Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders under 700 lbs mostly steady to 5.00 lower with the better 400-500 lb steers 1.00-2.00 higher and the better 350-450 lb heifers 1.00-4.00 higher with more new crop calves in the offering.. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.78/cwt on 367 head.

Average price

$131.78

367 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$29.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.08

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	134.37	642	179
Medium and Large 1-2	466	133.16	620	120
Medium and Large 2	468	123.31	578	65
Medium and Large 3	494	105.34	520	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.03/cwt here — about $122 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 sale367 hd

131.78

—

AR average8 barns · 1,580 hd

129.70

+2.08

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	1,508	73.37	1,106	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,385	59.73	827	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	59.37	718	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	46.17	475	66

Every lot, as filed

97 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	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	131.07/cwt	125.00–135.00	609	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	643	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	132.47/cwt	132.00–135.00	623	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	60.78/cwt	57.00–65.00	737	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	40.29/cwt	36.00–44.00	407	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	909	42.57/cwt	42.00–45.00	387	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	885	20.25/cwt	20.00–21.00	179	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	59.73/cwt	59.50–60.00	827	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	49.15/cwt	44.00–54.00	535	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	873	52.50/cwt	52.00–53.00	458	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	54.95/cwt	52.00–58.00	659	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	31.14/cwt	25.00–35.00	329	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	55.73/cwt	53.00–62.00	587	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	34.49/cwt	34.00–35.00	317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	129.53/cwt	120.00–130.00	959	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	110.00/cwt	100.00–120.00	631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	122.43/cwt	116.00–125.00	634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	139.70/cwt	132.00–142.00	592	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	120.58/cwt	117.00–124.00	686	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	150.60/cwt	138.00–158.00	574	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	539	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	152.46/cwt	146.00–157.00	502	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	100.01/cwt	97.00–103.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	131.36/cwt	120.00–143.00	482	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	134.39/cwt	132.00–135.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	583	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	117.30/cwt	117.00–118.00	743	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	128.10/cwt	125.00–131.00	670	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	518	122.15/cwt	120.00–127.00	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	498	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	139.03/cwt	135.00–142.00	513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	96.96/cwt	94.00–100.00	698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	120.71/cwt	118.00–127.00	742	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	153.69/cwt	153.00–155.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	383	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	112.14/cwt	110.00–113.00	708	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	910	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	135.20/cwt	129.00–145.00	710	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	128.96/cwt	126.00–130.00	722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	570	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	383	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	257	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	734.64/cwt	650.00–785.00	7,809	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	50.69/cwt	42.00–59.00	539	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	57.24/cwt	49.00–65.00	598	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	171.88/cwt	155.00–176.00	710	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	135.12/cwt	125.00–139.00	766	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	138.98/cwt	135.00–142.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	602	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	150.60/cwt	145.00–156.00	795	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	140.10/cwt	138.00–142.00	800	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	167.85/cwt	162.00–173.00	645	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	754	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	943	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	773	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	69.67/cwt	53.00–95.00	635	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	15,818	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	8,976	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	115.99/cwt	110.00–120.00	732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	147.31/cwt	145.00–149.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	158.97/cwt	150.00–163.00	742	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	132.64/cwt	130.00–135.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	157.79/cwt	151.00–164.00	743	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	126.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	123.78/cwt	115.00–132.00	587	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	123.03/cwt	115.00–130.00	762	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	114.41/cwt	106.00–123.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	662	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	622	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	127.28/cwt	126.00–130.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	138.36/cwt	130.00–144.00	587	9
Bulls	—	—	1,797	85.23/cwt	83.50–87.50	1,532	3
Bulls	—	—	1,368	64.66/cwt	60.00–69.00	885	5
Bulls	—	—	1,453	76.01/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,104	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	7,222	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	855	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,626	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	940	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,170	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	887.49/cwt	810.00–950.00	9,745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	142.96/cwt	139.00–145.50	762	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	145.75/cwt	135.00–149.00	631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	119.60/cwt	118.00–120.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	183.44/cwt	178.00–187.00	582	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	137.61/cwt	130.00–143.00	844	17

