Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, August 15, 2022

3,865 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.44/cwt +5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $814/hd at 472 lb · 130 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.34/cwt -3.79 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 522 lb · 120 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.53/cwt +2.24 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 567 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,865	4,587	9,022
Feeder cattle	3,184	3,729	7,349
Slaughter cattle	487	677	1,214
Replacement cattle	194	181	459

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold unevenly steady, from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	225.00	$225.00	$529	—
250–260	253	3	185.00–215.00	$199.38	$504	-8.16
300–345	319	24	180.00–217.00	$201.75	$644	+6.75
340	340	1	183.00	$183.00	$622	-12.00
350–395	371	42	175.00–220.00	$195.77	$726	+3.33
385	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	-17.44
400	400	1	170.00	$170.00	$680	-15.20
420 value added	420	2	205.00	$205.00	$861	—
400–448	423	52	175.00–207.50	$195.17	$826	+9.97
450	450	1	173.00	$173.00	$778	-13.74
460 value added	460	1	212.50	$212.50	$978	—
450–498	477	58	167.50–207.00	$184.79	$881	-1.95
488 fancy	488	19	209.00	$209.00	$1,020	—
500–545	521	54	165.00–204.00	$181.56	$946	-2.61
550–590	565	37	163.00–195.50	$178.81	$1,010	+0.58
559–572 value added	567	17	183.00–190.00	$185.84	$1,054	—
592–595	593	3	170.00–172.00	$171.33	$1,016	+14.29
597 fancy	597	30	201.50	$201.50	$1,203	—
615 value added	615	6	192.00	$192.00	$1,181	+19.70
600–649	623	50	152.50–191.00	$170.00	$1,059	+3.03
655 thin fleshed	655	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,166	—
655–685	667	12	145.00–189.00	$164.60	$1,098	-3.96
682	682	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,091	-8.56
700–725	717	18	146.00–174.00	$155.07	$1,112	-6.14
730	730	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,007	-23.21
755–785	769	8	140.00–166.00	$157.33	$1,210	+6.80
805–840	823	12	137.00–148.00	$144.89	$1,192	-11.09
868–870	869	3	140.00–149.00	$143.00	$1,243	—
920–945	933	4	125.00–141.00	$131.48	$1,227	—
950–980	970	3	110.00–136.00	$127.51	$1,237	-12.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	175.00	$175.00	$534	+1.00
400	400	2	170.00	$170.00	$680	-3.15
455	455	4	167.50–175.00	$171.25	$779	+4.88
542	542	4	181.00	$181.00	$981	—
577	577	3	178.00	$178.00	$1,027	-1.02
630–640	634	5	165.00–174.00	$168.63	$1,069	+4.54
640 value added	640	78	171.25	$171.25	$1,096	—
680 value added	680	73	173.75	$173.75	$1,182	—
893	893	11	139.50	$139.50	$1,246	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	192.00	$192.00	$480	—
265–275	270	2	130.00–170.00	$149.63	$404	-17.80
300–330 thin fleshed	310	3	182.50–187.50	$184.44	$572	—
300–345	316	18	140.00–190.00	$159.68	$505	-11.96
355 thin fleshed	355	1	185.00	$185.00	$657	±0.00
350–390	374	18	135.00–185.00	$161.87	$605	-7.40
400–420 thin fleshed	410	2	170.00–190.00	$180.24	$739	+5.24
400–445	422	43	140.00–177.50	$165.60	$699	-2.36
470	470	1	140.00	$140.00	$658	-19.13
450–495	472	42	142.50–180.00	$166.68	$787	+7.55
508–540	524	15	140.00–179.00	$154.94	$812	-3.70
525–540 thin fleshed	533	3	170.00–177.50	$173.82	$926	+30.82
550–595	568	15	140.00–176.00	$156.22	$887	-3.29
625 thin fleshed	625	1	155.00	$155.00	$969	—
610–645	634	7	130.00–165.00	$153.88	$976	-5.07
670–685	679	5	127.50–166.00	$152.03	$1,032	-6.19
740	740	1	133.00	$133.00	$984	+4.00
815	815	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,027	-14.00
900–930	915	2	106.00–108.00	$106.98	$979	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	328	3	131.00–137.50	$134.46	$441	+13.31
360	360	1	71.00	$71.00	$256	-68.78
415–420	418	3	120.00–135.00	$128.31	$536	+2.21
475	475	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	$606	-8.22
513	513	1	125.00	$125.00	$641	-4.66
560–580	570	2	108.00–128.00	$117.82	$672	-15.95
620	620	1	130.00	$130.00	$806	—
670–675	673	2	97.00–120.00	$108.54	$730	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	172.00	$172.00	$396	—
265–295	286	4	157.50–192.00	$175.66	$502	+2.77
300–345	322	49	157.00–187.50	$174.60	$562	+8.76
350–390	374	81	152.00–189.00	$170.02	$636	+2.53
385	385	1	156.00	$156.00	$601	-11.49
400–447	421	86	154.00–185.00	$167.96	$707	+1.24
