Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls mostly steady to 4.00 higher except the better 500-550 lb steers 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.88/cwt on 287 head.

Average price

$151.88

287 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$54.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.87

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	154.43	842	66
Medium and Large 1	584	153.99	899	150
Medium and Large 2	537	146.36	786	69
Medium and Large 3	880	100.00	880	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.43/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale287 hd

151.88

—

AR average10 barns · 1,434 hd

151.01

+0.87

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	1,641	89.89	1,475	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	66.76	988	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	63.04	784	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	54.85	568	31

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1Guaranteed Open	—	748	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	152.72/cwt	150.00–161.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	797	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	885	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	815	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	152.15/cwt	146.00–155.00	861	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	162.64/cwt	154.00–171.00	868	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	150.51/cwt	144.00–156.00	790	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	149.22/cwt	143.00–156.50	930	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	137.72/cwt	132.00–139.50	723	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	139.43/cwt	135.00–146.00	810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	149.78/cwt	146.00–157.00	557	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	130.34/cwt	124.00–133.50	794	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	134.83/cwt	128.00–137.00	759	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	146.26/cwt	146.00–146.50	842	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	722	125.99/cwt	125.50–127.00	910	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	136.67/cwt	132.00–144.00	836	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	149.52/cwt	145.00–152.00	780	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	157.32/cwt	150.00–159.50	741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	139.62/cwt	139.00–140.00	924	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	171.62/cwt	163.00–181.00	712	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	169.04/cwt	163.00–180.00	805	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	126.32/cwt	125.00–127.00	865	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	160.00/cwt	153.00–171.00	674	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	141.43/cwt	136.00–144.00	666	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	123.77/cwt	122.50–127.00	904	4
Bulls	—	—	1,847	95.66/cwt	92.00–99.50	1,767	12
Bulls	—	—	1,550	85.16/cwt	81.50–90.00	1,320	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	60.44/cwt	57.00–62.00	724	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	760	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	342	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	67.64/cwt	63.00–70.00	1,017	17
Bulls	—	—	1,139	78.47/cwt	76.00–80.50	894	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	71.40/cwt	60.00–83.00	740	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,655	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	19,860	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	9,790	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	56.12/cwt	53.00–59.00	577	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	31.05/cwt	25.00–36.00	301	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	61.76/cwt	60.00–63.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	122.95/cwt	118.00–128.00	883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	136.40/cwt	125.00–139.00	865	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	131.46/cwt	125.00–135.00	489	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	64.80/cwt	62.00–70.00	826	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	44.52/cwt	44.00–45.00	406	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	62.57/cwt	61.00–64.50	717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	154.20/cwt	151.00–156.00	712	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	168.16/cwt	155.00–172.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	119.69/cwt	116.00–124.00	692	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	857	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	877.25/cwt	800.00–935.00	11,387	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	63.76/cwt	62.00–67.50	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	133.32/cwt	124.00–138.00	884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	153.46/cwt	145.00–160.00	663	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	887	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	798	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	145.14/cwt	135.00–156.00	607	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	158.95/cwt	155.00–163.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	147.46/cwt	141.00–152.00	700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	157.53/cwt	155.50–159.00	851	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	660	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	123.34/cwt	116.00–128.00	645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	135.74/cwt	127.00–141.00	586	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	133.73/cwt	127.00–136.00	883	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	171.24/cwt	169.00–175.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	144.70/cwt	142.00–146.00	818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	126.80/cwt	120.00–132.00	587	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	111.66/cwt	103.00–124.00	798	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	124.67/cwt	118.00–128.00	935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	147.54/cwt	144.00–155.00	640	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	137.96/cwt	135.00–141.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	113.56/cwt	105.00–117.00	761	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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 671Last week 1,006Year ago 264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 170Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 40Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	338	150.00–161.00	152.72
59	—	525	132.00–139.50	137.72
9	—	372	146.00–157.00	149.78
25	—	609	124.00–133.50	130.34
50	—	563	128.00–137.00	134.83
3	—	685	125.00–127.00	126.32
31	—	471	136.00–144.00	141.43
4	—	730	122.50–127.00	123.77
23	—	434	144.00–155.00	147.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	122.00	122.00
3	—	797	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	98.00	98.00
3	—	372	125.00–135.00	131.46
4	—	578	116.00–124.00	119.69
5	—	887	90.00	90.00
7	—	523	116.00–128.00	123.34
7	—	432	127.00–141.00	135.74
12	—	463	120.00–132.00	126.80
4	—	715	103.00–124.00	111.66
2	—	340	135.00–141.00	137.96
4	—	670	105.00–117.00	113.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	131.50	131.50
6	—	485	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	88.00	88.00
1	—	480	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	108.00	108.00
1	—	590	124.00	124.00
1	—	635	129.00	129.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
1	—	750	105.00	105.00
7	—	418	135.00–156.00	145.14
2	—	385	155.00–163.00	158.95
10	—	475	141.00–152.00	147.46
1	—	880	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	105.00	105.00
3	—	722	125.50–127.00	125.99
3	—	612	132.00–144.00	136.67
20	—	522	145.00–152.00	149.52
7	—	471	150.00–159.50	157.32
9	—	421	153.00–171.00	160.00
4	—	660	127.00–136.00	133.73
4	—	376	169.00–175.00	171.24
7	—	565	142.00–146.00	144.70
1	—	800	112.00	112.00
3	—	750	118.00–128.00	124.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	129.00	129.00
4	—	566	146.00–155.00	152.15
14	—	534	154.00–171.00	162.64
76	—	623	143.00–156.50	149.22
4	—	702	139.00	139.00
2	—	305	186.00	186.00
10	—	415	163.00–181.00	171.62
1	—	805	125.00	125.00
26	—	476	163.00–180.00	169.04
2	—	1,072	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	525	144.00–156.00	150.51
1	—	920	120.00	120.00
10	—	581	135.00–146.00	139.43
1	—	865	122.00	122.00
2	—	718	118.00–128.00	122.95
13	—	634	125.00–139.00	136.40
9	—	462	151.00–156.00	154.20
5	—	384	155.00–172.00	168.16
3	—	663	124.00–138.00	133.32
13	—	432	145.00–160.00	153.46
1	—	335	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	647	137.00	137.00
6	—	576	146.00–146.50	146.26
4	—	410	154.00	154.00
50	—	540	155.50–159.00	157.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	662	139.00–140.00	139.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	100.00	100.00

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)	1	—	1,200	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	68.00	68.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,298	800.00–935.00	877.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,188	62.00–67.50	63.76
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,037	60.00–83.00	71.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,655	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,847	92.00–99.50	95.66
5	—	1,550	81.50–90.00	85.16
4	—	1,139	76.00–80.50	78.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,198	57.00–62.00	60.44
28	—	1,274	62.00–70.00	64.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	45.00	45.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,504	63.00–70.00	67.64
3	—	1,340	60.00–63.00	61.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,028	53.00–59.00	56.12
2	—	968	25.00–36.00	31.05
2	—	913	44.00–45.00	44.52
7	—	1,146	61.00–64.50	62.57

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle