Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 251 priced lines covering 3,812 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,024 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 699 head. replacement cattle receipts at 211 head. Counted as USDA files them — 45 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,024Last week 3,793Year ago 4,791

Slaughter CattleReceipts 699Last week 718Year ago 917

Replacement CattleReceipts 211Last week 309Year ago 234

Compared to last report: Feeder steers mostly sold steady to 3.00 higher, instances 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good for all classes.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	50.00–76.00	65.46
2	—	755	85.00–95.00	90.53
5	—	858	90.00–117.00	101.59
1	—	885	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,068	97.00–133.00	120.90
7	—	936	70.00–100.00	88.29
21	—	998	70.00–115.00	92.20
43	—	997	90.00–129.00	111.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	907	97.00–103.00	99.94
31	—	1,081	92.00–119.00	109.59
106	—	1,158	108.00–135.00	121.46
123	—	1,211	124.00–149.00	132.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	110.00–112.00	110.85
24	—	1,439	116.00–135.00	125.15
37	—	1,408	129.00–152.00	136.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,735	144.00–175.00	157.78
10	—	1,370	100.00–135.00	123.04
52	—	1,515	128.00–156.00	142.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	467	280.00–293.00	287.79
1	500–550	510	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	630	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	326	330.00–390.00	371.56
37	350–400	380	320.00–379.00	345.23
58	400–450	426	300.00–359.00	332.92
55	450–500	477	270.00–335.00	298.22
53	500–550	519	250.00–304.00	283.25
50	550–600	573	255.00–305.00	272.36
26	600–650	618	237.00–280.00	252.83
23	650–700	672	220.00–262.50	238.99
7	700–750	714	214.00–230.00	221.67
11	750–800	765	200.00–220.00	213.22
3	800–850	817	193.00–205.00	197.95
1	850–900	855	205.00	205.00
1	900–950	915	190.00	190.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
10	450–500	456	321.00–330.00	323.91
4	500–550	517	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	326	300.00–345.00	323.21
10	350–400	379	285.00–320.00	303.79
16	400–450	433	225.00–300.00	269.47
24	450–500	475	235.00–285.00	263.97
12	500–550	519	227.50–275.00	249.45
14	550–600	567	219.00–256.00	240.84
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00
4	650–700	669	192.00–245.00	220.89
1	700–750	720	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	790	150.00–185.00	167.39
2	800–850	835	176.00–193.00	184.55
1	850–900	870	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	575	275.00	275.00
4	700–750	726	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	280.00	280.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
1	350–400	375	620.00	620.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	338	379.00–389.00	381.79
6	350–400	383	349.00–360.00	354.11
12	400–450	417	307.50–359.00	333.87
2	450–500	480	285.00–300.00	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	342.50–367.50	353.18
5	350–400	367	330.00–415.00	349.35
8	400–450	417	307.50–322.50	314.08
4	450–500	469	302.00–326.00	316.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	319	390.00–425.00	408.39
4	350–400	370	390.00–400.00	393.68
28	400–450	425	340.00–385.00	366.46
12	450–500	463	330.00–370.00	346.72
33	500–550	531	300.00–351.00	318.15
20	550–600	568	292.00–315.00	304.26
60	600–650	613	270.00–300.00	286.64
9	650–700	689	236.00–238.00	236.67
8	700–750	713	241.00–243.00	241.76
3	750–800	772	230.00–247.50	235.74
5	800–850	806	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	347.50	347.50
7	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
6	600–650	642	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	410.00	410.00
39	300–350	324	325.00–401.00	366.25
76	350–400	374	290.00–395.00	350.16
107	400–450	424	275.00–389.00	340.97
106	450–500	478	270.00–367.00	323.84
81	500–550	528	262.00–341.00	306.12
46	550–600	569	235.00–321.00	288.55
41	600–650	623	252.50–287.50	272.80
21	650–700	678	232.50–287.50	253.60
26	700–750	720	230.00–262.50	247.69
13	750–800	777	222.50–240.00	233.64
6	800–850	821	220.00–246.00	231.17
3	850–900	863	206.00–210.00	208.63
1	900–950	910	207.50	207.50
1	950–1000	975	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	400	331.00	331.00
1	450–500	450	329.00	329.00
1	500–550	515	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	302.50	302.50
1	400–450	425	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	475	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	540	267.50–280.00	275.83
2	650–700	660	240.00–260.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	369	374.00	374.00
9	400–450	439	344.00	344.00
15	450–500	476	293.00–304.00	302.11
3	550–600	580	281.00	281.00
6	600–650	617	268.00	268.00
66	750–800	791	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	469	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	325	265.00–389.00	331.39
26	350–400	380	273.00–340.00	294.22
28	400–450	421	255.00–325.00	292.35
32	450–500	477	241.00–310.00	278.56
14	500–550	529	245.00–294.00	261.73
16	550–600	575	237.50–280.00	254.06
7	600–650	616	245.00–263.00	249.72
9	650–700	662	232.50–249.00	236.55
3	700–750	745	225.00–235.00	231.67
3	750–800	770	210.00–222.00	217.37
3	850–900	897	190.00–200.00	196.67
2	900–950	930	161.00–185.00	172.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
4	400–450	420	267.50–325.00	299.84
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	240.00	240.00
2	350–400	360	250.00–261.00	255.50
1	550–600	550	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	185.00	185.00
