Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, September 26, 2022

7,921 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.86/cwt -4.94 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 526 lb · 196 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.95/cwt -0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $917/hd at 620 lb · 177 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $174.99/cwt -4.85 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 473 lb · 176 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,921	3,831	7,682
Feeder cattle	6,630	3,078	6,522
Slaughter cattle	999	576	829
Replacement cattle	292	177	331

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Steers and Heifers sold 2.00-8.00 lower on limited comparable sales. 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
250	250	1	200.00	$200.00	$500	-7.87
310–345	324	26	162.50–208.00	$192.63	$624	+2.93
335	335	1	158.00	$158.00	$529	-31.70
350–380	365	2	142.50–156.00	$149.53	$546	-40.94
370 value added	370	1	200.00	$200.00	$740	-13.97
350–395	374	58	152.50–201.00	$175.68	$657	-14.79
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	-48.20
400–448	423	105	150.00–195.00	$175.09	$741	-8.11
428–446 value added	439	13	206.00–213.00	$208.62	$916	+18.62
450–495	472	164	150.00–187.50	$173.14	$817	-6.70
475–480	478	3	164.00–170.00	$168.01	$803	-11.83
483 value added	483	9	211.00	$211.00	$1,019	—
508–520 value added	516	12	195.00–203.00	$200.37	$1,034	+4.23
500–545	519	93	150.00–199.00	$177.32	$920	-0.64
510–545	532	13	150.00–171.00	$161.54	$859	-16.42
550–590	568	5	150.00–157.00	$153.32	$871	-17.11
550–595	568	79	145.00–192.00	$167.69	$952	-2.74
568–570 value added	568	5	188.00–194.00	$192.80	$1,095	+13.65
605–620	613	2	147.00–148.00	$147.51	$904	-13.12
600–643	624	98	140.00–189.00	$167.68	$1,046	+7.05
618–635 value added	628	26	155.00–184.00	$167.67	$1,053	-18.00
648 unweaned	648	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,030	—
660–670 unweaned	665	2	150.00–152.00	$150.99	$1,004	—
650–685	670	6	135.00–147.00	$142.31	$953	-14.69
650–690	674	43	133.00–181.50	$169.16	$1,140	+14.61
700–738	712	63	130.00–174.00	$165.41	$1,178	+13.58
700–740 value added	722	43	152.00–171.00	$156.71	$1,131	-9.08
740 unweaned	740	6	148.00	$148.00	$1,095	—
753–780	756	46	139.00–177.50	$173.48	$1,312	+25.78
755–792 value added	785	11	159.00–161.25	$160.86	$1,263	-3.14
800–827	819	23	125.00–164.50	$156.97	$1,286	+13.97
855	855	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,325	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322 value added	322	6	209.00	$209.00	$673	—
338	338	2	165.00	$165.00	$558	—
360–394	385	16	167.50–200.00	$188.13	$724	+12.51
410–440	415	6	160.00–176.00	$171.36	$711	-10.24
467 value added	467	15	200.00	$200.00	$934	+35.00
454–495	469	25	138.00–183.00	$170.26	$799	+3.28
502–535	525	42	149.00–188.00	$168.75	$886	-9.59
586–590	588	24	160.00–180.00	$165.00	$970	-10.95
625	625	2	140.00	$140.00	$875	-24.00
612–632 value added	626	21	181.00–187.00	$185.32	$1,160	+24.81
684	684	9	163.00	$163.00	$1,115	+6.00
705–745	732	37	149.00–175.00	$173.64	$1,271	—
751–782	764	118	162.75–172.00	$167.32	$1,278	—
862	862	163	171.25	$171.25	$1,476	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	134.00	$134.00	$348	-40.09
300–345	327	38	130.00–190.00	$161.87	$529	+2.27
340 thin fleshed	340	2	150.00–177.50	$163.75	$557	-15.25
350–395	373	31	130.00–185.00	$152.03	$567	-9.42
420 thin fleshed	420	2	150.00–164.00	$157.00	$659	-13.82
400–445	425	53	130.00–179.00	$155.64	$661	-3.77
426–442 value added	433	14	175.00–178.00	$176.31	$763	—
450–499	478	65	120.00–180.00	$147.47	$705	-14.57
500–548	527	56	130.00–176.00	$158.96	$838	-3.16
535–541 value added	538	9	175.00–177.00	$175.89	$946	—
550–595	571	42	120.00–169.00	$147.36	$841	-12.88
608–614 value added	609	20	170.00–175.00	$171.01	$1,041	—
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	-21.44
600–645	617	13	130.00–163.00	$140.46	$867	-10.98
650–695	673	13	130.00–157.00	$143.98	$969	-11.15
