Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2019-08-14

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 14
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
▼ 255 vs last sale 447▲ 192 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 56▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 30▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 4.00-12.00 lower on a light test in most classes. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Light run due to heat and sharply lower cattle futures past two days although they were higher today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.78/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$121.78
65 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.76
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537127.5168428
Medium and Large 2490119.6658631
Medium and Large 3495105.995256thin
One grade step is worth $21.52/cwt here — about $159 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 sale65 hd
121.78
—
AR average9 barns · 1,408 hd
132.54
−10.76
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—Average1,87183.271,5585thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49362.759372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33162.1582712
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10352.255768thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2365137.00/cwt137.00–137.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 1373160.88/cwt159.00–163.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 1425153.34/cwt150.00–157.006522
Steers—Medium and Large 3425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 2437143.78/cwt135.00–148.006286
Steers—Medium and Large 2477134.84/cwt134.50–135.006433
Steers—Medium and Large 1518143.58/cwt136.00–147.007448
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added522145.00/cwt145.00–145.007572
Steers—Medium and Large 2524132.76/cwt120.00–138.006965
Steers—Medium and Large 1572135.51/cwt130.00–137.5077510
Steers—Medium and Large 2578125.74/cwt122.50–129.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 1623134.49/cwt128.00–142.008387
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added732137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0034
Steers—Medium and Large 1870114.00/cwt114.00–114.009921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300126.00/cwt126.00–126.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359125.74/cwt125.00–128.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378113.42/cwt111.00–116.004292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416135.00/cwt135.00–135.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423122.51/cwt117.00–127.005186
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440110.00/cwt110.00–110.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469121.40/cwt120.00–127.005697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471131.44/cwt128.00–139.006198
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485104.56/cwt99.00–110.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521127.40/cwt126.00–129.006647
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525122.91/cwt120.00–126.006456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added550127.50/cwt127.50–127.507014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560124.50/cwt124.50–124.506971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568121.52/cwt121.00–122.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650119.00/cwt119.00–119.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658104.02/cwt100.00–108.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy70590.00/cwt90.00–90.006351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707118.49/cwt117.50–119.008383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007101
Heifers—Medium and Large 380590.00/cwt90.00–90.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830113.00/cwt113.00–113.009381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320164.00/cwt164.00–164.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1441144.38/cwt142.00–152.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512127.19/cwt124.00–131.006515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529133.23/cwt132.00–134.007055
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582128.70/cwt126.00–130.007493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1637121.77/cwt120.00–127.0077610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655119.02/cwt117.00–121.007802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663110.40/cwt100.00–119.007323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2740103.00/cwt103.00–103.007621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2760106.00/cwt106.00–106.008061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,87183.27/cwt78.00–86.001,5585
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89540.00/cwt40.00–40.003581
Cows—Lean 85-90%95035.00/cwt35.00–35.003331
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14354.75/cwt49.00–57.506264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20362.00/cwt60.00–64.007462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30756.83/cwt56.50–57.007433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33963.92/cwt61.00–67.008569
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49362.75/cwt62.50–63.009372
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5341,165.70/cwt1,025.00–1,385.0017,8825
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3601,062.53/cwt860.00–1,150.0014,45019
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,42858.46/cwt55.00–66.508354

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.