465–475	470	2	144.00–147.50	$145.77	$685	-21.82
450–496	472	128	150.00–186.00	$172.86	$816	+5.27
505–525	514	4	140.00–149.00	$143.53	$738	+13.02
500–548	522	116	148.00–182.50	$164.02	$856	-12.98
550–593	567	108	146.00–178.00	$161.14	$914	+2.46
565–580	570	3	136.00–140.00	$138.64	$790	-6.42
605	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	-25.00
600–647	618	59	141.00–176.00	$156.61	$968	+4.21
645 unweaned	645	1	149.00	$149.00	$961	+4.51
650–685	668	2	120.00–125.00	$122.43	$818	-22.54
650–695	671	42	135.00–167.00	$153.60	$1,031	+8.63
700–748	722	17	130.00–157.00	$144.33	$1,042	+0.26
760–775	768	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,075	-18.88
815	815	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,117	+10.00
850	850	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,020	-6.00
855	855	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,188	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 thin fleshed	240	1	160.00	$160.00	$384	—
260–290	270	4	130.00–150.00	$143.31	$387	-4.42
300–325 thin fleshed	319	4	170.00–188.00	$183.76	$586	+16.26
300–345	327	11	140.00–160.00	$147.45	$482	-5.12
350–395	372	28	130.00–166.00	$150.56	$560	+3.54
360–395 thin fleshed	377	5	152.50–170.00	$162.56	$613	+1.14
400–445	424	30	135.00–163.00	$150.80	$639	+2.75
450–490 thin fleshed	473	3	147.00–155.00	$150.71	$713	-17.76
450–495	474	28	127.00–165.00	$150.82	$715	+5.95
500–545	523	14	125.00–155.00	$142.27	$744	-3.71
500–545 thin fleshed	523	2	162.50–164.00	$163.28	$854	—
550–585	572	14	120.00–167.00	$145.73	$834	+9.17
600–640	619	13	125.00–153.00	$136.54	$845	-1.08
655–670 thin fleshed	663	2	147.50	$147.50	$978	—
665–682	676	3	130.00–139.00	$132.95	$899	-2.45
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	-24.19
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	-11.85
815–820	818	2	105.00–136.00	$120.55	$986	+0.94
855	855	1	109.00	$109.00	$932	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	-3.70
305–330	317	3	110.00–135.00	$124.30	$394	-1.65
365–380	373	3	103.00–110.00	$106.03	$395	-23.39
400–430	419	7	110.00–125.00	$115.35	$483	+3.13
470–480	475	3	101.00–135.00	$118.61	$563	-5.02
535	535	1	70.00	$70.00	$374	-47.65
585	585	1	115.00	$115.00	$673	+1.26
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	+0.99
675	675	1	104.00	$104.00	$702	—
745	745	1	117.00	$117.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	4	177.50	$177.50	$604	—
453	453	3	162.50	$162.50	$736	+12.50
630	630	2	152.00	$152.00	$958	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	221.00	$221.00	$541	—
300–345	325	13	160.00–205.00	$184.81	$601	-6.17
355	355	1	170.00	$170.00	$604	-11.11
365–390	374	10	165.00–202.50	$193.22	$723	+12.11
400–445	423	37	165.00–200.00	$181.42	$767	+2.93
450–495	466	40	157.50–192.50	$175.73	$819	+5.08
500–545	519	58	150.00–187.50	$171.49	$890	+3.17
520	520	1	160.00	$160.00	$832	-8.32
550–595	571	45	153.00–178.00	$168.91	$964	+10.90
600–645	625	32	137.00–176.00	$156.57	$979	-1.64
650–695	675	25	141.00–165.00	$153.89	$1,039	+7.86
700	700	1	129.00	$129.00	$903	-9.00
700–740	720	11	125.00–148.00	$138.12	$994	+13.12
750–793	776	5	146.50–174.00	$163.37	$1,268	+25.04
800	800	2	118.00–129.00	$123.50	$988	-7.83
850–880	865	2	107.00–108.00	$107.49	$930	—
910	910	1	106.00	$106.00	$965	-23.02
995	995	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,164	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	8	147.50–185.00	$168.52	$553	-7.70
350–395	373	15	150.00–180.00	$167.19	$624	+1.92
400–440	424	13	150.00–176.00	$161.36	$684	+3.85
460–478	469	2	150.00–161.00	$155.39	$729	+5.08
500–545	524	8	135.00–161.00	$147.82	$775	+1.37
535 thin fleshed	535	1	165.00	$165.00	$883	+0.81
555–595	566	9	139.00–155.00	$146.50	$829	+0.36
600–615	609	5	140.00–150.00	$143.18	$872	+1.87
655–660	658	2	130.00–139.00	$134.52	$885	+0.13
725	725	1	135.00	$135.00	$979	+13.40
770	770	1	116.00	$116.00	$893	-5.00
1005–1020	1013	2	80.00	$80.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	175.00	$175.00	$682	—
637	637	3	150.00	$150.00	$956	—
675	675	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,006	+4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	118.00	$118.00	$655	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1310	1079	80-85%	10	58.00–75.00	$64.45	$695	—
910–1485	1192	80-85%	83	62.50–83.00	$76.03	$906	-3.70
1000–1455	1214	80-85%	51	77.00–94.00	$83.45	$1,013	-3.32

