Name: Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00- 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00- 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00- 5.00 higher. No trend on slaughter bulls. Quality was plain to average. Buyer demand was average to good, with more selective demand on quality.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.29/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$273.29

17 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,498

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$25.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.31

vs AR average

−35.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	276.33	1,500	15thin
Medium and Large 2	588	250.49	1,473	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.84/cwt here — about $28 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 sale17 hd

273.29

—

AR average10 barns · 533 hd

285.60

−12.31

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−35.87

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	—	High	1,457	148.31	2,161	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	134.90	1,690	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	921	108.80	1,002	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,047	$1,884	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,055	$1,410	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	207.92/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	254.39/cwt	243.00–267.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	226.62/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	309.48/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,179	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	210.41/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	326.12/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,086	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	285.24/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,187	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	275.78/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,569	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	253.04/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,050	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	273.89/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,164	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	273.25/cwt	267.00–283.00	1,036	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	235.38/cwt	223.00–247.00	1,457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	250.49/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	508	303.99/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	275.10/cwt	270.00–280.00	930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	252.66/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,309	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	959	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,047	1,884.12/head	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,884	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,181	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	116.99/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,129	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	93.52/cwt	91.00–96.00	802	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,024	125.70/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,287	4
Bulls	—	—	1,758	159.34/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,801	3
Bulls	—	—	1,245	143.84/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,791	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	227.18/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	244.97/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	278.54/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,031	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	142.70/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,841	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	135.18/cwt	128.00–138.50	1,745	20
Bulls	—	—	1,323	138.46/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	280.69/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,330	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	600	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	257.92/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	475	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	281.00/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	303.02/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	460	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	430	311.03/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,337	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	354.40/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,134	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	332.75/cwt	332.50–333.00	1,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	262.12/cwt	254.00–271.00	1,502	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	252.71/cwt	243.00–267.00	1,309	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	261.47/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	203.68/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	266.96/cwt	250.00–281.00	1,223	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	247.58/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,406	9

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 Jun 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 293Year ago 407

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 57Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 7Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	270.00–280.00	275.10
7	350–400	379	267.00–283.00	273.25
7	400–450	425	260.00–290.00	273.89
12	450–500	458	250.00–281.00	266.96
12	500–550	518	240.00–261.00	252.66
9	550–600	568	230.00–259.00	247.58
4	600–650	619	223.00–247.00	235.38
3	650–700	675	200.00–219.00	207.92
2	700–750	720	206.00–215.00	210.41
1	750–800	755	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	264.00	264.00
2	400–450	415	250.00–256.00	253.04
1	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	300.00–306.00	303.02
1	450–500	460	289.00	289.00
1	500–550	500	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	333	310.00–337.50	326.12
5	350–400	381	290.00–320.00	309.48
9	400–450	416	275.00–297.50	285.24
13	450–500	474	270.00–294.00	280.69
4	500–550	519	243.00–267.00	254.39
7	550–600	569	260.00–289.00	275.78
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	650	243.00	243.00
2	700–750	725	222.00–231.00	226.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	272.50	272.50
2	350–400	370	277.00–280.00	278.54
2	400–450	428	256.00–260.00	257.92
2	450–500	493	240.00–250.00	244.97
2	550–600	588	250.00–251.00	250.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	303.00–305.00	303.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	347.50–362.50	354.40
2	350–400	370	332.50–333.00	332.75
3	400–450	430	304.00–320.00	311.03
1	450–500	475	301.00	301.00
1	500–550	500	293.00	293.00
1	550–600	570	296.00	296.00
2	600–650	605	276.00–286.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	210.00–240.00	227.18
1	750–800	765	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	243.00–267.00	252.71
6	550–600	573	254.00–271.00	262.12
2	600–650	605	258.00–265.00	261.47
1	650–700	695	220.00	220.00
3	700–750	717	200.00–207.00	203.68
1	950–1000	960	150.00	150.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	141.00	141.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,410.00	1,410.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,047	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,884.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	2,150.00	2,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	123.00	123.00
2	—	965	116.00–118.00	116.99
2	—	858	91.00–96.00	93.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,024	125.00–127.00	125.70
4	—	1,290	140.00–145.00	142.70
20	—	1,291	128.00–138.50	135.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,758	155.00–163.00	159.34
3	—	1,245	140.00–149.00	143.84
2	—	1,323	137.00–140.00	138.46

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Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

McGrew Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle