Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 272 priced lines covering 4,438 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,238 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,137 head. replacement cattle receipts at 600 head. Counted as USDA files them — 109 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,238Last week 4,728Year ago 4,439

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,137Last week 764Year ago 693

Replacement CattleReceipts 600Last week 269Year ago 328

Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	323	145.00–180.00	164.89
156	—	428	140.00–172.00	158.71
98	—	576	132.00–157.00	147.30
8	—	722	122.00–135.00	127.70
111	—	373	140.00–174.00	161.09
5	—	260	140.00–172.50	159.23
16	—	838	129.00	129.00
180	—	522	135.00–162.00	155.02
195	—	475	140.00–168.00	157.54
11	—	662	124.00–143.00	134.57
30	—	618	130.00–155.00	139.04
5	—	763	121.00–132.00	129.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	156.00	156.00
8	—	576	141.00	141.00
30	—	437	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	129.00–144.00	136.54
6	—	377	142.00–166.00	153.53
10	—	471	135.00–140.00	137.22
12	—	423	146.00–162.50	153.63
3	—	612	136.00–142.00	139.33
9	—	327	141.00–166.00	158.52
3	—	288	140.00–168.00	154.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	515	139.50–151.00	149.31
23	—	441	146.00–159.00	158.14
20	—	569	140.00–147.00	143.24
33	—	478	150.00–157.00	154.55
3	—	307	170.00	170.00
4	—	685	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	444	169.00	169.00
18	—	610	154.00	154.00
6	—	531	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	665	125.00–135.00	131.53
34	—	624	132.00–140.00	137.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	391	163.00	163.00
1	—	325	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	272	140.00–155.00	145.40
48	—	520	115.00–148.00	134.82
2	—	878	87.00–112.00	99.68
6	—	824	110.00–115.00	111.33
87	—	425	125.00–160.00	142.65
65	—	476	120.00–155.00	142.16
27	—	577	120.00–140.00	132.73
8	—	679	115.00–140.00	124.48
61	—	378	130.00–163.00	146.73
34	—	327	125.00–161.00	144.79
19	—	619	119.00–139.00	129.43
2	—	765	111.00–128.00	119.44
7	—	717	115.00–125.00	120.73
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	59.00	59.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	80.00–110.00	97.05
13	—	521	70.00–121.00	104.05
9	—	420	100.00–126.00	117.03
15	—	379	100.00–135.00	116.63
11	—	470	100.00–130.00	118.87
2	—	673	55.00–109.00	82.10
3	—	280	120.00	120.00
5	—	573	100.00–120.00	108.32
9	—	320	105.00–135.00	120.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	134.00	134.00
2	—	678	132.00	132.00
3	—	705	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	808	130.00	130.00
3	—	732	130.00–140.00	133.26
17	—	686	144.00	144.00
30	—	778	134.00–136.00	135.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
6	—	527	130.00–140.00	133.32
3	—	577	120.00–142.00	130.79
6	—	466	135.00–162.00	148.20
6	—	422	130.00–154.00	148.47
2	—	328	143.00–150.00	146.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	556	157.00–159.00	157.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	900	127.75	127.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	164.00–168.00	166.71
4	—	509	150.00–164.00	160.36
1	—	430	174.00	174.00
5	—	470	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	770	134.00–154.00	144.34
51	—	370	170.00–210.00	189.82
39	—	617	140.00–167.00	158.09
91	—	569	150.00–179.00	167.28
1	—	940	118.00	118.00
190	—	519	158.00–190.00	174.80
4	—	269	180.00–207.50	192.19
2	—	1,018	125.00	125.00
31	—	327	170.00–210.00	189.58
53	—	424	160.00–204.00	182.15
118	—	475	162.00–201.00	183.22
16	—	721	140.00–158.00	152.10
48	—	662	135.00–165.50	158.78
11	—	804	138.00–150.00	142.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	468	75.00–145.00	125.48
3	—	623	52.50–125.00	96.69
5	—	368	135.00–145.00	137.88
2	—	428	145.00–150.00	147.57
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
4	—	569	84.00–130.00	114.45
1	—	820	118.00	118.00
1	—	750	110.00	110.00
2	—	345	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	323	131.00–194.00	169.66
24	—	526	135.00–176.00	157.19
35	—	376	140.00–188.00	166.10
25	—	575	130.00–161.00	151.27
21	—	618	135.00–160.00	151.13
1	—	260	175.00	175.00
58	—	429	145.00–186.00	169.96
1	—	1,115	117.00	117.00
8	—	766	129.00–142.00	135.57
2	—	828	125.00	125.00
61	—	477	150.00–180.00	163.88
11	—	734	123.00–144.00	127.31
1	—	1,000	120.00	120.00
2	—	923	109.00–120.00	114.46
11	—	675	136.00–160.00	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	159.00	159.00
12	—	614	162.00–171.00	163.18
3	—	550	182.00–185.00	183.00
1	—	770	152.00	152.00
13	—	520	177.00–185.00	181.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	677	150.00–158.00	156.07
51	—	611	155.00–166.00	161.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	672	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	165.00	165.00
4	—	513	148.00–158.00	150.46
2	—	430	176.00–183.00	179.42
2	—	583	150.00	150.00
2	—	380	171.00–174.00	172.54
1	—	295	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	437	193.00	193.00
16	—	478	194.00	194.00
26	—	601	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	362	171.00	171.00
7	—	533	160.00–168.00	164.64
11	—	674	156.00–164.00	160.24
14	—	412	188.50–189.00	188.61
12	—	733	136.00–154.00	149.10
9	—	633	140.00–160.00	153.06
5	—	813	135.00	135.00
8	—	462	157.00–167.50	162.31
76	—	580	154.00–178.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	136.00–140.00	138.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	142.00–145.00	143.11
2	—	435	145.00–150.00	147.44
