Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR / 2025-04-10

Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glenwood, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 10
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1684
← Mar 27Apr 10latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 219▼ 5 vs year ago 173 · −2.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 60▼ 16 vs year ago 39 · −41.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 20▲ 9 vs year ago 5 · +180.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no report last week. Quality of cattle was average to good. Buyer participation was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.15/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$299.15
14 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.44
vs AR average
−17.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530304.971,6168thin
Medium and Large 1529291.401,5416thin
One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale14 hd
299.15
—
AR average10 barns · 205 hd
297.71
+1.44
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−17.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,267155.681,9735thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,196130.321,5588thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average840116.009741thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,098$1,9982thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,7501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$2,0751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,178$2,3502thin

Every lot

57 lots · USDA AMS · McGrew Livestock Auction - Glenwood, 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1481
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1561
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369349.08/cwt335.00–372.501,2884
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1931
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy375410.63/cwt397.50–422.501,5405
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,2321
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,5491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413364.70/cwt352.50–377.501,5063
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy423386.36/cwt382.50–390.001,6342
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,4701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy450362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed470365.50/cwt362.50–369.001,7183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490334.25/cwt327.50–341.001,6382
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515361.31/cwt355.00–367.501,8612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,7771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy319397.49/cwt392.50–402.501,2686
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330337.25/cwt327.50–347.501,1133
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy373387.64/cwt377.50–397.501,4466
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373334.41/cwt320.00–352.501,2476
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403322.41/cwt307.50–337.501,2992
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420378.04/cwt360.00–391.001,5884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,2772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed445312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460323.58/cwt310.00–333.001,48813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478288.31/cwt285.00–290.001,3783
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed485279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,3531
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508293.10/cwt289.00–297.501,4894
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530304.97/cwt290.00–310.001,6168
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570288.00/cwt285.00–291.001,6422
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6491
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510353.34/cwt342.00–362.001,8026
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,9201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555325.10/cwt314.00–336.001,8042
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed615315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9371
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1693245.51/cwt244.00–247.001,7012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,020145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4792
Bulls——1,432162.80/cwt157.00–169.002,3313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%840116.00/cwt116.00–116.009741
Cows—Boner 80-85%975115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130128.66/cwt125.00–135.001,4544
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,357137.63/cwt137.00–138.001,8683
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2878134.41/cwt124.00–145.001,1802
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035128.20/cwt126.00–130.001,3272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,5371
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0981,998.06/head1,750.00–2,200.001,9982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,8541
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751

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.