Name: Green Forest Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparted to last week: Feeder steers sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 15.00-25.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.47/cwt on 48 head, up $16.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −56.86 against this barn's trailing median of $404.34.

Average price

$347.47

▲ 16.63 vs prior sale

48 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$35.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.39

vs AR average

+9.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	355.76	1,881	32
Medium and Large 1-2	544	349.00	1,899	6thin
Medium and Large 2	524	320.03	1,675	10thin

One grade step is worth $35.73/cwt here — about $205 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $437.39, low $330.84, median $404.34 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale48 hd

347.47

—

AR average7 barns · 243 hd

336.09

+11.39

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

+9.68

This barn, trailing median28 sales

404.34

−56.86

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,822	187.54	3,417	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,429	148.39	2,120	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	142.11	1,751	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,097	119.04	1,306	5thin

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)	1,098	$2,542	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$1,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

85 lots · USDA AMS · Green Forest Stockyards - Green Forest, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	394.50/cwt	394.00–395.00	1,846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	434.50/cwt	429.00–440.00	1,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	296.05/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	310.46/cwt	300.00–321.00	2,105	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	291.39/cwt	283.00–309.00	2,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,936	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	474.54/cwt	470.00–479.00	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	365.64/cwt	300.00–400.00	1,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	423.78/cwt	421.00–433.00	2,081	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	477.82/cwt	477.00–481.00	1,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	367.41/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,245	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	362.41/cwt	359.00–364.00	2,109	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	334.50/cwt	334.00–335.00	2,442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	388.34/cwt	385.00–399.00	2,171	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	343.42/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	379.14/cwt	379.00–380.00	1,873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	806	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	862	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,534	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	422.31/cwt	420.00–427.00	1,731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	326.65/cwt	307.00–333.00	2,143	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,893	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	262.78/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	386.95/cwt	379.00–391.00	1,761	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	108.73/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,120	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	125.92/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,438	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,352	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	142.58/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,008	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	143.42/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,831	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	134.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,676	5
Bulls	—	—	1,765	184.19/cwt	182.00–186.00	3,251	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	151.81/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,734	3
Bulls	—	—	1,435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,511	1
Bulls	—	—	2,073	197.16/cwt	193.00–202.00	4,087	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,399	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	2,542.14/head	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,542	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,781	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	421.97/cwt	421.00–431.00	1,958	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,202	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	480.07/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,824	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	325.24/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,880	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	373.20/cwt	366.00–388.00	2,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	294.40/cwt	292.00–299.50	2,305	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	330.38/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,065	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	433.33/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,751	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	281.84/cwt	230.00–300.00	1,900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	363.22/cwt	349.00–377.00	1,754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	906	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,446	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	354.25/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,828	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	416.34/cwt	415.00–419.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	363.43/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	328.55/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	352.85/cwt	315.00–393.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	320.05/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,623	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	434.04/cwt	429.00–447.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,899	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	523	362.65/cwt	361.00–367.00	1,897	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,130	15

How this sale compares

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.

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