1	350–400	375	610.00	610.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	529	287.00	287.00
20	600–650	624	248.00–263.00	253.76
12	650–700	665	247.00	247.00
5	700–750	700	227.00	227.00
8	750–800	753	220.00–223.00	222.61
10	800–850	804	200.00–217.50	201.76
1	950–1000	975	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	265.00	265.00
11	350–400	391	275.00–300.00	294.21
10	400–450	439	242.50–293.00	277.45
5	450–500	481	235.00–265.00	254.85
7	500–550	516	220.00–260.00	245.52
12	550–600	580	224.00–247.50	235.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	300–350	325	277.50–347.00	315.96
124	350–400	371	275.00–341.00	307.23
114	400–450	417	258.00–320.00	292.32
155	450–500	470	247.00–309.00	285.33
107	500–550	526	243.00–294.00	268.93
53	550–600	572	230.00–275.00	255.24
34	600–650	618	202.00–260.00	239.60
30	650–700	667	210.00–235.00	229.77
23	700–750	726	199.00–227.00	217.79
3	750–800	758	172.00–225.00	200.82
2	850–900	858	185.00–195.00	190.01
1	1000–1050	1,015	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	365	310.00–332.50	322.94
20	400–450	416	290.00–310.00	304.91
26	450–500	477	275.00–305.00	296.52
35	500–550	527	271.00–287.50	278.03
16	550–600	568	270.00–284.00	276.14
32	600–650	615	250.00–272.50	256.91
6	650–700	667	239.00–267.50	247.23
4	750–800	791	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	420	310.00–312.00	310.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	369	304.00	304.00
23	400–450	432	274.00–300.00	286.03
23	450–500	474	250.00–288.00	278.25
83	500–550	536	278.00	278.00
5	550–600	568	241.00	241.00
3	750–800	750	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	219.00	219.00
1	750–800	795	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	328	240.00–315.00	281.21
27	350–400	372	242.50–299.00	270.22
51	400–450	428	230.00–285.00	260.26
53	450–500	477	220.00–275.00	252.40
28	500–550	521	215.00–267.00	240.23
10	550–600	573	220.00–250.00	229.80
19	600–650	626	203.00–237.50	223.31
3	650–700	672	216.00–227.50	220.21
3	700–750	725	190.00–215.00	199.79
6	750–800	774	150.00–193.00	177.26
1	800–850	835	165.00	165.00
1	850–900	855	169.00	169.00
2	900–950	905	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	260.00–280.00	269.77
1	450–500	460	265.00	265.00
5	500–550	520	249.00–252.50	250.44
1	650–700	650	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	634	220.00	220.00
10	650–700	698	226.00	226.00
5	700–750	716	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	584	242.00–262.50	245.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	292.50–317.50	303.45
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
5	400–450	422	265.00–277.50	272.49
3	450–500	453	266.00–285.00	272.29
1	500–550	515	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	567	240.00–257.50	249.07
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	307	220.00–250.00	230.43
5	350–400	387	200.00–240.00	226.85
2	400–450	428	195.00–223.00	209.25
4	500–550	523	199.00–225.00	216.90
1	550–600	575	203.00	203.00
1	600–650	620	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	673	400.00–575.00	491.08
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	868	115.00–125.00	120.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	889	132.00–180.00	146.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,305	1,775.00–2,250.00	1,988.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,120	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,985.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,246	1,300.00–2,500.00	2,164.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,180	1,000.00–2,225.00	1,795.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,439	2,275.00–3,225.00	2,749.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,380	1,950.00–2,475.00	2,272.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,463	1,900.00–2,375.00	2,149.27
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,098	130.00–138.00	136.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	129.00	129.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,029	1,325.00–1,485.00	1,412.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,158	119.00–135.00	127.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,155	1,300.00–1,975.00	1,604.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	139.00	139.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,263	121.00–131.00	125.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	927	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,385.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,195	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,057	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,659.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,041	124.00–141.00	130.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,084	1,350.00–2,000.00	1,623.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,018	1,300.00–1,775.00	1,538.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,203	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,127	135.00–150.00	144.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	1,248	1,275.00–2,075.00	1,580.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	1,050.00	1,050.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,650.00	1,650.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	828	1,300.00–1,725.00	1,452.21
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	845	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,373.67
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,805	182.00	182.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,415	137.00	137.00

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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