Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 270 priced lines covering 3,283 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,603 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 730 head. replacement cattle receipts at 220 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,603Last week 2,865Year ago 5,784

Slaughter CattleReceipts 730Last week 526Year ago 1,159

Replacement CattleReceipts 220Last week 188Year ago 318

Compared to last report: market trend not applicable due to limited comparable sales. However, a lower undertone was noted on mostly all classes and weights of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	335.00–340.00	337.64
5	300–350	318	290.00–320.00	300.60
18	350–400	373	270.00–312.50	293.15
29	400–450	425	245.00–299.00	272.19
27	450–500	478	237.50–291.00	260.85
50	500–550	526	227.50–280.00	248.46
28	550–600	571	215.00–255.00	238.65
13	600–650	620	217.50–245.00	227.05
12	650–700	675	190.00–238.00	218.62
4	700–750	739	200.00–202.50	200.60
4	750–800	758	180.00–212.50	200.49
2	800–850	825	180.00–192.50	186.40
1	850–900	870	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	330	225.00	225.00
3	350–400	368	200.00	200.00
2	400–450	440	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	455	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	300.00–307.50	303.56
9	400–450	432	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	583	246.00–257.50	250.05
1	700–750	705	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	380.00–395.00	387.36
6	300–350	327	300.00–353.00	338.69
30	350–400	380	300.00–361.00	314.85
27	400–450	422	290.00–318.00	304.59
49	450–500	476	265.00–319.00	288.22
67	500–550	518	235.00–309.00	275.94
62	550–600	572	230.00–280.00	258.50
68	600–650	630	222.50–276.00	252.83
50	650–700	687	217.00–254.50	245.93
6	700–750	723	205.00–227.00	218.76
2	750–800	763	192.00–219.00	205.28
4	800–850	826	171.00–219.00	193.11
3	850–900	867	179.00–211.00	191.53
1	900–950	910	187.00	187.00
1	950–1000	995	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	230.00–235.00	232.45
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	230.00–255.00	238.55
5	600–650	613	210.00–223.00	218.83
2	650–700	665	215.00–217.50	216.23
1	700–750	725	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	317.50	317.50
3	450–500	482	285.00	285.00
16	500–550	501	262.00	262.00
7	550–600	576	248.00–253.00	250.07
2	600–650	608	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	312.50	312.50
8	350–400	378	285.00–297.50	289.78
5	400–450	406	277.50–292.50	289.40
14	450–500	478	245.00–272.50	251.22
12	500–550	523	240.00–257.50	251.41
38	550–600	584	229.50–250.00	243.53
2	600–650	633	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	655	217.50	217.50
1	750–800	790	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	325.00	325.00
35	300–350	323	259.00–331.00	295.28
43	350–400	373	250.00–316.00	284.95
65	400–450	424	241.00–305.00	276.77
103	450–500	474	240.00–295.00	263.32
155	500–550	525	225.00–290.00	257.54
71	550–600	572	227.00–265.00	241.53
50	600–650	620	215.00–248.00	233.77
23	650–700	666	207.00–251.00	231.61
12	700–750	715	194.00–239.00	217.57
6	750–800	785	190.00–224.00	215.32
1	800–850	845	199.00	199.00
2	850–900	873	188.00–192.50	190.30
2	1000–1050	1,035	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	420	262.50	262.50
5	450–500	485	240.00–260.00	255.03
3	500–550	515	225.00–240.00	230.93
2	550–600	575	222.50–235.00	228.86
5	600–650	637	210.00–227.50	221.96
2	650–700	673	210.00–212.50	211.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	230.00	230.00
6	350–400	377	212.50–260.00	243.75
6	400–450	425	210.00–235.00	222.93
6	450–500	467	200.00–235.00	216.27
2	500–550	508	135.00–215.00	175.20
5	550–600	585	190.00–200.00	194.49
1	600–650	615	195.00	195.00
2	650–700	683	170.00–200.00	185.16
1	700–750	725	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	722	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	674	253.00	253.00
4	700–750	703	245.00	245.00
8	750–800	762	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	792	210.00	210.00
3	850–900	860	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	252.50	252.50
1	600–650	610	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	315.00	315.00
12	400–450	415	297.00–315.00	309.74
15	450–500	471	278.00–297.00	288.07
16	500–550	530	259.00–273.00	270.33
17	550–600	573	268.00–272.00	269.81
24	600–650	628	242.50–259.00	255.29
9	650–700	664	227.50–249.00	238.02
5	700–750	717	205.00–235.00	219.26
1	750–800	765	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	318.00–320.00	319.01
1	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
6	400–450	418	280.00–295.00	289.58
5	450–500	465	277.50–295.00	285.87
1	500–550	530	257.50	257.50
1	550–600	560	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	258.00–315.00	284.89
31	300–350	326	240.00–297.50	271.45
22	350–400	374	230.00–287.50	264.08
36	400–450	421	225.00–277.50	251.43
38	450–500	472	220.00–264.00	241.62
49	500–550	524	216.00–252.00	234.43
20	550–600	567	210.00–245.00	230.46
8	600–650	621	202.50–230.00	217.34
6	650–700	676	180.00–223.00	201.65
8	700–750	717	190.00–220.00	195.79
4	750–800	761	170.00–200.00	182.50
1	800–850	805	196.00	196.00
1	900–950	915	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	346	321.00	321.00
32	500–550	523	266.00–285.00	273.10
4	550–600	584	242.50–246.00	244.22
8	600–650	627	250.00–260.00	255.02
5	650–700	673	240.00–245.00	241.37
7	700–750	717	248.00	248.00
16	800–850	808	230.00–234.00	232.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	300.00–320.00	310.36
17	300–350	327	255.00–322.50	281.91
32	350–400	377	250.00–329.00	293.96
39	400–450	427	250.00–311.00	278.88
52	450–500	473	238.00–295.00	271.73
40	500–550	526	225.00–289.00	259.70
21	550–600	577	232.50–272.00	252.87
16	600–650	613	229.00–261.00	250.27
9	650–700	672	240.00–255.00	246.45
2	700–750	723	225.00–240.00	232.32
1	750–800	765	227.00	227.00
1	800–850	815	219.00	219.00
9	850–900	896	200.00–229.00	203.13
1	950–1000	975	182.50	182.50
1	1300–1350	1,340	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	345	332.50	332.50
7	350–400	381	260.00–335.00	302.94
4	400–450	423	292.50–315.00	305.71
3	450–500	480	285.00–312.50	303.43
2	500–550	508	290.00–300.00	294.98
2	550–600	558	270.00–300.00	284.93
1	700–750	730	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	243.00–265.00	253.63
9	400–450	420	225.00–250.00	239.52
1	450–500	465	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	720	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	298.00	298.00
1	450–500	450	283.00	283.00
1	550–600	550	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	367.50	367.50
6	400–450	417	311.00–312.50	311.73
3	450–500	463	305.00–315.00	308.24
14	500–550	544	284.00–298.00	295.01
8	550–600	586	272.00–287.00	283.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	325.00	325.00
8	400–450	433	275.00–298.00	286.77
4	550–600	596	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	323.00	323.00
18	450–500	479	310.00–328.00	325.12
18	500–550	537	310.00–322.50	314.01
29	600–650	635	274.50–282.00	279.03
1	650–700	695	263.00	263.00
2	750–800	768	232.50–235.00	233.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	265.00–285.00	274.73
1	500–550	510	262.50	262.50
2	600–650	630	245.00–255.00	249.96
2	700–750	720	210.00–245.00	227.01
1	850–900	855	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	320.00–332.50	325.53
3	350–400	377	320.00–330.00	324.46
2	400–450	428	300.00–301.00	300.51
1	450–500	470	291.00	291.00
1	500–550	545	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	380.00	380.00
28	300–350	323	280.00–400.00	338.23
27	350–400	373	270.00–340.00	304.83
54	400–450	423	265.00–345.00	293.38
77	450–500	473	260.00–330.00	294.88
55	500–550	518	250.00–316.00	298.38
41	550–600	570	240.00–302.00	265.75
30	600–650	617	235.00–275.00	252.06
17	650–700	671	230.00–264.00	245.03
12	700–750	716	222.50–257.50	242.99
4	750–800	764	225.00–240.00	234.34
2	800–850	820	225.00–237.50	231.29
4	850–900	873	201.00–232.00	215.09
1	900–950	910	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	950	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	125.00	125.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
1	600–650	610	875.00	875.00

