Name: Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no report last week. Quality of cattle was average to good. Buyer participation was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.15/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$299.15

14 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$13.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs AR average

−17.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	304.97	1,616	8thin
Medium and Large 1	529	291.40	1,541	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $76 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 sale14 hd

299.15

—

AR average10 barns · 205 hd

297.71

+1.44

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−17.40

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	1,267	155.68	1,973	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	130.32	1,558	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	840	116.00	974	1thin

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	$1,998	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$2,075	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,178	$2,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	—	—	1,020	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,479	2
Bulls	—	—	1,432	162.80/cwt	157.00–169.00	2,331	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	137.63/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,868	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	975	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,121	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	128.66/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,454	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	974	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	128.20/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	293.10/cwt	289.00–297.50	1,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	365.50/cwt	362.50–369.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	445	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	337.25/cwt	327.50–347.50	1,113	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	615	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	349.08/cwt	335.00–372.50	1,288	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,537	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,998.06/head	1,750.00–2,200.00	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	460	323.58/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,488	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	304.97/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,277	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	364.70/cwt	352.50–377.50	1,506	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,854	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	134.41/cwt	124.00–145.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	386.36/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	319	397.49/cwt	392.50–402.50	1,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	334.41/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	378.04/cwt	360.00–391.00	1,588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	373	387.64/cwt	377.50–397.50	1,446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	288.00/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	334.25/cwt	327.50–341.00	1,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	353.34/cwt	342.00–362.00	1,802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	361.31/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	410.63/cwt	397.50–422.50	1,540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	288.31/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	485	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	322.41/cwt	307.50–337.50	1,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	245.51/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	325.10/cwt	314.00–336.00	1,804	2

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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 168Last week 219Year ago 173

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 60Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 20Year ago 5

No trend due to no report last week. Quality of cattle was average to good. Buyer participation was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	145.00	145.00
3	—	1,432	157.00–169.00	162.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,357	137.00–138.00	137.63
1	—	975	115.00	115.00
4	—	1,130	125.00–135.00	128.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	116.00	116.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,355	2,600.00	2,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,035	126.00–130.00	128.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	878	124.00–145.00	134.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	143.00	143.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,098	1,750.00–2,200.00	1,998.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	152.00	152.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	2,075.00	2,075.00

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	330	327.50–347.50	337.25
6	350–400	373	320.00–352.50	334.41
2	400–450	403	307.50–337.50	322.41
3	450–500	478	285.00–290.00	288.31
4	500–550	508	289.00–297.50	293.10
2	550–600	570	285.00–291.00	288.00
1	600–650	600	253.00	253.00
1	750–800	785	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	279.00	279.00
1	600–650	620	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	304.00	304.00
13	450–500	460	310.00–333.00	323.58
8	500–550	530	290.00–310.00	304.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	319	392.50–402.50	397.49
6	350–400	373	377.50–397.50	387.64
4	400–450	420	360.00–391.00	378.04
1	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	382.50	382.50
3	450–500	470	362.50–369.00	365.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	382.50	382.50
4	350–400	369	335.00–372.50	349.08
3	400–450	413	352.50–377.50	364.70
2	450–500	490	327.50–341.00	334.25
2	500–550	515	355.00–367.50	361.31
1	550–600	550	323.00	323.00
1	600–650	635	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	370	322.50	322.50
1	400–450	400	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	397.50–422.50	410.63
2	400–450	423	382.50–390.00	386.36
1	450–500	450	362.50	362.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	349.00	349.00
1	600–650	615	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	510	342.00–362.00	353.34
2	550–600	555	314.00–336.00	325.10
2	650–700	693	244.00–247.00	245.51

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Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR

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Heifers · 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

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