Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 250 priced lines covering 3,449 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,777 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 634 head. replacement cattle receipts at 242 head. Counted as USDA files them — 53 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,777Last week 4,826Year ago 4,250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 634Last week 870Year ago 821

Replacement CattleReceipts 242Last week 302Year ago 384

Compared to last report: Market trend not applicable due to limited comparable sales with a few auctions not covered. Market undertone was mostly higher on feeder and slaughter offerings. However, undertone was lower on fleshy/unweaned feeder offerings. Demand good for weaned feeder offerings and all slaughter classes, moderate at best for all other offerings.

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)	8	—	1,071	1,375.00–1,925.00	1,662.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	1,850.00–2,500.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,198	123.00–153.00	138.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,097	125.00–154.00	139.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,147	1,750.00–2,950.00	2,298.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,191	1,575.00–2,425.00	2,094.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,125	1,500.00–2,575.00	2,093.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,213	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,430.00	1,430.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,122	1,700.00–2,200.00	2,017.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	955	1,525.00–1,900.00	1,721.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,092	131.00–167.00	146.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	147.00	147.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,368	129.00–147.00	141.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	958	1,825.00–2,250.00	2,050.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,028	1,750.00–2,200.00	1,976.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	165.00	165.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,043	1,925.00–2,125.00	2,037.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	2,650.00–2,900.00	2,778.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,310	127.00–130.00	128.60
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	863	1,675.00–2,075.00	1,912.84
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	801	1,450.00–1,925.00	1,706.08
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	797	1,650.00–1,860.00	1,733.81
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,353	2,725.00–3,300.00	3,016.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,171	1,825.00–2,850.00	2,404.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	988	2,075.00–2,525.00	2,221.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,198	2,000.00–3,050.00	2,759.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,226	1,850.00–2,400.00	2,153.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,310.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,107	1,700.00–2,625.00	2,329.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,152	1,785.00–2,100.00	2,004.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	2,900.00	2,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,500.00	1,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	945	2,575.00–2,700.00	2,636.51
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,455	2,500.00	2,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	132.00	132.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	189.00	189.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	957	151.00–221.00	169.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	957	126.00–171.00	150.25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	306.00	306.00
1	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	362.50–367.50	364.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	470.00	470.00
15	300–350	331	395.00–451.00	422.44
29	350–400	381	385.00–433.00	411.13
44	400–450	422	341.00–422.50	399.87
55	450–500	476	321.00–383.00	363.24
48	500–550	519	233.00–379.00	339.29
29	550–600	574	227.50–340.00	313.71
19	600–650	622	270.00–315.00	297.03
14	650–700	673	275.00–301.00	286.72
17	700–750	716	247.50–286.00	270.89
3	750–800	753	247.00–260.00	252.31
1	800–850	825	217.00	217.00
2	850–900	875	203.00–230.00	216.42
2	900–950	925	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	960	212.50	212.50
3	1150–1200	1,165	168.00–200.00	185.99
2	1350–1400	1,365	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	363.00	363.00
9	350–400	377	325.00–389.00	355.38
23	400–450	421	317.00–369.00	352.01
11	450–500	474	313.00–345.00	326.07
10	500–550	529	250.00–335.00	295.03
14	550–600	575	260.00–310.00	285.36
1	600–650	620	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	765	210.00	210.00
5	800–850	809	142.00–223.00	158.42
1	850–900	855	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	361.00	361.00
6	600–650	606	303.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	270.00–319.00	305.00
3	350–400	378	271.00–320.00	287.62
2	400–450	415	240.00–300.00	271.08
1	500–550	545	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	337.00	337.00
1	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
5	450–500	481	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	593	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	420.00–425.00	422.52
3	350–400	358	397.50–415.00	407.63
1	400–450	445	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	339.00–365.00	352.39
3	350–400	383	290.00–360.00	326.70
4	400–450	420	290.00–361.00	337.18
3	450–500	480	277.50–280.00	279.16
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	695	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	417.00–419.00	417.70
5	350–400	366	380.00–405.00	395.94
