Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders on offer for an accurate trend. Slaughter cows 3.00 -6.00 higher on a light test both weeks. Not enough slaughter bulls for a trend. Small run due to continuing wet muddy conditions in the area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.87/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$130.87

59 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$8.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.82

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	134.10	714	36
Medium and Large 2	507	125.83	638	23

One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about $76 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 sale59 hd

130.87

—

AR average9 barns · 620 hd

136.70

−5.82

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	1,462	74.56	1,090	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,305	61.92	808	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	61.91	987	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,146	48.55	556	6thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	135.05/cwt	132.00–138.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	153.28/cwt	150.00–160.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	137.54/cwt	130.00–140.00	839	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,734	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,403	922.27/cwt	825.00–1,000.00	12,939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	154.37/cwt	150.00–157.00	885	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,478	1,179.12/cwt	1,025.00–1,275.00	17,427	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	806	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	137.83/cwt	130.00–139.00	708	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	112.42/cwt	110.00–115.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	134.59/cwt	132.00–136.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	409	136.62/cwt	135.00–139.00	559	5
Bulls	—	—	1,725	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,544	1
Bulls	—	—	1,285	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	861	1
Bulls	—	—	1,418	70.86/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	825	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	52.24/cwt	46.00–57.00	616	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	41.16/cwt	38.00–44.50	445	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	61.91/cwt	60.00–64.00	987	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	63.27/cwt	60.00–66.00	807	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	58.55/cwt	58.00–59.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.71/cwt	129.00–132.50	749	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	136.23/cwt	134.00–137.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	127.16/cwt	127.00–127.50	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	128.34/cwt	125.00–130.00	612	3

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 Jan 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 123Last week 135Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	163.00	163.00
2	—	395	165.00	165.00
2	—	522	141.00	141.00
2	—	565	132.00–138.00	135.05
3	—	442	150.00–160.00	153.28
4	—	610	130.00–140.00	137.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	112.00	112.00
1	—	530	135.00	135.00
1	—	475	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	160.00	160.00
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
1	—	390	160.00	160.00
1	—	745	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	161.00	161.00
15	—	573	150.00–157.00	154.37
1	—	785	132.00	132.00
2	—	680	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	131.00	131.00
8	—	514	130.00–139.00	137.83
1	—	310	140.00	140.00
14	—	573	129.00–132.50	130.71
2	—	390	142.00	142.00
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
4	—	454	134.00–137.00	136.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	110.00–115.00	112.42
3	—	370	132.00–136.00	134.59
2	—	573	120.00–125.00	122.42
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	310	130.00	130.00
3	—	775	102.00	102.00
3	—	512	127.00–127.50	127.16
3	—	477	125.00–130.00	128.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	135.00–139.00	136.62

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)	1	—	1,275	685.00	685.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,403	825.00–1,000.00	922.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	76.00	76.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,478	1,025.00–1,275.00	1,179.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,285	67.00	67.00
2	—	1,418	70.00–72.00	70.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	46.00–57.00	52.24
2	—	1,080	38.00–44.50	41.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,595	60.00–64.00	61.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	60.00–66.00	63.27
2	—	1,380	58.00–59.00	58.55

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