Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders 2.00-12.00 lower mostly 3.00-7.00 lower on a light test in some classes. Buyer activity was light on the offering of mostly unweaned calves. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower on a light test

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.74/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −87.73 against this barn's trailing median of $211.46.

Average price

$123.74

114 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$59.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.72

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	129.82	641	61
Medium and Large 2	468	123.21	576	28
Medium and Large 1-2	622	112.91	702	23
Medium and Large 3	685	70.00	480	2thin

One grade step is worth $59.82/cwt here — about $162 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

12 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $229.07, low $194.02, median $211.46 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale114 hd

123.74

—

AR average9 barns · 1,012 hd

124.46

−0.72

This barn, trailing median12 sales

211.46

−87.73

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	1,589	71.08	1,129	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,522	49.86	759	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,237	49.76	616	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,008	39.68	400	21

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	—	365	138.38/cwt	130.00–147.00	505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	136.05/cwt	135.00–137.00	507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	147.41/cwt	144.00–156.00	544	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	159.63/cwt	157.00–167.00	522	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	126.67/cwt	121.00–128.00	551	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	114.35/cwt	113.00–117.00	603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	590	81.64/cwt	80.00–85.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	113.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	766	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	115.39/cwt	115.00–117.00	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	777	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.71/cwt	117.00–133.00	649	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	125.86/cwt	125.00–130.00	466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	134.81/cwt	130.00–138.00	627	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	138.90/cwt	135.00–143.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	110.67/cwt	110.00–114.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	124.06/cwt	120.00–127.00	702	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	131.60/cwt	128.00–138.00	604	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	168.78/cwt	168.00–170.00	543	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	122.64/cwt	118.00–128.00	521	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	139.89/cwt	135.00–144.00	602	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	153.42/cwt	146.00–166.00	565	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	126.06/cwt	124.00–132.00	661	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	109.48/cwt	105.00–114.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	46.97/cwt	44.00–49.00	513	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,680	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,615	1,242.07/cwt	1,225.00–1,260.00	20,059	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,022	1,189.68/cwt	925.00–1,300.00	12,159	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	526	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,285	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,100	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	53.36/cwt	52.00–54.50	810	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	50.67/cwt	49.50–51.50	562	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	845	24.50/cwt	24.50–24.50	207	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	31.31/cwt	29.50–34.00	310	5
Bulls	—	—	1,460	65.63/cwt	65.00–67.00	958	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	780	31.40/cwt	30.00–32.00	245	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	49.39/cwt	45.00–51.50	744	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	638	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	37.53/cwt	35.50–39.00	381	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,770	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	761	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	675	2
Bulls	—	—	1,615	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	117.49/cwt	108.00–121.00	435	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	53.38/cwt	52.00–55.00	679	9
Bulls	—	—	1,950	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,463	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	48.45/cwt	45.00–51.50	572	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	46.71/cwt	44.50–49.00	512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	685	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	111.01/cwt	103.00–118.00	472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	902	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	616	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	105.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	110.68/cwt	100.00–114.00	518	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	124.33/cwt	120.00–128.00	593	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	105.38/cwt	101.00–110.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	116.66/cwt	114.00–118.00	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	118.09/cwt	111.00–124.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	108.48/cwt	103.00–113.00	611	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	118.98/cwt	112.00–125.00	388	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	844	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	117.95/cwt	115.00–121.00	672	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 Oct 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 384Last week 651Year ago 490

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 167Year ago 127

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 100Year ago 90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	130.00–147.00	138.38
1	—	650	118.00	118.00
13	—	532	120.00	120.00
1	—	485	128.00	128.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
1	—	805	112.00	112.00
3	—	562	111.00–124.00	118.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	602	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	119.00	119.00
4	—	782	120.50	120.50
10	—	465	130.00–138.00	134.81
9	—	566	120.00–127.00	124.06
13	—	322	168.00–170.00	168.78
9	—	430	135.00–144.00	139.89
7	—	368	146.00–166.00	153.42
10	—	524	124.00–132.00	126.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	649	123.50	123.50
8	—	683	123.50	123.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	135.00–137.00	136.05
11	—	435	121.00–128.00	126.67
3	—	527	113.00–117.00	114.35
1	—	315	142.00	142.00
1	—	620	113.00	113.00
7	—	477	120.00–128.00	124.33
3	—	568	101.00–110.00	105.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	369	144.00–156.00	147.41
8	—	327	157.00–167.00	159.63
3	—	730	103.00	103.00
5	—	588	115.00–117.00	115.39
9	—	525	117.00–133.00	123.71
4	—	418	135.00–143.00	138.90
9	—	459	128.00–138.00	131.60
2	—	668	105.00–114.00	109.48
6	—	611	114.00–118.00	116.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	700	111.00	111.00
11	—	536	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	80.00–85.00	81.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	678	110.00–114.00	113.00
8	—	370	125.00–130.00	125.86
6	—	504	110.00–114.00	110.67
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
14	—	425	118.00–128.00	122.64
2	—	570	115.00–121.00	117.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	370	108.00–121.00	117.49
3	—	518	105.00	105.00
4	—	425	103.00–118.00	111.01
2	—	663	100.00–110.00	105.02
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
8	—	468	100.00–114.00	110.68
9	—	563	103.00–113.00	108.48
7	—	326	112.00–125.00	118.98

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,092	44.00–49.00	46.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,410	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,615	1,225.00–1,260.00	1,242.07
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,022	925.00–1,300.00	1,189.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	940	775.00	775.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	848	62.00	62.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	52.00–54.50	53.36
15	—	1,506	45.00–51.50	49.39
1	—	1,770	43.00	43.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	49.50–51.50	50.67
5	—	989	29.50–34.00	31.31
2	—	1,015	35.50–39.00	37.53
6	—	1,096	44.50–49.00	46.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	24.50	24.50
3	—	780	30.00–32.00	31.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	44.00	44.00
9	—	1,272	52.00–55.00	53.38
16	—	1,180	45.00–51.50	48.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,460	65.00–67.00	65.63
1	—	1,615	83.50	83.50
1	—	1,950	75.00	75.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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