Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2024-10-02

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Oct 2
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
756 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 856▲ 120 vs year ago 636 · +18.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 155▲ 42 vs year ago 121 · +34.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 30▼ 20 vs year ago 35 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 4.00 higher with the better 400-500 lbs 13.00-16.00 higher and the 550-600 lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows mixed with the breaker and boner cows steady to 1.00 higher and the lean cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.10/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −163.51 against this barn's trailing median of $399.60.
Average price
$236.10
62 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,291
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.74
vs AR average
−10.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546246.931,34736
Medium and Large 1-2571226.001,2908thin
Medium and Large 2538218.911,17818thin
One grade step is worth $28.02/cwt here — about $170 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 sale62 hd
236.10
—
AR average10 barns · 444 hd
227.36
+8.74
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−10.68
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.60
−163.51
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—Average1,543141.752,18720
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,466118.801,74116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208114.411,38255
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05598.561,03935

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)918$1,3552thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)740$1,1501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,388$2,1002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)975$1,4501thin

Every lot

110 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318250.00/cwt250.00–250.007952
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1341353.25/cwt345.00–365.001,2056
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2386287.17/cwt282.00–303.001,1084
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388324.17/cwt320.00–327.001,25815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408323.91/cwt295.00–333.001,32227
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436284.29/cwt265.00–299.001,2409
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy455230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0471
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474295.81/cwt277.00–307.001,40234
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482261.02/cwt258.00–277.001,25815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520276.08/cwt250.00–282.001,43619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525251.30/cwt230.00–264.001,31913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528267.03/cwt258.00–270.501,41028
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3571
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573260.09/cwt249.00–265.001,4908
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4555
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584241.75/cwt239.00–243.001,4128
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610251.96/cwt244.00–255.001,5375
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614231.17/cwt230.00–239.001,4199
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned621240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4909
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned626216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3525
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5151
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5031
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670259.41/cwt250.00–261.001,73819
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7341
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6474
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723230.26/cwt230.00–231.001,6654
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755222.66/cwt215.00–232.001,6813
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8101
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2877189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6583
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317269.21/cwt253.00–273.008535
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319237.64/cwt230.00–250.007585
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380210.00/cwt210.00–210.007981
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382272.20/cwt255.00–285.001,0408
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387221.43/cwt210.00–250.008577
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391250.00/cwt250.00–250.009785
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418228.41/cwt210.00–244.0095514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422259.48/cwt246.00–280.001,09525
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425241.96/cwt234.00–249.001,02815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472253.54/cwt239.00–276.001,19737
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475200.00/cwt200.00–200.009501
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476221.68/cwt210.00–230.001,05514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy495208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0309
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515242.08/cwt240.00–245.001,24716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open517266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522219.14/cwt209.00–233.001,14411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563218.56/cwt208.00–231.001,2307
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2908
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open580249.87/cwt245.00–259.001,44914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610207.48/cwt190.00–220.001,2664
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open616245.47/cwt244.00–250.001,5128
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624233.35/cwt231.00–241.001,45617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3003
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned659213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4046
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open673231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5555
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679226.49/cwt226.00–228.001,5384
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open697223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5543
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2724190.18/cwt180.00–203.001,3779
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4891
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open736225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6569
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4421
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open815217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7699
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4881
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2910173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5743
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1945193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318329.41/cwt329.00–330.001,0487
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423298.86/cwt269.00–320.001,26415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2441262.17/cwt255.00–269.001,1566
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465270.65/cwt251.00–277.001,2599
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468245.65/cwt230.00–254.001,1505
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528236.35/cwt225.00–246.001,24823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530253.86/cwt248.00–262.001,34518
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560249.51/cwt248.00–251.001,3972
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2589228.43/cwt217.00–237.001,3456
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3842
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4821
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3231
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4191
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1671230.17/cwt230.00–231.001,5446
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5181
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718190.27/cwt180.00–206.001,3663
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned728180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3102
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1737209.51/cwt208.00–210.001,5444
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5991
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6381
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2895190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,471136.67/cwt130.00–140.002,0109
Bulls——1,601145.91/cwt141.00–153.002,33611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02297.70/cwt94.00–102.0099813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04389.17/cwt84.00–94.009309
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090105.40/cwt101.00–111.001,14912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150105.59/cwt100.00–110.001,21412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217123.85/cwt120.00–130.001,50714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227113.51/cwt110.00–119.001,39329
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430116.37/cwt114.00–119.001,6648
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,492122.98/cwt119.00–130.001,8357
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,7061
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3882,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2750173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2981
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29181,355.45/head1,350.00–1,360.001,3552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145103.96/cwt102.00–106.001,1902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27401,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29751,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501

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.