Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared top last week: Feeders mostly steady to 4.00 higher on a light test in some classes with the better 350-400 lb heifers 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.63/cwt on 178 head.

Average price

$138.63

178 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$11.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	143.48	714	97
Medium and Large 1-2	538	134.52	724	21
Medium and Large 2	467	132.24	617	60

One grade step is worth $11.24/cwt here — about $97 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 sale178 hd

138.63

—

AR average10 barns · 1,617 hd

138.42

+0.21

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	1,647	92.99	1,532	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	65.97	982	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,165	65.22	760	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	47.50	461	23

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1	—	569	155.01/cwt	146.00–164.00	882	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	178.69/cwt	173.00–189.00	681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	759	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	163.70/cwt	150.00–182.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	200.67/cwt	200.00–201.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	162.97/cwt	158.00–170.00	756	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	128.40/cwt	128.00–129.00	819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	607	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	165.44/cwt	163.00–169.00	860	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	149.27/cwt	145.00–154.00	922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	138.55/cwt	130.00–141.00	869	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	146.58/cwt	141.00–148.00	981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	699	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	881	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	146.98/cwt	145.00–150.00	631	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	931	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	171.83/cwt	162.00–177.00	718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	177.30/cwt	172.00–180.00	823	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	181.08/cwt	174.00–183.00	755	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	67.20/cwt	65.00–70.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	136.00/cwt	135.00–138.00	962	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	696.40/cwt	600.00–760.00	7,681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	136.80/cwt	134.00–138.00	762	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	143.68/cwt	140.00–149.00	737	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	134.75/cwt	131.00–135.50	893	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	187.84/cwt	185.00–190.00	708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	145.79/cwt	140.00–149.50	679	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	158.52/cwt	150.00–169.00	602	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,625	1
Bulls	—	—	1,779	96.50/cwt	93.50–101.50	1,717	5
Bulls	—	—	1,483	88.61/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,314	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	818	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	327	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	34.84/cwt	27.00–38.00	336	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	61.03/cwt	58.00–64.00	814	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	960	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	518	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	845.93/cwt	735.00–900.00	9,982	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	790	22.34/cwt	20.00–25.00	176	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	66.60/cwt	63.50–73.00	790	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	45.07/cwt	42.00–48.00	434	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	57.36/cwt	55.00–59.00	567	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	67.20/cwt	64.50–73.50	1,026	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	64.76/cwt	62.00–68.00	729	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	968.33/cwt	935.00–1,000.00	9,441	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	80.04/cwt	68.00–87.00	649	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	639.09/cwt	600.00–675.00	4,908	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	129.71/cwt	125.00–139.00	681	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	62.07/cwt	60.00–63.00	696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	138.52/cwt	131.00–148.00	583	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	115.50/cwt	115.00–117.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	132.66/cwt	132.00–134.00	899	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	5,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	158.30/cwt	153.00–165.00	757	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	138.62/cwt	130.00–150.00	446	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	127.09/cwt	118.00–130.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	720	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	133.73/cwt	125.00–142.00	642	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	857	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	138.59/cwt	134.00–141.00	852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	145.02/cwt	137.00–155.00	538	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	133.99/cwt	125.00–142.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	149.33/cwt	144.00–157.00	829	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	155.54/cwt	148.00–159.00	818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	159.80/cwt	150.00–170.00	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	162.74/cwt	160.00–169.00	609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	685	10

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 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 416Last week 903Year ago 650

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 130Year ago 113

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 55Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	569	146.00–164.00	155.01
3	—	312	200.00–201.00	200.67
11	—	520	163.00–169.00	165.44
5	—	618	145.00–154.00	149.27
5	—	669	141.00–148.00	146.58
16	—	464	172.00–180.00	177.30
5	—	417	174.00–183.00	181.08
3	—	707	135.00–138.00	136.00
6	—	377	185.00–190.00	187.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	182.00	182.00
3	—	523	153.00	153.00
3	—	678	132.00–134.00	132.66
12	—	478	153.00–165.00	158.30
1	—	595	144.00	144.00
3	—	615	134.00–141.00	138.59
3	—	412	150.00–170.00	159.80
5	—	374	160.00–169.00	162.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	629	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	173.00–189.00	178.69
10	—	464	158.00–170.00	162.97
5	—	627	130.00–141.00	138.55
1	—	340	180.00	180.00
5	—	418	162.00–177.00	171.83
6	—	663	131.00–135.50	134.75
3	—	555	144.00–157.00	149.33
12	—	526	148.00–159.00	155.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	150.00–182.00	163.70
1	—	635	125.00	125.00
1	—	535	146.00	146.00
1	—	380	160.00	160.00
3	—	462	125.00–142.00	133.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	97.00	97.00
2	—	520	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	125.00	125.00
8	—	578	130.00	130.00
10	—	486	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	160.00	160.00
2	—	662	132.00	132.00
5	—	624	129.00	129.00
13	—	429	145.00–150.00	146.98
11	—	557	134.00–138.00	136.80
7	—	513	140.00–149.00	143.68
28	—	466	140.00–149.50	145.79
15	—	380	150.00–169.00	158.52
1	—	710	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	638	128.00–129.00	128.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	699	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	125.00–139.00	129.71
1	—	760	100.00	100.00
11	—	421	131.00–148.00	138.52
4	—	615	115.00–117.00	115.50
10	—	322	130.00–150.00	138.62
4	—	592	118.00–130.00	127.09
15	—	480	125.00–142.00	133.73
5	—	371	137.00–155.00	145.02

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)	2	—	1,228	65.00–70.00	67.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,103	600.00–760.00	696.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,180	735.00–900.00	845.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	66.00	66.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	975	935.00–1,000.00	968.33
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	768	600.00–675.00	639.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	811	68.00–87.00	80.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,779	93.50–101.50	96.50
4	—	1,483	84.00–93.00	88.61
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	40.00	40.00
2	—	790	20.00–25.00	22.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	964	27.00–38.00	34.84
5	—	964	42.00–48.00	45.07
6	—	989	55.00–59.00	57.36
4	—	1,125	62.00–68.00	64.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	58.00–64.00	61.03
8	—	1,527	64.50–73.50	67.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	54.00	54.00
24	—	1,186	63.50–73.00	66.60
7	—	1,121	60.00–63.00	62.07

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