Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2020-09-30

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 30
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
541 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 368▼ 755 vs year ago 1,296 · −58.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 140▲ 21 vs year ago 83 · +25.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 35▲ 10 vs year ago 30 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls mostly 1.00-5.00 lower except some 500-600 lb steers steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher 500-650 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.74/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$122.74
177 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.20
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519128.3666791
Medium and Large 1-2585124.3672813thin
Medium and Large 2-3352117.5041410thin
Medium and Large 2561116.8965657
Medium and Large 351998.345106thin
One grade step is worth $30.02/cwt here — about $157 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 sale177 hd
122.74
—
AR average9 barns · 1,833 hd
126.94
−4.20
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—Average1,56177.951,21717
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40851.1472014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16948.0856245
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00641.9242222

Every lot

106 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 1313166.30/cwt158.00–175.005212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3323137.00/cwt137.00–137.004437
Steers—Medium and Large 1365157.04/cwt155.00–158.005733
Steers—Medium and Large 2375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005331
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3376135.00/cwt135.00–135.005087
Steers—Medium and Large 1410156.00/cwt156.00–156.006401
Steers—Medium and Large 2412139.43/cwt139.00–142.005747
Steers—Medium and Large 1473151.78/cwt142.00–154.0071812
Steers—Medium and Large 2475129.58/cwt125.00–135.006168
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed483145.00/cwt145.00–145.007007
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484144.43/cwt144.00–145.006999
Steers—Medium and Large 2518128.10/cwt124.00–132.006642
Steers—Medium and Large 1526142.79/cwt137.00–155.0075121
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added566147.95/cwt146.00–150.008376
Steers—Medium and Large 1568138.60/cwt135.00–144.007875
Steers—Medium and Large 2570128.06/cwt125.00–130.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy585113.00/cwt113.00–113.006611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
Steers—Medium and Large 1675133.00/cwt133.00–133.008981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693137.00/cwt137.00–137.0094913
Steers—Medium and Large 2715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 2755123.50/cwt123.50–123.509321
Steers—Medium and Large 2813116.57/cwt109.00–124.009482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322142.61/cwt139.00–149.004596
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3329118.00/cwt118.00–118.003885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373130.68/cwt115.00–138.004878
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375117.00/cwt117.00–117.004395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377139.23/cwt136.00–145.005259
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410106.00/cwt106.00–106.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415137.44/cwt132.00–140.0057013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425125.62/cwt116.00–129.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472131.60/cwt128.00–136.0062115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478121.35/cwt117.00–130.0058011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511127.50/cwt122.00–132.0065221
Heifers—Medium and Large 352596.06/cwt87.00–105.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531119.35/cwt117.00–123.006348
Heifers—Medium and Large 356397.93/cwt93.00–103.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy57090.00/cwt90.00–90.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575114.81/cwt105.00–132.006609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580125.58/cwt125.00–126.007286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585124.36/cwt123.00–126.0072813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627122.20/cwt119.00–126.0076611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2666108.78/cwt102.00–112.007244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705104.50/cwt104.50–104.507372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728113.86/cwt109.00–119.008294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2830106.47/cwt102.00–111.008842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2883100.00/cwt100.00–100.008836
Heifers—Medium and Large 193793.50/cwt93.50–93.508765
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333128.00/cwt128.00–128.004263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1361157.00/cwt157.00–157.005674
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428132.92/cwt127.00–139.005697
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440137.00/cwt137.00–137.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470130.01/cwt128.00–135.0061114
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471100.33/cwt100.00–101.004733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy475128.00/cwt128.00–128.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485146.00/cwt146.00–146.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518134.07/cwt124.00–141.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527114.80/cwt103.00–121.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562124.49/cwt123.50–125.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574110.34/cwt100.00–114.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 357997.04/cwt95.00–98.005623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy595102.00/cwt102.00–102.006073
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615102.29/cwt97.00–114.006295
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640124.57/cwt124.00–127.007975
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2667109.00/cwt109.00–109.007273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1674111.73/cwt107.00–125.007535
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008112
Bulls—Medium and Large 272588.00/cwt88.00–88.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 281587.00/cwt87.00–87.007091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36467.99/cwt65.00–73.509275
Bulls——1,50386.32/cwt84.50–87.501,2974
Bulls——1,71379.99/cwt78.00–83.001,3708
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79331.41/cwt30.00–33.002492
Cows—Lean 85-90%92025.27/cwt20.00–30.002322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01640.42/cwt35.00–44.004116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04346.14/cwt43.50–51.5048110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08852.47/cwt52.00–53.005712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11242.93/cwt42.00–46.0047717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20354.23/cwt53.00–56.006526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20450.38/cwt47.00–53.5060722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28042.84/cwt41.00–45.005482
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33154.04/cwt53.00–55.007194
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47851.77/cwt48.00–53.507658
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-290553.00/cwt53.00–53.004801
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-292580.00/cwt80.00–80.007401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2935700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,5451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296052.00/cwt52.00–52.004991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296854.83/cwt50.00–58.005313
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980885.97/cwt750.00–1,010.008,6832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14260.48/cwt51.00–80.006916
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,213901.50/cwt685.00–1,025.0010,9357
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,28255.82/cwt49.50–71.007163
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,052700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3641
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,070710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,5971
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,100775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2651,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,5991
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,376932.63/cwt850.00–975.0012,8334
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4351,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0015,5701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2890785.00/cwt785.00–785.006,9871
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2908813.09/cwt800.00–825.007,3832

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.