Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 259 priced lines covering 6,005 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,916 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 881 head. replacement cattle receipts at 305 head. Counted as USDA files them — 65 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,916Last week 4,294Year ago 5,597

Slaughter CattleReceipts 881Last week 881Year ago 1,536

Replacement CattleReceipts 305Last week 268Year ago 297

Compared to last report: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, instances 5.00-10.00 lower; offerings over 600 lbs lightly tested last week so trend not applicable. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher , instances up to 8.00 higher; offerings over 600 lbs lightly tested last week so trend not applicable. Feeder cattle trend comprised on limited comparable sales from last week. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand moderate to good on heavier offerings this week.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	138.00	138.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,725.00	1,725.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	1,750.00	1,750.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	868	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,034	140.00–172.50	159.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	670	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,277.24
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,359	120.00–135.00	127.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,083	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	141.00	141.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,206	1,500.00–1,825.00	1,685.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	957	120.00–136.00	129.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,190	1,525.00–2,025.00	1,824.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,412	127.50–140.00	134.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,119	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,722.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,319	113.00–144.00	132.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,143	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,498.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,028	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,552.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,078	122.50–140.00	132.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,470	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	915	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,444.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,245	1,725.00–1,925.00	1,818.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	125.00	125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	140.00	140.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,155	1,525.00–1,775.00	1,683.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,053	1,200.00–1,675.00	1,517.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	978	127.00–135.00	130.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,137	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,657.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,257	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,266.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,086	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,592.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,191	1,850.00–2,475.00	2,174.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,147	1,700.00–2,225.00	2,033.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,085	1,550.00–2,450.00	2,181.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	1,550.00–1,950.00	1,692.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,060	1,575.00–2,050.00	1,931.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	941	1,325.00–2,075.00	1,769.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	865	1,275.00	1,275.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,145	126.00–131.00	128.86
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	801	152.00–222.50	195.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,005	120.00–180.00	148.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,125	1,700.00	1,700.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,115	160.00–164.00	162.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,310	1,600.00–2,500.00	1,913.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,433	140.00–150.00	146.26
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	2,000.00–2,050.00	2,022.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	1,400.00	1,400.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	591	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	618	272.50–300.00	285.86
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
47	750–800	752	236.75	236.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	307.00	307.00
1	350–400	395	291.00	291.00
2	400–450	418	289.00–296.00	292.56
5	500–550	517	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	665	265.00–272.50	268.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	300–350	320	285.00–360.00	325.52
105	350–400	376	270.00–340.00	311.50
115	400–450	426	265.00–329.00	303.04
188	450–500	469	252.50–322.00	289.76
302	500–550	522	245.00–300.00	272.52
202	550–600	572	232.00–310.00	260.82
94	600–650	614	230.00–262.50	250.37
58	650–700	666	220.00–248.00	237.26
23	700–750	719	200.00–245.00	223.49
4	750–800	783	211.00–212.00	211.76
1	800–850	835	202.50	202.50
3	850–900	893	206.00	206.00
1	950–1000	995	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
79	400–450	410	309.00	309.00
6	550–600	597	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	562	260.00–272.00	262.73
45	600–650	622	256.00–273.00	265.70
66	650–700	663	249.00–268.00	259.37
120	700–750	741	236.50	236.50
18	750–800	760	234.50	234.50
16	850–900	861	202.00–213.00	210.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	270.00–300.00	279.57
2	400–450	430	230.00–260.00	244.48
10	450–500	473	237.00–266.00	252.84
4	500–550	517	225.00–255.00	243.23
4	550–600	580	220.00–255.00	233.26
13	600–650	626	200.00–231.00	221.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	321	250.00–312.50	281.88
58	350–400	378	240.00–307.50	277.00
102	400–450	424	230.00–297.50	271.69
