Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend sale has been closed last two weeks due to inclement weather. However the bidding was active on cattle suitable to graze.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.10/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$131.10

153 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$16.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.95

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	137.22	673	75
Medium and Large 1-2	572	127.13	727	46
Medium and Large 2	516	122.58	632	30
Medium and Large 3	403	121.00	487	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $186 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 sale153 hd

131.10

—

AR average3 barns · 274 hd

129.16

+1.95

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	1,720	86.13	1,481	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,335	63.76	851	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	60.20	721	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,083	52.41	567	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	679	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	205.89/cwt	200.00–216.00	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	892	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	141.24/cwt	140.00–145.00	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	169.59/cwt	161.00–184.00	875	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	143.12/cwt	139.00–146.00	829	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	155.26/cwt	150.00–160.00	868	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,315	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	60.12/cwt	56.00–63.00	719	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	161.58/cwt	160.00–163.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	130.76/cwt	125.00–132.00	764	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	144.43/cwt	134.00–153.00	609	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	128.05/cwt	122.00–133.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	155.34/cwt	154.00–158.00	836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	188.93/cwt	186.00–192.00	805	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	172.48/cwt	167.00–182.00	830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	194.47/cwt	188.00–200.00	741	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	150.82/cwt	145.00–156.00	567	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	190.19/cwt	185.00–197.00	837	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	752	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,009.94/cwt	785.00–1,185.00	10,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	171.17/cwt	162.00–180.00	813	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	684	126.52/cwt	125.00–127.00	865	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	61.04/cwt	58.50–64.00	680	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	53.79/cwt	49.00–57.00	580	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	63.76/cwt	62.00–65.50	851	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	62.03/cwt	59.00–66.50	756	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	56.08/cwt	53.00–58.50	647	8
Bulls	—	—	1,838	91.59/cwt	89.00–94.50	1,683	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	664.59/cwt	600.00–710.00	5,715	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,750	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	18,813	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	852.53/cwt	835.00–865.00	10,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	540	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	303	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	40.66/cwt	40.00–42.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	754	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	124.47/cwt	120.00–127.00	571	4
Bulls	—	—	1,572	84.74/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,332	5
Bulls	—	—	1,618	67.77/cwt	64.00–72.00	1,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	116.44/cwt	109.00–124.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	708	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	75.22/cwt	60.00–92.00	664	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,246	66.19/cwt	59.00–79.00	825	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	144.22/cwt	134.00–158.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	129.78/cwt	121.00–135.00	488	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	126.29/cwt	124.00–129.00	666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	769	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	161.57/cwt	154.00–165.00	766	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	379	192.84/cwt	185.00–200.00	731	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	163.04/cwt	154.00–184.00	854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	133.94/cwt	125.00–140.00	713	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	910	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.49/cwt	130.00–138.00	693	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	135.07/cwt	130.00–138.00	638	15

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 Feb 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 420Last week 0Year ago 196

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 0Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 0Year ago 10

No trend sale has been closed last two weeks due to inclement weather. However the bidding was active on cattle suitable to graze.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	105.00	105.00
13	—	579	139.00–146.00	143.12
3	—	617	122.00–133.00	128.05
6	—	426	186.00–192.00	188.93
5	—	475	162.00–180.00	171.17
4	—	684	125.00–127.00	126.52
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
1	—	340	190.00	190.00
11	—	379	185.00–200.00	192.84
9	—	524	154.00–184.00	163.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	160.00–163.00	161.58
1	—	435	156.00	156.00
5	—	476	134.00–158.00	144.22
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
5	—	561	122.00	122.00
13	—	532	125.00–140.00	133.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	522	130.00	130.00
24	—	618	122.00–125.00	124.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	125.00	125.00
13	—	584	125.00–132.00	130.76
13	—	422	134.00–153.00	144.43
1	—	675	122.00	122.00
9	—	376	145.00–156.00	150.82
22	—	515	130.00–138.00	134.49
15	—	472	130.00–138.00	135.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	754	100.00	100.00
4	—	459	120.00–127.00	124.47
2	—	635	109.00–124.00	116.44
6	—	376	121.00–135.00	129.78
7	—	527	124.00–129.00	126.29
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
4	—	424	130.00–134.00	132.01
1	—	720	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	127.00	127.00
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	323	200.00–216.00	205.89
4	—	626	140.00–145.00	141.24
14	—	516	161.00–184.00	169.59
1	—	835	125.00	125.00
11	—	559	150.00–160.00	155.26
6	—	481	167.00–182.00	172.48
6	—	381	188.00–200.00	194.47
10	—	440	185.00–197.00	190.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	568	157.00	157.00
9	—	641	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	175.00	175.00
6	—	538	154.00–158.00	155.34
1	—	575	142.00	142.00
1	—	445	159.00	159.00
1	—	690	130.00	130.00
6	—	474	154.00–165.00	161.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	125.00	125.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,196	56.00–63.00	60.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	940	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,023	785.00–1,185.00	1,009.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,750	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,173	835.00–865.00	852.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	54.00	54.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,246	59.00–79.00	66.19
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	885	72.00	72.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	883	60.00–92.00	75.22
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	860	600.00–710.00	664.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,114	58.50–64.00	61.04
8	—	1,078	49.00–57.00	53.79
2	—	1,010	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,060	40.00–42.00	40.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	62.00–65.50	63.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,218	59.00–66.50	62.03
8	—	1,154	53.00–58.50	56.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,838	89.00–94.50	91.59
5	—	1,572	80.00–87.00	84.74
2	—	1,618	64.00–72.00	67.77

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