.00–47.00	44.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,007	45.00–75.00	62.14
16	—	1,096	69.00–84.00	72.46
25	—	939	31.00–69.00	51.26
4	—	1,013	35.00–44.00	40.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	805	45.00–47.00	46.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,241	72.00–85.00	78.46
37	—	1,067	50.00–72.00	60.80
27	—	986	39.00–65.00	53.84
115	—	1,145	60.00–77.50	70.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	60.00–66.00	62.74
19	—	1,391	67.00–77.00	72.66
31	—	1,379	71.00–84.00	78.67

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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