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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers the better kind under 500 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher not enough in other classes for an accurate trend. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 1.00 higher 500-600 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter bulls steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.26/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$125.26

94 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$17.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.19

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	129.51	665	59
Medium and Large 2	529	118.56	628	28
Medium and Large 1-2	639	117.00	748	6thin
Medium and Large 3	425	112.00	476	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about $189 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 sale94 hd

125.26

—

AR average5 barns · 494 hd

125.07

+0.19

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	1,659	91.40	1,516	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	62.99	751	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	62.45	910	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	52.12	566	17

Every lot, as filed

70 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	—	443	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	687	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	127.62/cwt	123.00–130.00	787	3
Bulls	—	—	1,549	88.17/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	135.98/cwt	133.00–139.00	460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	778	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	957	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Bulls	—	—	1,769	94.62/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	116.42/cwt	114.00–119.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	137.80/cwt	135.00–142.00	711	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	117.53/cwt	115.00–120.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	112.97/cwt	112.00–115.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	144.32/cwt	141.00–146.00	499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	112.98/cwt	110.00–117.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	137.01/cwt	136.00–138.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	129.55/cwt	117.00–136.00	425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	155.71/cwt	155.00–158.00	740	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	124.68/cwt	120.00–131.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	145.17/cwt	143.00–147.00	820	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	130.65/cwt	127.00–135.00	862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	151.86/cwt	149.00–155.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	147.68/cwt	146.00–148.50	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	128.98/cwt	125.00–133.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	173.94/cwt	173.00–179.00	666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	125.74/cwt	122.00–129.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	126.16/cwt	115.00–136.00	549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	130.58/cwt	127.00–132.00	675	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	141.43/cwt	138.00–146.00	519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	123.42/cwt	112.00–132.00	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	132.81/cwt	129.00–135.00	637	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	476	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	12,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	126.43/cwt	118.00–136.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	144.67/cwt	132.00–155.00	667	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	136.38/cwt	130.00–140.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	135.53/cwt	122.00–138.00	770	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	745	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	137.60/cwt	133.00–140.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	167.51/cwt	157.00–175.00	705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	136.10/cwt	124.00–144.00	694	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	735	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	434	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	13,820	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	721.84/cwt	700.00–750.00	9,709	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	805	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	722	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	48.74/cwt	47.00–51.00	509	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	59.01/cwt	57.00–61.00	703	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	64.10/cwt	62.00–70.00	765	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	936	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	63.26/cwt	60.50–66.00	900	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	54.24/cwt	51.50–57.50	603	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	255	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	1

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 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 216Last week 400Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 70Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	155.00	155.00
3	—	617	123.00–130.00	127.62
3	—	778	123.00	123.00
5	—	516	135.00–142.00	137.80
1	—	390	149.00	149.00
6	—	461	132.00–155.00	144.67
1	—	660	127.00	127.00
10	—	568	122.00–138.00	135.53
1	—	745	125.50	125.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	119.00	119.00
2	—	338	133.00–139.00	135.98
2	—	528	114.00–119.00	116.42
3	—	477	118.00–136.00	126.43
4	—	421	130.00–140.00	136.38
1	—	370	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	115.00–120.00	117.53
3	—	617	110.00–117.00	112.98
3	—	743	97.00	97.00
1	—	395	126.00	126.00
4	—	328	117.00–136.00	129.55
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
6	—	435	115.00–136.00	126.16
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
6	—	531	112.00–132.00	123.42
1	—	955	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	621	112.00–115.00	112.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	346	141.00–146.00	144.32
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
2	—	435	136.00–138.00	137.01
2	—	738	110.00	110.00
4	—	555	122.00–129.00	125.74
12	—	517	127.00–132.00	130.58
5	—	367	138.00–146.00	141.43
16	—	480	129.00–135.00	132.81
5	—	857	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	639	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	624	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	475	155.00–158.00	155.71
11	—	565	143.00–147.00	145.17
1	—	715	138.00	138.00
3	—	524	146.00–148.50	147.68
6	—	383	173.00–179.00	173.94
7	—	421	157.00–175.00	167.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	120.00–131.00	124.68
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
3	—	660	127.00–135.00	130.65
2	—	373	149.00–155.00	151.86
2	—	475	135.00	135.00
2	—	558	125.00–133.00	128.98
3	—	428	133.00–140.00	137.60
3	—	510	124.00–144.00	136.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,549	84.00–90.00	88.17
4	—	1,769	90.00–99.00	94.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,045	47.00–51.00	48.74
12	—	1,112	51.50–57.50	54.24
1	—	880	29.00	29.00
1	—	1,095	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,191	57.00–61.00	59.01
18	—	1,193	62.00–70.00	64.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	60.00	60.00
6	—	1,423	60.50–66.00	63.26

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	—	1,465	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	59.00	59.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,110.00	1,110.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,345	700.00–750.00	721.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	66.00	66.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	65.00	65.00

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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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