Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2024-09-18

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 18
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
686 head
▼ 269 vs last sale 955▼ 253 vs year ago 939 · −26.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 113▼ 61 vs year ago 204 · −29.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 35▼ 55 vs year ago 85 · −64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly 1.00-10.00 lower except 400-450 lbs 8.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady 4.00 lower with the better 400-500 lbs 20.00-30.00 lower. Quality was average with most of the offering unweaned calves. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.75/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −168.86 against this barn's trailing median of $399.60.
Average price
$230.75
83 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,243
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$392
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$65.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.68
vs AR average
−6.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536240.501,28852
Medium and Large 1-2527225.001,1865thin
Medium and Large 2550215.451,18624
Medium and Large 3512175.008962thin
One grade step is worth $65.50/cwt here — about $392 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 sale83 hd
230.75
—
AR average10 barns · 591 hd
231.43
−0.68
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−6.26
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.60
−168.86
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

31 sales
451403355306median 399.6003/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $437.39, low $320.30, median $399.60 across 31 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—High1,492140.042,0909thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,450122.411,77418
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,186119.241,41451
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,012109.001,10319

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)1,060$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$1,7501thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)860$1,5412thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,080$3,1335
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,355$1,9002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,560$1,9001thin

Every lot

98 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311328.30/cwt323.00–329.001,0219
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330314.27/cwt295.00–325.001,03710
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,14013
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379322.36/cwt318.00–325.001,2225
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381292.59/cwt270.00–306.001,1155
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416304.39/cwt280.00–310.001,26619
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433274.78/cwt260.00–283.001,1905
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474250.46/cwt230.00–261.001,1876
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484284.01/cwt257.00–289.001,37511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509274.48/cwt255.00–279.001,39748
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529240.66/cwt235.00–254.001,2734
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4364
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559254.00/cwt250.00–260.001,4204
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564231.03/cwt220.00–241.001,3039
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4567
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619248.28/cwt245.00–253.001,5375
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624235.83/cwt225.00–245.001,47211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3650199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657242.00/cwt239.00–243.001,5904
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681226.05/cwt220.00–229.001,5397
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715231.92/cwt220.00–237.001,65813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2726220.75/cwt203.00–226.001,6037
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320280.81/cwt258.00–289.0089912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380190.00/cwt190.00–190.007221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384261.78/cwt253.00–265.001,00514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385231.74/cwt215.00–251.0089210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416243.54/cwt240.00–252.001,0139
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418190.42/cwt180.00–200.007962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434230.61/cwt220.00–245.001,00113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476243.26/cwt239.00–250.001,15814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479224.24/cwt210.00–237.001,07417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481234.99/cwt229.00–242.001,13025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3512175.00/cwt175.00–175.008962
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1865
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528242.74/cwt225.00–251.001,28243
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543214.92/cwt200.00–219.001,16718
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572231.05/cwt222.00–244.001,3228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572217.05/cwt200.00–225.001,2426
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2651
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610172.54/cwt170.00–175.001,0522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612227.21/cwt222.00–232.001,3915
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622224.09/cwt217.00–226.001,3948
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3381
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open660238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,57113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned689190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3097
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710192.01/cwt190.00–194.001,3632
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4783
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open735185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3602
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open736205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5098
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open857190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6287
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open925164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5172
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2928173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,6052
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,032182.44/cwt182.00–183.001,8839
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2317265.79/cwt250.00–287.008433
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384324.01/cwt317.00–325.001,2448
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2394261.71/cwt250.00–285.001,0316
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413229.01/cwt214.00–253.009468
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426280.38/cwt255.00–283.001,19411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482235.67/cwt220.00–252.001,1369
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488264.23/cwt242.00–274.001,28910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523238.21/cwt229.00–252.001,24617
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529217.26/cwt200.00–230.001,1497
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570246.89/cwt234.00–250.001,4075
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2605
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3971
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2662206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3642
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1682218.73/cwt215.00–220.001,4924
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy690190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3111
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710209.00/cwt208.00–210.001,4842
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755195.03/cwt190.00–200.001,4722
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765208.92/cwt205.00–212.001,5983
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,298129.67/cwt125.00–133.001,6835
Bulls——1,697150.68/cwt147.00–155.002,5573
Bulls——1,850160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,9601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92894.80/cwt85.00–100.008803
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,012115.87/cwt110.00–120.001,17310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054104.65/cwt100.00–109.001,1036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,172119.52/cwt116.00–125.001,40142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193107.36/cwt100.00–114.001,2814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294126.42/cwt126.00–128.001,6365
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,322126.83/cwt126.00–128.001,6773
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475121.52/cwt118.00–124.001,79215
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0803,132.72/head2,100.00–3,700.003,1335
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29451,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,199130.42/cwt121.00–166.001,5645
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5601,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2959131.54/cwt119.00–149.001,2615
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28601,541.13/head1,050.00–1,825.001,5412

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.