Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 4.00-10.00 lower except the better 600-650 lb bulls steady with not enough in some classes for a trend. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.08/cwt on 152 head.

Average price

$124.08

152 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$29.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.70

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	132.43	640	71
Medium and Large 1-2	588	124.73	734	11thin
Medium and Large 2	571	116.06	663	67
Medium and Large 3	495	103.33	512	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.10/cwt here — about $128 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 sale152 hd

124.08

—

AR average7 barns · 1,057 hd

130.79

−6.70

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	1,508	89.77	1,354	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,397	64.21	897	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,163	61.42	714	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	52.57	531	19

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2	—	510	124.03/cwt	117.00–133.00	633	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	132.08/cwt	129.00–135.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	122.01/cwt	121.00–123.00	870	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	761	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	70.60/cwt	64.00–79.00	734	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,870	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	865.00/cwt	865.00–865.00	9,515	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	56.03/cwt	53.50–59.50	549	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	900	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	423	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	60.51/cwt	59.00–62.50	638	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	58.98/cwt	57.00–60.50	652	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	685	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	144	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	64.21/cwt	61.50–70.00	785	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	64.21/cwt	62.00–69.00	897	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	48.36/cwt	47.00–50.00	471	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	40.47/cwt	40.00–41.50	446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	840	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	121.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	127.75/cwt	125.00–130.50	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	127.08/cwt	125.00–135.00	596	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	749	5
Bulls	—	—	1,113	84.27/cwt	84.00–84.50	938	2
Bulls	—	—	1,213	77.08/cwt	75.00–79.50	935	2
Bulls	—	—	1,681	94.32/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,586	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	113.56/cwt	105.00–122.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	128.67/cwt	127.00–129.50	798	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	118.36/cwt	110.00–126.50	677	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	114.41/cwt	110.00–120.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	143.06/cwt	137.00–147.00	439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	107.20/cwt	104.00–110.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	127.05/cwt	121.00–130.00	530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	141.68/cwt	140.00–145.00	521	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	104.02/cwt	100.00–106.00	806	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	136.18/cwt	129.00–140.00	708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	137.87/cwt	137.50–138.50	862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	136.10/cwt	130.00–142.00	655	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	118.03/cwt	115.00–124.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	168.51/cwt	168.00–169.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	610	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	152.52/cwt	151.00–157.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	142.36/cwt	140.00–145.00	774	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	131.25/cwt	129.00–132.00	849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	530	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	156.72/cwt	153.00–158.00	663	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	781	122.44/cwt	115.00–130.00	956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	150.99/cwt	150.00–152.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	149.00/cwt	145.00–152.00	705	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	132.41/cwt	130.00–135.00	878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	124.48/cwt	119.00–130.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	827	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	119.90/cwt	113.00–128.00	583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	132.21/cwt	124.00–135.00	686	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	141.77/cwt	134.00–146.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	120.12/cwt	114.00–128.00	641	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	103.26/cwt	100.00–110.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	131.03/cwt	128.00–135.00	609	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	13,865	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,886	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,605	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	17,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	100.48/cwt	97.00–104.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	133.54/cwt	127.00–138.00	694	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	135.31/cwt	132.00–139.00	568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	688	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	624	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,663	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	950.03/cwt	850.00–1,035.00	11,685	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	60.68/cwt	59.00–63.50	712	5

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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 400Last week 1,993Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 68Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 4.00-10.00 lower except the better 600-650 lb bulls steady with not enough in some classes for a trend. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	510	117.00–133.00	124.03
2	—	370	129.00–135.00	132.08
4	—	585	120.00–125.00	121.78
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
7	—	469	125.00–135.00	127.08
1	—	785	106.00	106.00
2	—	685	105.00–122.00	113.56
2	—	810	97.00–104.00	100.48
3	—	420	132.00–139.00	135.31
1	—	620	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	121.00–123.00	122.01
1	—	840	118.00	118.00
2	—	655	125.00–130.50	127.75
5	—	576	130.00	130.00
9	—	620	127.00–129.50	128.67
11	—	520	127.00–138.00	133.54
1	—	480	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	572	110.00–126.50	118.36
4	—	630	110.00–120.00	114.41
4	—	661	104.00–110.00	107.20
6	—	417	121.00–130.00	127.05
6	—	775	100.00–106.00	104.02
8	—	486	113.00–128.00	119.90
1	—	315	132.00	132.00
13	—	534	114.00–128.00	120.12
3	—	715	100.00–110.00	103.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	122.00	122.00
6	—	528	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	307	137.00–147.00	143.06
6	—	580	126.00	126.00
9	—	368	140.00–145.00	141.68
1	—	685	119.00	119.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
20	—	519	124.00–135.00	132.21
3	—	412	134.00–146.00	141.77
23	—	465	128.00–135.00	131.03
3	—	755	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
2	—	505	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
3	—	625	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	520	129.00–140.00	136.18
2	—	845	125.00	125.00
11	—	481	130.00–142.00	136.10
3	—	723	115.00–124.00	118.03
4	—	370	151.00–157.00	152.52
4	—	647	129.00–132.00	131.25
4	—	781	115.00–130.00	122.44
2	—	433	150.00–152.00	150.99
5	—	663	130.00–135.00	132.41
2	—	558	119.00–130.00	124.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	625	137.50–138.50	137.87
10	—	650	138.50	138.50
15	—	544	140.00–145.00	142.36
8	—	593	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	140.00	140.00
2	—	315	168.00–169.00	168.51
2	—	590	143.00	143.00
4	—	423	153.00–158.00	156.72
11	—	473	145.00–152.00	149.00
1	—	370	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	116.00	116.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	75.00	75.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,040	64.00–79.00	70.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	865.00	865.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,230	850.00–1,035.00	950.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,174	59.00–63.50	60.68
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	1,185.00	1,185.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,285	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,605	1,085.00	1,085.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	63.00	63.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	990	875.00	875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	980	53.50–59.50	56.03
7	—	1,054	59.00–62.50	60.51
2	—	973	47.00–50.00	48.36
3	—	1,102	40.00–41.50	40.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	47.00	47.00
9	—	1,106	57.00–60.50	58.98
13	—	1,223	61.50–70.00	64.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	21.00	21.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,397	62.00–69.00	64.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	84.00–84.50	84.27
2	—	1,213	75.00–79.50	77.08
8	—	1,681	90.00–96.00	94.32

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