Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

3,579 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.13/cwt -6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 514 lb · 97 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.22/cwt -3.57 vs last sale · ≈ $760/hd at 575 lb · 91 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $158.13/cwt -8.35 vs last sale · ≈ $669/hd at 423 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,579	3,477	8,392
Feeder cattle	2,790	2,961	7,115
Slaughter cattle	574	397	857
Replacement cattle	215	119	420

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold 3.00-9.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls lightly tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	327	49	153.00–215.00	$194.27	$635	+0.49
350–395	374	37	155.00–210.00	$181.32	$678	-6.04
400–445	423	86	145.00–195.00	$158.13	$669	-8.79
450–495	474	63	143.00–178.00	$153.00	$725	-4.47
500–545	523	44	140.00–163.00	$150.00	$784	-2.68
525 value added	525	1	156.00	$156.00	$819	-8.36
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	-25.00
550–595	567	48	135.00–159.00	$143.83	$816	-6.62
585 value added	585	1	147.00	$147.00	$860	—
600–648	619	43	132.00–155.00	$140.73	$871	-6.28
642–645 value added	643	3	144.00–147.00	$146.00	$939	—
650–680	664	25	135.00–142.00	$137.54	$913	-7.84
650–695 value added	667	9	140.00–147.00	$143.64	$958	-25.36
702–730	705	28	135.00–142.00	$136.14	$960	-3.78
715 value added	715	9	139.00	$139.00	$994	-14.00
755–765	760	2	127.00–131.00	$129.01	$980	-9.58
805 value added	805	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,119	-4.00
805–828	820	3	133.50–139.00	$135.30	$1,109	—
855	855	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	11	135.00–165.00	$155.11	$510	+2.28
355–395	376	21	140.00–169.00	$156.20	$587	+2.87
400–448	428	33	130.00–157.00	$143.10	$612	-0.94
450–498	477	63	130.00–149.00	$139.05	$663	-2.57
500–545	521	34	130.00–143.00	$137.68	$717	+0.98
555–595	572	14	121.00–144.00	$133.15	$762	-2.45
600–640	622	8	120.00–130.00	$123.72	$770	-7.87
655–690	673	4	124.00–130.00	$127.79	$860	-8.21
705–725	713	3	118.00–135.00	$125.75	$897	-3.01
719 value added	719	13	129.00	$129.00	$928	—
845	845	1	118.00	$118.00	$997	-9.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	336	5	91.00–155.00	$125.08	$420	—
370–395	385	6	111.00–149.00	$132.31	$509	+4.31
405–445	424	9	100.00–142.00	$129.38	$549	+11.17
465–490	475	3	91.00–125.00	$113.31	$538	+6.31
500–505	503	2	110.00–125.00	$117.54	$591	+17.54
570	570	1	112.00	$112.00	$638	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	324	30	136.00–167.00	$152.83	$495	-1.78
350–395	370	30	142.00–161.00	$151.36	$560	-1.10
404–440 fancy	420	11	157.50–165.00	$158.39	$665	—
400–445	425	64	133.00–151.00	$142.52	$606	-4.34
450–490	470	2	125.00–135.00	$130.21	$612	-12.50
450–495	471	73	126.00–152.50	$137.85	$649	-4.86
500–545	514	96	123.00–139.00	$132.23	$680	-6.89
525	525	1	123.00	$123.00	$646	-16.12
550–595	575	90	126.00–139.00	$132.20	$760	-2.72
585 value added	585	1	134.00	$134.00	$784	-14.00
600–645	618	74	121.00–139.00	$130.07	$804	-7.94
635	635	1	126.00	$126.00	$800	-12.01
650–690	668	38	120.00–136.00	$129.43	$865	-13.45
670 value added	670	2	134.00	$134.00	$898	-10.04
700–745	713	14	120.00–134.00	$127.41	$908	-2.30
770–790	780	3	110.00–120.00	$115.32	$899	-8.68
810	810	1	109.00	$109.00	$883	-4.61
865	865	1	110.00	$110.00	$952	+0.01
905–945	925	2	110.00–112.00	$111.02	$1,027	—
955–970	963	2	103.00–115.00	$109.05	$1,050	+6.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	18	120.00–148.00	$134.51	$430	+1.43
365–395 value added	380	4	140.00–145.00	$142.40	$541	—
350–395	382	15	125.00–140.00	$132.54	$506	-4.78
400–445	425	42	117.00–138.00	$128.83	$548	-2.27
433	433	2	117.00	$117.00	$507	-14.10
450–495	470	61	119.00–139.00	$127.67	$600	-2.00
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	-19.67
500–545	523	47	110.00–128.00	$121.86	$637	-3.85
550–595	566	21	110.00–125.00	$118.81	$672	-6.06
600–645	619	13	110.00–129.00	$117.05	$725	-6.95
665–680	673	3	110.00–128.00	$116.60	$785	-4.48
715–735	725	2	115.00	$115.00	$834	-2.48
760–795	775	3	102.00–106.50	$104.50	$810	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	319	7	110.00–129.00	$119.37	$381	+3.11
350–395	376	8	110.00–127.50	$115.48	$434	+2.82
400–445	423	15	85.00–125.00	$112.71	$477	—
455–490	470	10	80.00–117.00	$108.96	$512	-6.04
505–540	528	8	112.00–117.00	$114.74	$606	+7.53
550–585	561	7	105.00–113.00	$109.41	$614	+1.10
630	630	2	100.00–108.00	$104.00	$655	-5.00
685	685	1	100.00	$100.00	$685	+15.30
758	758	3	96.00	$96.00	$728	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	135.00	$135.00	$641	-2.91

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	72.50–77.00	$74.75	$299	-2.66

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	331	5	170.00–182.00	$174.40	$577	—
360–395	383	9	161.00–175.00	$168.00	$643	—
400–440	418	12	154.00–169.00	$161.22	$674	—
450–495	467	32	138.00–153.00	$144.63	$675	-5.28
500–547	521	64	130.00–146.00	$139.05	$724	+1.40
550–598	569	61	121.00–145.00	$133.76	$761	-6.99
600–640	622	32	120.00–145.00	$129.40	$805	-4.70
655–690	672	19	115.00–134.00	$128.52	$864	+1.75
700–742	725	11	115.00–129.00	$119.87	$869	-5.16
750–790	766	7	108.00–123.00	$114.94	$880	-3.75
805–845	829	6	103.00–129.00	$116.18	$963	+0.01
875–882	881	7	116.00–117.00	$116.14	$1,023	+23.14
965	965	1	90.00	$90.00	$868	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	326	4	166.00–171.00	$169.44	$552	—
350–390	374	8	144.00–160.00	$150.09	$561	—
400–445	428	18	137.00–151.00	$144.53	$619	—
455–495	475	15	127.00–139.00	$133.69	$635	—
500–545	515	18	120.00–135.00	$128.47	$662	+4.60
560–595	584	27	117.00–129.00	$126.24	$737	+3.24
600–645	614	10	115.00–128.00	$120.71	$741	+2.48
650–680	664	5	114.00–121.00	$116.81	$776	—
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	152.00	$152.00	$471	—
355–390	375	5	129.00–143.00	$136.40	$512	—
415–425	420	6	118.00–131.00	$122.33	$514	—
455–480	468	4	125.00–138.00	$128.34	$601	—
515–545	533	6	110.00–121.00	$118.49	$632	+23.41
555–596	578	10	113.00–115.00	$113.88	$658	+23.88
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	—
715–745	730	2	91.00–108.00	$99.67	$728	—
790	790	1	61.00	$61.00	$482	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–845	807	80-85%	3	47.00–53.00	$50.43	$407	+9.43
805–840	827	80-85%	3	39.00–41.00	$39.67	$328	-1.33
880–1120	998	80-85%	13	30.00–45.00	$38.59	$385	—
860–1150	1023	80-85%	42	40.00–51.50	$46.15	$472	—
900–1515	1136	80-85%	72	52.00–64.00	$58.07	$660	—
1085–1750	1292	80-85%	59	62.50–72.50	$66.15	$855	-6.09

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$276	—
785–1105	919	85-90%	7	23.00–50.00	$37.83	$348	—
930	930	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$418	—
855–1080	991	85-90%	24	38.00–59.00	$42.88	$425	-10.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1660	1457	75-80%	10	58.00–68.00	$62.91	$917	—
1335–1855	1572	75-80%	3	65.00–68.00	$65.85	$1,035	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,044	-1.35
1030–1865	1532	13	69.00–91.00	$80.84	$1,238	—
1525–2315	1818	8	81.50–92.00	$87.59	$1,592	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–635 thin fleshed	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	82.00–85.00	$83.52	$522
635–1150	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	59.00–93.00	$70.59	$619

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$469
805–1050	869	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	62.50–97.00	$71.46	$621
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	62.50	$62.50	$625
760–1340	1027	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	65.00–79.00	$70.32	$722
1165	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	59.00	$59.00	$687
740–1470	1169	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	60.00–78.00	$70.29	$822
910–1455	1183	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	64.50–75.50	$69.67	$824
1180–1280	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	67.00–70.50	$68.68	$845
1050–1745	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	61.50–79.00	$71.90	$967

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1180	1034	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	560.00–1,025.00	$845.22
1020–1070	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	670.00–775.00	$714.47
960–1250	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	875.00–1,120.00	$1,002.42
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1040–1395	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	850.00–1,120.00	$1,017.72

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105	1105	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$729

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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
615–1065	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	860.00–1,325.00	$1,126.35	—
700–1259	962	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	875.00–1,075.00	$962.93	—
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	945.00	$945.00	—
930–1280	1111	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,250.00	$1,123.31	—
1000–1410	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	870.00–1,200.00	$1,043.48	—
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1395	1395	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1380–1555	1436	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,160.00	$1,104.34	—

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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.