Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders under 700 lbs mostly steady to 2.00 higher than last weeks light test. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 lower. Weather was cooler this week and buyers were active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.53/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$140.53

201 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$29.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	145.33	811	86
Medium and Large 1-2	554	140.46	778	50
Medium and Large 2	504	136.81	689	57
Medium and Large 3	462	115.73	535	8thin

One grade step is worth $29.60/cwt here — about $277 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 sale201 hd

140.53

—

AR average6 barns · 1,009 hd

140.20

+0.33

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	1,610	88.75	1,429	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,431	70.52	1,009	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	65.85	801	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	56.57	616	27

Every lot, as filed

124 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 1	—	571	140.64/cwt	139.00–144.50	803	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	178.69/cwt	173.00–182.00	851	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	189.17/cwt	182.00–191.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	778	126.96/cwt	124.00–129.00	988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	156.65/cwt	148.00–159.50	738	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	159.60/cwt	155.00–170.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	124.96/cwt	117.00–129.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	690	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	952	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	148.50/cwt	143.00–150.00	768	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	154.62/cwt	153.50–155.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	187.87/cwt	183.00–191.00	787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	160.41/cwt	155.00–164.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	916	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	140.90/cwt	136.00–145.00	962	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	165.70/cwt	156.00–170.00	872	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	135.17/cwt	134.00–136.00	888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	127.65/cwt	125.00–129.00	980	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	121.50/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	137.03/cwt	135.50–138.00	793	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	851	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,011	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	128.20/cwt	128.00–129.00	935	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	149.15/cwt	144.00–155.00	916	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	151.36/cwt	137.00–163.00	628	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,134	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	162.36/cwt	162.00–163.00	859	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	913	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	149.64/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,076	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	185.37/cwt	185.00–185.50	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	181.58/cwt	175.00–185.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	156.53/cwt	149.00–172.00	888	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	858	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	642	137.54/cwt	128.00–144.00	883	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	160.39/cwt	154.00–163.00	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	166.75/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	140.71/cwt	135.00–144.50	888	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	711	136.97/cwt	131.00–146.00	974	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	169.92/cwt	165.00–176.00	822	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	164.73/cwt	160.00–170.00	950	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,209	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	932.81/cwt	850.00–1,025.00	9,627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,227	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	744	526.50/cwt	410.00–600.00	3,917	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	790	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	608	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	723	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	795	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	168.82/cwt	162.00–175.00	874	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	15,451	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,226.52/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	16,190	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	997	803.97/cwt	750.00–860.00	8,016	15
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	592	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,368	2
Bulls	—	—	1,721	98.38/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,693	4
Bulls	—	—	1,747	92.83/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,622	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	59.59/cwt	56.50–63.00	667	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	52.77/cwt	49.50–55.00	547	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	71.21/cwt	68.50–74.00	939	17
Bulls	—	—	1,375	77.58/cwt	61.50–86.50	1,067	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	65.83/cwt	55.00–74.00	662	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	70.25/cwt	65.00–76.00	913	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	72.65/cwt	69.50–75.50	1,080	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	56.70/cwt	55.00–58.00	634	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	64.03/cwt	59.50–68.00	743	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,318	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	593	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	938	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,020	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	581	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	72.64/cwt	69.50–76.00	919	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,229	992.43/cwt	870.00–1,075.00	12,197	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	535	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	396	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	580	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	112.62/cwt	110.00–114.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	134.50/cwt	131.00–138.00	772	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	136.43/cwt	125.00–146.00	798	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	920.99/cwt	835.00–1,000.00	11,973	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	142.89/cwt	133.00–147.00	483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	133.77/cwt	126.00–138.00	840	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	140.05/cwt	133.00–146.00	665	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	143.57/cwt	130.00–149.00	610	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	163.99/cwt	150.00–179.00	615	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	985	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	702	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,095	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	148.68/cwt	136.00–156.00	784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	155.36/cwt	140.00–162.00	566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	939	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	141.06/cwt	140.00–142.00	732	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	164.38/cwt	160.00–166.00	708	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	157.33/cwt	156.00–158.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	145.69/cwt	145.00–146.50	705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	135.65/cwt	127.00–141.00	707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	154.29/cwt	151.00–156.00	964	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	136.54/cwt	135.00–140.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	961	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,004	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	154.49/cwt	153.00–158.00	911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	146.42/cwt	141.00–150.00	990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	126.49/cwt	124.00–129.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	132.37/cwt	122.00–140.00	949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	159.70/cwt	140.00–168.00	759	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	150.75/cwt	146.00–156.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	135.87/cwt	132.00–138.00	499	3

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 Aug 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 675Last week 263Year ago 478

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 82Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 20Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	139.00–144.50	140.64
24	—	471	148.00–159.50	156.65
3	—	332	155.00–170.00	159.60
3	—	812	117.00–129.00	124.96
9	—	517	143.00–150.00	148.50
4	—	439	153.50–155.00	154.62
3	—	363	155.00–164.00	160.41
6	—	657	134.00–136.00	135.17
3	—	768	125.00–129.00	127.65
5	—	729	128.00–129.00	128.20
12	—	631	135.00–144.50	140.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	690	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	579	135.50–138.00	137.03
4	—	439	151.50	151.50
3	—	658	133.00	133.00
12	—	519	140.00–142.00	141.06
8	—	602	136.50	136.50
9	—	484	145.00–146.50	145.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	131.00	131.00
2	—	608	134.00	134.00
1	—	520	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
1	—	520	114.00	114.00
3	—	458	110.00–114.00	112.62
2	—	388	132.00	132.00
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	574	131.00–138.00	134.50
6	—	338	133.00–147.00	142.89
5	—	628	126.00–138.00	133.77
12	—	475	133.00–146.00	140.05
11	—	425	130.00–149.00	143.57
7	—	521	127.00–141.00	135.65
1	—	855	98.00	98.00
1	—	765	118.00	118.00
2	—	688	124.00–129.00	126.49
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
3	—	367	132.00–138.00	135.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	476	173.00–182.00	178.69
5	—	330	182.00–191.00	189.17
4	—	419	183.00–191.00	187.87
8	—	719	145.00–158.00	149.64
4	—	365	185.00–185.50	185.37
5	—	656	154.00–163.00	160.39
5	—	617	162.00–168.00	166.75
18	—	577	160.00–170.00	164.73
2	—	785	154.00	154.00
2	—	852	144.00	144.00
16	—	518	162.00–175.00	168.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	155.00	155.00
10	—	790	143.50	143.50
11	—	529	162.00–163.00	162.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	150.00–179.00	163.99
9	—	527	136.00–156.00	148.68
8	—	431	160.00–166.00	164.38
2	—	890	132.00	132.00
9	—	625	151.00–156.00	154.29
1	—	830	138.00	138.00
8	—	590	153.00–158.00	154.49
4	—	676	141.00–150.00	146.42
3	—	717	122.00–140.00	132.37
13	—	475	140.00–168.00	159.70
4	—	340	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	702	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	778	124.00–129.00	126.96
1	—	830	133.00	133.00
5	—	683	136.00–145.00	140.90
6	—	526	156.00–170.00	165.70
2	—	860	120.00–123.00	121.50
4	—	614	144.00–155.00	149.15
3	—	365	175.00–185.00	181.58
12	—	567	149.00–172.00	156.53
4	—	711	131.00–146.00	136.97
17	—	484	165.00–176.00	169.92
1	—	985	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	165.00	165.00
10	—	772	131.00	131.00
10	—	436	182.00	182.00
16	—	597	153.00	153.00
11	—	865	108.50	108.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	137.00–163.00	151.36
3	—	585	125.00–146.00	136.43
5	—	364	140.00–162.00	155.36
3	—	463	156.00–158.00	157.33
1	—	735	114.00	114.00
4	—	526	135.00–140.00	136.54
4	—	961	104.50	104.50
3	—	317	146.00–156.00	150.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	128.00–144.00	137.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	109.00	109.00
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
1	—	365	131.00	131.00
1	—	605	113.00	113.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	74.00	74.00
1	—	580	62.00	62.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,032	850.00–1,025.00	932.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,320	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,226.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	997	750.00–860.00	803.97
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	744	410.00–600.00	526.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	790	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	65.00	65.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	592	400.00	400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,005	55.00–74.00	65.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,300	65.00–76.00	70.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,265	69.50–76.00	72.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,229	870.00–1,075.00	992.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	835.00–1,000.00	920.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	60.50	60.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,721	97.00–100.00	98.38
7	—	1,747	88.00–96.00	92.83
6	—	1,375	61.50–86.50	77.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,120	56.50–63.00	59.59
15	—	1,037	49.50–55.00	52.77
2	—	1,318	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,319	68.50–74.00	71.21
6	—	1,118	55.00–58.00	56.70
20	—	1,160	59.50–68.00	64.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,486	69.50–75.50	72.65
1	—	1,400	67.00	67.00
1	—	1,020	57.00	57.00

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