Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, December 29, 2025

676 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $336.23/cwt +12.13 vs last sale · ≈ $2,811/hd at 836 lb · 28 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $388.87/cwt -5.96 vs last sale · ≈ $2,431/hd at 625 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $481.15/cwt -14.40 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 428 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	676	—	—

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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	585.00	$585.00	$1,462	—
300–325	313	5	510.00–605.00	$541.66	$1,695	-14.11
350–395	379	11	470.00–520.00	$495.73	$1,879	-38.62
415 value added	415	5	515.00	$515.00	$2,137	—
400–448	432	17	450.00–505.00	$471.19	$2,036	-24.65
455–495	472	13	410.00–490.00	$465.38	$2,197	+6.04
500–545	525	13	385.00–435.00	$421.62	$2,214	-7.82
525–531 value added	530	6	445.00	$445.00	$2,358	-13.71
550–595	583	17	365.00–420.00	$399.93	$2,332	-15.41
570–595 value added	583	2	405.00–420.00	$412.34	$2,404	+9.35
600–645	623	12	350.00–425.00	$380.58	$2,371	-16.36
610–637 value added	627	10	395.00–406.00	$402.60	$2,524	+7.60
625–635	630	2	365.00–375.00	$369.96	$2,331	-26.98
655–685	672	11	350.00–385.00	$366.99	$2,466	-9.49
710–745	727	9	335.00–363.00	$352.61	$2,563	+1.96
760 value added	760	5	347.50	$347.50	$2,641	—
760–780	770	2	350.00–352.00	$350.99	$2,703	-4.14
825–836	836	28	336.00–342.50	$336.23	$2,811	+12.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280 thin fleshed	275	2	510.00–560.00	$535.45	$1,472	—
290	290	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,406	—
340	340	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,445	-46.08
365–395	381	4	420.00–465.00	$444.62	$1,694	-5.39
400–425	416	6	380.00–435.00	$404.35	$1,682	-28.74
460–495	471	4	380.00–435.00	$408.25	$1,923	-4.15
505–515	512	3	350.00–380.00	$363.42	$1,861	-27.45
520	520	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,560	-90.87
560	560	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,072	-4.51
600	600	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,100	+2.81
615 thin fleshed	615	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,276	—
690	690	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,208	-13.84
710–745	724	4	300.00–337.50	$316.74	$2,293	-23.56
850	850	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,550	-1.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	495.00	$495.00	$1,832	—
635	635	2	382.50	$382.50	$2,429	—
755–785	765	3	342.00–347.00	$343.71	$2,629	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 thin fleshed	230	1	630.00	$630.00	$1,449	—
230–235	233	2	522.50–535.00	$528.68	$1,232	—
260	260	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,482	+85.00
300–340	323	7	465.00–485.00	$473.24	$1,529	-16.26
365–395	384	12	425.00–485.00	$441.66	$1,696	+51.42
400–417 value added	411	3	420.00–440.00	$426.48	$1,753	+9.26
400–445	424	15	390.00–450.00	$419.25	$1,778	-7.21
458 value added	458	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,946	+25.07
450–495	469	17	370.00–435.00	$389.79	$1,828	-25.20
500 thin fleshed	500	3	417.50	$417.50	$2,088	—
500–540	516	11	370.00–395.00	$384.08	$1,982	+44.61
527 value added	527	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,055	+30.00
550–585	564	10	355.00–380.00	$372.92	$2,103	-9.08
600–635	606	14	330.00–366.00	$359.18	$2,177	+16.40
610	610	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,922	-27.78
610–625 value added	619	5	345.00–347.50	$345.99	$2,142	-11.51
675	675	2	340.00–360.00	$350.00	$2,362	+13.29
738 value added	738	3	322.50	$322.50	$2,380	-11.50
760–789	782	9	315.00–336.00	$321.75	$2,516	+14.72
900	900	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,700	+42.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	231	4	400.00–460.00	$424.68	$981	—
250–290	268	8	412.50–445.00	$436.60	$1,170	—
285 thin fleshed	285	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,340	—
325 thin fleshed	325	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,446	-30.00
305–340	326	4	420.00–425.00	$423.70	$1,381	+15.51
365–399	391	9	385.00–422.50	$393.15	$1,537	-1.66
400–440	415	8	350.00–415.00	$391.95	$1,627	+4.89
410–440 thin fleshed	425	2	390.00–410.00	$399.65	$1,699	+10.40
450–490	463	5	320.00–385.00	$355.53	$1,646	-13.19
500–545	525	8	340.00–365.00	$353.08	$1,854	+13.05
550–590	571	6	320.00–350.00	$339.15	$1,937	+9.05
615–620	618	2	320.00–335.00	$327.53	$2,024	+42.53
675	675	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,329	+26.00
720–745	735	3	312.50–320.00	$315.87	$2,322	+47.15
755	755	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,265	+19.05
830	830	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,220	+2.49
870	870	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,392	+13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580 value added	580	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,146	—
705	705	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,274	—
827	827	5	306.00	$306.00	$2,531	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	565.00	$565.00	$1,300	—
265–290	278	3	520.00–550.00	$535.18	$1,488	-64.82
310–345	327	7	495.00–545.00	$515.69	$1,686	+0.54
350–395	377	9	465.00–530.00	$483.61	$1,823	-21.85
400–440	425	11	445.00–500.00	$468.29	$1,990	+2.91
450–495	474	11	385.00–490.00	$435.37	$2,064	-1.61
500–545	533	7	390.00–440.00	$414.59	$2,210	+64.59
580–595	586	11	370.00–385.00	$373.85	$2,191	-7.32
610	610	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,348	+26.59
610	610	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,135	-8.41
700	700	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,275	+9.93
717–740	720	8	322.50	$322.50	$2,322	+7.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	220	2	500.00–565.00	$531.02	$1,168	—
250 thin fleshed	250	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,362	—
250	250	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,262	+45.00
315 thin fleshed	315	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,559	-20.26
300–340	322	3	450.00–485.00	$469.69	$1,512	+29.94
370 thin fleshed	370	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,776	-15.91
370–385	378	2	440.00–455.00	$447.35	$1,691	+24.15
425	425	2	445.00–455.00	$450.00	$1,912	+48.12
430 thin fleshed	430	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,914	—
450–490	473	6	375.00–427.50	$408.74	$1,933	+8.47
535	535	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,899	-4.50
555–570	562	5	325.00–380.00	$349.92	$1,967	-2.47
615–620	618	2	320.00–350.00	$334.94	$2,070	+4.92

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1445	1229	80-85%	19	145.00–157.50	$152.01	$1,868	—
990–1395	1241	80-85%	7	136.00–149.00	$142.48	$1,768	—
1140–1490	1357	80-85%	13	158.00–164.00	$160.52	$2,178	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1745	1503	75-80%	19	155.00–168.00	$160.26	$2,409	—
1315–1975	1532	75-80%	7	143.00–156.00	$150.31	$2,303	—
1415–1780	1588	75-80%	3	146.00	$146.00	$2,318	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–845	835	85-90%	2	112.00–112.50	$112.25	$937	—
850–1170	981	85-90%	8	115.00–130.00	$122.86	$1,205	+8.38
785–1300	991	85-90%	4	97.00–109.00	$104.55	$1,036	-9.93
900–1255	1064	85-90%	8	126.00–144.00	$132.49	$1,410	-2.27
925–1260	1120	85-90%	5	142.00–147.00	$144.73	$1,621	-2.94

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–2015	1639	5	161.00–178.00	$173.43	$2,843	—
1690–2030	1804	10	190.00–210.00	$199.53	$3,600	+13.68

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1205	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,850.00–2,200.00	$2,036.61
1085–1090	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,275.00–2,400.00	$2,337.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,629

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–950	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,000.00–3,100.00	$2,633.33
955 thin fleshed	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1030–1185	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,700.00	$2,467.49
1025–1280	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,750.00–2,400.00	$2,110.95
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1150–1265	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,400.00–3,300.00	$2,871.65
1065–1860	1262	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	2,500.00–3,400.00	$3,067.18
1145–1395	1266	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,400.00–3,150.00	$2,740.03
1300–1430	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,300.00–3,350.00	$3,323.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205–1285	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	153.00–160.00	$156.61	$1,950
1030–1640	1331	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	155.00–180.00	$165.34	$2,201
1605	1605	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	157.50	$157.50	$2,528

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
885–1180	1015	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–3,100.00	$2,884.07
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—
1000–1100	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,250.00–3,500.00	$3,369.05	+89.69
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	-945.45
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	-345.45
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	+54.55

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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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.