Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2020-06-24

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 24
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Receipts
1,514 head
▲ 654 vs last sale 860▲ 769 vs year ago 745 · +103.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady to 4.00 higher with the better 450-500 lb steers 8.00 higher and the better 350-400 lb heifers 6.00 lower. The offering included several large groups of calves and yearlings. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.94/cwt on 663 head.
Average price
$139.94
663 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.81
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565145.40821312
Medium and Large 1-2652136.19888280
Medium and Large 2590131.4577663
Medium and Large 3394125.134938thin
One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $328 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 sale663 hd
139.94
—
AR average9 barns · 2,343 hd
137.13
+2.81
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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322169.98/cwt164.00–188.005477
Steers—Medium and Large 3322128.00/cwt128.00–128.004123
Steers—Medium and Large 2330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 2360149.00/cwt149.00–149.005361
Steers—Medium and Large 1372159.77/cwt158.00–163.005946
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy375154.00/cwt154.00–154.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 3399128.00/cwt128.00–128.005114
Steers—Medium and Large 1423153.50/cwt150.50–165.0064926
Steers—Medium and Large 2428144.31/cwt140.00–147.006184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474149.00/cwt149.00–149.0070614
Steers—Medium and Large 2474137.88/cwt132.00–144.0065411
Steers—Medium and Large 1479157.12/cwt147.00–163.0075340
Steers—Medium and Large 2510131.89/cwt125.00–139.006738
Steers—Medium and Large 1521151.36/cwt144.00–157.0078947
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522142.89/cwt139.00–148.0074668
Steers—Medium and Large 2571134.01/cwt127.00–137.007655
Steers—Medium and Large 1578141.94/cwt135.00–146.0082041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579136.56/cwt131.25–141.0079160
Steers—Medium and Large 3590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607136.25/cwt136.25–136.2582730
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610143.65/cwt133.50–145.0087664
Steers—Medium and Large 2618127.19/cwt120.00–134.007866
Steers—Medium and Large 1619137.14/cwt135.00–142.0084912
Steers—Medium and Large 1662134.17/cwt132.00–138.0088846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663134.00/cwt134.00–134.008887
Steers—Medium and Large 2669128.68/cwt128.00–130.5086119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned686132.00/cwt132.00–132.009069
Steers—Medium and Large 2709115.67/cwt115.00–116.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1718129.02/cwt125.00–134.009268
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739129.01/cwt125.00–134.5095321
Steers—Medium and Large 2770120.00/cwt120.00–120.009243
Steers—Medium and Large 1811125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added821132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,08858
Steers—Medium and Large 2830125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0381
Steers—Medium and Large 1865123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2898123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,10922
Steers—Medium and Large 2945113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3321118.00/cwt118.00–118.003799
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332130.61/cwt127.00–135.004343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340142.00/cwt142.00–142.004831
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373136.15/cwt132.00–138.005086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375140.67/cwt139.00–144.005286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416135.89/cwt132.00–140.0056522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429133.00/cwt133.00–133.0057116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430128.48/cwt124.00–132.0055213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy460112.00/cwt112.00–112.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470128.87/cwt128.00–130.0060614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472134.50/cwt129.00–139.0063549
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474124.01/cwt120.00–126.0058819
Heifers—Medium and Large 3513104.39/cwt100.00–109.005362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526125.83/cwt120.00–126.5066281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529120.03/cwt111.00–127.0063516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530129.74/cwt126.00–134.0068867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561126.58/cwt122.00–132.0071061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571113.06/cwt104.00–120.006468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572120.00/cwt120.00–120.0068629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned618114.71/cwt113.00–117.007098
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624112.63/cwt107.00–120.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627118.35/cwt117.00–120.007429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned630114.00/cwt114.00–114.0071820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637126.92/cwt116.50–130.5080839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned679113.00/cwt113.00–113.007674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683114.94/cwt113.00–115.0078577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721121.05/cwt121.00–122.0087318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2737106.87/cwt106.50–108.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open744116.85/cwt116.85–116.8586924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784111.46/cwt106.00–112.508746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822106.00/cwt106.00–106.008712
Heifers—Medium and Large 284596.00/cwt96.00–96.008111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open918102.50/cwt102.50–102.5094112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305150.00/cwt150.00–150.004581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319164.30/cwt161.00–167.0052410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381153.90/cwt145.00–158.005865
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390137.51/cwt135.00–140.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419133.25/cwt130.00–142.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433146.20/cwt140.00–151.0063311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463136.49/cwt134.00–139.006322
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy470100.00/cwt100.00–100.004701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477140.93/cwt136.50–153.0067220
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525136.84/cwt132.00–143.0071810
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528125.76/cwt120.00–130.0066411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540122.00/cwt122.00–122.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571128.48/cwt117.00–139.007349
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580117.00/cwt117.00–117.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613124.28/cwt120.00–128.007628
Bulls—Medium and Large 2621117.23/cwt115.00–120.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713110.44/cwt104.00–114.007875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2738105.00/cwt105.00–105.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008631
Bulls—Medium and Large 284095.00/cwt95.00–95.007981
Bulls—Medium and Large 194598.00/cwt98.00–98.009261

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.