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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 12

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050

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Feeder Cattle receipts

249 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 277▼ 747 vs year ago 996 · −75.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 51▼ 37 vs year ago 88 · −42.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

72 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 7▲ 52 vs year ago 20 · +260.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparted to last week: Feeder steers in a light test sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mixed under 400lbs 5.00 lower, 400-500lbs 2.00 higher, 500-550lbs 10.00 lower, 550-600lbs 2.00 higher, not enough over 600lbs for a trend. Extreme heat in the area steer and heifer calves in light test. There was a good offering of replacement cattle today with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. No trend on slaughter bulls.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $361.79/cwt on 17 head, down $20.64 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 27 comparable sales and sits −64.36 against this barn's trailing median of $426.16.

Average price

$361.79

▼ 20.64 vs prior sale

17 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$60.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.29

vs AR average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	379.35	2,077	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	586	350.00	2,051	4thin
Medium and Large 2	535	319.00	1,707	3thin

One grade step is worth $60.35/cwt here — about $370 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 sale17 hd

361.79

—

AR average9 barns · 146 hd

377.09

−15.29

This barn, trailing median27 sales

426.16

−64.36

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

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $476.90, low $346.12, median $426.16 across 27 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	—	High	1,878	207.38	3,895	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	167.97	2,511	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,221	166.95	2,038	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	142.44	1,526	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,365	$3,847	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,308	$3,443	16
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,445	$3,137	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,158	$2,400	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,361	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,358	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$4,940	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$3,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,324	$3,680	10

Every lot

60 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,893	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	1,679	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,048	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	407.39/cwt	400.00–411.00	2,184	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	391.83/cwt	389.00–400.00	2,190	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	602	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,426	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	375.57/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,306	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	672	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,399	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	340.67/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,317	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,435	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,789	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	408.26/cwt	400.00–411.00	1,539	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	408	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,816	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	427.58/cwt	421.00–429.00	1,766	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,339	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	418.67/cwt	417.00–419.00	1,905	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	333.19/cwt	315.00–354.00	1,593	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,812	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	360.49/cwt	345.00–367.00	1,882	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,815	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	349.01/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,958	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,148	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	317.07/cwt	309.00–321.00	2,175	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	312.27/cwt	301.00–323.00	2,242	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,794	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	426.09/cwt	415.00–433.00	1,832	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,034	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	413.09/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,979	20
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	368.94/cwt	367.00–371.00	1,771	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	394.09/cwt	383.00–400.00	2,061	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,707	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	373.03/cwt	353.00–381.00	2,082	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,051	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	357.14/cwt	343.00–361.00	2,164	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,325	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,086	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	283.39/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,049	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	331.03/cwt	323.00–339.00	2,426	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,259	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,878	207.38/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,895	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	125.87/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,325	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	150.73/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,628	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,211	158.51/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,920	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,216	169.52/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,061	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	185.32/cwt	182.00–189.00	2,387	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	167.97/cwt	167.00–169.00	2,511	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	4,939.68/head	3,600.00–5,250.00	4,940	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,324	3,679.87/head	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,680	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,158	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	2,361.49/head	2,325.00–2,400.00	2,361	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	3,443.38/head	2,800.00–3,800.00	3,443	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,325	2,358.19/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,358	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	3,847.34/head	3,150.00–4,050.00	3,847	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,445	3,136.51/head	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,137	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,581	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,828	1

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 Aug 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 249Last week 277Year ago 996

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 51Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 7Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	520.00	520.00
8	400–450	449	453.00	453.00
20	450–500	479	400.00–420.00	413.09
3	500–550	523	383.00–400.00	394.09
7	550–600	558	353.00–381.00	373.03
8	600–650	606	343.00–361.00	357.14
1	650–700	655	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	733	323.00–339.00	331.03
2	750–800	758	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	415.00–433.00	426.09
2	450–500	480	367.00–371.00	368.94
3	500–550	535	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	675	309.00	309.00
3	700–750	723	280.00–285.00	283.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	586	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	377	400.00–411.00	408.26
6	400–450	413	421.00–429.00	427.58
6	450–500	455	417.00–419.00	418.67
11	500–550	522	345.00–367.00	360.49
5	550–600	561	345.00–355.00	349.01
1	600–650	630	341.00	341.00
3	650–700	686	309.00–321.00	317.07
2	700–750	718	301.00–323.00	312.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	372.00	372.00
2	550–600	555	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	301.00	301.00
5	450–500	478	315.00–354.00	333.19
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	575	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	560.00	560.00
1	350–400	355	473.00	473.00
9	500–550	536	400.00–411.00	407.39
4	550–600	559	389.00–400.00	391.83
7	600–650	614	375.00–377.00	375.57
3	650–700	680	340.00–341.00	340.67
1	700–750	710	343.00	343.00
1	800–850	835	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	602	403.00	403.00
8	650–700	672	357.00	357.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,293	3,600.00–5,250.00	4,939.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	3,900.00	3,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,324	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,679.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	2,950.00	2,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,300	2,325.00–2,400.00	2,361.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,308	2,800.00–3,800.00	3,443.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,158	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,445	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,136.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,365	3,150.00–4,050.00	3,847.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,325	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,358.19

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	163.00	163.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,878	205.00–210.00	207.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,211	153.00–163.00	158.51
12	—	1,216	165.00–175.00	169.52
2	—	1,288	182.00–189.00	185.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	167.00–169.00	167.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	121.00–130.00	125.87
4	—	1,080	150.00–152.00	150.73

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.