17	400–450	410	360.00–411.00	388.00
10	450–500	462	335.00–389.00	373.95
70	500–550	518	295.00–355.00	341.37
12	550–600	570	300.00–330.00	312.83
13	600–650	630	275.00–289.00	284.57
1	650–700	690	287.50	287.50
4	700–750	716	237.50–255.00	246.69
1	800–850	810	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	381.00	381.00
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	472	305.00–322.00	316.12
1	500–550	520	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	600	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	385	333.00–350.00	339.62
9	400–450	434	367.00	367.00
5	500–550	508	324.00	324.00
3	550–600	585	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	391.00	391.00
4	400–450	410	363.00	363.00
6	500–550	531	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	439.00	439.00
1	450–500	470	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	250–300	272	400.00–487.00	430.11
94	300–350	329	355.00–440.00	398.08
67	350–400	374	337.50–435.00	382.98
132	400–450	424	315.00–399.00	359.42
106	450–500	470	295.00–373.00	339.07
93	500–550	526	280.00–351.00	324.04
48	550–600	574	270.00–317.00	298.77
31	600–650	613	264.00–300.00	284.56
11	650–700	668	231.00–285.00	262.37
2	750–800	755	222.50–250.00	236.16
2	800–850	815	170.00–237.50	203.13
2	850–900	885	185.00–227.00	205.76
3	900–950	908	185.00–200.00	194.91
1	1000–1050	1,030	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	350–400	374	347.00–389.00	364.82
4	400–450	433	337.00	337.00
6	450–500	458	334.00	334.00
5	500–550	522	295.00–303.00	299.81
4	650–700	661	266.00	266.00
5	700–750	703	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	770	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	322	297.00–375.00	347.65
40	350–400	378	260.00–371.00	331.67
16	400–450	421	260.00–350.00	318.03
44	450–500	477	213.00–333.00	308.69
19	500–550	524	270.00–313.00	288.86
16	550–600	578	243.00–291.00	263.92
4	600–650	628	235.00–285.00	254.79
7	650–700	680	228.00–266.00	242.31
5	700–750	717	220.00–240.00	226.77
2	750–800	788	200.00–203.00	201.50
1	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
1	900–950	940	197.00	197.00
1	950–1000	980	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	586	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	705	251.00	251.00
3	850–900	885	209.00–219.00	212.98
3	900–950	903	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	288.00	288.00
2	650–700	663	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	251.00–323.00	275.70
6	350–400	377	237.00–300.00	271.51
2	400–450	423	250.00–260.00	255.27
2	450–500	483	230.00–249.00	239.45
3	500–550	532	203.00–247.50	229.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	654	271.00	271.00
70	750–800	782	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
4	400–450	408	280.00–320.00	296.52
4	450–500	460	270.00–316.00	291.30
1	950–1000	985	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	395.00–437.00	432.92
1	400–450	430	355.00	355.00
4	450–500	479	307.00–365.00	342.85
3	600–650	627	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	315.00–345.00	326.38
4	550–600	580	313.00	313.00
3	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	470.00–515.00	490.79
2	350–400	360	452.50–455.00	453.73
1	450–500	475	382.50	382.50
1	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	705	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	250–300	273	450.00–517.00	486.20
74	300–350	333	382.50–515.00	449.07
80	350–400	368	370.00–480.00	428.22
62	400–450	421	350.00–451.00	404.45
76	450–500	475	325.00–433.00	381.20
42	500–550	521	331.00–407.00	360.87
65	550–600	571	320.00–357.00	337.53
40	600–650	623	282.50–350.00	320.62
22	650–700	667	282.00–325.00	310.70
6	700–750	723	264.00–299.00	277.73
154	750–800	798	256.00–289.50	287.86
14	800–850	808	246.00–274.00	265.98
5	1000–1050	1,019	232.00	232.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	320	325.00–433.00	393.21
33	350–400	380	320.00–420.00	373.67
30	400–450	428	300.00–410.00	360.34
25	450–500	475	280.00–374.00	342.23
14	500–550	523	270.00–331.00	308.42
11	550–600	569	275.00–325.00	302.23
6	600–650	623	250.00–290.00	276.56
7	650–700	677	250.00–280.00	269.15
2	700–750	713	263.00–268.00	265.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	347	417.00	417.00
6	350–400	388	377.50–402.00	394.14
12	400–450	425	370.00–385.00	381.04
26	450–500	475	361.00–383.00	366.08
7	500–550	537	347.00–354.00	349.93
2	550–600	583	322.00	322.00
30	600–650	636	307.00–310.00	309.62
3	650–700	697	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	435.00–460.00	443.32
4	350–400	386	420.00–432.00	428.97
15	400–450	413	410.00–457.00	444.42
24	450–500	474	380.00–451.00	399.18
13	500–550	514	366.00–400.00	373.02
23	550–600	561	337.50–395.00	354.06
21	600–650	627	315.00–340.00	330.60
33	650–700	672	312.50–320.00	319.54
2	700–750	715	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	335.00–350.00	344.94
2	400–450	428	350.00–365.00	357.37
2	550–600	583	312.50–319.00	315.82
3	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	660	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	573	373.00	373.00
4	650–700	655	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	396.00	396.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,756	155.00–204.00	182.48
37	—	1,674	146.00–180.00	165.08
22	—	1,441	118.00–160.00	142.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,001	105.00–123.00	115.19
64	—	1,234	134.00–155.00	145.37
94	—	1,198	120.00–150.00	136.77
28	—	1,177	117.00–132.00	125.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	988	110.00–133.00	122.97
19	—	1,038	115.00–149.00	134.38
34	—	965	80.00–129.00	110.87
17	—	951	75.00–119.00	97.97
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	120.00	120.00
1	—	830	125.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,366	146.00–169.00	155.27
5	—	1,398	133.00–139.00	135.87
30	—	1,411	129.00–147.00	142.39

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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