Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Nov 20
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Receipts
1,785 head
▲ 535 vs last sale 1,250▲ 1,785 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450 lbs mostly 3.00-4.00 higher with the better 350-400 lbs 10.00 higher and the better 450-700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher with the unweaned 600-650 lbs 3.00 lower and the plainer kind over 450 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. The better feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 1.00 higher unweaned 600-700 lbs 4.00-8.00 lower plainer heifers under 450 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower 500-550 lbs 4.00 higher and over 550 lbs 4.00-7.00 lower. Feeder bulls mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.71/cwt on 591 head.
Average price
$124.71
591 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.02
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520130.72679252
Medium and Large 1-2541122.98665177
Medium and Large 2532117.88627156
Medium and Large 3534100.925396thin
One grade step is worth $29.80/cwt here — about $141 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 sale591 hd
124.71
—
AR average8 barns · 2,152 hd
124.72
−0.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

93 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1321170.88/cwt169.00–175.005494
Steers—Medium and Large 2338160.17/cwt150.00–162.005416
Steers—Medium and Large 1368167.51/cwt154.00–176.0061633
Steers—Medium and Large 2382146.09/cwt138.00–150.005588
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2396150.00/cwt150.00–150.005949
Steers—Medium and Large 1423159.82/cwt149.00–165.0067623
Steers—Medium and Large 2430142.50/cwt137.00–151.0061312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468148.00/cwt148.00–148.006939
Steers—Medium and Large 3472110.00/cwt110.00–110.005192
Steers—Medium and Large 1473155.79/cwt153.00–166.0073721
Steers—Medium and Large 2483136.83/cwt125.00–146.0066133
Steers—Medium and Large 2523133.09/cwt120.00–138.0069615
Steers—Medium and Large 1525147.81/cwt140.00–160.0077645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529142.95/cwt142.00–143.5075639
Steers—Medium and Large 3540109.00/cwt109.00–109.005891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569138.07/cwt135.00–142.0078619
Steers—Medium and Large 2573127.01/cwt123.00–136.0072812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy582127.50/cwt127.50–127.5074238
Steers—Medium and Large 1583143.98/cwt140.00–147.5083967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612142.00/cwt142.00–142.008695
Steers—Medium and Large 1615142.00/cwt142.00–142.008734
Steers—Medium and Large 2621132.70/cwt126.00–136.0082413
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned625123.54/cwt116.00–125.007726
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631132.30/cwt132.00–135.0083519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned632131.16/cwt127.50–132.5082933
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned658133.00/cwt133.00–133.0087516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668123.00/cwt123.00–123.008225
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned669117.19/cwt110.00–120.007847
Steers—Medium and Large 1672142.22/cwt135.00–143.0095610
Steers—Medium and Large 2675124.95/cwt118.00–133.0084313
Steers—Medium and Large 2710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008524
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned711125.00/cwt125.00–125.008896
Steers—Medium and Large 2784123.98/cwt116.00–132.009726
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned785124.50/cwt124.50–124.509773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324124.98/cwt120.00–130.004054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329139.26/cwt130.00–144.0045813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376137.94/cwt130.00–147.0051924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380126.55/cwt120.00–132.0048115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422126.11/cwt120.00–128.0053218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425137.82/cwt131.00–144.0058640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426131.53/cwt130.00–132.0056013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy467125.00/cwt125.00–125.0058420
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473105.24/cwt100.00–110.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479126.24/cwt124.00–128.0060521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480133.48/cwt127.00–148.5064133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480122.98/cwt115.00–127.0059036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy505100.00/cwt100.00–100.005051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516128.65/cwt123.00–135.0066447
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518120.58/cwt110.00–125.0062519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528125.28/cwt123.00–130.0066142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528102.51/cwt100.00–105.005412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy569121.00/cwt121.00–121.0068834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575126.95/cwt123.00–130.5073036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578122.94/cwt121.00–127.0071139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579113.77/cwt105.00–122.0065922
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 361090.00/cwt90.00–90.005491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625113.52/cwt108.00–122.0071019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629121.58/cwt121.00–122.0076521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned668122.00/cwt122.00–122.008156
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673110.00/cwt110.00–110.007402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676125.93/cwt122.00–128.5085124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned681108.42/cwt90.00–113.007388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2718100.00/cwt100.00–100.007183
Heifers—Medium and Large 280595.00/cwt95.00–95.007659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,05460.00/cwt60.00–60.006324
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320167.79/cwt162.00–171.005376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330146.30/cwt135.00–153.004834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378154.24/cwt148.00–162.0058312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378132.55/cwt125.00–140.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427150.57/cwt143.00–157.0064334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432137.64/cwt129.00–143.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472142.09/cwt135.00–149.0067119
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481125.01/cwt120.00–138.0060111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495114.00/cwt114.00–114.005641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515136.35/cwt125.00–142.0070243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy522110.00/cwt110.00–110.005743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527124.45/cwt117.00–128.006569
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2551120.00/cwt120.00–120.0066110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562126.17/cwt120.00–131.007095
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569117.29/cwt115.00–120.0066713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned602108.00/cwt108.00–108.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2612116.51/cwt116.00–118.007134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned628115.00/cwt115.00–115.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631123.62/cwt120.00–127.0078012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned645115.00/cwt115.00–115.0074211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675101.96/cwt100.00–104.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 270398.38/cwt92.00–100.006925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned72585.00/cwt85.00–85.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007704

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.