Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mixed mostly 1.00-4.00 higher with the better 400-450 lbs 11.00 higher and the 350-400 lbs 3.00 lower . Feeder heifers mostly steady to 6.00 lower except the better 400-450 lbs 1.00 higher. Cows and bulls not reported today due to time. Had 231 cows and bulls to make the total receipts today 2509.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.54/cwt on 982 head.

Average price

$149.54

982 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

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

$21.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	158.79	824	527
Medium and Large 2	562	140.27	788	228
Medium and Large 1-2	629	137.36	864	227

One grade step is worth $21.42/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale982 hd

149.54

—

AR average7 barns · 1,680 hd

146.63

+2.91

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

Every lot, as filed

91 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	136.09/cwt	125.00–140.00	509	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	111.23/cwt	105.00–119.00	737	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	842	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	144.50/cwt	142.00–145.00	422	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	816	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	873	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	128.15/cwt	120.00–136.00	609	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	122.19/cwt	114.00–127.00	692	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	131.62/cwt	120.00–136.00	554	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	136.78/cwt	122.00–145.00	445	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	128.75/cwt	127.50–130.00	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	125.18/cwt	125.00–125.50	915	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	151.70/cwt	151.00–153.00	742	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	186.84/cwt	176.00–195.00	600	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	156.91/cwt	146.00–163.00	832	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	140.25/cwt	138.00–149.00	818	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	174.89/cwt	161.00–177.00	714	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	151.42/cwt	144.00–158.50	848	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	144.54/cwt	139.00–146.50	893	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	136.50/cwt	125.00–144.00	782	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	144.44/cwt	140.00–150.00	745	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	150.42/cwt	146.00–157.00	710	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	155.98/cwt	150.00–165.00	664	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	160.57/cwt	154.50–169.00	764	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	177.15/cwt	169.00–188.00	670	20
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	134.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	833	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	160.04/cwt	153.00–168.00	597	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	126.63/cwt	122.00–134.00	841	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	121.92/cwt	110.00–126.00	764	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	439	155.76/cwt	155.00–157.00	684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	713	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	666	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	852	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	631	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	141.71/cwt	141.00–148.00	896	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	679	128.73/cwt	125.00–130.50	874	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	772	120.86/cwt	120.50–121.50	933	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	145.74/cwt	145.00–146.50	912	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	675	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	128.35/cwt	121.00–129.85	773	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	810	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	769	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	599	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	887	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	504	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	827	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	895	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	492	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	802	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	175.10/cwt	174.00–180.00	718	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	593	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	771	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	469	146.34/cwt	138.00–147.50	686	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	377	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	573	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	532	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	753	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	145.05/cwt	143.00–146.50	773	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	728	116.36/cwt	114.00–118.00	847	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	146.43/cwt	139.00–154.00	698	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	153.80/cwt	141.00–155.00	634	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	133.22/cwt	132.00–134.00	638	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	123.47/cwt	122.00–125.00	720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	174.41/cwt	165.00–178.00	591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	147.14/cwt	140.00–153.00	565	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	130.88/cwt	120.00–143.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	148.59/cwt	145.00–154.00	470	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	127.60/cwt	121.00–130.00	809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	133.60/cwt	127.00–143.00	695	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	136.91/cwt	130.00–140.50	642	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	145.15/cwt	143.00–148.50	569	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,049	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	129.16/cwt	124.00–137.00	744	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	141.94/cwt	135.00–147.50	610	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	105.60/cwt	97.00–115.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	897	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	116.72/cwt	110.00–125.00	721	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	123.34/cwt	115.00–129.00	654	20

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	374	125.00–140.00	136.09
9	—	663	105.00–119.00	111.23
6	—	292	142.00–145.00	144.50
4	—	816	107.00	107.00
3	—	760	105.00	105.00
36	—	475	120.00–136.00	128.15
22	—	566	114.00–127.00	122.19
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
9	—	421	120.00–136.00	131.62
9	—	325	122.00–145.00	136.78
20	—	618	110.00–125.00	116.72
20	—	530	115.00–129.00	123.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	732	115.00	115.00
5	—	270	160.00	160.00
3	—	650	120.00	120.00
16	—	316	145.00–154.00	148.59
10	—	634	121.00–130.00	127.60
96	—	520	127.00–143.00	133.60
88	—	469	130.00–140.50	136.91
57	—	392	143.00–148.50	145.15
1	—	760	115.00	115.00
25	—	990	106.00	106.00
54	—	576	124.00–137.00	129.16
28	—	430	135.00–147.50	141.94
17	—	808	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	619	123.50	123.50
10	—	479	132.00–134.00	133.22
8	—	583	122.00–125.00	123.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	515	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	602	121.00–129.85	128.35
16	—	664	122.00	122.00
5	—	769	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	593	130.00	130.00
43	—	469	138.00–147.50	146.34
19	—	377	152.00	152.00
52	—	532	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
3	—	525	97.00–115.00	105.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	125.00	125.00
1	—	325	171.00	171.00
2	—	710	127.50–130.00	128.75
3	—	805	120.00	120.00
42	—	573	125.00–144.00	136.50
31	—	516	140.00–150.00	144.44
29	—	472	146.00–157.00	150.42
20	—	426	150.00–165.00	155.98
17	—	618	130.00–140.00	134.72
10	—	373	153.00–168.00	160.04
28	—	664	122.00–134.00	126.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	874	115.00	115.00
14	—	731	125.00–125.50	125.18
14	—	489	151.00–153.00	151.70
9	—	647	140.00	140.00
98	—	583	138.00–149.00	140.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	321	176.00–195.00	186.84
137	—	530	146.00–163.00	156.91
41	—	408	161.00–177.00	174.89
37	—	560	144.00–158.50	151.42
25	—	618	139.00–146.50	144.54
61	—	476	154.50–169.00	160.57
20	—	378	169.00–188.00	177.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	666	128.00	128.00
4	—	631	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
69	—	632	141.00–148.00	141.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	679	125.00–130.50	128.73
17	—	772	120.50–121.50	120.86
38	—	626	145.00–146.50	145.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	599	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	504	164.00	164.00
50	—	556	161.00	161.00
44	—	492	163.00	163.00
16	—	410	174.00–180.00	175.10
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	59.00	59.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	132.00	132.00
2	—	468	165.00	165.00
2	—	328	185.00	185.00
1	—	645	124.00	124.00
8	—	439	155.00–157.00	155.76
8	—	533	143.00–146.50	145.05
5	—	728	114.00–118.00	116.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	627	110.00–126.00	121.92
2	—	595	120.00–125.00	122.50
23	—	477	139.00–154.00	146.43
13	—	412	141.00–155.00	153.80
7	—	339	165.00–178.00	174.41
6	—	384	140.00–153.00	147.14
5	—	530	120.00–143.00	130.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	129.00	129.00

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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