Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 2.00 higher with not enough in some classes for a trend. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.74/cwt on 158 head.

Average price

$133.74

158 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$11.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.52

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	136.14	671	125
Medium and Large 2	523	124.67	652	33

One grade step is worth $11.47/cwt here — about $19 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 sale158 hd

133.74

—

AR average9 barns · 2,015 hd

134.26

−0.52

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	1,581	83.37	1,319	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	62.12	929	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,224	61.64	754	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	54.91	586	17

Every lot, as filed

77 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	—	478	148.40/cwt	142.00–150.50	709	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	141.91/cwt	130.00–148.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	159.59/cwt	155.00–164.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	136.52/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,051	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	133.87/cwt	130.00–136.00	914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	145.16/cwt	139.00–151.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	141.52/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,016	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	386	163.60/cwt	159.00–170.00	631	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	1
Bulls	—	—	1,414	75.13/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,062	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	128.74/cwt	125.00–130.00	681	4
Bulls	—	—	1,650	85.64/cwt	81.50–90.50	1,413	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	140.82/cwt	140.00–144.00	535	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	140.09/cwt	135.00–144.00	728	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	117.90/cwt	110.00–126.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.84/cwt	130.00–140.50	788	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	130.67/cwt	130.00–131.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	134.74/cwt	130.00–138.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	134.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	129.00/cwt	125.00–132.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	149.70/cwt	144.00–156.00	500	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	119.68/cwt	116.00–122.00	762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	131.25/cwt	125.00–136.50	760	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	120.91/cwt	115.00–124.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.34/cwt	130.00–146.00	641	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	128.85/cwt	125.00–131.00	809	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	125.25/cwt	120.00–128.00	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	144.78/cwt	140.00–152.00	547	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	139.52/cwt	137.00–142.00	823	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,378	1,191.52/cwt	1,150.00–1,225.00	16,419	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,438	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	689	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	906	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	136.61/cwt	130.00–140.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	665	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	158.98/cwt	155.00–164.00	661	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Bulls	—	—	1,688	92.31/cwt	91.50–93.00	1,558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	142.92/cwt	139.00–150.00	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	128.44/cwt	120.00–131.00	618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	108.55/cwt	105.00–112.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	139.41/cwt	130.00–145.00	591	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	681	122.67/cwt	120.00–124.00	835	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	63.02/cwt	59.00–67.00	788	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	59.43/cwt	54.00–62.00	694	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	49.28/cwt	49.00–50.00	516	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	307	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	64.81/cwt	61.50–69.00	830	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	59.96/cwt	58.50–61.50	884	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	63.20/cwt	62.00–65.00	952	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	55.20/cwt	52.00–58.00	606	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	653	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	61.35/cwt	59.00–63.00	669	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	59.44/cwt	55.00–62.00	692	20
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	82.23/cwt	80.00–84.50	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	152.23/cwt	145.00–153.50	929	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	133.48/cwt	129.00–138.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	157.79/cwt	154.00–161.00	751	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	145.27/cwt	140.00–156.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	152.28/cwt	149.00–155.00	880	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	156.47/cwt	155.00–158.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	127.41/cwt	122.50–132.00	922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	156.52/cwt	154.00–159.00	837	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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 402Last week 690Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 164Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 30Year ago 29

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 2.00 higher with not enough in some classes for a trend. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	478	142.00–150.50	148.40
1	—	800	115.00	115.00
12	—	386	159.00–170.00	163.60
1	—	785	118.00	118.00
13	—	520	135.00–144.00	140.09
1	—	920	100.00	100.00
14	—	576	130.00–140.50	136.84
3	—	620	130.00–131.00	130.67
4	—	689	131.50	131.50
7	—	416	155.00–164.00	158.98
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
1	—	300	128.00	128.00
4	—	529	125.00–130.00	128.74
5	—	380	140.00–144.00	140.82
1	—	795	111.00	111.00
2	—	608	110.00–126.00	117.90
2	—	735	108.00	108.00
3	—	428	130.00–140.00	136.61
3	—	460	139.00–150.00	142.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	524	130.00–148.00	141.91
2	—	363	155.00–164.00	159.59
6	—	683	130.00–136.00	133.87
2	—	483	139.00–151.00	145.16
2	—	590	137.00–142.00	139.52
2	—	643	129.00–138.00	133.48
3	—	430	140.00–156.00	145.27
4	—	724	122.50–132.00	127.41
1	—	335	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	134.50–138.00	136.52
6	—	718	140.00–146.00	141.52
11	—	610	145.00–153.50	152.23
17	—	476	154.00–161.00	157.79
1	—	690	139.00	139.00
26	—	578	149.00–155.00	152.28
2	—	435	155.00–158.00	156.47
2	—	535	154.00–159.00	156.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	130.00–138.00	134.74
3	—	417	125.00–132.00	129.00
3	—	637	116.00–122.00	119.68
3	—	665	115.00–124.00	120.91
8	—	516	120.00–128.00	125.25
1	—	795	97.50	97.50
10	—	481	120.00–131.00	128.44
2	—	720	105.00–112.00	108.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	522	130.00–139.00	134.50
1	—	770	109.00	109.00
14	—	334	144.00–156.00	149.70
1	—	835	109.00	109.00
23	—	579	125.00–136.50	131.25
2	—	738	116.00–117.00	116.51
35	—	470	130.00–146.00	136.34
9	—	628	125.00–131.00	128.85
12	—	378	140.00–152.00	144.78
12	—	424	130.00–145.00	139.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	128.00	128.00
3	—	681	120.00–124.00	122.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,414	70.00–79.50	75.13
10	—	1,650	81.50–90.50	85.64
3	—	1,688	91.50–93.00	92.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,048	49.00–50.00	49.28
6	—	1,098	52.00–58.00	55.20
6	—	1,091	59.00–63.00	61.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	37.00	37.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,280	61.50–69.00	64.81
2	—	1,255	52.00	52.00
20	—	1,164	55.00–62.00	59.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	58.50–61.50	59.96
6	—	1,506	62.00–65.00	63.20

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	2	—	1,378	1,150.00–1,225.00	1,191.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	785.00	785.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,250	59.00–67.00	63.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,167	54.00–62.00	59.43
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,028	80.00–84.50	82.23

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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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