Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 234 priced lines covering 3,307 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,410 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 491 head. replacement cattle receipts at 225 head. Counted as USDA files them — 72 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,410Last week 4,595Year ago 6,916

Slaughter CattleReceipts 491Last week 672Year ago 881

Replacement CattleReceipts 225Last week 422Year ago 305

Market trend not applicable due to limited comparable sales from last report. However, higher undertone was noted on mostly all classes. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	455	377.00	377.00
1	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	575	332.50–345.00	337.59
3	650–700	655	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	785	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	315.00–325.00	318.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	769	269.00	269.00
2	900–950	920	229.00–239.00	233.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	448	453.00	453.00
43	500–550	521	368.00–415.00	405.21
15	550–600	586	377.50–389.00	388.26
4	650–700	660	329.00	329.00
4	700–750	733	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	321	405.00–493.00	453.36
52	350–400	375	410.00–485.00	440.53
70	400–450	425	405.00–482.50	435.63
123	450–500	470	375.00–447.00	405.39
178	500–550	526	360.00–405.00	386.34
72	550–600	567	320.00–381.00	361.08
150	600–650	622	300.00–358.00	342.72
11	650–700	672	297.00–315.00	308.31
13	700–750	718	280.00–319.00	298.89
67	750–800	758	260.00–319.50	316.97
1	800–850	810	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	880	235.00	235.00
2	900–950	933	235.00–250.00	242.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	465.00	465.00
1	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
6	400–450	419	422.50–437.50	427.63
2	450–500	473	380.00–400.00	389.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	445.00	445.00
77	450–500	475	380.00–403.00	391.61
118	500–550	534	350.00–378.00	370.03
49	550–600	592	335.00–361.00	353.74
15	600–650	611	333.00–339.00	335.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	400.00–450.00	429.53
14	350–400	380	375.00–435.00	416.35
17	400–450	427	362.50–417.50	389.04
31	450–500	478	330.00–383.00	358.66
35	500–550	524	305.00–365.00	341.82
47	550–600	579	315.00–355.00	336.00
21	600–650	628	281.00–333.00	313.15
5	650–700	682	282.00–317.00	308.42
3	700–750	708	285.00–292.00	289.68
6	750–800	769	260.00–270.00	265.06
6	800–850	841	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	855	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	300.00–350.00	316.07
5	350–400	377	275.00–377.00	357.81
1	400–450	415	295.00	295.00
4	450–500	459	315.00–355.00	329.93
6	500–550	517	280.00–310.00	300.14
1	550–600	585	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	595	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	600	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	405.00–410.00	407.35
2	350–400	385	360.00–365.00	362.47
2	400–450	443	350.00–370.00	359.94
1	450–500	460	327.50	327.50
2	500–550	523	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	555	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	722	258.00–288.00	273.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	323	387.50–441.00	412.21
38	350–400	377	365.00–431.00	409.22
75	400–450	421	330.00–420.00	376.28
120	450–500	469	320.00–390.00	355.60
114	500–550	533	300.00–354.00	333.62
54	550–600	571	290.00–343.00	314.98
77	600–650	613	259.00–313.00	303.96
14	650–700	659	270.00–300.00	285.01
10	700–750	716	262.50–285.00	271.55
2	750–800	758	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	825	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	915	239.00	239.00
3	950–1000	975	217.50–230.00	222.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	590	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	377.50–390.00	386.71
78	400–450	436	374.00–375.00	374.40
30	450–500	483	322.50–351.00	343.25
18	500–550	522	315.00–317.00	316.23
11	550–600	587	300.00–308.00	304.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	322	330.00–385.00	369.85
27	350–400	378	320.00–393.00	357.52
27	400–450	428	300.00–371.00	333.07
57	450–500	479	231.00–353.00	319.67
34	500–550	523	270.00–320.00	301.93
19	550–600	573	245.00–307.00	287.49
10	600–650	627	224.00–290.00	263.70
13	650–700	670	230.00–280.00	263.02
7	700–750	712	230.00–255.00	242.51
5	750–800	764	219.00–230.00	224.37
2	800–850	830	215.00–230.00	222.36
1	900–950	915	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	270.00–320.00	291.42
9	350–400	376	277.00–311.00	301.54
7	400–450	416	245.00–303.00	271.33
2	450–500	478	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	533	231.00–255.00	243.06
1	850–900	875	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	619	301.00	301.00
2	850–900	890	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	325.00–345.00	334.88
3	450–500	480	315.00–325.00	320.40
7	500–550	521	305.00–319.00	315.37
8	550–600	579	280.00–306.00	296.53
1	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
4	500–550	518	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	599	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	713	248.00–251.00	249.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	490	352.50	352.50
4	550–600	581	300.00–325.00	313.97
2	600–650	620	250.00–315.00	283.02
1	700–750	700	272.50	272.50
3	750–800	775	255.00–277.50	265.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	420.00–450.00	440.53
1	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	423.00–470.00	446.07
8	350–400	367	425.00–450.00	432.10
16	400–450	419	370.00–435.00	406.00
35	450–500	469	331.00–410.00	374.50
40	500–550	518	315.00–391.00	362.49
51	550–600	571	300.00–380.00	337.31
33	600–650	619	275.00–342.50	319.24
9	650–700	661	265.00–327.50	305.94
7	700–750	725	260.00–279.00	271.00
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	840	247.50	247.50
2	850–900	885	226.00–240.00	232.92
1	950–1000	950	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	326	350.00–440.00	400.69
13	350–400	367	360.00–405.00	379.67
17	400–450	428	307.00–400.00	348.38
17	450–500	474	300.00–350.00	322.34
19	500–550	520	295.00–345.00	323.41
18	550–600	561	285.00–335.00	320.62
12	600–650	627	275.00–315.00	289.36
4	650–700	678	255.00–282.50	266.68
3	700–750	715	250.00–265.00	257.43
4	750–800	775	235.00–262.50	249.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	360.00–385.00	364.86
2	700–750	710	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	285.00–319.00	308.66
4	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	485	250.00	250.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	905	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,237	1,650.00–2,900.00	2,364.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,450.00	2,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,203	2,000.00–2,050.00	2,022.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,139	2,250.00–2,700.00	2,434.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,017	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,314.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,107	1,625.00–1,950.00	1,786.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,066	150.00–158.00	154.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,085	1,550.00–2,900.00	2,219.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	2,150.00	2,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,108	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,823.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,030	163.00–194.00	180.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	158.00	158.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,138	157.00–170.00	161.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,292	154.00–165.00	161.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,192	147.50–149.00	148.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,213	146.00–160.00	152.44
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	1,150.00	1,150.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	505	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,700.00	3,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	3,150.00–3,375.00	3,272.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	3,200.00	3,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,268	2,250.00–3,000.00	2,802.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,255	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,360.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,037	2,600.00–3,400.00	3,092.70
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	3,325.00	3,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	3,100.00	3,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,298	2,000.00–3,850.00	3,428.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,224	2,400.00–3,600.00	3,132.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,067	3,125.00–3,550.00	3,417.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,200	2,625.00–3,250.00	2,989.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	3,450.00	3,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,550.00	2,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	2,050.00	2,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,093	143.00–175.00	159.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	979	153.00–197.00	173.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	1,950.00	1,950.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	853	1,900.00–2,450.00	2,222.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	830	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	860	1,875.00	1,875.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	680	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,050	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,629	175.00–191.00	182.66
29	—	1,840	186.00–217.00	199.89
11	—	1,475	130.00–177.00	158.91
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	96.00	96.00
1	—	760	144.00	144.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	788	121.00–145.00	129.27
2	—	865	135.00–136.00	135.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,195	150.00–174.00	159.25
13	—	1,148	134.00–149.00	140.61
14	—	975	90.00–138.00	112.79
63	—	1,180	140.00–158.00	151.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	138.00	138.00
21	—	1,447	141.00–158.00	151.10
33	—	1,417	147.00–176.00	159.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,055	127.00–153.00	137.13
31	—	1,022	136.00–154.00	146.57
22	—	1,021	116.00–132.00	123.67
9	—	937	90.00–138.00	105.31

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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