Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend sale not reported last two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.35/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$129.35

191 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$33.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.36

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	133.88	730	99
Medium and Large 1-2	446	131.85	588	13thin
Medium and Large 2	495	125.83	623	71
Medium and Large 3	458	100.39	460	8thin

One grade step is worth $33.50/cwt here — about $270 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 sale191 hd

129.35

—

AR average6 barns · 996 hd

129.71

−0.36

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	—	Low	1,516	87.48	1,326	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,445	63.63	919	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	61.58	749	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,114	52.37	583	23

Every lot, as filed

91 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	710	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	47.80/cwt	45.00–51.00	506	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	55.73/cwt	52.00–58.00	630	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	65.75/cwt	63.00–70.50	1,003	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,284	59.39/cwt	55.00–62.00	763	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	59.67/cwt	55.00–63.00	701	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	580	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	64.12/cwt	63.00–66.00	812	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	34.60/cwt	32.00–37.00	397	2
Bulls	—	—	1,103	79.82/cwt	77.50–82.00	880	3
Bulls	—	—	1,562	87.78/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,371	6
Bulls	—	—	1,838	94.53/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	97.62/cwt	91.00–107.00	472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	132.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	706	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	124.84/cwt	118.00–137.00	592	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.67/cwt	110.00–130.00	694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	716	124.98/cwt	124.00–127.00	895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	154.58/cwt	145.00–159.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	125.55/cwt	120.00–135.00	665	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	118.97/cwt	107.00–124.00	791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	133.58/cwt	120.00–147.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	616	122.73/cwt	118.00–125.00	756	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	67.88/cwt	65.00–71.00	728	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	1,013.03/cwt	750.00–1,175.00	12,227	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	804.14/cwt	750.00–860.00	9,867	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,071.57/cwt	900.00–1,325.00	13,341	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	63.11/cwt	57.50–71.00	774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	134.67/cwt	134.00–135.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	130.45/cwt	113.00–136.00	556	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	152.88/cwt	150.00–154.00	723	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	116.36/cwt	108.00–120.00	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	138.05/cwt	135.00–140.00	456	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	137.21/cwt	132.00–144.00	505	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	127.03/cwt	110.00–134.00	610	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	133.63/cwt	122.00–141.00	819	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	137.13/cwt	131.00–146.00	654	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	910	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	140.95/cwt	125.00–148.00	740	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	148.31/cwt	139.00–154.00	641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	157.17/cwt	140.00–160.00	619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	153.28/cwt	143.00–159.00	803	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	131.88/cwt	125.00–136.00	756	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	152.65/cwt	143.00–158.00	869	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	140.87/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,009	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	168.49/cwt	161.00–173.00	625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	162.11/cwt	155.00–169.00	682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,032	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	147.55/cwt	146.00–150.00	724	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	149.50/cwt	149.00–150.00	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	136.02/cwt	135.00–137.00	705	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	745	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	134.47/cwt	126.00–141.00	780	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	122.49/cwt	115.00–129.00	634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	681	117.80/cwt	105.00–124.00	802	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	135.88/cwt	132.00–139.00	580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	71.37/cwt	70.00–73.00	705	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	17,780	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	917.24/cwt	830.00–1,000.00	12,199	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,337	1,120.89/cwt	840.00–1,200.00	14,986	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	940	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,371	66.23/cwt	58.00–69.00	908	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	127.49/cwt	120.00–134.00	919	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	136.20/cwt	124.00–139.00	900	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	130.42/cwt	115.00–138.00	492	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	135.28/cwt	130.00–139.00	837	14

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 Sep 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 587Last week 630Year ago 368

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 120Year ago 140

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 13Year ago 35

No trend sale not reported last two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
3	—	716	124.00–127.00	124.98
3	—	485	145.00–159.00	154.58
1	—	805	121.00	121.00
1	—	395	158.00	158.00
6	—	518	135.00–137.00	136.02
6	—	564	130.00–134.00	132.02
1	—	630	139.00	139.00
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
3	—	435	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	474	118.00–137.00	124.84
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
5	—	745	110.00	110.00
7	—	575	110.00–130.00	120.67
9	—	530	120.00–135.00	125.55
6	—	665	107.00–124.00	118.97
2	—	418	120.00–147.00	133.58
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
4	—	616	118.00–125.00	122.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	91.00–107.00	97.62
1	—	530	95.00	95.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	130.00–140.00	132.80
6	—	479	134.00–135.00	134.67
9	—	330	135.00–140.00	138.05
1	—	850	105.00	105.00
9	—	368	132.00–144.00	137.21
14	—	580	126.00–141.00	134.47
12	—	427	132.00–139.00	135.88
15	—	721	120.00–134.00	127.49
8	—	661	124.00–139.00	136.20
14	—	619	130.00–139.00	135.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	348	138.00	138.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
22	—	426	113.00–136.00	130.45
4	—	628	108.00–120.00	116.36
11	—	480	110.00–134.00	127.03
1	—	585	112.00	112.00
7	—	518	115.00–129.00	122.49
12	—	681	105.00–124.00	117.80
10	—	377	115.00–138.00	130.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	130.00	130.00
8	—	433	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	473	150.00–154.00	152.88
20	—	524	143.00–159.00	153.28
10	—	569	143.00–158.00	152.65
8	—	716	136.00–147.00	140.87
7	—	371	161.00–173.00	168.49
9	—	421	155.00–169.00	162.11
4	—	638	149.00–150.00	149.50
3	—	658	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	347	151.00	151.00
2	—	702	135.00	135.00
18	—	613	122.00–141.00	133.63
13	—	477	131.00–146.00	137.13
1	—	695	136.00	136.00
11	—	525	125.00–148.00	140.95
7	—	432	139.00–154.00	148.31
7	—	394	140.00–160.00	157.17
7	—	573	125.00–136.00	131.88
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	634	143.50	143.50
8	—	732	141.00	141.00
18	—	491	146.00–150.00	147.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	62.00	62.00
6	—	1,058	45.00–51.00	47.80
13	—	1,130	52.00–58.00	55.73
2	—	1,148	32.00–37.00	34.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,525	63.00–70.50	65.75
6	—	1,284	55.00–62.00	59.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,175	55.00–63.00	59.67
1	—	1,115	52.00	52.00
18	—	1,266	63.00–66.00	64.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,103	77.50–82.00	79.82
6	—	1,562	85.00–90.00	87.78
3	—	1,838	92.00–98.00	94.53

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,073	65.00–71.00	67.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,207	750.00–1,175.00	1,013.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	750.00–860.00	804.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,245	900.00–1,325.00	1,071.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,227	57.50–71.00	63.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,371	58.00–69.00	66.23
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	988	70.00–73.00	71.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	105.00	105.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,270	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,330	830.00–1,000.00	917.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,337	840.00–1,200.00	1,120.89

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle