Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, August 23, 2021

4,591 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.14/cwt +1.49 vs last sale · ≈ $745/hd at 521 lb · 138 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.26/cwt +2.25 vs last sale · ≈ $649/hd at 426 lb · 133 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.13/cwt -3.43 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 472 lb · 118 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,591	9,022	7,648
Feeder cattle	3,830	7,349	6,620
Slaughter cattle	626	1,214	756
Replacement cattle	135	459	272

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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	Δ last sale
202	202	14	193.00	$193.00	$390	—
273–297	280	11	180.00–182.50	$181.78	$509	—
305–347	332	27	169.00–200.00	$187.78	$623	+3.36
350–395	372	43	158.00–203.00	$179.72	$669	-1.73
385 thin fleshed	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	—
418 thin fleshed	418	5	179.00	$179.00	$748	±0.00
400–449	432	91	151.00–198.00	$169.98	$734	+0.17
435	435	1	140.00	$140.00	$609	-29.81
450–498	476	108	150.00–185.00	$163.71	$779	-1.05
500–545	525	103	150.00–174.00	$159.65	$838	-0.79
540	540	1	140.00	$140.00	$756	-20.44
540 value added	540	1	167.00	$167.00	$902	-8.39
550–598	569	63	149.00–168.00	$156.67	$891	+0.42
600–620 value added	614	5	160.00–164.00	$160.98	$988	+3.98
600–645	622	45	145.00–158.00	$150.48	$936	-4.05
650–695	662	29	138.00–162.00	$150.14	$994	-1.13
655–685 value added	667	5	156.00–163.00	$159.36	$1,063	+2.85
700–710 value added	705	6	158.00–165.00	$161.86	$1,141	—
700–747	725	16	133.00–153.00	$143.38	$1,040	-4.81
750–790	770	9	130.00–155.00	$142.41	$1,097	+1.15
805–845	818	6	131.00–151.00	$139.78	$1,143	-2.66
880–885	883	2	126.00–135.00	$130.51	$1,152	+3.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	2	192.50–210.00	$201.25	$503	—
295	295	1	173.00	$173.00	$510	—
300–345	327	18	132.50–182.00	$150.09	$491	-10.82
350–398	380	34	137.00–182.00	$157.87	$600	+3.54
400–445	423	33	125.00–179.00	$148.77	$629	-2.47
405–440 thin fleshed	423	2	150.00–152.50	$151.20	$640	—
440	440	2	130.00	$130.00	$572	-21.24
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	-29.92
450–495	472	41	120.00–170.00	$142.48	$673	-7.44
515 thin fleshed	515	1	150.00	$150.00	$772	-1.81
500–549	526	61	120.00–161.00	$142.41	$749	-5.57
550–590	567	23	122.00–153.00	$139.59	$791	-3.14
578 thin fleshed	578	3	145.00	$145.00	$838	—
600–640	622	10	121.00–144.00	$134.86	$839	-9.67
625 thin fleshed	625	1	140.00	$140.00	$875	—
645	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	-24.53
660–665	664	5	131.00–148.00	$134.38	$892	-6.65
725 thin fleshed	725	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,073	—
705–745	727	11	115.00–142.00	$129.95	$945	-2.16
765–795	783	5	120.00–125.00	$122.21	$957	-3.73
980	980	1	101.00	$101.00	$990	-9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427–435	430	18	155.00–181.00	$165.01	$710	—
469	469	4	153.00	$153.00	$718	—
527 value added	527	5	157.00	$157.00	$827	-18.00
518–549	541	33	140.00–151.00	$146.02	$790	-17.93
570	570	8	146.00	$146.00	$832	-7.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	110.00–119.00	$114.36	$366	-17.67
375–385	378	3	101.00–127.00	$116.04	$439	-5.05
405–445	429	9	105.00–152.00	$127.83	$548	+2.68
450–495	475	9	110.00–149.00	$126.71	$602	+5.45
515–545	530	4	110.00–120.00	$115.05	$610	+1.40
555–580	568	2	120.00–130.00	$125.11	$711	+4.98
602–618	613	9	111.00–115.00	$113.69	$697	+4.11
705	705	1	84.00	$84.00	$592	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	55.00	$55.00	$465	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	8	182.50	$182.50	$420	—
254–260	255	6	165.00–167.50	$165.42	$422	—
260 thin fleshed	260	1	185.00	$185.00	$481	—
315 thin fleshed	315	1	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
305–349	332	36	140.00–177.00	$159.56	$530	+3.98
360–366 thin fleshed	365	7	156.00–170.00	$168.03	$613	—
350–398	376	72	142.50–173.00	$155.33	$584	+2.98
400–448	426	132	139.00–162.00	$152.43	$649	+2.50
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	-19.93
450	450	1	131.00	$131.00	$590	-17.11
460–465 value added	463	2	153.00–156.00	$154.51	$715	-0.34
450–497	472	115	130.00–157.00	$145.09	$685	-3.02
500–545	519	127	130.00–152.00	$142.84	$741	+1.23
525	525	1	174.00	$174.00	$914	+32.39
525–537	534	4	134.00–135.00	$134.75	$720	-6.86
546 value added	546	6	150.00	$150.00	$819	+1.66
560 value added	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	+2.00
550–595	572	95	129.00–148.00	$140.20	$802	-0.05
575	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	-10.25
615 value added	615	1	150.00	$150.00	$922	+5.00
618 unweaned	618	3	125.00	$125.00	$772	-9.50
600–645	621	59	127.00–144.00	$136.80	$850	-1.91
640	640	2	131.00	$131.00	$838	-7.71
