Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, August 22, 2022

5,184 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.46/cwt +7.50 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 427 lb · 144 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.03/cwt +7.69 vs last sale · ≈ $896/hd at 524 lb · 140 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $197.71/cwt +6.89 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 470 lb · 132 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,184	3,865	4,591
Feeder cattle	4,144	3,184	3,830
Slaughter cattle	846	487	626
Replacement cattle	194	194	135

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers mostly sold 8.00-10.00 higher. Feeder and Stocker heifers mostly sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cow and bulls sold steady to 3.00 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	18	200.00–237.50	$217.37	$593	+17.99
300–345	328	41	180.00–240.00	$202.56	$664	+0.81
350–399	376	94	180.00–235.00	$202.28	$761	+6.51
400–448	423	98	170.00–225.00	$196.38	$831	+1.21
425 value added	425	1	213.00	$213.00	$905	+8.00
450–495	470	128	173.00–210.00	$197.01	$926	+12.22
480 value added	480	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,056	+7.50
500–548	523	96	170.00–209.00	$191.90	$1,004	+10.34
553–595	569	73	158.00–207.00	$187.04	$1,064	+8.23
555–596 value added	572	25	197.00–207.00	$200.97	$1,150	+15.13
600–643	621	60	150.00–199.00	$178.21	$1,107	+8.21
650 value added	650	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,086	—
650–690	662	28	155.00–196.00	$170.44	$1,128	+5.84
700–740	720	11	141.00–175.00	$159.41	$1,148	+4.34
750–780	765	2	155.00–164.00	$159.41	$1,219	+2.08
812–835	819	4	131.00–172.00	$143.50	$1,175	-1.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–297	291	12	167.50–195.00	$180.11	$524	+30.48
315 thin fleshed	315	2	220.00	$220.00	$693	+35.56
300–347	327	30	140.00–188.00	$163.05	$533	+3.37
350–395	370	36	150.00–190.00	$165.68	$613	+3.81
400–445	421	49	139.00–195.00	$170.75	$719	+5.15
430	430	1	150.00	$150.00	$645	-15.60
460 thin fleshed	460	1	182.50	$182.50	$840	—
450–495	473	62	132.00–190.00	$166.25	$786	-0.43
500–545	514	19	140.00–190.00	$161.95	$832	+7.01
560 thin fleshed	560	1	172.50	$172.50	$966	—
555–590	572	20	132.50–176.00	$162.82	$931	+6.60
625 value added	625	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,094	—
615–645	631	8	150.00–170.00	$162.34	$1,024	+8.46
650–695	672	16	130.00–168.00	$155.83	$1,047	+3.80
710	710	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,008	+9.00
770	770	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,078	—
780	780	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,248	—
815	815	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,353	+40.00
865	865	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	190.00	$190.00	$808	+20.00
450–472	463	14	167.50–188.00	$181.86	$842	+10.61
500–530	505	15	180.00–188.00	$182.96	$924	—
558–568	561	9	160.00–175.00	$169.41	$950	-8.59
630–635	633	4	165.00–167.00	$166.00	$1,051	-2.63
655–670	665	3	162.50–168.00	$166.19	$1,105	—
713	713	6	168.00	$168.00	$1,198	—
793–794	794	48	169.00–175.50	$173.74	$1,379	—
910	910	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,410	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	316	6	100.00–137.50	$124.57	$394	-9.89
350–385	368	2	100.00–110.00	$104.76	$386	+33.76
400–445	424	4	60.00–146.00	$111.47	$473	-16.84
455–495	472	7	110.00–137.50	$125.03	$590	-2.47
510–540	518	4	131.00–160.00	$152.43	$790	+27.43
670	670	1	131.00	$131.00	$878	+22.46

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	2	55.00	$55.00	$285	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	281	27	152.50–205.00	$177.65	$499	+1.99
300–345	323	44	150.00–200.00	$175.68	$567	+1.08
330 value added	330	2	200.00–202.00	$201.00	$663	—
350–395	373	107	160.00–196.00	$178.49	$666	+8.47
378	378	2	147.00	$147.00	$556	-23.02
410 value added	410	1	180.00	$180.00	$738	—
410	410	2	142.50–150.00	$146.25	$600	-21.71
400–448	427	136	152.50–187.50	$175.23	$748	+7.27
425–435 fancy	427	5	192.50	$192.50	$822	—
450–495	473	119	150.00–187.50	$172.17	$814	-0.69
475 value added	475	4	187.00	$187.00	$888	—
495	495	1	144.00	$144.00	$713	-28.86
510–530	520	2	137.50–150.00	$143.63	$747	-20.39
500–545	523	114	150.00–182.00	$169.68	$887	+5.66
514–543 value added	528	24	167.50–190.00	$179.71	$949	—
555–561 value added	560	12	163.00–178.00	$174.28	$976	—
555–590	573	2	140.00–156.00	$147.76	$847	+9.12
550–595	575	81	140.00–177.00	$162.82	$936	+24.18
575 fancy	575	1	173.00	$173.00	$995	—
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	-15.00
600–645	621	56	144.00–173.50	$161.62	$1,004	+5.01
615–631 value added	628	7	167.00–173.00	$171.31	$1,076	—
648	648	3	181.00	$181.00	$1,173	+24.39
655–670 value added	663	4	147.00–150.00	$148.48	$984	—
650–695	674	22	136.00–164.00	$156.06	$1,052	+2.46
685 unweaned	685	1	140.00	$140.00	$959	—
705–745	727	21	135.00–164.00	$148.58	$1,080	+4.25
705–740 fancy	728	3	142.50–163.00	$149.11	$1,086	—
740 value added	740	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,073	—
755	755	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,019	-5.00
865	865	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,211	+1.00
899	899	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,259	—
935	935	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	4	120.00–167.50	$137.69	$379	-5.62
300–345	325	38	135.00–168.00	$151.38	$492	+3.93
350–395	375	64	130.00–172.50	$152.00	$570	+1.44
400–448	425	60	130.00–175.00	$154.34	$656	+3.54
455 value added	455	1	173.00	$173.00	$787	—
450–495	481	49	137.00–170.00	$154.78	$744	+3.96
490 thin fleshed	490	1	165.00	$165.00	$808	+14.29
500–545	521	45	129.00–166.00	$146.27	$762	+4.00
530 value added	530	1	167.00	$167.00	$885	—
545	545	1	146.00	$146.00	$796	+3.73
552–590	571	27	124.00–155.00	$141.25	$807	-4.48
600–645	617	16	125.00–150.00	$139.24	$859	+2.70
635 thin fleshed	635	1	157.00	$157.00	$997	—
650 thin fleshed	650	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,072	+17.50
650–685	668	7	131.00–141.00	$137.43	$918	+4.48
670	670	2	130.00	$130.00	$871	-2.95
710–720	717	3	122.00–142.00	$133.05	$954	+23.05
750–758	756	4	125.00–144.00	$129.71	$981	—
850–895	875	4	101.00–130.00	$120.40	$1,054	+11.40
930	930	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,200	—
995	995	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	4	193.00	$193.00	$540	—
378–393	387	12	166.00–173.00	$168.85	$653	—
416–435	430	22	166.00–179.00	$169.13	$727	—
451–487	471	9	166.00–171.00	$168.87	$795	+6.37
508–537	514	20	155.00–170.00	$166.17	$854	—
575	575	4	155.00	$155.00	$891	—
607–630	616	5	138.00–152.50	$143.93	$887	-8.07
756	756	29	161.00	$161.00	$1,217	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	12	100.00–132.50	$117.90	$387	-6.40
350–390	374	7	101.00–130.00	$113.26	$424	+7.23
400–445	420	8	100.00–135.00	$124.12	$521	+8.77
450–485	466	7	90.00–139.00	$114.43	$533	-4.18
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	+55.00
550–585	566	8	60.00–130.00	$108.55	$614	-6.45
605–645	627	5	70.00–124.00	$99.12	$621	-10.88
680	680	1	103.00	$103.00	$700	-1.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	56.00	$56.00	$300	—