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,195	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,879.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,078	1,725.00–2,475.00	2,097.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,148	1,775.00–2,425.00	2,207.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,362	134.00–159.00	140.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,352	1,775.00–2,450.00	2,114.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	130.00	130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,160	132.00–139.00	135.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	181.00	181.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,139	1,575.00–2,400.00	2,046.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,008	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,516.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,082	1,900.00–2,150.00	2,099.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	150.00	150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,171	1,775.00–2,450.00	2,245.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,125	120.00–171.00	147.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	981	1,275.00–2,025.00	1,698.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	945	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	24	—	1,201	1,775.00–2,975.00	2,539.81
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	740	775.00	775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,034	3,000.00	3,000.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	173.00	173.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	930	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	706	1,075.00–1,450.00	1,225.04
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	951	1,600.00–2,725.00	2,466.72
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	788	1,300.00–1,900.00	1,618.10
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	733	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,584.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,151	1,600.00–2,400.00	2,111.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	950	2,725.00–2,850.00	2,790.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,241	1,725.00–2,400.00	2,132.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,181	1,975.00–2,400.00	2,106.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	2,925.00	2,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,148	1,700.00–2,050.00	1,867.76
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,285	146.00–167.00	157.68
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	907	130.00–190.00	153.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	136.00–140.00	138.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,702	142.00–177.00	163.62
13	—	1,848	160.00–190.00	170.00
12	—	1,565	120.00–169.00	154.74
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
1	—	830	127.00	127.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,114	130.00–140.00	134.93
70	—	1,029	100.00–137.00	125.17
23	—	993	105.00–126.00	113.95
10	—	884	84.00–115.00	100.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,208	116.00–145.00	137.04
53	—	1,247	130.00–156.00	145.53
57	—	1,192	117.00–134.00	129.37
6	—	1,053	100.00–122.50	114.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,372	124.00–134.00	131.69
19	—	1,447	135.00–159.00	145.96
33	—	1,447	129.00–148.00	137.87

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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