Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 184 priced lines covering 2,659 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,826 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 427 head. replacement cattle receipts at 153 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,826Last week 4,263Year ago 4,350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 427Last week 637Year ago 922

Replacement CattleReceipts 153Last week 198Year ago 302

Compared to last report: Market trend not applicable due to very limited comparable sales. However, a higher undertone was noted on most classes and weights. Demand good for all classes.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	808	269.00	269.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,033	159.00–210.00	178.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	998	136.00–178.00	155.18
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	205.00	205.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	948	1,725.00–1,950.00	1,834.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	171.00	171.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,043	1,500.00–2,900.00	2,416.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,194	1,575.00–2,950.00	2,576.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,225	153.00	153.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,246	1,700.00–2,800.00	2,484.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	163.00	163.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,248	145.00–170.00	162.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,595	159.00	159.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	985	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,181.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,374	2,375.00–3,150.00	2,875.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,155	2,000.00–3,100.00	2,619.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,465	165.00	165.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,053	1,250.00–2,200.00	1,812.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	905	145.00	145.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,108	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,272.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	710	271.00	271.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	890	2,450.00	2,450.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	820	2,400.00	2,400.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	740	220.00	220.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	260.00	260.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	687	256.00	256.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,216	2,800.00–3,750.00	3,255.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,318	2,650.00–2,800.00	2,734.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	3,600.00	3,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,850.00	2,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,600.00	1,600.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	255.00–300.00	276.79
4	350–400	366	226.00–310.00	274.48
3	400–450	415	203.00–300.00	244.80
5	450–500	468	210.00–317.50	282.86
1	600–650	645	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	324	380.00–453.00	426.14
50	350–400	369	365.00–440.00	404.32
71	400–450	424	340.00–417.00	381.03
93	450–500	470	329.00–387.00	360.16
86	500–550	520	310.00–373.00	333.51
78	550–600	568	303.00–351.00	328.55
53	600–650	617	293.00–338.00	320.31
16	650–700	666	280.00–332.50	301.83
6	700–750	713	260.00–283.00	269.07
1	750–800	775	262.50	262.50
1	800–850	810	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	325.00–350.00	340.96
4	450–500	471	300.00–340.00	322.09
3	500–550	522	280.00–300.00	288.19
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	635	263.00–293.00	283.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	829	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	472	389.00	389.00
29	550–600	568	347.00–363.00	355.20
7	600–650	610	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	360.00	360.00
19	300–350	328	325.00–401.00	367.77
23	350–400	373	313.00–381.00	351.66
44	400–450	428	270.00–360.00	313.32
66	450–500	475	275.00–347.00	326.56
32	500–550	516	280.00–330.00	311.22
17	550–600	576	230.00–315.00	291.66
5	600–650	617	260.00–293.00	273.87
14	650–700	661	230.00–289.00	276.59
3	700–750	723	250.00–261.00	257.06
2	750–800	773	250.00–252.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	382.00	382.00
16	450–500	478	344.00–345.00	344.32
9	550–600	569	320.00–322.00	320.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	309.00–370.00	335.88
6	350–400	378	240.00–323.00	284.73
1	400–450	405	327.00	327.00
2	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	595	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	460	374.00–390.00	381.46
1	500–550	500	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	645	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	325	420.00–531.00	483.78
39	350–400	378	400.00–499.00	440.10
77	400–450	419	395.00–465.00	425.27
46	450–500	468	370.00–429.00	406.23
96	500–550	519	350.00–431.00	392.49
100	550–600	576	345.00–407.00	386.27
45	600–650	614	317.50–391.00	367.82
25	650–700	671	320.00–359.00	339.28
8	700–750	721	284.00–335.00	321.50
3	750–800	760	290.00–327.00	304.06
2	800–850	803	300.00–313.00	306.52
1	950–1000	975	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	455.00	455.00
4	450–500	452	450.00	450.00
30	500–550	510	404.50–425.00	410.27
41	600–650	619	374.00	374.00
5	650–700	698	329.00	329.00
1	700–750	730	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	335	365.00–480.00	421.01
26	350–400	377	370.00–439.00	410.26
30	400–450	425	340.00–421.00	383.78
26	450–500	468	350.00–391.00	371.30
25	500–550	527	327.50–369.00	349.30
24	550–600	581	285.00–360.00	342.90
31	600–650	617	305.00–359.00	336.40
13	650–700	682	290.00–329.00	314.52
3	700–750	718	253.00–300.00	280.30
4	800–850	824	250.00–281.00	265.59
2	850–900	865	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	594	350.00–366.00	362.78
18	600–650	627	350.00–368.00	359.82
29	650–700	672	326.00–337.00	331.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	794	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	321	405.00–509.00	463.03
24	350–400	376	390.00–465.00	425.22
37	400–450	428	325.00–439.00	397.65
54	450–500	470	342.50–411.00	369.85
66	500–550	522	323.00–387.50	359.57
28	550–600	579	315.00–379.00	342.55
32	600–650	615	293.00–366.00	338.44
18	650–700	664	280.00–345.00	307.11
11	700–750	718	270.00–320.00	299.93
4	750–800	763	290.00–295.00	291.75
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	995	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	545	331.00	331.00
4	550–600	575	310.00–330.00	319.93
2	650–700	675	270.00–285.00	277.39
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	430.00	430.00
14	300–350	323	350.00–431.00	386.68
20	350–400	367	350.00–399.00	373.19
17	400–450	424	335.00–380.00	356.99
49	450–500	475	315.00–365.00	337.12
20	500–550	515	285.00–350.00	330.49
8	550–600	567	272.50–320.00	302.62
11	600–650	618	270.00–333.00	309.02
10	650–700	676	250.00–319.00	280.55
6	700–750	726	230.00–275.00	257.41
3	800–850	832	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	870	241.00–250.00	245.53
1	900–950	900	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	555	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	385.00	385.00
5	450–500	490	299.00–309.00	304.98
6	550–600	588	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	617	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	390.00–445.00	416.45
3	450–500	477	360.00–370.00	366.54
1	500–550	520	345.00	345.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	207.50	207.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,376	153.00–178.00	167.30
19	—	1,402	150.00–170.00	158.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,025	132.00–153.00	145.55
12	—	1,041	144.00–173.00	153.28
6	—	958	107.00–127.00	116.62
28	—	944	120.00–143.00	133.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,192	150.00–178.00	164.61
16	—	1,113	136.00–159.00	144.89
59	—	1,151	145.00–170.00	154.89
4	—	918	114.00–130.00	120.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	138.00	138.00
3	—	765	113.00–120.00	116.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	129.00	129.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,592	174.00–198.00	186.93
7	—	1,664	194.00–210.00	202.45
14	—	1,420	150.00–179.00	170.09

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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