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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Feeder Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Nov 12

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Receipts

2,022 head

▲ 1,451 vs last sale 571▲ 1,188 vs year ago 834 · +142.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-23.00 higher mostly 7.00-14.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300-350 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower 350-700 lbs 3.00-12.00 higher. The offering included a mix of unweaned calves and weaned calves in the weaned special. Supply was heavy with good demand. Had 2 loads of yearlings that sold good with 70 head 725 lb steers at 377.50 per cwt and 62 head 828 lb steers at 347.50 per cwt. 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 $387.25/cwt on 264 head. That ranks 10 of 30 comparable sales and sits −51.97 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.

Average price

$387.25

264 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$742

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

$109.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.95

vs AR average

−37.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	399.69	2,207	180
Medium and Large 1-2	557	365.96	2,038	57
Medium and Large 2	554	351.50	1,946	26
Medium and Large 3	505	290.00	1,465	1thin

One grade step is worth $109.69/cwt here — about $742 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale264 hd

387.25

—

AR average9 barns · 651 hd

383.30

+3.95

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−37.62

This barn, trailing median30 sales

439.22

−51.97

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

96 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	490.85/cwt	465.00–515.00	1,600	38
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	455.75/cwt	445.00–459.00	1,531	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	426.86/cwt	405.00–447.00	1,592	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	470.23/cwt	459.00–495.00	1,792	39
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	405	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,883	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	445.81/cwt	410.00–490.00	1,881	61
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	402.76/cwt	391.00–420.00	1,744	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	477	448.62/cwt	447.00–449.00	2,140	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	422.32/cwt	395.00–463.00	2,014	118
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	377.32/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,830	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	394.52/cwt	383.00–401.00	2,008	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	368.60/cwt	349.00–387.00	1,880	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	414.34/cwt	385.00–432.00	2,192	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	384.01/cwt	350.00–399.00	2,189	77
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	575	400.67/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,304	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	340.82/cwt	319.00–369.00	1,980	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,042	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	602	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,209	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	383.24/cwt	359.00–402.00	2,349	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,134	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	342.12/cwt	300.00–352.00	2,248	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	658	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,171	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	367.08/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,485	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,407	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,326	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,538	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	373.72/cwt	345.00–377.50	2,706	83
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	742	320.62/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,379	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Full	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	349.02/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,653	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	344.84/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,859	96
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	955	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,579	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	411.11/cwt	399.00–430.00	1,311	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	366.33/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,198	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	371	288.63/cwt	255.00–300.00	1,071	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	351.73/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,326	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	410.26/cwt	387.00–427.00	1,551	68
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,465	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	407	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,412	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	416	434.80/cwt	421.00–443.00	1,809	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	395.03/cwt	362.00–425.00	1,679	76
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	360.88/cwt	357.00–365.00	1,563	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	328.34/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,523	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	380.09/cwt	353.00–400.00	1,805	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	490	346.63/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,698	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	367.08/cwt	333.00–390.00	1,909	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	532	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,697	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	323.79/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,726	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	340.91/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,953	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	577	309.39/cwt	295.00–314.00	1,785	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	310.92/cwt	297.00–327.00	1,810	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,996	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	287.25/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,787	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	633	348.99/cwt	333.00–354.00	2,209	81
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	321.24/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,133	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	684	292.87/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,003	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	701	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,201	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	315.67/cwt	305.00–321.00	2,225	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	758	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,706	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,148	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	823	266.68/cwt	249.00–277.00	2,195	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	873	278.55/cwt	260.00–297.00	2,432	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,660	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,746	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,304	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,020	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,989	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	465.36/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,443	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	409.39/cwt	380.00–423.00	1,359	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	456.85/cwt	450.00–462.00	1,741	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	357.63/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,495	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	434.84/cwt	415.00–475.00	1,870	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	396.28/cwt	367.00–415.00	1,914	31
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	503	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,595	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	377.20/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,995	33
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	348.33/cwt	347.00–351.00	1,979	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	317.80/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,878	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	611	315.66/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,929	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	335.04/cwt	320.00–347.00	2,114	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	690	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,187	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,123	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,242	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,282	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,311	11
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,240	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,029	221.18/cwt	207.00–227.00	2,276	7

