Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 2.00-5.00 lower except some better 600-750 lb bulls 1.00-6.00 higher. Cattle with to much hair showing signs of heat stress were discounted more. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.57/cwt on 322 head.

Average price

$133.57

322 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$34.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.29

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	142.65	769	82
Medium and Large 1-2	626	131.76	824	98
Medium and Large 2	531	130.85	694	134
Medium and Large 3	450	108.13	486	8thin

One grade step is worth $34.52/cwt here — about $283 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 sale322 hd

133.57

—

AR average8 barns · 1,485 hd

134.86

−1.29

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	1,659	95.35	1,582	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,371	66.34	910	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	62.62	748	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	49.30	481	30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	136.38/cwt	133.00–138.00	846	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	150.26/cwt	145.00–152.00	720	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	140.25/cwt	134.00–149.00	799	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	875	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	979	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,001	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	145.51/cwt	144.00–147.00	687	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	122.14/cwt	120.00–132.00	771	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	142.58/cwt	142.00–144.00	777	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	835	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	145.01/cwt	141.00–146.00	564	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	140.58/cwt	135.00–144.00	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	137.35/cwt	132.00–146.00	562	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	123.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	782	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	132.70/cwt	125.00–142.00	683	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	126.97/cwt	123.00–138.00	722	44
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	498	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	979.88/cwt	735.00–1,250.00	11,543	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,222	1,414.31/cwt	1,385.00–1,425.00	17,283	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	151.50/cwt	151.00–152.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	762	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	47.53/cwt	45.00–50.00	397	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	60.27/cwt	59.00–61.50	823	2
Bulls	—	—	1,483	89.04/cwt	88.50–89.50	1,320	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	818	35.86/cwt	34.00–38.50	293	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	56.40/cwt	53.50–60.00	573	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	48.06/cwt	44.00–52.00	481	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	39.66/cwt	37.00–42.00	389	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	64.94/cwt	62.50–66.50	918	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,314	70.08/cwt	68.50–73.50	921	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	61.46/cwt	57.00–65.50	734	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	68.27/cwt	66.00–72.00	810	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	54.64/cwt	52.00–56.50	664	7
Bulls	—	—	1,665	93.61/cwt	91.00–96.50	1,559	10
Bulls	—	—	1,718	99.90/cwt	97.50–104.50	1,716	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	762	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,880	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	895	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	11,635	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,662	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	1,085.96/cwt	885.00–1,160.00	12,673	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	58.44/cwt	48.00–66.00	722	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,054	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	16,864	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	120.47/cwt	115.00–128.00	619	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	136.12/cwt	135.00–141.00	521	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	111.54/cwt	110.00–113.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	133.56/cwt	130.00–137.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	143.12/cwt	140.00–146.00	455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	125.49/cwt	120.00–130.00	782	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	133.53/cwt	128.00–141.00	692	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	137.85/cwt	134.00–141.00	649	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	117.07/cwt	105.00–122.00	835	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	143.84/cwt	143.00–144.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	150.57/cwt	148.00–152.00	554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	149.66/cwt	148.00–152.00	629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	119.01/cwt	117.00–119.50	749	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	113.61/cwt	113.00–115.00	760	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	124.88/cwt	124.00–127.00	652	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	137.96/cwt	134.00–144.00	521	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	124.60/cwt	120.00–129.50	699	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.44/cwt	128.00–136.00	613	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	133.29/cwt	130.00–136.00	566	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	825	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	591	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	552	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	126.31/cwt	118.00–131.00	740	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	125.62/cwt	122.00–126.50	660	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	105.96/cwt	102.00–108.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	120.94/cwt	114.00–125.00	455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	127.88/cwt	117.50–135.00	421	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	121.06/cwt	120.00–124.00	645	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	121.23/cwt	115.00–128.00	525	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	122.61/cwt	112.00–127.00	585	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	112.69/cwt	110.00–117.00	649	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	114.81/cwt	100.00–116.00	703	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	143.81/cwt	141.50–148.50	732	8

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 Jul 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 842Last week 1,514Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 160Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 49Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	620	133.00–138.00	136.38
19	—	479	145.00–152.00	150.26
25	—	570	134.00–149.00	140.25
3	—	390	152.00	152.00
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
1	—	305	155.00	155.00
6	—	420	148.00–152.00	149.66
8	—	509	141.50–148.50	143.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	673	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	783	125.00	125.00
8	—	834	120.00	120.00
12	—	472	144.00–147.00	145.51
16	—	631	120.00–132.00	122.14
27	—	545	142.00–144.00	142.58
27	—	663	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	126.00–127.00	126.51
6	—	389	141.00–146.00	145.01
7	—	481	135.00–144.00	140.58
23	—	409	132.00–146.00	137.35
24	—	633	120.00–125.00	123.56
28	—	515	125.00–142.00	132.70
44	—	569	123.00–138.00	126.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	352	125.00	125.00
5	—	508	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
2	—	338	151.00–152.00	151.50
1	—	595	128.00	128.00
11	—	623	120.00–130.00	125.49
7	—	518	128.00–141.00	133.53
7	—	471	134.00–141.00	137.85
6	—	713	105.00–122.00	117.07
6	—	442	143.00–144.00	143.84
3	—	368	148.00–152.00	150.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
1	—	415	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	115.00–128.00	120.47
7	—	383	135.00–141.00	136.12
3	—	615	117.00	117.00
2	—	670	110.00–113.00	111.54
2	—	408	130.00–137.00	133.56
2	—	318	140.00–146.00	143.12
1	—	490	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
1	—	450	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	841	103.00	103.00
3	—	768	109.00	109.00
5	—	629	117.00–119.50	119.01
8	—	669	113.00–115.00	113.61
11	—	522	124.00–127.00	124.88
13	—	378	134.00–144.00	137.96
19	—	561	120.00–129.50	124.60
23	—	470	128.00–136.00	130.44
29	—	425	130.00–136.00	133.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	562	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	743	111.00	111.00
9	—	458	129.00	129.00
16	—	418	132.00	132.00
27	—	586	118.00–131.00	126.31
31	—	525	122.00–126.50	125.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
1	—	760	104.00	104.00
3	—	670	102.00–108.00	105.96
5	—	376	114.00–125.00	120.94
7	—	329	117.50–135.00	127.88
10	—	533	120.00–124.00	121.06
14	—	433	115.00–128.00	121.23
17	—	477	112.00–127.00	122.61
19	—	576	110.00–117.00	112.69
24	—	612	100.00–116.00	114.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,178	735.00–1,250.00	979.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,222	1,385.00–1,425.00	1,414.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,054	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,242	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,167	885.00–1,160.00	1,085.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,221	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	62.00	62.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,235	48.00–66.00	58.44
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	907	84.00	84.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	895	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	45.00–50.00	47.53
3	—	818	34.00–38.50	35.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	59.00–61.50	60.27
10	—	1,413	62.50–66.50	64.94
7	—	1,314	68.50–73.50	70.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,016	53.50–60.00	56.40
10	—	1,001	44.00–52.00	48.06
3	—	982	37.00–42.00	39.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,195	57.00–65.50	61.46
16	—	1,187	66.00–72.00	68.27
7	—	1,215	52.00–56.50	54.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,483	88.50–89.50	89.04
10	—	1,665	91.00–96.50	93.61
8	—	1,718	97.50–104.50	99.90

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

Steers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle