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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 13
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
996 head
▲ 566 vs last sale 430▲ 455 vs year ago 541 · +84.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 71▼ 53 vs year ago 141 · −37.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 11▼ 155 vs year ago 175 · −88.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs mostly steady to 7.00 higher with the better 300-350 lbs 19.00 higher. Had three loads of 800-918 lb yearlings steers that sold well. Feeder heifers 300-400 lbs 14.00-20.00 lower over 400 lbs mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mixed near steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.11/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 10 of 30 comparable sales and sits −41.11 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.
Average price
$398.11
107 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,206
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.16
vs AR average
+10.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526406.532,13817thin
Medium and Large 1565400.402,26372
Medium and Large 2537381.032,04718thin
One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale107 hd
398.11
—
AR average6 barns · 238 hd
391.95
+6.16
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
+10.62
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.22
−41.11
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—Average1,602198.753,18313
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,457163.572,3839thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,258162.262,04234
CowsLean 85-90%High1,098140.551,54418

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)968$1,9923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,163$2,8104thin

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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321490.05/cwt475.00–505.001,5735
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323558.65/cwt519.00–600.001,80413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376492.64/cwt477.00–517.001,85216
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379451.20/cwt400.00–460.001,71010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390443.00/cwt443.00–443.001,7281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420395.89/cwt375.00–417.001,6635
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424443.37/cwt423.00–465.001,88056
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464440.38/cwt421.00–461.002,04338
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477397.69/cwt370.00–417.001,8978
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3497349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,7353
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524415.05/cwt400.00–431.002,17514
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526406.53/cwt400.00–410.002,13817
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534381.85/cwt370.00–385.002,03917
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575396.86/cwt369.00–417.002,28258
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,1651
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,2511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned611383.41/cwt377.00–385.002,34310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633395.18/cwt393.00–409.002,5017
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,9881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670316.19/cwt307.00–321.002,1183
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682364.66/cwt360.00–375.002,4878
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719346.75/cwt346.00–359.002,49317
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,65910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4731
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2801351.33/cwt329.00–353.502,81468
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915331.20/cwt328.00–335.503,030134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318429.58/cwt400.00–447.001,36611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4588
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360205.00/cwt205.00–205.007381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373431.28/cwt419.00–447.001,60920
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377403.61/cwt390.00–410.001,52210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1852
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426410.12/cwt385.00–425.001,74719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430365.44/cwt339.00–389.001,57126
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470383.74/cwt370.00–401.001,80418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476350.08/cwt311.00–390.001,66619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5761
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523333.62/cwt317.00–350.001,74526
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526371.87/cwt353.00–379.001,95630
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566349.51/cwt330.00–371.001,97825
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578322.05/cwt317.00–333.001,8619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy584295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4941
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636313.83/cwt300.00–321.001,99610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2653309.01/cwt307.00–311.002,0182
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664316.91/cwt307.00–327.002,1044
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned667319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1285
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,0231
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731301.41/cwt299.00–309.002,2034
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,3781
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,6343
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2858273.16/cwt255.00–291.002,3442
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905281.00/cwt269.00–293.002,5432
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2940263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,4722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5002
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327438.25/cwt400.00–459.001,4333
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368460.85/cwt430.00–493.001,69611
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374398.71/cwt375.00–417.001,4916
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437432.81/cwt430.00–439.001,8918
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468403.31/cwt381.00–441.001,88725
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477370.87/cwt359.00–383.001,76911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514391.27/cwt370.00–415.002,0116
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529346.02/cwt325.00–373.001,83010
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565331.58/cwt323.00–361.001,8737
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1584361.34/cwt355.00–381.002,11016
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627317.26/cwt300.00–333.001,9899
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630359.69/cwt343.00–369.002,2666
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,2291
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2767301.54/cwt291.00–307.002,3133
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773313.02/cwt311.00–315.002,4202
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,3281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,5701
Bulls——1,568191.60/cwt186.00–197.003,0047
Bulls——1,677213.31/cwt208.00–229.003,5775
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945115.48/cwt110.00–120.001,0912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030153.13/cwt151.00–155.001,5772
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113136.42/cwt130.00–140.001,5186
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143146.78/cwt140.00–150.001,6788
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238147.87/cwt145.00–150.001,8313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244167.79/cwt162.00–176.002,08718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283157.92/cwt154.00–162.002,02613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,432168.85/cwt164.00–172.002,4185
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488156.98/cwt153.00–159.002,3364
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0452,338.16/head2,200.00–2,475.002,3382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,128190.92/cwt176.00–221.002,1543
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,249183.22/cwt159.00–208.002,2888
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1632,810.32/head2,400.00–3,150.002,8104

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.