Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

3,156 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $130.60/cwt +2.22 vs last sale · ≈ $936/hd at 717 lb · 114 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $158.68/cwt +8.18 vs last sale · ≈ $843/hd at 531 lb · 110 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.32/cwt +10.65 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 424 lb · 104 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,156	6,995	4,367
Feeder cattle	2,618	5,568	3,778
Slaughter cattle	384	874	414
Replacement cattle	154	553	175

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold mostly 2.00-8.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Lighter auction receipts due to reporters absence from a few auctions this past week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	6	180.00–207.50	$196.77	$641	+11.70
350–395	372	27	159.00–207.00	$186.13	$692	+10.86
400–448	425	81	155.00–192.00	$177.11	$753	+12.99
450–498	471	88	148.00–185.00	$169.53	$798	+11.37
450–495 value added	484	4	177.00–182.50	$178.28	$863	+13.90
500–545 value added	525	14	165.00–175.00	$168.14	$883	+11.90
500–548	532	96	140.00–170.00	$157.30	$837	+7.40
550	550	1	136.00	$136.00	$748	+16.00
550–555 value added	553	7	160.50–177.00	$164.80	$911	+15.54
555–595	574	66	133.00–157.00	$146.28	$840	+2.34
600–640	619	48	127.00–150.00	$142.06	$879	+4.89
617–635	623	5	124.00–130.00	$128.78	$802	-8.39
615–643 unweaned	634	5	120.00–133.00	$127.91	$811	+1.28
660 value added	660	1	142.00	$142.00	$937	+7.73
650–698	663	20	125.00–146.00	$139.22	$923	+7.38
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	-11.84
700–720 value added	714	76	128.00–135.00	$129.09	$922	-2.31
700–745	722	38	115.00–139.00	$133.63	$965	+8.63
750–789	774	15	115.00–129.00	$125.07	$968	+2.98
760–794	789	7	115.00–115.50	$115.43	$911	-6.66
806–845	811	21	110.00–129.00	$126.35	$1,025	+9.23
815	815	1	110.00	$110.00	$896	-7.12
855	855	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,026	+6.00
885	885	1	100.00	$100.00	$885	-14.00
921–935	926	8	110.00–120.00	$117.23	$1,086	+12.32
1260	1260	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406 thin fleshed	406	8	169.00	$169.00	$686	—
426	426	6	171.00	$171.00	$728	—
498	498	7	163.00	$163.00	$812	+6.66
581	581	7	127.00	$127.00	$738	-15.41
627 value added	627	16	137.50	$137.50	$862	-3.50
639	639	13	146.00	$146.00	$933	+10.00
683	683	23	130.00	$130.00	$888	-1.00
705 value added	705	65	142.00	$142.00	$1,001	—
806 value added	806	65	135.50	$135.50	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	320	6	142.50–170.00	$155.37	$497	+7.45
350–390	377	16	130.00–152.50	$144.93	$546	-5.01
405–448	435	24	130.00–170.00	$154.93	$674	+7.29
450–495	472	22	120.00–160.00	$142.20	$671	-0.90
515	515	1	118.00	$118.00	$608	-12.35
505–540	521	14	125.00–152.00	$134.99	$703	+4.64
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	-20.35
550–585	568	10	125.00–136.00	$130.50	$741	+2.95
630–643	637	10	110.00–130.00	$122.01	$777	-3.42
657–695	674	6	110.00–128.00	$121.59	$820	+1.31
705–745	723	6	110.00–129.00	$117.92	$853	+1.18
760–765	763	2	119.00–121.00	$120.00	$916	+10.00
880	880	1	103.00	$103.00	$906	-7.00
910	910	1	108.00	$108.00	$983	—
1020	1020	1	80.00	$80.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	127.50–131.00	$129.29	$398	+4.29
380–390	385	3	84.00–127.50	$111.98	$431	-6.12
410–419	417	7	88.00–140.00	$129.98	$542	+17.37
465	465	3	115.00–129.00	$121.33	$564	+1.81
510–530	520	2	86.00–110.00	$98.23	$511	-13.07
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	-4.57

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	152.00	$152.00	$418	-0.07
300–345	322	38	135.00–177.00	$159.94	$515	+13.08
350	350	1	125.00	$125.00	$438	-20.50
360 value added	360	5	158.00	$158.00	$569	+8.00
355–395	379	49	130.00–165.00	$153.28	$581	+7.78
400–430	415	2	120.00	$120.00	$498	-19.78
400–448	424	102	130.00–170.00	$150.91	$640	+24.69
470	470	1	122.00	$122.00	$573	-4.04
450–498	471	94	125.00–160.00	$142.58	$672	+8.30
500–518 value added	514	5	135.00–136.00	$135.19	$695	+0.84
505–535	518	3	110.00–115.00	$113.38	$587	-15.78
500–548	530	73	120.00–138.00	$132.12	$700	+15.17
550	550	1	115.00	$115.00	$632	+9.47
563 value added	563	10	131.00	$131.00	$738	+1.63
550–594	573	74	120.00–134.00	$128.69	$737	+6.55
590	590	1	155.00	$155.00	$914	+22.50
620 value added	620	3	128.00	$128.00	$794	+2.96
615–640	625	5	112.00–115.00	$114.00	$712	-6.22
600–645	626	84	118.00–136.00	$128.79	$806	+8.57
650–655	653	2	135.00	$135.00	$882	+19.43
672 unweaned	672	3	115.00	$115.00	$773	—
655–694	678	17	113.00–126.00	$120.05	$814	+20.05
702–729	714	14	119.00–121.00	$120.12	$858	+9.27
702–748	717	10	114.00–125.00	$117.48	$842	+6.63
705–746 value added	742	10	119.00–124.00	$119.48	$887	-0.56
875	875	1	110.00	$110.00	$962	+15.00
945	945	1	90.00	$90.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303 thin fleshed	303	4	135.00	$135.00	$409	-6.00
300–345	317	17	122.00–152.00	$140.29	$445	+6.90
350–395	373	16	120.00–140.00	$128.57	$480	+8.57
400–445	425	21	115.00–139.00	$128.18	$545	+4.69
450–495	473	17	110.00–133.00	$123.87	$586	+2.09
500–545	524	16	110.00–126.00	$118.58	$621	+2.07
530	530	1	98.00	$98.00	$519	-2.00
550–575	561	8	105.00–120.00	$116.14	$652	+2.59
610–645	632	8	101.00–115.00	$111.41	$704	+2.33
640	640	2	90.00	$90.00	$576	-19.08
655–675	672	6	100.00–115.00	$105.79	$711	-0.13
704–740	716	6	114.00–116.00	$115.31	$826	+13.26
700–735	717	9	85.00–110.00	$98.20	$704	-3.85
755–795	770	3	90.00–104.00	$94.90	$731	-10.51
905	905	1	94.00	$94.00	$851	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386 thin fleshed	386	4	137.00	$137.00	$529	—
434	434	4	152.00	$152.00	$660	+17.00
522 value added	522	14	133.00	$133.00	$694	—
577	577	13	123.00	$123.00	$710	-1.48
657 value added	657	49	122.50	$122.50	$805	—
659	659	5	123.00	$123.00	$811	+5.50
704	704	6	116.00	$116.00	$817	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	327	3	100.00–122.00	$107.84	$353	-8.71
350–375	361	6	105.00–127.00	$114.45	$413	-0.95
425–445	435	2	115.00	$115.00	$500	+1.08
490	490	1	114.00	$114.00	$559	+2.96
575	575	1	80.00	$80.00	$460	-15.54
630–635	633	2	65.00–67.00	$66.00	$418	-39.00
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	+8.65
755	755	1	84.00	$84.00	$634	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	181.00	$181.00	$452	-11.03
305–325	315	4	168.00–190.00	$175.28	$552	-4.51
350–395	363	12	165.00–187.00	$179.20	$650	+8.09
405–449	426	21	146.00–187.00	$170.71	$727	+2.89
430	430	2	160.00	$160.00	$688	-7.82
450–498	477	28	147.00–174.00	$159.12	$759	+5.22
505–545	522	21	130.00–160.00	$148.72	$776	+7.93
550–595	568	29	123.00–138.00	$132.05	$750	-2.27
600–645	620	14	122.00–133.00	$128.62	$797	+1.56
650–685	668	8	117.00–130.00	$123.86	$827	+0.45
730–745	740	3	109.00–123.00	$115.71	$856	-1.60
750–795	766	4	98.00–120.00	$111.78	$856	+1.48
850	850	1	108.00	$108.00	$918	+1.00
920	920	1	94.00	$94.00	$865	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	2	139.00–159.00	$149.46	$486	-4.45
370 thin fleshed	370	1	159.00	$159.00	$588	+12.37
350–397	382	7	145.00–155.00	$150.26	$574	+13.12
390	390	2	130.00	$130.00	$507	-7.14
415–445	431	4	130.00–150.00	$138.64	$598	-6.17
455–490	478	12	130.00–145.00	$139.45	$667	+4.08
505–530	523	4	110.00–130.00	$117.37	$614	-12.53
555–585	570	3	120.00–127.00	$124.02	$707	-1.33
600	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	+7.34
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	-13.66
660–688	678	9	109.00–120.00	$114.35	$775	-2.23
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	+9.40
830	830	1	84.00	$84.00	$697	+3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	96.00	$96.00	$658	—
725	725	1	93.00	$93.00	$674	+18.58

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	80-85%	1	22.00	$22.00	$158	—
730–785	765	80-85%	3	40.00–44.00	$42.00	$321	+8.58
750–825	788	80-85%	2	34.00–43.00	$38.71	$305	+5.29
825	825	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$454	+13.00
865–910	888	80-85%	2	5.00–29.00	$16.70	$148	—
855–1425	1078	80-85%	10	37.00–48.00	$43.69	$471	—
933–1575	1181	80-85%	62	53.50–65.00	$57.35	$677	—
880–1650	1264	80-85%	48	45.00–56.00	$52.33	$661	-1.86

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–875	797	85-90%	3	30.00–40.00	$33.60	$268	—
765–825	803	85-90%	3	18.00–29.00	$22.79	$183	—
800–845	823	85-90%	2	43.00–47.00	$45.05	$371	—
925–975	950	85-90%	2	25.00–44.00	$34.75	$330	+5.24
805–1315	971	85-90%	15	20.00–44.00	$34.56	$336	+5.05
900–1240	1101	85-90%	38	32.00–54.00	$45.82	$504	—
855–1410	1163	85-90%	32	49.00–63.00	$55.47	$645	+2.88

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1770	1373	75-80%	21	56.00–68.00	$60.05	$824	+9.90
1225–1530	1393	75-80%	5	55.00–56.00	$55.28	$770	+5.13

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1765	1434	9	60.00–79.00	$67.47	$968	—
1045–2275	1634	17	74.00–87.00	$81.65	$1,334	+6.72
1335–2065	1647	28	77.00–94.00	$88.44	$1,457	+13.51

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–945	847	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	82.00–100.00	$92.00	$779
720–1135	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	40.00–65.00	$56.78	$516
920–1230	1067	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	48.00–58.00	$53.12	$567

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
750–895	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$634.19
750–905	852	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	600.00–710.00	$668.90
825–1240	979	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	400.00–825.00	$613.27
880–1150	1028	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–875.00	$672.67
980–1175	1041	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00–775.00	$673.35
925–1225	1101	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	600.00–1,200.00	$929.65
970–1380	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	525.00–935.00	$873.65
1090–1567	1348	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	700.00–1,150.00	$940.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$564
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	52.00	$52.00	$468
930–1420	1169	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	45.00–61.00	$55.41	$648
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$758
1040–1575	1237	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	56.00–67.00	$59.32	$734
1385	1385	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$789

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
773	773	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00
675–865	789	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–875.00	$812.28
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
700–900	833	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	600.00–1,070.00	$938.40
960	960	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
1000–1005	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–900.00	$862.59	—
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
950–1200	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–1,225.00	$1,049.66	—
895–1470	1171	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	650.00–925.00	$847.86	-198.37

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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.