Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 2.00-8.00 lower with the better 450-500 lb steers 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Not enough slaughter bulls for an accurate trend with a few 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.63/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$153.63

188 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$11.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.01

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	157.86	889	66
Medium and Large 1-2	546	156.79	856	61
Medium and Large 2	521	145.91	760	61

One grade step is worth $11.95/cwt here — about $129 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 sale188 hd

153.63

—

AR average11 barns · 1,426 hd

155.65

−2.01

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	1,629	89.78	1,463	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,122	65.97	740	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,356	65.88	893	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	936	47.48	444	26

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	1,038.70/cwt	950.00–1,110.00	13,482	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	1,209.80/cwt	1,160.00–1,250.00	16,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	148.38/cwt	142.00–153.00	644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	488	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	605	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	382	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	745	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	909	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	968	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	156.05/cwt	154.00–160.00	836	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	150.11/cwt	147.00–151.00	929	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	170.01/cwt	168.00–172.00	704	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	153.63/cwt	135.00–163.00	730	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	440	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	134.57/cwt	132.00–135.50	763	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	164.49/cwt	163.00–166.00	859	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	167.00/cwt	164.00–169.00	807	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	155.38/cwt	150.00–166.00	589	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	605	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	147.61/cwt	145.00–151.00	698	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	728	122.31/cwt	119.00–125.00	890	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	674	330.52/cwt	260.00–385.00	2,228	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	122.51/cwt	121.00–124.00	802	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	165.54/cwt	164.00–167.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	168.14/cwt	168.00–169.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	129.76/cwt	129.00–130.50	788	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	685	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,083	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	745	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	159.75/cwt	158.00–165.00	529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	139.83/cwt	136.00–145.00	726	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	153.92/cwt	149.00–159.50	897	14
Bulls	—	—	1,860	97.71/cwt	94.50–100.00	1,817	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	91.52/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,423	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	62.53/cwt	60.00–64.00	650	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	65.88/cwt	62.00–69.50	893	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	67.71/cwt	63.00–73.00	761	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	60.15/cwt	55.00–62.00	671	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	51.61/cwt	49.00–54.00	471	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	648	41.00/cwt	40.00–42.00	266	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	70.48/cwt	67.00–73.00	788	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	14,250	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	46.59/cwt	44.00–50.00	500	4
Bulls	—	—	1,235	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	729	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	860	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,020	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	35.63/cwt	24.00–40.00	346	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	118.71/cwt	118.00–119.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	131.27/cwt	122.00–134.00	694	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	693	22.93/cwt	22.00–24.00	159	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	48.96/cwt	48.00–50.00	384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	130.60/cwt	128.00–132.00	605	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,216	854.58/cwt	800.00–910.00	10,392	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	154.47/cwt	143.00–163.00	644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	135.00/cwt	133.00–137.00	917	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	385	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	137.87/cwt	133.00–144.00	521	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	131.02/cwt	130.00–132.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	135.79/cwt	125.00–147.00	577	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	175.41/cwt	165.00–181.00	577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	989	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	356	152.02/cwt	150.00–160.00	541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	138.59/cwt	130.00–142.00	854	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	112.95/cwt	110.00–116.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	154.40/cwt	151.00–158.00	804	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	134.33/cwt	134.00–135.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	165.75/cwt	165.00–168.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	156.89/cwt	152.00–159.00	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	166.48/cwt	162.00–169.00	776	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	150.20/cwt	145.00–153.00	856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	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 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 452Last week 1,002Year ago 617

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 135Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 20Year ago 65

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,298	950.00–1,110.00	1,038.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,360	1,160.00–1,250.00	1,209.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,216	800.00–910.00	854.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	400.00	400.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	674	260.00–385.00	330.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	570	250.00	250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,118	67.00–73.00	70.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	69.00	69.00
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	—	860	700.00	700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	50.00	50.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	872	125.00	125.00
2	—	378	179.00	179.00
2	—	400	180.00	180.00
3	—	731	136.00	136.00
10	—	619	147.00–151.00	150.11
16	—	522	163.00–166.00	164.49
15	—	483	164.00–169.00	167.00
14	—	583	149.00–159.50	153.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	488	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	968	111.00	111.00
13	—	475	135.00–163.00	153.63
5	—	417	143.00–163.00	154.47
4	—	679	133.00–137.00	135.00
6	—	329	165.00–181.00	175.41
4	—	616	130.00–142.00	138.59
4	—	393	165.00–168.00	165.75
8	—	528	152.00–159.00	156.89
4	—	575	126.00–127.00	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	536	154.00–160.00	156.05
12	—	414	168.00–172.00	170.01
9	—	806	132.00	132.00
5	—	755	131.00	131.00
21	—	466	162.00–169.00	166.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	434	142.00–153.00	148.38
11	—	567	132.00–135.50	134.57
7	—	379	150.00–166.00	155.38
22	—	473	145.00–151.00	147.61
4	—	655	121.00–124.00	122.51
6	—	607	129.00–130.50	129.76
7	—	331	158.00–165.00	159.75
15	—	519	136.00–145.00	139.83
1	—	890	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	132.00	132.00
13	—	417	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	118.00–119.00	118.71
6	—	529	122.00–134.00	131.27
3	—	463	128.00–132.00	130.60
9	—	378	133.00–144.00	137.87
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
9	—	425	125.00–147.00	135.79
2	—	665	110.00–116.00	112.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	107.00	107.00
1	—	510	109.00	109.00
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	174.00	174.00
3	—	728	119.00–125.00	122.31
2	—	463	164.00–167.00	165.54
7	—	410	168.00–169.00	168.14
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
7	—	521	151.00–158.00	154.40
3	—	669	134.00–135.00	134.33
4	—	570	145.00–153.00	150.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	130.00–132.00	131.02
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
1	—	690	108.00	108.00
5	—	356	150.00–160.00	152.02
1	—	495	141.00	141.00
1	—	445	148.00	148.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,860	94.50–100.00	97.71
4	—	1,555	90.00–92.00	91.52
1	—	1,235	59.00	59.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,040	60.00–64.00	62.53
4	—	913	49.00–54.00	51.61
4	—	1,073	44.00–50.00	46.59
5	—	972	24.00–40.00	35.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,356	62.00–69.50	65.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,124	63.00–73.00	67.71
9	—	1,116	55.00–62.00	60.15
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	40.00–42.00	41.00
2	—	693	22.00–24.00	22.93
2	—	785	48.00–50.00	48.96

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

Steers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle