Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2026-07-29

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
364 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 226▲ 187 vs year ago 177 · +105.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 15▼ 11 vs year ago 30 · −36.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 3 vs year ago 9 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparted to last week: Feeder steers under 400lbs 2.00-4.00 lower, 400-600lbs 10.00-15.00 lower, over 800lbs 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Supply was light with good demand on steers over 800lbs and moderate on other classes with a light test in some classes. There were two very large lots in the auction today. 60 steers weighing 900lbs sold for 338.75/cwt. The other lot was 120 steers weighing 828 sold for 348.10/cwt. Not enough to establish a trend for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $401.78/cwt on 15 head, down $16.52 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 30 comparable sales and sits −37.44 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$401.78
▼ 16.52 vs prior sale
15 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.48
vs AR average
+2.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565403.692,28114thin
Medium and Large 2545375.002,0441thin
One grade step is worth $28.69/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
401.78
—
AR average7 barns · 143 hd
402.26
−0.48
National average142 barns · 3,877 hd
399.29
+2.49
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−37.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
500447394340median 439.2203/0405/0607/0809/0910/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.30, low $354.31, median $439.22 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High2,125217.004,6111thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,617182.712,9543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,152173.291,99610
CowsLean 85-90%High1,094137.451,5033thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$3,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,2501thin

Every lot

53 lots · USDA AMS · North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300519.00/cwt519.00–519.001,5571
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added396467.00/cwt467.00–467.001,8494
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415447.88/cwt430.00–450.001,85910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3181
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added430471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,0256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added472437.80/cwt429.00–440.002,06615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added543432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,3466
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added583386.38/cwt378.00–409.002,2537
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added603381.63/cwt375.00–385.002,3013
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added828348.10/cwt348.10–348.102,882120
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added900338.75/cwt338.75–338.753,04960
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324477.90/cwt469.00–481.001,5484
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345361.77/cwt348.00–419.001,2485
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388414.85/cwt407.00–423.001,6102
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,6851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added447414.63/cwt413.00–416.001,85311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,7431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478395.97/cwt389.00–409.001,89311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530373.32/cwt358.00–386.001,97916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added551376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,0725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578334.10/cwt330.00–351.001,9315
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,1021
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,1932
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770305.51/cwt305.00–306.002,3522
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1181
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,5142
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1386463.52/cwt459.00–465.001,7894
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,7342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525393.04/cwt385.00–410.002,06310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,9572
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556377.18/cwt358.00–387.002,0973
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8931
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,2736
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,2182
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2661
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,125217.00/cwt217.00–217.004,6111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%935129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060157.67/cwt155.00–161.001,6713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166178.01/cwt177.00–179.002,0764
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,173141.67/cwt137.00–147.001,6622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225182.61/cwt181.00–186.002,2373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518185.57/cwt185.00–186.002,8172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,815177.00/cwt177.00–177.003,2131
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1102,450.00/cwt2,450.00–2,450.0027,1951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070195.25/cwt183.00–215.002,0893

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.