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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Receipts 2,022Last week 571Year ago 834

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	326	465.00–515.00	490.85
39	350–400	381	459.00–495.00	470.23
61	400–450	422	410.00–490.00	445.81
118	450–500	477	395.00–463.00	422.32
81	500–550	529	385.00–432.00	414.34
77	550–600	570	350.00–399.00	384.01
46	600–650	613	359.00–402.00	383.24
35	650–700	677	360.00–371.00	367.08
83	700–750	724	345.00–377.50	373.72
4	750–800	760	340.00–352.00	349.02
96	800–850	829	340.00–347.50	344.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	405	465.00	465.00
35	450–500	477	447.00–449.00	448.62
22	550–600	575	395.00–411.00	400.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	445.00–459.00	455.75
4	350–400	373	405.00–447.00	426.86
17	400–450	433	391.00–420.00	402.76
2	450–500	485	360.00–395.00	377.32
10	500–550	510	349.00–387.00	368.60
16	550–600	581	319.00–369.00	340.82
1	600–650	615	347.00	347.00
3	650–700	678	355.00	355.00
17	700–750	742	310.00–333.00	320.62
1	950–1000	955	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	509	383.00–401.00	394.52
31	550–600	597	342.00	342.00
13	650–700	684	340.00	340.00
8	700–750	711	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	658	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	602	367.00	367.00
10	650–700	657	300.00–352.00	342.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	319	399.00–430.00	411.11
68	350–400	378	387.00–427.00	410.26
76	400–450	425	362.00–425.00	395.03
104	450–500	475	353.00–400.00	380.09
38	500–550	520	333.00–390.00	367.08
48	550–600	573	325.00–361.00	340.91
1	600–650	620	322.00	322.00
16	650–700	664	315.00–325.00	321.24
3	700–750	705	305.00–321.00	315.67
1	750–800	795	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	940	283.00	283.00
1	950–1000	950	289.00	289.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
81	600–650	633	333.00–354.00	348.99
7	700–750	701	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	407	347.00	347.00
3	450–500	490	345.00–350.00	346.63
2	500–550	532	319.00	319.00
8	550–600	577	295.00–314.00	309.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	255.00–300.00	288.63
1	550–600	575	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	758	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	327	350.00–385.00	366.33
18	350–400	377	330.00–380.00	351.73
2	400–450	433	357.00–365.00	360.88
6	450–500	464	310.00–345.00	328.34
22	500–550	533	300.00–345.00	323.79
10	550–600	582	297.00–327.00	310.92
6	600–650	622	280.00–312.00	287.25
7	650–700	684	280.00–295.00	292.87
1	750–800	770	279.00	279.00
6	800–850	823	249.00–277.00	266.68
2	850–900	873	260.00–297.00	278.55
1	1000–1050	1,020	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	750	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	397	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	416	421.00–443.00	434.80
10	500–550	530	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	440.00–485.00	465.36
10	350–400	381	450.00–462.00	456.85
13	400–450	430	415.00–475.00	434.84
31	450–500	483	367.00–415.00	396.28
33	500–550	529	360.00–395.00	377.20
3	550–600	568	347.00–351.00	348.33
7	600–650	631	320.00–347.00	335.04
1	800–850	815	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	945	237.00	237.00
7	1000–1050	1,029	207.00–227.00	221.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	380.00–423.00	409.39
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	418	355.00–365.00	357.63
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	591	311.00–325.00	317.80
6	600–650	611	315.00–317.00	315.66
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	732	290.00	290.00
3	750–800	755	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	859	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	503	317.00	317.00

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.