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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	225.00	$225.00	$551	+4.00
275–290	281	7	175.00–210.00	$201.54	$566	—
300–335	316	12	190.00–215.00	$201.98	$638	+17.17
350–395	378	28	170.00–230.00	$203.89	$771	+10.67
400–448	424	47	174.00–210.00	$192.81	$818	+11.39
453–495	470	74	160.00–202.50	$185.58	$872	+9.85
500–548	520	84	151.00–187.00	$171.51	$892	+11.51
530 thin fleshed	530	1	181.00	$181.00	$959	—
550–595	569	73	138.00–189.00	$163.43	$930	-5.48
575	575	1	162.00	$162.00	$932	-6.91
590 thin fleshed	590	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,074	—
620	620	1	135.00	$135.00	$837	-21.57
615–635 thin fleshed	622	3	181.00–182.00	$181.34	$1,128	—
602–645	624	39	135.00–194.00	$164.14	$1,024	+7.57
665 unweaned	665	1	147.50	$147.50	$981	—
650–698	670	25	140.00–181.00	$156.26	$1,047	+2.37
700–743	723	30	130.00–164.00	$150.82	$1,090	+12.70
765–785	775	3	127.00–138.00	$133.32	$1,033	-30.05
865–872	869	5	110.00–130.00	$125.39	$1,090	+17.90
1010	1010	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,121	—
1095	1095	1	90.00	$90.00	$986	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–295	286	6	140.00–177.00	$168.42	$482	—
300–335	324	8	158.00–183.00	$172.41	$559	+3.89
350–395	374	18	130.00–190.00	$169.11	$632	+1.92
385 thin fleshed	385	1	177.50	$177.50	$683	—
400–445	418	22	147.50–180.00	$164.92	$689	+3.56
450–490	470	27	146.00–181.00	$161.30	$758	+5.91
510–520 thin fleshed	515	3	174.00–185.00	$178.00	$917	+13.00
500–545	521	26	132.00–168.00	$152.55	$795	+4.73
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	-27.82
550–595	569	21	130.00–158.00	$147.17	$837	+0.67
600–645	633	13	134.00–157.00	$150.42	$952	+7.24
670	670	1	146.00	$146.00	$978	+11.48
705–740	725	3	120.00–145.00	$133.21	$966	-1.79
815	815	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,222	—
820 thin fleshed	820	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,148	—
855	855	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,000	—
905	905	3	70.00	$70.00	$634	—
1015	1015	1	79.00	$79.00	$802	-1.00

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	—
330–345	338	2	130.00–152.00	$140.76	$476	—
355–385	375	5	113.00–151.00	$135.65	$509	—
405–425	411	5	115.00–145.00	$133.72	$550	—
455–470	463	2	120.00–130.00	$124.92	$578	—
535	535	1	131.00	$131.00	$701	—
560–565	563	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$729	+11.50
690	690	1	122.00	$122.00	$842	—
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	3	175.00	$175.00	$630	±0.00
450	450	3	170.00	$170.00	$765	—
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	80-85%	1	65.00	$65.00	$507	—
860–1175	1000	80-85%	7	14.00–57.00	$44.92	$449	—
940–1470	1159	80-85%	69	65.00–88.00	$78.94	$915	+2.91
965–1600	1173	80-85%	6	60.00–75.00	$68.85	$808	-7.18
920–1490	1224	80-85%	81	78.00–99.00	$87.03	$1,065	+3.58

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–785	643	85-90%	4	15.00–37.00	$26.04	$167	—
730–855	795	85-90%	4	40.00–49.00	$44.78	$356	-3.18
655–890	798	85-90%	4	67.50–75.00	$70.02	$559	—
660–895	809	85-90%	9	50.00–66.00	$60.09	$486	—
755–1165	895	85-90%	14	42.00–69.00	$55.28	$495	—
835–1330	998	85-90%	62	55.00–80.00	$69.36	$692	—
875–1230	1020	85-90%	4	50.00–53.00	$50.71	$517	-17.81
900–1470	1083	85-90%	37	68.00–91.00	$79.36	$859	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1685	1422	75-80%	20	74.00–89.00	$79.87	$1,136	+1.73
1115–1670	1464	75-80%	38	79.00–99.50	$88.78	$1,300	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1545	1244	9	70.00–100.00	$80.76	$1,005	—
990–1970	1442	40	81.00–115.00	$100.08	$1,443	+25.62
1210–2260	1766	40	95.00–139.00	$121.22	$2,141	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	91.00	$91.00	$664
700–905	829	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	61.00–117.00	$90.81	$753
760–1130	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	70.00–90.00	$79.49	$775

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
763–880	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	96.00–122.00	$109.91	$885
865–1085	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	77.00–84.00	$81.24	$770
955–970	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	89.00–95.00	$92.02	$886
965–1065	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	70.00–84.00	$76.53	$773
780–1150	1016	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	70.50–89.00	$81.21	$825
900–1165	1031	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	69.00–85.00	$75.41	$777
975–1268	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	71.00–89.00	$83.42	$974
1090–1265	1221	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	70.00–80.00	$77.77	$950
995–1409	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	76.00–95.00	$88.92	$1,134
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,103

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–870	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	785.00–800.00	$793.29
860	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1025	1025	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00
850–1165	1032	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	750.00–925.00	$862.02
1030–1060	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,049.28
950–1190	1047	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	875.00–1,225.00	$1,030.33
995–1355	1124	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	925.00–1,125.00	$1,044.08
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00
1125–1325	1226	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,188.16
1250–1315	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,300.00	$1,094.93

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1030	1030	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
955–1215	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	985.00–1,200.00	$1,069.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	84.00	$84.00	$727
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$833

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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
850–1100	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,375.00	$1,304.49	-93.34
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	+19.16
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	940.00	$940.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1405	1405	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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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.