Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2025-04-09

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Apr 9
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▼ 248 vs last sale 638▲ 39 vs year ago 351 · +11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 124▲ 31 vs year ago 112 · +27.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 185▲ 80 vs year ago 35 · +228.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 2.00-10.00 lower on a light test not enough over 500 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs steady to 10.00 lower not enough over 650 lbs for a trend. Supply was light and with quality average. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.05/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −99.55 against this barn's trailing median of $399.60.
Average price
$300.05
15 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.72
vs AR average
−16.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2520302.481,5732thin
Medium and Large 1561299.681,68013thin
One grade step is worth $2.80/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale15 hd
300.05
—
AR average10 barns · 174 hd
297.33
+2.72
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−16.50
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.60
−99.55
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—Low1,501159.302,39126
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,390143.081,9895thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,169142.551,66626
CowsLean 85-90%High967121.691,17753

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)1,114$2,07120
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,060$1,7001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)852$1,8502thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$1,7251thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)650$1,3751thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,325$2,7062thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,432$2,8174thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,176$2,35913
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,106$2,19433
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$2,4001thin

Every lot

92 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310362.81/cwt351.00–375.001,1252
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,3584
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,32310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360411.19/cwt402.00–425.001,4807
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,5402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410412.30/cwt410.00–415.001,69017
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427360.38/cwt360.00–361.001,5395
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471380.19/cwt369.00–385.001,79112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,5721
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6581
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578317.47/cwt315.00–320.001,8352
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,7821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy600275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6501
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9664
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2950223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,1191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331391.56/cwt381.00–399.001,29611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy340299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,0171
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,36810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364379.51/cwt360.00–393.001,38119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy410348.14/cwt335.00–359.001,4273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427373.81/cwt364.00–385.001,59622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439325.80/cwt309.00–331.001,4304
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,6073
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479306.26/cwt299.00–329.001,4679
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6071
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520302.48/cwt300.00–305.001,5732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564298.90/cwt290.00–301.001,68612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607278.35/cwt269.00–283.001,6905
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5541
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5861
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665244.94/cwt241.00–249.001,6292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned672259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7402
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open714256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,82810
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7861
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5361
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open793239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8953
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open855205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7532
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2894209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,8684
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,040173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7991
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328405.98/cwt400.00–421.001,3328
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371410.63/cwt391.00–420.001,5237
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,4394
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430403.60/cwt361.00–411.001,7359
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy442271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1982
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465299.80/cwt257.00–323.001,3943
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480325.91/cwt317.00–335.001,5642
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529335.14/cwt327.00–339.001,7733
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559315.35/cwt300.00–326.001,7639
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,7641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6951
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7233
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned661263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7385
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6781
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned756217.59/cwt200.00–235.001,6454
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1764248.32/cwt241.00–255.001,8973
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2813210.94/cwt207.00–215.001,7152
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2968180.03/cwt170.00–190.001,7432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,419153.82/cwt142.00–159.002,18318
Bulls——1,609165.26/cwt160.00–170.002,6595
Bulls——1,815182.22/cwt178.00–189.003,3073
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87495.14/cwt90.00–100.008324
Cows—Lean 85-90%936110.62/cwt105.00–117.001,03515
Cows—Lean 85-90%984124.90/cwt120.00–130.001,22922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005138.50/cwt132.00–145.001,39212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167138.25/cwt135.00–141.001,6137
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171145.58/cwt141.00–151.001,70518
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363140.34/cwt139.00–142.001,9133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430147.19/cwt145.00–150.002,1052
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3252,706.04/head2,500.00–2,900.002,7062
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29102,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0592,280.49/head1,600.00–2,550.002,2804
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1042,191.03/head1,400.00–2,425.002,19121
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1102,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,20012
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1522,363.31/head2,250.00–2,550.002,3636
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,455.43/head2,250.00–2,550.002,4553
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5422,906.11/head2,700.00–3,150.002,9063
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,013159.41/cwt148.00–183.001,6152
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,054156.33/cwt142.00–171.001,64819
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1142,070.89/head1,675.00–2,500.002,07120
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,295153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,9811
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2879158.28/cwt149.00–169.001,3914
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005149.59/cwt146.00–153.001,5032
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-26501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28521,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28951,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251

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.