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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 7

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

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Feeder Cattle receipts

447 head

▼ 285 vs last sale 732▲ 447 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 110▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 1.00 lower on a light test in some classes. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher over 400 lbs steady to 4.00 lower with the better 500-550 lbs 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.39/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$144.39

165 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$22.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.54

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	602	146.86	884	68
Medium and Large 1	569	146.16	831	33
Medium and Large 2	499	145.56	726	50
Medium and Large 3	469	124.01	581	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $303 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 sale165 hd

144.39

—

AR average10 barns · 1,246 hd

145.92

−1.54

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	1,533	82.65	1,267	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	65.53	970	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	62.61	803	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,035	58.72	608	11

Every lot

83 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	161.12/cwt	150.00–167.00	540	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	158.07/cwt	145.00–167.00	586	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	160.51/cwt	160.00–161.00	658	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	129.55/cwt	120.00–140.00	551	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	149.31/cwt	147.00–152.00	654	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	451	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	699	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	155.97/cwt	154.00–158.00	724	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	479	121.23/cwt	118.00–135.00	581	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	148.23/cwt	142.00–153.00	720	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	120.57/cwt	110.00–124.00	615	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	797	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	515	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	757	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	142.21/cwt	138.00–146.00	758	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	151.71/cwt	151.00–154.00	810	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	147.94/cwt	144.00–153.00	842	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	137.90/cwt	132.00–141.00	787	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	830	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	140.98/cwt	140.00–143.00	874	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	135.00/cwt	132.00–137.00	864	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	136.50/cwt	135.00–137.00	904	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	662	131.36/cwt	130.00–134.00	870	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	686	145.10/cwt	145.10–145.10	995	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	975	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	981	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	154.65/cwt	154.00–155.00	483	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	451	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	148.46/cwt	146.00–150.00	549	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	139.90/cwt	132.00–143.00	519	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	429	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	141.52/cwt	140.00–142.00	590	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	132.99/cwt	123.00–138.00	561	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	427	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	512	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	636	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	105.08/cwt	100.00–110.00	497	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	132.85/cwt	125.00–135.00	630	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	659	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	134.46/cwt	130.00–139.00	699	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	123.90/cwt	119.00–132.00	652	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	106.93/cwt	104.00–110.00	565	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	129.06/cwt	125.00–135.00	732	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	744	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	123.75/cwt	122.00–125.00	717	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	124.71/cwt	120.00–127.00	763	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	800	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	128.56/cwt	125.00–130.00	852	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	305	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	522	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	332	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	521	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	382	158.49/cwt	154.00–165.00	605	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	145.49/cwt	143.00–147.00	557	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	145.63/cwt	140.00–151.00	628	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	439	156.45/cwt	154.00–157.00	687	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	149.65/cwt	149.00–152.00	681	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	486	139.99/cwt	137.00–142.00	680	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	151.11/cwt	140.00–155.00	802	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	562	137.99/cwt	134.00–142.00	776	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	131.41/cwt	129.00–140.00	820	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	881	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	719	120.01/cwt	118.00–122.00	863	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,275	73.80/cwt	72.00–75.00	941	3
Bulls	—	—	1,602	84.03/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,346	6
Bulls	—	—	1,713	91.79/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,572	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	54.56/cwt	52.00–57.00	556	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	62.19/cwt	59.00–68.00	652	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,274	64.97/cwt	62.00–68.00	828	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	58.56/cwt	55.00–61.00	759	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,481	65.53/cwt	63.00–68.50	970	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,214	64.35/cwt	56.00–71.00	781	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,309	884.80/cwt	800.00–950.00	11,582	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,163	1,002.87/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	11,663	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,223	1,144.10/cwt	950.00–1,310.00	13,992	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,448	1,407.49/cwt	1,275.00–1,550.00	20,380	5

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 Aug 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 447Last week 732Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 110Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	531	140.00–155.00	151.11
8	—	455	149.00–152.00	149.65
7	—	624	129.00–140.00	131.41
7	—	382	154.00–165.00	158.49
5	—	439	154.00–157.00	156.45
4	—	719	118.00–122.00	120.01
2	—	665	130.00–135.00	132.46
1	—	755	110.00	110.00
1	—	305	171.00	171.00
7	—	562	134.00–142.00	137.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	134.00	134.00
6	—	383	143.00–147.00	145.49
5	—	486	137.00–142.00	139.99
2	—	332	157.00	157.00
1	—	755	112.00	112.00
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
1	—	605	123.00	123.00
12	—	431	140.00–151.00	145.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	490	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	451	155.00	155.00
17	—	511	156.00	156.00
14	—	591	140.50	140.50
7	—	722	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	686	145.10	145.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	138.00–146.00	142.21
7	—	571	132.00–141.00	137.90
7	—	486	142.00–153.00	148.23
5	—	640	132.00–137.00	135.00
4	—	371	145.00–167.00	158.07
4	—	335	150.00–167.00	161.12
12	—	438	147.00–152.00	149.31
3	—	662	130.00–134.00	131.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	118.00–135.00	121.23
5	—	425	120.00–140.00	129.55
4	—	510	110.00–124.00	120.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	140.00–143.00	140.98
2	—	410	160.00–161.00	160.51
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
8	—	464	154.00–158.00	155.97
4	—	662	135.00–137.00	136.50
4	—	569	144.00–153.00	147.94
4	—	534	151.00–154.00	151.71
3	—	727	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	507	130.00	130.00
7	—	572	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	663	125.00–130.00	128.56
7	—	567	125.00–135.00	129.06
6	—	520	130.00–139.00	134.46
5	—	370	146.00–150.00	148.46
4	—	417	140.00–142.00	141.52
3	—	470	135.00–136.00	135.33
3	—	312	154.00–155.00	154.65
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
1	—	745	124.00	124.00
1	—	620	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	122.00–125.00	123.75
3	—	612	120.00–127.00	124.71
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
1	—	320	141.00	141.00
16	—	474	125.00–135.00	132.85
11	—	422	123.00–138.00	132.99
7	—	526	119.00–132.00	123.90
5	—	371	132.00–143.00	139.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	100.00–110.00	105.08
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
3	—	427	120.00	120.00
2	—	528	104.00–110.00	106.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,048	59.00–68.00	62.19
5	—	1,019	52.00–57.00	54.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,481	63.00–68.50	65.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,274	62.00–68.00	64.97
7	—	1,296	55.00–61.00	58.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,602	80.00–86.50	84.03
3	—	1,275	72.00–75.00	73.80
2	—	1,713	90.00–94.00	91.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	4	—	1,309	800.00–950.00	884.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,214	56.00–71.00	64.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,163	900.00–1,100.00	1,002.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,448	1,275.00–1,550.00	1,407.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,223	950.00–1,310.00	1,144.10

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.