Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, October 18, 2021

3,380 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $151.26/cwt +11.24 vs last sale · ≈ $952/hd at 629 lb · 77 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.72/cwt +2.72 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 520 lb · 76 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $123.49/cwt +5.21 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 528 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,380	6,246	6,284
Feeder cattle	2,628	5,148	4,835
Slaughter cattle	490	813	1,063
Replacement cattle	262	285	386

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: All classes of cattle lightly tested due to a few auctions not reported so trend not applicable.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	182.00	$182.00	$500	+9.00
300–345	321	25	160.00–205.00	$177.10	$568	+9.77
350–397	371	29	152.00–195.00	$174.36	$647	+11.21
400–449	427	56	150.00–178.00	$165.54	$707	+3.77
450–498	469	64	139.00–178.00	$162.96	$764	+10.62
500–545	521	54	132.00–167.00	$151.11	$787	+0.11
540	540	2	140.00	$140.00	$756	-4.00
559 fancy	559	10	167.00	$167.00	$934	—
550–595	573	59	140.00–156.00	$149.27	$855	+15.67
605 unweaned	605	2	136.00	$136.00	$823	—
600–645	630	75	137.00–158.00	$151.67	$956	+15.40
656–692 unweaned	676	9	134.00–139.00	$136.16	$920	+5.16
650–697	689	11	140.00–145.00	$142.18	$980	+0.61
715–725	722	3	129.00–137.00	$131.64	$950	-9.38
755–775	765	13	132.00–150.00	$145.39	$1,112	+12.14
800	800	3	143.50	$143.50	$1,148	+10.04
945	945	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,228	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	329	14	135.00–176.00	$164.00	$540	+7.24
350–395	373	28	125.00–171.00	$153.58	$573	+13.25
400–445	425	30	130.00–161.00	$150.23	$638	+10.50
455–495	484	24	130.00–157.00	$143.52	$695	+10.42
500–545	529	35	128.00–147.00	$139.06	$736	+6.77
550–595	570	12	120.00–141.00	$133.20	$759	+3.02
600–640	614	5	124.00–136.00	$130.56	$802	+4.41
675	675	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$894	+7.21
705–739	733	10	116.00–136.00	$125.85	$922	-5.50
960	960	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–432	421	19	165.00–168.00	$166.08	$699	—
484–493	488	25	156.00–158.00	$156.79	$765	—
515–544	524	28	143.00–154.00	$148.81	$780	-0.60
604 value added	604	14	158.00	$158.00	$954	—
690	690	4	138.00	$138.00	$952	-11.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	334	5	114.00–133.00	$121.85	$407	—
350–390	370	3	96.00–117.50	$107.45	$398	+20.84
400–435	419	7	72.50–131.00	$106.72	$447	-4.88
465–490	479	5	90.00–120.00	$102.97	$493	+2.77
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	-2.75
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	-21.49

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	83.00	$83.00	$365	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	135.00	$135.00	$392	—
300–346	331	31	127.00–149.00	$140.38	$465	+1.13
350–398	383	35	130.00–156.00	$143.13	$548	+17.13
400–448	421	69	127.00–153.00	$140.66	$592	+2.29
450–499	473	69	125.00–150.00	$136.79	$647	+3.27
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	-13.52
500–548	518	70	120.00–150.00	$132.78	$688	+11.44
547 value added	547	3	144.00	$144.00	$788	+11.70
548	548	3	120.00	$120.00	$658	-10.08
550–595	567	40	121.00–139.00	$131.12	$743	+3.01
592	592	4	125.00	$125.00	$740	+2.49
610 unweaned	610	5	120.00	$120.00	$732	±0.00
605–647	628	47	120.00–136.00	$128.97	$810	+3.03
659 unweaned	659	5	125.00	$125.00	$824	—
662 value added	662	3	142.00	$142.00	$940	+9.60
655–695	675	11	125.50–133.00	$128.73	$869	+4.62
700–745	721	11	115.00–136.00	$126.94	$915	+10.12
712–730	726	14	132.00–135.00	$134.37	$976	+17.55
750–775	767	4	120.00–123.00	$122.24	$938	+6.10
860	860	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,084	+22.99
980–982	981	4	109.00–115.00	$112.75	$1,106	—
1010	1010	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	327	27	116.00–138.00	$126.76	$415	+1.45
350–395	376	30	113.00–144.00	$132.16	$497	+7.51
400–449	427	50	110.00–137.00	$129.31	$552	+3.97
450–498	469	59	105.00–140.00	$122.65	$575	+1.15
500–548	528	76	105.00–134.00	$123.49	$652	+5.21
550–590	567	25	105.00–126.00	$117.97	$669	-0.38
570	570	1	107.00	$107.00	$610	-11.35
605–645	622	20	105.00–125.00	$116.50	$725	-2.02
650–695	670	17	100.00–125.00	$115.94	$777	+3.41
715–745	728	4	100.00–110.00	$104.46	$760	+3.97
760	760	1	96.00	$96.00	$730	+2.76
750–785	766	5	90.00–110.00	$102.16	$783	+8.92
905–907	907	4	95.00–100.00	$98.75	$896	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	324	17	90.00–131.00	$110.39	$358	+2.62
355–398	380	17	98.00–126.00	$112.65	$428	+12.57
400–440	420	14	90.00–120.00	$107.04	$450	-0.07
450–495	474	17	80.00–118.00	$104.68	$496	-0.98
505–545	521	11	90.00–120.00	$104.26	$543	+4.26
565–590	580	5	96.00–100.00	$99.19	$575	-5.34
605–630	615	3	90.00–111.00	$101.53	$624	+10.29
718	718	6	80.00	$80.00	$574	+11.00
803	803	2	90.00	$90.00	$723	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517–538	524	9	119.00–124.00	$120.71	$633	-2.42
572	572	2	123.00	$123.00	$704	—
622	622	18	144.00	$144.00	$896	+10.46
649	649	4	129.00	$129.00	$837	-4.54
738	738	2	115.00	$115.00	$849	—
1099	1099	5	88.00	$88.00	$967	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	2	70.00–83.00	$76.76	$244	—
385	385	1	50.00	$50.00	$192	-5.00
435	435	1	66.00	$66.00	$287	—
650	650	1	60.00	$60.00	$390	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	175.00–183.00	$178.84	$560	+13.03
350–395	376	19	160.00–178.00	$169.28	$636	+13.54
400–447	424	39	149.00–182.00	$161.04	$683	+9.24
450–490	473	39	145.00–168.00	$155.03	$733	+8.56
500–548	523	58	130.00–158.00	$143.36	$750	+2.04
550–598	567	55	121.00–144.00	$136.24	$772	+6.18
600–645	617	28	115.00–135.00	$127.16	$785	+3.89
622 unweaned	622	5	125.00	$125.00	$778	—
635	635	1	115.00	$115.00	$730	-8.27
650–698	667	31	110.00–134.00	$125.80	$839	+10.80
700–748	719	19	110.00–133.00	$121.11	$871	+1.27
750–765	761	4	112.00–122.00	$118.03	$898	-4.77
800	800	1	124.00	$124.00	$992	+10.20
885–895	892	3	111.00–123.00	$117.14	$1,045	+7.93
985	985	1	88.00	$88.00	$867	-3.00
1048 fancy	1048	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	157.00	$157.00	$455	+3.00
300–345	326	17	130.00–162.00	$145.24	$473	-11.66
355–399	380	21	132.00–160.00	$144.71	$550	+6.34
401–445	421	30	120.00–150.00	$140.98	$594	+7.14
450–498	475	32	124.00–149.00	$133.33	$633	+2.22
505–545	527	26	117.00–140.00	$127.55	$672	+4.02
550–595	571	22	110.00–130.00	$122.49	$699	+4.32
600–625	614	8	110.00–120.00	$117.02	$719	+2.58
642	642	3	86.00	$86.00	$552	-28.44
655–685	668	12	108.00–124.00	$114.72	$766	+4.94
705–745	729	4	100.00–113.00	$108.26	$789	-0.49
765–770	767	3	90.00–108.00	$96.03	$737	-3.97
800–845	827	3	84.00–108.00	$98.91	$818	-1.58
873	873	2	80.00	$80.00	$698	-16.74
950–970	958	3	80.00–85.00	$81.65	$782	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	120.00–125.00	$122.48	$414	-6.52
355–395	367	13	113.00–132.00	$122.42	$449	+0.34
400–430	413	7	100.00–131.00	$119.90	$495	+6.44
450–495	476	9	100.00–130.00	$119.72	$570	+17.72
505–545	525	9	95.00–121.00	$112.23	$589	+9.49
565–575	571	7	103.00–125.00	$110.68	$632	+3.19
620–630	625	2	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$703	+17.48
735	735	1	92.00	$92.00	$676	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613	613	—	—	12	128.50	$128.50	$788	—
825	825	—	—	2	90.00	$90.00	$742	—
915	915	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	98.00	$98.00	$897	—
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	85.00	$85.00	$799	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–815	724	80-85%	6	24.00–38.00	$29.25	$212	—
820	820	80-85%	1	56.50	$56.50	$463	+11.50
830–840	835	80-85%	2	54.00–57.50	$55.76	$466	+10.76
855–1285	1053	80-85%	12	26.00–44.00	$35.06	$369	-5.92
925–1190	1077	80-85%	11	40.00–50.00	$45.24	$487	+4.26
875–1500	1146	80-85%	60	48.00–59.00	$53.59	$614	—
1020–1620	1280	80-85%	41	56.00–66.50	$61.59	$788	+0.40

