Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 1.00 lower 600-750 lb yearlings 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower except the better 400-450 lbs 1.00 higher and 650-700 lbs 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.96/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$130.96

268 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$23.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.33

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	133.88	710	167
Medium and Large 1-2	559	129.19	722	39
Medium and Large 2	521	124.45	648	61
Medium and Large 3	475	110.00	523	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.88/cwt here — about $187 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 sale268 hd

130.96

—

AR average9 barns · 1,848 hd

131.29

−0.33

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	—	Average	1,605	92.53	1,485	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,388	67.19	933	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	66.66	787	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	58.07	595	23

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	165.80/cwt	164.00–169.00	539	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	157.26/cwt	153.00–159.00	747	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	131.81/cwt	130.00–135.00	883	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	147.74/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,019	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	144.90/cwt	141.00–146.50	864	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	134.96/cwt	130.00–143.00	844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	140.37/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,022	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	943	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	157.56/cwt	153.00–164.00	594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	183.58/cwt	180.00–187.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	68.43/cwt	66.00–74.00	905	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	64.89/cwt	63.00–66.00	980	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	446	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	828	59.23/cwt	54.00–64.50	490	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	61.02/cwt	58.00–62.00	650	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	70.96/cwt	68.00–77.00	844	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	66.91/cwt	64.00–69.00	717	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	63.84/cwt	61.00–67.00	776	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	139.70/cwt	135.00–146.00	645	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	148.51/cwt	145.00–154.00	688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	935	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,019	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	133.49/cwt	126.00–137.00	836	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	139.05/cwt	138.00–142.00	736	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	127.21/cwt	120.00–131.50	606	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	113.73/cwt	110.00–115.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	135.38/cwt	132.00–139.00	720	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	144.66/cwt	139.00–150.00	540	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	143.08/cwt	140.00–144.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	123.09/cwt	117.00–125.00	714	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	757	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	128.18/cwt	122.00–131.00	864	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	122.97/cwt	117.00–128.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	132.72/cwt	132.00–134.00	681	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	130.11/cwt	129.00–133.00	744	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	119.74/cwt	110.00–125.50	747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	129.44/cwt	129.00–129.50	722	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	127.06/cwt	126.00–129.00	790	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	132.50/cwt	129.00–136.00	563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	140.15/cwt	136.00–143.50	594	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	132.86/cwt	130.00–141.00	513	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	136.29/cwt	135.00–140.00	455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	133.51/cwt	130.00–138.00	641	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	876	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	14,778	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	6,594	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	24,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	125.51/cwt	118.00–132.00	896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	152.38/cwt	146.00–154.50	901	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	997	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	135.44/cwt	125.00–145.00	781	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	142.32/cwt	135.00–153.00	672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	146.12/cwt	142.00–150.00	618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	153.59/cwt	148.00–159.00	806	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	883	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	55.07/cwt	50.00–59.00	529	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,018	57.72/cwt	55.00–59.00	588	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	42.90/cwt	39.00–45.00	422	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	76.66/cwt	62.00–85.00	865	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	69.43/cwt	62.00–79.00	714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	135.22/cwt	129.00–142.00	579	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	124.24/cwt	122.00–125.00	975	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	132.29/cwt	130.00–135.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	128.32/cwt	127.00–130.00	847	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	137.07/cwt	132.00–142.00	779	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	115.97/cwt	114.00–120.00	684	3
Bulls	—	—	1,528	90.40/cwt	85.00–95.50	1,381	13
Bulls	—	—	1,773	99.51/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,764	11
Bulls	—	—	1,395	80.26/cwt	71.00–85.00	1,120	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,925	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	75.45/cwt	70.00–81.00	804	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	84.08/cwt	78.00–88.00	779	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	62.91/cwt	58.00–66.00	865	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	18,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	138.62/cwt	127.00–148.00	728	19

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 Aug 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 690Last week 858Year ago 447

Slaughter CattleReceipts 164Last week 111Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 40Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	164.00–169.00	165.80
1	—	835	121.00	121.00
8	—	463	145.00–154.00	148.51
1	—	935	109.00	109.00
10	—	626	126.00–137.00	133.49
2	—	422	161.00	161.00
11	—	529	138.00–142.00	139.05
3	—	373	165.00	165.00
1	—	725	117.00	117.00
4	—	785	122.00–125.00	124.24
3	—	660	127.00–130.00	128.32
33	—	568	132.00–142.00	137.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
9	—	462	135.00–146.00	139.70
1	—	805	105.00	105.00
1	—	880	100.00	100.00
2	—	750	102.00	102.00
6	—	428	129.00–142.00	135.22
1	—	365	138.00	138.00
4	—	518	130.00–135.00	132.29
3	—	590	114.00–120.00	115.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	171.00	171.00
1	—	825	127.00	127.00
20	—	475	153.00–159.00	157.26
15	—	690	144.00–148.00	147.74
11	—	728	136.00–142.00	140.37
3	—	318	180.00–187.00	183.58
23	—	591	146.00–154.50	152.38
2	—	410	159.00	159.00
1	—	755	132.00	132.00
46	—	525	148.00–159.00	153.59
2	—	605	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	159.00	159.00
5	—	670	130.00–135.00	131.81
5	—	625	130.00–143.00	134.96
5	—	377	153.00–164.00	157.56
6	—	714	118.00–132.00	125.51
1	—	820	115.00	115.00
16	—	577	125.00–145.00	135.44
11	—	472	135.00–153.00	142.32
2	—	423	142.00–150.00	146.12
3	—	793	124.00	124.00
19	—	525	127.00–148.00	138.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	596	141.00–146.50	144.90
5	—	709	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	476	120.00–131.50	127.21
4	—	677	110.00–115.00	113.73
12	—	580	117.00–125.00	123.09
4	—	757	100.00	100.00
5	—	528	117.00–128.00	122.97
5	—	624	110.00–125.50	119.74
8	—	425	129.00–136.00	132.50
1	—	815	100.00	100.00
9	—	386	130.00–141.00	132.86
4	—	334	135.00–140.00	136.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	532	132.00–139.00	135.38
13	—	373	139.00–150.00	144.66
4	—	333	140.00–144.00	143.08
13	—	674	122.00–131.00	128.18
17	—	572	129.00–133.00	130.11
17	—	622	126.00–129.00	127.06
19	—	424	136.00–143.50	140.15
19	—	480	130.00–138.00	133.51
4	—	765	115.50	115.50
3	—	742	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	692	118.00	118.00
11	—	513	132.00–134.00	132.72
24	—	558	129.00–129.50	129.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,323	66.00–74.00	68.43
7	—	1,510	63.00–66.00	64.89
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	54.00–64.50	59.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,066	58.00–62.00	61.02
6	—	1,072	64.00–69.00	66.91
4	—	960	50.00–59.00	55.07
4	—	984	39.00–45.00	42.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,189	68.00–77.00	70.96
28	—	1,215	61.00–67.00	63.84
3	—	1,018	55.00–59.00	57.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,528	85.00–95.50	90.40
11	—	1,773	95.00–103.00	99.51
4	—	1,395	71.00–85.00	80.26

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	1	—	1,150	1,285.00	1,285.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	785.00	785.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,129	62.00–85.00	76.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,029	62.00–79.00	69.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,375	58.00–66.00	62.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	1,325.00	1,325.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	70.00–81.00	75.45
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	926	78.00–88.00	84.08

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle