Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 209 priced lines covering 3,218 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,431 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 470 head. replacement cattle receipts at 277 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,431Last week 4,838Year ago 4,328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 470Last week 616Year ago 428

Replacement CattleReceipts 277Last week 389Year ago 230

Compared to last report: Feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 10.00-20.00 lower; offerings over 550 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower, instances 25.00-30.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady, instances 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand moderate for feeder and stocker cattle; good for slaughter cows and bulls.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	550.00	550.00
3	300–350	330	400.00–500.00	458.71
30	350–400	379	400.00–545.00	440.74
20	400–450	428	400.00–487.50	433.76
17	450–500	472	370.00–440.00	414.23
19	500–550	521	350.00–410.00	379.12
9	550–600	575	350.00–377.50	365.00
6	600–650	627	352.50–357.50	355.60
2	650–700	658	335.00–359.00	346.95
4	700–750	730	300.00–325.00	306.08
1	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	815	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	325	620.00	620.00
18	400–450	416	528.00	528.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	316	562.50–612.50	596.84
29	400–450	424	501.00–510.00	509.40
4	450–500	464	427.50–467.50	456.82
22	500–550	520	439.00	439.00
3	600–650	602	384.00	384.00
9	650–700	663	385.00	385.00
67	700–750	739	344.00	344.00
5	850–900	877	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	475.00	475.00
1	350–400	390	465.00	465.00
7	400–450	426	460.00–499.00	489.82
3	450–500	453	450.00–460.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	337	565.00–585.00	568.28
4	350–400	368	540.00	540.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	380	451.00–470.00	461.79
24	400–450	431	423.00–451.00	436.73
2	450–500	488	426.00	426.00
11	550–600	575	381.00–385.00	382.12
11	600–650	632	300.00–366.00	332.76
3	850–900	877	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
11	750–800	764	3,000.00	3,000.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	291	572.00–585.00	581.55
35	300–350	328	480.00–610.00	547.11
71	350–400	370	460.00–570.00	514.72
78	400–450	422	440.00–520.00	477.49
164	450–500	476	400.00–470.00	434.70
123	500–550	521	381.00–445.00	413.63
89	550–600	569	350.00–437.00	396.56
45	600–650	625	350.00–390.00	371.05
11	650–700	669	283.00–375.00	352.71
11	700–750	717	300.00–360.00	340.61
3	750–800	787	330.00	330.00
6	800–850	815	250.00–340.00	302.33
1	850–900	885	275.00	275.00
1	900–950	905	270.00	270.00
8	950–1000	994	289.50	289.50
8	1000–1050	1,029	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	640	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	695.00	695.00
2	250–300	298	700.00	700.00
19	300–350	324	570.00–700.00	632.50
48	350–400	375	525.00–610.00	583.46
42	400–450	423	505.00–595.00	547.26
142	450–500	476	475.00–545.00	509.10
117	500–550	521	451.00–515.00	482.68
135	550–600	577	435.00–497.00	461.27
72	600–650	614	410.00–444.00	434.26
56	650–700	681	375.00–430.00	396.19
9	700–750	728	351.00–392.00	368.38
5	750–800	772	352.50–377.50	362.59
73	800–850	824	331.00–362.00	359.34
4	850–900	869	327.00–331.00	328.51
3	900–950	926	319.00–332.00	327.63
34	1000–1050	1,030	287.00–325.80	324.51
1	1200–1250	1,235	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	450.00–495.00	474.07
1	350–400	355	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	420	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	697	375.00	375.00
16	800–850	826	348.00	348.00
8	850–900	878	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	587.50–589.00	588.23
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	523	260.50–265.00	261.85
18	550–600	553	283.00	283.00
13	600–650	633	254.00–284.75	277.49
2	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
9	700–750	741	248.75–275.00	257.37
1	750–800	765	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	550.00	550.00
3	450–500	485	485.00	485.00
5	500–550	514	450.00–470.00	460.09
2	550–600	577	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	257	732.50	732.50
12	300–350	345	637.50	637.50
3	350–400	390	585.00–605.00	591.67
16	450–500	464	505.00–561.00	538.88
8	500–550	513	512.50–527.00	522.44
17	550–600	569	445.00–495.00	470.58
19	600–650	617	437.50–450.00	446.95
20	700–750	731	377.00	377.00
7	800–850	825	357.00	357.00
60	850–900	867	343.00–355.00	347.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	500.00–555.00	538.43
22	350–400	376	480.00–572.00	531.16
20	400–450	426	450.00–525.00	472.36
30	450–500	474	420.00–495.00	449.72
16	500–550	520	420.00–465.00	436.98
26	550–600	574	355.00–440.00	420.79
8	600–650	622	375.00–415.00	396.89
9	650–700	679	360.00–390.00	380.18
1	700–750	720	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	640.00	640.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	740.00	740.00
4	650–700	658	393.00	393.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	572.00	572.00
2	400–450	402	550.00	550.00
11	450–500	463	490.00–505.00	496.04
20	500–550	515	445.00–495.00	479.53
31	550–600	574	421.00–452.50	435.94
15	600–650	628	419.00–424.00	419.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	415.00	415.00
1	650–700	665	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	720	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	610.00	610.00
1	300–350	310	555.00	555.00
1	650–700	685	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	520.00	520.00
3	650–700	658	397.00	397.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	337	480.00–570.00	543.78
7	350–400	379	460.00–570.00	513.90
13	400–450	426	425.00–530.00	496.18
11	450–500	480	350.00–485.00	416.95
7	500–550	522	370.00–419.00	393.02
7	550–600	582	335.00–415.00	386.29
3	600–650	625	353.00–380.00	364.59
2	650–700	683	292.50–340.00	316.68
5	700–750	726	310.00–342.00	331.94
3	750–800	763	290.00–325.00	312.97
1	800–850	815	315.00	315.00
4	850–900	879	255.00–285.00	269.77
1	900–950	900	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	495.00	495.00
2	500–550	515	427.00	427.00
4	1000–1050	1,009	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	600.00	600.00
20	300–350	327	570.00–635.00	613.91
21	350–400	368	540.00–615.00	574.95
32	400–450	432	450.00–542.50	494.02
54	450–500	472	435.00–535.00	492.17
71	500–550	521	407.50–497.00	470.61
45	550–600	572	395.00–465.00	424.90
31	600–650	622	361.00–437.00	405.95
14	650–700	655	370.00–395.00	380.90
9	700–750	725	325.00–370.00	353.78
4	750–800	784	321.00–335.00	329.03
9	800–850	803	309.00–335.00	332.02
1	900–950	905	275.00	275.00
8	1000–1050	1,036	241.00–255.00	242.73

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	4,000.00	4,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	4,750.00	4,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	4,200.00	4,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	3,800.00	3,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	972	1,900.00–4,400.00	3,683.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,101	2,700.00–3,950.00	3,361.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	3,700.00–4,300.00	4,030.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,144	2,600.00–4,600.00	3,902.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,800.00	2,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	994	247.00	247.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,153	179.00–285.00	196.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	174.00	174.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,305	188.00–190.00	189.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,068	164.00–245.00	189.22
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	255.00	255.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,747.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	3,025.00	3,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,053	2,750.00–3,450.00	3,048.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,164	2,150.00–4,150.00	3,110.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,286	2,200.00–3,400.00	2,798.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,082	2,200.00–3,100.00	2,781.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	981	2,500.00–4,700.00	3,616.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,114	2,250.00–3,550.00	3,018.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,165	2,200.00–2,900.00	2,507.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,281	177.00–207.00	189.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	980	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,653.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	900	2,650.00	2,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,122	2,925.00	2,925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,207	177.00–215.00	199.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,259	165.00–235.00	204.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,033	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,306.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,162	1,950.00–2,950.00	2,541.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,216	2,450.00–3,400.00	2,765.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,450	157.50–185.00	172.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,221	171.00–197.00	180.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,508	174.00–196.00	187.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,085	4,000.00	4,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,663	196.00–234.00	217.05
12	—	1,780	211.00–249.00	231.37
13	—	1,531	160.00–220.00	196.08
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	154.00	154.00
1	—	805	134.00	134.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,211	174.00–191.00	181.31
7	—	1,037	100.00–151.00	139.57
58	—	1,158	159.00–184.00	173.39
40	—	1,031	148.00–169.00	161.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,016	131.00–169.00	151.94
6	—	1,023	123.00–155.00	142.96
10	—	1,010	140.00–185.00	156.78
3	—	903	127.50–146.00	135.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,490	171.00–189.00	179.26
28	—	1,471	158.00–184.00	172.99

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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