106	450–500	474	230.00–283.00	266.01
80	500–550	526	220.00–272.50	245.97
40	550–600	567	215.00–267.50	240.25
8	600–650	613	200.00–235.00	219.32
2	650–700	680	180.00–210.00	194.89
3	700–750	713	197.00–207.50	201.59
3	800–850	837	145.00–180.00	163.52
3	900–950	912	170.00–190.00	176.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	543	220.00–225.00	222.49
1	550–600	565	205.00	205.00
1	600–650	640	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
4	750–800	794	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	307	285.00–295.00	291.52
2	350–400	360	267.00–283.00	275.22
1	400–450	420	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	468	262.50–280.00	271.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	205.00–230.00	217.30
4	400–450	428	185.00–231.00	219.18
1	450–500	485	195.00	195.00
3	500–550	507	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	570	202.50	202.50
2	600–650	603	160.00	160.00
1	650–700	685	153.00	153.00
1	700–750	735	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	636	249.50	249.50
9	650–700	676	247.00	247.00
18	800–850	825	214.00–214.50	214.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	360	297.00–314.00	304.66
51	400–450	420	270.00–299.00	288.39
49	450–500	474	265.00	265.00
15	500–550	511	262.00–279.00	274.42
55	550–600	582	243.50–260.00	248.50
2	750–800	793	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,028	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	320.00–335.00	324.51
3	450–500	468	310.00–332.50	323.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	318	312.50–399.00	373.14
64	350–400	373	315.00–403.00	360.14
90	400–450	421	285.00–370.00	335.26
223	450–500	470	280.00–354.00	325.31
159	500–550	527	270.00–338.00	307.09
285	550–600	575	260.00–325.00	304.46
195	600–650	620	250.00–311.00	289.73
74	650–700	669	242.50–282.00	268.38
31	700–750	720	235.00–270.00	250.96
14	750–800	765	229.00–268.00	252.85
4	800–850	829	211.00–230.00	221.48
3	850–900	883	205.00–220.00	211.34
1	900–950	910	209.00	209.00
2	950–1000	978	202.00–208.00	204.98
1	1050–1100	1,085	165.00	165.00
1	1200–1250	1,230	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	567	292.50–307.50	302.38
6	600–650	602	282.50–297.50	290.64
5	650–700	655	272.50–282.50	277.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	410	329.00	329.00
5	600–650	626	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
52	750–800	776	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	422	270.00–323.00	307.46
64	450–500	481	265.00–320.00	313.58
127	500–550	524	275.00–314.00	290.09
22	550–600	570	265.00–289.00	278.35
131	600–650	635	265.00–307.50	283.52
15	650–700	655	250.00–274.00	254.95
17	700–750	723	249.50	249.50
198	800–850	822	241.00–256.00	252.97
4	850–900	879	216.00	216.00
65	900–950	902	234.00	234.00
11	950–1000	978	204.75	204.75
45	1050–1100	1,055	204.75	204.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	337.50–340.00	338.75
1	350–400	380	357.50	357.50
6	400–450	416	317.50–365.00	332.70
8	450–500	470	308.00–323.00	317.09
4	500–550	523	300.00–320.00	312.59
2	550–600	568	301.00–306.00	303.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	333.00	333.00
1	450–500	465	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	535	267.50	267.50
8	550–600	584	260.00–290.00	272.06
3	650–700	663	251.00	251.00
1	700–750	740	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	546	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	324	267.50–347.00	322.24
31	350–400	383	265.00–339.00	293.81
78	400–450	426	260.00–335.00	301.20
82	450–500	473	245.00–310.00	286.29
59	500–550	525	235.00–310.00	279.91
74	550–600	581	230.00–292.00	270.95
15	600–650	620	230.00–282.50	262.31
12	650–700	686	237.00–258.00	242.08
4	700–750	736	230.00	230.00
4	800–850	815	185.00–220.00	206.87
2	850–900	875	197.50–208.00	202.66
1	1250–1300	1,285	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	289.00	289.00
5	350–400	380	150.00–302.00	240.93
3	550–600	563	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	630	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	587	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	523	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	560	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	300.00–306.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	390.00	390.00
12	300–350	330	327.50–391.00	378.30
32	350–400	378	330.00–380.00	354.02
46	400–450	423	295.00–349.00	325.16
60	450–500	476	267.50–330.00	306.67
91	500–550	523	252.50–315.00	289.26
58	550–600	574	249.00–298.00	272.04
49	600–650	616	240.00–284.00	265.11
21	650–700	666	232.50–282.50	247.17
11	700–750	718	219.00–243.00	235.92
6	750–800	774	200.00–251.00	228.22
3	800–850	822	225.00–235.00	229.26
3	850–900	862	215.00–236.00	223.23
1	950–1000	950	180.00	180.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	190.00	190.00
1	1150–1200	1,190	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	640	231.00	231.00
1	650–700	680	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	320.00–330.00	326.76
27	350–400	384	270.00–332.20	309.26
28	400–450	426	260.00–311.00	292.30
28	450–500	466	250.00–305.00	278.92
32	500–550	526	242.00–287.50	264.82
24	550–600	576	227.50–278.00	260.27
7	600–650	621	227.50–262.00	242.34
11	650–700	681	215.00–250.00	234.29
1	700–750	705	232.50	232.50
2	800–850	808	182.50–195.00	188.69
1	950–1000	980	167.50	167.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	440	180.00	180.00
1	550–600	565	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
1	—	815	88.00	88.00
1	—	845	130.00	130.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,420	128.00–156.00	137.34
38	—	1,415	115.00–144.00	132.51
5	—	1,602	125.00–136.00	130.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,021	103.00–124.00	116.75
2	—	875	83.00–115.00	99.27
48	—	1,057	121.00–141.00	129.03
10	—	941	90.00–117.00	103.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,201	127.00–145.00	136.85
21	—	1,058	107.00–124.00	116.14
6	—	943	103.00–111.00	109.09
112	—	1,198	116.00–138.00	129.52
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	124.00	124.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	105.00	105.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,638	135.00–167.50	152.62
14	—	1,766	145.00–174.00	161.41
12	—	1,323	112.00–146.00	131.98

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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