Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 313 priced lines covering 5,400 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,372 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,149 head. replacement cattle receipts at 422 head. Counted as USDA files them — 74 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,372Last week 5,238Year ago 7,049

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,149Last week 1,137Year ago 597

Replacement CattleReceipts 422Last week 600Year ago 329

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Buyer's participation was active on light fleshed cattle suitable for grazing and moderate at best of fleshy/new crop calves as summer temperatures start to be more apparent.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	469	138.00–159.00	149.07
1	—	670	136.00	136.00
2	—	375	160.00–169.00	164.26
1	—	290	166.00	166.00
1	—	615	140.00	140.00
2	—	563	128.00–132.00	129.97
3	—	327	147.50–168.00	160.89
9	—	433	130.00–164.00	156.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	151.00–155.00	153.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	286	179.00	179.00
9	—	730	143.50–149.00	144.65
2	—	758	142.00	142.00
2	—	525	160.00	160.00
11	—	675	142.00–152.00	145.86
6	—	364	165.00–175.00	173.31
18	—	494	174.50	174.50
2	—	578	150.00–151.00	150.49
2	—	335	176.00	176.00
9	—	419	167.00–174.50	170.77
10	—	629	144.00–153.00	150.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	355	187.00	187.00
16	—	407	179.00	179.00
16	—	456	166.00	166.00
14	—	305	171.00–172.50	171.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	378	158.00	158.00
4	—	546	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	150.00–156.00	152.41
2	—	678	142.50	142.50
2	—	408	170.00	170.00
9	—	484	158.00	158.00
8	—	562	142.50–155.00	150.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	617	144.00–145.00	144.49
14	—	759	124.00	124.00
11	—	658	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	522	137.50–167.00	156.49
1	—	880	101.00	101.00
33	—	621	133.00–156.00	143.54
11	—	286	167.50–180.00	171.50
3	—	235	142.50–177.50	163.28
26	—	664	125.00–154.00	141.46
128	—	573	136.00–163.00	151.56
3	—	975	104.00–118.00	110.03
11	—	719	119.00–143.00	129.67
2	—	925	112.00	112.00
111	—	374	142.00–187.50	165.57
61	—	324	150.00–190.00	171.85
197	—	475	140.00–176.00	160.38
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
142	—	421	145.00–182.00	163.67
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	617	120.00–143.00	132.36
1	—	930	102.00	102.00
3	—	263	140.00	140.00
38	—	569	120.00–148.00	136.44
61	—	524	120.00–154.00	137.84
2	—	878	103.00–123.00	112.86
5	—	830	94.00–116.00	106.32
90	—	475	120.00–164.00	147.59
73	—	428	130.00–162.00	149.40
2	—	715	124.00–134.00	128.90
52	—	372	131.00–177.50	150.06
4	—	771	102.00–125.00	114.73
16	—	668	109.00–140.00	128.30
33	—	324	126.00–169.00	150.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	529	150.00–156.00	154.91
17	—	672	135.00–137.00	135.93
26	—	577	145.00–147.50	146.43
52	—	436	153.00–165.00	160.94
52	—	482	147.00–163.00	157.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	473	50.00–136.00	110.70
1	—	605	118.00	118.00
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
1	—	735	86.00	86.00
1	—	695	80.00	80.00
11	—	421	72.00–135.00	114.30
8	—	381	105.00–135.00	125.13
12	—	317	100.00–143.00	121.19
2	—	518	101.00–105.00	102.99
2	—	555	45.00–123.00	84.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	120.00–125.00	123.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	730	130.00	130.00
2	—	790	136.00	136.00
27	—	579	157.00–164.00	160.44
46	—	619	145.00–179.00	155.15
4	—	698	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	660	142.00–144.00	142.37
5	—	602	154.00	154.00
6	—	717	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	125.00–130.00	126.66
1	—	615	132.50	132.50
1	—	305	126.00	126.00
7	—	524	150.00–153.00	150.43
1	—	690	125.00	125.00
4	—	471	124.00–133.00	129.25
1	—	810	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	132.00	132.00
1	—	800	83.00	83.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	116.00–142.00	129.16
7	—	368	81.00–135.00	113.90
1	—	515	140.00	140.00
1	—	620	139.00	139.00
2	—	558	121.00–125.00	122.99
1	—	345	95.00	95.00
3	—	427	91.00–130.00	113.16
3	—	673	136.00–139.00	137.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	713	138.00–158.00	152.64
1	—	1,015	127.00	127.00
78	—	676	144.00–174.00	165.80
68	—	328	165.00–218.00	199.05
5	—	766	140.00–156.00	144.37
11	—	280	200.00–220.00	207.19
1	—	240	197.50	197.50
174	—	573	145.00–192.00	177.69
205	—	524	162.00–208.00	183.70
124	—	617	142.00–185.00	171.76
130	—	420	170.00–216.00	194.89
216	—	477	157.00–211.00	187.49
1	—	895	135.00	135.00
78	—	377	169.00–220.00	193.20
126	—	816	135.00–164.00	162.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	632	169.00–174.00	173.59
16	—	781	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	743	153.10	153.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	660	133.00–168.00	150.94
1	—	295	157.50	157.50
2	—	890	112.00–120.00	116.00
36	—	376	140.00–195.00	172.40
53	—	526	138.00–179.00	160.05
14	—	622	125.00–165.00	151.07
8	—	725	135.00–160.00	148.13
63	—	473	135.00–190.00	160.60
7	—	765	126.00–145.00	139.24
24	—	319	135.00–197.00	170.94
30	—	573	132.50–173.00	155.50
7	—	824	120.00–138.00	129.15
40	—	424	135.00–191.00	163.72
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	67.00–73.00	70.27
1	—	425	52.00	52.00
1	—	605	57.00	57.00
1	—	740	67.00	67.00
1	—	455	37.50	37.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	784	137.00–145.00	138.93
2	—	688	154.00	154.00
2	—	615	172.00	172.00
4	—	725	142.00–150.00	145.97
8	—	566	166.00–170.00	168.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	466	172.50–216.00	197.81
7	—	575	170.00–180.00	175.31
29	—	521	177.50–204.00	192.06
2	—	710	144.00–162.00	152.94
5	—	662	160.00–171.00	166.12
20	—	418	187.50–221.00	210.00
7	—	617	166.00–172.00	168.14
1	—	775	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	177.00	177.00
1	—	610	146.00	146.00
4	—	466	165.00–167.50	165.86
1	—	375	200.00	200.00
1	—	585	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	159.00	159.00
9	—	492	171.50	171.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	312	209.00	209.00
11	—	585	183.00	183.00
1	—	420	205.00	205.00
1	—	815	150.00	150.00
19	—	389	211.00	211.00
1	—	705	147.00	147.00
21	—	485	174.00–203.00	201.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	177.50	177.50
3	—	378	165.00–180.00	170.61
1	—	585	165.00	165.00
1	—	410	175.00	175.00
1	—	325	169.00	169.00
2	—	480	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	445	175.00–180.00	179.50
18	—	695	166.00	166.00
19	—	531	160.00–190.00	176.54
58	—	485	179.00–191.00	182.15
70	—	577	162.00–187.00	169.12
25	—	625	161.00–176.00	163.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	160.00	160.00
1	—	420	157.00	157.00
1	—	740	125.00	125.00
4	—	494	148.00–160.00	156.03
1	—	510	132.00	132.00
1	—	565	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	416	188.00	188.00
3	—	663	151.00	151.00
13	—	390	186.00	186.00
12	—	499	174.00	174.00
1	—	560	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	123.00–135.00	129.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	780	122.00–139.00	130.25
57	—	569	139.00–179.00	160.18
2	—	973	89.00–100.00	94.60
1	—	850	121.00	121.00
49	—	418	160.00–200.00	179.20
17	—	722	127.00–150.00	138.63
3	—	817	110.00–125.00	118.93
32	—	376	169.00–210.00	189.45
32	—	679	134.00–163.00	148.17
65	—	622	137.00–168.00	158.80
65	—	469	150.00–191.00	171.56
16	—	322	175.00–206.00	194.29
78	—	522	142.00–188.00	167.26
3	—	927	116.00–120.00	117.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	175.00	175.00
3	—	280	192.00	192.00
2	—	370	145.00–155.00	149.73
2	—	513	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	107.00–155.00	132.90
1	—	900	65.00	65.00
2	—	483	131.00–138.00	134.45
1	—	605	126.00	126.00
1	—	805	103.00	103.00
3	—	411	107.00–119.00	111.18
2	—	590	109.00–111.00	109.99
6	—	330	130.00–165.00	152.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	821	109.00–124.00	113.42
1	—	765	132.00	132.00
3	—	708	121.00–131.00	127.02
1	—	970	85.00	85.00
16	—	475	142.00–163.00	153.34
8	—	327	120.00–177.00	161.04
17	—	566	130.00–152.00	143.28
1	—	915	105.00	105.00
4	—	269	170.00–189.00	183.88
1	—	885	103.00	103.00
12	—	619	132.50–150.00	139.58
16	—	375	130.00–183.00	161.59
23	—	522	130.00–160.00	146.60
13	—	686	123.00–149.00	136.12
27	—	432	135.00–177.00	157.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	574	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	72.50	72.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,043	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,249.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,133	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,226.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,074	775.00–1,475.00	1,101.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,553	1,410.00–1,525.00	1,468.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	831	750.00–1,070.00	953.76
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,075	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,189.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,175	690.00–1,110.00	901.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	830.00	830.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	858	550.00–625.00	590.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	871	675.00–875.00	764.47
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	825	500.00–690.00	582.36
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,029	985.00–1,600.00	1,537.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	84.00	84.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,050.00	1,050.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	880	80.00–100.00	83.81
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	858	73.00–100.00	81.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	840	63.00–72.00	67.58
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	644	1,100.00–1,450.00	1,281.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	773	54.00–69.00	61.32
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	954	73.00–107.00	87.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,053	650.00–1,200.00	1,074.64
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,106	835.00–1,135.00	1,029.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,178	77.00–83.00	79.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,145	600.00–1,060.00	956.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,097	55.00–82.00	71.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,095	67.00–81.00	77.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,026	725.00–1,175.00	934.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,028	750.00–1,000.00	865.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	903	73.00–98.00	86.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	873	720.00–925.00	821.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,157	760.00–1,140.00	916.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,028	670.00–925.00	819.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,148	900.00–1,135.00	1,044.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,074	64.00–82.00	76.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	845	71.00–93.00	84.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,223	84.00–88.00	85.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,215	80.00–87.00	84.16
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	698	550.00–650.00	602.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	58.00	58.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	660	42.00–54.00	48.23
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	750	400.00	400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	800	400.00–525.00	439.06
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,030	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,137.01
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	834	1,135.00	1,135.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	798	1,050.00–1,110.00	1,080.09
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,050.00	1,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	92.00	92.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,463	82.00–111.00	98.63
22	—	1,286	69.00–104.00	85.39
36	—	1,769	97.00–131.00	112.32
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	67.00	67.00
4	—	831	61.00–69.00	66.24
2	—	735	33.00–37.00	34.78
1	—	605	41.00	41.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	36.00	36.00
3	—	763	43.00–48.00	44.66
9	—	776	49.00–59.00	52.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,207	76.00–94.00	81.45
28	—	984	55.00–70.00	61.69
7	—	981	40.00–58.00	51.63
83	—	1,104	66.00–85.00	73.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	979	57.00–74.00	65.88
36	—	1,097	70.00–86.00	76.90
1	—	940	56.00	56.00
3	—	910	55.00–70.00	64.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,393	75.00–79.00	76.97
23	—	1,394	77.00–89.00	83.25

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line