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 Apr 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 895Last week 617Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 170Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 65Year 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	—	750	100.00	100.00
2	—	625	110.00	110.00
4	—	574	100.00–120.00	110.00
8	—	518	116.00–125.00	122.43
14	—	367	120.00–143.00	131.36
5	—	322	132.00–135.00	134.39
2	—	670	100.00	100.00
2	—	730	100.00	100.00
7	—	426	125.00–130.00	126.98
20	—	474	115.00–132.00	123.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	465	125.00–135.00	131.07
16	—	424	132.00–142.00	139.70
25	—	569	117.00–124.00	120.58
41	—	381	138.00–158.00	150.60
5	—	670	120.00	120.00
10	—	329	146.00–157.00	152.46
35	—	523	125.00–131.00	128.10
12	—	619	115.00–130.00	123.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	125.00	125.00
31	—	470	132.00–135.00	132.47
24	—	369	146.00	146.00
39	—	432	135.00	135.00
19	—	633	117.00–118.00	117.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	116.00	116.00
2	—	518	97.00–103.00	100.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	120.00–127.00	122.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	740	120.00–130.00	129.53
16	—	413	155.00–176.00	171.88
23	—	528	145.00–156.00	150.60
17	—	571	138.00–142.00	140.10
11	—	384	162.00–173.00	167.85
26	—	471	151.00–164.00	157.79
12	—	317	178.00–187.00	183.44
17	—	613	130.00–143.00	137.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	713	130.00	130.00
33	—	368	163.50	163.50
7	—	303	172.00	172.00
100	—	467	150.00–163.00	158.97
11	—	622	130.00–135.00	132.64
15	—	533	139.00–145.50	142.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	567	125.00–139.00	135.12
5	—	513	135.00–142.00	138.98
1	—	385	160.00	160.00
8	—	754	125.00	125.00
5	—	631	110.00–120.00	115.99
4	—	480	145.00–149.00	147.31
1	—	305	153.00	153.00
5	—	433	135.00–149.00	145.75
5	—	670	118.00–120.00	119.60
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	115.00	115.00
2	—	460	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	132.00	132.00
3	—	383	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	135.00–142.00	139.03
2	—	720	94.00–100.00	96.96
1	—	485	135.00	135.00
7	—	631	110.00–113.00	112.14
2	—	910	84.00	84.00
1	—	800	90.00	90.00
2	—	572	111.00	111.00
3	—	521	126.00–130.00	127.28
9	—	424	130.00–144.00	138.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	615	118.00–127.00	120.71
3	—	377	153.00–155.00	153.69
20	—	525	129.00–145.00	135.20
4	—	560	126.00–130.00	128.96
1	—	315	181.00	181.00
2	—	678	106.00–123.00	114.41
6	—	466	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	146.00	146.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	67.00	67.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,213	57.00–65.00	60.78
7	—	1,199	52.00–58.00	54.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,011	36.00–44.00	40.29
18	—	1,088	44.00–54.00	49.15
6	—	1,058	25.00–35.00	31.14
22	—	1,053	53.00–62.00	55.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	909	42.00–45.00	42.57
4	—	885	20.00–21.00	20.25
2	—	873	52.00–53.00	52.50
2	—	920	34.00–35.00	34.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	59.50–60.00	59.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	83.50–87.50	85.23
5	—	1,368	60.00–69.00	64.66
3	—	1,453	75.00–78.00	76.01

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,063	650.00–785.00	734.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,063	42.00–59.00	50.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,045	49.00–65.00	57.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	836	92.50	92.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	911	53.00–95.00	69.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,425	1,110.00	1,110.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	785.00	785.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,098	810.00–950.00	887.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	550.00	550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	935	960.00	960.00

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