Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2020-03-18

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 2,167 vs last sale 2,254▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 81▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 30▲ 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago sale not reported last week: Not enough feeders in most classes for a trend however a few 400-600 lb heifers 5.00-12.00 lower than two weeks ago. No trend on cows and bulls not reported two weeks ago. Light run due to wet muddy conditions in area again.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.85/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$126.85
36 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$350
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.02
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501137.8669124
Medium and Large 2546106.0957911thin
Medium and Large 337591.003411thin
One grade step is worth $46.86/cwt here — about $350 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 sale36 hd
126.85
—
AR average8 barns · 1,007 hd
126.83
+0.02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,34084.781,1364thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,08571.007701thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19966.5979810
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06354.9358415

Every lot, as filed

40 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—610112.00/cwt112.00–112.006831
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—833972.40/cwt800.00–1,000.008,1007
Bulls——1,59395.56/cwt90.00–100.001,5222
BullsMedium and Large 2—495135.00/cwt135.00–135.006681
Bulls——1,19578.00/cwt78.00–78.009321
BullsMedium and Large 1—595123.00/cwt123.00–123.007321
Bulls——98070.00/cwt70.00–70.006861
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2981,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,9806
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3861,480.27/cwt1,200.00–1,525.0020,5177
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0391,307.96/cwt1,250.00–1,325.0013,5906
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3121,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0013,2516
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2351,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0012,6591
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3891,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0020,1414
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,165885.74/cwt850.00–1,000.0010,3194
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1911,162.47/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0013,8455
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,08571.00/cwt71.00–71.007701
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—88038.00/cwt38.00–38.003341
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18969.67/cwt67.00–74.508286
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08856.54/cwt51.00–59.0061512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21461.98/cwt60.00–64.007524
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11566.00/cwt66.00–66.007361
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89041.50/cwt41.50–41.503691
SteersMedium and Large 2—475123.00/cwt123.00–123.005841
SteersMedium and Large 1—370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
SteersMedium and Large 3—680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007211
SteersMedium and Large 1—432159.41/cwt150.00–164.006893
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06567.00/cwt67.00–67.007141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1241,115.88/cwt825.00–1,285.0012,54214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105840.31/cwt775.00–900.009,2853
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3281,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0019,5883
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—77075.32/cwt71.00–80.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 1—305135.00/cwt135.00–135.004121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524134.96/cwt124.00–141.007079
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415116.00/cwt116.00–116.004811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—37591.00/cwt91.00–91.003411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435143.63/cwt129.00–147.006258
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385114.00/cwt114.00–114.004391
HeifersMedium and Large 2—452109.26/cwt105.00–117.004944
HeifersMedium and Large 1—588135.00/cwt135.00–135.007946
HeifersMedium and Large 2Guaranteed Open—69697.00/cwt97.00–97.006754

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.