Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2020-07-29

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 29
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
858 head
353 vs last sale 505 858 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
17 vs last sale 94 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
10 vs last sale 30 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers uneven with the better kind under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher and the plainer kind steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.25/cwt on 321 head.
Average price
$130.25
321 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.69
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515135.26697169
Medium and Large 2511126.0164471
Medium and Large 1-2700123.6686580
Medium and Large 3530111.005881thin
One grade step is worth $24.26/cwt here — about $108 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 sale321 hd
130.25
AR average7 barns · 1,773 hd
133.93
−3.69
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,59797.511,55712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12769.6578547
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38868.8295517
CowsLean 85-90%High98562.6561721

Every lot, as filed

91 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10766.45/cwt62.00–69.0073617
CowsLean 85-90%1,01969.19/cwt65.00–74.507059
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15072.20/cwt69.00–79.0083028
SteersMedium and Large 2315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
SteersMedium and Large 1561153.81/cwt149.00–161.0086319
SteersMedium and Large 1935115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0751
SteersMedium and Large 2427149.94/cwt139.00–154.0064014
SteersMedium and Large 2385154.74/cwt150.00–165.005963
SteersMedium and Large 1817132.31/cwt132.00–132.501,08121
SteersMedium and Large 1716137.69/cwt135.00–142.009867
SteersMedium and Large 2673129.58/cwt120.00–141.0087219
SteersMedium and Large 2723128.85/cwt128.00–130.509323
SteersMedium and Large 1607152.74/cwt138.00–157.0092751
SteersMedium and Large 1666143.03/cwt140.00–144.509539
SteersMedium and Large 371090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
SteersMedium and Large 2639132.01/cwt130.00–133.008444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,02310
BullsMedium and Large 1466151.20/cwt144.00–155.0070512
BullsMedium and Large 1659129.21/cwt126.00–131.008514
BullsMedium and Large 2642114.02/cwt110.00–115.007325
BullsMedium and Large 1614130.44/cwt125.00–142.0080114
BullsMedium and Large 1575136.00/cwt132.00–139.007826
BullsMedium and Large 2526131.31/cwt117.00–140.006917
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568134.00/cwt134.00–134.007619
BullsMedium and Large 1326172.08/cwt167.00–179.005617
BullsMedium and Large 2725105.78/cwt101.00–109.007679
BullsMedium and Large 2655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
BullsMedium and Large 1517143.73/cwt138.00–147.007437
Bulls1,55594.07/cwt90.00–99.001,4632
Bulls1,24881.76/cwt80.00–85.501,0203
Bulls1,758105.25/cwt100.00–108.501,8507
HeifersMedium and Large 1375147.90/cwt144.00–152.0055517
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open731124.66/cwt123.00–125.509119
HeifersMedium and Large 2679113.03/cwt103.00–119.007676
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547128.00/cwt128.00–128.007007
HeifersMedium and Large 1519135.22/cwt132.00–140.5070224
HeifersMedium and Large 1725116.00/cwt116.00–116.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 2626120.56/cwt110.00–124.007558
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605122.65/cwt120.00–126.0074218
HeifersMedium and Large 1475135.27/cwt133.00–139.0064327
HeifersMedium and Large 1670121.23/cwt115.00–124.0081210
HeifersMedium and Large 2428135.10/cwt125.00–140.0057811
HeifersMedium and Large 2750112.00/cwt112.00–112.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1563130.97/cwt122.00–138.0073735
HeifersMedium and Large 1628129.74/cwt124.00–131.5081512
HeifersMedium and Large 2474128.36/cwt120.00–134.0060811
HeifersMedium and Large 2562120.00/cwt120.00–120.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open746122.50/cwt122.50–122.5091413
HeifersMedium and Large 1329149.12/cwt142.00–152.0049113
HeifersMedium and Large 2517124.09/cwt120.00–132.0064225
HeifersMedium and Large 2320136.38/cwt134.00–138.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open779123.85/cwt123.85–123.8596536
HeifersMedium and Large 1427139.06/cwt135.00–144.0059415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open578138.50/cwt138.50–138.508016
HeifersMedium and Large 3530111.00/cwt111.00–111.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2380135.71/cwt131.00–139.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584123.00/cwt123.00–123.007186
SteersMedium and Large 1760134.66/cwt132.00–135.001,0239
SteersMedium and Large 2481144.12/cwt137.00–150.006939
SteersMedium and Large 1-2548147.00/cwt147.00–147.0080611
SteersMedium and Large 1356177.19/cwt169.00–183.0063113
SteersMedium and Large 1416162.20/cwt157.00–170.0067510
SteersMedium and Large 2522141.37/cwt130.00–148.0073812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673138.33/cwt137.00–140.0093142
SteersMedium and Large 1523154.33/cwt148.00–160.0080714
SteersMedium and Large 1472158.56/cwt154.00–164.0074811
SteersMedium and Large 2585134.51/cwt125.00–141.0078712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5551,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0020,2151
CowsLean 85-90%1,02163.16/cwt58.50–64.506458
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12058.00/cwt58.00–58.006501
CowsLean 85-90%94552.19/cwt48.00–56.004932
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43070.50/cwt67.00–75.001,00811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31165.75/cwt64.00–67.008626
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight82064.50/cwt64.50–64.505291
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight73041.64/cwt38.00–45.003042
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,36066.91/cwt63.00–70.009104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28921,125.38/cwt925.00–1,175.0010,03811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,051963.49/cwt800.00–1,210.0010,1268
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-290069.00/cwt69.00–69.006211
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2845839.05/cwt800.00–875.007,0902
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-281680.62/cwt74.00–88.006584
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-291083.00/cwt83.00–83.007551
Dairy SteersLarge 376563.00/cwt63.00–63.004821
BullsMedium and Large 2580126.99/cwt125.00–131.007374
BullsMedium and Large 1410156.00/cwt150.00–158.006409
BullsMedium and Large 2445146.00/cwt146.00–146.006502
BullsMedium and Large 2381151.48/cwt143.00–158.0057717
BullsMedium and Large 1380163.03/cwt157.00–167.006208
BullsMedium and Large 2335153.50/cwt150.00–157.005142
BullsMedium and Large 2480136.03/cwt125.00–144.0065311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29551,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,7441

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.