Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

4,444 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.62/cwt +0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $687/hd at 522 lb · 129 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.16/cwt +1.32 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 574 lb · 97 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.83/cwt -0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $628/hd at 473 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,444	7,682	9,977
Feeder cattle	3,535	6,522	8,790
Slaughter cattle	638	829	843
Replacement cattle	271	331	344

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Market trend not applicable due to limited comparable sales as a few auctions not reported last week. However, Steer and Heifer market was very mixed (up and down) depending on the type and kind of the animal. Slaughter cow and bull market had a lower undertone.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	183.00–194.00	$188.50	$556	—
300–345	333	26	145.00–200.00	$170.55	$568	+4.86
350–395	370	25	145.00–195.00	$166.72	$617	+16.85
400–448	422	51	135.00–174.00	$154.87	$654	+4.83
450–495	473	66	136.00–173.00	$153.56	$726	+7.77
510 value added	510	10	154.00	$154.00	$785	-0.85
500–545	525	72	132.00–157.50	$148.39	$779	+0.87
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	+1.00
560	560	1	128.00	$128.00	$717	-15.56
565	565	1	125.00	$125.00	$706	-18.56
550–595	568	58	134.00–155.00	$142.90	$812	-0.66
600–605 value added	601	8	146.00–157.00	$148.63	$893	+3.06
615 unweaned	615	1	131.00	$131.00	$806	+1.00
600–645	619	56	130.00–155.00	$146.32	$906	+4.13
650–675 unweaned	663	2	129.00–136.00	$132.43	$878	—
663 value added	663	24	149.95	$149.95	$994	+6.19
665	665	1	125.00	$125.00	$831	-13.21
650–695	669	15	128.00–148.00	$140.08	$937	+1.87
711 value added	711	25	150.00	$150.00	$1,066	+13.00
700–740	720	16	133.00–147.00	$140.82	$1,014	+8.88
750–790	764	10	121.00–147.00	$136.00	$1,039	+3.07
800–838	821	14	124.00–143.00	$134.03	$1,100	+6.39
890–892	892	4	115.00–133.00	$128.51	$1,146	-1.36
975	975	1	101.00	$101.00	$985	—
1175	1175	1	80.00	$80.00	$940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	—
300–345	318	13	120.00–180.00	$150.40	$478	+4.99
350–390	369	16	122.50–165.00	$145.61	$537	+9.82
405–445	425	18	120.00–149.00	$134.82	$573	+0.46
450–495	479	27	122.50–148.00	$131.47	$630	-2.89
500–543	524	29	120.00–146.00	$133.42	$699	+1.78
550–598	576	24	120.00–139.00	$130.99	$755	+0.67
595 thin fleshed	595	1	145.00	$145.00	$863	—
600–645	627	18	115.00–135.00	$128.97	$809	+2.35
650–698	669	20	117.00–140.00	$129.15	$864	+7.91
702–745	712	5	116.00–135.00	$128.43	$914	+2.58
765–795	782	3	115.00–132.00	$125.91	$985	+5.82
810	810	1	105.00	$105.00	$850	-17.64
870	870	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	+15.65

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–340	325	7	97.00–126.00	$110.75	$360	-0.88
350–390	369	10	70.00–143.00	$97.02	$358	-3.53
410–445	423	13	110.00–134.00	$118.41	$501	+16.24
474–495	483	36	60.00–125.00	$102.93	$497	-5.78
515–525	520	3	105.00–131.00	$117.05	$609	+8.42
560–585	571	17	100.00–125.00	$103.36	$590	+4.84
600–640	623	4	105.00–115.00	$108.79	$678	+18.79
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	5	145.00	$145.00	$783	-2.00
570	570	6	139.00	$139.00	$792	-4.41
629	629	9	137.00	$137.00	$862	—
806	806	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,104	-14.00
972	972	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,215	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	60.00	$60.00	$210	-11.00
410	410	1	60.00	$60.00	$246	—
480	480	1	72.00	$72.00	$346	—
518	518	2	50.00	$50.00	$259	—
788	788	2	47.00	$47.00	$370	—

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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	325	25	131.00–145.00	$137.66	$447	-1.77
350–395	373	59	120.00–146.00	$139.39	$520	+4.53
400–445	415	57	125.00–146.00	$137.09	$569	+17.01
460	460	1	125.00	$125.00	$575	-6.75
450–498	473	87	121.00–142.00	$132.92	$629	+1.17
500–548	521	117	120.00–140.00	$131.38	$684	+1.44
513–530	521	6	120.00–122.00	$121.15	$631	-8.79
525–541 value added	538	6	141.00–148.00	$146.86	$790	+4.00
562–590	569	12	115.00–122.00	$120.05	$683	-9.90
550–598	574	84	123.00–140.00	$133.78	$768	+3.83
590 value added	590	1	141.00	$141.00	$832	+2.99
600–605	603	2	115.00–128.00	$121.47	$732	-7.73
606	606	12	142.00	$142.00	$861	+12.80
615 value added	615	5	130.00	$130.00	$800	+1.27
600–645	620	49	117.00–138.00	$129.26	$801	+0.06
625 unweaned	625	1	127.00	$127.00	$794	+3.11
660	660	3	140.00	$140.00	$924	+11.62
655–695	676	7	119.00–129.00	$125.16	$846	+14.94
665–695 value added	680	2	133.00–135.00	$133.98	$911	+7.70
700 value added	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	+4.47
715	715	1	90.00	$90.00	$644	-33.25
700–740	725	11	115.00–131.00	$123.25	$894	±0.00
765	765	1	90.00	$90.00	$688	-10.00
770	770	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,078	+40.00
755–798	776	11	110.00–131.00	$119.31	$926	-5.65
788 value added	788	3	119.75	$119.75	$944	—
810–830	817	3	108.00–120.00	$113.66	$929	+13.66
850–890	868	3	95.00–122.00	$111.45	$967	+9.55
870 value added	870	1	114.00	$114.00	$992	-4.93
905	905	1	110.00	$110.00	$996	+12.86
952	952	4	100.00	$100.00	$952	—
960	960	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,056	—
1024	1024	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,434	+45.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	27	120.00–140.00	$130.30	$427	+5.27
350–395	374	38	111.00–133.00	$124.28	$465	-0.73
400–445	423	55	105.00–130.00	$120.48	$510	+1.13
450–498	474	60	110.00–132.00	$121.06	$574	+2.83
480	480	1	115.00	$115.00	$552	±0.00
510–525	518	2	100.00–125.00	$112.68	$584	-5.89
500–545	524	40	101.00–127.00	$118.55	$621	-0.02
550–598	575	34	100.00–129.00	$116.18	$668	+1.09
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	-13.03
600–649	629	19	105.00–127.00	$114.81	$722	+1.78
650–690	670	10	105.00–120.00	$111.58	$748	-1.83
705–740	721	9	109.00–120.00	$114.50	$826	+6.55
760–795	777	5	100.00–110.00	$105.18	$817	+0.51
800–840	829	5	78.00–123.00	$102.39	$849	+9.90
850	850	2	110.00	$110.00	$935	—
905–945	925	2	90.00	$90.00	$832	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	327	15	81.00–121.00	$110.68	$362	+5.85
355–395	373	14	76.00–115.00	$106.68	$398	+1.30
400–445	423	18	101.00–115.00	$110.53	$468	+3.77
450–495	463	12	95.00–115.00	$103.35	$479	+1.86
500–545	525	12	80.00–111.00	$104.02	$546	+0.60
550–555	553	2	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$595	+17.76
605–640	622	3	92.00–102.00	$96.35	$599	+19.24
725–740	735	3	90.00–96.00	$91.97	$676	+11.97
750	750	1	92.00	$92.00	$690	+12.00
810	810	1	85.00	$85.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	5	136.00	$136.00	$556	±0.00
418	418	5	125.00	$125.00	$522	-11.00
453	453	5	132.00	$132.00	$598	+2.65
539	539	5	130.00	$130.00	$701	+1.24
589–595	592	7	129.00–130.00	$129.43	$766	—
605–649	628	22	124.00–133.00	$130.19	$818	+4.19
676	676	6	133.00	$133.00	$899	-10.23
730	730	6	120.00	$120.00	$876	-10.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	61.00	$61.00	$204	-4.00
360–385	368	4	55.00–65.00	$58.79	$216	—
450	450	1	40.00	$40.00	$180	—
518	518	2	54.00	$54.00	$280	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	334	14	152.00–187.00	$168.02	$561	-3.22
350–395	373	29	145.00–174.00	$154.69	$577	+0.75
400–445	420	40	140.00–161.00	$148.55	$624	-0.34
450–495	472	49	135.00–154.00	$145.57	$687	+3.40
500–548	526	82	124.00–149.00	$137.77	$725	+5.71
550–595	577	80	120.00–145.00	$131.16	$757	+8.16
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	-13.00
602 unweaned	602	3	120.00	$120.00	$722	-5.00
600–645	623	67	113.00–140.00	$128.59	$801	+4.90
650–698	675	53	115.00–133.00	$125.55	$847	+4.12
705–745	719	26	113.00–134.00	$123.39	$887	+9.60
750–785	763	9	105.00–126.00	$114.38	$873	+7.31
805–835	826	4	83.00–117.00	$101.83	$841	-2.19
860–890	875	2	101.00–110.00	$105.42	$922	—
905–915	910	2	107.00–114.00	$110.52	$1,006	+9.73
955–990	973	2	87.00–92.00	$89.46	$870	-1.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	327	11	132.00–156.00	$141.06	$461	+5.28
350–398	377	17	122.00–156.00	$141.53	$534	+1.16
409–410	409	5	111.00–117.00	$115.80	$474	-19.96
400–445	425	23	125.00–142.00	$133.17	$566	-2.59
450–490	468	31	120.00–144.00	$132.61	$621	+2.52
480	480	3	109.00	$109.00	$523	-21.09
500–545	522	31	109.00–134.00	$120.85	$631	-2.18
550–595	575	27	110.00–130.00	$119.84	$689	+3.18
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	-26.66
600–640	621	17	106.00–125.00	$115.23	$716	+5.79
665–695	679	9	106.00–120.00	$110.84	$753	+0.95
700–735	715	7	105.00–113.00	$109.99	$786	+9.55
770–790	780	3	90.00–103.00	$97.32	$759	-1.68
845	845	1	92.00	$92.00	$777	+3.33
860	860	2	74.00–84.00	$79.00	$679	-10.82
930	930	1	90.00	$90.00	$837	+15.00
985	985	1	80.00	$80.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	331	6	120.00–127.00	$123.80	$410	-15.20
370–395	386	4	112.00–121.00	$117.01	$452	-7.00
405–445	429	11	98.00–127.00	$117.56	$504	+8.25
470–485	478	4	105.00–110.00	$108.77	$520	+6.27
505–530	517	6	80.00–105.00	$97.43	$504	+1.40
580–585	583	3	61.00–105.00	$88.75	$517	-12.15
615–635	625	2	105.00–107.00	$105.98	$662	+22.20
655–675	665	2	85.00–100.00	$92.39	$614	-1.72
730	730	1	70.00	$70.00	$511	—
820	820	1	60.00	$60.00	$492	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–486	484	10	144.00	$144.00	$697	+4.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	55.00	$55.00	$280	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–790	760	80-85%	3	30.00–32.00	$31.00	$236	—
780–845	810	80-85%	3	20.00–21.00	$20.65	$167	-5.77
795–835	815	80-85%	2	35.00–41.00	$38.07	$310	+11.65
875–1160	961	80-85%	21	20.00–48.00	$37.21	$358	—
855–1430	1087	80-85%	32	38.00–53.50	$46.75	$508	—
900–1490	1178	80-85%	106	48.50–58.50	$54.13	$638	—
1075–1525	1286	80-85%	59	57.50–68.00	$61.95	$797	-1.00

