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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 4
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
839 head
▲ 415 vs last sale 424▲ 149 vs year ago 690 · +21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 78▼ 37 vs year ago 164 · −22.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 20▲ 35 vs year ago 30 · +116.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 4.00 higher than last weeks light test with some classes not fully tested last week. Slaughter cows uneven with high dressing breakers 4.00 higher , boner and lean cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.07/cwt on 345 head.
Average price
$146.07
345 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$339
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.69
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2608149.11907106
Medium and Large 1520146.96764180
Medium and Large 2499138.5269157
Medium and Large 3478119.005682thin
One grade step is worth $30.11/cwt here — about $339 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 sale345 hd
146.07
—
AR average10 barns · 1,723 hd
141.38
+4.69
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—Average1,62498.121,59317
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37075.731,0389thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19871.9486246
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05163.6266930

Every lot

104 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2300168.00/cwt168.00–168.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1339190.72/cwt177.00–197.0064713
Steers—Medium and Large 2371167.34/cwt160.00–176.0062111
Steers—Medium and Large 1395177.00/cwt177.00–177.006991
Steers—Medium and Large 2421155.32/cwt150.00–162.006545
Steers—Medium and Large 1429178.64/cwt174.00–184.0076610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476167.00/cwt167.00–167.0079511
Steers—Medium and Large 1477168.00/cwt160.00–176.0080115
Steers—Medium and Large 2479153.06/cwt150.00–159.0073311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added510179.64/cwt177.00–180.009169
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515161.00/cwt161.00–161.008291
Steers—Medium and Large 2518152.70/cwt140.00–160.007916
Steers—Medium and Large 1529164.08/cwt160.00–170.0086816
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added558175.00/cwt175.00–175.0097722
Steers—Medium and Large 2560147.73/cwt141.00–150.008274
Steers—Medium and Large 1576163.09/cwt158.00–174.0093923
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned608153.00/cwt153.00–153.009302
Steers—Medium and Large 1612159.01/cwt158.00–160.009734
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added613170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,04233
Steers—Medium and Large 2618147.21/cwt146.00–149.009105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,09725
Steers—Medium and Large 2678144.51/cwt142.00–146.509803
Steers—Medium and Large 1683155.34/cwt147.00–158.001,0614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0345
Steers—Medium and Large 1726157.19/cwt154.00–162.001,1415
Steers—Medium and Large 2727139.20/cwt132.00–143.001,0126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,16014
Steers—Medium and Large 2755129.09/cwt122.00–143.009753
Steers—Medium and Large 1840142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1931
Steers—Medium and Large 1880138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,2194
Steers—Medium and Large 2915116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331157.85/cwt154.00–170.005227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333143.99/cwt131.00–152.004795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375161.10/cwt152.00–163.7560423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377144.51/cwt135.00–151.0054510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418141.99/cwt130.00–147.0059412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423154.94/cwt145.00–162.0065514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467146.27/cwt141.00–161.0068317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483137.54/cwt135.00–140.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486140.75/cwt139.00–142.0068414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added488156.00/cwt156.00–156.0076121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519143.96/cwt138.00–147.0074743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528136.84/cwt130.00–141.0072310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530118.00/cwt118.00–118.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565142.41/cwt141.00–143.0080512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581135.57/cwt133.00–138.007889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590157.85/cwt157.85–157.8593143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open592145.00/cwt145.00–145.008586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2599138.00/cwt138.00–138.008274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610134.00/cwt134.00–134.008171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open617146.00/cwt146.00–146.009013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618140.57/cwt135.00–146.0086910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open673138.95/cwt131.00–140.509356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676144.25/cwt144.25–144.2597539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679134.41/cwt132.00–136.0091310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open715133.50/cwt133.50–133.509551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open772130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2783113.00/cwt112.00–114.008852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open816120.69/cwt120.00–122.009856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement835132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835119.00/cwt119.00–119.009941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2930105.00/cwt105.00–105.009771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328168.05/cwt162.00–174.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332177.92/cwt174.00–180.005914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375177.63/cwt176.00–178.006665
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378158.73/cwt147.00–173.0060010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed408172.00/cwt172.00–172.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426169.64/cwt162.00–181.0072314
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434159.01/cwt154.00–162.006904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470161.36/cwt154.00–165.0075823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470149.52/cwt145.00–151.007034
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522155.81/cwt152.00–160.0081312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571152.19/cwt148.00–162.0086914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605124.01/cwt123.00–125.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1614149.54/cwt135.00–155.0091818
Bulls—Medium and Large 1664148.80/cwt145.00–152.009885
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723148.49/cwt148.00–149.001,0742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1777138.39/cwt137.00–140.001,0755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,1721
Bulls——1,60795.46/cwt90.50–97.001,5345
Bulls——1,652100.61/cwt97.00–105.001,66211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98853.17/cwt50.00–56.005252
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05364.03/cwt60.00–68.0067417
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05770.04/cwt67.50–72.507409
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07541.76/cwt38.00–45.004492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13466.72/cwt62.00–70.007579
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21373.21/cwt70.00–78.5088837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37075.73/cwt70.00–79.501,0389
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291590.00/cwt90.00–90.008241
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2917963.14/cwt850.00–1,075.008,8323
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,1183
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0081,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,0884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09883.00/cwt83.00–83.009112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1671,121.28/cwt950.00–1,250.0013,08516
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2321,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,93615
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,29473.19/cwt70.00–77.509478
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,40377.19/cwt70.00–83.001,0835
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-280570.00/cwt70.00–70.005641
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-291584.00/cwt84.00–84.007691
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2918100.52/cwt92.00–109.009232
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7501,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0025,3751

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.