Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2020-05-06

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, May 6
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
566 head
▼ 329 vs last sale 895▲ 566 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 121▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 50▲ 55 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 lower except the better 600-700 lb bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00-7.00 higher on a limited comparison. The offering included several new crop calves with some of them being fleshy.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.10/cwt on 228 head.
Average price
$130.10
228 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.88
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500144.5472380
Medium and Large 2539132.6271549
Medium and Large 1-2777117.1891199
One grade step is worth $27.36/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale228 hd
130.10
—
AR average9 barns · 1,315 hd
136.98
−6.88
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—Average1,58286.861,37411
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17357.4667430
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43853.007624thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00650.2850619

Every lot

92 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325156.84/cwt152.00–160.005104
Steers—Medium and Large 1352159.03/cwt156.00–165.005603
Steers—Medium and Large 2373146.51/cwt136.00–150.005465
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy398150.00/cwt150.00–150.005976
Steers—Medium and Large 1423157.01/cwt156.00–158.006644
Steers—Medium and Large 2425145.80/cwt142.00–149.006206
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460147.00/cwt147.00–147.0067615
Steers—Medium and Large 1466150.23/cwt147.00–152.0070013
Steers—Medium and Large 2469134.74/cwt123.00–146.006326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502140.00/cwt140.00–140.007039
Steers—Medium and Large 1514144.78/cwt140.00–147.0074422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed517150.50/cwt150.50–150.5077823
Steers—Medium and Large 2519134.97/cwt125.00–140.0070014
Steers—Medium and Large 2585127.00/cwt127.00–127.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 1587130.99/cwt129.00–135.007693
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed588130.00/cwt130.00–130.0076410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614130.00/cwt130.00–130.007989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621125.00/cwt125.00–125.007766
Steers—Medium and Large 1625134.00/cwt134.00–134.008383
Steers—Medium and Large 1660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 2740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008885
Steers—Medium and Large 1780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009751
Steers—Medium and Large 2786105.50/cwt105.50–105.508297
Steers—Medium and Large 2835100.00/cwt100.00–100.008351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2938100.50/cwt100.50–100.5094319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,03591.25/cwt91.25–91.2594432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325142.90/cwt141.00–145.004644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332130.13/cwt127.00–137.004326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368135.39/cwt134.00–138.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380129.23/cwt120.00–138.0049111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416130.00/cwt130.00–130.0054110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418135.34/cwt132.00–140.005664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436126.18/cwt120.00–129.0055019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460127.55/cwt125.00–130.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463129.33/cwt125.00–134.0059935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473122.15/cwt118.00–128.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed493128.00/cwt128.00–128.0063113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy510117.00/cwt117.00–117.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514123.27/cwt120.00–127.0063427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525114.38/cwt105.00–122.0060015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2549122.93/cwt120.00–124.0067515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565111.48/cwt109.00–114.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572119.36/cwt115.00–120.0068317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623109.63/cwt105.00–114.006837
Heifers—Medium and Large 2667104.75/cwt104.00–105.506994
Heifers—Medium and Large 270598.00/cwt98.00–98.006911
Heifers—Medium and Large 276887.00/cwt87.00–87.006686
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320165.00/cwt165.00–165.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368147.44/cwt145.00–152.005433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371133.46/cwt130.00–141.004953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413147.58/cwt146.00–152.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430138.84/cwt130.00–141.005977
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy437127.60/cwt120.00–130.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy444126.62/cwt119.00–138.005625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464141.30/cwt137.00–145.006565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478133.94/cwt130.00–138.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 349090.00/cwt90.00–90.004411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy50095.00/cwt95.00–95.004751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520125.51/cwt124.00–127.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535108.00/cwt108.00–108.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537131.25/cwt120.00–140.0070514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568114.04/cwt112.00–116.006482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574128.36/cwt125.00–131.0073713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1607124.47/cwt120.00–126.007564
Bulls—Medium and Large 267398.99/cwt98.00–100.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1679117.22/cwt115.00–125.007965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1780107.97/cwt103.00–113.008422
Bulls—Medium and Large 279887.00/cwt87.00–87.006942
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26376.98/cwt74.00–79.509724
Bulls——1,725100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7251
Bulls——1,77091.25/cwt89.00–93.001,6156
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81538.00/cwt38.00–38.003101
Cows—Lean 85-90%85543.00/cwt43.00–43.003681
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02553.42/cwt51.00–55.0054812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03046.67/cwt45.00–49.004815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10352.51/cwt52.00–53.005794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17657.25/cwt54.00–60.0067321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21462.30/cwt60.00–66.507565
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40554.67/cwt52.00–59.007683
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53548.00/cwt48.00–48.007371
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-288057.00/cwt57.00–57.005021
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-296464.62/cwt52.00–88.0062311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04559.00/cwt59.00–59.006171
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,208725.78/cwt700.00–750.008,7672
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,120.05/cwt985.00–1,225.0013,7213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25057.10/cwt53.00–63.007147
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,316981.65/cwt700.00–1,260.0012,9196
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,057771.70/cwt735.00–825.008,1573
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,103825.13/cwt725.00–875.009,1013
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,282911.89/cwt735.00–985.0011,6907
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3051,154.35/cwt1,050.00–1,185.0015,0644

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.