Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady to 4.00 higher with the better 450-500 lb steers 8.00 higher and the better 350-400 lb heifers 6.00 lower. The offering included several large groups of calves and yearlings. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.94/cwt on 663 head.

Average price

$139.94

663 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$20.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.81

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	145.40	821	312
Medium and Large 1-2	652	136.19	888	280
Medium and Large 2	590	131.45	776	63
Medium and Large 3	394	125.13	493	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $328 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 sale663 hd

139.94

—

AR average9 barns · 2,343 hd

137.13

+2.81

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

93 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 1Unweaned	—	618	114.71/cwt	113.00–117.00	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	135.89/cwt	132.00–140.00	565	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	918	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	941	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	379	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	136.15/cwt	132.00–138.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	718	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	744	116.85/cwt	116.85–116.85	869	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	399	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	127.19/cwt	120.00–134.00	786	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	827	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	137.14/cwt	135.00–142.00	849	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.89/cwt	125.00–139.00	673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	945	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	136.56/cwt	131.25–141.00	791	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	143.65/cwt	133.50–145.00	876	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	153.50/cwt	150.50–165.00	649	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	159.77/cwt	158.00–163.00	594	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	137.88/cwt	132.00–144.00	654	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	709	115.67/cwt	115.00–116.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	142.89/cwt	139.00–148.00	746	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	157.12/cwt	147.00–163.00	753	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	169.98/cwt	164.00–188.00	547	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	128.68/cwt	128.00–130.50	861	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	821	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,088	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	706	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	141.94/cwt	135.00–146.00	820	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	129.02/cwt	125.00–134.00	926	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	164.30/cwt	161.00–167.00	524	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	664	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	840	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	136.84/cwt	132.00–143.00	718	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	945	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	136.49/cwt	134.00–139.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	146.20/cwt	140.00–151.00	633	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	153.90/cwt	145.00–158.00	586	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	738	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	140.93/cwt	136.50–153.00	672	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	110.44/cwt	104.00–114.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	126.92/cwt	116.50–130.50	808	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	113.06/cwt	104.00–120.00	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	460	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	118.35/cwt	117.00–120.00	742	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	126.58/cwt	122.00–132.00	710	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	134.50/cwt	129.00–139.00	635	49
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	144.31/cwt	140.00–147.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	129.01/cwt	125.00–134.50	953	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	134.17/cwt	132.00–138.00	888	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	375	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	134.01/cwt	127.00–137.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,109	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	151.36/cwt	144.00–157.00	789	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	137.51/cwt	135.00–140.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	124.28/cwt	120.00–128.00	762	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	133.25/cwt	130.00–142.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	128.48/cwt	117.00–139.00	734	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	117.23/cwt	115.00–120.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	128.48/cwt	124.00–132.00	552	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	128.87/cwt	128.00–130.00	606	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	129.74/cwt	126.00–134.00	688	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	140.67/cwt	139.00–144.00	528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	120.03/cwt	111.00–127.00	635	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	130.61/cwt	127.00–135.00	434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	571	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	114.94/cwt	113.00–115.00	785	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	111.46/cwt	106.00–112.50	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	124.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	588	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	112.63/cwt	107.00–120.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	686	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	121.05/cwt	121.00–122.00	873	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	104.39/cwt	100.00–109.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	106.87/cwt	106.50–108.00	788	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	125.83/cwt	120.00–126.50	662	81

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 1,514Last week 860Year ago 745

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	618	113.00–117.00	114.71
4	—	679	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	416	132.00–140.00	135.89
39	—	637	116.50–130.50	126.92
1	—	340	142.00	142.00
61	—	561	122.00–132.00	126.58
49	—	472	129.00–139.00	134.50
2	—	822	106.00	106.00
67	—	530	126.00–134.00	129.74
6	—	375	139.00–144.00	140.67
77	—	683	113.00–115.00	114.94
6	—	784	106.00–112.50	111.46
18	—	721	121.00–122.00	121.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	918	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	118.00	118.00
2	—	513	100.00–109.00	104.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	132.00–138.00	136.15
8	—	571	104.00–120.00	113.06
13	—	430	124.00–132.00	128.48
1	—	845	96.00	96.00
16	—	529	111.00–127.00	120.03
3	—	332	127.00–135.00	130.61
19	—	474	120.00–126.00	124.01
4	—	624	107.00–120.00	112.63
4	—	737	106.50–108.00	106.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	630	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	744	116.85	116.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	627	117.00–120.00	118.35
14	—	470	128.00–130.00	128.87
16	—	429	133.00	133.00
29	—	572	120.00	120.00
81	—	526	120.00–126.50	125.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	123.00	123.00
12	—	619	135.00–142.00	137.14
4	—	811	125.00	125.00
26	—	423	150.50–165.00	153.50
6	—	372	158.00–163.00	159.77
40	—	479	147.00–163.00	157.12
7	—	322	164.00–188.00	169.98
41	—	578	135.00–146.00	141.94
8	—	718	125.00–134.00	129.02
46	—	662	132.00–138.00	134.17
47	—	521	144.00–157.00	151.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	399	128.00	128.00
1	—	590	105.00	105.00
3	—	322	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	120.00–134.00	127.19
1	—	830	125.00	125.00
8	—	510	125.00–139.00	131.89
1	—	945	113.00	113.00
11	—	474	132.00–144.00	137.88
3	—	709	115.00–116.00	115.67
19	—	669	128.00–130.50	128.68
3	—	770	120.00	120.00
4	—	428	140.00–147.00	144.31
1	—	330	160.00	160.00
5	—	571	127.00–137.00	134.01
1	—	360	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	607	136.25	136.25
60	—	579	131.25–141.00	136.56
68	—	522	139.00–148.00	142.89
7	—	663	134.00	134.00
14	—	474	149.00	149.00
21	—	739	125.00–134.50	129.01
22	—	898	123.50	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	686	132.00	132.00
64	—	610	133.50–145.00	143.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	821	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	319	161.00–167.00	164.30
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
10	—	525	132.00–143.00	136.84
1	—	945	98.00	98.00
11	—	433	140.00–151.00	146.20
5	—	381	145.00–158.00	153.90
20	—	477	136.50–153.00	140.93
5	—	713	104.00–114.00	110.44
8	—	613	120.00–128.00	124.28
9	—	571	117.00–139.00	128.48
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	528	120.00–130.00	125.76
1	—	840	95.00	95.00
2	—	463	134.00–139.00	136.49
2	—	738	105.00	105.00
3	—	390	135.00–140.00	137.51
4	—	419	130.00–142.00	133.25
1	—	305	150.00	150.00
4	—	621	115.00–120.00	117.23
1	—	580	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	122.00	122.00

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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