Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Weekly Livestock Auction Summary, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

7,432 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.97/cwt ≈ $595/hd at 472 lb · 208 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.99/cwt ≈ $643/hd at 519 lb · 200 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.82/cwt ≈ $556/hd at 425 lb · 179 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,432	9,977	7,738
Feeder cattle	6,143	—	6,578
Slaughter cattle	895	—	872
Replacement cattle	394	—	288

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker Steers mostly sold 3.00-6.00 lower, instances 10.00-12.00 lower. Feeder and Stocker Heifers mostly sold 2.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
285–295	290	2	170.00–175.00	$172.54	$500
300–340	324	27	131.00–202.00	$163.12	$529
329 fancy	329	6	172.00	$172.00	$566
350–397	376	71	134.00–188.00	$163.00	$613
400–445	427	157	132.00–178.00	$149.92	$640
450–496	475	130	128.00–169.00	$147.57	$701
500–546	528	140	127.00–157.00	$139.75	$738
550–585	566	66	120.00–143.00	$133.11	$753
585	585	1	109.00	$109.00	$638
600–648	624	82	114.00–139.00	$128.43	$801
623–643 value added	629	7	120.00–136.00	$124.68	$784
625–635	630	2	113.00–120.00	$116.47	$734
610–644 unweaned	640	31	125.50–130.00	$129.47	$829
665 unweaned	665	2	126.00	$126.00	$838
650–695	670	38	120.00–135.00	$126.57	$848
680 value added	680	73	137.25	$137.25	$933
680–690	683	3	120.00	$120.00	$820
705–745	721	15	114.00–133.00	$122.36	$882
735 value added	735	1	127.00	$127.00	$933
770–795	783	11	115.00–135.00	$127.20	$996
800–840	823	12	116.00–123.00	$121.66	$1,001
838–848 value added	843	4	127.00–128.00	$127.50	$1,075
855–875	865	2	110.00–115.00	$112.47	$973
875 value added	875	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,076
930	930	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,060
958	958	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,054

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–348	326	21	125.00–166.00	$144.09	$470
350–396	380	33	122.50–152.00	$138.45	$526
403–445	430	57	111.00–156.00	$131.73	$566
440	440	1	119.00	$119.00	$524
468 thin fleshed	468	3	137.50	$137.50	$644
450–498	480	80	115.00–149.00	$132.19	$635
500–548	525	45	116.00–138.00	$126.90	$666
550–593	570	38	105.00–130.00	$123.13	$702
600–645	628	17	110.00–129.00	$121.97	$766
650–695	672	9	90.00–123.50	$116.65	$784
685 value added	685	1	120.00	$120.00	$822
700–730	712	7	114.00–125.00	$119.16	$848
755–788	777	4	115.00–125.00	$120.56	$937
800–837	820	7	91.00–115.00	$107.95	$885
855	855	3	100.00	$100.00	$855
1005	1005	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,085

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
293	293	2	135.00	$135.00	$396
405–433	416	8	152.00–154.00	$152.78	$636
456–493	472	24	135.00–158.00	$147.56	$696
522	522	7	130.50	$130.50	$681
557–582	572	29	127.50–136.00	$132.39	$757
601 unweaned	601	5	130.00	$130.00	$781
659 unweaned	659	5	125.00	$125.00	$824
688	688	6	124.00	$124.00	$853
704 thin fleshed	704	13	135.00	$135.00	$950
709–748	722	20	127.00–131.00	$129.30	$934
732 value added	732	10	128.50	$128.50	$941

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
315–335	325	2	100.00–134.00	$117.52	$382
395	395	2	99.00–122.50	$110.75	$437
405–435	422	8	84.00–122.00	$110.77	$467
477–495	481	5	111.00–120.00	$117.55	$565
550–595	581	5	97.00–111.00	$104.07	$605

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406
300–348	327	50	121.00–162.00	$141.49	$463
350–397	377	78	119.00–167.00	$136.27	$514
400–447	425	175	115.00–147.00	$131.12	$557
425–443	438	4	110.00–120.00	$117.49	$515
450–490	464	6	100.00–117.00	$110.99	$515
450–499	472	199	114.00–137.00	$126.47	$597
493 value added	493	3	123.00	$123.00	$606
500–535	518	7	100.00–117.00	$112.13	$581
500–548	519	193	115.00–132.00	$124.42	$646
559–564 value added	561	11	125.50–129.00	$126.78	$711
550–596	573	102	110.00–126.00	$119.46	$685
590–595	593	3	104.00–116.00	$109.98	$652
600–615	606	5	100.00–102.00	$100.41	$608
600–620 unweaned	610	23	113.00–124.50	$122.67	$748
600–645	624	49	100.00–124.00	$116.59	$728
655–695	672	26	107.00–123.00	$114.28	$768
650–698 value added	679	9	118.00–122.50	$119.89	$814
700–745	719	19	105.00–118.00	$111.19	$799
735 unweaned	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735
755–795	781	16	105.00–115.50	$112.54	$879
805–825	820	4	104.00–106.00	$105.51	$865
885	885	1	89.00	$89.00	$788
905 value added	905	1	95.00	$95.00	$860

