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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 15
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
921 head
▼ 1,974 vs last sale 2,895▲ 921 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 83▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 20▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs steady to 20.00 higher mostly 5.00-15.00 higher few over 650 lbs about steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs mostly 3.00-6.00 higher over 600 lbs uneven generally steady. Supply was moderate with good demand. 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 $321.14/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −118.08 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$321.14
145 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs AR average
−21.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541334.261,809106
Medium and Large 2562285.471,60539
One grade step is worth $48.80/cwt here — about $203 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 sale145 hd
321.14
—
AR average7 barns · 290 hd
319.34
+1.80
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−21.31
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−118.08
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—High1,731159.832,7667thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,454130.921,90318
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,247123.971,54538
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,075103.131,10830

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)1,271$2,14812
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,406$1,8505
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,464$2,4254thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320359.50/cwt350.00–369.001,1502
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327410.65/cwt397.00–435.001,3438
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0862
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379399.31/cwt355.00–423.001,51310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added412345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426392.57/cwt353.00–425.001,67215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463318.49/cwt300.00–327.001,47514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470356.48/cwt323.00–407.001,67558
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added505317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,6013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530338.50/cwt321.00–351.001,79469
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535298.22/cwt285.00–319.001,59515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,7394
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9455
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564323.91/cwt311.00–340.001,82728
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590271.85/cwt251.00–317.001,60421
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,9877
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624300.69/cwt285.00–315.001,8767
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625267.41/cwt240.00–279.001,67110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,8666
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,85317
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned649286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,8564
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8734
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678248.55/cwt240.00–278.001,68511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2721257.43/cwt239.00–267.001,8563
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,0297
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9846
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,0081
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,2661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305275.00/cwt275.00–275.008391
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331364.34/cwt331.00–387.001,2068
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added367345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2669
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368308.76/cwt275.00–321.001,1367
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379347.56/cwt330.00–369.001,31710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423332.96/cwt309.00–352.001,40826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430290.99/cwt250.00–302.001,2517
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,36813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477311.20/cwt297.00–319.001,48436
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479269.27/cwt245.00–285.001,29016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added489300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4674
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added495316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5644
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4596
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2508262.95/cwt259.00–270.001,3363
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3521
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520284.91/cwt279.00–287.001,48216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527294.97/cwt273.00–307.001,55444
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3481
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565277.77/cwt267.00–287.001,56921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573251.34/cwt229.00–260.001,44014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added597285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608252.95/cwt241.00–265.001,5382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open626260.21/cwt257.00–274.001,62929
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640234.11/cwt217.00–237.001,49811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6503
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2681220.98/cwt210.00–233.001,50514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6195
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720204.90/cwt200.00–210.001,4752
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open731245.77/cwt239.00–248.001,7974
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open767231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7723
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5311
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2808190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5352
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870186.42/cwt183.00–190.001,6222
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,7851
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2909195.67/cwt190.00–207.001,7793
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,8494
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328388.92/cwt387.00–391.001,2762
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383363.05/cwt345.00–375.001,3906
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408305.29/cwt300.00–327.001,2465
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415382.69/cwt330.00–399.001,58814
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481358.53/cwt331.00–387.001,7255
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4884
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1536321.15/cwt311.00–341.001,72122
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573296.35/cwt277.00–323.001,69812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6121
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626279.01/cwt260.00–297.001,74731
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2648269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,74624
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678246.75/cwt245.00–253.001,6737
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5253
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,70110
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5221
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7609
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2866176.57/cwt163.00–186.001,5295
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1873219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9123
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,610134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1571
Bulls——1,750159.21/cwt156.00–162.002,7864
Bulls——1,753173.98/cwt166.00–183.003,0502
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99684.00/cwt80.00–90.008377
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07795.38/cwt90.00–100.001,0275
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100109.23/cwt102.00–114.001,20211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,112118.19/cwt115.00–122.001,3147
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237129.25/cwt124.00–138.001,59921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257119.12/cwt112.00–123.001,49715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270104.92/cwt100.00–110.001,3322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433131.60/cwt128.00–140.001,88616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,620125.47/cwt124.00–127.002,0332
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,262125.00/cwt119.00–129.001,5787
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2712,148.34/head1,500.00–2,250.002,14812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4061,849.51/head1,775.00–1,900.001,8505
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4642,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4254
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,019139.01/cwt117.00–151.001,4175

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.