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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 17

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

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Feeder Cattle receipts

417 head

▼ 616 vs last sale 1,033▲ 417 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 157▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 100▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers mixed from 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower generally steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows mixed with breakers 1.00 higher and boner and lean steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.06/cwt on 184 head.

Average price

$134.06

184 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$15.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.98

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	136.35	700	129
Medium and Large 2	490	129.09	632	41
Medium and Large 1-2	599	128.00	767	13thin
Medium and Large 3	370	121.00	448	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.35/cwt here — about $253 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale184 hd

134.06

—

AR average8 barns · 1,433 hd

130.07

+3.98

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,468	80.53	1,182	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	62.25	961	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,294	59.10	764	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	53.97	612	20

Every lot

78 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	167.10/cwt	164.00–170.00	526	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	152.66/cwt	145.00–160.00	566	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	163.99/cwt	162.00–165.00	623	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	149.12/cwt	142.00–155.00	619	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	432	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	674	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	160.11/cwt	155.00–165.00	695	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	147.51/cwt	145.00–150.00	698	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	474	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	768	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	490	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	755	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	730	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	154.50/cwt	154.00–155.00	765	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	138.83/cwt	136.00–142.00	729	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	532	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	849	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	151.95/cwt	150.00–157.00	817	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	138.49/cwt	134.00–145.00	802	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	142.79/cwt	142.00–143.00	847	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	604	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	897	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	143.53/cwt	137.00–148.00	896	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	626	134.43/cwt	131.00–135.00	842	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	887	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	692	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	900	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	133.47/cwt	132.00–135.00	958	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,076	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	422	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	145.68/cwt	145.00–146.00	455	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	143.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	519	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	448	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	135.19/cwt	128.00–140.00	512	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	140.38/cwt	136.00–142.00	577	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	436	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	628	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	136.17/cwt	122.00–140.00	595	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	136.22/cwt	130.00–139.00	629	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	127.72/cwt	125.00–131.00	611	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	134.51/cwt	132.00–137.00	708	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	123.70/cwt	120.00–132.00	654	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	132.02/cwt	126.50–135.00	743	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	581	134.86/cwt	133.00–135.00	784	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	123.01/cwt	120.00–127.00	717	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	767	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	119.12/cwt	115.00–120.00	727	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	127.96/cwt	125.00–132.00	802	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	829	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	936	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	147.12/cwt	145.00–149.00	549	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	408	141.99/cwt	138.00–144.00	579	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	151.13/cwt	150.00–154.00	644	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	435	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	535	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	479	139.37/cwt	138.00–144.00	668	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	519	132.38/cwt	129.00–135.00	687	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	140.03/cwt	138.00–142.00	732	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	125.24/cwt	123.00–128.00	776	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	678	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	861	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	824	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	985	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	724	1
Bulls	—	—	1,415	78.85/cwt	74.50–83.50	1,116	8
Bulls	—	—	1,650	84.63/cwt	83.50–85.50	1,396	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	880	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	422	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	48.01/cwt	47.00–49.00	480	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	53.93/cwt	51.50–57.00	635	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,206	60.01/cwt	59.00–61.00	724	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	56.60/cwt	50.00–59.00	684	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,275	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	638	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	61.59/cwt	59.00–65.50	849	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	64.29/cwt	62.50–65.50	1,021	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	70.54/cwt	58.00–81.00	624	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	666	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,122	696.55/cwt	550.00–825.00	7,815	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,270	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	762	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,288	832.08/cwt	800.00–850.00	10,717	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,360	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	13,260	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,470	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	16,170	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Wed Jul 17, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 417Last week 1,033Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 157Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 100Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	136.00	136.00
1	—	775	107.00	107.00
3	—	478	125.00–131.00	127.72
4	—	583	120.00–127.00	123.01
6	—	379	128.00–140.00	135.19
6	—	529	120.00–132.00	123.70
6	—	610	115.00–120.00	119.12
14	—	437	122.00–140.00	136.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
1	—	780	120.00	120.00
3	—	312	145.00–146.00	145.68
3	—	362	140.00–145.00	143.30
7	—	411	136.00–142.00	140.38
8	—	627	125.00–132.00	127.96
16	—	462	130.00–139.00	136.22
16	—	563	126.50–135.00	132.02
27	—	526	132.00–137.00	134.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	436	144.00	144.00
14	—	581	133.00–135.00	134.86
22	—	515	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	599	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	132.00	132.00
2	—	315	164.00–170.00	167.10
14	—	593	142.00–143.00	142.79
12	—	624	137.00–148.00	143.53
12	—	538	150.00–157.00	151.95
8	—	434	155.00–165.00	160.11
6	—	380	162.00–165.00	163.99
4	—	495	154.00–155.00	154.50
2	—	718	132.00–135.00	133.47
2	—	662	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	473	145.00–150.00	147.51
9	—	415	142.00–155.00	149.12
7	—	626	131.00–135.00	134.43
6	—	525	136.00–142.00	138.83
5	—	579	134.00–145.00	138.49
5	—	371	145.00–160.00	152.66
2	—	692	130.00	130.00
1	—	755	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	604	148.50	148.50
2	—	432	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	532	159.50	159.50
7	—	474	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,030	80.00	80.00
2	—	523	138.00–142.00	140.03
4	—	678	127.00	127.00
7	—	426	150.00–154.00	151.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
2	—	373	145.00–149.00	147.12
2	—	675	115.00	115.00
4	—	408	138.00–144.00	141.99
4	—	620	123.00–128.00	125.24
5	—	479	138.00–144.00	139.37
8	—	519	129.00–135.00	132.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,178	51.50–57.00	53.93
5	—	1,206	59.00–61.00	60.01
4	—	1,000	47.00–49.00	48.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,588	62.50–65.50	64.29
1	—	1,275	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,378	59.00–65.50	61.59
11	—	1,209	50.00–59.00	56.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,415	74.50–83.50	78.85
5	—	1,650	83.50–85.50	84.63
1	—	985	73.50	73.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	885	58.00–81.00	70.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,288	800.00–850.00	832.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,122	550.00–825.00	696.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	60.00	60.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	60.00	60.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,470	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	975.00	975.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.