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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 25

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

218 head

▲ 131 vs last sale 87▲ 218 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

322 head

▲ 282 vs last sale 40▲ 322 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

60 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 72▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders in most classes for a trend last week. Most feeders had a higher under tone with a few 400-550 lb heifers 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 higher. Not enough slaughter bulls for a trend last week.

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 $165.37/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$165.37

72 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$42.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.45

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	471	172.24	811	33
Medium and Large 1	477	165.50	790	32
Medium and Large 3	300	149.00	447	1thin
Medium and Large 2	563	129.67	730	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.58/cwt here — about $81 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 sale72 hd

165.37

—

AR average6 barns · 203 hd

156.92

+8.45

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,590	94.03	1,495	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,346	69.70	938	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	68.41	820	110
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,020	55.00	561	128

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	300	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	447	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	306	195.04/cwt	189.00–197.00	597	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	376	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	707	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	733	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	168.61/cwt	160.00–173.00	754	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	169.55/cwt	168.00–171.00	805	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	698	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	504	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	832	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	150.07/cwt	144.00–154.00	792	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	733	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	144.35/cwt	143.50–146.00	830	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	865	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	652	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	717	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	882	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	747	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	971	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	329	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	540	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	158.76/cwt	142.00–162.00	538	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	476	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	581	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	148.06/cwt	142.00–150.00	628	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	136.41/cwt	134.00–139.00	587	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	144.82/cwt	139.00–150.00	660	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	124.68/cwt	115.00–135.00	582	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	141.57/cwt	141.00–143.00	716	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	121.89/cwt	114.00–130.00	644	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	130.74/cwt	130.00–131.00	756	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	682	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	750	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	320	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	464	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	167.60/cwt	163.00–170.00	629	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	145.27/cwt	135.00–150.50	603	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	516	148.49/cwt	141.00–152.00	766	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	593	136.99/cwt	134.00–140.00	812	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	671	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	872	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	740	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	807	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	755	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	800	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,094	73.43/cwt	60.00–82.00	803	4
Bulls	—	—	1,543	93.31/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,440	9
Bulls	—	—	1,791	101.44/cwt	97.00–106.50	1,817	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	836	27.34/cwt	16.00–35.00	229	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	896	53.07/cwt	46.00–57.00	476	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	921	39.53/cwt	35.00–43.00	364	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	935	61.33/cwt	60.00–62.00	573	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	37.93/cwt	30.00–42.00	396	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	53.80/cwt	45.00–57.00	569	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	62.56/cwt	57.00–66.00	673	41
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	68.31/cwt	64.00–74.00	740	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	66.41/cwt	60.00–70.00	764	60
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	56.77/cwt	54.00–60.00	689	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	72.02/cwt	70.00–80.00	906	46
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,305	67.95/cwt	62.00–70.00	887	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	70.52/cwt	69.00–76.00	963	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	638	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	811.79/cwt	650.00–835.00	7,468	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	567.77/cwt	560.00–575.00	5,422	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,042	62.68/cwt	43.00–72.00	653	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,121	72.60/cwt	67.00–88.00	814	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,237	820.82/cwt	785.00–925.00	10,154	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	68.98/cwt	60.00–71.50	883	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,865	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	13,053	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,540	1

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 Mar 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 218Last week 87Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 322Last week 40Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 72Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,083	64.00–74.00	68.31
7	—	1,043	30.00–42.00	37.93
41	—	1,075	57.00–66.00	62.56
25	—	1,058	45.00–57.00	53.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,365	69.00–76.00	70.52
7	—	1,305	62.00–70.00	67.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,151	60.00–70.00	66.41
46	—	1,258	70.00–80.00	72.02
4	—	1,214	54.00–60.00	56.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	836	16.00–35.00	27.34
12	—	896	46.00–57.00	53.07
4	—	921	35.00–43.00	39.53
3	—	935	60.00–62.00	61.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,791	97.00–106.50	101.44
9	—	1,543	89.00–97.00	93.31
4	—	1,094	60.00–82.00	73.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	920	650.00–835.00	811.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,237	785.00–925.00	820.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	955	560.00–575.00	567.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	76.00	76.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,121	67.00–88.00	72.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,280	60.00–71.50	68.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,042	43.00–72.00	62.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	1,200.00	1,200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	115.00–135.00	124.68
2	—	682	110.00	110.00
2	—	528	114.00–130.00	121.89
2	—	430	134.00–139.00	136.41
1	—	350	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	329	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	456	139.00–150.00	144.82
8	—	395	147.00	147.00
7	—	506	141.00–143.00	141.57
6	—	339	142.00–162.00	158.76
4	—	578	130.00–131.00	130.74
4	—	424	142.00–150.00	148.06
1	—	630	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	106.00	106.00
1	—	540	135.00	135.00
1	—	445	148.00	148.00
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
1	—	320	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	130.00	130.00
4	—	516	141.00–152.00	148.49
3	—	415	135.00–150.50	145.27
3	—	375	163.00–170.00	167.60
2	—	593	134.00–140.00	136.99
1	—	740	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	652	110.00	110.00
2	—	488	143.00	143.00
1	—	555	132.00	132.00
1	—	545	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	376	188.00	188.00
10	—	504	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	747	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	447	160.00–173.00	168.61
6	—	388	189.00	189.00
4	—	609	142.00	142.00
4	—	528	144.00–154.00	150.07
4	—	306	189.00–197.00	195.04
3	—	575	143.50–146.00	144.35
2	—	475	168.00–171.00	169.55
1	—	700	126.00	126.00
1	—	675	135.00	135.00

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.