Name: Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR livestock auction prices — 2021-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: all classes were steady to slightly lower

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.13/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$131.13

49 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$21.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.36

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	382	143.65	548	6thin
Medium and Large 1	545	133.74	729	27
Medium and Large 3	425	122.03	518	16thin

One grade step is worth $21.63/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale49 hd

131.13

—

AR average11 barns · 2,166 hd

137.49

−6.36

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	1,483	79.16	1,174	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,171	59.79	700	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	831	30.68	255	11

Every lot, as filed

46 lots · USDA AMS · McGrew Livestock Auction - Glenwood, 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
Bulls	—	—	1,483	79.16/cwt	61.00–95.00	1,174	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	63.67/cwt	61.00–67.50	739	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	55.90/cwt	50.50–59.50	660	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	831	30.68/cwt	25.00–35.00	255	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	163.48/cwt	160.00–167.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	149.04/cwt	145.00–153.00	753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	161.30/cwt	157.00–166.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	120.93/cwt	119.00–124.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	142.67/cwt	142.00–143.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	140.30/cwt	138.00–145.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	152.09/cwt	147.00–156.00	721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	130.04/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	151.64/cwt	150.00–153.00	561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	145.42/cwt	142.00–151.00	742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	130.58/cwt	130.00–133.00	955	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	136.92/cwt	134.00–142.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	132.99/cwt	125.00–134.50	803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	136.50/cwt	136.00–137.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	150.75/cwt	146.00–156.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	117.34/cwt	115.00–119.00	862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	152.49/cwt	152.00–153.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	117.53/cwt	115.00–120.00	503	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	146.33/cwt	144.00–149.00	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	117.02/cwt	115.00–120.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	142.01/cwt	141.00–143.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	163.39/cwt	158.00–166.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	135.50/cwt	132.00–139.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	140.04/cwt	137.00–143.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	826	1

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.

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

McGrew Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR

Thu Apr 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 347Last week 293Year ago 173

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 31Year ago 36

Compared to last week: all classes were steady to slightly lower

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,483	61.00–95.00	79.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,161	61.00–67.50	63.67
15	—	1,180	50.50–59.50	55.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	831	25.00–35.00	30.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	176.00	176.00
1	—	660	129.00	129.00
2	—	458	160.00–167.00	163.48
2	—	505	145.00–153.00	149.04
3	—	553	144.00–149.00	146.33
4	—	715	115.00–120.00	117.02
3	—	373	166.00	166.00
3	—	435	158.00–166.00	163.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	147.00–156.00	152.09
2	—	425	152.00–153.00	152.49
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
1	—	695	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	157.00–166.00	161.30
3	—	530	119.00–124.00	120.93
1	—	355	164.00	164.00
1	—	555	128.00	128.00
4	—	466	134.00–142.00	136.92
11	—	604	125.00–134.50	132.99
3	—	735	115.00–119.00	117.34
2	—	425	132.00–139.00	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	154.00	154.00
3	—	370	150.00–153.00	151.64
1	—	455	129.00	129.00
1	—	405	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	118.00–120.00	119.01
10	—	428	115.00–120.00	117.53
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
2	—	340	137.00–143.00	140.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	142.00–143.00	142.67
4	—	624	138.00–145.00	140.30
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
2	—	658	139.00–140.00	139.50
2	—	780	128.00–132.00	130.04
5	—	510	142.00–151.00	145.42
5	—	731	130.00–133.00	130.58
6	—	476	146.00–156.00	150.75
1	—	375	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	136.00–137.00	136.50
1	—	390	151.00	151.00
1	—	690	131.00	131.00
2	—	420	141.00–143.00	142.01
1	—	645	128.00	128.00

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.

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