Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher, not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 5.00 higher with some plainer kind over 450 lbs 2.00-5.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.62/cwt on 175 head.

Average price

$128.62

175 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$30.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.98

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	133.70	730	94
Medium and Large 1-2	583	127.83	746	20
Medium and Large 2	525	122.63	643	56
Medium and Large 3	483	103.20	498	5thin

One grade step is worth $30.50/cwt here — about $232 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 sale175 hd

128.62

—

AR average9 barns · 1,600 hd

133.60

−4.98

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	—	High	1,464	83.84	1,227	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	60.12	872	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,178	59.40	700	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	49.27	508	27

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	161.07/cwt	153.00–166.00	778	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	158.57/cwt	150.00–167.00	834	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	144.78/cwt	141.00–145.00	958	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	158.01/cwt	157.00–160.00	891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	167.39/cwt	165.00–170.00	656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	140.17/cwt	140.00–140.50	1,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	163.23/cwt	160.00–165.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,087	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	9,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	970	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	128.48/cwt	125.00–132.00	976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	131.56/cwt	128.00–135.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,031	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	144.01/cwt	142.00–148.00	867	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	139.15/cwt	138.00–140.00	942	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	529	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	572	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	139.44/cwt	132.00–145.00	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	709	129.00/cwt	127.00–130.00	915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	932	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	689	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	751	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	148.98/cwt	145.00–155.00	548	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	127.98/cwt	121.00–132.00	674	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	117.25/cwt	110.00–121.00	729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	144.21/cwt	133.00–151.00	744	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	138.63/cwt	135.00–142.00	803	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	151.63/cwt	151.00–155.00	646	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	127.20/cwt	127.00–128.00	789	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	132.67/cwt	132.00–133.00	886	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	137.98/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	960	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	502	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	473	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	117.80/cwt	116.00–120.00	720	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	119.95/cwt	110.00–125.00	638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	116.96/cwt	109.00–122.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	125.87/cwt	121.00–128.00	593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	131.54/cwt	125.00–140.00	499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	106.29/cwt	92.00–110.00	758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	130.23/cwt	125.00–135.00	557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	135.56/cwt	128.00–138.00	451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	117.53/cwt	115.00–120.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	135.67/cwt	134.00–139.00	700	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	133.31/cwt	130.00–136.00	752	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	145.35/cwt	140.00–154.00	551	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,685	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,455	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	18,616	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	793.63/cwt	775.00–810.00	9,547	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,282	950.82/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	12,190	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	1,078.11/cwt	950.00–1,100.00	9,606	6
Bulls	—	—	1,930	95.59/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,845	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	77.39/cwt	75.50–79.50	1,130	5
Bulls	—	—	1,372	84.72/cwt	82.50–85.50	1,162	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	49.84/cwt	48.00–52.00	577	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	58.52/cwt	57.00–60.00	690	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	62.28/cwt	60.00–65.50	751	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	785	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	393	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	58.63/cwt	57.00–60.00	850	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	60.97/cwt	60.00–63.00	885	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	352	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	59.96/cwt	58.00–62.00	694	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	44.43/cwt	41.00–48.00	468	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	52.47/cwt	49.00–56.00	526	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	760	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	816	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	144.83/cwt	136.00–148.00	598	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	136.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	638	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	132.55/cwt	126.00–135.00	824	11

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 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 478Last week 402Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 92Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 12Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	483	153.00–166.00	161.07
22	—	526	150.00–167.00	158.57
18	—	662	141.00–145.00	144.78
5	—	564	157.00–160.00	158.01
5	—	392	165.00–170.00	167.39
4	—	886	132.50	132.50
3	—	720	140.00–140.50	140.17
3	—	418	160.00–165.00	163.23
2	—	830	130.00–132.00	130.99
2	—	763	137.00–139.00	137.98
1	—	640	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	164.00	164.00
2	—	970	110.00	110.00
2	—	760	125.00–132.00	128.48
2	—	683	128.00–135.00	131.56
1	—	825	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	131.00	131.00
1	—	510	147.00	147.00
1	—	405	152.00	152.00
8	—	578	132.00–145.00	139.44
3	—	709	127.00–130.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	602	142.00–148.00	144.01
14	—	677	138.00–140.00	139.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	165.00	165.00
3	—	572	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	733	115.00	115.00
17	—	516	134.00–139.00	135.67
14	—	564	130.00–136.00	133.31
13	—	379	140.00–154.00	145.35
6	—	661	122.00–125.00	123.50
11	—	413	136.00–148.00	144.83
11	—	469	130.00–140.00	136.05
11	—	622	126.00–135.00	132.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	932	102.00	102.00
2	—	710	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	502	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	90.00	90.00
1	—	445	101.00	101.00
1	—	380	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	611	116.00–120.00	117.80
9	—	532	110.00–125.00	119.95
7	—	571	109.00–122.00	116.96
6	—	471	121.00–128.00	125.87
6	—	379	125.00–140.00	131.54
5	—	713	92.00–110.00	106.29
4	—	428	125.00–135.00	130.23
4	—	333	128.00–138.00	135.56
2	—	678	115.00–120.00	117.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	601	122.00	122.00
5	—	579	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
1	—	380	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	689	109.00	109.00
7	—	368	145.00–155.00	148.98
5	—	527	121.00–132.00	127.98
3	—	622	110.00–121.00	117.25
1	—	740	111.00	111.00
1	—	590	132.00	132.00
1	—	470	147.00	147.00
1	—	415	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	133.00–151.00	144.21
6	—	579	135.00–142.00	138.63
6	—	426	151.00–155.00	151.63
5	—	620	127.00–128.00	127.20
3	—	668	132.00–133.00	132.67
1	—	715	123.00	123.00
1	—	340	181.00	181.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	735.00	735.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,405	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,203	775.00–810.00	793.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,282	900.00–1,000.00	950.82
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	891	950.00–1,100.00	1,078.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	44.00	44.00
1	—	760	25.00	25.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,158	48.00–52.00	49.84
9	—	1,179	57.00–60.00	58.52
16	—	1,206	60.00–65.50	62.28
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,450	57.00–60.00	58.63
7	—	1,451	60.00–63.00	60.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	37.00	37.00
5	—	1,157	58.00–62.00	59.96
9	—	1,053	41.00–48.00	44.43
10	—	1,003	49.00–56.00	52.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,930	94.00–97.00	95.59
5	—	1,460	75.50–79.50	77.39
10	—	1,372	82.50–85.50	84.72

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle