Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, August 8, 2022

4,587 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.13/cwt +12.26 vs last sale · ≈ $868/hd at 519 lb · 170 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.36/cwt +6.11 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 474 lb · 137 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.29/cwt +0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 567 lb · 106 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,587	5,247	2,865
Feeder cattle	3,729	4,333	2,230
Slaughter cattle	677	646	474
Replacement cattle	181	268	161

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder steers sold mostly 1.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	7	199.00–222.50	$207.54	$567	+1.10
300–348	325	48	180.00–218.00	$195.00	$634	-2.02
350–395	373	69	168.00–220.00	$192.44	$718	+2.59
400–445	422	80	171.00–206.00	$185.20	$782	+7.50
455 thin fleshed	455	1	193.00	$193.00	$878	—
450–498	475	46	168.00–203.00	$186.74	$887	+5.64
475–495	485	2	157.50–160.00	$158.78	$770	-22.32
500–545	521	94	165.00–207.00	$184.17	$960	+11.10
550–595	570	49	160.00–198.00	$178.23	$1,016	+0.49
575–590	583	2	154.00–160.00	$157.04	$916	-20.70
610	610	1	155.00	$155.00	$946	-4.00
600–640 value added	615	8	172.00–172.50	$172.30	$1,060	-3.60
608–628 unweaned	615	6	165.00–176.00	$172.25	$1,059	—
600–645	624	38	150.00–186.00	$166.97	$1,042	-5.09
650–685	666	32	150.00–186.00	$168.56	$1,123	+7.69
700–735	716	24	140.00–175.00	$161.21	$1,154	+1.27
715–745 value added	732	10	161.50–168.00	$165.35	$1,210	-1.15
750–795	768	12	140.00–164.00	$150.53	$1,156	—
825–845	830	6	150.00–159.00	$155.98	$1,295	+5.95
980	980	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,372	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	269	4	160.00–172.50	$167.43	$450	+22.53
300–345	325	30	150.00–203.00	$171.64	$558	+9.27
360 thin fleshed	360	1	185.00	$185.00	$666	—
350–395	375	26	148.00–185.00	$169.27	$635	+6.01
410 thin fleshed	410	1	175.00	$175.00	$718	-1.98
400–445	415	65	142.00–190.00	$167.96	$697	+11.57
450–497	474	46	140.00–181.00	$159.13	$754	+1.76
475 thin fleshed	475	1	166.00	$166.00	$788	-9.00
505 thin fleshed	505	1	143.00	$143.00	$722	—
500–545	521	32	140.00–181.00	$158.64	$827	-2.17
550–590	563	25	140.00–180.00	$159.51	$898	+1.95
600–630	609	14	140.00–167.00	$158.95	$968	+12.01
650–695	669	9	145.00–165.00	$158.22	$1,058	+5.90
705	705	1	130.00	$130.00	$916	-6.68
715	715	1	129.00	$129.00	$922	-7.68
795	795	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,192	+17.12
835	835	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,169	+14.00
855	855	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,154	+7.98
970	970	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,261	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	174.00	$174.00	$548	-5.39
415–443	432	11	165.00–182.00	$173.15	$748	-1.85
460–490	469	7	160.00–170.00	$166.37	$780	+6.38
500–545	506	17	163.00–171.00	$169.88	$860	+12.88
568–596	580	21	170.00–188.00	$179.02	$1,038	+6.02
615–646	637	7	150.00–167.00	$164.09	$1,045	+5.11
786	786	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,242	+5.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	135.00	$135.00	$338	—
310–345	328	3	89.00–140.00	$121.15	$397	-9.13
350–395	385	5	133.00–150.00	$139.78	$538	+9.78
405–440	429	4	115.00–135.00	$126.10	$541	-0.80
455–485	468	3	130.00–140.00	$135.72	$635	+9.15
500–535	518	2	120.00–140.00	$129.66	$672	—
565–575	573	4	130.00–135.00	$133.77	$767	+3.77

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	271	10	147.50–180.00	$172.89	$469	+42.89
300–345	319	67	140.00–180.00	$165.84	$529	+0.09
345 thin fleshed	345	2	173.00	$173.00	$597	—
350–395	374	104	150.00–190.00	$167.49	$626	+3.49
405–420	413	2	147.00–155.00	$150.93	$623	-8.92
415 thin fleshed	415	1	174.00	$174.00	$722	—
400–449	425	102	150.00–185.00	$166.72	$709	+6.87
450–498	474	132	145.00–186.00	$167.59	$794	+6.78
460–490 value added	477	3	164.00–167.00	$165.03	$787	-6.07
480 thin fleshed	480	1	167.00	$167.00	$802	—
480	480	1	145.00	$145.00	$696	-15.81
505–520	513	2	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$670	-25.25
500–545	519	106	145.00–177.00	$162.04	$841	+6.28
520	520	62	177.00	$177.00	$920	+21.24
550–596	567	103	140.00–177.00	$158.68	$900	+0.75
560–595	572	3	143.00–148.00	$145.06	$830	-12.87
600	600	5	165.00	$165.00	$990	+11.87
600–625 unweaned	613	2	144.00–145.00	$144.49	$886	—
615 value added	615	1	158.00	$158.00	$972	+4.49
600–645	625	57	135.00–162.00	$152.40	$952	-0.73
640	640	1	139.00	$139.00	$890	-19.50
650–695	670	25	132.50–159.00	$144.97	$971	+3.51
685 value added	685	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,062	-2.00
700–740	713	18	130.00–152.00	$144.07	$1,027	-10.93
755–790	779	9	135.00–169.00	$158.88	$1,238	+15.88
830	830	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,054	—
885	885	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,115	+8.00
955–973	969	5	120.00–130.00	$128.03	$1,241	—
1035	1035	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,107	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270 thin fleshed	265	2	160.00–170.00	$165.09	$437	—
255–295	276	8	126.00–158.00	$147.73	$408	+15.95
300–345	325	24	132.50–170.00	$152.57	$496	+8.14
325–340 thin fleshed	333	2	167.50	$167.50	$558	+9.94
350–395	374	33	132.50–162.00	$147.02	$550	+0.35
355–395 thin fleshed	375	2	160.00–163.00	$161.42	$605	+36.42
405–430 thin fleshed	413	3	130.00–152.50	$137.80	$569	-13.74
400–445	428	49	129.00–165.00	$148.05	$634	+4.00
470	470	1	135.00	$135.00	$634	-7.75
455–495 thin fleshed	472	8	157.00–176.00	$168.47	$795	—
450–495	473	51	129.00–163.00	$144.87	$685	+2.12
500–545	524	32	135.00–160.00	$145.98	$765	+8.52
560 thin fleshed	560	1	140.00	$140.00	$784	—
550–595	568	21	120.00–150.00	$136.56	$776	+0.32
582	582	3	135.00	$135.00	$786	-1.24
600–635	622	10	130.00–146.00	$137.62	$856	+0.22
630 thin fleshed	630	1	145.00	$145.00	$914	—
670–695	685	7	125.00–144.00	$135.40	$927	+5.44
721–730	723	5	131.00–135.00	$134.19	$970	+9.94
760 thin fleshed	760	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,003	—
755–785	770	4	126.00–146.00	$131.85	$1,015	+6.85
808–835	824	5	119.00–120.00	$119.61	$986	-3.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	117.50–130.00	$123.70	$356	+6.10
300–345	322	5	118.00–132.00	$125.95	$406	+1.18
350–398	377	11	110.00–150.00	$129.42	$488	+11.78
400–445	431	9	61.00–130.00	$112.22	$484	-3.24
450–495	477	6	111.00–135.00	$123.63	$590	+11.94
500–537	524	7	100.00–125.00	$117.65	$616	-3.35
565–580	574	4	107.00–120.00	$113.74	$653	-10.72
625–640	633	2	108.00–110.00	$109.01	$690	+14.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322 thin fleshed	322	3	179.00	$179.00	$576	—
378	378	2	157.50	$157.50	$595	+10.49
463	463	2	150.00	$150.00	$694	-6.24
505	505	2	150.00	$150.00	$758	—
562	562	14	153.50	$153.50	$863	-7.73
632	632	4	145.00	$145.00	$916	-9.50
688	688	6	147.00	$147.00	$1,011	-16.25

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	265	2	190.00–192.50	$191.32	$507	+13.58
300–345	327	15	170.00–218.00	$190.98	$625	-7.35
350–395	370	25	159.00–206.00	$181.11	$670	-0.41
400–448	422	44	159.00–200.00	$178.49	$753	+2.26
435	435	1	122.00	$122.00	$531	-54.23
450–495	470	59	150.00–195.00	$170.65	$802	+3.86
495	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	-34.70
500–545	522	93	145.00–188.00	$168.32	$879	+8.61
550–595	568	60	135.00–170.00	$158.01	$897	+3.79
550–595	575	3	107.00–142.00	$124.51	$716	-15.99
600 unweaned	600	1	146.00	$146.00	$876	—
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	-27.41
600–645	624	54	128.00–172.00	$158.21	$987	+10.80
650–695	672	16	127.00–167.00	$146.03	$981	-0.62
700–735	714	8	127.50–150.00	$138.00	$985	-3.85
715	715	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$894	-16.85
762–790	777	3	135.00–143.00	$138.33	$1,075	+12.01
800	800	3	124.00–135.00	$131.33	$1,051	-7.67
920–935	928	2	126.00–132.00	$129.02	$1,197	+37.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	170.00	$170.00	$425	—
250	250	2	127.50–160.00	$143.75	$359	—
318–338	326	7	167.00–185.00	$176.22	$574	+16.92
335–345 thin fleshed	340	2	160.00–185.00	$172.32	$586	+32.32
370 thin fleshed	370	2	162.00–170.00	$166.00	$614	-7.28
365–398	387	24	141.00–184.00	$165.27	$640	-2.24
400 thin fleshed	400	1	153.00	$153.00	$612	+3.00
400–445	421	25	130.00–170.00	$157.51	$663	+4.86
453–495	477	22	127.00–173.00	$150.31	$717	-3.98
510–520 thin fleshed	515	3	157.50–169.00	$164.19	$846	—
500–545	528	24	125.00–161.00	$146.45	$773	+4.42
560–585 thin fleshed	573	2	161.00–163.00	$162.02	$928	—
555–595	576	17	120.00–160.00	$146.14	$842	+5.06
600–645	615	10	119.00–156.00	$141.31	$869	+9.81
620	620	1	125.00	$125.00	$775	-6.50
635 thin fleshed	635	1	151.00	$151.00	$959	—
655–695	683	4	123.00–145.00	$134.39	$918	+2.72
715–730	723	2	112.00–131.00	$121.60	$879	-6.72
740 thin fleshed	740	1	130.00	$130.00	$962	—
765	765	1	121.00	$121.00	$926	+2.13
890	890	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,032	+6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–398	385	4	110.00–146.00	$134.27	$517	+0.06
405	405	2	142.00	$142.00	$575	+16.00
460–470	465	2	120.00–130.00	$125.05	$581	+0.20
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	+0.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1320	1320	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,320.00	$1,320.00	-180.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–830	794	80-85%	4	35.00–42.00	$37.34	$296	—
790–885	828	80-85%	3	64.00–77.00	$68.63	$568	—
870–1025	940	80-85%	7	50.00–68.00	$61.61	$579	—
865–1295	1020	80-85%	19	51.00–75.00	$68.93	$703	—
865–1705	1165	80-85%	118	70.00–87.00	$79.73	$929	—
940–1445	1248	80-85%	97	73.00–104.00	$86.77	$1,083	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–785	753	85-90%	2	33.00–36.00	$34.56	$260	—
810–870	838	85-90%	4	60.00–64.00	$61.49	$515	+22.34
805–890	849	85-90%	7	47.00–55.00	$50.46	$428	+11.31
850–880	865	85-90%	2	74.00–76.00	$74.98	$649	-0.28
820–1005	925	85-90%	9	25.00–54.00	$40.81	$377	—
855–1590	1045	85-90%	76	55.00–81.00	$70.34	$735	—
850–1245	1058	85-90%	41	50.00–74.00	$61.95	$655	—
975–1373	1130	85-90%	42	69.50–88.00	$78.98	$892	+1.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$790	—
1135–1705	1390	75-80%	40	75.00–99.00	$87.23	$1,212	+2.41
1145–1671	1440	75-80%	15	72.00–86.00	$82.56	$1,189	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1675	1358	15	60.00–95.00	$81.11	$1,101	—
1035–2145	1525	35	75.00–115.00	$100.20	$1,528	+5.27
1060–2210	1628	45	101.00–143.00	$120.84	$1,967	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–875	802	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	64.00–78.00	$71.39	$573
705–1215	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	71.00–98.00	$82.53	$675
870	870	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$696
795–970	876	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	80.00	$80.00	$701

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
820–950	907	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$833.73
780–1065	942	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	700.00–1,025.00	$862.41
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1010	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
950–1150	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	875.00–1,025.00	$951.10
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
995–1150	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	770.00–1,100.00	$1,033.38
1118	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00
965–1410	1146	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	800.00–1,175.00	$973.45
1150–1200	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	880.00–1,000.00	$913.09
1010–1328	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	850.00–1,425.00	$1,108.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–925	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	68.00–83.00	$76.68	$646
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	93.00	$93.00	$967
870–1173	1044	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	65.00–79.00	$74.88	$782
970–1375	1123	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	74.00–77.00	$75.83	$852
965–1210	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	75.00–87.50	$79.73	$897
965–1313	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	77.00–94.00	$86.74	$1,047
1175–1510	1304	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	85.00–90.00	$86.71	$1,131
1125–1640	1307	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	65.00–85.00	$78.98	$1,032

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
865	865	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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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
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
900–1000	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
900–1050	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,230.77	+62.28
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
850–1200	1014	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	740.00–1,310.00	$1,019.79	—
1310	1310	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	73.00	$73.00	$223	—

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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.