Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2024-09-11

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 11
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
955 head
▼ 2,276 vs last sale 3,231▼ 1,444 vs year ago 2,399 · −60.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 139▲ 42 vs year ago 71 · +59.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 10▲ 15 vs year ago 20 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly 10.00-20.00 lower some large groups of 600-800 lb yearlings 3.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs mostly 10.00-20.00 lower 600-700 lbs steady to 6.00 lower. The feeder supply under 600 lbs was mostly unweaned calves compared to last weeks mostly weaned calves. Quality of most calves was average to plain. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $251.71/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −187.52 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$251.71
127 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,384
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.57
vs AR average
−16.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547265.191,45031
Medium and Large 1-2568247.991,40946
Medium and Large 2535246.761,31950
One grade step is worth $18.43/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale127 hd
251.71
—
AR average11 barns · 518 hd
254.27
−2.57
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−16.49
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−187.52
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—Average1,861159.602,9705thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,512129.101,95217
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,262126.681,59850
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,043109.911,14616

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)1,233$2,23216
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$2,3672thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,142$2,0733thin

Every lot

111 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310317.74/cwt311.00–322.009853
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2231
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2349331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,1557
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362333.87/cwt323.00–360.001,2097
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371301.60/cwt290.00–312.001,11913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,1219
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416295.75/cwt285.00–300.001,2307
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422263.20/cwt255.00–270.001,11110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430174.00/cwt174.00–174.007481
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467256.43/cwt230.00–269.001,19810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481284.07/cwt275.00–289.001,36625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3488195.00/cwt195.00–195.009523
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512279.22/cwt267.00–281.001,43011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524251.05/cwt238.00–260.001,31639
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,45012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566257.48/cwt246.00–260.001,45720
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572231.56/cwt220.00–239.001,32511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578240.93/cwt237.00–245.001,39334
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4345
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616271.14/cwt244.00–274.001,67089
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,54019
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626228.95/cwt222.00–239.001,43315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned645225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4375
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4788
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2756224.43/cwt220.00–225.001,6979
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789245.75/cwt245.75–245.751,93966
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8638
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325275.00/cwt275.00–275.008943
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329248.86/cwt225.00–281.008195
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,0261
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370247.28/cwt235.00–265.0091515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy372190.00/cwt190.00–190.007072
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3376220.00/cwt220.00–220.008277
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397270.56/cwt270.00–273.001,07416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408265.39/cwt245.00–270.001,08315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0607
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433243.23/cwt210.00–250.001,05326
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3448200.00/cwt200.00–200.008965
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474227.19/cwt220.00–245.001,07724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1181
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516229.74/cwt229.00–230.001,18530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525219.45/cwt200.00–229.001,15210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529243.18/cwt229.00–257.001,28631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563218.87/cwt211.00–225.001,23219
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577226.19/cwt220.00–232.001,30512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1591234.90/cwt229.00–241.001,38816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy605151.00/cwt151.00–151.009141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618230.79/cwt225.00–236.001,4269
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630210.90/cwt199.00–224.001,32919
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4376
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open652236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5392
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661227.08/cwt216.00–230.001,5015
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned667222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678203.37/cwt200.00–209.001,3795
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy703150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open718204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4658
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2722193.75/cwt175.00–210.001,3995
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4891
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2885175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5491
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2905188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,1321
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335256.70/cwt247.00–274.008604
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3350200.00/cwt200.00–200.007001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1352329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,1582
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386241.84/cwt240.00–250.009345
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410200.00/cwt200.00–200.008201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423249.04/cwt240.00–255.001,05313
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439271.78/cwt271.00–275.001,1935
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2448264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,18314
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465269.46/cwt261.00–275.001,25317
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471254.73/cwt230.00–277.001,2007
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515247.29/cwt245.00–266.001,27412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523240.50/cwt240.00–241.001,2582
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2544232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2625
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3091
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1765
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627211.76/cwt200.00–230.001,32814
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633230.39/cwt230.00–231.001,4585
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3202
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5502
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3871
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2747200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4945
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1758216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6373
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4402
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2818186.95/cwt184.00–190.001,5292
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4961
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1868188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,6322
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,840157.00/cwt151.00–165.002,8894
Bulls——1,945170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,3071
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95194.89/cwt90.00–100.009024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061109.29/cwt103.00–113.001,1604
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,079117.73/cwt114.00–124.001,2708
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145114.30/cwt112.00–117.001,3096
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239125.37/cwt119.00–128.001,55323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320131.65/cwt129.00–137.001,73821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485132.44/cwt130.00–136.001,9679
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,501126.83/cwt124.00–129.001,9047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,825115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,0991
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1052,367.48/head2,225.00–2,500.002,3672
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1422,072.92/head1,500.00–2,500.002,0733
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,231.83/head1,300.00–2,650.002,23216
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,249133.75/cwt127.00–142.001,6714
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,309140.37/cwt130.00–164.001,8377

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.