Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 284 priced lines covering 4,468 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,189 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,319 head. replacement cattle receipts at 343 head. Counted as USDA files them — 48 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,189Last week 5,050Year ago 4,570

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,319Last week 1,321Year ago 1,092

Replacement CattleReceipts 343Last week 356Year ago 307

Compared to last report: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00-20.00 lower; offerings over 600 lbs lightly tested. Feeder heifers sold 12.00-18.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,175	80.00–121.00	98.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	803	107.50–125.00	117.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	85.00	85.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,076	78.00–98.00	88.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,020	1,025.00–1,575.00	1,296.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	90.00	90.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,156	1,200.00–1,650.00	1,413.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,091	1,075.00–1,185.00	1,137.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,071	950.00–1,225.00	1,120.62
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	878	89.00–95.00	91.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	960	800.00–1,125.00	1,017.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	979	900.00–1,100.00	1,054.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	898	87.00–108.00	96.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,141	900.00–1,335.00	951.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	89.00	89.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	—	1,136	825.00–1,525.00	1,202.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	935	935.00–1,450.00	1,163.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	963	800.00–1,590.00	1,343.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	90.00	90.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	89.00–101.00	94.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,398	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,790	2,250.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,316	1,250.00–1,900.00	1,547.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	939	925.00–1,410.00	1,093.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,266	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,469.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,580	1,735.00	1,735.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,345	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,575.59
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,155	900.00–1,475.00	1,155.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,512	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,960.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,183	1,050.00–1,600.00	1,365.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,055	1,125.00–1,725.00	1,378.71
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	144.00	144.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	122.00	122.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	130.00	130.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	905	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,035	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,425.00	1,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	871	116.00–148.00	137.22
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	838	86.00–89.00	87.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	85.00	85.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	—	926	80.00–126.00	96.21
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	735	93.00–150.00	127.26
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	1,500.00	1,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	815	130.00–178.00	155.90
30	—	325	180.00–221.00	203.46
9	—	717	140.00–185.00	157.10
53	—	575	170.00–207.00	187.91
90	—	525	160.00–210.00	189.28
10	—	761	150.00–175.00	160.24
115	—	475	170.00–219.00	197.40
22	—	625	159.00–190.00	176.60
60	—	369	180.00–232.50	203.86
11	—	678	155.00–185.00	163.82
81	—	423	175.00–225.00	199.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	668	180.00	180.00
34	—	524	194.00–212.50	195.95
10	—	432	215.00–221.00	219.82
2	—	705	180.00	180.00
26	—	475	205.00–222.50	215.52
7	—	576	183.00	183.00
8	—	398	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	207.50	207.50
1	—	480	196.00	196.00
1	—	355	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
1	—	405	725.00	725.00
2	—	453	850.00	850.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	764	157.00–198.00	178.38
5	—	826	160.00–184.00	177.50
1	—	855	122.00	122.00
124	—	471	200.00–242.00	217.47
19	—	714	170.00–200.00	179.64
30	—	670	165.00–225.00	192.11
114	—	424	204.00–247.00	227.71
38	—	329	220.00–252.50	234.18
1	—	1,135	122.50	122.50
141	—	521	180.00–239.00	213.98
62	—	622	170.00–230.00	198.29
80	—	373	204.00–255.00	234.44
92	—	570	185.00–229.00	205.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	210.00	210.00
2	—	350	234.00	234.00
2	—	705	203.00	203.00
5	—	680	200.00–206.00	202.39
7	—	329	231.00–265.00	249.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
5	—	515	1,225.00	1,225.00
3	—	642	1,350.00	1,350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	611	180.00	180.00
3	—	650	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	424	125.00–190.00	168.15
13	—	630	84.00–175.00	153.42
6	—	582	150.00–175.00	160.55
3	—	678	142.50–155.00	146.55
11	—	521	117.00–197.50	163.54
21	—	374	129.00–195.00	162.36
13	—	327	125.00–195.00	173.41
15	—	475	110.00–192.50	171.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	948	165.00	165.00
