Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Arkansas reported 248 priced lines covering 4,811 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,185 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 540 head. replacement cattle receipts at 217 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,185Last week 3,887Year ago 2,949

Slaughter CattleReceipts 540Last week 396Year ago 445

Replacement CattleReceipts 217Last week 235Year ago 170

Compared to last report: limited number of comparable sales so market trend not established. However, a mostly higher undertone was noted feeder and stocker cattle. A mostly lower undertone was noted on slaughter cows and bulls. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	500.00	500.00
27	300–350	324	470.00–585.00	530.29
43	350–400	375	440.00–555.00	497.55
79	400–450	427	425.00–515.00	473.32
89	450–500	472	400.00–485.00	434.32
141	500–550	522	350.00–435.00	404.17
102	550–600	573	340.00–415.00	376.24
79	600–650	617	325.00–401.00	368.92
93	650–700	670	325.00–395.00	349.60
43	700–750	714	315.00–340.00	331.60
17	750–800	774	300.00–335.00	322.05
6	800–850	827	305.00–335.00	317.76
7	850–900	869	290.00–315.00	302.49
5	900–950	922	295.00–305.00	301.94
3	950–1000	955	253.00–285.00	263.78
2	1050–1100	1,053	275.00–282.50	278.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	480.00	480.00
13	300–350	333	405.00–500.00	441.42
23	350–400	371	400.00–467.00	434.56
24	400–450	425	360.00–449.00	416.85
46	450–500	471	360.00–422.00	393.93
48	500–550	525	348.00–390.00	367.37
33	550–600	585	310.00–367.50	345.78
38	600–650	628	305.00–367.00	337.27
15	650–700	675	302.50–350.00	327.40
13	700–750	717	285.00–315.00	302.02
2	800–850	823	285.00–300.00	292.71
1	850–900	895	225.00	225.00
1	950–1000	990	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	247.50	247.50
7	650–700	684	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	377	475.00–490.00	485.24
13	400–450	427	440.00–483.00	466.14
10	450–500	472	425.00–429.00	426.63
22	500–550	532	380.00–387.00	384.96
36	550–600	575	350.00–389.00	369.64
29	600–650	623	355.00–371.00	363.38
22	650–700	681	340.00–345.00	342.53
4	700–750	735	322.50–325.00	323.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	495.00	495.00
2	350–400	393	435.00–450.00	442.45
3	400–450	442	430.00–445.00	438.40
1	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	525	380.00–390.00	385.10
6	550–600	589	351.00–375.00	361.00
1	600–650	615	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	663	317.50–337.50	327.39
1	750–800	770	290.00	290.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
2	800–850	833	200.00–210.00	205.05
1	850–900	880	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	566	413.00	413.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	459	455.00–477.00	463.77
41	500–550	532	438.00–452.00	446.89
9	550–600	558	412.00–421.00	418.00
99	600–650	632	380.00–409.50	406.90
106	650–700	666	358.00–377.00	365.74
96	700–750	731	340.00–360.00	354.28
125	750–800	766	344.00–349.75	347.01
26	800–850	828	332.00–338.00	334.06
5	850–900	866	305.00	305.00
58	950–1000	973	306.50	306.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
68	750–800	799	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	450.00–480.00	464.71
1	400–450	415	460.00	460.00
2	450–500	470	425.00–430.00	427.47
3	550–600	555	375.00–380.00	376.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	607	349.00	349.00
16	650–700	656	340.00	340.00
3	700–750	747	325.00	325.00
55	750–800	793	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	587	372.00	372.00
16	950–1000	950	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	505.00	505.00
4	400–450	415	450.00–480.00	464.64
12	450–500	486	445.00–460.00	447.41
14	550–600	577	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	615.00	615.00
4	400–450	415	485.00–530.00	506.39
1	450–500	450	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	514	362.50–391.00	383.75
137	550–600	579	352.00–385.00	378.39
44	600–650	632	336.00–356.00	349.39
49	650–700	671	325.00–347.00	341.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	350	480.00	480.00
17	450–500	464	410.00–441.00	437.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	500.00	500.00
4	500–550	511	400.00–415.00	403.67
1	550–600	560	440.00	440.00
6	600–650	635	370.00	370.00
4	650–700	651	344.00	344.00
2	700–750	723	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	800	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	462.50	462.50
1	350–400	360	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	429	380.00–440.00	400.42
2	500–550	515	345.00–349.00	347.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	328	365.00–425.00	403.77
32	350–400	377	300.00–423.00	387.68
42	400–450	419	330.00–399.00	372.45
61	450–500	477	320.00–380.00	345.46
56	500–550	527	300.00–365.00	337.65
41	550–600	576	300.00–338.00	322.05
17	600–650	630	282.50–325.00	309.75
10	650–700	677	280.00–310.00	293.31
11	700–750	725	272.50–302.50	286.79
2	750–800	765	255.00–285.00	269.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	384	370.00–400.00	389.84
36	400–450	428	365.00–419.00	401.73
43	450–500	477	359.00–373.00	367.80
11	500–550	534	325.00–363.00	349.72
23	550–600	571	315.00–349.00	338.68
13	600–650	641	319.00–320.00	319.77
6	650–700	659	311.00–315.00	313.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	415.00–460.00	437.50
26	300–350	329	425.00–505.00	463.03
64	350–400	373	400.00–467.00	431.52
105	400–450	424	372.00–455.00	409.89
171	450–500	477	339.00–425.00	386.26
129	500–550	521	325.00–400.00	357.50
123	550–600	571	311.00–377.00	343.80
66	600–650	623	310.00–345.00	325.74
35	650–700	678	297.00–332.50	320.68
15	700–750	714	280.00–330.00	308.25
8	750–800	774	270.00–310.00	287.24
11	800–850	830	285.00–305.00	292.09
3	850–900	852	262.50–295.00	283.52
