Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls 3.00-6.00 higher on a light test in a few classes. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not fully tested. Hot weather still hampering livestock movement.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.04/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$119.04

75 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$21.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.74

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	126.60	669	26
Medium and Large 2	557	116.36	648	43
Medium and Large 3	417	105.51	440	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $229 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 sale75 hd

119.04

—

AR average8 barns · 710 hd

123.78

−4.74

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	1,634	78.80	1,287	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	61.68	899	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	61.60	775	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,002	49.18	493	12

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	60.36/cwt	55.00–64.00	686	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	67.25/cwt	65.00–70.00	716	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	68.57/cwt	59.00–76.00	883	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	909.64/cwt	800.00–1,035.00	11,552	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,813	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	944.65/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	11,808	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	810	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	139.63/cwt	134.00–145.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	147.01/cwt	145.00–152.00	791	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	116.66/cwt	111.00–123.00	679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	107.05/cwt	100.00–114.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	128.69/cwt	125.00–131.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	128.00/cwt	126.00–130.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	141.98/cwt	139.00–144.00	816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	119.21/cwt	112.00–125.00	626	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	97.00/cwt	94.00–100.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	127.87/cwt	126.00–132.00	664	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	137.24/cwt	135.00–139.00	629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	960	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	131.66/cwt	130.00–135.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	119.89/cwt	110.00–125.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	125.87/cwt	123.00–131.00	722	12
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	—	450	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	170.49/cwt	170.00–171.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	762	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	98.33/cwt	85.00–105.00	777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	695	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	151.21/cwt	146.00–157.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	133.49/cwt	132.00–135.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	108.27/cwt	100.00–113.00	406	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	128.78/cwt	120.00–135.00	493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	458	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	728	113.52/cwt	109.00–123.00	826	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	137.81/cwt	130.00–144.00	659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	116.77/cwt	110.00–120.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	130.36/cwt	126.00–135.00	430	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	666	1
Bulls	—	—	1,763	81.52/cwt	79.00–83.50	1,437	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	55.48/cwt	53.50–58.00	607	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	925	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	463	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	44.30/cwt	38.00–46.50	446	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	57.23/cwt	55.00–58.50	664	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	753	43.38/cwt	38.00–48.00	327	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	63.27/cwt	60.50–68.50	822	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	827	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	64.78/cwt	64.50–65.00	894	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	62.60/cwt	60.00–66.50	918	4
Bulls	—	—	1,693	88.74/cwt	88.50–89.00	1,502	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 →

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Wed Aug 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 192Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 29Year ago 0

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,137	55.00–64.00	60.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,065	65.00–70.00	67.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,288	59.00–76.00	68.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	800.00–1,035.00	909.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	800.00–1,075.00	944.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	650.00	650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	130.00	130.00
3	—	478	125.00–131.00	128.69
7	—	519	126.00–132.00	127.87
12	—	574	123.00–131.00	125.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	582	111.00–123.00	116.66
2	—	665	100.00–114.00	107.05
11	—	525	112.00–125.00	119.21
2	—	730	94.00–100.00	97.00
3	—	470	110.00–125.00	119.89
3	—	790	85.00–105.00	98.33
4	—	383	120.00–135.00	128.78
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
4	—	619	110.00–120.00	116.77
2	—	330	126.00–135.00	130.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
4	—	375	100.00–113.00	108.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
2	—	433	144.00	144.00
4	—	458	135.00–139.00	137.24
1	—	590	129.00	129.00
1	—	645	109.00	109.00
1	—	695	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	134.00–145.00	139.63
1	—	645	127.00	127.00
1	—	755	109.00	109.00
1	—	960	80.00	80.00
2	—	340	170.00–171.00	170.49
2	—	423	146.00–157.00	151.21
1	—	380	167.00	167.00
3	—	728	109.00–123.00	113.52
1	—	580	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	118.00	118.00
2	—	663	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	125.00–130.00	127.48
2	—	700	126.00–130.00	128.00
3	—	622	130.00–135.00	131.66
3	—	762	126.00	126.00
4	—	583	132.00–135.00	133.49
1	—	390	156.00	156.00
8	—	478	130.00–144.00	137.81
1	—	445	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	145.00–152.00	147.01
7	—	575	139.00–144.00	141.98
1	—	600	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	604	137.00	137.00
6	—	535	144.00	144.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	60.00	60.00
4	—	1,094	53.50–58.00	55.48
5	—	1,007	38.00–46.50	44.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	50.00	50.00
5	—	1,161	55.00–58.50	57.23
20	—	1,299	60.50–68.50	63.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	38.00–48.00	43.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	58.00	58.00
4	—	1,466	60.00–66.50	62.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,763	79.00–83.50	81.52
2	—	1,380	64.50–65.00	64.78
2	—	1,693	88.50–89.00	88.74

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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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle