Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 260 priced lines covering 4,341 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,975 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 331 head. replacement cattle receipts at 109 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,975Last week 3,343Year ago 6,321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 331Last week 821Year ago 738

Replacement CattleReceipts 109Last week 450Year ago 331

Market trend not applicable due to no comparable sales and being the first full sale week of 2025. A few markets were not reported or closed due to winter weather late week. Demand remains good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	370	325.00–340.00	332.09
6	400–450	418	295.00–325.00	303.97
7	450–500	482	255.00–297.50	283.23
5	500–550	521	286.00–292.50	290.87
2	550–600	573	255.00–282.50	268.21
1	600–650	635	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	270.00–290.00	280.30
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	317	330.00–347.00	336.89
52	350–400	390	335.00–360.00	351.04
11	550–600	573	265.00–279.00	273.93
17	600–650	631	267.00	267.00
10	650–700	685	247.00	247.00
2	700–750	748	236.00	236.00
3	950–1000	960	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	417	305.00–355.00	341.06
28	450–500	477	277.50–329.00	310.11
78	500–550	526	285.00–306.00	300.93
126	550–600	573	276.00–294.00	284.58
155	600–650	625	253.00–277.00	269.35
27	650–700	679	250.00–271.00	258.02
1	700–750	725	240.00	240.00
29	750–800	779	240.00–247.00	244.01
6	800–850	829	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	354	360.00	360.00
7	400–450	401	340.00	340.00
12	450–500	487	287.50–302.00	290.64
4	500–550	512	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	416	337.50–342.00	340.88
1	450–500	450	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	345.00	345.00
22	300–350	323	275.00–335.00	312.01
19	350–400	370	255.00–329.00	302.45
19	400–450	426	250.00–295.00	277.45
19	450–500	476	240.00–286.00	269.21
36	500–550	524	227.00–275.00	257.81
18	550–600	572	221.00–258.00	242.06
15	600–650	625	210.00–255.00	237.28
10	650–700	673	210.00–242.00	222.88
7	700–750	731	200.00–232.00	216.04
4	750–800	776	180.00–210.00	202.32
3	800–850	822	189.00–200.00	192.97
1	850–900	855	191.00	191.00
2	900–950	925	180.00–194.00	186.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	420	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	393	327.00–329.00	328.08
16	450–500	496	285.00	285.00
9	500–550	522	240.00–277.00	266.68
37	550–600	568	264.00–275.00	271.02
9	600–650	634	244.00–255.00	246.39
31	650–700	682	240.00–250.50	243.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	365.00	365.00
42	300–350	328	300.00–367.00	345.92
63	350–400	378	295.00–357.00	339.78
92	400–450	433	275.00–343.00	320.12
84	450–500	473	265.00–333.00	299.89
162	500–550	518	255.00–305.00	288.09
79	550–600	573	245.00–289.00	270.04
71	600–650	627	240.00–280.00	259.61
45	650–700	665	220.00–262.00	248.14
23	700–750	720	213.00–247.00	235.43
8	750–800	765	225.00–240.00	232.53
1	800–850	835	210.00	210.00
5	850–900	859	200.00–219.00	209.19
1	900–950	935	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	252.00–262.50	257.22
1	450–500	450	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	629	261.00–266.00	262.66
9	650–700	689	252.00	252.00
19	700–750	728	225.00–251.00	240.90
28	750–800	768	225.00–240.00	235.98
6	800–850	820	229.00	229.00
8	1000–1050	1,042	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	635	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	315.00–320.00	317.50
3	400–450	425	295.00–305.00	301.71
6	450–500	479	280.00–287.50	283.34
4	500–550	539	250.00–262.50	253.13
3	550–600	567	250.00–260.00	256.37
60	600–650	647	242.50–257.50	256.71
5	650–700	680	232.00–240.00	234.16
2	700–750	710	220.00–235.00	227.45
4	750–800	775	210.00–222.00	214.29
1	800–850	840	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	614	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	510	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	680	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	390	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	485	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	680	242.50–259.00	250.57
1	750–800	780	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	542	322.50–324.00	323.85
3	600–650	622	296.00	296.00
7	650–700	677	260.00–270.00	265.63
5	700–750	725	254.00	254.00
2	750–800	768	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	228.00–285.00	257.39
4	350–400	374	225.00–284.00	261.58
1	550–600	580	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	405.00	405.00
29	300–350	326	380.00–435.00	412.16
45	350–400	368	357.00–415.00	384.35
51	400–450	421	341.00–413.00	370.99
117	450–500	473	282.50–383.00	343.39
128	500–550	525	311.00–356.00	333.59
53	550–600	575	266.00–331.00	312.64
133	600–650	629	266.00–313.00	297.86
125	650–700	665	260.00–300.00	282.57
147	700–750	721	244.00–287.50	277.60
118	750–800	760	241.00–276.50	269.34
55	800–850	824	220.00–257.00	252.31
85	850–900	888	230.00–258.60	255.75
13	900–950	900	230.00–243.00	242.00
1	950–1000	970	200.00	200.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	330	310.00–379.00	343.19
20	350–400	381	297.50–360.00	326.75
15	400–450	424	285.00–345.00	332.34
21	450–500	478	280.00–330.00	317.05
17	500–550	524	253.00–304.00	282.84
17	550–600	583	252.50–290.00	277.70
13	600–650	626	235.00–272.50	256.16
2	650–700	653	261.00–263.00	262.00
4	700–750	720	223.00–244.00	233.21
4	750–800	781	227.00–235.00	230.96
