Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 285 priced lines covering 4,393 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,258 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 860 head. replacement cattle receipts at 248 head. Counted as USDA files them — 45 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,258Last week 4,794Year ago 1,814

Slaughter CattleReceipts 860Last week 846Year ago 607

Replacement CattleReceipts 248Last week 405Year ago 170

Compared to last report: Feeder cattle under 600 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 lower; offerings over 600 lbs lightly tested with lower undertone noted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate at best.

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	8	—	1,406	2,000.00–2,850.00	2,387.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,580	2,775.00–3,125.00	2,964.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,174	1,600.00–2,600.00	2,048.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,128	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,994.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	886	1,650.00–1,825.00	1,703.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	956	1,500.00–2,400.00	1,981.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	140.00	140.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,207	124.00–161.00	141.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,115	147.50–162.50	151.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,198	135.00–161.00	150.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	2,025.00–2,050.00	2,036.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	929	1,450.00–1,850.00	1,705.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,008	1,800.00–1,925.00	1,861.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	137.00	137.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,560	147.00	147.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	949	1,300.00–1,950.00	1,622.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,248	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,824.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,212	1,100.00–2,375.00	1,788.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	940	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,773.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,194	1,700.00–2,075.00	1,966.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,097	138.00–153.00	147.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	140.00	140.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,082	1,140.00–2,275.00	1,845.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,060	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,399.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,134	151.00–159.00	152.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	838	170.00–172.50	171.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	142.00	142.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,083	1,475.00–2,275.00	1,882.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,127	1,800.00–2,635.00	2,351.48
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	1,050.00	1,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	987	130.00–190.00	148.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	901	139.00–154.00	143.38
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	920	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,024	2,000.00–2,075.00	2,024.27
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	1,800.00	1,800.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
3	800–850	827	219.00–220.00	219.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	495	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	605	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	665	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	160.00–225.00	192.07
5	400–450	422	206.00–230.00	222.91
4	450–500	479	200.00–225.00	215.22
4	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
2	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	628	138.00–215.00	176.04
4	650–700	670	160.00–215.00	195.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	329	235.00–305.00	275.59
38	350–400	379	247.50–326.00	289.14
50	400–450	427	235.00–297.00	258.86
69	450–500	474	220.00–293.00	258.88
62	500–550	517	225.00–280.00	257.25
31	550–600	565	210.00–268.00	246.88
15	600–650	628	220.00–261.00	242.79
13	650–700	670	220.00–246.00	234.17
7	700–750	730	215.00–231.00	220.23
4	750–800	773	192.50–221.00	212.42
1	800–850	810	223.00	223.00
1	850–900	850	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
46	300–350	325	277.50–401.00	336.02
51	350–400	372	250.00–377.00	315.11
71	400–450	420	256.00–322.00	289.94
63	450–500	473	245.00–316.00	278.44
69	500–550	524	245.00–299.00	270.88
80	550–600	570	233.00–288.00	262.86
49	600–650	621	220.00–264.00	244.30
44	650–700	674	216.00–265.00	243.50
15	700–750	715	220.00–246.00	237.64
4	750–800	770	207.00–231.00	217.04
2	800–850	833	207.00–210.00	208.50
2	900–950	907	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	227.50	227.50
2	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
2	400–450	433	280.00–312.50	295.97
2	450–500	478	231.00–245.00	237.96
10	500–550	532	242.50–272.00	261.76
13	550–600	582	237.50–260.00	249.88
12	600–650	622	235.00–256.00	241.93
4	650–700	678	227.50–238.00	231.95
2	700–750	723	225.00–230.00	227.42
1	800–850	810	214.00	214.00
3	1050–1100	1,058	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	319	300.00–419.00	399.50
2	350–400	390	302.50–311.00	306.75
25	400–450	415	292.00–345.00	333.74
19	450–500	469	291.00–327.00	325.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
3	700–750	723	220.00–235.00	228.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	324.00	324.00
15	550–600	575	249.00–263.00	250.93
3	600–650	633	237.00	237.00
20	650–700	674	230.00–245.00	239.40
6	750–800	772	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	290.00	290.00
17	450–500	475	305.00	305.00
2	500–550	535	272.50	272.50
15	550–600	583	279.00–287.50	280.08
164	600–650	637	260.00–274.00	272.98
10	650–700	657	265.00	265.00
17	700–750	744	239.00–240.00	239.89
5	850–900	882	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	410.00	410.00
2	300–350	325	335.00–340.00	337.65
2	350–400	388	310.00–317.50	313.73
10	400–450	428	260.00–307.50	295.37
16	450–500	458	270.00–300.00	285.74
3	500–550	517	277.50–285.00	280.84