11	—	727	210.00	210.00
4	—	864	140.00–174.00	157.86
6	—	827	199.00–212.00	203.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,002	140.00	140.00
60	—	707	222.00	222.00
7	—	942	152.00	152.00
10	—	616	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	175.00	175.00
1	—	745	150.00	150.00
1	—	750	150.00	150.00
6	—	577	166.00–197.50	180.12
3	—	673	162.50–185.00	176.94
6	—	468	185.00–192.50	188.25
5	—	522	172.00–202.50	191.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	150.00–175.00	155.36
1	—	675	152.00	152.00
2	—	788	120.00	120.00
1	—	400	150.00	150.00
5	—	555	125.00–180.00	162.84
1	—	330	180.00	180.00
3	—	395	185.00	185.00
5	—	537	160.00–180.00	174.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	210.00–215.00	212.46
4	—	335	254.00–267.50	260.37
1	—	400	247.50	247.50
2	—	460	225.00–226.00	225.49
7	—	357	240.00–262.50	252.84
1	—	520	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	210.00	210.00
3	—	600	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	260.00–310.00	282.57
1	—	760	230.00	230.00
3	—	332	305.00–312.50	307.41
6	—	428	260.00–305.00	274.38
1	—	450	300.00	300.00
2	—	568	240.00–257.50	248.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	210.00	210.00
1	—	600	205.00	205.00
1	—	310	170.00	170.00
1	—	495	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	235.00	235.00
2	—	493	240.00	240.00
1	—	520	230.00	230.00
1	—	615	222.50	222.50
1	—	445	240.00	240.00
1	—	695	185.00	185.00
1	—	585	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	628	147.50–190.00	167.25
9	—	369	115.00–240.00	190.51
6	—	580	180.00–190.00	187.56
6	—	470	110.00–210.00	175.39
11	—	412	161.00–220.00	189.91
2	—	320	137.50–165.00	150.82
5	—	533	190.00–195.00	191.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	230.00	230.00
8	—	712	227.00–230.00	228.87
6	—	535	232.00–245.00	238.38
2	—	420	261.00	261.00
5	—	395	291.00	291.00
3	—	688	212.00	212.00
2	—	465	254.00	254.00
4	—	578	238.00–240.00	238.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	145.00	145.00
33	—	320	240.00–319.00	271.72
1	—	1,010	160.00	160.00
2	—	773	208.00–210.00	208.99
2	—	825	195.00–205.00	200.00
3	—	915	186.00–193.00	190.30
57	—	619	212.50–246.00	233.09
60	—	419	220.00–315.00	260.82
58	—	376	220.00–315.00	266.56
101	—	523	213.00–267.50	245.08
21	—	733	190.00–235.00	226.23
58	—	571	210.00–250.00	236.88
1	—	1,195	141.00	141.00
14	—	666	205.00–226.00	215.50
82	—	473	213.00–280.00	253.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	257.50	257.50
1	—	390	220.00	220.00
1	—	435	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	580	220.00–225.00	222.32
83	—	525	229.00–267.00	259.64
17	—	829	227.00	227.00
8	—	669	220.00	220.00
18	—	439	238.00–254.00	248.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	110.00–120.00	115.01
28	—	575	190.00–234.00	216.17
2	—	888	160.00–200.00	180.06
27	—	328	210.00–283.00	244.76
78	—	425	186.00–270.00	231.62
46	—	374	198.00–280.00	236.12
4	—	718	192.50–220.00	205.57
43	—	477	186.00–249.00	215.99
35	—	527	190.00–254.00	225.95
2	—	660	215.00	215.00
22	—	625	181.00–224.00	210.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	300.00	300.00
1	—	465	277.50	277.50
1	—	370	297.50	297.50
5	—	526	240.00–265.00	244.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	242.50	242.50
2	—	425	240.00	240.00
1	—	370	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	140.00	140.00
26	—	372	247.00–297.50	275.96
29	—	670	175.00–225.00	196.26
91	—	522	191.00–252.50	222.44
41	—	621	185.00–229.00	206.15
46	—	474	200.00–270.00	237.55
48	—	424	231.00–290.00	263.34
2	—	808	179.00–188.00	183.46
19	—	772	170.00–197.00	188.51
1	—	1,160	115.00	115.00
74	—	574	185.00–245.00	214.56
21	—	717	160.00–202.00	186.64
14	—	319	265.00–320.00	284.48
9	—	870	147.50–180.00	156.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	190.00	190.00
1	—	685	200.00	200.00
2	—	573	215.00–217.50	216.20
4	—	474	225.00–240.00	231.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	127.00–167.00	147.48
2	—	338	170.00–180.00	175.04
1	—	390	190.00	190.00
1	—	665	140.00	140.00
2	—	413	147.00–160.00	153.62
1	—	555	163.00	163.00
2	—	493	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	221.00	221.00
3	—	557	211.00–215.00	212.65
3	—	493	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	125.00–135.00	130.03
8	—	323	210.00–260.00	234.00
1	—	850	150.00	150.00
30	—	473	190.00–240.00	225.41
44	—	572	169.00–220.00	192.61
48	—	520	171.00–228.00	201.13
1	—	975	115.00	115.00
8	—	671	175.00–198.00	188.11
5	—	724	153.00–179.00	163.21
3	—	823	137.00–146.00	140.98
20	—	374	200.00–260.00	233.75
6	—	770	145.00–185.00	162.31
31	—	425	200.00–255.00	229.15
30	—	620	164.00–205.00	184.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	471	165.00–215.00	199.79
8	—	423	170.00–230.00	209.40
2	—	763	142.50–155.00	148.65
5	—	516	155.00–180.00	174.04
6	—	613	160.00–175.00	167.26
5	—	377	187.00–212.50	201.07
7	—	578	172.50–192.50	181.75
1	—	815	135.00	135.00
2	—	323	177.00–210.00	192.60
2	—	675	150.00–152.50	151.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	643	184.00	184.00
7	—	439	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,634	89.00–112.00	101.36
21	—	1,417	70.00–101.00	90.48
24	—	1,729	100.50–121.00	113.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,069	80.00–93.00	86.76
129	—	1,032	65.00–88.00	78.60
38	—	944	45.00–77.00	65.28
2	—	905	50.00–59.00	54.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,211	85.00–102.00	91.99
50	—	1,063	68.00–84.00	77.22
199	—	1,154	78.00–94.00	86.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,401	87.00–110.00	100.24
84	—	1,366	85.00–96.00	90.65
11	—	1,400	80.00–87.00	83.79
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	84.00	84.00
1	—	705	50.00	50.00

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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