Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls 1.00-6.00 higher with the better 450-500 lb bulls 10.00 higher. The better heifers under 500 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher over 500 lbs and the plainer kind 1.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.23/cwt on 252 head.

Average price

$149.23

252 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$22.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.43

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	152.35	722	178
Medium and Large 1-2	503	148.11	745	48
Medium and Large 2	516	129.94	671	26

One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $51 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 sale252 hd

149.23

—

AR average10 barns · 1,696 hd

140.80

+8.43

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	1,614	92.62	1,495	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,127	66.22	746	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,365	63.67	869	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,017	53.02	539	31

Every lot, as filed

87 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	—	527	168.73/cwt	165.00–174.00	889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,040	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	167.84/cwt	162.00–172.00	775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	146.51/cwt	142.00–150.00	753	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	147.15/cwt	138.00–154.00	759	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	155.51/cwt	153.00–158.00	992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	581	138.46/cwt	137.50–139.00	804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	138.27/cwt	130.00–146.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	165.55/cwt	159.00–177.00	551	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	182.99/cwt	180.00–190.00	697	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	154.22/cwt	142.00–164.00	714	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	933	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	855	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	173.00/cwt	168.00–177.00	740	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	191.55/cwt	182.00–205.00	642	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	173.10/cwt	158.00–178.00	796	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	192.88/cwt	185.00–208.00	735	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	152.87/cwt	150.00–155.00	877	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	158.30/cwt	150.00–164.00	836	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	513	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,460	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	764.08/cwt	725.00–800.00	5,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	157.14/cwt	149.00–165.00	668	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	179.99/cwt	173.00–186.50	860	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	978	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	10,005	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,838	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	710	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	4,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	121.59/cwt	114.00–131.00	873	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	135.64/cwt	132.00–139.50	829	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	583	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	184.22/cwt	175.00–198.00	783	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	890	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	720	27.71/cwt	26.00–30.00	200	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	815	34.93/cwt	33.00–37.00	285	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	813	48.07/cwt	46.00–50.00	391	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	67.61/cwt	63.50–72.50	782	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,018	61.17/cwt	56.00–63.50	623	8
Bulls	—	—	1,523	88.65/cwt	84.50–94.00	1,350	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,965	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	750	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	56.03/cwt	50.00–62.00	535	2
Bulls	—	—	1,739	98.04/cwt	95.00–102.50	1,705	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	49.68/cwt	48.50–51.00	538	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	66.02/cwt	63.50–69.00	741	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	94.01/cwt	87.00–100.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	163.44/cwt	159.00–175.00	701	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	58.53/cwt	56.00–62.50	629	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,332	65.94/cwt	64.00–68.50	878	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	32.13/cwt	25.00–35.00	298	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	131.94/cwt	120.00–138.00	682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,000	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	590	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	354	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	61.40/cwt	60.00–62.50	858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	132.58/cwt	129.00–136.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	161.16/cwt	154.00–165.00	906	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	168.69/cwt	154.00–176.00	633	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	162.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	138.02/cwt	135.00–141.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	471	153.51/cwt	153.00–154.00	723	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	135.18/cwt	130.00–142.00	591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	445	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	138.49/cwt	133.00–144.50	784	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	202.90/cwt	188.00–206.00	690	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	156.62/cwt	155.00–158.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	150.05/cwt	145.00–155.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	416	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	664	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	176.36/cwt	175.00–177.00	661	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	735	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	725	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 Apr 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 610Last week 416Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 96Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 25Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	527	165.00–174.00	168.73
1	—	785	134.00	134.00
2	—	638	153.00–158.00	155.51
7	—	381	185.00–208.00	192.88
16	—	478	173.00–186.50	179.99
2	—	663	145.00–150.00	147.55
1	—	945	122.00	122.00
28	—	425	175.00–198.00	184.22
22	—	562	154.00–165.00	161.16
13	—	340	188.00–206.00	202.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	710	146.50	146.50
19	—	576	162.00	162.00
5	—	518	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	162.00–172.00	167.84
8	—	514	142.00–150.00	146.51
1	—	625	136.00	136.00
17	—	429	159.00–175.00	163.44
1	—	750	128.00	128.00
1	—	345	185.00	185.00
2	—	558	149.00	149.00
1	—	745	125.00	125.00
6	—	375	175.00–177.00	176.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	583	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	516	138.00–154.00	147.15
11	—	333	159.00–177.00	165.55
36	—	463	142.00–164.00	154.22
35	—	425	149.00–165.00	157.14
3	—	718	114.00–131.00	121.59
14	—	611	132.00–139.50	135.64
3	—	662	134.50	134.50
28	—	375	154.00–176.00	168.69
24	—	566	133.00–144.50	138.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	581	137.50–139.00	138.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	130.00–146.00	138.27
3	—	718	87.00–100.00	94.01
9	—	517	120.00–138.00	131.94
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
2	—	578	132.00	132.00
1	—	330	145.00	145.00
5	—	437	130.00–142.00	135.18
1	—	395	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	471	153.00–154.00	153.51
8	—	416	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
2	—	573	129.00–136.00	132.58
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
2	—	388	160.00–165.00	162.55
3	—	425	155.00–158.00	156.62
4	—	463	145.00–155.00	150.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	381	180.00–190.00	182.99
2	—	810	112.00	112.00
12	—	428	168.00–177.00	173.00
15	—	335	182.00–205.00	191.55
19	—	460	158.00–178.00	173.10
11	—	574	150.00–155.00	152.87
10	—	528	150.00–164.00	158.30
1	—	740	126.00	126.00
2	—	605	135.00–141.00	138.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	60.00	60.00

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	58.00	58.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	885	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	955	50.00–62.00	56.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	65.00	65.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	750	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	760	850.00	850.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	710	725.00–800.00	764.08
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	98.00	98.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	610.00	610.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	26.00–30.00	27.71
2	—	815	33.00–37.00	34.93
2	—	813	46.00–50.00	48.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,157	63.50–72.50	67.61
8	—	1,018	56.00–63.50	61.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	48.50–51.00	49.68
11	—	1,122	63.50–69.00	66.02
8	—	1,075	56.00–62.50	58.53
4	—	929	25.00–35.00	32.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,332	64.00–68.50	65.94
5	—	1,398	60.00–62.50	61.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,523	84.50–94.00	88.65
11	—	1,739	95.00–102.50	98.04

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