Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 218 priced lines covering 5,135 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,177 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,009 head. replacement cattle receipts at 267 head. Counted as USDA files them — 39 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,177Last week 5,958Year ago 4,402

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,009Last week 1,082Year ago 687

Replacement CattleReceipts 267Last week 233Year ago 187

Happy New Year, first weekly summary of 2023 so trend not applicable due to auctions not operating due to holidays. Demand continues to remain good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	636	154.00–158.00	155.21
20	—	587	152.00–160.00	156.08
26	—	690	150.00	150.00
14	—	533	150.00–163.00	158.88
13	—	479	154.00–168.00	165.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	395	182.00–219.00	214.74
11	—	664	153.00–160.00	158.31
88	—	524	159.00–197.00	186.88
47	—	573	165.00–182.00	173.30
1	—	800	150.00	150.00
50	—	633	158.00–172.00	165.89
31	—	483	180.00–202.00	185.09
41	—	418	161.00–209.00	188.72
6	—	758	152.00–153.00	152.83
8	—	722	162.50–164.00	163.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	146.00	146.00
6	—	522	149.00–150.00	149.17
5	—	470	149.00–156.00	153.38
4	—	571	140.00–146.00	144.03
1	—	408	175.00	175.00
1	—	315	175.00	175.00
5	—	670	145.00–149.00	146.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	528	148.00–208.00	173.44
43	—	674	137.50–170.00	156.63
2	—	815	128.00–130.00	128.98
1	—	880	135.00	135.00
171	—	427	151.00–205.00	188.24
51	—	325	169.00–212.50	191.75
79	—	568	148.00–178.00	167.15
197	—	471	150.00–203.00	181.94
22	—	793	142.50–145.00	144.89
92	—	624	147.50–170.00	159.67
11	—	712	140.00–156.00	145.43
126	—	374	158.00–210.00	191.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	531	150.00–176.00	165.21
24	—	464	169.00–174.00	171.30
61	—	425	160.00–180.00	172.95
14	—	627	147.00–154.00	150.90
17	—	577	150.00–160.00	155.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	474	135.00–172.50	150.50
54	—	327	140.00–180.00	161.36
26	—	629	127.00–160.00	142.54
4	—	712	123.00–130.00	124.82
12	—	671	127.00–150.00	135.06
3	—	818	124.00	124.00
46	—	527	130.00–165.00	148.14
45	—	427	137.00–177.50	155.95
5	—	277	170.00	170.00
37	—	374	140.00–175.00	156.06
25	—	571	130.00–155.00	144.13
6	—	777	120.00–135.00	124.56
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	95.00–100.00	97.50
5	—	372	120.00–139.00	132.59
7	—	316	120.00–145.00	130.70
12	—	416	119.00–140.00	130.86
8	—	477	125.00–145.00	130.82
5	—	505	110.00–120.00	118.00
8	—	593	100.00–121.00	117.68
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	718	163.00	163.00
19	—	679	155.00–170.00	165.24
19	—	754	141.00–161.00	158.55
2	—	858	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	150.00	150.00
4	—	359	140.00–160.00	152.46
3	—	590	144.00	144.00
2	—	470	120.00–125.00	122.53
1	—	790	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	120.00–150.00	134.55
3	—	470	139.00–145.00	142.08
3	—	377	140.00–152.50	145.96
2	—	405	137.00–140.00	138.48
2	—	733	140.00	140.00
1	—	545	111.00	111.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	31.00	31.00
1	—	500	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	125.00–140.00	130.97
7	—	591	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	162.50	162.50
2	—	530	145.00–160.00	152.50
11	—	735	150.00–152.00	150.91
2	—	678	132.50–155.00	143.96
5	—	491	144.00–165.00	160.81
1	—	440	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	324	152.50–200.00	176.05
11	—	668	135.00–167.00	153.63
13	—	623	146.00–171.00	157.90
14	—	761	140.00–160.00	149.35
40	—	431	152.50–210.00	179.23
32	—	520	146.00–185.00	166.65
6	—	819	125.00–152.50	137.12
18	—	372	160.00–211.00	176.99
12	—	718	131.00–160.00	146.31
32	—	472	145.00–210.00	182.29
24	—	568	140.00–180.00	165.64
1	—	900	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	529	175.00–218.00	201.34
58	—	726	155.00–175.00	167.83
1	—	910	151.00	151.00
63	—	670	159.00–180.00	169.90
57	—	622	155.00–190.00	177.09
22	—	786	142.50–168.00	159.58
121	—	379	187.50–253.00	223.16
135	—	571	161.00–211.00	194.43
11	—	868	156.00–166.00	164.39
125	—	425	175.00–237.00	211.80
126	—	467	177.50–232.00	211.06
54	—	323	175.00–247.00	225.67
21	—	826	145.00–163.00	154.62
2	—	293	215.00–225.00	219.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	130.00–134.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	203.00	203.00
4	—	339	204.00	204.00
24	—	479	181.00–234.00	215.62
14	—	676	173.00–178.00	176.57
7	—	632	174.00	174.00
13	—	705	155.00–170.00	165.39
20	—	577	159.00–193.00	179.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	316	245.00	245.00
44	—	464	185.00–240.00	222.26
53	—	710	160.00–179.00	174.05
2	—	755	163.00–164.00	163.50
133	—	520	189.00–230.00	214.55
156	—	613	174.00–211.00	199.44
69	—	566	183.00–212.00	204.62
77	—	415	199.00–255.00	235.25
103	—	680	172.00–200.00	193.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	168.00	168.00
6	—	673	160.00	160.00
9	—	526	160.00–167.50	164.38
1	—	410	184.00	184.00
1	—	600	158.00	158.00
5	—	496	191.00–201.00	199.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	426	213.00–216.00	214.21
29	—	571	174.50–190.00	180.61
22	—	626	165.00–168.00	166.37
2	—	910	158.00	158.00
60	—	480	200.00–218.00	208.48
7	—	774	160.00	160.00
27	—	522	157.00–199.00	186.00
5	—	726	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	160.00–165.00	162.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	189.00	189.00
7	—	401	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	579	150.00–186.00	168.52
1	—	285	215.00	215.00
2	—	970	94.00–100.00	96.97
25	—	366	185.00–219.00	210.71
57	—	526	160.00–205.00	179.59
59	—	471	172.50–217.50	194.13
6	—	340	175.00–210.00	197.04
28	—	670	141.00–166.00	153.61
56	—	427	172.50–225.00	196.87
10	—	775	140.00–160.00	144.94
15	—	712	135.00–161.00	146.39
2	—	885	120.00	120.00
3	—	817	139.00–149.00	143.44
52	—	625	145.00–174.00	160.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	160.00–180.00	167.71
11	—	612	129.00–145.00	137.29
3	—	678	128.00–153.00	139.74
10	—	424	142.50–180.00	164.13
5	—	728	110.00–137.50	120.39
2	—	782	122.00	122.00
8	—	478	145.00–180.00	169.11
3	—	365	166.00–170.00	168.61
13	—	515	140.00–170.00	153.76
8	—	573	133.00–164.00	145.50
1	—	805	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	75.00	75.00
1	—	685	106.00	106.00
1	—	365	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	42.50	42.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	157.50	157.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,249	725.00–1,325.00	1,062.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,544	1,400.00–1,725.00	1,572.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	986	700.00–1,440.00	1,156.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,230	1,275.00–1,475.00	1,364.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	973	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,179.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,259	1,150.00–1,610.00	1,358.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,237	69.00–80.00	76.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,020	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,275.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,160	700.00–1,350.00	1,030.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	785	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,110	925.00–1,300.00	1,086.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	885.00	885.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	898	80.00–95.00	87.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	795	75.00	75.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,070	860.00–1,225.00	1,076.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,162	1,000.00–1,475.00	1,212.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,219	775.00–925.00	838.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,185	72.00–78.00	74.63
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	740	700.00	700.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	960.00	960.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,032	78.00–95.00	86.82
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	827	70.00–100.00	86.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	845	68.00–96.00	80.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,377	67.00–94.00	81.23
28	—	1,591	84.00–106.00	95.29
19	—	1,670	98.00–115.00	106.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,053	50.00–71.00	60.53
65	—	1,167	62.00–78.00	70.88
41	—	1,231	70.00–83.50	76.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,143	68.00–77.00	71.19
53	—	1,032	41.00–72.00	63.32
23	—	971	36.00–63.00	57.83
3	—	950	40.00–55.00	49.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,499	78.00–89.00	83.57
13	—	1,310	70.00–80.00	76.29
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	69.00	69.00
3	—	783	40.00–48.00	43.65
1	—	830	49.00	49.00
5	—	841	50.00–64.00	57.19

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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