1	—	330	185.00	185.00
3	—	667	135.00	135.00
3	—	465	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	648	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	170.00	170.00
6	—	319	168.00–191.00	180.27
4	—	429	158.00–166.00	161.49
4	—	491	130.00–160.00	137.33
2	—	585	140.00	140.00
1	—	535	135.00	135.00
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	571	135.00–169.00	155.89
1	—	850	110.00	110.00
46	—	420	162.50–189.00	178.38
39	—	622	134.00–162.00	149.85
44	—	376	132.50–198.00	185.36
23	—	674	130.00–154.00	144.95
9	—	755	125.00–136.00	130.87
59	—	468	148.00–184.00	168.87
8	—	716	129.00–146.00	140.24
18	—	338	150.00–204.00	189.09
82	—	521	140.00–181.00	163.24
2	—	935	120.00	120.00
3	—	800	114.00–137.00	127.00
6	—	277	160.00–183.00	176.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	878	118.00	118.00
3	—	758	124.00	124.00
3	—	393	156.00	156.00
7	—	688	130.00–137.00	133.27
3	—	845	123.00	123.00
7	—	409	151.00–169.00	163.88
2	—	555	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	121.00–132.00	128.23
26	—	564	135.00–157.00	144.36
19	—	620	120.00–142.00	133.30
3	—	915	110.00–112.50	111.65
22	—	431	135.00–169.00	155.11
15	—	322	149.00–184.00	165.17
4	—	738	100.00–126.00	116.47
22	—	519	135.00–164.00	147.04
2	—	260	133.00–142.50	137.93
3	—	768	100.00–130.00	116.36
29	—	385	141.00–177.00	161.08
31	—	474	140.00–170.00	154.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	123.00	123.00
4	—	425	111.00–124.00	118.44
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
3	—	363	125.00–133.00	130.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	53.00–80.00	66.56
1	—	690	54.00	54.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	928	900.00–975.00	925.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,120	790.00–1,160.00	992.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,142	825.00–1,135.00	991.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	57	—	1,138	725.00–1,350.00	1,115.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,323	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,104.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	930	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,115.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,340	1,100.00–1,235.00	1,188.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	550.00	550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	910	72.50–73.00	72.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	816	57.00–89.00	72.47
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	737	69.00–95.00	86.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	800.00–875.00	838.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	787	45.50–97.50	78.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	75.00	75.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,013	65.00–80.00	72.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,233	74.00–84.00	79.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,216	64.00–82.00	76.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,070	775.00–1,125.00	920.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,008	76.00–82.00	78.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	911	750.00–920.00	838.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	975	800.00–900.00	853.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,271	71.00–83.00	77.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	72.00–72.50	72.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	62.00	62.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,101	675.00–1,125.00	906.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,102	675.00–1,175.00	924.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	805	700.00–900.00	773.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	991	500.00–1,225.00	1,011.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	920	74.00–82.50	77.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,039	700.00–1,025.00	889.99
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	708	300.00–325.00	312.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	732	340.00–350.00	344.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	625	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	680	102.00	102.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	808	800.00–825.00	813.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	858	700.00–935.00	789.89
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	625	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	913	650.00–1,100.00	894.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	744	730.00–850.00	784.57
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	925.00	925.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	875	1,000.00–1,210.00	1,110.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,547	75.00–107.00	96.26
9	—	1,181	64.00–90.00	75.40
26	—	1,815	99.00–116.00	106.79
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	49.00–50.00	49.51
5	—	848	56.00–68.00	62.62
2	—	710	37.00–42.00	39.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	909	38.00–57.50	48.87
66	—	1,127	60.00–79.00	71.20
15	—	1,022	47.00–70.00	61.32
83	—	1,220	73.00–89.00	80.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	983	55.00–71.00	64.17
10	—	850	34.00–63.00	49.24
43	—	1,061	69.00–82.50	74.94
2	—	925	49.00–58.00	53.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	58.00	58.00
14	—	1,383	70.00–79.00	75.75
47	—	1,341	72.00–89.00	82.78

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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