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–685	640	85-90%	4	14.00–20.00	$15.91	$102	—
700	700	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$315	+21.32
885–1015	965	85-90%	10	19.00–40.00	$28.98	$280	-5.60
910–1205	1019	85-90%	7	38.00–46.00	$41.98	$428	—
1020–1175	1095	85-90%	6	44.50–54.00	$50.52	$553	—
1135–1420	1274	85-90%	7	55.00–60.50	$58.20	$741	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1490	1340	75-80%	9	52.00–66.00	$59.05	$791	-2.14
1155–1585	1378	75-80%	8	60.00–68.00	$63.41	$874	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1720	1186	9	59.00–76.00	$69.25	$821	—
1125–1920	1644	9	72.00–84.50	$79.46	$1,306	—
1515–2260	1867	7	83.00–88.00	$85.79	$1,602	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–1240	829	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	41.00–100.00	$70.93	$588
790–1150	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	50.00–58.00	$55.00	$512

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–860	828	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	62.00–83.00	$72.91	$604
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	27.00	$27.00	$231
955–1195	1079	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	60.00–78.00	$68.32	$737
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,078
975–1330	1126	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	49.00–89.00	$66.71	$751
910–1440	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	45.00–65.00	$56.52	$651
895–1440	1194	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	32.00–79.00	$60.90	$727
1005–1530	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	59.00–66.00	$61.50	$746
1090–1355	1213	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	49.50–54.50	$52.56	$638
1095–1515	1246	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	56.00–65.00	$60.63	$755

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–1020	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	460.00–750.00	$616.93
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
910–975	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	680.00–825.00	$743.15
940–1070	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,013.31
885–1400	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	600.00–1,000.00	$817.88
965–1660	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	700.00–1,060.00	$856.07
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,235.00	$1,235.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550–750	678	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	285.00–375.00	$339.84
625–765	707	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	375.00–550.00	$479.48
700–775	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–600.00	$573.73
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	330.00	$330.00
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$518
630–820	725	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	23.00–38.00	$31.48	$228
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	51.00	$51.00	$400
790	790	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	27.00	$27.00	$213

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–820	790	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–775.00	$714.87
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
920–939	936	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	850.00–900.00	$891.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605	605	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$484
645	645	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$516
840	840	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$512
855–955	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	80.00–90.00	$85.28	$772
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	88.00	$88.00	$827

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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
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1181–1320	1251	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	910.00–1,260.00	$1,075.27	—
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-226.91
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	+258.09

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725–795	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–515.00	$507.85	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	67.00	$67.00	$288	—

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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.