Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steady to 7.00 higher mostly 2.00-5.00 higher with several groups of yearlings in the offering. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower with quality not as good as last week. Slaughter bulls steady to weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.18/cwt on 497 head.

Average price

$135.18

497 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$29.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.84

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	144.32	851	186
Medium and Large 2	571	133.94	765	26
Medium and Large 1-2	805	129.44	1,041	283
Medium and Large 3	465	114.50	532	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.82/cwt here — about $319 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 sale497 hd

135.18

—

AR average5 barns · 872 hd

136.02

−0.84

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	1,652	93.93	1,552	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,400	64.25	900	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	64.15	775	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	979	55.97	548	13

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 3	—	470	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	114.60/cwt	110.00–117.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	544	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	737	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	116.92/cwt	114.50–120.00	799	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	126.96/cwt	122.00–132.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	709	119.38/cwt	117.00–120.00	846	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	141.94/cwt	135.00–149.00	545	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	143.72/cwt	142.00–148.00	486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	121.78/cwt	110.00–126.00	621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	638	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	942.01/cwt	925.00–950.00	11,700	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	14,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	860	517.30/cwt	475.00–550.00	4,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	139.34/cwt	131.00–151.00	722	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	139.66/cwt	135.00–145.00	663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	137.28/cwt	135.00–139.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	153.08/cwt	149.00–158.00	655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	143.95/cwt	135.00–149.00	841	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	139.15/cwt	138.00–139.25	1,005	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	144.72/cwt	139.00–148.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	130.01/cwt	128.00–132.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	152.46/cwt	148.00–160.00	729	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	134.75/cwt	130.00–136.00	939	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	120.99/cwt	113.00–125.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	131.74/cwt	126.50–132.00	1,066	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	148.55/cwt	148.00–151.00	710	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	142.17/cwt	138.00–146.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	731	123.63/cwt	123.00–124.00	904	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	119.64/cwt	115.00–124.00	739	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	126.45/cwt	115.00–129.50	717	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	115.15/cwt	110.00–120.00	671	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	674	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	135.10/cwt	130.00–140.00	632	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	127.25/cwt	122.00–130.00	598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	609	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	129.62/cwt	125.00–132.00	678	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	130.72/cwt	125.00–134.00	559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	136.87/cwt	133.00–145.00	568	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	334	163.71/cwt	155.00–170.00	547	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	133.46/cwt	127.00–136.00	753	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	120.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	882	1
Bulls	—	—	1,293	78.25/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,012	3
Bulls	—	—	1,736	99.89/cwt	93.50–105.50	1,734	9
Bulls	—	—	1,758	91.74/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	146.39/cwt	145.00–149.00	635	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	664	119.15/cwt	115.00–122.00	791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	109.61/cwt	107.00–114.00	731	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	788.05/cwt	775.00–800.00	9,772	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	900	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	3,960	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,656	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	48.65/cwt	46.00–50.00	439	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	59.78/cwt	59.00–60.00	585	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	64.43/cwt	63.00–67.00	735	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	66.04/cwt	64.50–69.00	818	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	775	42.40/cwt	40.00–45.00	329	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	62.26/cwt	58.00–64.50	733	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	65.75/cwt	65.50–66.00	939	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	63.25/cwt	62.00–65.50	874	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,225	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,019	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	126.04/cwt	120.00–129.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	124.60/cwt	124.60–124.60	1,093	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	141.00/cwt	138.00–147.50	876	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	162.74/cwt	156.00–173.00	636	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	133.23/cwt	131.00–135.00	761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	155.67/cwt	151.00–159.00	820	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	147.44/cwt	142.00–158.00	764	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	147.88/cwt	145.00–151.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	138.39/cwt	131.00–142.00	906	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	169.93/cwt	159.00–176.00	547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	130.81/cwt	126.00–135.00	808	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	155.66/cwt	147.00–166.00	592	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	127.35/cwt	124.00–132.00	801	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	124.04/cwt	123.00–125.00	583	2

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 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,006Last week 842Year ago 1,033

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 160Year ago 157

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 110Year ago 100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	107.00	107.00
2	—	655	94.00	94.00
1	—	520	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	110.00–117.00	114.60
4	—	375	122.00–132.00	126.96
6	—	510	110.00–126.00	121.78
2	—	935	94.00	94.00
14	—	583	110.00–120.00	115.15
1	—	745	105.00	105.00
9	—	470	122.00–130.00	127.25
1	—	315	125.00	125.00
8	—	428	125.00–134.00	130.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	544	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	683	114.50–120.00	116.92
4	—	712	117.00	117.00
13	—	384	135.00–149.00	141.94
7	—	338	142.00–148.00	143.72
9	—	618	115.00–124.00	119.64
37	—	567	115.00–129.50	126.45
36	—	468	130.00–140.00	135.10
28	—	523	125.00–132.00	129.62
14	—	415	133.00–145.00	136.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	709	117.00–120.00	119.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	491	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	731	123.00–124.00	123.63
11	—	674	121.50	121.50
6	—	609	128.50	128.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	80.00	80.00
3	—	423	135.00–139.00	137.28
2	—	580	115.00–125.00	120.00
5	—	667	107.00–114.00	109.61
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
1	—	625	119.00	119.00
2	—	470	123.00–125.00	124.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	518	131.00–151.00	139.34
4	—	475	135.00–145.00	139.66
4	—	334	155.00–170.00	163.71
12	—	564	127.00–136.00	133.46
1	—	865	102.00	102.00
10	—	434	145.00–149.00	146.39
6	—	664	115.00–122.00	119.15
8	—	380	147.00–166.00	155.66
1	—	710	115.00	115.00
9	—	629	124.00–132.00	127.35
1	—	760	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	149.00–158.00	153.08
27	—	584	135.00–149.00	143.95
4	—	753	128.00–132.00	130.01
27	—	478	148.00–160.00	152.46
3	—	917	110.00	110.00
21	—	809	126.50–132.00	131.74
34	—	621	138.00–147.50	141.00
9	—	391	156.00–173.00	162.74
19	—	518	142.00–158.00	147.44
2	—	852	122.00	122.00
19	—	655	131.00–142.00	138.39
3	—	322	159.00–176.00	169.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	722	138.00–139.25	139.15
35	—	697	130.00–136.00	134.75
16	—	478	148.00–151.00	148.55
6	—	554	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	139.00–148.00	144.72
3	—	719	113.00–125.00	120.99
2	—	423	138.00–146.00	142.17
4	—	679	120.00–129.00	126.04
5	—	571	131.00–135.00	133.23
1	—	505	136.00	136.00
2	—	380	145.00–151.00	147.88
5	—	618	126.00–135.00	130.81
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	107.00	107.00
1	—	350	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	877	124.60	124.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	527	151.00–159.00	155.67

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,242	925.00–950.00	942.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	860	475.00–550.00	517.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,240	775.00–800.00	788.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	440.00	440.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	940	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	975	925.00	925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	75.00–81.00	78.25
9	—	1,736	93.50–105.50	99.89
3	—	1,758	91.00–93.00	91.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	902	46.00–50.00	48.65
4	—	979	59.00–60.00	59.78
4	—	1,140	63.00–67.00	64.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,239	64.50–69.00	66.04
13	—	1,178	58.00–64.50	62.26
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	40.00–45.00	42.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	65.50–66.00	65.75
3	—	1,382	62.00–65.50	63.25

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