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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Feeder Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 8

● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 22 →

Receipts

2,564 head

▲ 2,139 vs last sale 425▲ 2,564 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers 3.00-9.00 higher than last sale before holidays. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher instances 14.00 higher over 550 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher. Cows and bulls not reported today due to time.

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 $152.51/cwt on 940 head.

Average price

$152.51

940 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

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

$47.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.46

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	157.10	874	444
Medium and Large 1-2	620	148.93	924	455
Medium and Large 2	534	143.21	765	40
Medium and Large 3	465	110.00	512	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.10/cwt here — about $362 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 sale940 hd

152.51

—

AR average5 barns · 1,254 hd

152.96

−0.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

101 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	163.20/cwt	153.00–175.00	535	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	178.82/cwt	177.00–180.00	617	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	175.71/cwt	170.00–184.00	645	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	153.29/cwt	150.00–158.00	579	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	412	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	742	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	169.38/cwt	161.00–184.00	716	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	687	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	437	176.59/cwt	173.00–179.00	772	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	153.04/cwt	150.00–155.00	669	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	470	172.61/cwt	171.00–176.00	811	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	472	166.74/cwt	160.00–177.00	787	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	472	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	708	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	163.58/cwt	160.00–178.00	775	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	142.36/cwt	135.00–155.00	683	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	771	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	137.01/cwt	132.00–141.00	703	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	809	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	158.02/cwt	152.00–170.00	830	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	152.96/cwt	150.00–154.00	820	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	569	148.86/cwt	145.00–154.00	847	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	571	155.29/cwt	152.00–158.50	887	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	154.75/cwt	143.00–158.00	885	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	148.82/cwt	142.00–151.50	853	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	138.66/cwt	138.00–139.00	800	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	611	154.66/cwt	152.00–155.00	945	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	143.04/cwt	139.00–145.00	877	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	941	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	135.96/cwt	133.00–139.00	862	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	149.80/cwt	140.00–153.00	956	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	666	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	979	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	145.51/cwt	143.75–149.50	975	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	905	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	144.30/cwt	138.00–146.00	990	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	686	130.95/cwt	125.00–138.00	898	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	140.99/cwt	139.00–142.00	974	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	701	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	981	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	704	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	986	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	922	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	720	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,044	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	139.77/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,083	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	791	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	989	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,040	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,125	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	955	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,194	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	127.92/cwt	125.00–134.00	413	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	154.17/cwt	140.00–163.00	504	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	146.05/cwt	140.00–156.00	537	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	130.38/cwt	122.00–137.00	485	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	401	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	626	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	135.70/cwt	127.00–140.00	570	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	113.50/cwt	109.00–117.00	482	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	144.16/cwt	138.00–154.00	618	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	590	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	457	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	617	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	128.80/cwt	125.00–131.00	605	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	143.62/cwt	135.00–150.00	685	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	113.75/cwt	113.00–114.00	544	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	479	144.79/cwt	142.00–150.00	694	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	514	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	704	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	138.06/cwt	128.00–146.00	721	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	527	138.71/cwt	137.50–140.50	731	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	129.97/cwt	128.00–132.00	685	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	120.16/cwt	111.00–126.00	637	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	539	138.67/cwt	138.50–139.00	747	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	539	103.22/cwt	100.00–110.00	556	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	754	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	565	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	783	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	128.63/cwt	128.00–129.00	733	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	131.06/cwt	127.00–134.00	769	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	123.34/cwt	122.00–124.00	725	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	821	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	131.93/cwt	125.00–136.00	826	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	127.99/cwt	127.00–128.50	808	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	806	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	131.40/cwt	125.00–134.00	892	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	686	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	933	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	844	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	113.35/cwt	110.00–120.00	816	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	127.81/cwt	120.00–131.75	939	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	125.80/cwt	125.00–126.00	945	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	864	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	320	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	464	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	328	165.54/cwt	164.00–172.00	543	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	364	167.36/cwt	160.00–173.00	609	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	382	149.72/cwt	145.00–160.00	572	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	141.04/cwt	130.00–144.00	599	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	159.71/cwt	155.00–168.00	690	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	445	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	583	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	139.15/cwt	138.00–141.00	668	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	151.91/cwt	144.00–166.00	734	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	507	149.72/cwt	148.00–154.00	759	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	535	116.79/cwt	110.00–120.00	625	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	540	134.29/cwt	129.00–142.00	725	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	561	134.75/cwt	129.00–143.00	756	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	611	132.75/cwt	125.00–143.00	811	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	695	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	862	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	127.41/cwt	124.00–134.00	905	3

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Receipts 2,564Last week 425Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	328	164.00–172.00	165.54
11	—	561	129.00–143.00	134.75
13	—	611	125.00–143.00	132.75
3	—	432	155.00–168.00	159.71
3	—	695	124.00	124.00
3	—	710	124.00–134.00	127.41
4	—	364	160.00–173.00	167.36
7	—	507	148.00–154.00	149.72
14	—	483	144.00–166.00	151.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	145.00	145.00
6	—	480	138.00–141.00	139.15
8	—	382	145.00–160.00	149.72
10	—	425	130.00–144.00	141.04
14	—	540	129.00–142.00	134.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	131.00	131.00
3	—	535	110.00–120.00	116.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	470	125.00–131.00	128.80
11	—	530	111.00–126.00	120.16
9	—	420	127.00–140.00	135.70
9	—	372	122.00–137.00	130.38
4	—	720	110.00–120.00	113.35
3	—	588	122.00–124.00	123.34
3	—	323	125.00–134.00	127.92
2	—	635	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	108.00	108.00
5	—	751	125.00–126.00	125.80
20	—	327	140.00–163.00	154.17
26	—	368	140.00–156.00	146.05
29	—	679	125.00–134.00	131.40
32	—	735	120.00–131.75	127.81
33	—	587	127.00–134.00	131.06
70	—	522	128.00–146.00	138.06
56	—	626	125.00–136.00	131.93
41	—	429	138.00–154.00	144.16
40	—	477	135.00–150.00	143.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	527	128.00–132.00	129.97
27	—	570	128.00–129.00	128.63
26	—	631	127.00–128.50	127.99
16	—	439	134.00–135.00	134.50
14	—	455	138.00	138.00
6	—	692	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	539	138.50–139.00	138.67
35	—	479	142.00–150.00	144.79
26	—	686	136.00	136.00
23	—	565	138.50	138.50
21	—	624	131.50	131.50
4	—	401	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	527	137.50–140.50	138.71
9	—	563	134.00	134.00
6	—	480	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	457	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	514	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	113.00–114.00	113.75
4	—	425	109.00–117.00	113.50
3	—	539	100.00–110.00	103.22
1	—	580	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	474	160.00–178.00	163.58
47	—	423	161.00–184.00	169.38
37	—	525	152.00–170.00	158.02
34	—	572	143.00–158.00	154.75
33	—	686	138.00–146.00	144.30
33	—	638	140.00–153.00	149.80
26	—	367	170.00–184.00	175.71
17	—	775	138.00–140.00	139.77
7	—	704	140.00	140.00
5	—	345	177.00–180.00	178.82
4	—	824	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	791	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	472	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	720	145.00	145.00
35	—	670	143.75–149.50	145.51
22	—	569	145.00–154.00	148.86
20	—	472	160.00–177.00	166.74
20	—	437	173.00–179.00	176.59
15	—	522	155.00	155.00
13	—	623	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	571	152.00–158.50	155.29
28	—	611	152.00–155.00	154.66
18	—	666	147.00	147.00
13	—	470	171.00–176.00	172.61
3	—	412	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	613	139.00–145.00	143.04
30	—	691	139.00–142.00	140.99
20	—	701	140.00	140.00
19	—	536	150.00–154.00	152.96
19	—	485	159.00	159.00
8	—	432	159.00	159.00
4	—	800	130.00	130.00
62	—	573	142.00–151.50	148.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	686	125.00–138.00	130.95
5	—	480	135.00–155.00	142.36
4	—	634	133.00–139.00	135.96
4	—	378	150.00–158.00	153.29
3	—	577	138.00–139.00	138.66
3	—	513	132.00–141.00	137.01
3	—	437	150.00–155.00	153.04
3	—	328	153.00–175.00	163.20
2	—	955	125.00	125.00
1	—	715	129.00	129.00

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.