Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher instances 13.00 higher than last weeks light test. Feeder heifers 3.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows uneven with the high dressing breakers 1.00 higher and all other classes steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Quality of most feeder cattle was good with active bidding on the small offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.52/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$129.52

157 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$38.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	134.42	672	117
Medium and Large 2	550	117.28	645	36
Medium and Large 3	605	96.25	583	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.17/cwt here — about $89 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 sale157 hd

129.52

—

AR average8 barns · 1,216 hd

129.40

+0.11

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	1,597	87.12	1,391	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	64.50	912	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	62.43	743	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	966	43.12	417	15

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	139.80/cwt	139.50–140.00	865	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	149.86/cwt	142.00–154.00	505	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	175.91/cwt	169.00–178.00	653	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	132.86/cwt	130.00–134.50	684	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	543	139.47/cwt	134.00–145.00	757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	160.65/cwt	157.00–170.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	118.15/cwt	116.00–120.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	150.16/cwt	147.00–154.50	842	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	781	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	140.01/cwt	132.00–153.00	603	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	161.85/cwt	155.00–169.00	696	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	163.79/cwt	150.00–174.00	830	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	160.81/cwt	150.00–168.50	757	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	589	135.35/cwt	128.00–138.00	797	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	127.80/cwt	123.00–132.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,011	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	159.10/cwt	155.00–166.00	692	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	151.59/cwt	149.00–157.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	143.18/cwt	138.00–146.00	568	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,092	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	902	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	64.82/cwt	60.00–70.50	793	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	123.34/cwt	120.00–127.00	778	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	719	121.10/cwt	120.00–122.00	871	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	647	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	916	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	905	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	290	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	60.79/cwt	59.50–62.00	576	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	52.63/cwt	50.00–57.00	546	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	60.11/cwt	58.00–62.00	721	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	93.63/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,657	8
Bulls	—	—	1,020	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	887	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	608	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	943.58/cwt	775.00–985.00	8,134	5
Bulls	—	—	1,396	74.12/cwt	68.00–80.00	1,035	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	315	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	65.76/cwt	62.50–67.50	969	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	64.54/cwt	62.00–66.50	805	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	476	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	58.99/cwt	54.00–62.00	646	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	46.93/cwt	44.00–48.00	501	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	1,150.75/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	10,840	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	11,592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	498	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	780	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	624	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	15,150	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	750	22.90/cwt	20.00–28.00	172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	124.83/cwt	124.00–125.00	594	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	809.76/cwt	700.00–910.00	10,349	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	126.04/cwt	117.00–129.00	779	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	149.50/cwt	148.00–151.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	104.62/cwt	99.00–110.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	119.79/cwt	112.00–126.00	629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	135.47/cwt	133.00–139.00	633	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	121.04/cwt	119.00–123.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	125.83/cwt	120.00–130.00	526	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	124.26/cwt	120.00–132.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	680	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	762	4

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 May 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 268Year ago 245

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 65Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 17Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	145.00	145.00
1	—	465	132.00	132.00
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
1	—	595	125.00	125.00
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	619	139.50–140.00	139.80
4	—	548	143.00	143.00
4	—	691	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	371	169.00–178.00	175.91
17	—	561	147.00–154.50	150.16
33	—	430	155.00–169.00	161.85
21	—	507	150.00–174.00	163.79
6	—	471	150.00–168.50	160.81
5	—	738	137.00	137.00
3	—	888	123.00	123.00
1	—	345	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	337	142.00–154.00	149.86
16	—	515	130.00–134.50	132.86
3	—	717	116.00–120.00	118.15
1	—	775	116.00	116.00
25	—	431	132.00–153.00	140.01
6	—	566	123.00–132.00	127.80
14	—	397	138.00–146.00	143.18
11	—	631	120.00–127.00	123.34
17	—	467	133.00–139.00	135.47
2	—	692	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	719	120.00–122.00	121.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	100.00	100.00
1	—	355	134.00	134.00
6	—	476	124.00–125.00	124.83
6	—	627	99.00–110.00	104.62
10	—	525	112.00–126.00	119.79
2	—	652	110.00	110.00
2	—	570	119.00–123.00	121.04
4	—	418	120.00–130.00	125.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	110.00	110.00
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
1	—	645	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	154.00	154.00
4	—	367	157.00–170.00	160.65
4	—	781	110.00	110.00
1	—	640	130.00	130.00
6	—	589	128.00–138.00	135.35
7	—	435	155.00–166.00	159.10
3	—	525	149.00–157.00	151.59
1	—	920	98.00	98.00
3	—	663	120.00–132.00	124.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	134.00–145.00	139.47
2	—	433	150.00	150.00
4	—	618	117.00–129.00	126.04
2	—	385	148.00–151.00	149.50
1	—	475	151.00	151.00
1	—	690	101.00	101.00

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,223	60.00–70.50	64.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,035.00	1,035.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,010.00	1,010.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,278	700.00–910.00	809.76
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	80.00	80.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	862	775.00–985.00	943.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	942	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,150.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	32.00	32.00
3	—	750	20.00–28.00	22.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	59.50–62.00	60.79
3	—	1,038	50.00–57.00	52.63
1	—	985	32.00	32.00
5	—	1,068	44.00–48.00	46.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	58.00–62.00	60.11
7	—	1,474	62.50–67.50	65.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,248	62.00–66.50	64.54
11	—	1,095	54.00–62.00	58.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,770	91.00–98.00	93.63
1	—	1,020	87.00	87.00
4	—	1,396	68.00–80.00	74.12

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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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