1	900–950	930	256.00	256.00
1	950–1000	965	255.00	255.00
2	1000–1050	1,025	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	625	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	340.00–357.50	347.92
4	500–550	533	325.00–337.50	331.17
3	550–600	572	320.00–322.50	321.17
1	600–650	605	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	760	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
36	700–750	704	328.00–338.00	336.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	669	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	628	363.00	363.00
11	700–750	721	327.00	327.00
13	750–800	783	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
5	450–500	484	375.00–390.00	381.47
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	562	311.00–345.00	333.40
2	700–750	728	270.00–280.00	275.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	433	430.00–440.00	434.86
2	450–500	473	410.00–425.00	417.22
3	500–550	540	370.00–410.00	383.45
1	550–600	555	365.00	365.00
4	600–650	604	340.00–345.00	342.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	330	465.00–565.00	516.98
33	350–400	375	445.00–520.00	486.64
58	400–450	431	375.00–493.00	448.92
65	450–500	475	365.00–465.00	420.47
85	500–550	525	335.00–429.00	388.45
95	550–600	572	325.00–391.00	358.65
34	600–650	620	317.50–361.00	336.90
30	650–700	672	299.00–335.00	320.57
29	700–750	722	285.00–325.00	301.67
11	750–800	769	280.00–311.00	299.54
4	800–850	814	270.00–310.00	291.21
1	850–900	850	271.00	271.00
1	950–1000	965	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	415.00–515.00	461.52
18	350–400	377	390.00–455.00	428.44
32	400–450	432	340.00–451.00	401.47
29	450–500	478	310.00–405.00	363.48
33	500–550	528	330.00–375.00	355.91
35	550–600	579	270.00–353.00	331.99
34	600–650	626	272.50–332.50	315.61
13	650–700	677	305.00–327.00	312.15
13	700–750	723	275.00–295.00	283.78
4	750–800	775	250.00–300.00	265.92
2	800–850	815	270.00–289.00	279.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	467	385.00–415.00	407.26
8	600–650	615	325.00–330.00	327.54
13	650–700	665	315.00	315.00
4	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	545.00–615.00	590.22
Dairy Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
2	400–450	448	1,675.00	1,675.00
1	450–500	463	1,700.00	1,700.00
4	600–650	626	1,875.00	1,875.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	300.00–350.00	313.86
2	350–400	388	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	408	325.00	325.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,460	3,100.00	3,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,068	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,250.00	3,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	2,050.00	2,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,288	136.00–163.00	144.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	940	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,411.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,189	1,900.00–2,900.00	2,586.54
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,268	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,109	1,650.00–2,600.00	2,099.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,154	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,251.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	156.00	156.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	250.00	250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,225	1,900.00–3,100.00	2,690.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,152	2,250.00–3,700.00	3,127.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,765	140.00	140.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,103	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,235.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,215	142.00–183.00	159.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,581	141.00–183.00	164.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,156	1,550.00–2,500.00	2,107.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,174	1,450.00–2,600.00	1,987.29
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,162	2,100.00–2,675.00	2,272.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	997	114.00–240.00	206.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,125	138.00–231.00	168.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	2,500.00	2,500.00
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	743	180.00–230.00	207.44
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	791	2,100.00–3,850.00	2,782.07
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	983	2,600.00–4,650.00	3,787.05
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	941	2,250.00–4,600.00	3,564.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	3,250.00	3,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	890	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,200.00	2,200.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	3,500.00–4,000.00	3,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	825	3,150.00–3,300.00	3,222.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,704	174.00–194.00	186.81
18	—	1,578	126.00–180.00	166.25
12	—	1,829	188.00–222.00	200.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,195	120.00–140.00	133.29
5	—	1,045	119.00–128.00	124.54
15	—	1,300	139.00–151.00	146.40
34	—	1,231	128.00–148.00	137.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,537	137.00–158.00	148.77
34	—	1,467	128.00–149.00	140.81
7	—	1,485	120.00–139.00	128.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,045	115.00–134.00	121.41
7	—	960	80.00–129.00	107.40
23	—	1,079	122.00–142.00	127.61
12	—	965	100.00–135.00	112.95

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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