Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2022-01-19

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 19
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 1,776 vs last sale 1,879▼ 762 vs year ago 865 · −88.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 100▼ 242 vs year ago 264 · −91.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 37▼ 314 vs year ago 320 · −98.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough in any class for an accurate price trend. A light run due to wet muddy conditions and forecast freezing rain and snow this afternoon.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.34/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$137.34
32 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.49
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500146.0173019thin
Medium and Large 2418130.115437thin
Medium and Large 3357118.324236thin
One grade step is worth $27.69/cwt here — about $308 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 sale32 hd
137.34
—
AR average7 barns · 1,518 hd
142.83
−5.49
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—Low1,45872.001,0492thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36767.219193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33367.078948thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27052.546675thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1338200.96/cwt195.00–207.006792
Steers—Medium and Large 1390195.00/cwt195.00–195.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 2390161.61/cwt153.00–170.006302
Steers—Medium and Large 3395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
Steers—Medium and Large 1418188.69/cwt172.00–206.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 3445124.00/cwt124.00–124.005521
Steers—Medium and Large 2464159.98/cwt158.00–166.007424
Steers—Medium and Large 3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 1541178.00/cwt178.00–178.009636
Steers—Medium and Large 1558165.50/cwt165.00–166.009232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320156.00/cwt150.00–162.004992
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323118.45/cwt115.00–125.003833
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365117.29/cwt110.00–125.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373130.26/cwt126.00–134.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408145.00/cwt145.00–145.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524146.89/cwt140.00–148.007707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610137.00/cwt137.00–137.008361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318155.84/cwt141.00–170.004962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358161.02/cwt160.00–162.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385182.00/cwt182.00–182.007011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427163.00/cwt163.00–163.006963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462168.58/cwt160.00–170.007797
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478127.63/cwt103.00–152.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571150.79/cwt143.50–156.008616
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573127.97/cwt126.00–130.007332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600134.00/cwt134.00–134.008041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615142.05/cwt139.00–145.008742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672144.50/cwt144.50–144.509712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37557.00/cwt57.00–57.007841
Bulls——1,54087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,3401
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22055.90/cwt54.50–57.006823
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22561.50/cwt61.50–61.507531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27568.44/cwt65.00–71.508736
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34547.50/cwt47.00–48.006392
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43870.06/cwt69.00–71.001,0072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50862.94/cwt61.00–65.009492
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25763.59/cwt61.00–68.007993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,50071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0651
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2955113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0791
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2895850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,6081

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.