Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 232 priced lines covering 4,470 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,331 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 599 head. replacement cattle receipts at 184 head. Counted as USDA files them — 14 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,331Last week 7,795Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 599Last week 558Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 184Last week 197Year ago 0

Compared to last report: Feeder steers mostly sold steady to 5.00 higher, instances 8.00-12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 6.00-10.00 higher, instances 10.00-12.00 higher; offerings over 600 lbs sold mostly steady with limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Demand remains good for all classes

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	883	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,184.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,181	108.00–140.00	118.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,145	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,508.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	988	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,400.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,200	89.00–126.00	114.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,050	104.00–132.00	114.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,213	1,250.00–1,750.00	1,469.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,070	1,310.00–1,700.00	1,582.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,004	890.00–1,650.00	1,408.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	958	1,675.00–1,900.00	1,771.93
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	892	875.00–2,350.00	1,414.03
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	748	950.00–960.00	955.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	815	1,000.00–1,500.00	1,225.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,005	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,476.24
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	585	625.00–825.00	730.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	620	650.00–850.00	757.26
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	725	114.00–124.00	118.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	582	75.00–118.00	100.87
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	540	425.00	425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	870	80.00–136.00	120.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,730	111.00	111.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	1,450.00–2,275.00	1,888.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,457.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,144	950.00–2,000.00	1,597.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,215	1,350.00–1,900.00	1,668.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,900.00	1,900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	325	262.00–350.00	314.21
64	350–400	379	260.00–350.00	303.76
39	400–450	421	250.00–332.00	290.36
56	450–500	470	250.00–313.00	277.48
26	500–550	521	235.00–292.00	266.08
22	550–600	569	240.00–273.00	259.88
11	600–650	619	210.00–262.00	244.32
22	650–700	669	225.00–254.00	248.81
3	700–750	715	229.00–240.00	236.23
1	750–800	755	216.00	216.00
2	800–850	845	210.00	210.00
1	850–900	860	204.00	204.00
5	950–1000	962	166.00–178.00	168.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	485	305.00–308.00	307.14
11	550–600	562	270.00–277.00	271.98
22	650–700	671	251.00–253.00	252.03
35	700–750	742	245.00	245.00
70	750–800	782	247.00	247.00
33	800–850	800	219.50	219.50
7	1200–1250	1,227	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	200.00–243.00	221.50
4	350–400	368	217.00–285.00	250.88
1	400–450	405	175.00	175.00
5	450–500	491	200.00–247.00	225.68
2	500–550	528	211.00	211.00
3	550–600	562	220.00–225.00	223.32
1	600–650	615	218.00	218.00
2	750–800	778	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	365.00–400.00	383.79
9	350–400	367	340.00–380.00	362.76
9	400–450	418	332.50–370.00	349.31
4	450–500	474	305.00–360.00	326.35
2	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	300–350	325	305.00–405.00	365.34
96	350–400	372	300.00–399.00	352.46
192	400–450	425	285.00–389.00	340.44
164	450–500	480	280.00–355.00	318.27
112	500–550	523	262.00–343.00	303.98
163	550–600	572	260.00–316.00	297.58
75	600–650	619	242.00–299.00	276.91
48	650–700	667	240.00–278.00	263.15
51	700–750	729	216.00–256.00	243.31
3	750–800	763	230.00–241.00	236.16
123	800–850	819	228.00–245.00	244.61
2	850–900	855	225.00–227.50	226.24
1	900–950	915	210.00	210.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	455	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	385.00–415.00	404.31
19	350–400	371	350.00–410.00	387.11
16	400–450	421	330.00–361.00	342.81
41	450–500	477	317.50–349.00	329.94
24	500–550	518	285.00–337.00	318.43
14	550–600	576	290.00–314.00	307.74
12	600–650	615	260.00–282.50	269.66
5	650–700	656	245.00–275.00	263.87
7	700–750	716	233.00–245.00	236.85
1	750–800	785	231.00	231.00
2	800–850	810	234.00	234.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	167.50	167.50
