Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders on offer last week for a trend. However there was good buyer attendance and active bidding making a strong market.Most of the feeder offering was weaned cattle. Cows and bulls not reported today due to time restrictions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.30/cwt on 1,114 head.

Average price

$160.30

1,114 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$39.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.28

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	165.92	901	604
Medium and Large 1-2	598	153.94	921	401
Medium and Large 2	520	153.06	796	107
Medium and Large 3	558	126.50	705	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.42/cwt here — about $196 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 sale1,114 hd

160.30

—

AR average6 barns · 1,750 hd

157.02

+3.28

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

100 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 2	—	676	133.76/cwt	130.00–140.00	904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	135.99/cwt	132.00–142.00	836	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	172.80/cwt	162.00–183.00	812	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	802	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	127.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	865	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	168.68/cwt	160.00–178.00	560	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	150.45/cwt	139.00–161.00	710	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	145.75/cwt	140.00–153.00	545	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	124.35/cwt	110.00–127.00	783	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	114.98/cwt	110.00–120.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	667	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	902	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	158.65/cwt	158.00–159.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	126.95/cwt	124.00–128.50	807	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	149.87/cwt	140.00–159.00	728	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	151.07/cwt	149.00–153.00	787	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	178.25/cwt	177.00–179.00	930	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	151.87/cwt	142.00–159.00	806	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,072	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	146.24/cwt	142.00–155.00	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	142.48/cwt	140.50–146.00	1,007	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	608	160.36/cwt	156.50–163.50	975	64
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	172.63/cwt	168.00–181.00	882	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	145.67/cwt	142.00–147.00	919	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	164.86/cwt	160.00–165.50	842	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	182.98/cwt	174.00–192.00	690	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	147.22/cwt	144.00–150.50	985	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	148.09/cwt	146.25–149.35	1,014	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	124.96/cwt	120.00–132.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	136.91/cwt	130.00–139.50	872	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	140.28/cwt	133.00–143.00	755	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	835	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	127.88/cwt	125.00–129.75	909	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	137.86/cwt	136.00–138.85	853	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	141.30/cwt	135.00–145.00	620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	161.07/cwt	149.00–167.00	678	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	133.01/cwt	130.00–136.00	818	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	136.21/cwt	128.00–140.00	798	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	753	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	949	16
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	144.43/cwt	140.00–148.00	830	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	890	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	486	185.84/cwt	185.00–189.00	903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	151.70/cwt	142.00–162.00	719	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	868	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,059	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	175.57/cwt	164.00–183.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	910	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	606	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	824	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	158.05/cwt	155.00–161.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	582	144.75/cwt	144.00–150.00	842	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	822	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	990	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	147.65/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,001	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	149.78/cwt	144.00–158.00	870	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	168.68/cwt	166.00–174.00	813	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,030	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	169.82/cwt	160.00–176.00	890	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	156.18/cwt	150.00–162.00	892	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	190.62/cwt	184.00–200.00	602	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	172.85/cwt	164.00–174.00	659	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	705	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,056	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	160.96/cwt	149.00–177.00	676	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	411	191.57/cwt	190.00–192.00	787	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	181.89/cwt	170.00–192.00	768	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	142.43/cwt	130.00–148.00	471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	131.42/cwt	128.00–135.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	769	119.89/cwt	119.00–120.50	922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	913	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	138.53/cwt	130.00–140.00	780	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	159.37/cwt	156.00–161.00	698	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	573	143.68/cwt	139.50–145.75	823	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	430	162.40/cwt	157.00–169.00	698	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	138.31/cwt	132.00–142.00	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	145.22/cwt	135.00–152.00	775	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	165.21/cwt	154.00–170.00	639	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	116.28/cwt	110.00–119.50	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	873	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	133.69/cwt	132.00–135.00	968	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	129.98/cwt	125.00–135.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	154.20/cwt	153.00–154.75	976	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	748	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,051	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	179.22/cwt	173.00–181.00	758	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	135.17/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,039	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 →