3	550–600	568	250.00–270.00	262.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	593	241.00–260.00	243.54
2	600–650	640	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	740	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	317.50	317.50
1	400–450	420	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	423	272.50–310.50	287.91
7	450–500	471	277.50–285.00	282.78
21	500–550	530	244.00–275.00	256.22
9	550–600	573	244.00–267.00	260.52
13	600–650	619	231.00–255.00	243.29
6	650–700	659	235.00–250.00	245.78
11	700–750	714	230.00–243.00	239.29
2	750–800	762	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	248.00	248.00
7	550–600	591	238.00	238.00
1	650–700	665	235.00	235.00
144	700–750	741	224.00	224.00
12	750–800	771	207.50–218.00	216.21
65	850–900	862	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	245.00	245.00
16	500–550	528	247.00–261.00	250.37
7	550–600	584	245.00–247.00	246.42
67	600–650	635	248.50	248.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	282.00	282.00
1	600–650	600	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	263.00–277.50	265.83
1	450–500	455	262.50	262.50
2	550–600	573	230.00–235.00	232.49
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	270.00	270.00
28	300–350	327	240.00–295.00	262.14
40	350–400	376	230.00–294.00	256.70
70	400–450	420	210.00–270.00	239.74
81	450–500	477	221.00–255.00	237.58
40	500–550	526	215.00–246.00	230.86
49	550–600	581	190.00–240.00	221.79
16	600–650	625	202.50–229.00	219.99
10	650–700	674	200.00–220.00	212.16
13	700–750	713	188.00–210.00	196.54
3	750–800	773	189.00–216.00	198.46
1	800–850	835	191.00	191.00
1	850–900	860	161.00	161.00
1	900–950	910	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	145.00–225.00	186.60
4	400–450	421	200.00–220.00	207.30
2	450–500	485	220.00–225.00	222.47
1	500–550	530	212.00	212.00
2	650–700	670	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	265.00	265.00
23	400–450	419	254.00–275.00	259.74
9	450–500	461	230.00–255.00	242.60
32	500–550	521	225.00–255.00	240.27
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
14	600–650	621	227.00–230.00	227.21
2	700–750	712	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	325	255.00–312.00	285.18
47	350–400	376	242.00–300.00	272.13
87	400–450	420	236.00–292.00	265.60
88	450–500	471	234.00–278.00	256.72
86	500–550	522	225.00–261.00	242.82
85	550–600	568	220.00–255.00	235.48
46	600–650	624	205.00–245.00	226.06
15	650–700	665	215.00–235.00	224.47
9	700–750	708	210.00–222.50	217.20
9	750–800	774	180.00–207.00	198.96
4	800–850	831	188.00–206.00	198.60
1	850–900	870	185.00	185.00
3	950–1000	957	164.00–189.00	172.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	740	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	908	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	385	226.00	226.00
3	400–450	437	220.00–230.00	225.10
4	450–500	469	207.00–215.00	211.91
1	500–550	520	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	550	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	385	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	545	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	386	245.00–260.00	257.01
4	400–450	439	255.00–260.00	258.73
7	450–500	489	230.00–240.00	236.51
27	500–550	521	220.00–245.00	236.02
17	550–600	573	212.50–241.00	226.25
10	600–650	630	202.50–226.00	218.98
4	650–700	671	203.00–215.00	209.44
3	700–750	732	200.00–206.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	320	310.00–338.00	335.41
12	350–400	365	308.00–315.00	308.95
1	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	480	264.00–270.00	267.06
1	600–650	625	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	317.50–340.00	327.29
1	350–400	360	305.00	305.00
6	400–450	420	287.50–312.50	301.45
2	450–500	463	275.00–277.50	276.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	276.00	276.00
1	600–650	635	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	295.00–350.00	322.35
45	350–400	377	277.00–330.00	307.31
23	400–450	420	245.00–311.00	282.29
61	450–500	474	235.00–305.00	271.95
42	500–550	520	235.00–275.00	254.05
73	550–600	570	220.00–269.00	246.48
26	600–650	621	215.00–264.00	240.41
41	650–700	674	208.00–248.00	229.96
21	700–750	721	200.00–234.00	215.42
12	750–800	777	188.00–227.00	207.87
11	800–850	823	164.00–226.00	196.80
2	850–900	873	198.00–211.00	204.37
1	900–950	930	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	300.00–330.00	314.90
3	400–450	440	265.00–282.50	275.78
2	450–500	470	275.00	275.00
9	500–550	521	215.00–265.00	244.95
1	550–600	550	232.50	232.50
6	600–650	620	215.00–238.00	229.66
2	650–700	685	212.50–220.00	216.28
1	700–750	715	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	250.00–252.50	251.25
2	450–500	458	230.00–240.00	235.08
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	580	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	232.00	232.00
1	500–550	505	200.00	200.00
3	650–700	655	190.00–201.00	197.00
1	750–800	760	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	340.00	340.00
29	300–350	318	251.00–330.00	279.48
15	350–400	375	241.00–302.50	279.07
41	400–450	424	245.00–290.00	272.48
36	450–500	476	237.50–276.00	258.10
38	500–550	521	210.00–265.00	246.59
33	550–600	568	202.50–254.00	231.29
27	600–650	632	162.00–240.00	221.98
10	650–700	674	200.00–225.00	212.39
7	700–750	729	157.00–218.00	196.17
4	750–800	773	180.00–210.00	193.68
1	800–850	805	197.50	197.50
1	850–900	855	179.00	179.00
1	950–1000	955	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	285.00–302.50	289.90
23	450–500	472	270.00–280.00	278.05
4	500–550	528	261.00–262.50	261.74
12	550–600	576	225.00–260.00	244.46
4	600–650	617	230.00–245.00	239.21
4	650–700	671	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,036	105.00–132.00	123.07
45	—	994	80.00–120.00	109.83
12	—	961	85.00–109.00	95.99
51	—	1,104	119.00–146.00	132.74
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	117.00–119.00	117.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,213	117.00–142.00	134.93
13	—	1,048	90.00–119.00	110.65
74	—	1,257	133.00–155.00	143.37
42	—	1,152	105.00–141.00	125.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,532	117.00–132.00	126.15
30	—	1,474	135.00–157.00	147.53
30	—	1,434	130.00–143.00	135.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,430	130.00–157.50	148.08
19	—	1,733	160.00–190.00	171.44
64	—	1,702	140.00–177.50	159.54

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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