Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2019-10-09

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Oct 9
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
953 head
▼ 343 vs last sale 1,296▲ 953 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 83▲ 200 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 steady to 5.00 higher with full advance on calves with a round of shots or weaned. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.04/cwt on 378 head.
Average price
$125.04
378 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.36
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538130.96704213
Medium and Large 1-2680120.4281925
Medium and Large 2506119.03602120
Medium and Large 3484103.8050220
One grade step is worth $27.16/cwt here — about $202 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 sale378 hd
125.04
—
AR average9 barns · 1,977 hd
122.68
+2.36
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—Low1,58575.191,19118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34555.7875037
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19755.5666548
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04050.8752935

Every lot

100 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315166.40/cwt163.00–167.005247
Steers—Medium and Large 1389163.75/cwt163.00–164.0063715
Steers—Medium and Large 3422116.00/cwt116.00–116.004902
Steers—Medium and Large 1424151.25/cwt148.00–158.006415
Steers—Medium and Large 2424137.56/cwt135.00–140.005837
Steers—Medium and Large 1463157.01/cwt147.00–162.0072722
Steers—Medium and Large 2463139.62/cwt135.00–145.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 3517109.32/cwt108.00–112.005653
Steers—Medium and Large 2530132.36/cwt120.00–138.5070231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531138.26/cwt138.00–138.507346
Steers—Medium and Large 1536150.30/cwt143.00–153.008066
Steers—Medium and Large 3550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed567139.00/cwt139.00–139.007883
Steers—Medium and Large 1572139.18/cwt130.00–147.0079647
Steers—Medium and Large 2575126.06/cwt113.00–136.0072513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623129.52/cwt128.00–130.5080713
Steers—Medium and Large 2624128.44/cwt120.00–133.008017
Steers—Medium and Large 1627146.49/cwt135.00–150.0091832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660137.50/cwt137.50–137.509088
Steers—Medium and Large 2671124.81/cwt120.00–130.0083715
Steers—Medium and Large 1686144.06/cwt126.50–149.0098821
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned694127.00/cwt127.00–127.008814
Steers—Medium and Large 2713124.72/cwt117.00–130.008894
Steers—Medium and Large 1731139.67/cwt139.00–141.001,0216
Steers—Medium and Large 2754133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,00714
Steers—Medium and Large 1765139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0631
Steers—Medium and Large 1810125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2816130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2956128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,22426
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315126.92/cwt120.00–139.0040014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318144.44/cwt142.00–145.004599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372143.24/cwt135.00–147.5053314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373126.46/cwt116.00–133.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373112.65/cwt110.00–115.004202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418134.73/cwt132.00–138.0056326
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418106.11/cwt94.00–114.004443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421121.55/cwt116.00–133.0051216
Heifers—Medium and Large 3461105.43/cwt100.00–110.004865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476122.01/cwt110.00–126.0058115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482132.16/cwt125.00–134.0063735
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520119.59/cwt110.00–123.0062219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524128.69/cwt124.00–132.5067420
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529101.54/cwt92.00–105.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy535112.00/cwt112.00–112.005996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556125.00/cwt125.00–125.006959
Heifers—Medium and Large 356896.45/cwt95.00–98.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572129.76/cwt125.00–131.0074266
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572115.59/cwt107.00–122.0066123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600122.00/cwt122.00–122.007321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611121.50/cwt121.50–121.507427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622117.11/cwt110.00–125.0072814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639132.08/cwt124.00–136.0084419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668116.00/cwt116.00–116.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2671107.15/cwt100.00–114.007195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724120.51/cwt115.00–126.0087210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725104.00/cwt104.00–104.007541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2750109.00/cwt105.00–113.008182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778116.50/cwt116.00–117.009062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820114.00/cwt114.00–114.009352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858113.43/cwt113.00–116.009737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2859115.00/cwt115.00–115.009889
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310132.58/cwt130.00–135.004112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325167.46/cwt150.00–173.005447
Bulls—Medium and Large 2354135.00/cwt135.00–135.004784
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380149.27/cwt146.00–151.005673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410148.13/cwt147.00–150.006079
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421111.81/cwt104.00–120.004715
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431128.94/cwt120.00–140.0055613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467143.74/cwt135.00–157.0067112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468126.77/cwt117.00–134.005936
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533116.29/cwt110.00–125.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538132.70/cwt131.00–135.007147
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573116.31/cwt110.00–128.0066610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595128.00/cwt128.00–128.007621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618112.45/cwt108.00–115.006956
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned620104.00/cwt104.00–104.006451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned628120.98/cwt117.00–125.007602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned662108.00/cwt108.00–108.007152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned683103.54/cwt100.00–107.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723111.24/cwt110.00–112.008044
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725114.50/cwt114.00–115.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1754120.99/cwt117.50–124.509124
Bulls—Medium and Large 2805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47168.28/cwt60.00–71.001,0046
Bulls——1,51576.36/cwt72.00–79.001,1577
Bulls——1,81881.85/cwt80.00–84.001,4885
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86049.32/cwt47.00–51.504242
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86730.00/cwt30.00–30.002603
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02348.17/cwt47.00–50.004934
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07653.44/cwt50.00–57.0057524
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08858.20/cwt57.50–59.006332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17954.97/cwt51.00–58.0064843
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32454.76/cwt52.00–58.5072531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35660.65/cwt58.50–62.508225
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45461.05/cwt57.50–65.008886
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-287968.58/cwt62.00–76.006034
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294365.27/cwt58.00–78.006154
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045832.44/cwt800.00–860.008,6992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20055.42/cwt52.00–61.006658

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.