Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2020-07-29

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 29
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
858 head
▲ 353 vs last sale 505▲ 858 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 94▲ 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 30▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers uneven with the better kind under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher and the plainer kind steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.25/cwt on 321 head.
Average price
$130.25
321 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.69
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515135.26697169
Medium and Large 2511126.0164471
Medium and Large 1-2700123.6686580
Medium and Large 3530111.005881thin
One grade step is worth $24.26/cwt here — about $108 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 sale321 hd
130.25
—
AR average7 barns · 1,773 hd
133.93
−3.69
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—Average1,59797.511,55712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12769.6578547
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38868.8295517
CowsLean 85-90%High98562.6561721

Every lot

91 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
Steers—Medium and Large 1356177.19/cwt169.00–183.0063113
Steers—Medium and Large 2385154.74/cwt150.00–165.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 1416162.20/cwt157.00–170.0067510
Steers—Medium and Large 2427149.94/cwt139.00–154.0064014
Steers—Medium and Large 1472158.56/cwt154.00–164.0074811
Steers—Medium and Large 2481144.12/cwt137.00–150.006939
Steers—Medium and Large 2522141.37/cwt130.00–148.0073812
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.33/cwt148.00–160.0080714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548147.00/cwt147.00–147.0080611
Steers—Medium and Large 1561153.81/cwt149.00–161.0086319
Steers—Medium and Large 2585134.51/cwt125.00–141.0078712
Steers—Medium and Large 1607152.74/cwt138.00–157.0092751
Steers—Medium and Large 2639132.01/cwt130.00–133.008444
Steers—Medium and Large 1666143.03/cwt140.00–144.509539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673138.33/cwt137.00–140.0093142
Steers—Medium and Large 2673129.58/cwt120.00–141.0087219
Steers—Medium and Large 371090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1716137.69/cwt135.00–142.009867
Steers—Medium and Large 2723128.85/cwt128.00–130.509323
Steers—Medium and Large 1760134.66/cwt132.00–135.001,0239
Steers—Medium and Large 1817132.31/cwt132.00–132.501,08121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,02310
Steers—Medium and Large 1935115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320136.38/cwt134.00–138.004363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329149.12/cwt142.00–152.0049113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375147.90/cwt144.00–152.0055517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380135.71/cwt131.00–139.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427139.06/cwt135.00–144.0059415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428135.10/cwt125.00–140.0057811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474128.36/cwt120.00–134.0060811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475135.27/cwt133.00–139.0064327
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517124.09/cwt120.00–132.0064225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519135.22/cwt132.00–140.5070224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530111.00/cwt111.00–111.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547128.00/cwt128.00–128.007007
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562120.00/cwt120.00–120.006742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563130.97/cwt122.00–138.0073735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open578138.50/cwt138.50–138.508016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584123.00/cwt123.00–123.007186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605122.65/cwt120.00–126.0074218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626120.56/cwt110.00–124.007558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628129.74/cwt124.00–131.5081512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670121.23/cwt115.00–124.0081210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2679113.03/cwt103.00–119.007676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725116.00/cwt116.00–116.008411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open731124.66/cwt123.00–125.509119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open746122.50/cwt122.50–122.5091413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2750112.00/cwt112.00–112.008401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open779123.85/cwt123.85–123.8596536
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1326172.08/cwt167.00–179.005617
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335153.50/cwt150.00–157.005142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380163.03/cwt157.00–167.006208
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381151.48/cwt143.00–158.0057717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410156.00/cwt150.00–158.006409
Bulls—Medium and Large 2445146.00/cwt146.00–146.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466151.20/cwt144.00–155.0070512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480136.03/cwt125.00–144.0065311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517143.73/cwt138.00–147.007437
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526131.31/cwt117.00–140.006917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568134.00/cwt134.00–134.007619
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575136.00/cwt132.00–139.007826
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580126.99/cwt125.00–131.007374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1614130.44/cwt125.00–142.0080114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2642114.02/cwt110.00–115.007325
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1659129.21/cwt126.00–131.008514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725105.78/cwt101.00–109.007679
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 376563.00/cwt63.00–63.004821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24881.76/cwt80.00–85.501,0203
Bulls——1,55594.07/cwt90.00–99.001,4632
Bulls——1,758105.25/cwt100.00–108.501,8507
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight73041.64/cwt38.00–45.003042
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight82064.50/cwt64.50–64.505291
Cows—Lean 85-90%94552.19/cwt48.00–56.004932
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01969.19/cwt65.00–74.507059
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02163.16/cwt58.50–64.506458
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10766.45/cwt62.00–69.0073617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12058.00/cwt58.00–58.006501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15072.20/cwt69.00–79.0083028
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31165.75/cwt64.00–67.008626
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43070.50/cwt67.00–75.001,00811
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29551,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,7441
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5551,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0020,2151
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28921,125.38/cwt925.00–1,175.0010,03811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290069.00/cwt69.00–69.006211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,051963.49/cwt800.00–1,210.0010,1268
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,36066.91/cwt63.00–70.009104
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2845839.05/cwt800.00–875.007,0902
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-281680.62/cwt74.00–88.006584
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-291083.00/cwt83.00–83.007551

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.