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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Feeder Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 3

● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

← Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10 →

Receipts

2,520 head

▲ 1,868 vs last sale 652▼ 711 vs year ago 3,231 · −22.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 350-450 lbs 5.00-14.00 higher 450-550 lbs 30.00-40.00 higher 550-800 lbs .9.00-12.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 23.00 higher mostly 20.00 higher. The offering included lots of weaned yearlings in the weaned special with some of them being value added. Supply was heavy with good demand. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.80/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +4.58 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.

Average price

$443.80

220 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$672

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$104.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.23

vs AR average

+27.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	458.55	2,505	132
Medium and Large 1-2	564	435.18	2,456	63
Medium and Large 2	547	390.59	2,138	23
Medium and Large 3	518	353.84	1,833	2thin

One grade step is worth $104.71/cwt here — about $672 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 sale220 hd

443.80

—

AR average8 barns · 512 hd

422.57

+21.23

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+27.27

This barn, trailing median30 sales

439.22

+4.58

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

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.

Every lot

107 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,190	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	580.63/cwt	555.00–610.00	1,881	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	370	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,017	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	503.53/cwt	490.00–545.00	1,873	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	456.68/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,767	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	401	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,784	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	479.43/cwt	453.00–502.00	2,028	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	435.19/cwt	430.00–451.00	1,850	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	430	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,991	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,300	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	480.97/cwt	455.00–515.00	2,270	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	416.95/cwt	403.00–437.00	1,972	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	488	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,250	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	425.43/cwt	421.00–430.00	2,080	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	353.84/cwt	343.00–365.00	1,833	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	468.61/cwt	423.00–503.00	2,437	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	411.96/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,150	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	477.93/cwt	448.00–487.00	2,557	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,444	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	374.15/cwt	359.00–383.00	2,121	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	568	454.96/cwt	449.00–463.00	2,584	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	431.78/cwt	400.00–459.00	2,496	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	421.71/cwt	397.00–449.00	2,463	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	375.67/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,322	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	621	436.63/cwt	430.00–444.00	2,711	69
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	435.73/cwt	428.00–440.00	2,706	76
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	639	421.87/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,696	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,464	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,750	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	414.26/cwt	380.00–433.00	2,776	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	375.26/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,529	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	393.77/cwt	360.00–395.50	2,898	140
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	380.51/cwt	357.00–384.75	2,968	103
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	818	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,642	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	370.01/cwt	359.00–370.50	3,112	68
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	3,101	21
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	3,081	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	942	321.27/cwt	307.00–327.00	3,026	84
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,159	188
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	980	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,881	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	313	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,675	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	443.42/cwt	427.00–450.00	1,437	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,751	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	378.82/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,440	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	450.84/cwt	430.00–481.00	1,718	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	438.48/cwt	400.00–463.00	1,824	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	366.01/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,567	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	444	452.85/cwt	451.00–455.00	2,011	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	369.32/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,728	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	429.80/cwt	398.00–457.00	2,024	82
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,795	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	441.55/cwt	438.00–450.00	2,142	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,480	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	509	347.77/cwt	319.00–370.00	1,770	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	411.59/cwt	391.00–425.00	2,136	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	421.51/cwt	414.00–424.00	2,238	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	532	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,032	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	540	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,252	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	359.31/cwt	359.00–360.00	1,973	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	385.79/cwt	350.00–397.00	2,199	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	577	399.86/cwt	370.00–414.00	2,307	64
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	340.75/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,966	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,272	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	611	397.88/cwt	385.00–411.00	2,431	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	618	392.92/cwt	391.00–396.00	2,428	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	622	360.88/cwt	340.00–383.00	2,245	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	360.48/cwt	340.00–377.00	2,257	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	636	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,506	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	378.10/cwt	369.00–388.00	2,477	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	664	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,457	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	666	372.22/cwt	355.00–379.00	2,479	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,260	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	306.55/cwt	303.00–310.00	2,222	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	738	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,753	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	768	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,688	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,536	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	798	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,466	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	836	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,725	21
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,276	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,210	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	907	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,712	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	311	446.39/cwt	410.00–500.00	1,388	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,691	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	410.64/cwt	400.00–421.00	1,519	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	472.43/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,762	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	448.02/cwt	413.00–469.00	1,918	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	398.29/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,725	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	461	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,370	39
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	469	312.34/cwt	281.00–340.00	1,465	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	416.50/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,974	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	376.04/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,820	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	318.64/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,682	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	399.35/cwt	380.00–407.00	2,149	31
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,242	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	361.58/cwt	332.00–376.00	2,133	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,997	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	338.62/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,248	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	306.28/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,077	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	316.19/cwt	315.00–317.00	2,245	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	306.95/cwt	285.00–320.00	2,235	6

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Wed Sep 3, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 2,520Last week 652Year ago 3,231

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	340	515.00	515.00
14	350–400	381	430.00–481.00	450.84
40	400–450	416	400.00–463.00	438.48
82	450–500	471	398.00–457.00	429.80
27	500–550	519	391.00–425.00	411.59
32	550–600	570	350.00–397.00	385.79
13	600–650	626	340.00–377.00	360.48
2	650–700	690	325.00–330.00	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	535.00	535.00
13	400–450	444	451.00–455.00	452.85
22	450–500	485	438.00–450.00	441.55
37	500–550	531	414.00–424.00	421.51
64	550–600	577	370.00–414.00	399.86
73	600–650	611	385.00–411.00	397.88
23	650–700	655	369.00–388.00	378.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	618	391.00–396.00	392.92
37	650–700	666	355.00–379.00	372.22
6	700–750	738	373.00	373.00
6	750–800	768	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	427.00–450.00	443.42
13	350–400	380	350.00–400.00	378.82
4	400–450	428	325.00–385.00	366.01
15	450–500	468	340.00–385.00	369.32
19	500–550	509	319.00–370.00	347.77
7	550–600	577	325.00–355.00	340.75
1	600–650	615	330.00	330.00
2	700–750	725	303.00–310.00	306.55
1	750–800	795	319.00	319.00
1	800–850	840	271.00	271.00
1	850–900	850	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	532	382.00	382.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	798	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	540	417.00	417.00
10	550–600	587	387.00	387.00
40	600–650	636	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	622	340.00–383.00	360.88
7	650–700	664	370.00	370.00
21	800–850	836	326.00	326.00
32	900–950	907	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	476	377.00	377.00
13	500–550	549	359.00–360.00	359.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	490	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	555.00–610.00	580.63
9	350–400	372	490.00–545.00	503.53
23	400–450	423	453.00–502.00	479.43
52	450–500	472	455.00–515.00	480.97
52	500–550	520	423.00–503.00	468.61
31	550–600	578	400.00–459.00	431.78
76	600–650	621	428.00–440.00	435.73
85	650–700	670	380.00–433.00	414.26
140	700–750	736	360.00–395.50	393.77
103	750–800	780	357.00–384.75	380.51
68	800–850	841	359.00–370.50	370.01
12	900–950	935	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	545.00	545.00
7	450–500	450	511.00	511.00
21	500–550	535	448.00–487.00	477.93
28	550–600	568	449.00–463.00	454.96
69	600–650	621	430.00–444.00	436.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	640	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	520.00	520.00
11	350–400	387	445.00–475.00	456.68
4	400–450	425	430.00–451.00	435.19
14	450–500	473	403.00–437.00	416.95
10	500–550	522	375.00–430.00	411.96
13	550–600	567	359.00–383.00	374.15
9	600–650	618	360.00–390.00	375.67
10	650–700	674	360.00–377.00	375.26
2	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
2	800–850	818	323.00	323.00
1	950–1000	980	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	518	343.00–365.00	353.84
1	650–700	695	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	488	461.00	461.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	489	421.00–430.00	425.43
33	550–600	584	397.00–449.00	421.71
48	650–700	658	418.00	418.00
21	850–900	852	364.00	364.00
84	900–950	942	307.00–327.00	321.27
188	950–1000	975	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	463.00	463.00
30	500–550	543	450.00	450.00
20	600–650	639	412.00–425.00	421.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	401	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	461	514.00	514.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	535.00	535.00
12	350–400	373	465.00–475.00	472.43
12	400–450	428	413.00–469.00	448.02
8	450–500	474	400.00–445.00	416.50
31	500–550	538	380.00–407.00	399.35
3	550–600	590	380.00	380.00
14	650–700	664	337.00–360.00	338.62
5	700–750	710	315.00–317.00	316.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	410.00–500.00	446.39
4	350–400	370	400.00–421.00	410.64
3	400–450	433	395.00–400.00	398.29
6	450–500	484	340.00–400.00	376.04
3	500–550	528	305.00–345.00	318.64
3	550–600	590	332.00–376.00	361.58
2	600–650	605	330.00	330.00
3	650–700	678	300.00–310.00	306.28
6	700–750	728	285.00–320.00	306.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	281.00–340.00	312.34

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.