Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2025-07-09

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 9
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
714 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 658▼ 286 vs year ago 1,000 · −28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 80▼ 135 vs year ago 235 · −57.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 15▼ 7 vs year ago 60 · −11.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend sale closed last week for the holiday. Supply was light with good demand. Quality was average with cattle with excess hair receiving discounts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.36/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −68.86 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$370.36
77 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.77
vs AR average
−8.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552380.792,10057
Medium and Large 2568340.641,93520
One grade step is worth $40.16/cwt here — about $165 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 sale77 hd
370.36
—
AR average6 barns · 176 hd
366.60
+3.77
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−8.77
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−68.86
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—Average1,776202.143,59117
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,390159.422,21613
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,185154.261,82836
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,040140.091,45722

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)1,242$2,24022
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,7896
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,091$1,7504thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)715$1,5751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)870$1,8804thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)820$1,6751thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)775$2,2502thin

Every lot

84 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310516.97/cwt515.00–519.001,6032
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6744
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372411.11/cwt345.00–430.001,5298
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417368.31/cwt353.00–373.001,5366
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440411.44/cwt387.00–440.001,81020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470411.61/cwt395.00–423.001,93512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478368.73/cwt325.00–397.001,76319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523378.12/cwt357.00–407.001,97820
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523352.96/cwt351.00–355.001,8463
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567382.24/cwt353.00–402.002,16737
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576338.46/cwt338.00–339.001,95017
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616372.78/cwt345.00–381.002,29615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,1552
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635319.03/cwt315.00–335.002,0265
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2659327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,15518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670340.96/cwt339.00–343.002,2842
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2171
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739332.99/cwt323.00–336.002,46173
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3641
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2968275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,66218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2303382.97/cwt380.00–401.001,1607
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370349.03/cwt331.00–360.001,29115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377373.34/cwt360.00–380.001,40711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422315.01/cwt280.00–335.001,3295
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432368.49/cwt350.00–385.001,59212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471321.67/cwt291.00–342.001,51538
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472365.47/cwt331.00–381.001,72519
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526311.61/cwt297.00–323.001,63924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529331.23/cwt315.00–342.001,75232
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6741
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563318.31/cwt310.00–325.001,79218
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573298.50/cwt290.00–317.001,71015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,9781
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,8511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618290.59/cwt263.00–305.001,79618
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9721
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680281.35/cwt279.00–285.001,9135
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9558
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2768250.03/cwt222.00–269.001,9205
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315473.00/cwt473.00–473.001,4901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,2661
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2366370.41/cwt327.00–390.001,35616
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381424.25/cwt419.00–437.001,6164
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427342.85/cwt300.00–380.001,46418
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2651
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462373.00/cwt360.00–380.001,7233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487343.80/cwt337.00–360.001,67415
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513367.34/cwt353.00–373.001,8846
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519338.86/cwt314.00–353.001,75917
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553356.03/cwt349.00–369.001,9694
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585316.04/cwt305.00–330.001,8494
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy599312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8694
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,0821
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2633324.15/cwt283.00–337.002,05219
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1353
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0512
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,9781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725306.28/cwt292.00–311.002,2214
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1774277.17/cwt263.00–288.002,14511
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1920239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,1991
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,065213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,2682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,660175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,9051
Bulls——1,735196.32/cwt190.00–201.003,40610
Bulls——1,865216.35/cwt204.00–228.004,0356
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%924125.98/cwt119.00–131.001,1647
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044139.15/cwt132.00–144.001,4537
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139153.27/cwt148.00–157.001,7468
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148148.09/cwt143.00–152.001,70015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211158.67/cwt155.00–169.001,92121
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390159.42/cwt154.00–170.002,21613
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040170.28/cwt165.00–177.001,7712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,789.23/head1,650.00–1,960.001,7896
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0911,750.14/head1,375.00–1,900.001,7504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2422,239.87/head2,075.00–2,725.002,24022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,245155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9301
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27752,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-37051,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-38201,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-38881,709.15/head1,500.00–1,875.001,7092
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2966161.22/cwt143.00–191.001,5574
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751

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.