4	800–850	838	196.00–235.00	222.30
5	850–900	888	192.50–200.00	198.51
5	900–950	937	150.00–210.00	187.07
2	950–1000	980	152.50–200.00	175.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	514	270.00–331.00	314.81
3	550–600	568	270.00–272.50	270.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	405.00	405.00
16	450–500	478	310.00–355.00	348.51
30	500–550	520	305.00–358.00	340.78
64	550–600	578	300.00–333.00	321.93
38	600–650	622	297.50–318.00	311.95
183	650–700	676	265.00–302.00	289.53
11	700–750	725	270.00–272.00	271.82
6	800–850	806	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	390.00	390.00
8	400–450	421	357.00–380.00	373.94
4	550–600	562	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	602	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	330.00–340.00	335.03
4	450–500	469	324.00–340.00	333.90
8	500–550	506	275.00–327.50	317.72
4	550–600	571	290.00–322.50	305.82
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	665	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	342.50–345.00	344.39
1	650–700	650	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	441	349.00–357.00	350.54
26	450–500	490	320.00–342.00	336.78
36	500–550	528	294.00–320.00	305.75
52	550–600	591	299.00–311.00	305.22
4	600–650	628	249.00	249.00
42	650–700	677	255.00–279.00	276.72
16	750–800	788	245.00–252.00	249.74
1	850–900	875	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	280.00–347.50	327.45
1	550–600	565	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	589	304.00	304.00
10	700–750	732	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	328	370.00–390.00	383.55
8	350–400	364	350.00–381.00	364.84
16	400–450	422	310.00–350.00	334.24
34	450–500	467	315.00–351.00	329.55
38	500–550	527	280.00–324.00	308.71
66	550–600	574	271.00–321.00	290.60
35	600–650	612	264.00–299.00	284.17
31	650–700	682	239.00–277.50	252.57
8	700–750	742	232.00–244.00	235.59
14	750–800	781	220.00–240.00	235.89
1	800–850	840	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	875	186.00	186.00
1	900–950	900	186.00	186.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	170.00	170.00
2	1100–1150	1,118	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	670	232.50–251.00	241.54
1	850–900	865	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	285.00–340.00	319.36
6	350–400	376	295.00–345.00	311.01
5	400–450	418	310.00–327.50	315.01
9	450–500	468	223.00–315.00	289.66
10	500–550	531	230.00–305.00	274.89
5	550–600	580	242.00–285.00	264.88
9	600–650	620	244.00–265.00	249.87
4	650–700	673	221.00–257.50	235.38
7	700–750	727	206.00–235.00	220.76
3	750–800	775	200.00–225.00	211.65
1	800–850	815	208.00	208.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	150.00	150.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	360.00	360.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,690	165.00	165.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,720	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,260	2,075.00–2,300.00	2,190.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	965	117.00	117.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	965	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,110	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,890.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,275	1,225.00–1,750.00	1,529.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	107.00	107.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	129.00	129.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,295	1,400.00–1,850.00	1,642.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,123	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,413.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,311	1,700.00–2,325.00	2,001.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,157	1,300.00–2,700.00	2,142.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	117.00	117.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,047	103.00–157.50	131.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,143	110.00–129.00	120.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	95.00–109.00	102.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,071	1,325.00–2,100.00	1,710.97
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	725	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	1,600.00	1,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	720	900.00	900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	993	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,353.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	921	120.00–171.00	143.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	165.00	165.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	132.00	132.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	968	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	865	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,073	1,650.00	1,650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,623	129.00–156.00	145.36
5	—	1,822	155.00–161.00	156.91
9	—	1,351	121.00–138.00	130.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,055	98.00–106.00	102.04
23	—	1,293	117.00–129.00	122.77
14	—	1,218	108.00–119.00	115.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,638	120.00–129.00	122.74
1	—	1,530	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,078	103.00–124.00	111.62
2	—	1,013	70.00–80.00	75.53
12	—	1,140	90.00–100.00	93.66
10	—	1,076	93.00–111.00	104.24

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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