710–730	717	5	140.00–160.00	$155.93	$1,118	+16.93
750–796	785	19	124.00–165.50	$150.33	$1,180	+10.64
800–815	808	2	111.00–140.00	$125.37	$1,013	-23.63
860	860	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,281	—
910	910	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,329	+16.00
975	975	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	335	6	100.00–140.00	$120.90	$405	-2.09
350–395	377	10	115.00–156.00	$124.22	$468	+34.09
400–445	426	11	87.50–138.00	$115.75	$493	+16.20
455–495	479	13	97.50–130.00	$112.64	$540	+4.62
500–545	517	3	119.00–130.00	$122.94	$636	+55.29
565 thin fleshed	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	—
570	570	1	115.00	$115.00	$656	—
640	640	1	120.00	$120.00	$768	—
695	695	4	112.00	$112.00	$778	+11.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	155.00	$155.00	$380	-10.00
290	290	1	146.00	$146.00	$423	-15.82
300–345	322	47	147.00–173.00	$161.37	$520	-5.90
335 value added	335	1	167.50	$167.50	$561	—
340–345	343	2	130.00–145.00	$137.45	$471	-29.82
375 value added	375	6	170.00	$170.00	$638	—
350–399	377	98	140.00–175.00	$157.39	$593	-6.48
370–385	378	3	135.00–144.00	$139.73	$528	-24.14
400–445	423	99	137.00–166.00	$154.00	$651	-7.63
405–448	436	16	124.00–154.00	$143.47	$626	+0.47
446 value added	446	7	170.00	$170.00	$758	-8.92
458	458	2	157.50	$157.50	$721	-5.65
460 value added	460	5	166.00	$166.00	$764	-11.74
450–495	472	13	130.00–142.50	$135.66	$640	-27.49
450–498	474	146	139.00–174.00	$153.92	$730	-9.23
500–521 value added	514	9	149.00–165.00	$159.81	$821	-17.19
500–545	519	21	122.50–145.00	$135.73	$704	-15.72
500–549	527	166	130.00–164.00	$147.57	$778	-3.88
555–596 value added	571	20	140.00–157.00	$147.95	$845	-19.44
550–595	572	124	130.00–163.00	$145.03	$830	-3.55
560–595	581	11	130.00–137.00	$133.84	$778	-14.74
575–599	585	20	158.00–161.50	$159.43	$933	+10.85
601–603 unweaned	602	7	138.00–140.00	$139.14	$838	-9.86
601–620 value added	602	16	155.00–158.00	$155.66	$937	-0.70
600–645	622	151	121.00–156.00	$147.96	$920	+2.27
620–635	628	3	124.00–130.00	$126.69	$796	-11.99
655 unweaned	655	1	134.00	$134.00	$878	—
655–659 value added	658	7	150.00–159.00	$157.72	$1,038	+3.72
650–695	672	33	120.00–157.00	$140.75	$946	+3.77
655–690	672	6	115.00–130.00	$122.63	$824	-14.35
700–745	718	17	121.00–137.50	$129.83	$932	-10.23
700–735	718	2	115.00–125.00	$120.12	$862	-19.94
765–770	768	2	115.00–120.00	$117.49	$902	-1.51
755–795	772	3	120.00–127.00	$123.13	$951	+4.13
810	810	1	112.00	$112.00	$907	-12.00
800–845	822	9	100.00–145.00	$119.65	$984	-4.35
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	-10.00
1005	1005	1	85.00	$85.00	$854	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	142.50	$142.50	$356	—
260–290	280	4	135.00–160.00	$144.54	$405	-0.55
300–340 thin fleshed	310	9	141.00–160.00	$154.31	$478	-2.15
300–345	324	32	120.00–160.00	$143.08	$464	-7.39
315–340	325	3	130.00–136.00	$133.58	$434	-16.89
350–390	370	3	128.00–130.00	$129.33	$479	-20.44
370–375 thin fleshed	372	3	130.00–168.00	$152.74	$568	-1.39
350–398	377	59	124.00–159.00	$142.42	$537	-7.35
400–448	429	114	120.00–154.00	$139.17	$597	-8.53
438 value added	438	2	155.00	$155.00	$679	—
450–498	473	132	120.00–154.00	$139.07	$658	-5.09
505	505	1	131.00	$131.00	$662	-6.90
500–545	524	48	120.00–148.00	$134.08	$703	+4.08
550–598	575	30	122.00–144.00	$131.54	$756	-8.45
600–645	623	34	115.00–145.00	$130.86	$815	-1.36
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	-28.21
675 thin fleshed	675	2	119.00	$119.00	$803	-26.00
650–697	677	17	107.00–130.00	$124.95	$846	-3.26
700–740	717	16	100.00–138.00	$117.21	$840	-8.05
765–780	773	4	90.00–115.00	$104.21	$806	-22.79
835–840	839	4	100.00–110.00	$102.49	$860	-16.51
915	915	1	109.00	$109.00	$997	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	4	155.00	$155.00	$539	—
360 value added	360	2	155.00	$155.00	$558	—
350–392	367	16	137.00–155.00	$151.45	$556	-5.24
407–443	430	51	144.00–163.00	$155.15	$667	+3.15
451–480	464	65	140.00–159.00	$151.60	$703	-11.05
510–518	513	7	148.00–154.00	$151.41	$777	+0.65
553–599	579	36	133.00–156.50	$146.97	$851	+0.20
632	632	2	124.00	$124.00	$784	—
646	646	8	140.00	$140.00	$904	—
710	710	15	130.00	$130.00	$923	—
985	985	2	87.00	$87.00	$857	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	11	85.00–130.00	$112.95	$361	-13.49
355–398	375	15	55.00–135.00	$108.87	$408	+15.45
400–448	417	16	94.00–130.00	$111.94	$467	-8.29
450–495	478	26	100.00–125.00	$116.50	$557	-13.55
505–535	517	10	78.00–120.00	$104.62	$541	-15.38
550–585	566	6	100.00–118.00	$108.40	$614	—
600–620	610	2	80.00–110.00	$95.25	$581	—
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	+6.00
700–745	723	2	75.00–100.00	$87.11	$630	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	130.00	$130.00	$338	—
250–280	268	3	179.00–183.00	$180.58	$484	—
300–345	324	17	160.00–203.00	$181.61	$588	-19.33
345	345	1	157.50	$157.50	$543	+27.50
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	-59.84
350–395	375	34	152.50–205.00	$181.40	$680	-8.44
400–448	425	35	150.00–185.00	$167.52	$712	-13.78
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552	-51.30
450–495	467	3	120.00–144.00	$127.71	$596	-13.29
450–498	476	68	149.00–178.00	$163.79	$780	-6.64
500–545	518	6	135.00–150.00	$140.05	$725	-20.22
500–545	524	162	135.00–171.00	$153.18	$803	+16.81
550–598	570	124	132.00–160.00	$149.83	$854	-2.06
560–595	579	7	120.00–146.00	$136.89	$793	-15.00
600–648	619	99	130.00–160.00	$145.58	$901	-2.39
600–645	623	9	120.00–137.00	$130.00	$810	-17.97
650–695	679	54	125.00–153.00	$136.15	$924	-9.26
683	683	3	130.00	$130.00	$888	-15.41
700–735	717	18	125.00–148.00	$131.74	$945	-9.88
730	730	1	116.00	$116.00	$847	-25.62
755–780	764	18	121.00–155.00	$138.27	$1,056	-1.53
800–845	818	3	111.00–129.00	$118.24	$967	-2.26
840	840	1	118.00	$118.00	$991	-2.50
850–855	853	2	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$960	-20.27
1060	1060	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	278	3	140.00–174.00	$151.72	$422	+5.58
313–345	324	26	132.50–189.00	$158.93	$515	-11.31
340 thin fleshed	340	1	160.00	$160.00	$544	—
350–375 thin fleshed	363	2	160.00–197.50	$178.10	$647	—
350–397	381	39	130.00–180.00	$161.16	$614	-1.61
400–445	419	66	130.00–179.00	$152.86	$640	-4.95
450–495	474	51	125.00–164.00	$147.90	$701	-10.68
490	490	2	100.00	$100.00	$490	-58.58
500–545	522	68	120.00–156.00	$140.94	$736	+14.94
555–598	578	41	120.00–147.00	$137.52	$795	-3.91
600–645	624	24	90.00–146.00	$128.47	$802	-0.16
630 thin fleshed	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	—
655–695	673	16	117.00–139.00	$125.26	$843	+1.56
700–745	728	8	105.00–120.00	$114.17	$831	-17.11
765–795	781	4	105.00–140.00	$120.14	$938	-0.36
805	805	3	92.50–100.00	$97.50	$785	-15.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–393	390	22	169.00–178.00	$175.59	$685	-5.73
429	429	5	169.00	$169.00	$725	—
466	466	8	155.00	$155.00	$722	-16.05
500	500	6	163.00	$163.00	$815	—
560	560	17	155.00	$155.00	$868	—
671	671	8	143.00	$143.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	130.00–135.00	$132.36	$364	+7.36
305–335	320	4	119.00–140.00	$127.58	$408	-5.87
355–390	371	7	110.00–141.00	$125.62	$466	+14.63
400–435	423	3	106.00–130.00	$119.36	$505	-7.88
450–460	455	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$503	—
505–540	523	2	115.00–120.00	$117.42	$614	+30.42
570	570	1	119.00	$119.00	$678	+9.00
670	670	2	115.00	$115.00	$770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	80-85%	1	40.00	$40.00	$318	+15.00
1045–1270	1113	80-85%	13	51.00–68.00	$58.96	$656	—
1015–1390	1162	80-85%	5	40.00–60.00	$49.40	$574	-25.55
915–1510	1193	80-85%	31	70.00–82.00	$76.38	$911	+1.43
910–1595	1215	80-85%	71	55.00–79.00	$71.40	$868	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–835	758	85-90%	4	35.00–57.00	$46.57	$353	-4.36
825–865	845	85-90%	2	70.00–75.00	$72.44	$612	—
850	850	85-90%	1	62.00	$62.00	$527	-2.63
750–1150	913	85-90%	25	37.00–64.00	$53.04	$484	+10.72
870–1370	1051	85-90%	59	55.00–73.00	$64.77	$681	+3.69
915–1390	1110	85-90%	20	63.00–77.00	$69.26	$769	-9.09

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1455	1228	75-80%	2	60.00–65.00	$62.96	$773	—
1135–1780	1379	75-80%	17	71.00–88.00	$78.13	$1,077	-6.91
1085–1755	1399	75-80%	16	65.00–79.00	$71.91	$1,006	-13.13

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1770	1465	5	50.00–89.00	$71.99	$1,055	—
1140–2050	1569	36	80.00–107.00	$96.20	$1,509	-3.95
1465–2080	1724	17	101.00–114.00	$106.43	$1,835	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1015	859	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	65.00–86.00	$77.01	$662
740–1035	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	65.00–105.00	$84.55	$764
800–1050	941	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	65.00–88.00	$76.25	$718

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
840–1135	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	850.00–1,125.00	$954.31
960–1080	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,085.00	$943.31
1020–1150	1096	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	900.00–1,150.00	$1,103.06
900–1250	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	725.00–1,250.00	$1,023.30
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	885.00–900.00	$892.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1135	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	67.00–76.00	$71.99	$713
1000–1030	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	72.00–90.00	$81.13	$823
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	72.00	$72.00	$767
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$908
1055–1290	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	70.00–84.00	$75.93	$897
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	71.00	$71.00	$856
1165–1455	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	65.00–70.00	$67.22	$881

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–950	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	785.00–910.00	$845.81

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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	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,000.00	$950.00	—
1000–1190	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,154.34	—
800–1350	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	870.00–1,325.00	$1,102.14	-205.45

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	53.00	$53.00	$215	—

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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.