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318
268–285	274	7	120.00–137.00	$126.79	$347
300–345	327	41	109.00–140.00	$124.13	$406
344 thin fleshed	344	7	140.00	$140.00	$482
350–396	377	57	92.00–135.00	$118.67	$447
360–395 thin fleshed	381	5	131.00	$131.00	$499
410–418 thin fleshed	416	4	117.00–120.00	$117.74	$490
400–448	422	80	97.00–129.00	$118.99	$502
450–495	467	70	105.00–124.00	$116.08	$542
455–495	475	2	99.00–102.00	$100.44	$477
515	515	2	96.00	$96.00	$494
500–545	524	63	98.00–123.00	$112.02	$587
528 thin fleshed	528	2	124.00	$124.00	$655
555	555	1	85.00	$85.00	$472
550–590	567	32	100.00–119.00	$111.41	$632
605–645	625	39	85.00–115.50	$105.96	$662
650–695	675	18	75.00–115.00	$98.02	$662
705–742	725	12	95.00–116.50	$107.42	$779
788	788	1	107.50	$107.50	$847
805–845	828	3	100.00–106.00	$103.31	$855
860	860	3	87.00	$87.00	$748
900	900	1	96.00	$96.00	$864

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
365–396	386	18	116.50–134.00	$123.10	$475
412 thin fleshed	412	10	127.00	$127.00	$523
458–494	478	31	114.00–130.00	$122.52	$586
557–573	569	17	109.00–117.00	$114.02	$649
615 unweaned	615	5	114.00	$114.00	$701
621–623	622	10	108.00–120.00	$116.39	$724
659	659	8	119.00	$119.00	$784
686	686	71	131.00	$131.00	$899
743	743	3	83.00	$83.00	$617
863	863	12	97.00	$97.00	$837

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	105.00	$105.00	$289
300–340	320	2	105.00–115.00	$110.31	$353
355–375	368	4	100.00–112.50	$107.85	$397
400–445	426	11	67.00–109.00	$95.07	$405
450–490	465	5	88.00–113.00	$98.06	$456
515–545	535	8	69.00–101.00	$93.07	$498
550–595	577	8	80.00–100.00	$89.40	$516
615–645	629	4	65.00–95.00	$84.18	$529
655	655	1	89.00	$89.00	$583

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275–290	283	2	150.00–155.00	$152.57	$432
300–345	318	15	152.00–200.00	$174.64	$555
360	360	1	125.00	$125.00	$450
360–399	378	39	130.00–180.00	$159.25	$602
415	415	1	122.00	$122.00	$506
405–440	419	33	125.00–170.00	$158.55	$664
450–498	471	83	123.00–156.00	$138.88	$654
510	510	1	111.00	$111.00	$566
500–545	520	108	115.00–150.00	$129.09	$671
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545
550–595	571	94	111.00–135.00	$122.86	$702
560–580	572	3	100.00–117.00	$110.43	$632
600–645	620	46	107.00–130.50	$120.84	$749
640 unweaned	640	1	118.00	$118.00	$755
650–695	673	26	105.00–128.00	$117.11	$788
708–745	723	26	98.00–123.00	$114.11	$825
730	730	1	90.00	$90.00	$657
755–785	765	4	83.00–110.00	$101.49	$776
825–840	833	2	96.00–104.00	$99.96	$833
850–895	875	3	90.00–104.00	$96.96	$848
985	985	1	80.00	$80.00	$788

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–345	313	18	120.00–160.00	$140.34	$439
316 thin fleshed	316	4	150.00	$150.00	$474
350–395	376	25	117.50–150.00	$132.80	$499
393 thin fleshed	393	2	135.00	$135.00	$531
400–445	421	27	112.00–146.00	$132.48	$558
425 thin fleshed	425	1	127.50	$127.50	$542
460	460	1	110.00	$110.00	$506
450–498	478	55	110.00–143.00	$126.41	$604
487 thin fleshed	487	5	133.00	$133.00	$648
500–545	524	48	98.00–130.00	$116.82	$612
550–595	569	29	94.00–120.00	$110.37	$628
600–645	618	27	100.00–118.00	$111.38	$688
650–680	670	9	98.00–114.00	$106.53	$714
690	690	1	98.00	$98.00	$676
700–745	719	4	99.00–118.00	$105.91	$761
750–795	778	10	80.00–104.00	$93.14	$725
840	840	1	90.00	$90.00	$756
855–895	874	5	84.00–93.00	$88.84	$776
900	900	1	74.00	$74.00	$666
990	990	1	70.00	$70.00	$693

