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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 4

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

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Feeder Cattle receipts

437 head

▲ 71 vs last sale 366▼ 213 vs year ago 650 · −32.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

64 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 58▼ 41 vs year ago 105 · −39.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 9▼ 207 vs year ago 225 · −92.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers limited comparable sales to establish a market trend. Feeder heifers were limited to comparison were mostly uneven. However, there was an offering of 12 head of replacements bought a premium 363.00. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower: Slaughter bulls sold 12.00-15.00 higher.

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 $475.26/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 25 of 30 comparable sales and sits +36.03 against this barn's trailing median of $439.22.

Average price

$475.26

28 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$52.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.29

vs AR average

−0.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	477.12	2,610	27
Medium and Large 2	585	425.00	2,486	1thin

One grade step is worth $52.12/cwt here — about $124 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 sale28 hd

475.26

—

AR average9 barns · 253 hd

469.96

+5.29

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−0.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

439.22

+36.03

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.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,572	194.02	3,050	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,394	163.12	2,274	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,183	152.89	1,809	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	949	129.08	1,225	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,315	$3,070	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,315	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,277	$2,746	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,252	$2,633	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	985	$2,500	1thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	2,055	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	616.12/cwt	600.00–625.00	2,243	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,986	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	410	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,460	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,219	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	437	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,404	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	495.86/cwt	470.00–523.00	2,385	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	480.13/cwt	469.00–509.00	2,622	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	463.86/cwt	460.00–479.00	2,561	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,486	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	430.69/cwt	413.00–447.00	2,623	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	371.12/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,349	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,770	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,627	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,581	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,039	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	1,754	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,556	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,665	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	497.65/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,846	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	493.55/cwt	463.00–501.00	2,167	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,107	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,885	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	421.17/cwt	391.00–435.00	2,207	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	371.56/cwt	363.00–377.00	2,129	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	353.38/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,244	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	768	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,788	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,488	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	628.07/cwt	605.00–635.00	2,267	13
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	541.55/cwt	521.00–570.00	2,009	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,228	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,037	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	447.26/cwt	437.00–481.00	2,138	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,428	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,188	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	432.14/cwt	417.00–441.00	2,429	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,341	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	395.53/cwt	387.00–406.00	2,492	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	363.59/cwt	359.00–375.00	2,501	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,524	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,612	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,428	181.81/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,596	3
Bulls	—	—	1,632	205.21/cwt	201.00–210.00	3,349	3
Bulls	—	—	1,635	194.78/cwt	193.00–198.00	3,185	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	903	145.24/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,312	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,271	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,080	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,121	152.43/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,709	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	163.57/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,012	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	142.97/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,773	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,387	165.67/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,298	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	159.29/cwt	157.00–162.00	2,238	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,252	2,632.69/head	2,250.00–3,050.00	2,633	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,049	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,277	2,745.95/head	2,400.00–3,300.00	2,746	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,227	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,315	3,069.71/head	2,950.00–3,250.00	3,070	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,315	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,590	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,592	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,197	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	178.10/cwt	176.00–180.00	2,200	2

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 366Year ago 650

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 58Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 9Year ago 225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	437	550.00	550.00
11	650–700	661	419.00	419.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	685.00	685.00
3	350–400	364	600.00–625.00	616.12
18	450–500	481	470.00–523.00	495.86
22	500–550	546	469.00–509.00	480.13
5	550–600	552	460.00–479.00	463.86
8	600–650	609	413.00–447.00	430.69
1	700–750	710	370.00	370.00
3	750–800	775	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	520.00	520.00
6	400–450	436	509.00	509.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	425.00	425.00
2	600–650	633	365.00–377.00	371.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	600.00	600.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	605.00	605.00
10	350–400	371	485.00–515.00	497.65
9	400–450	439	463.00–501.00	493.55
31	500–550	524	391.00–435.00	421.17
11	550–600	573	363.00–377.00	371.56
5	600–650	635	347.00–357.00	353.38
1	650–700	655	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	775	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	513.00	513.00
3	450–500	457	461.00	461.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	451.00	451.00
2	350–400	362	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	500	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	768	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	521.00–570.00	541.55
2	400–450	418	533.00	533.00
3	500–550	547	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	361	605.00–635.00	628.07
4	400–450	420	485.00	485.00
8	450–500	478	437.00–481.00	447.26
4	500–550	509	477.00	477.00
12	550–600	562	417.00–441.00	432.14
10	600–650	630	387.00–406.00	395.53
6	650–700	688	359.00–375.00	363.59
1	700–750	715	353.00	353.00
1	800–850	840	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	605	387.00	387.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,252	2,250.00–3,050.00	2,632.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	174.00	174.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,315	2,950.00–3,250.00	3,069.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,277	2,400.00–3,300.00	2,745.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	162.00	162.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,590	163.00	163.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	2,500.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	303.00	303.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	130.00	130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,235	176.00–180.00	178.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	140.00–145.00	142.97
3	—	1,230	159.00–168.00	163.57
5	—	1,121	149.00–158.00	152.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	110.00–112.00	111.00
2	—	903	140.00–151.00	145.24
2	—	970	130.00–132.00	130.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	165.00–166.00	165.67
2	—	1,405	157.00–162.00	159.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	193.00–198.00	194.78
3	—	1,428	178.00–185.00	181.81
3	—	1,632	201.00–210.00	205.21

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.