Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2024-11-06

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Nov 6
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,610 head
▲ 958 vs last sale 652▲ 601 vs year ago 1,009 · +59.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 190▼ 179 vs year ago 335 · −53.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 140 vs year ago 150 · −93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 2.00-10.00 higher than last weeks light test not enough over 700 lbs last week for a trend. Had some large groups of 700-900 lb yearlings that sold good. Feeder heifers mostly 4.00-11.00 higher instances 23.00 higher. The offering included mostly weaned cattle in the weaned special along with the regular sale. Demand was good on the weaned cattle with active bidding. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $278.47/cwt on 193 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −160.75 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$278.47
193 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.12
vs AR average
−23.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550284.791,566160
Medium and Large 2568247.831,40733
One grade step is worth $36.96/cwt here — about $159 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 sale193 hd
278.47
—
AR average10 barns · 564 hd
267.35
+11.12
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−23.38
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−160.75
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—Low1,743151.412,63912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,280118.081,5127thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,264117.301,48334
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04898.811,03629

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)1,010$1,5332thin

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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320220.00/cwt220.00–220.007041
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328338.68/cwt320.00–355.001,1118
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380325.21/cwt320.00–331.001,23617
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383297.36/cwt290.00–300.001,1394
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added391299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1695
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added419329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,37912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433275.63/cwt273.00–281.001,1939
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435313.32/cwt300.00–325.001,36324
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added435302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3143
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added463266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467263.32/cwt260.00–273.001,23010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489291.69/cwt290.00–296.001,42614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added517309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,5989
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3183
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526291.18/cwt270.00–306.001,53271
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added556300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6685
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573247.11/cwt216.00–254.001,41630
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576274.82/cwt254.00–279.001,58375
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617257.59/cwt250.00–264.001,58911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,49010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626266.08/cwt251.00–273.001,66661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5563
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned654246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6095
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670255.28/cwt246.00–267.001,7108
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685238.14/cwt229.00–250.001,63113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned710238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6901
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721246.59/cwt240.00–251.501,77847
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2742231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7143
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2772231.49/cwt224.00–236.001,78712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789258.09/cwt256.50–258.502,036306
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803255.79/cwt226.00–257.502,05486
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8521
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2883213.90/cwt202.00–226.001,8892
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9861
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,9311
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,20614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3305231.00/cwt231.00–231.007051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335247.50/cwt245.00–250.008292
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1346276.43/cwt275.00–284.009566
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384238.88/cwt210.00–250.0091719
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385265.69/cwt253.00–282.001,02313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425235.92/cwt220.00–251.001,00315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427200.00/cwt200.00–200.008543
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436283.15/cwt266.00–299.001,23521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy437204.33/cwt203.00–205.008933
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461230.52/cwt213.00–242.001,06310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,13015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470284.74/cwt284.00–285.001,33815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483261.38/cwt248.00–284.001,26251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2509225.94/cwt213.00–233.001,1505
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added512273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,39821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522256.63/cwt225.00–273.001,34040
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537256.54/cwt256.00–257.001,37828
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569241.07/cwt225.00–251.001,37280
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573255.94/cwt253.00–259.001,46714
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575218.00/cwt217.00–219.001,2542
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open617246.66/cwt240.00–251.001,52220
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621235.44/cwt229.00–237.001,46233
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622219.48/cwt210.00–222.001,3656
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3887
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4244
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open665229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5236
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open678212.68/cwt209.00–222.001,4427
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open680241.21/cwt240.00–243.001,64022
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open728226.32/cwt220.00–229.001,64824
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4211
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open797224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,78522
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open811225.25/cwt224.00–226.001,8278
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7661
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0342
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374306.99/cwt305.00–309.001,1488
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,0761
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415295.82/cwt285.00–305.001,2286
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425204.94/cwt200.00–210.008712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2446271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2094
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473239.96/cwt229.00–250.001,1354
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490279.40/cwt277.00–280.001,36910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528262.16/cwt250.00–275.001,38416
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2543230.97/cwt225.00–240.001,2545
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577234.46/cwt230.00–245.001,3537
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582207.77/cwt200.00–232.001,2094
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620226.58/cwt224.00–229.001,4052
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630230.02/cwt225.00–249.001,44933
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1739221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6335
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6071
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,618132.01/cwt126.00–138.002,1362
Bulls——1,656147.79/cwt140.00–155.002,4474
Bulls——1,842160.29/cwt155.00–171.002,9536
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91179.47/cwt75.00–83.007244
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055105.24/cwt100.00–110.001,11013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08393.34/cwt85.00–100.001,0119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,097113.19/cwt110.00–116.001,2423
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242123.83/cwt119.00–127.001,53818
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282115.60/cwt113.00–118.001,4829
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,293115.89/cwt114.00–118.001,4982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295124.95/cwt123.00–129.001,6184
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299102.71/cwt100.00–106.001,3347
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2973126.14/cwt107.00–141.001,2278
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,533.42/head1,250.00–1,750.001,5332

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.