Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 2.00-4.00 higher with the better 450-500 lbs 10.00 higher. Feeder bulls 5.00-6.00 higher. Light or no test in some classes. Light run due to rain and mud in the area. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.25/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$138.25

115 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.14

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	480	142.06	682	73
Medium and Large 2	459	132.35	608	28
Medium and Large 1-2	688	130.21	896	14thin

One grade step is worth $11.85/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale115 hd

138.25

—

AR average9 barns · 2,035 hd

138.39

−0.14

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	1,706	84.88	1,448	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	60.67	706	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	56.50	876	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,016	49.08	499	16

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	131.43/cwt	126.00–136.00	817	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,037	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	778	116.01/cwt	112.00–120.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	656	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	872	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	807	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	192.60/cwt	191.00–193.00	655	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	133.00/cwt	131.00–134.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	420	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	184.50/cwt	178.00–191.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	155.01/cwt	154.00–156.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	165.23/cwt	164.00–168.00	864	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	185.49/cwt	185.00–186.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	869	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	22,104	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	139.99/cwt	139.00–142.00	914	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	138.19/cwt	134.00–140.00	717	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	177.18/cwt	170.00–179.00	868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	146.41/cwt	146.00–147.00	909	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	186.76/cwt	185.00–188.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	389	145.02/cwt	144.00–146.00	564	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	697.56/cwt	610.00–775.00	8,252	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	59.64/cwt	58.00–62.00	647	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	50.73/cwt	47.50–55.00	527	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	876	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	55.39/cwt	53.00–56.50	607	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	64.19/cwt	60.00–68.00	775	6
Bulls	—	—	1,548	72.18/cwt	69.00–74.50	1,117	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	63.11/cwt	55.00–72.00	480	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	1,002.67/cwt	900.00–1,175.00	12,363	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	920	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	442	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	30.54/cwt	29.00–32.00	272	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	317	1
Bulls	—	—	1,793	93.72/cwt	92.50–95.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	154.96/cwt	150.00–165.00	702	3
Bulls	—	—	1,735	86.43/cwt	82.50–89.50	1,500	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	7,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	145.33/cwt	144.00–147.00	494	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,080	691.81/cwt	685.00–700.00	7,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	162.93/cwt	160.00–168.00	754	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	147.14/cwt	142.50–152.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	136.78/cwt	132.00–145.00	514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	130.51/cwt	122.00–134.00	660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	134.98/cwt	133.00–136.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	175.73/cwt	175.00–176.00	728	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	165.41/cwt	150.00–176.00	600	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	144.94/cwt	144.00–147.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	122.41/cwt	120.00–124.00	726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	163.95/cwt	160.00–165.00	664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	139.02/cwt	137.00–142.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	146.24/cwt	140.00–149.00	677	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	147.85/cwt	139.00–151.00	619	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	146.30/cwt	141.00–152.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	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 Mar 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 696Year ago 87

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 138Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 60Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	622	126.00–136.00	131.43
2	—	390	145.00	145.00
1	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	555	132.00	132.00
19	—	519	134.00–140.00	138.19
20	—	463	140.00–149.00	146.24
12	—	419	139.00–151.00	147.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	656	133.00	133.00
3	—	807	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	142.00	142.00
6	—	389	144.00–146.00	145.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	340	144.00–147.00	145.33
6	—	376	132.00–145.00	136.78
4	—	506	122.00–134.00	130.51
3	—	412	133.00–136.00	134.98
2	—	463	125.00–129.00	127.01
5	—	593	120.00–124.00	122.41
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	545	142.00	142.00
1	—	580	121.00	121.00
3	—	477	144.00–147.00	144.94
2	—	415	141.00–152.00	146.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	112.00–120.00	116.01
4	—	643	131.00–134.00	133.00
3	—	328	178.00–191.00	184.50
1	—	710	123.00	123.00
2	—	518	154.00–156.00	155.01
1	—	690	126.00	126.00
5	—	365	185.00–188.00	186.76
8	—	414	175.00–176.00	175.73
2	—	468	154.00	154.00
5	—	564	137.00–142.00	139.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	111.00	111.00
2	—	458	150.00	150.00
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	135.00	135.00
5	—	340	191.00–193.00	192.60
10	—	523	164.00–168.00	165.23
1	—	570	149.00	149.00
2	—	378	185.00–186.00	185.49
3	—	653	139.00–142.00	139.99
5	—	490	170.00–179.00	177.18
12	—	621	146.00–147.00	146.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	150.00–165.00	154.96
2	—	638	130.00	130.00
2	—	523	142.50–152.00	147.14
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
9	—	363	150.00–176.00	165.41
5	—	405	160.00–165.00	163.95
1	—	330	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	463	160.00–168.00	162.93
7	—	654	140.00	140.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,228	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,183	610.00–775.00	697.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,233	900.00–1,175.00	1,002.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	815	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	920	48.00	48.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,080	685.00–700.00	691.81
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	760	55.00–72.00	63.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	58.00–62.00	59.64
10	—	1,039	47.50–55.00	50.73
2	—	890	29.00–32.00	30.54
1	—	835	38.00	38.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	56.50	56.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,096	53.00–56.50	55.39
6	—	1,208	60.00–68.00	64.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	69.00–74.50	72.18
2	—	1,793	92.50–95.00	93.72
5	—	1,735	82.50–89.50	86.43

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