Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 205 priced lines covering 3,173 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,579 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 857 head. replacement cattle receipts at 266 head. Counted as USDA files them — 54 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,579Last week 7,319Year ago 2,876

Slaughter CattleReceipts 857Last week 839Year ago 441

Replacement CattleReceipts 266Last week 265Year ago 161

Compared to last report: Steers and Heifers mostly sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Market trend comprised from limited comparable sales due to absence of market reporters in arears.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	612	145.00–170.00	155.70
3	—	755	130.00–145.00	138.34
84	—	419	155.00–220.00	182.39
13	—	711	137.00–165.00	143.16
135	—	521	150.00–182.00	170.58
122	—	477	150.00–200.00	175.28
1	—	1,025	97.00	97.00
76	—	374	174.00–208.00	187.27
18	—	672	140.00–171.00	151.35
37	—	318	170.00–240.00	194.86
65	—	574	145.00–172.00	163.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	165.00	165.00
20	—	449	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	198.00–202.50	199.03
7	—	466	185.00	185.00
50	—	524	176.00–187.50	178.70
98	—	617	160.00–173.00	171.79
11	—	413	187.00–210.00	198.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	146.00	146.00
4	—	626	150.00	150.00
6	—	518	156.00–161.00	158.55
29	—	482	156.00–175.00	162.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	375	140.00–187.50	159.50
7	—	663	128.00–140.00	136.55
32	—	467	135.00–169.00	150.96
5	—	727	110.00–139.00	130.06
29	—	573	129.00–168.00	140.06
5	—	762	110.00–126.00	116.00
9	—	618	125.00–145.00	138.54
30	—	325	141.00–177.50	163.20
33	—	532	135.00–160.00	149.15
41	—	424	140.00–170.00	152.92
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	40.00	40.00
1	—	465	65.00	65.00
2	—	625	52.50	52.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	84.00	84.00
3	—	520	110.00–130.00	121.89
2	—	580	106.00–110.00	108.03
1	—	770	109.00	109.00
8	—	469	115.00–136.00	125.67
2	—	365	120.00–135.00	127.29
3	—	685	103.00–111.00	105.67
3	—	303	120.00–130.00	123.41
4	—	630	112.00–120.00	117.52
7	—	427	101.00–135.00	122.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	125.00	125.00
9	—	603	150.00–165.00	161.67
1	—	780	125.00	125.00
1	—	855	122.50	122.50
2	—	690	154.00	154.00
8	—	951	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	132.00	132.00
1	—	395	150.00	150.00
1	—	560	147.00	147.00
1	—	405	150.00	150.00
1	—	645	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	790	150.00	150.00
8	—	678	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	144.00–145.00	144.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	190.00	190.00
1	—	385	175.00	175.00
1	—	585	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	567	189.00–205.00	202.43
41	—	519	189.00–214.00	206.44
3	—	357	217.50	217.50
29	—	624	185.00–194.00	189.19
3	—	465	215.00	215.00
12	—	775	173.00	173.00
82	—	662	177.00–191.00	190.30
5	—	723	167.50–176.00	169.87
1	—	300	237.50	237.50
30	—	426	222.00–254.00	245.09
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	589	127.50–153.00	144.77
1	—	435	132.50	132.50
1	—	365	145.00	145.00
2	—	535	120.00–130.00	125.09
4	—	464	85.00–130.00	111.05
3	—	633	140.00	140.00
1	—	715	136.00	136.00
4	—	315	130.00–140.00	137.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	836	175.50	175.50
1	—	775	173.00	173.00
79	—	424	184.00–242.00	206.37
1	—	1,105	110.00	110.00
36	—	324	190.00–252.00	226.09
29	—	617	160.00–207.00	180.55
67	—	473	180.00–230.00	204.31
64	—	374	185.00–255.00	214.61
21	—	711	140.00–174.00	168.44
3	—	908	130.00–131.00	130.34
21	—	674	165.00–185.00	174.74
60	—	522	169.00–215.00	196.29
5	—	1,056	114.00	114.00
39	—	575	170.00–213.00	188.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	689	140.00–155.00	148.00
21	—	521	150.00–190.00	172.98
3	—	725	127.00–166.00	153.10
10	—	618	149.00–172.00	164.95
21	—	471	147.50–190.00	171.86
17	—	370	170.00–213.00	182.82
1	—	850	115.00	115.00
26	—	425	145.00–207.00	175.42
1	—	785	146.00	146.00
1	—	840	146.00	146.00
14	—	576	145.00–184.00	165.99
13	—	328	155.00–203.00	178.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	599	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	488	222.00	222.00
2	—	335	257.00	257.00
2	—	358	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	160.00	160.00
2	—	378	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	384	185.00	185.00
7	—	542	186.00	186.00
35	—	485	183.00–210.00	192.77
14	—	419	185.00–214.00	200.89
34	—	579	179.00–182.00	181.27
3	—	807	163.00	163.00
11	—	673	165.00–170.00	167.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	673	135.00–166.00	158.96
16	—	326	193.00–228.00	214.22
42	—	473	175.00–205.00	190.83
28	—	429	160.00–217.00	199.40
5	—	730	145.00–147.50	145.90
75	—	575	150.00–193.00	169.14
2	—	923	105.00–126.00	115.36
33	—	378	182.00–223.00	205.05
22	—	623	142.50–177.00	159.51
30	—	518	165.00–192.50	179.44
1	—	800	129.00	129.00
4	—	769	120.00–144.00	134.02
1	—	960	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	683	120.00–150.00	131.56
9	—	630	130.00–151.00	142.95
5	—	379	160.00–189.00	174.49
17	—	536	140.00–177.00	157.51
17	—	475	140.00–171.00	161.37
16	—	568	127.50–170.00	153.19
6	—	419	141.00–173.00	155.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	130.00	130.00
1	—	475	125.00	125.00
2	—	523	100.00–105.00	102.42
2	—	579	120.00–125.00	122.52
2	—	673	112.50–123.00	117.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	94.00	94.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,041	64.00–77.00	72.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,096	750.00–1,225.00	1,083.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,164	690.00–1,225.00	1,041.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,032	950.00–1,225.00	1,096.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	968	62.00–89.00	76.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,058	825.00–1,025.00	918.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,123	46.00–70.00	59.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,190	800.00–1,000.00	923.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	55.00–71.00	63.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,003	40.00–78.00	61.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	1,118	800.00–1,550.00	1,270.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,127	70.00–83.00	75.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,187	48.00–83.00	72.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	874	810.00–1,035.00	959.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,216	66.00–81.00	73.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	590.00	590.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,252	950.00–2,000.00	1,419.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,269	825.00–1,250.00	1,129.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,257	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,215.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,277	800.00–1,400.00	1,260.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,445	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,315	950.00–1,750.00	1,551.89
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	860	800.00–1,175.00	995.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	850.00	850.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	820	900.00–1,060.00	1,012.52
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	803	1,650.00	1,650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	769	50.00–95.00	76.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,041	74.00–105.00	80.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	54.00–67.00	62.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	940	750.00–770.00	759.04
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,385.00	1,385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,470	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,635	84.00–103.00	92.56
17	—	1,460	57.00–92.00	76.31
18	—	1,753	92.00–112.00	103.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,003	30.00–55.00	45.52
53	—	1,256	70.00–89.00	80.19
109	—	1,193	60.00–79.00	71.44
27	—	1,094	53.00–67.00	61.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,485	73.00–84.00	78.68
1	—	1,310	60.00	60.00
24	—	1,437	64.00–78.00	72.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	36.00	36.00
1	—	875	65.00	65.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	979	25.00–51.00	34.32
27	—	1,144	67.00–84.00	73.56
19	—	972	35.00–63.00	52.30
47	—	1,049	55.00–75.00	64.37
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	55.00–56.00	55.50
5	—	805	29.00–30.00	29.60

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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