Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2021-06-30

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 30
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
736 head
▼ 893 vs last sale 1,629▼ 106 vs year ago 842 · −12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 193▲ 10 vs year ago 160 · +6.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 50▼ 93 vs year ago 110 · −84.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steady to 7.00 lower mostly 1.00-4.00 lower except the better 400-450 lb heifers 8.00 higher. Quality and condition of most feeders not as good as last week. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.48/cwt on 293 head.
Average price
$134.48
293 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.93
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534138.67740177
Medium and Large 1-2546133.7173128
Medium and Large 2511126.2964588
One grade step is worth $12.38/cwt here — about $95 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 sale293 hd
134.48
—
AR average9 barns · 1,525 hd
133.55
+0.93
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—High1,55486.661,34610
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44266.5596014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15665.9076258
CowsLean 85-90%Average97559.9558540

Every lot

87 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323182.69/cwt175.00–191.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 2335158.07/cwt154.00–167.005303
Steers—Medium and Large 1365166.67/cwt166.00–168.006083
Steers—Medium and Large 2373152.78/cwt150.00–156.005705
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy414153.50/cwt153.50–153.506354
Steers—Medium and Large 1428161.20/cwt156.00–165.006908
Steers—Medium and Large 2428149.79/cwt133.00–155.0064112
Steers—Medium and Large 1470153.47/cwt152.00–155.007214
Steers—Medium and Large 2482146.19/cwt138.00–154.0070518
Steers—Medium and Large 1526155.08/cwt151.00–157.0081612
Steers—Medium and Large 2538143.06/cwt137.00–148.0077013
Steers—Medium and Large 1567147.24/cwt142.00–150.0083519
Steers—Medium and Large 2577139.22/cwt126.00–144.0080317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584144.87/cwt144.00–146.0084616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607143.50/cwt143.50–143.508718
Steers—Medium and Large 2617137.52/cwt128.00–144.0084819
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620143.00/cwt143.00–143.008871
Steers—Medium and Large 1635146.00/cwt146.00–146.009271
Steers—Medium and Large 2669134.82/cwt130.00–139.009026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672138.25/cwt138.25–138.2592942
Steers—Medium and Large 1673140.51/cwt140.00–141.009462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0145
Steers—Medium and Large 1710135.01/cwt134.00–136.009592
Steers—Medium and Large 2718130.95/cwt126.00–136.009402
Steers—Medium and Large 3745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007452
Steers—Medium and Large 2778124.02/cwt123.00–125.009652
Steers—Medium and Large 1787141.32/cwt140.00–141.501,1128
Steers—Medium and Large 2867129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,12117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318149.33/cwt143.00–154.004758
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320133.34/cwt128.00–143.004273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373130.30/cwt120.00–141.004868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377145.87/cwt143.00–149.0055019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424132.91/cwt122.00–141.0056411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435151.47/cwt144.00–153.0065929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464140.20/cwt136.00–142.006516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480130.14/cwt119.00–137.0062524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519129.21/cwt120.00–137.0067117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523140.59/cwt134.00–143.5073529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533134.99/cwt132.00–136.0071925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576122.58/cwt117.00–130.007069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589136.88/cwt128.00–139.2580645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613124.51/cwt124.00–125.007632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616133.00/cwt133.00–133.008194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629117.40/cwt107.00–122.007388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658123.00/cwt123.00–123.008093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664125.25/cwt115.00–129.7583227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2688120.00/cwt116.00–122.008263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2718109.98/cwt108.00–112.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739116.97/cwt116.00–120.008644
Heifers—Medium and Large 276589.00/cwt89.00–89.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780119.27/cwt117.00–120.009304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320149.65/cwt140.00–162.004793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328164.00/cwt164.00–164.005383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358166.07/cwt165.00–170.0059513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2389154.00/cwt154.00–154.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429148.87/cwt140.00–154.0063918
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430138.00/cwt138.00–138.005932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462148.11/cwt145.00–153.0068416
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475137.54/cwt132.00–144.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514144.77/cwt143.00–146.0074413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538135.00/cwt135.00–135.007262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576140.41/cwt136.00–146.508096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617139.33/cwt138.00–140.008603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660133.50/cwt133.00–134.008812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2695122.00/cwt122.00–122.008481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705119.48/cwt116.00–120.008428
Bulls—Medium and Large 1762114.00/cwt114.00–114.008693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1838101.00/cwt101.00–101.008463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30978.64/cwt75.00–82.001,0294
Bulls——1,71194.12/cwt91.50–98.501,6104
Bulls——1,72887.78/cwt87.00–88.501,5172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight78244.31/cwt43.00–45.003473
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83055.00/cwt55.00–55.004571
Cows—Lean 85-90%90551.50/cwt51.50–51.504661
Cows—Lean 85-90%95059.46/cwt55.00–62.0056523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00056.00/cwt56.00–56.005601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09065.93/cwt63.50–69.0071912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12563.31/cwt59.50–65.5071223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18167.95/cwt65.50–74.5080234
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19564.27/cwt64.00–64.507682
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48366.93/cwt65.00–69.0099312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,5461
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12089.00/cwt89.00–89.009971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16565.50/cwt65.50–65.507631
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276180.33/cwt77.00–87.006113
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29071,006.90/cwt810.00–1,225.009,1338

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.