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	130.00–140.00	133.76
8	—	615	132.00–142.00	135.99
13	—	531	142.00–159.00	151.87
1	—	315	170.00	170.00
17	—	575	140.00–148.00	144.43
9	—	474	142.00–162.00	151.70
4	—	868	122.00	122.00
1	—	990	110.00	110.00
31	—	381	164.00–174.00	172.85
11	—	420	149.00–177.00	160.96
6	—	724	132.00–135.00	133.69
2	—	758	125.00–135.00	129.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	470	162.00–183.00	172.80
3	—	803	137.00	137.00
8	—	618	142.00–155.00	146.24
31	—	707	140.50–146.00	142.48
61	—	377	174.00–192.00	182.98
12	—	669	144.00–150.50	147.22
3	—	948	129.00	129.00
1	—	870	132.00	132.00
65	—	524	160.00–176.00	169.82
31	—	571	150.00–162.00	156.18
7	—	316	184.00–200.00	190.62
2	—	755	135.00	135.00
72	—	422	170.00–192.00	181.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	522	177.00–179.00	178.25
25	—	763	140.50	140.50
64	—	608	156.50–163.50	160.36
45	—	685	146.25–149.35	148.09
19	—	556	160.00	160.00
9	—	486	185.00–189.00	185.84
24	—	705	149.75	149.75
14	—	411	190.00–192.00	191.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
1	—	615	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	511	168.00–181.00	172.63
26	—	678	140.00–150.00	147.65
55	—	633	153.00–154.75	154.20
16	—	748	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	631	142.00–147.00	145.67
27	—	511	160.00–165.50	164.86
5	—	686	141.50	141.50
92	—	581	144.00–158.00	149.78
29	—	482	166.00–174.00	168.68
19	—	749	137.50	137.50
33	—	423	173.00–181.00	179.22
20	—	769	132.00–138.00	135.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	802	120.00	120.00
16	—	753	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	676	125.00–129.00	127.99
43	—	332	160.00–178.00	168.68
72	—	472	139.00–161.00	150.45
92	—	421	149.00–167.00	161.07
44	—	615	130.00–136.00	133.01
30	—	586	128.00–140.00	136.21
68	—	534	135.00–152.00	145.22
40	—	387	154.00–170.00	165.21
3	—	758	110.00–119.50	116.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	140.00–153.00	145.75
11	—	630	110.00–127.00	124.35
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
4	—	569	120.00–132.00	124.96
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
7	—	439	135.00–145.00	141.30
6	—	331	130.00–148.00	142.43
2	—	533	128.00–135.00	131.42
10	—	488	132.00–142.00	138.31
3	—	773	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	110.00–120.00	114.98
1	—	355	111.00	111.00
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	516	148.00	148.00
27	—	667	135.25	135.25
33	—	711	125.00–129.75	127.88
18	—	619	136.00–138.85	137.86
34	—	573	139.50–145.75	143.68
19	—	430	157.00–169.00	162.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	358	158.00–159.00	158.65
28	—	636	124.00–128.50	126.95
80	—	486	140.00–159.00	149.87
38	—	538	133.00–143.00	140.28
15	—	660	126.50	126.50
55	—	563	130.00–140.00	138.53
18	—	438	156.00–161.00	159.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	521	149.00–153.00	151.07
47	—	637	130.00–139.50	136.91
5	—	486	159.00	159.00
12	—	733	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	769	119.00–120.50	119.89
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	164.00–183.00	175.57
1	—	910	119.00	119.00
1	—	300	188.00	188.00
4	—	606	136.00	136.00
2	—	458	155.00–161.00	158.05
1	—	425	168.00	168.00
15	—	582	144.00–150.00	144.75
2	—	822	129.00	129.00
1	—	780	127.00	127.00

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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