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	85-90%	1	52.50	$52.50	$407	—
815–1160	968	85-90%	10	18.00–40.00	$29.94	$290	-11.43
905–1260	1043	85-90%	15	35.00–53.00	$42.63	$445	—
945–1275	1100	85-90%	10	48.00–62.00	$54.65	$601	—
830–1365	1123	85-90%	45	40.00–55.50	$49.34	$554	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1570	1363	75-80%	16	51.00–65.50	$57.58	$785	-3.97
1145–1820	1484	75-80%	39	59.00–73.00	$64.17	$952	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1865	1386	19	55.00–78.00	$68.06	$943	—
980–1910	1539	22	72.00–88.00	$83.58	$1,286	—
1460–2015	1705	13	85.00–92.50	$88.71	$1,513	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715 thin fleshed	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	40.00	$40.00	$286
680–1353	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	52.00–95.00	$68.43	$580
775–920	870	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–120.00	$98.85	$860
850–929	919	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	55.00	$55.00	$505

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	355.00	$355.00
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–990	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	675.00–850.00	$757.11
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
860–1175	1029	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	600.00–900.00	$725.75
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
895–1165	1052	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	710.00–1,035.00	$929.15
1065–1145	1104	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	550.00–675.00	$634.30
850–1410	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	600.00–1,050.00	$860.37
870–1400	1119	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	580.00–1,400.00	$951.52
965–1330	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	560.00–1,150.00	$895.76
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1160–1255	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	750.00–875.00	$821.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$533
810–1230	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	58.00–69.00	$63.70	$615
915–1210	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	50.00–80.00	$59.38	$652
990–1480	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	56.00–58.50	$57.57	$665
1035–1515	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	38.00–63.50	$56.30	$664
1100–1400	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	54.00–60.00	$57.36	$717
1073–1440	1252	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	24	49.00–67.00	$59.18	$741
1025–1650	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	56.00–66.50	$61.63	$783
1120–1550	1326	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	52.00–67.00	$61.27	$812

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–920	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	600.00–875.00	$737.33
785–1020	872	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–1,300.00	$936.55
860–955	908	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$823.69
930–950	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	660.00–950.00	$806.54
870–1075	946	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	800.00–1,350.00	$1,041.54
975	975	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	98.00	$98.00	$730
645–1075	788	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	74.00–119.00	$97.45	$768
830	830	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$622

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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
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
1100–1320	1234	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,060.00–1,200.00	$1,162.72	+461.05

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	76.00	$76.00	$300	—
640	640	1	76.00	$76.00	$486	—

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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
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	—
945–1185	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,100.00	$1,011.27	—

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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.