Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2019-08-28

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 28
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
264 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 180▲ 264 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 61▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steady to 5.00 higher on a light test in some classes.. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.13/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$126.13
99 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.71
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496133.4366241
Medium and Large 2514122.2662848
Medium and Large 3400114.7845910thin
One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $203 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 sale99 hd
126.13
—
AR average9 barns · 1,239 hd
132.84
−6.71
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—High1,77687.871,5616thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57965.421,0335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22863.2677717
CowsLean 85-90%Average97150.3748910

Every lot

68 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310189.00/cwt189.00–189.005861
Steers—Medium and Large 2358159.00/cwt159.00–159.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 2420146.00/cwt146.00–146.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 2476142.40/cwt140.00–149.006785
Steers—Medium and Large 3488119.95/cwt119.00–123.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 2515141.67/cwt137.50–145.007309
Steers—Medium and Large 1528144.00/cwt144.00–144.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 3560121.00/cwt121.00–121.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1562143.00/cwt143.00–143.008044
Steers—Medium and Large 2573134.62/cwt130.00–139.007714
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy580136.00/cwt136.00–136.007891
Steers—Medium and Large 1620139.00/cwt139.00–139.008626
Steers—Medium and Large 2623130.69/cwt126.50–136.008144
Steers—Medium and Large 1652136.00/cwt136.00–136.008872
Steers—Medium and Large 2668129.25/cwt122.00–133.508638
Steers—Medium and Large 2815114.00/cwt114.00–114.009291
Steers—Medium and Large 1830123.04/cwt120.00–126.001,0212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340122.00/cwt122.00–122.004152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1352139.50/cwt138.00–140.004914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375132.10/cwt127.00–137.004958
Heifers—Medium and Large 3389116.41/cwt114.00–117.004535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428109.36/cwt106.00–113.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429142.04/cwt135.00–145.506099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464136.92/cwt135.00–138.0063510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470122.56/cwt112.00–130.005768
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520103.00/cwt103.00–103.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525119.19/cwt115.00–121.006267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532130.46/cwt127.00–135.0069411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574119.94/cwt110.00–129.0068816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2614117.20/cwt115.00–120.007205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618124.00/cwt124.00–124.007664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy668110.00/cwt110.00–110.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725102.00/cwt102.00–102.007401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775114.00/cwt114.00–114.008841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316174.37/cwt165.00–177.005518
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358147.51/cwt140.00–155.005283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367159.32/cwt158.00–160.005856
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415112.00/cwt112.00–112.004651
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420142.96/cwt140.00–150.006004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429153.01/cwt146.00–158.006567
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453145.34/cwt145.00–148.006589
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480136.85/cwt127.00–143.006577
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518138.51/cwt138.00–139.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570137.36/cwt132.00–140.007833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590115.21/cwt110.00–130.006804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2616118.04/cwt114.00–124.007274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675118.97/cwt114.00–134.508034
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718128.00/cwt128.00–128.009192
Bulls—Medium and Large 278097.00/cwt97.00–97.007571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57884.27/cwt81.50–86.501,3302
Bulls——1,87589.67/cwt88.00–91.501,6814
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82556.00/cwt56.00–56.004621
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83546.06/cwt41.00–50.503852
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85540.00/cwt40.00–40.003421
Cows—Lean 85-90%94039.00/cwt39.00–39.003671
Cows—Lean 85-90%96854.25/cwt54.00–54.505252
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06542.50/cwt42.50–42.504531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10858.96/cwt56.50–61.506536
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21062.78/cwt62.50–63.007602
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29365.61/cwt64.00–69.5084811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51558.50/cwt58.50–58.508861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59567.15/cwt64.50–69.501,0714
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297054.00/cwt54.00–54.005241
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05066.50/cwt65.00–68.006982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10065.26/cwt60.00–75.007185
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,195825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,8591

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.