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	125.00	$125.00	$306
265–297	281	2	110.00–128.00	$119.51	$336
335–345	340	2	110.00	$110.00	$374
380	380	3	100.00–115.00	$107.00	$407
400–440	425	6	100.00–116.00	$110.22	$468
450–495	477	12	100.00–115.00	$106.78	$509
500–545	516	11	90.00–113.00	$105.57	$545
550–585	569	7	85.00–106.00	$96.50	$549
605–635	617	3	100.00–102.00	$100.69	$621
650–695	678	3	85.00–90.00	$87.38	$592
705–720	713	2	93.00–100.00	$96.46	$688
750	750	2	86.00–113.00	$99.50	$746

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
434 thin fleshed	434	—	—	10	151.00	$151.00	$655
503	503	—	—	9	134.00	$134.00	$674
555–570	567	—	—	5	105.00–123.00	$119.48	$677
890	890	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	59.00	$59.00	$525
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	$502
1165	1165	—	—	8	70.00	$70.00	$816

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1210	1158	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,900.00–2,500.00	$2,278.71

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–845	832	80-85%	3	16.00–33.00	$26.26	$218
840	840	80-85%	1	43.00	$43.00	$361
895–1005	938	80-85%	3	10.00–23.00	$17.80	$167
1040–1370	1102	80-85%	15	22.00–48.00	$37.45	$413
860–1535	1171	80-85%	101	37.50–54.00	$47.66	$558
1045–1615	1241	80-85%	36	48.00–58.00	$53.24	$661

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–835	755	85-90%	2	24.50–35.00	$30.31	$229
810	810	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$308
815	815	85-90%	1	26.00	$26.00	$212
800–1165	970	85-90%	21	25.00–44.00	$38.33	$372
945–1055	996	85-90%	5	19.00–35.00	$29.73	$296
845–1315	1038	85-90%	35	34.00–52.00	$41.97	$436
885–1400	1175	85-90%	13	45.00–54.50	$50.79	$597

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1360	1360	75-80%	1	42.50	$42.50	$578
1150–1780	1407	75-80%	18	40.00–54.50	$48.52	$683
1255–1585	1420	75-80%	16	50.00–55.50	$52.03	$739

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1895	1313	23	34.00–70.00	$63.07	$828
1255–2320	1670	38	68.00–81.00	$74.45	$1,243
1345–2100	1729	20	70.00–89.50	$82.42	$1,425

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–855	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	57.00–91.00	$83.24	$641
810–875	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	53.00–54.00	$53.48	$451
670–1160	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	46.00–98.00	$67.34	$630
705–1235	964	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	36.00–57.00	$49.56	$478

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–885	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	580.00–735.00	$671.18
750–1065	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	650.00–850.00	$751.57
835–1185	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	725.00–850.00	$783.89
940–1045	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–800.00	$658.55
900–1320	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	640.00–925.00	$770.49
980–1215	1082	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–690.00	$601.64
1080–1135	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,050.00	$973.14
1110	1110	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
1005–1260	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	625.00–1,000.00	$807.29
900–1330	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	470.00–1,135.00	$840.96
1090–1250	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	680.00–700.00	$690.68
1090–1230	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	700.00–1,050.00	$932.15
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	625.00	$625.00
1175–1360	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	620.00–730.00	$682.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	32.00	$32.00	$266
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$650
1010–1065	1041	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	50.00–73.00	$58.38	$608
965–1140	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	48.00–55.00	$50.76	$543
1000–1185	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	52.00–63.00	$57.03	$623
885–1255	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	44.00–59.00	$52.49	$588
805–1590	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	50.00–68.00	$58.16	$673
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$728
1120–1320	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	49.00–56.00	$52.16	$652
1065–1630	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	46.00–56.00	$51.33	$648
1400–1485	1426	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	54.00–64.00	$58.66	$836
1470	1470	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	49.00	$49.00	$720

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
720–1035	889	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	850.00–1,000.00	$918.99
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
745–1175	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	675.00–950.00	$827.88
1045	1045	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–715	693	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	50.00–101.00	$76.33	$529
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$624
970–1280	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	56.00–71.00	$62.47	$703

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850 thin fleshed	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1000–1100	1067	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,094.53
950–1200	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	835.00–1,125.00	$963.14
950–1200	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	535.00–1,000.00	$758.14
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00
1050–1300	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	780.00–825.00	$800.11
1000–1380	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	690.00–800.00	$748.35
1149–1480	1229	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	700.00–860.00	$827.64
1250–1300	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,125.49
1100–1605	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–900.00	$864.16
1470–1485	1478	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–865.00	$795.36

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
500	500	1	31.00	$31.00	$155
835	835	1	55.00	$55.00	$459

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–945	906	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–900.00	$863.03

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.