Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2024-07-24

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 24
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
620 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 658▲ 91 vs year ago 529 · +17.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 106▲ 61 vs year ago 90 · +67.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 10▼ 37 vs year ago 47 · −78.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00-13.00 higher mostly 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers mixed with the better heifers mostly 1.00-5.00 lower except the 350-400 lbs 16.00 higher and the plainer kind mostly 1.00-5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.01/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −140.21 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$299.01
61 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.28
vs AR average
+1.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527315.761,66532
Medium and Large 2556280.531,55929
One grade step is worth $35.23/cwt here — about $106 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 sale61 hd
299.01
—
AR average10 barns · 271 hd
286.73
+12.28
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+1.19
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−140.21
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—Low1,597155.502,48415
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,454139.852,03421
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,207135.761,63950
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,035122.271,26533

Every lot

86 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317390.96/cwt379.00–400.001,2395
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382366.16/cwt357.00–375.001,39922
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,3471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3396200.00/cwt200.00–200.007924
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416348.27/cwt321.00–365.001,44929
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429308.85/cwt299.00–312.001,3254
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469319.29/cwt306.00–339.001,49720
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,3671
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507323.06/cwt313.00–328.001,63823
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534279.80/cwt270.00–288.001,49411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569280.98/cwt278.00–288.001,59918
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6132
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582301.13/cwt285.00–309.001,7537
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627292.14/cwt281.00–299.001,83213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630270.61/cwt264.00–279.001,7059
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2664260.38/cwt250.00–263.001,7295
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7751
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,9034
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775244.28/cwt233.00–248.001,8934
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777258.32/cwt257.00–260.002,0073
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,9221
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2926245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,26967
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319320.65/cwt320.00–323.001,0235
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325230.00/cwt230.00–230.007481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330300.68/cwt254.00–385.009925
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365333.41/cwt303.00–341.001,21711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376294.83/cwt285.00–300.001,1094
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425312.40/cwt299.00–329.001,32813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427289.14/cwt273.00–303.001,2355
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0581
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468264.67/cwt240.00–281.001,2397
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469292.74/cwt285.00–295.001,37325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,36110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525273.31/cwt267.00–277.001,43528
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539251.99/cwt230.00–265.001,3589
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568261.70/cwt247.00–272.001,48621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576255.14/cwt253.00–257.001,47013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580233.73/cwt209.00–241.001,35610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open618247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5265
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620240.75/cwt240.00–241.001,4934
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5933
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2679233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6166
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713232.42/cwt230.00–237.001,6573
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733222.96/cwt219.00–227.001,6342
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy745224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6691
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open837230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,92518
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,7891
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2860213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8321
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2900205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,0791
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376351.01/cwt343.00–355.001,3204
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2394318.14/cwt275.00–339.001,2533
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1441327.23/cwt320.00–341.001,4437
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470287.56/cwt281.00–291.001,3523
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476309.52/cwt297.00–317.001,47313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518288.78/cwt275.00–309.001,49618
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524270.78/cwt253.00–280.001,4197
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570282.02/cwt277.00–296.001,60810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2579264.73/cwt250.00–277.001,5335
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617275.53/cwt265.00–289.001,7006
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618237.47/cwt235.00–240.001,4682
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655253.40/cwt251.00–254.001,6605
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4963
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned700211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4771
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1726247.39/cwt247.00–249.001,7965
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5602
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8521
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,409140.34/cwt134.00–147.001,9776
Bulls——1,653161.90/cwt155.00–165.002,6765
Bulls——1,810170.25/cwt165.00–180.003,0824
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%931110.68/cwt105.00–115.001,0307
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058123.13/cwt119.00–127.001,30316
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070132.23/cwt127.00–138.001,4159
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,075121.06/cwt114.00–126.001,3016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192133.98/cwt129.00–138.001,59724
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265142.31/cwt138.00–148.001,80020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445143.03/cwt141.00–148.002,06711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452137.06/cwt131.00–140.001,9909
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0541
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2991152.22/cwt124.00–176.001,5097
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,5411

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.