Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00-20.00 lower on a very light test in a few classes. Feeder heifers 4.00-7.00 lower. Light run due to inclement weather. Not enough cows and bulls for an accurate trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.22/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$132.22

87 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$26.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.61

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	434	142.47	618	24
Medium and Large 1-2	415	137.00	569	5thin
Medium and Large 2	464	129.98	604	48
Medium and Large 3	424	115.96	492	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.51/cwt here — about $127 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 sale87 hd

132.22

—

AR average9 barns · 2,005 hd

145.83

−13.61

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	—	Low	1,516	77.27	1,171	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	61.53	708	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	968	46.43	450	9thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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	—	820	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	136.77/cwt	130.00–140.00	786	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	166.47/cwt	163.00–169.00	699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	175.47/cwt	171.00–180.00	619	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	895	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	506	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	458	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	56.67/cwt	54.50–59.00	600	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	755	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	302	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	474	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	855	32.93/cwt	30.00–36.00	282	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	60.51/cwt	60.00–61.00	683	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	63.96/cwt	60.50–68.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	146.40/cwt	144.50–150.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	130.91/cwt	125.00–142.00	568	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	136.96/cwt	135.00–141.00	640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	384	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	138.29/cwt	129.00–140.00	520	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	153.96/cwt	149.00–160.00	503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	141.12/cwt	138.00–144.00	529	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	917.42/cwt	810.00–1,025.00	10,413	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	880	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	66.05/cwt	63.00–71.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	134.28/cwt	128.00–140.00	701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	181.81/cwt	178.00–185.00	573	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	151.48/cwt	148.00–155.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	111.91/cwt	100.00–124.00	514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	129.23/cwt	118.00–142.50	622	16
Bulls	—	—	1,418	67.17/cwt	65.00–69.00	952	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	90.02/cwt	88.50–91.50	1,404	2
Bulls	—	—	1,570	74.63/cwt	71.00–78.50	1,172	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.05/cwt	124.00–130.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	156.86/cwt	153.00–158.00	753	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	149.52/cwt	147.00–154.00	801	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	168.24/cwt	162.00–172.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	139.97/cwt	134.00–146.00	819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	595	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	163.26/cwt	156.00–166.50	766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	801	1

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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 464Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 100Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 60Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	100.00	100.00
4	—	570	120.00–125.00	122.52
1	—	680	104.00	104.00
11	—	434	125.00–142.00	130.91
12	—	376	129.00–140.00	138.29
3	—	510	126.00	126.00
16	—	481	118.00–142.50	129.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	144.50–150.00	146.40
2	—	520	135.00–136.00	135.51
6	—	467	135.00–141.00	136.96
2	—	645	121.00	121.00
6	—	327	149.00–160.00	153.96
2	—	375	138.00–144.00	141.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	112.00	112.00
4	—	384	120.00–124.00	122.01
5	—	459	100.00–124.00	111.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	130.00–140.00	136.77
1	—	415	148.00	148.00
7	—	522	128.00–140.00	134.28
1	—	620	141.00	141.00
4	—	488	148.00–155.00	151.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	163.00–169.00	166.47
2	—	353	171.00–180.00	175.47
6	—	315	178.00–185.00	181.81
3	—	588	147.00	147.00
4	—	469	156.00–166.50	163.26
1	—	510	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	354	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	124.00–130.00	127.05
1	—	370	168.00	168.00
1	—	405	156.00	156.00
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
1	—	315	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	153.00–158.00	156.86
2	—	345	185.00	185.00
8	—	536	147.00–154.00	149.52
3	—	433	162.00–172.00	168.24
4	—	585	134.00–146.00	139.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	109.00	109.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	56.50	56.50
1	—	755	40.00	40.00
2	—	855	30.00–36.00	32.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	44.00	44.00
1	—	1,020	46.50	46.50
2	—	1,128	60.00–61.00	60.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	54.50–59.00	56.67
4	—	1,196	60.50–68.00	63.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	65.00–69.00	67.17
2	—	1,560	88.50–91.50	90.02
2	—	1,570	71.00–78.50	74.63

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,135	810.00–1,025.00	917.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,018	63.00–71.00	66.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	880	625.00	625.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle