Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 257 priced lines covering 5,182 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,597 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,536 head. replacement cattle receipts at 297 head. Counted as USDA files them — 55 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 29, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,597Last week 4,952Year ago 5,238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,536Last week 1,318Year ago 1,137

Replacement CattleReceipts 297Last week 288Year ago 600

Compared to last report: Feeder steers mostly sold 2.00-6.00 higher, except heavy 5 weights sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold 4.00-8.00 higher; offerings over 500 lbs lightly tested last week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	200.00	200.00
1	—	370	212.50	212.50
2	—	420	212.00–217.50	214.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	204.00	204.00
8	—	419	212.00	212.00
2	—	558	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	573	209.00–216.00	211.08
7	—	461	226.00–232.50	226.91
11	—	660	199.00–200.00	199.82
9	—	517	222.00–227.50	224.42
15	—	620	194.00–224.00	209.80
3	—	375	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	234.00	234.00
3	—	400	229.00	229.00
32	—	583	191.00–219.00	215.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	724	170.00–199.00	179.49
1	—	290	225.00	225.00
4	—	1,055	139.00	139.00
2	—	913	130.00–137.00	133.47
95	—	375	212.50–278.00	237.76
129	—	570	185.00–238.00	212.79
2	—	770	165.00–175.00	169.90
3	—	875	155.00–167.50	159.05
108	—	619	179.00–227.00	209.01
71	—	327	210.00–280.00	240.81
39	—	669	177.00–213.00	194.17
257	—	476	205.00–248.00	230.25
227	—	527	195.00–243.00	222.59
2	—	823	166.00–167.50	166.76
155	—	424	205.00–261.00	238.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	150.00	150.00
3	—	508	202.50	202.50
8	—	636	160.00–199.00	184.12
13	—	651	175.00–186.00	176.71
46	—	464	212.00–233.00	224.96
12	—	386	219.00–233.00	223.60
3	—	868	161.00	161.00
15	—	575	197.00–222.00	213.34
24	—	432	200.00–259.00	229.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	120.00–150.00	136.92
10	—	676	145.00–186.00	168.41
5	—	814	140.00	140.00
12	—	619	169.00–195.00	182.08
78	—	424	180.00–237.00	210.30
50	—	376	190.00–235.00	208.80
42	—	472	170.00–227.00	201.11
39	—	324	175.00–247.00	213.43
38	—	573	173.00–203.00	190.90
1	—	855	155.00	155.00
35	—	525	177.50–211.00	195.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	475	112.50–180.00	158.35
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	630	122.50	122.50
2	—	568	140.00–160.00	150.22
14	—	380	119.00–185.00	159.66
1	—	685	117.00	117.00
3	—	318	178.00–190.00	184.43
21	—	419	128.00–196.00	172.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	151.00	151.00
6	—	833	153.00–179.00	167.54
1	—	1,005	110.00	110.00
1	—	755	170.00	170.00
8	—	739	190.00–198.00	191.95
2	—	955	113.00–158.00	135.38
8	—	672	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	212.00	212.00
1	—	455	213.00	213.00
1	—	570	190.00	190.00
1	—	510	195.00	195.00
1	—	440	200.00	200.00
1	—	670	190.00	190.00
2	—	830	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	797	150.00	150.00
5	—	615	223.00	223.00
6	—	744	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	232.50	232.50
1	—	355	247.50	247.50
5	—	523	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	273.00	273.00
1	—	340	295.00	295.00
2	—	368	281.00–290.00	285.65
1	—	605	242.50	242.50
1	—	400	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	209.00	209.00
1	—	370	215.00	215.00
1	—	330	239.00	239.00
1	—	475	222.00	222.00
1	—	435	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	610	228.00–251.50	243.12
28	—	680	208.00–224.00	219.33
5	—	586	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	428	224.00–298.00	264.08
94	—	375	227.50–324.00	275.41
122	—	577	196.00–264.00	240.41
16	—	774	170.00–195.00	186.65
72	—	621	200.00–240.00	222.80
1	—	900	172.50	172.50
183	—	471	213.00–289.00	254.90
16	—	830	186.00–209.00	205.71
248	—	524	195.00–283.00	254.89
53	—	661	190.00–240.00	224.18
22	—	724	185.00–222.00	206.24
2	—	873	177.50–185.00	181.26
56	—	320	230.00–335.00	276.47
3	—	285	272.00–282.50	276.42
2	—	1,048	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	514	150.00–200.00	174.78
1	—	575	160.00	160.00
14	—	378	160.00–200.00	176.64
2	—	620	125.00–195.00	160.00
3	—	493	195.00–200.00	198.34
5	—	418	176.00–215.00	194.56
7	—	321	164.00–174.00	169.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	576	200.00–241.00	222.70
17	—	674	186.00–220.00	205.88
1	—	870	177.50	177.50
4	—	742	190.00–201.00	195.55
57	—	482	210.00–256.00	235.39
7	—	780	190.00–201.00	199.45
10	—	620	190.00–226.00	211.67
40	—	376	200.00–266.00	239.22
34	—	525	200.00–244.00	223.21
47	—	419	200.00–250.00	231.49
1	—	1,405	115.00	115.00
25	—	323	200.00–260.00	229.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	622	209.00–232.50	219.75
67	—	786	203.50	203.50
20	—	515	232.00–255.00	245.98
16	—	416	255.00–280.00	264.92
13	—	571	214.00–240.00	229.30
1	—	930	184.00	184.00
5	—	728	204.00–213.00	206.83
2	—	825	165.00–184.00	174.44
1	—	885	176.00	176.00
1	—	450	243.00	243.00
1	—	955	166.00	166.00
1	—	390	282.50	282.50
4	—	664	204.00–209.00	206.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	355	266.00	266.00
6	—	608	208.00–209.00	208.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	695	200.00–204.00	202.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	275.00–280.00	275.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	541	252.00–260.00	256.66
35	—	418	250.00–259.00	251.68
15	—	812	206.00	206.00
27	—	768	214.00–222.00	219.94
16	—	388	261.00–266.00	264.51
77	—	571	202.50–244.00	233.85
15	—	483	247.50–260.00	257.45
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	45.00	45.00
2	—	568	60.00	60.00
2	—	525	50.00–52.00	51.03
3	—	717	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	272.50	272.50
1	—	335	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	765	151.00–184.00	172.56
75	—	520	210.00–260.00	234.16
2	—	935	132.00–155.00	143.62
3	—	880	154.00–166.00	162.02
14	—	720	180.00–200.00	190.02
45	—	573	200.00–236.00	219.77
45	—	622	189.00–230.00	209.24
27	—	377	220.00–293.00	261.38
19	—	668	172.50–212.00	191.39
1	—	1,035	97.00	97.00
2	—	815	160.00	160.00
63	—	476	217.00–269.00	244.05
24	—	325	230.00–302.50	267.24
40	—	422	220.00–290.00	255.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	135.00	135.00
1	—	495	185.00	185.00
6	—	440	213.00	213.00
4	—	315	180.00–202.50	196.78
4	—	366	155.00–202.50	189.55
1	—	685	157.50	157.50
8	—	531	140.00–195.00	185.42
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	55.00	55.00
2	—	630	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	364	232.50	232.50
4	—	686	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	663	160.00–187.00	171.35
1	—	915	162.50	162.50
4	—	876	134.00–160.00	142.63
4	—	630	180.00–195.00	186.12
24	—	525	180.00–220.00	204.32
2	—	703	142.50–150.00	146.26
3	—	807	125.00–147.50	137.54
1	—	765	135.00	135.00
19	—	421	185.00–237.50	217.93
18	—	322	200.00–250.00	221.90
32	—	473	197.00–242.00	218.47
17	—	570	177.50–216.00	196.76
11	—	378	203.00–260.00	227.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	195.00	195.00
3	—	680	185.00	185.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,735	122.00	122.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	966	900.00–1,500.00	1,157.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,030	875.00–1,250.00	1,117.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,125	1,100.00–1,750.00	1,407.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,127	900.00–1,725.00	1,406.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,525.00	1,525.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	995	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,151.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	943	800.00–975.00	905.30
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	100.00	100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	886	90.00–116.00	103.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	811	75.00–106.00	91.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,039	900.00–1,525.00	1,181.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	830	102.00–120.00	111.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	923	900.00–1,150.00	1,014.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,238	900.00–1,525.00	1,306.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	103.00	103.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,226	107.50–112.50	110.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,108	96.00–102.00	99.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,018	750.00–1,160.00	1,012.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,014	108.00	108.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,067	950.00–1,375.00	1,124.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,050	1,040.00	1,040.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	940	975.00–1,050.00	1,007.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	109.00	109.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	967	93.00–105.00	99.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,020	90.00–104.00	95.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,174	91.00–114.00	102.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	923	90.00–106.00	100.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	109.00	109.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	938	900.00–1,175.00	1,087.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,475.00	1,475.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	147.50	147.50
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	715	810.00	810.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	85.00–90.00	87.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,541	100.00–125.00	115.35
28	—	1,726	105.00–144.00	124.78
12	—	1,300	90.00–119.00	103.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	854	83.00–105.00	90.82
5	—	829	70.00–80.00	76.69
2	—	728	60.00–70.00	65.09
3	—	648	44.00–50.00	46.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	65.00	65.00
1	—	710	75.00	75.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	961	70.00–75.00	73.71
88	—	989	78.00–95.00	88.82
213	—	1,151	79.00–107.00	98.25
127	—	1,180	94.00–119.00	105.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	886	58.00–96.00	73.79
7	—	929	60.00–89.00	68.46
36	—	1,056	85.00–108.50	94.24
117	—	960	73.00–103.00	87.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,307	95.00–111.00	104.53
53	—	1,425	102.00–120.00	110.22
1	—	1,555	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,265	72.00	72.00

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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