Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, February 21, 2022

999 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.91/cwt -0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 472 lb · 32 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.69/cwt -5.65 vs last sale · ≈ $609/hd at 370 lb · 30 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $147.79/cwt +1.26 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 422 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	999	6,078	4,881
Feeder cattle	796	4,580	4,231
Slaughter cattle	131	940	444
Replacement cattle	72	558	206

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: not enough cattle to establish a market trend. Winter weather pushed through the state mid week which put a halt on livestock movement.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	280	4	175.00–205.00	$192.28	$538	+2.76
315–340	326	7	185.00–197.50	$190.71	$622	-12.84
350–395	373	7	192.00–210.00	$200.59	$748	+0.44
375	375	1	160.00	$160.00	$600	-40.15
405–445	421	10	177.50–203.00	$187.82	$791	-9.23
428 value added	428	2	200.00	$200.00	$856	+1.42
450–495	474	13	157.50–192.00	$179.37	$850	-15.68
500–545	524	11	165.00–185.00	$177.45	$930	-7.62
555–585	568	3	158.00–187.50	$171.58	$975	-6.57
600–630	614	6	155.00–173.00	$162.99	$1,001	+17.99
675	675	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,114	+4.55
700–715	708	2	153.00–158.00	$155.47	$1,101	+4.00
770	770	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,132	+21.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	170.00	$170.00	$391	—
275 thin fleshed	275	1	165.00	$165.00	$454	-4.94
285	285	1	145.00	$145.00	$413	-22.50
365–395	381	6	130.00–187.00	$151.03	$575	-14.80
410–445	427	7	150.00–180.00	$163.67	$699	+0.39
450–495	482	8	140.00–173.00	$157.60	$760	-4.28
505–545	525	8	143.00–171.00	$161.27	$847	-1.99
550–590	568	6	146.00–164.00	$157.59	$895	+6.24
600–620	610	2	137.00–155.00	$146.15	$892	+0.56
650–695	678	3	135.00–145.00	$140.65	$954	-1.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257 thin fleshed	257	3	222.50	$222.50	$572	—
320	320	2	172.50	$172.50	$552	+4.50
400	400	4	194.00	$194.00	$776	+20.41

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	120.00	$120.00	$330	—
345	345	1	162.00	$162.00	$559	+50.26
360–395	378	2	130.00–154.00	$141.44	$535	+12.61
515–540	528	2	130.00–151.00	$140.75	$743	+15.12

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	2	144.00–151.00	$147.59	$410	-19.63
255–295	282	3	155.00–165.00	$160.24	$452	-6.98
300–340	320	2	141.00–145.00	$143.13	$458	-29.81
300–340	322	16	145.00–182.50	$165.82	$534	-7.12
350–395	369	28	150.00–177.50	$164.61	$607	-6.17
380 value added	380	1	192.50	$192.50	$732	+24.14
390	390	1	139.00	$139.00	$542	-31.78
405–445	421	26	152.00–180.00	$165.15	$695	-6.68
465 value added	465	8	171.00	$171.00	$795	+6.14
450–495	475	24	143.00–170.00	$160.21	$761	-3.91
500–545	522	19	140.00–162.50	$151.26	$790	-8.97
550	550	1	140.00	$140.00	$770	+1.50
550–595	572	14	140.00–159.00	$148.62	$850	-4.55
605–640	624	9	138.00–166.00	$147.17	$918	+2.95
650–695	667	8	138.00–145.00	$141.41	$943	+2.86
715–726	726	28	139.50–143.00	$139.62	$1,014	+3.90
765–780	773	2	130.00–138.00	$133.96	$1,036	-2.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	266	5	125.00–162.50	$140.08	$373	-6.31
300–345	319	9	120.00–163.00	$141.49	$451	-13.14
300–345 thin fleshed	323	6	133.00–177.50	$166.31	$537	-5.44
350–375 thin fleshed	365	7	137.50–177.50	$155.43	$567	-4.32
350–395	375	13	125.00–162.00	$146.41	$549	-0.55
405–420 thin fleshed	415	3	125.00–177.50	$151.82	$630	-7.02
417	417	3	163.00	$163.00	$680	+18.38
400–445	423	24	130.00–157.00	$145.39	$615	+0.77
450–490	472	11	120.00–155.00	$145.81	$688	+3.06
525 thin fleshed	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	-0.59
500–545	526	9	128.00–155.00	$141.54	$745	+2.79
555–595	573	6	126.00–140.00	$134.12	$769	-0.64
600–625	609	4	120.00–134.00	$129.67	$790	+9.67
610 thin fleshed	610	1	139.00	$139.00	$848	—
675–680	678	2	125.00–137.00	$131.02	$888	+4.97
705	705	1	125.00	$125.00	$881	+3.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	100.00	$100.00	$245	—
270	270	1	117.50	$117.50	$317	+2.50
310–330	320	6	115.00–154.00	$134.34	$430	+4.70
350–395	372	7	110.00–141.00	$128.62	$478	+5.55
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	-12.31
470	470	1	122.50	$122.50	$576	+8.75
530	530	2	126.00–135.00	$130.50	$692	+20.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	4	182.50	$182.50	$599	—
518	518	2	142.50	$142.50	$738	-4.29

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	177.50–187.00	$182.47	$498	+0.31
305–345	322	11	160.00–195.00	$182.63	$588	-12.78
355–395	376	11	170.00–193.00	$183.69	$691	-8.42
400–440	415	14	131.00–202.50	$179.46	$745	-7.09
455–495	480	8	156.00–188.00	$168.56	$809	-10.84
500–545	524	22	150.00–174.00	$166.37	$872	-7.46
550–590	569	11	146.00–173.00	$162.92	$927	+3.18
600–645	626	8	146.00–165.00	$155.65	$974	+5.81
655–690	672	3	137.00–150.00	$142.89	$960	-3.26
720	720	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,073	+9.02
840	840	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,092	-3.99
855–890	876	4	115.00–121.00	$118.98	$1,042	-11.41
960	960	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,085	+2.00
1040	1040	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	272	5	125.00–170.00	$149.94	$408	-17.56
300–345	328	7	120.00–186.00	$156.09	$512	-10.21
350–390	370	2	154.00–160.00	$157.16	$581	-12.12
415–435 thin fleshed	425	2	160.00–186.00	$172.69	$734	+13.46
405–445	427	10	160.00–175.00	$167.61	$716	+2.90
450–490	468	6	155.00–175.00	$162.38	$760	+8.91
505–540	517	5	135.00–160.00	$150.97	$781	-0.13
550 thin fleshed	550	1	164.00	$164.00	$902	+6.00
555–585	565	3	144.00–155.00	$149.57	$845	+5.16
600–645	623	2	146.00–148.00	$146.96	$916	+15.50
655–670	660	3	135.00–138.00	$136.02	$898	+7.50
705	705	2	127.00–131.00	$129.00	$909	-5.75
760	760	1	129.00	$129.00	$980	+10.68

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	319	5	110.00–168.00	$146.40	$467	-1.82
360–380	369	4	132.50–160.00	$149.01	$550	+34.04
400–445	418	7	107.50–155.00	$131.74	$551	-2.29
455–465	460	3	140.00–145.00	$143.35	$659	—
515	515	1	115.00	$115.00	$592	-15.00
590	590	1	115.00	$115.00	$678	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1380	1132	80-85%	12	67.00–83.00	$76.04	$861	—
960–1535	1218	80-85%	25	72.00–89.00	$79.72	$971	—
1005–1705	1243	80-85%	4	61.00–71.00	$65.87	$819	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	85-90%	1	37.00	$37.00	$281	+3.22
780	780	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$468	+13.81
865	865	85-90%	1	32.00	$32.00	$277	—
800–1090	916	85-90%	7	54.00–67.00	$61.44	$563	+27.81
960	960	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$461	-2.46
910–1390	1116	85-90%	14	67.00–77.00	$70.46	$786	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1740	1461	75-80%	8	76.00–82.00	$80.06	$1,170	-3.19
1435–1750	1586	75-80%	5	79.00–86.00	$81.92	$1,299	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1095	1050	2	69.00–78.00	$73.69	$774	—
1300–1840	1479	5	82.00–105.50	$96.80	$1,432	—
1135–2050	1666	5	97.00–115.00	$104.28	$1,737	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,073
780–1220	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	65.00–121.00	$92.51	$923
985–1035	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	66.00–69.00	$67.46	$681

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1015	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	685.00–850.00	$738.90
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
970–1090	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,145.00	$1,088.66
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1157	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00
920–1405	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	825.00–1,450.00	$1,234.99
1135–1250	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,256.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	71.00	$71.00	$746
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$896
1105–1265	1202	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	77.00–83.00	$80.81	$971
1280	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	87.00	$87.00	$1,114
1105–1665	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	77.00–86.00	$82.58	$1,069
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	89.00	$89.00	$1,193

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–965	804	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–780.00	$724.01

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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
950 thin fleshed	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+100.00
900–1300	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	925.00–1,575.00	$1,156.19	-143.81
950–1250	1117	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,025.00–1,340.00	$1,189.37	-78.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.