Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2025-05-14

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, May 14
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,264 head
▲ 611 vs last sale 653▲ 587 vs year ago 677 · +86.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 92▼ 15 vs year ago 139 · −10.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 20▲ 15 vs year ago 20 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-400 lbs 15.00-30.00 higher 400-600 lbs 7.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300-450 lbs 15.00-20.00 higher 450-600 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher and 600-700 lbs 12.00-30.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. The offering included several groups of good quality reputation calves. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Average dress bulls 3.00 higher 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 $328.45/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −71.15 against this barn's trailing median of $399.60.
Average price
$328.45
122 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.20
vs AR average
−11.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543332.261,80590
Medium and Large 1-2546323.201,76325
Medium and Large 2552298.251,6467thin
One grade step is worth $34.01/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 sale122 hd
328.45
—
AR average8 barns · 388 hd
321.25
+7.20
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−11.43
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.60
−71.15
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—Average1,678179.623,0139thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,318152.562,01125
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,192149.801,78552
CowsLean 85-90%Average988127.821,26320

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)1,198$2,32812
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)858$1,6042thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)820$1,9251thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)705$1,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,608$3,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$1,8001thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322489.79/cwt461.00–505.001,57737
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3532
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377444.49/cwt420.00–475.001,67648
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2393413.67/cwt400.00–417.001,6265
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,73516
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423422.19/cwt402.00–433.001,78658
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469407.45/cwt391.00–425.001,91122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473395.40/cwt390.00–399.001,87056
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478366.74/cwt350.00–387.001,7534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3498282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4045
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518390.93/cwt384.00–400.002,02555
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added522416.09/cwt414.00–421.002,17223
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533347.05/cwt343.00–349.001,8503
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,03613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565376.56/cwt351.00–385.002,12864
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580382.57/cwt382.00–383.002,21919
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0971
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619316.80/cwt300.00–323.001,9616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy644301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9384
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1711
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,1321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735295.62/cwt285.00–307.002,1733
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy745281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,0931
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,24119
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3752220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6544
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2866249.69/cwt249.00–251.002,1623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310310.00/cwt310.00–310.009611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324428.48/cwt395.00–442.001,38834
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328352.12/cwt330.00–381.001,1555
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2354402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,42313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365363.03/cwt345.00–380.001,3256
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368259.99/cwt227.00–300.009576
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380411.96/cwt387.00–423.001,56556
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416399.03/cwt364.00–408.001,66049
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added423406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,7177
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424346.42/cwt331.00–357.001,4697
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425277.05/cwt253.00–300.001,1772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,53222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,5881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy440305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy460301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3851
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463369.84/cwt266.00–389.001,71263
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477354.27/cwt341.00–360.001,69043
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479330.60/cwt312.00–345.001,58418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added488370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,80615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3493240.94/cwt230.00–252.001,1882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,67215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522339.58/cwt323.00–347.001,77343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525308.42/cwt300.00–312.001,6194
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562325.35/cwt300.00–333.001,82841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added568327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8576
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588284.69/cwt270.00–295.001,6743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open590322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,90010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617313.35/cwt295.00–329.001,93320
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620269.10/cwt265.00–273.001,6682
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open690292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,01517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720234.58/cwt229.00–240.001,6892
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8741
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open811248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,0116
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open900289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,6011
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,0451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2302420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2683
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319435.00/cwt420.00–450.001,3884
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382428.55/cwt407.00–453.001,63716
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2397392.83/cwt350.00–407.001,5604
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429410.39/cwt395.00–420.001,76114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4181
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468391.20/cwt370.00–395.001,83121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7293
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515333.06/cwt313.00–357.001,7154
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523373.26/cwt355.00–389.001,95241
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570323.49/cwt322.00–325.001,8442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571355.40/cwt337.00–360.002,0297
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1606338.86/cwt325.00–353.002,0534
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2666277.53/cwt250.00–285.001,8486
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1671323.35/cwt300.00–342.002,17028
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723279.68/cwt273.00–303.002,0227
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned745240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7881
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1985218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,1471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,604176.38/cwt165.00–180.002,8296
Bulls——1,825186.11/cwt185.00–187.003,3973
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%921116.61/cwt110.00–123.001,0747
Cows—Lean 85-90%935101.00/cwt101.00–101.009441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026130.31/cwt124.00–132.001,3376
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038142.89/cwt139.00–147.001,4836
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,108133.31/cwt129.00–137.001,4773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,121142.89/cwt139.00–147.001,6029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214152.59/cwt148.00–163.001,85240
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315153.50/cwt148.00–159.002,01923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,358141.73/cwt140.00–144.001,9252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6083,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,001178.68/cwt152.00–198.001,7896
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,062142.90/cwt130.00–153.001,5183
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27051,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28201,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28581,604.37/head1,500.00–1,700.001,6042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1982,328.10/head1,700.00–2,900.002,32812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,273158.53/cwt149.00–163.002,0183

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.