Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher except the better 550-600 lbs 2.00 lower and 650-700 lbs 2.00-6.00 lower on a light test in some classes. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs 4.00-6.00 higher over 400 lbs mostly steady to weak except the 600-650 lb 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.58/cwt on 184 head.

Average price

$124.58

184 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$28.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	128.42	705	107
Medium and Large 2	508	119.75	608	75
Medium and Large 3	575	100.00	575	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.42/cwt here — about $130 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 sale184 hd

124.58

—

AR average9 barns · 1,358 hd

126.37

−1.79

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	1,551	77.30	1,199	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	62.25	917	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	58.59	753	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	52.93	570	28

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	136.66/cwt	130.00–140.00	790	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	136.50/cwt	134.50–138.00	898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	141.74/cwt	140.00–143.00	869	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	151.26/cwt	148.00–156.00	773	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	129.86/cwt	125.00–132.00	822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	122.68/cwt	116.00–125.00	932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	828	121.76/cwt	120.00–123.50	1,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	137.08/cwt	134.00–140.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	136.23/cwt	130.00–143.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	127.86/cwt	122.00–135.00	860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	127.79/cwt	120.00–132.00	741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	145.48/cwt	143.00–150.00	538	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	129.04/cwt	125.00–135.00	613	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	144.13/cwt	140.00–145.00	519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	898	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	145.02/cwt	142.00–148.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	116.34/cwt	115.00–119.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	108.95/cwt	106.00–112.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	104.43/cwt	100.00–109.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	128.69/cwt	125.00–132.00	811	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	124.22/cwt	123.00–129.00	725	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	134.62/cwt	132.00–140.00	583	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	126.04/cwt	119.00–130.50	657	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	116.27/cwt	112.00–117.00	674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	119.45/cwt	112.00–125.00	632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	130.42/cwt	127.00–136.00	437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	113.02/cwt	103.00–117.50	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	115.47/cwt	100.00–122.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	101.02/cwt	100.00–103.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	121.92/cwt	110.00–126.00	583	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	126.82/cwt	119.00–136.00	468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	120.32/cwt	117.00–125.00	521	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	54.91/cwt	52.00–57.00	435	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	901.50/cwt	750.00–1,075.00	11,188	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	941.72/cwt	825.00–1,035.00	9,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	955.46/cwt	950.00–960.00	8,580	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	61.16/cwt	60.00–62.00	862	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	548	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,229	59.22/cwt	56.00–64.00	728	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	1,224.46/cwt	1,000.00–1,435.00	14,363	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	904.93/cwt	850.00–985.00	9,638	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,442	910.92/cwt	875.00–950.00	13,135	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	813.30/cwt	700.00–900.00	9,475	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	47.20/cwt	42.00–50.00	465	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	761	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	65.99/cwt	62.00–71.50	1,010	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	56.64/cwt	54.00–58.50	787	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	56.55/cwt	53.00–59.50	724	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	62.43/cwt	60.00–65.00	807	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	54.71/cwt	50.50–58.50	607	19
Bulls	—	—	1,787	79.65/cwt	78.50–81.00	1,423	5
Bulls	—	—	1,249	70.73/cwt	69.50–73.50	883	4
Bulls	—	—	1,563	84.55/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	118.24/cwt	117.50–119.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	143.42/cwt	138.00–149.00	743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	112.09/cwt	108.00–116.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	124.58/cwt	116.00–128.00	784	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	719	114.76/cwt	114.00–116.00	825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	127.48/cwt	120.00–130.00	714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	447	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	818	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	126.31/cwt	120.00–132.00	587	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	120.86/cwt	110.00–127.00	626	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	112.66/cwt	100.00–124.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	135.96/cwt	135.00–138.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	387	131.10/cwt	120.00–142.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	154.61/cwt	151.00–158.00	691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	152.91/cwt	148.00–158.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	142.01/cwt	136.00–143.00	829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	935	5

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 Sep 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 460Last week 435Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 55Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	138.50	138.50
2	—	308	172.00	172.00
12	—	613	140.00–143.00	141.74
12	—	511	148.00–156.00	151.26
1	—	765	131.00	131.00
10	—	447	151.00–158.00	154.61
9	—	479	148.00–158.00	152.91
7	—	584	136.00–143.00	142.01
5	—	668	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	143.00	143.00
1	—	310	137.00	137.00
7	—	633	125.00–132.00	129.86
4	—	760	116.00–125.00	122.68
2	—	828	120.00–123.50	121.76
2	—	468	134.00–140.00	137.08
2	—	423	130.00–143.00	136.23
1	—	895	120.00	120.00
12	—	673	122.00–135.00	127.86
9	—	580	120.00–132.00	127.79
9	—	370	143.00–150.00	145.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	578	130.00–140.00	136.66
7	—	658	134.50–138.00	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	475	125.00–135.00	129.04
6	—	360	140.00–145.00	144.13
5	—	802	112.00	112.00
4	—	320	142.00–148.00	145.02
3	—	669	115.00–119.00	116.34
2	—	865	106.00–112.00	108.95
26	—	630	125.00–132.00	128.69
21	—	584	123.00–129.00	124.22
16	—	433	132.00–140.00	134.62
12	—	521	119.00–130.50	126.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	100.00–109.00	104.43
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
7	—	580	112.00–117.00	116.27
7	—	529	112.00–125.00	119.45
6	—	335	127.00–136.00	130.42
5	—	666	103.00–117.50	113.02
5	—	629	100.00–122.00	115.47
3	—	732	100.00–103.00	101.02
22	—	478	110.00–126.00	121.92
9	—	369	119.00–136.00	126.82
8	—	433	117.00–125.00	120.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	117.50–119.00	118.24
2	—	663	123.00–125.00	123.98
2	—	518	138.00–149.00	143.42
1	—	460	144.00	144.00
1	—	375	156.00	156.00
1	—	330	168.00	168.00
7	—	629	116.00–128.00	124.58
4	—	719	114.00–116.00	114.76
4	—	560	120.00–130.00	127.48
3	—	447	151.00	151.00
2	—	818	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	108.00–116.00	112.09
13	—	465	120.00–132.00	126.31
9	—	518	110.00–127.00	120.86
6	—	665	127.00	127.00
3	—	608	100.00–124.00	112.66
3	—	420	135.00–138.00	135.96
3	—	387	120.00–142.00	131.10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	793	52.00–57.00	54.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,241	750.00–1,075.00	901.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,030	825.00–1,035.00	941.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	898	950.00–960.00	955.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,410	60.00–62.00	61.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	63.00	63.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,229	56.00–64.00	59.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,173	1,000.00–1,435.00	1,224.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,065	850.00–985.00	904.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,442	875.00–950.00	910.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,165	700.00–900.00	813.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	986	42.00–50.00	47.20
1	—	1,170	65.00	65.00
19	—	1,110	50.50–58.50	54.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,530	62.00–71.50	65.99
4	—	1,389	54.00–58.50	56.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,281	53.00–59.50	56.55
9	—	1,293	60.00–65.00	62.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,787	78.50–81.00	79.65
4	—	1,249	69.50–73.50	70.73
2	—	1,563	84.00–85.00	84.55

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle