Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 228 priced lines covering 3,966 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,302 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 739 head. replacement cattle receipts at 169 head. Counted as USDA files them — 33 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,302Last week 5,331Year ago 4,343

Slaughter CattleReceipts 739Last week 599Year ago 707

Replacement CattleReceipts 169Last week 184Year ago 173

Compared to last report: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Demand moderate to good for all classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	252.00	252.00
2	550–600	577	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	710	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	312	289.00–319.00	307.28
12	350–400	370	292.00	292.00
12	400–450	431	216.00–276.00	250.76
36	450–500	495	243.00–286.00	269.83
13	500–550	543	244.00–262.50	248.14
6	600–650	627	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	285.00–287.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	582	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	326	220.00–285.00	253.23
48	350–400	376	228.00–288.00	266.12
38	400–450	430	230.00–275.00	252.77
56	450–500	477	220.00–280.00	251.28
36	500–550	524	210.00–264.00	233.03
13	550–600	575	204.00–250.00	233.62
7	600–650	619	209.00–229.00	222.30
8	650–700	686	179.00–210.00	192.34
8	700–750	724	176.00–199.00	187.39
11	750–800	764	160.00–207.50	182.55
1	800–850	815	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	180.00–230.00	205.00
12	350–400	385	150.00–240.00	203.46
7	400–450	424	140.00–235.00	190.93
2	450–500	480	210.00–240.00	225.31
1	500–550	530	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	580	207.50	207.50
2	600–650	618	210.00–215.00	212.45
1	650–700	655	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	302.50–324.00	313.08
2	350–400	355	316.00–325.00	320.44
3	400–450	412	300.00–312.50	306.39
1	500–550	510	281.00	281.00
1	550–600	585	252.50	252.50
1	600–650	605	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	294	353.00	353.00
78	300–350	324	265.00–349.00	307.59
144	350–400	378	265.00–339.00	304.28
159	400–450	422	260.00–324.00	290.06
189	450–500	472	242.50–315.00	285.09
132	500–550	528	240.00–297.00	269.37
88	550–600	571	215.00–270.00	250.22
63	600–650	625	190.00–259.00	237.90
23	650–700	667	190.00–235.00	219.39
43	700–750	726	175.00–229.00	207.14
7	750–800	778	165.00–210.00	197.14
6	800–850	819	170.00–207.50	186.87
1	850–900	870	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	250.00–277.50	258.93
5	400–450	426	200.00–270.00	239.06
3	450–500	490	205.00–220.00	210.82
3	500–550	517	200.00–230.00	210.06
3	550–600	574	192.50–215.00	207.22
2	600–650	635	155.00–239.00	197.66
1	650–700	695	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	800	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	355	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	411	270.00–300.00	291.53
16	450–500	474	270.00–295.00	281.04
6	500–550	530	267.50–280.00	273.46
20	550–600	560	265.00–277.50	271.87
24	600–650	619	232.50–270.00	252.79
7	650–700	651	243.00	243.00
7	700–750	709	223.00–230.00	227.00
3	800–850	843	204.00	204.00
2	1050–1100	1,068	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	339	317.50–359.00	342.53
5	400–450	410	285.00–302.00	298.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	315.00	315.00
7	550–600	576	249.00–265.00	252.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	355	312.50–325.00	318.84
1	400–450	435	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	495	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	328	242.50–355.00	298.41
34	350–400	380	230.00–345.00	291.69
35	400–450	420	247.50–333.00	283.37
35	450–500	481	235.00–310.00	273.74
23	500–550	525	227.50–290.00	261.05
21	550–600	586	230.00–280.00	257.20
11	600–650	625	212.50–263.00	240.22
9	650–700	679	230.00–258.00	233.93
4	700–750	709	229.00–242.00	235.78
1	750–800	755	225.00	225.00
2	800–850	818	200.00	200.00
10	1000–1050	1,019	160.00–204.00	181.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	326.00	326.00
6	450–500	490	313.00	313.00
15	500–550	545	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	576	284.00–288.00	286.17
11	900–950	944	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	367.50–400.00	385.85
2	350–400	370	357.50–380.00	368.45
6	400–450	418	335.00–357.00	343.48
10	450–500	470	302.00–320.00	309.00
7	500–550	512	285.00–325.00	300.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	240.00–255.00	243.70
3	350–400	378	207.50–265.00	237.41
4	400–450	409	250.00–275.00	257.85
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	548	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	570	180.00	180.00
1	650–700	650	201.00	201.00
1	900–950	930	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	300–350	327	310.00–417.00	369.29
67	350–400	374	310.00–395.00	354.34
151	400–450	424	287.50–387.00	333.57
143	450–500	473	280.00–389.00	319.70
102	500–550	523	260.00–340.00	306.50
62	550–600	562	255.00–326.00	286.41
25	600–650	617	240.00–290.00	272.69
29	650–700	668	215.00–267.50	236.38
10	700–750	721	225.00–247.50	239.15
8	750–800	763	210.00–236.00	232.61
78	800–850	801	220.00–235.00	234.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	313.00	313.00
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	588	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
3	650–700	673	230.00–245.00	238.24
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
16	350–400	371	330.00–360.00	343.25
45	400–450	440	236.00–362.50	269.88
11	450–500	485	310.00–330.00	313.72
36	500–550	519	285.00–316.00	301.39
71	550–600	569	277.50–300.00	298.16
29	600–650	621	250.00–297.00	265.26
4	650–700	663	285.00–287.50	286.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	306.00	306.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	331	230.00–300.00	286.03
16	350–400	370	240.00–297.50	280.23
17	400–450	426	220.00–287.00	258.35
18	450–500	472	225.00–290.00	265.02
14	500–550	525	230.00–277.50	251.06
16	550–600	577	230.00–267.50	245.70
3	600–650	622	210.00–234.00	221.31
2	650–700	683	216.00–220.00	218.04
2	700–750	715	190.00–200.00	194.90
4	750–800	785	205.00–210.00	208.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	544	238.00	238.00
4	550–600	581	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	230.00	230.00
4	350–400	368	250.00–260.00	254.43
2	450–500	473	200.00–230.00	215.71
2	500–550	518	180.00–255.00	216.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	325	300.00–363.00	334.78
61	350–400	382	287.50–347.00	325.44
52	400–450	425	210.00–331.00	313.27
82	450–500	474	260.00–325.00	300.89
57	500–550	526	233.00–311.00	284.60
77	550–600	571	230.00–299.00	272.21
17	600–650	619	228.00–278.00	248.39
22	650–700	670	160.00–250.00	233.17
15	700–750	725	192.00–240.00	224.96
11	750–800	772	184.00–245.00	215.41
6	800–850	820	177.00–220.00	198.33
1	850–900	865	192.00	192.00
5	900–950	917	154.00–197.50	187.43
1	950–1000	975	150.00	150.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	182.50	182.50
5	1100–1150	1,111	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	447	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	590	249.00	249.00
1	650–700	650	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	332.50	332.50

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	—	803	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,376.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,284	1,475.00–2,350.00	1,994.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	1,525.00–2,400.00	2,028.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,117	1,025.00–2,100.00	1,664.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,188	2,150.00–2,450.00	2,266.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,220	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,319.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,530.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	64.00–130.00	101.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,178	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,428.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	943	1,075.00–1,575.00	1,366.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,205	93.00–117.00	109.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,038	750.00–1,550.00	1,404.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	861	1,275.00–1,675.00	1,529.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	117.00	117.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,140	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,646.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,089	1,000.00–1,550.00	1,388.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	119.00	119.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,240	124.00	124.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,030	1,725.00–1,950.00	1,831.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,150	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,149	120.00–130.00	125.56
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	600	450.00	450.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,175.00	2,175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,571	120.00–145.00	129.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,448	1,900.00–3,000.00	2,287.73
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	920	170.00	170.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	920	650.00–1,375.00	1,049.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	760	100.00–121.00	110.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	993	89.00–114.00	103.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	110.00	110.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,218	120.00–130.00	124.83
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,033	95.00–111.00	102.38
39	—	997	77.00–99.00	89.57
17	—	962	49.00–70.00	59.86
24	—	944	63.00–87.00	76.99
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	75.00–85.00	80.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	50.00	50.00
16	—	1,385	99.00–110.00	106.50
54	—	1,373	105.00–120.00	113.77
27	—	1,418	109.00–127.00	116.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,171	95.00–111.00	102.46
49	—	1,234	102.00–119.00	111.51
3	—	1,033	62.00–73.00	66.75
23	—	1,040	80.00–95.00	88.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,378	80.00–116.00	104.95
53	—	1,778	124.00–151.00	133.86
37	—	1,509	110.00–129.00	119.65

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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