Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2021-06-16

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 16
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
786 head
▼ 3,193 vs last sale 3,979▼ 74 vs year ago 860 · −8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 162▲ 67 vs year ago 128 · +52.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 50▼ 9 vs year ago 35 · −25.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs mostly steady to 4.00 lower over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.22/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$134.22
341 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.35
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541138.21748169
Medium and Large 1-2576131.4975794
Medium and Large 2452130.0158874
Medium and Large 3480107.515164thin
One grade step is worth $30.70/cwt here — about $232 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 sale341 hd
134.22
—
AR average7 barns · 1,495 hd
132.87
+1.35
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,60392.401,48114
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33566.1688319
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18564.3176272
CowsLean 85-90%Low99458.9458647

Every lot, as filed

94 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—464142.00/cwt142.00–142.006597
HeifersMedium and Large 1—727117.38/cwt115.00–118.508533
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—682142.00/cwt142.00–142.0096817
SteersMedium and Large 1—613152.53/cwt144.00–153.7593548
SteersMedium and Large 1—466159.35/cwt156.00–160.5074320
BullsMedium and Large 1—530139.81/cwt134.00–148.007417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—478155.95/cwt152.00–157.5074524
BullsMedium and Large 1—476147.50/cwt146.50–150.0070210
SteersMedium and Large 1—418159.31/cwt158.00–166.006666
SteersMedium and Large 1—376166.00/cwt166.00–166.0062410
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—612146.02/cwt145.25–147.5089421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open—747124.50/cwt124.50–124.5093030
BullsMedium and Large 2—550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—476135.00/cwt135.00–135.0064336
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577136.35/cwt133.00–140.5078745
HeifersMedium and Large 1—608131.66/cwt129.00–132.008009
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477143.93/cwt142.50–148.0068713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—676145.00/cwt145.00–145.009805
SteersMedium and Large 2—538145.84/cwt138.00–152.0078516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—561147.40/cwt142.00–148.5082730
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535140.60/cwt132.00–143.0075259
HeifersMedium and Large 1—657126.76/cwt120.00–129.008334
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375144.64/cwt140.00–155.005427
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428145.87/cwt140.00–152.0062410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—615129.00/cwt129.00–129.007939
SteersMedium and Large 1—535157.42/cwt152.00–159.0084224
BullsMedium and Large 1—364166.76/cwt165.00–172.006074
SteersMedium and Large 1—320169.00/cwt169.00–169.005411
BullsMedium and Large 1—582134.85/cwt132.00–143.007857
HeifersMedium and Large 1—316149.09/cwt146.00–154.004714
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—610134.50/cwt134.50–134.508204
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—708135.00/cwt135.00–135.009568
BullsMedium and Large 1—645129.00/cwt129.00–129.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—665122.00/cwt122.00–122.008112
BullsMedium and Large 1—840111.00/cwt111.00–111.009321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01058.00/cwt58.00–58.005861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,333875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,6642
BullsMedium and Large 1—650127.00/cwt127.00–127.008261
SteersMedium and Large 1—570150.08/cwt147.00–153.0085516
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—632142.00/cwt142.00–142.008973
SteersMedium and Large 1—967128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,23813
Bulls——1,76197.73/cwt96.00–101.501,7216
Bulls——1,52290.92/cwt86.50–94.501,3846
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—82538.00/cwt38.00–38.003141
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—81361.07/cwt59.00–63.004962
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36167.29/cwt66.00–69.0091614
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26363.01/cwt61.50–65.007965
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—94564.00/cwt64.00–64.006051
BullsMedium 1—555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007491
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03541.03/cwt40.00–42.004252
CowsLean 85-90%—94550.24/cwt48.00–52.004754
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13962.19/cwt57.00–65.0070843
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27055.00/cwt55.00–55.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424129.21/cwt123.50–139.0054814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0581,014.02/cwt900.00–1,250.0010,7283
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03763.27/cwt62.00–66.0065623
CowsLean 85-90%—97158.11/cwt56.00–61.5056415
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,165700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,1551
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—81872.88/cwt64.00–80.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473131.41/cwt121.00–138.0062212
BullsMedium and Large 2—521126.06/cwt121.00–132.006574
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25267.89/cwt65.00–71.5085028
Bulls——1,37080.86/cwt80.00–82.001,1082
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513111.01/cwt110.00–112.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 2—581117.22/cwt110.00–128.006819
HeifersMedium and Large 2—336137.95/cwt130.00–145.0046410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—511132.32/cwt124.00–135.0067610
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0014,1751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16563.27/cwt55.00–67.5073711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372134.30/cwt130.00–145.0050015
SteersMedium and Large 2—485149.65/cwt140.00–154.007267
SteersMedium and Large 2—623135.71/cwt134.00–140.008454
SteersMedium and Large 2—325167.92/cwt167.00–170.005463
BullsMedium and Large 2—490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 3—45597.00/cwt97.00–97.004411
SteersMedium and Large 2—408145.79/cwt145.00–157.0059516
SteersMedium and Large 2—722136.00/cwt136.00–136.009822
SteersMedium and Large 2—960110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 2—670139.00/cwt139.00–139.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650118.00/cwt118.00–118.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—440111.00/cwt111.00–111.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2—370153.31/cwt149.00–159.005678
BullsMedium and Large 2—333151.94/cwt133.00–162.005063
BullsMedium and Large 2—621126.69/cwt123.00–128.007877
BullsMedium and Large 2—682114.02/cwt111.00–122.007786
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,032105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0842
BullsMedium and Large 2—381140.13/cwt135.00–142.005348
SteersMedium and Large 2—570138.96/cwt138.00–140.007922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—556132.50/cwt132.50–132.5073715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—537135.00/cwt135.00–135.007258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—392139.50/cwt139.50–139.505475
BullsMedium and Large 2—760111.00/cwt111.00–111.008441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630113.47/cwt110.00–117.007152
BullsMedium and Large 2—405144.21/cwt135.00–152.005844

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.