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	85-90%	1	34.00	$34.00	$196	—
695–800	738	85-90%	3	45.00–55.50	$52.02	$384	—
695–860	761	85-90%	4	39.00–56.00	$47.96	$365	+13.40
840–995	909	85-90%	6	40.00–51.00	$44.53	$405	+3.72
755–1360	959	85-90%	16	39.00–64.00	$55.82	$535	—
830–1300	1031	85-90%	34	61.00–76.00	$68.52	$706	-1.82
985–1235	1101	85-90%	15	70.00–81.00	$75.03	$826	-3.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1525	1382	75-80%	12	78.00–101.50	$86.29	$1,193	-0.94
995–1645	1400	75-80%	21	74.00–83.50	$78.14	$1,094	—
1530	1530	75-80%	1	63.50	$63.50	$972	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1800	1428	2	65.00–80.00	$74.46	$1,063	—
930–1980	1558	22	84.00–113.00	$96.06	$1,497	—
1305–1840	1570	11	90.00–124.00	$109.65	$1,722	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1045	874	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	75.00–103.00	$90.17	$788
730–969	922	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	85.00–125.00	$115.01	$1,060
810–1170	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	66.00–86.00	$75.14	$729

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
925	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
815–1100	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	685.00–950.00	$836.78
935–1190	1042	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–1,000.00	$848.19
1000–1330	1084	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	800.00–1,150.00	$938.98
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
985–1228	1122	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	850.00–1,025.00	$907.56
990–1270	1131	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	950.00–1,135.00	$1,036.91
970–1295	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	750.00–1,300.00	$1,126.74
1225–1300	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,060.00	$1,029.11
1268–1452	1358	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	1,275.00–1,375.00	$1,355.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–845	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	105.00–127.00	$116.58	$936
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,077
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$693
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$754
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$770
955–1205	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	77.00–80.00	$78.44	$830
1040–1100	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	75.00–80.00	$78.40	$847
1065–1290	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	85.00–93.00	$88.62	$1,044
1060–1470	1258	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	75.00–85.00	$81.79	$1,029
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,009

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
900–1000	986	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,397.83	+167.06
953–1135	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	825.00–1,150.00	$917.36	-313.41
900–1160	1062	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	790.00–975.00	$880.84	—
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.