2	1050–1100	1,065	170.00–172.50	171.26
1	1200–1250	1,210	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	571	297.00	297.00
1	700–750	720	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	337.50	337.50
1	350–400	395	307.50	307.50
1	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	400	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	482	263.00–285.00	275.07
20	500–550	522	275.00–303.00	290.63
15	550–600	581	245.00–266.00	254.67
1	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	367	295.00–330.00	320.31
22	400–450	425	277.50–309.00	293.84
41	450–500	468	265.00–307.00	297.12
10	500–550	528	265.00–303.00	286.19
18	550–600	561	254.00–280.00	277.73
6	600–650	627	228.00–270.00	258.65
11	700–750	722	226.00–228.00	227.27
1	750–800	795	218.00	218.00
1	850–900	855	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
11	350–400	374	280.00–295.00	285.08
6	400–450	423	265.00–280.00	272.52
2	450–500	468	240.00–260.00	249.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	300–350	327	279.00–345.00	309.88
115	350–400	375	268.00–355.00	304.33
221	400–450	421	260.00–321.00	294.08
140	450–500	472	240.00–301.00	282.25
111	500–550	518	240.00–300.00	271.50
83	550–600	573	220.00–295.00	254.77
51	600–650	614	220.00–266.00	237.24
32	650–700	661	216.00–239.00	228.77
8	700–750	720	212.50–222.50	217.76
1	750–800	770	213.00	213.00
3	800–850	817	189.00–207.50	200.60
2	850–900	878	195.00–197.50	196.23
1	950–1000	970	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	205.00	205.00
2	950–1000	958	150.00–175.00	162.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
2	500–550	510	1,500.00	1,500.00
8	650–700	650	1,700.00	1,700.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	288	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	428	257.00–285.00	265.87
49	450–500	473	256.00–269.00	263.64
12	500–550	547	254.00–259.00	256.50
28	550–600	556	225.00–241.50	238.42
10	600–650	640	206.00–239.00	212.27
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	300–350	328	230.00–292.50	259.44
60	350–400	372	235.00–278.00	262.01
40	400–450	424	220.00–269.00	241.61
57	450–500	478	213.00–269.00	243.50
44	500–550	526	200.00–250.00	235.45
39	550–600	579	205.00–246.00	225.38
14	600–650	620	197.00–233.00	218.68
10	650–700	671	184.00–217.50	204.24
3	700–750	723	187.50–210.00	202.02
3	750–800	767	156.00–196.00	181.54
3	800–850	810	170.00–175.00	173.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	317	150.00–242.00	204.86
6	350–400	378	175.00–247.50	219.21
6	400–450	424	180.00–220.00	197.30
12	450–500	486	145.00–225.00	186.77
2	500–550	528	210.00	210.00
4	550–600	565	175.00–200.00	181.52
5	600–650	625	141.00–207.50	178.77
1	700–750	715	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	572	245.00	245.00
4	600–650	632	230.00	230.00
27	700–750	705	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	676	222.00–229.00	225.61
22	750–800	784	215.00	215.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	411	292.50–310.00	300.72
1	450–500	455	306.00	306.00
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	258.00–288.00	272.65
1	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
7	550–600	580	200.00–230.00	213.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	292	385.00–390.00	388.31
17	300–350	335	321.00–375.00	340.96
37	350–400	375	313.00–371.00	334.89
49	400–450	432	300.00–351.00	316.60
70	450–500	469	270.00–352.00	297.41
133	500–550	522	250.00–317.00	297.30
63	550–600	565	245.00–290.00	277.53
71	600–650	620	237.00–275.00	257.49
26	650–700	675	221.00–261.00	239.75
15	700–750	728	208.00–239.00	223.13
13	750–800	776	200.00–222.00	209.75
2	850–900	868	180.00–194.00	186.98
1	950–1000	990	137.50	137.50
3	1150–1200	1,160	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	265.00–330.00	308.63
21	350–400	375	253.00–310.00	283.50
29	400–450	429	259.00–300.00	280.31
12	450–500	464	240.00–287.00	266.05
8	500–550	523	200.00–270.00	253.72
9	550–600	569	222.50–252.50	241.19
4	600–650	632	200.00–240.00	223.98
2	650–700	655	207.00–220.00	213.45
6	700–750	703	205.00–211.00	209.98
5	750–800	764	195.00–202.00	197.96
1	800–850	820	149.00	149.00
1	850–900	880	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	191.00–205.00	197.85
1	650–700	675	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	287.00	287.00
3	500–550	548	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	770	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	544	279.00	279.00
2	550–600	593	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,850	123.00–147.00	133.24
20	—	1,628	108.00–129.00	119.36
1	—	1,185	108.00	108.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	87.50	87.50
1	—	560	40.00	40.00
1	—	870	77.00	77.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,125	90.00–108.00	100.23
1	—	995	70.00	70.00
36	—	1,215	100.00–119.00	109.91
15	—	1,067	84.00–91.00	87.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	884	55.00–89.00	68.64
5	—	858	60.00–64.00	60.83
26	—	1,018	75.00–99.00	90.54
6	—	1,126	89.00–116.00	104.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,338	96.00–119.00	106.83
15	—	1,457	107.00–121.00	113.68

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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