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	-11.00
655–690	667	14	130.00–140.00	$132.53	$884	-6.25
710–745	719	7	120.00–137.00	$131.50	$945	-3.02
755–780	761	8	120.00–134.00	$128.25	$976	+2.43
800–805	803	2	116.00–118.00	$117.00	$940	-3.46
880	880	1	103.00	$103.00	$906	-16.00
925	925	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,138	+15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245 thin fleshed	240	4	162.00–177.00	$167.34	$402	—
255–295	280	4	140.00–155.00	$150.08	$420	-2.62
270–295 thin fleshed	283	3	166.00–180.00	$171.79	$486	+11.79
300–345	326	19	128.00–157.00	$143.84	$469	+3.86
300–348 thin fleshed	332	3	155.00–161.00	$156.81	$521	—
355–390 thin fleshed	370	5	136.00–155.00	$147.55	$546	—
350–395	372	21	123.00–157.00	$140.76	$524	+3.15
400–449	424	49	120.00–149.00	$136.92	$581	+0.46
455–460 thin fleshed	458	2	140.00–147.00	$143.48	$657	+5.39
450–495	470	34	120.00–146.00	$130.14	$612	-2.56
500–535	519	28	119.00–140.00	$128.57	$667	-2.60
550–595	574	25	110.00–135.00	$126.18	$724	-3.62
600–640	609	23	115.00–134.00	$124.31	$757	-1.79
634 thin fleshed	634	11	125.00	$125.00	$792	—
650–695	679	9	106.00–125.00	$116.80	$793	-4.23
700–740	727	6	114.00–123.00	$119.82	$871	+3.82
760–772	768	3	113.00–116.00	$115.01	$883	+6.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461–498	481	19	132.50–145.00	$139.25	$670	-3.62
503–527	515	26	132.50–141.50	$137.55	$708	-6.22
581 thin fleshed	581	4	135.00	$135.00	$784	—
569–597	588	16	130.00–135.00	$131.51	$773	-6.86
648	648	3	137.00	$137.00	$888	-4.20
669 thin fleshed	669	5	129.00	$129.00	$863	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	2	85.00–133.00	$107.68	$342	-15.81
350–385	377	8	103.00–138.00	$117.69	$444	-2.38
418–440	429	4	100.00–118.00	$105.13	$451	-3.72
460–490	472	9	90.00–125.00	$108.44	$512	-2.02
500–545	522	7	88.00–119.00	$106.97	$558	-4.14
565–585	575	2	100.00–110.00	$104.91	$603	-1.00
600–640	622	3	106.00–113.00	$110.28	$686	+20.28
685	685	1	60.00	$60.00	$411	-58.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	80.00	$80.00	$276	—
485	485	1	58.00	$58.00	$281	—
545	545	1	65.00	$65.00	$354	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	324	7	165.00–196.00	$188.20	$610	-7.89
340	340	1	160.00	$160.00	$544	-36.09
352–395	374	21	170.00–200.00	$184.00	$688	+2.89
400–446	430	37	147.50–187.00	$170.38	$733	-1.42
450–495	471	52	145.00–177.00	$163.17	$769	+2.30
480 thin fleshed	480	1	146.00	$146.00	$701	—
505	505	1	135.00	$135.00	$682	-16.28
500–545	523	53	135.00–164.00	$152.97	$800	+1.69
525	525	2	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$711	-15.78
550–593	569	41	130.00–160.00	$149.23	$849	+4.00
570	570	1	133.00	$133.00	$758	-12.23
600–647	623	29	120.00–154.00	$145.32	$905	+7.72
650–695	663	26	120.00–158.00	$142.24	$943	+11.06
700–745	718	19	116.00–138.00	$127.10	$913	-0.46
750–785	769	8	110.00–131.00	$117.83	$906	-4.23
805–845	825	2	114.00–135.00	$124.25	$1,025	+7.27
880	880	2	118.00–125.00	$121.50	$1,069	±0.00
930	930	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,153	+34.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 thin fleshed	240	1	182.50	$182.50	$438	—
245	245	1	174.00	$174.00	$426	—
250–280 thin fleshed	269	4	170.00–190.00	$177.40	$477	—
275	275	1	158.00	$158.00	$434	—
305–320 thin fleshed	311	4	150.00–170.00	$161.62	$503	—
330–340	335	11	140.00–164.00	$155.65	$521	-4.40
350–390	366	18	140.00–175.00	$156.70	$574	+1.08
395 thin fleshed	395	4	169.00	$169.00	$668	+10.38
410–445	432	37	130.00–167.00	$154.09	$666	-2.92
455 thin fleshed	455	1	144.00	$144.00	$655	—
460–495	485	27	134.00–159.00	$142.38	$691	-1.12
500–545	521	21	119.00–155.00	$138.54	$722	+0.93
550–595	574	17	122.00–147.00	$136.36	$783	+3.41
605–645	620	10	117.00–137.00	$125.23	$776	-3.68
700–735	720	6	100.00–124.00	$112.23	$808	+1.00
760–775	768	2	103.00–126.00	$114.61	$880	+18.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	5	170.00	$170.00	$648	—
501–545	515	19	135.00–150.00	$144.14	$742	-14.68
602	602	10	139.50	$139.50	$840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–370	365	2	125.00–150.00	$137.33	$501	-0.86
445	445	1	143.00	$143.00	$636	+8.45
495	495	1	125.00	$125.00	$619	+10.00
500–525	513	2	121.00–125.00	$122.95	$631	+2.73
555–570	562	3	99.00–121.00	$112.42	$632	—
655	655	1	105.00	$105.00	$688	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	55.00	$55.00	$187	—
520	520	1	69.00	$69.00	$359	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	80-85%	1	32.00	$32.00	$235	—
800	800	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$424	+13.00
845	845	80-85%	1	42.00	$42.00	$355	+2.00
865–1085	973	80-85%	12	31.00–49.50	$40.61	$395	—
885–1290	1081	80-85%	27	45.00–59.00	$53.50	$578	-0.47
865–1410	1158	80-85%	111	50.00–67.00	$61.40	$711	-1.32
1020–1495	1252	80-85%	39	63.50–72.50	$66.71	$835	-3.80

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–825	772	85-90%	3	20.00–40.00	$27.35	$211	—
785–1210	975	85-90%	21	35.00–55.00	$49.18	$480	-1.09
930–1160	993	85-90%	7	61.00–64.50	$62.22	$618	+11.95
895–1200	1033	85-90%	3	41.00–47.00	$43.53	$450	-12.12
920–1340	1056	85-90%	44	45.00–61.00	$55.84	$590	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1620	1296	75-80%	10	63.50–71.50	$68.20	$884	—
1100–1430	1320	75-80%	3	58.00–60.00	$59.44	$785	—
1115–1710	1422	75-80%	15	59.00–68.50	$62.94	$895	-8.08

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1775	1362	14	49.00–82.00	$75.05	$1,022	-2.99
1370–2005	1640	32	75.00–92.00	$86.42	$1,417	-2.65
1470–2075	1720	7	92.00–99.00	$94.81	$1,631	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–730	715	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–97.00	$88.32	$631
795–1060	882	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	51.00–91.00	$69.46	$613
795–1010	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	54.00–62.00	$58.98	$531

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	40.00	$40.00	$354
975–1065	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	50.00–60.00	$56.25	$568
935–1115	1012	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	65.00–74.00	$68.61	$694
850–1260	1044	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	62.00–79.00	$70.69	$738
850–1380	1064	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	50.00–83.00	$66.98	$713
1073–1095	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	60.00–72.00	$67.95	$734
1035–1170	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	59.00–73.00	$67.13	$732
955–1540	1251	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	59.00–86.00	$67.58	$845
1210–1390	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	69.00–71.00	$70.07	$911

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1150	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	835.00–1,025.00	$942.64
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
930–1130	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–1,175.00	$983.13
1030–1065	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$874.58
915–1280	1076	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–950.00	$887.15
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,010.00	$1,010.00
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
1225–1520	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	850.00–1,135.00	$982.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	87.00	$87.00	$635
755–790	768	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	75.00–89.00	$84.20	$647

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00

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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
970–1255	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	800.00–1,160.00	$1,008.61	-16.39
1040–1400	1224	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,225.00–1,425.00	$1,355.29	+159.90
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	+25.00
1185–1335	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,085.00	$968.36	-131.64
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1045–1570	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	560.00–1,100.00	$1,002.50	—
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1450	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,290.00	$1,290.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	95.00	$95.00	$342	—
730	730	1	47.00	$47.00	$343	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.