Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2024-07-10

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 10
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,000 head
▲ 375 vs last sale 625▼ 288 vs year ago 1,288 · −22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
▲ 129 vs last sale 106▲ 5 vs year ago 230 · +2.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 10▲ 17 vs year ago 43 · +39.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 450-700 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher over 700 lbs and a few plainer steers under 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs mostly 2.00-7.00 higher not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. There was a light or no comparison in some classes from light run two weeks ago. Supply was moderate with good demand on most classes of cattle. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00-4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.60/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −147.62 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$291.60
123 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.24
vs AR average
−11.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536305.061,63548
Medium and Large 1-2560289.941,62224
Medium and Large 2547279.721,53051
One grade step is worth $25.34/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale123 hd
291.60
—
AR average6 barns · 275 hd
291.36
+0.24
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−11.31
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−147.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
500447394340median 439.2203/0405/0607/0809/0910/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.30, low $354.31, median $439.22 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,417165.232,34229
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,330143.081,90315
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,185137.931,63442
CowsLean 85-90%Average982114.581,12538

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,7259
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$1,7751thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,305$2,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$2,44211
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,325$2,4237

Every lot

105 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3312200.00/cwt200.00–200.006243
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319366.24/cwt353.00–387.001,1684
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328316.66/cwt312.00–319.001,0394
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377347.28/cwt322.00–365.001,30918
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380308.31/cwt293.00–325.001,1724
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385233.00/cwt233.00–233.008971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,3783
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420313.16/cwt300.00–321.001,3156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465316.21/cwt300.00–328.001,47021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477295.38/cwt285.00–303.001,40911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513308.76/cwt298.00–327.001,58429
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521286.54/cwt260.00–299.001,49327
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541296.24/cwt294.00–297.001,60312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571299.41/cwt289.00–300.001,71019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576272.04/cwt256.00–283.001,56724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578283.63/cwt274.00–292.001,63912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617273.49/cwt266.00–283.001,68728
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618269.85/cwt269.00–273.001,66812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620264.43/cwt240.00–270.001,63910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3626198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2394
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8333
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662267.54/cwt264.00–270.001,77110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675257.97/cwt256.00–260.001,7412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694260.25/cwt258.00–262.501,80614
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned695244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6963
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8235
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728238.24/cwt236.00–239.001,7344
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,9419
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8741
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8941
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9521
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837259.14/cwt242.50–261.002,169140
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326272.39/cwt250.00–285.008887
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327312.73/cwt311.00–316.001,0233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365312.62/cwt293.00–321.001,1414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370205.00/cwt205.00–205.007591
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377278.83/cwt250.00–293.001,05110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417301.78/cwt293.00–313.001,25816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422276.59/cwt267.00–287.001,16715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463195.99/cwt186.00–203.009073
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472285.79/cwt271.00–300.001,34939
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478258.25/cwt240.00–271.001,2348
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517250.28/cwt220.00–259.001,29417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519269.49/cwt256.00–284.001,39923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540213.98/cwt212.00–216.001,1552
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562259.49/cwt249.00–269.001,45857
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581235.67/cwt225.00–242.001,36911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open605259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5676
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613246.37/cwt241.00–252.001,51026
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613232.41/cwt226.00–236.001,4253
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635236.02/cwt232.00–238.001,4993
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open679236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6025
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4251
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712229.20/cwt223.00–233.001,6326
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2729206.80/cwt190.00–220.001,5084
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open742230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7072
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5481
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7121
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1471
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373301.76/cwt300.00–305.001,1263
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424318.64/cwt315.00–321.001,3515
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431286.33/cwt270.00–305.001,2345
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464299.19/cwt291.00–305.001,3889
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478275.45/cwt250.00–294.001,31718
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528276.94/cwt265.00–289.001,4624
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532284.56/cwt278.00–297.001,51419
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2421
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567258.43/cwt243.00–265.001,4659
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590277.99/cwt277.00–279.001,6402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615257.22/cwt244.00–264.001,58221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660242.97/cwt236.00–249.001,6045
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6911
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1753232.67/cwt230.00–238.001,7523
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7051
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7823
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7862
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,165150.53/cwt147.00–154.001,7542
Bulls——1,269161.50/cwt155.00–167.002,04917
Bulls——1,720174.52/cwt169.00–180.003,00210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91795.26/cwt88.00–100.008748
Cows—Lean 85-90%948110.29/cwt101.00–117.001,04611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021123.77/cwt118.00–131.001,26415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060130.54/cwt130.00–131.001,3844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114124.35/cwt120.00–128.001,3855
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127134.27/cwt129.00–139.001,51315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240143.51/cwt139.00–148.001,78022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,327146.13/cwt142.00–152.001,9399
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335138.50/cwt135.00–142.001,8496
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0151,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8601,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0522,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0732,508.07/head2,000.00–2,675.002,5088
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3512,460.00/head2,460.00–2,460.002,4606
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,724.60/head1,425.00–2,125.001,7259
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175147.02/cwt125.00–169.001,72711
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2966134.62/cwt125.00–156.001,30010

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.