Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 252 priced lines covering 3,023 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,996 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 515 head. replacement cattle receipts at 507 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,996Last week 5,258Year ago 5,910

Slaughter CattleReceipts 515Last week 860Year ago 1,177

Replacement CattleReceipts 507Last week 248Year ago 368

Compared to last report: Not enough comparable sales to establish a market trend. However, a very uneven undertone was noted with wide trends throughout the week. Feeder cattle trend looks to be steady to higher undertone. Slaughter cow and bull trend looks to be steady to lower undertone. Demand moderate to good for all classes.

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,273	1,625.00–2,225.00	1,971.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,048	1,525.00–1,675.00	1,582.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	1,525.00–1,550.00	1,537.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,126	1,600.00–2,450.00	2,037.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,058	102.00–150.00	132.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	—	1,306	126.00–174.00	141.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	72	—	1,200	1,700.00–3,025.00	2,493.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,252	143.00–155.00	148.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	998	151.00	151.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,076	1,550.00–2,625.00	2,264.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	960	1,600.00–1,625.00	1,615.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,234	1,750.00–2,125.00	1,912.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,321	125.00–147.00	130.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,143	133.00–134.00	133.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,317	130.00–149.00	138.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	156.00	156.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	1,118	1,825.00–3,225.00	2,613.28
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	96.00	96.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	580	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	175.00	175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	905	1,350.00	1,350.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	872	1,150.00–2,225.00	1,975.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	80	—	1,027	1,950.00–2,900.00	2,542.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	970	1,250.00–2,525.00	2,168.57
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	780	1,250.00–1,270.00	1,259.42
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,095	2,525.00	2,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	1,800.00–2,025.00	1,907.30
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,278	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,523	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,107.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,248	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,149.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,340	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,487	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,487.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,445	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,343	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,777.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	145.00	145.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	973	130.00–183.00	147.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,057	130.00–137.00	133.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,159	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,400	141.00	141.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,000	2,200.00–3,950.00	3,130.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,465	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,479	120.00–155.00	141.67
2	—	1,768	150.00–176.00	163.72
33	—	1,654	140.00–169.00	154.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,055	100.00–125.00	109.20
11	—	1,051	80.00–106.00	93.66
55	—	1,053	110.00–128.00	120.17
13	—	1,143	127.00–135.00	130.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,513	134.00–159.00	145.01
4	—	1,509	120.00–128.00	124.60
42	—	1,429	129.00–139.00	133.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,176	70.00–118.00	106.13
60	—	1,210	112.00–130.00	122.86
148	—	1,251	120.00–139.00	131.14
9	—	1,258	133.00–155.00	142.92
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	87.00	87.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	250.00–277.50	263.75
6	500–550	529	240.00–257.50	245.27
10	550–600	564	230.00–242.50	239.22
5	600–650	613	216.00–239.00	225.21
6	650–700	670	208.00–222.50	216.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	206.00	206.00
1	600–650	620	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	665	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	375.00	375.00
4	300–350	315	360.00–377.50	364.72
14	350–400	379	273.00–367.50	322.79
28	400–450	430	278.00–319.00	293.79
36	450–500	475	252.20–299.00	279.16
35	500–550	525	235.00–287.50	264.86
38	550–600	568	227.00–272.50	251.72
8	600–650	622	220.00–255.00	235.25
12	650–700	674	215.00–247.00	232.62
9	700–750	722	195.00–231.00	221.70
2	750–800	775	190.00–205.00	197.31
2	800–850	830	160.00–201.00	180.25
1	850–900	885	150.00	150.00
1	950–1000	950	177.00	177.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	545	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	417	129.00–225.00	200.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	322.50	322.50
4	350–400	364	312.50–325.00	317.49
2	400–450	408	292.50	292.50
3	450–500	473	267.50–282.50	272.36
1	500–550	505	267.50	267.50
1	600–650	610	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	715	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	322.50	322.50
4	550–600	577	242.00–252.00	248.54
2	650–700	682	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	280.00	280.00
13	300–350	325	285.00–330.00	305.23
9	350–400	382	279.00–295.00	286.23
20	400–450	421	245.00–297.50	268.16
39	450–500	477	230.00–282.50	248.46
34	500–550	531	209.00–261.00	239.84
31	550–600	573	222.50–247.00	235.99
20	600–650	617	205.00–240.00	218.58
11	650–700	669	200.00–225.00	212.25
4	700–750	724	186.00–205.00	196.38
3	750–800	770	200.00–217.00	205.67
1	800–850	840	192.50	192.50
3	900–950	910	160.00–170.00	166.63
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	365	367.50	367.50
17	400–450	429	297.50–323.00	303.43
5	450–500	472	267.50–282.50	273.53
4	500–550	528	259.00–267.50	262.88
3	550–600	557	255.00–260.00	256.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	460	291.00	291.00
6	500–550	541	276.00	276.00
2	550–600	563	259.00–289.00	273.67
2	650–700	685	240.00	240.00
17	750–800	754	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	500	283.00	283.00
11	600–650	614	246.00–250.00	247.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	612	245.00–255.00	252.80
4	650–700	650	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	524	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	300.00–320.00	309.55
15	300–350	329	260.00–350.00	315.29
19	350–400	374	265.00–331.00	301.31
35	400–450	421	240.00–293.00	267.26
37	450–500	471	235.00–295.00	267.36
24	500–550	525	223.00–275.00	253.73
22	550–600	572	217.50–270.00	249.60
16	600–650	621	200.00–250.00	238.93
9	650–700	682	230.00–239.00	234.23
1	750–800	785	211.00	211.00
2	800–850	838	200.00–210.00	204.96
1	900–950	945	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	240.00	240.00
2	350–400	368	250.00–255.00	252.55
3	400–450	422	200.00–250.00	225.00
4	450–500	484	170.00–234.00	214.68
2	500–550	510	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	275.00–277.50	275.84
10	400–450	412	260.00–300.00	276.48
6	450–500	463	255.00–285.00	268.54
11	500–550	530	243.00–279.00	273.43
5	550–600	587	239.00	239.00
8	650–700	693	240.00	240.00
3	850–900	893	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	365.00–375.00	369.91
30	300–350	329	290.00–381.00	346.62
47	350–400	373	275.00–377.50	336.15
63	400–450	423	275.00–335.00	308.99
58	450–500	469	265.00–322.00	297.94
49	500–550	520	250.00–315.00	279.82
54	550–600	570	241.00–294.00	266.68
44	600–650	625	230.00–276.00	249.46
22	650–700	665	225.00–264.00	250.03
22	700–750	722	224.00–259.00	248.31
4	750–800	761	220.00–240.00	233.78
1	800–850	840	222.50	222.50
1	850–900	850	226.00	226.00
1	900–950	915	202.50	202.50
1	1000–1050	1,040	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	250.00–282.00	265.85
1	500–550	500	232.50	232.50
9	550–600	583	240.00–249.00	242.81
3	600–650	637	226.00	226.00
6	650–700	675	220.00–230.00	226.67
5	700–750	722	219.00–236.00	225.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	308	423.00–435.00	427.80
11	350–400	384	391.00–403.00	395.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	815	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	387	272.50	272.50
4	400–450	441	265.00	265.00
23	450–500	473	240.00–267.00	250.63
2	650–700	678	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	330.00	330.00
41	300–350	323	265.00–327.00	304.86
43	350–400	374	258.00–308.00	283.69
88	400–450	425	240.00–295.00	272.09
87	450–500	469	234.00–292.00	262.30
79	500–550	522	225.00–265.00	246.15
91	550–600	571	220.00–264.00	240.43
52	600–650	622	215.00–247.50	228.62
16	650–700	672	215.00–242.50	223.73
10	700–750	718	193.00–223.00	210.12
8	750–800	766	190.00–217.50	205.69
3	800–850	824	194.00–200.00	198.00
4	850–900	873	190.00–198.00	194.06
3	900–950	944	170.00–195.00	186.65
4	1100–1150	1,145	177.00	177.00
1	1150–1200	1,160	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	240.00–293.00	274.49
45	350–400	377	234.00–280.00	260.75
48	400–450	423	225.00–271.00	245.95
49	450–500	473	220.00–255.00	239.91
29	500–550	521	210.00–245.00	227.21
19	550–600	570	205.00–235.00	222.83
5	600–650	616	200.00–228.00	217.74
10	650–700	672	200.00–228.00	216.33
5	700–750	727	170.00–205.00	180.76
2	750–800	763	160.00–186.00	173.04
1	800–850	820	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	230.00	230.00
9	350–400	371	159.00–230.00	197.21
7	400–450	419	190.00–230.00	208.74
3	450–500	472	205.00–220.00	213.45
3	600–650	606	178.00–215.00	202.49
1	650–700	655	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	330.00	330.00
2	300–350	325	266.00–302.50	285.37
5	350–400	369	290.00–292.50	290.49
11	400–450	441	260.00–272.50	270.93
1	450–500	455	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	500	237.00	237.00
1	550–600	580	237.50	237.50
2	600–650	603	222.50–245.00	233.80
1	700–750	705	210.00	210.00
4	750–800	752	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	255.00–265.00	259.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	315.00	315.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
21	600–650	632	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	260.00	260.00
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	429	231.00–260.00	244.29
9	450–500	468	245.00–257.50	252.91
12	500–550	522	225.00–241.00	234.77
11	550–600	572	220.00–231.00	225.58
8	600–650	624	210.00–225.00	219.59
8	650–700	673	195.00–220.00	214.36
2	700–750	715	190.00–202.50	196.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	210.00	210.00
2	450–500	463	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	540	212.50–215.00	213.76
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
5	650–700	671	180.00–211.00	200.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	341.00	341.00
4	350–400	369	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	658	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	225.00	225.00
2	550–600	585	202.50	202.50

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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