Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00-4.00 higher than last weeks light test in a few classes. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher with the better 450-500 lbs 7.00 higher. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.81/cwt on 906 head.

Average price

$145.81

906 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$29.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.15

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	150.29	820	570
Medium and Large 1-2	617	138.98	857	225
Medium and Large 2	542	137.54	745	105
Medium and Large 3	469	120.41	565	6thin

One grade step is worth $29.89/cwt here — about $256 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 sale906 hd

145.81

—

AR average8 barns · 2,060 hd

144.66

+1.15

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

94 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	—	573	119.04/cwt	115.00–122.00	682	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	485	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	125.93/cwt	121.00–130.00	713	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	662	131.13/cwt	126.25–137.50	868	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	989	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	161.01/cwt	149.00–164.00	742	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	135.06/cwt	128.00–137.75	963	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	147.87/cwt	138.00–154.00	550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	757	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	739	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,036	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	141.54/cwt	139.00–146.00	866	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	138.55/cwt	137.00–140.00	935	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	130.73/cwt	118.50–137.00	825	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	139.92/cwt	137.00–142.00	868	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	167.69/cwt	164.00–178.00	632	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	140.48/cwt	129.00–154.00	673	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	128.86/cwt	125.00–131.50	849	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	145.63/cwt	143.00–146.50	788	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	732	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	922	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	152.67/cwt	147.00–159.50	805	70
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	141.03/cwt	130.00–143.00	757	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	121.14/cwt	110.00–127.00	930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	135.45/cwt	132.00–138.75	913	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	860	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	144.38/cwt	139.00–152.00	816	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	135.45/cwt	132.00–136.00	715	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	131.66/cwt	122.00–140.00	641	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	389	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	121.85/cwt	117.00–125.00	825	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	439	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	120.77/cwt	116.00–130.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	144.35/cwt	144.00–147.00	706	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	305	149.25/cwt	149.00–150.00	455	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	136.06/cwt	132.00–137.00	777	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	133.20/cwt	125.00–143.00	577	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	596	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	140.22/cwt	132.00–144.00	659	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	405	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	119.72/cwt	110.00–130.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	146.40/cwt	135.00–154.00	621	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	160.70/cwt	152.50–168.00	524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	141.73/cwt	140.00–145.50	823	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	162.39/cwt	155.00–163.00	659	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	170.34/cwt	167.00–175.00	535	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	497	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	133.81/cwt	125.00–140.50	775	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	124.51/cwt	120.00–130.00	885	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	708	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	640	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	126.82/cwt	122.00–135.00	718	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	707	112.62/cwt	112.50–113.00	796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	110.40/cwt	110.00–112.00	500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	145.19/cwt	137.00–153.00	543	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	122.66/cwt	116.50–124.25	749	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	122.52/cwt	120.00–123.75	701	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	110.95/cwt	100.00–116.00	707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	397	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	115.86/cwt	115.00–116.00	833	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	127.40/cwt	115.00–132.00	789	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	709	111.25/cwt	111.25–111.25	789	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	119.29/cwt	116.00–120.75	754	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	101.49/cwt	95.00–115.00	734	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	113.98/cwt	107.00–122.00	474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	865	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	149.91/cwt	143.00–156.00	492	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	132.10/cwt	127.00–137.00	703	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	130.46/cwt	128.00–132.00	668	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	136.02/cwt	134.00–138.00	516	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	121.29/cwt	114.00–125.00	629	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	140.18/cwt	133.00–147.00	596	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	534	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	110.09/cwt	102.00–114.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	127.27/cwt	122.00–130.00	619	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	104.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	649	5

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 Jun 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,910Last week 264Year ago 2,278

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	573	115.00–122.00	119.04
14	—	433	125.00–143.00	133.20
1	—	305	142.00	142.00
11	—	637	100.00–116.00	110.95
9	—	723	95.00–115.00	101.49
8	—	379	134.00–138.00	136.02
20	—	519	114.00–125.00	121.29
3	—	670	102.00–114.00	110.09
17	—	486	122.00–130.00	127.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	130.50	130.50
8	—	438	136.00	136.00
79	—	572	120.00–123.75	122.52
24	—	632	116.00–120.75	119.29
18	—	512	128.00–132.00	130.46
9	—	384	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	566	121.00–130.00	125.93
68	—	470	132.00–144.00	140.22
36	—	374	137.00–153.00	145.19
7	—	719	115.00–116.00	115.86
35	—	619	115.00–132.00	127.40
4	—	824	105.00	105.00
25	—	328	143.00–156.00	149.91
133	—	532	127.00–137.00	132.10
1	—	670	118.00	118.00
76	—	425	133.00–147.00	140.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	123.00	123.00
2	—	578	114.00–115.00	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	110.00–112.00	110.40
5	—	397	109.00	109.00
4	—	416	107.00–122.00	113.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	611	116.50–124.25	122.66
22	—	709	111.25	111.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	662	126.25–137.50	131.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	764	129.50	129.50
11	—	476	159.00	159.00
12	—	620	137.00–142.00	139.92
31	—	541	143.00–146.50	145.63
60	—	674	132.00–138.75	135.45
63	—	581	140.00–145.50	141.73
3	—	708	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	461	149.00–164.00	161.01
20	—	713	128.00–137.75	135.06
4	—	783	126.00–127.00	126.49
35	—	612	139.00–146.00	141.54
12	—	675	137.00–140.00	138.55
42	—	377	164.00–178.00	167.69
70	—	527	147.00–159.50	152.67
71	—	565	139.00–152.00	144.38
74	—	406	155.00–163.00	162.39
13	—	314	167.00–175.00	170.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	138.00–154.00	147.87
10	—	631	118.50–137.00	130.73
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
19	—	479	129.00–154.00	140.48
11	—	659	125.00–131.50	128.86
1	—	850	114.00	114.00
14	—	537	130.00–143.00	141.03
3	—	768	110.00–127.00	121.14
15	—	424	135.00–154.00	146.40
4	—	326	152.50–168.00	160.70
17	—	579	125.00–140.50	133.81
4	—	711	120.00–130.00	124.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	739	140.25	140.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	133.50	133.50
25	—	732	126.00	126.00
48	—	607	141.75	141.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	129.00	129.00
2	—	530	110.00–130.00	119.72
3	—	460	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	138.00	138.00
3	—	497	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	92.00	92.00
8	—	487	122.00–140.00	131.66
3	—	389	142.00	142.00
3	—	524	116.00–130.00	120.77
4	—	305	149.00–150.00	149.25
4	—	708	103.00	103.00
5	—	566	122.00–135.00	126.82
2	—	440	138.00–140.00	138.99
5	—	623	100.00–110.00	104.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	528	132.00–136.00	135.45
7	—	677	117.00–125.00	121.85
8	—	489	144.00–147.00	144.35
1	—	415	144.00	144.00
20	—	571	132.00–137.00	136.06
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
1	—	755	116.00	116.00
4	—	707	112.50–113.00	112.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	122.00	122.00
3	—	650	115.50	115.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	121.00	121.00

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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