Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly 1.00-6.00 lower over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers mixed with the better heifers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher the plainer kind and weights over 600 lbs mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.46/cwt on 240 head.

Average price

$127.46

240 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$32.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	134.06	729	134
Medium and Large 1-2	791	128.67	1,018	26
Medium and Large 2	498	117.87	587	71
Medium and Large 3	427	101.21	433	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.85/cwt here — about $296 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 sale240 hd

127.46

—

AR average8 barns · 1,673 hd

126.92

+0.54

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	1,718	87.99	1,512	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,414	60.20	851	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,249	57.57	719	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,072	48.49	520	24

Every lot, as filed

98 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 3	—	465	96.37/cwt	87.00–104.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	111.20/cwt	110.00–115.00	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	118.00/cwt	116.00–119.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	108.98/cwt	108.00–110.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	134.52/cwt	128.00–137.50	709	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	119.29/cwt	111.00–125.00	614	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	798	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	157.43/cwt	149.00–165.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	119.26/cwt	110.00–123.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	133.21/cwt	130.00–144.00	639	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	132.96/cwt	124.00–135.00	824	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	151.26/cwt	142.00–154.50	953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	139.59/cwt	139.00–140.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	137.15/cwt	131.00–139.50	599	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	160.75/cwt	156.00–166.00	670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	135.41/cwt	133.00–140.00	964	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	149.46/cwt	145.00–155.00	693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	160.69/cwt	156.00–163.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,076	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	143.99/cwt	142.00–145.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	130.19/cwt	124.00–139.00	801	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	146.20/cwt	136.00–160.00	825	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	930	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,107	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	139.93/cwt	137.00–143.00	952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	108.58/cwt	100.00–117.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	148.37/cwt	129.00–158.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	146.15/cwt	145.00–148.00	968	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	136.25/cwt	128.00–143.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	141.50/cwt	135.00–144.00	685	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	866	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	957	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	135.34/cwt	120.00–145.00	784	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	750	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	175.43/cwt	167.00–187.00	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	148.46/cwt	143.00–153.50	781	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	130.50/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	127.31/cwt	121.00–132.00	859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	719	122.05/cwt	113.00–128.00	878	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	141.88/cwt	135.00–149.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	992	84.99/cwt	80.00–100.00	843	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	49.66/cwt	47.50–51.50	534	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	34.95/cwt	33.00–37.00	316	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	62.91/cwt	60.00–68.00	893	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	57.49/cwt	56.00–58.50	809	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	62.83/cwt	59.00–68.50	830	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	55.07/cwt	52.00–58.00	677	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	44.69/cwt	40.00–48.00	477	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	53.92/cwt	50.50–56.00	596	12
Bulls	—	—	1,350	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	999	1
Bulls	—	—	1,766	92.21/cwt	90.00–95.50	1,628	4
Bulls	—	—	1,748	87.50/cwt	86.00–88.50	1,530	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	785	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	991.31/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	11,023	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	50.52/cwt	50.00–51.00	595	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	60.98/cwt	53.00–73.00	698	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	642	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,129	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	1,154.02/cwt	850.00–1,260.00	13,237	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	857.61/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	9,228	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	61.44/cwt	54.50–67.00	648	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	128.47/cwt	125.00–132.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	130.72/cwt	127.50–132.00	884	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	119.68/cwt	110.00–125.00	439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	134.54/cwt	124.00–138.00	788	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	760	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,030	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	132.85/cwt	131.00–137.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	118.66/cwt	110.00–127.00	491	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	119.25/cwt	110.00–126.00	566	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	137.15/cwt	130.00–145.00	571	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	132.17/cwt	129.00–136.00	745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	123.25/cwt	118.00–127.00	412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	88.91/cwt	85.00–93.00	509	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	777	103.09/cwt	90.00–112.00	801	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	108.01/cwt	104.00–112.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	171.67/cwt	159.00–178.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	145.31/cwt	143.00–150.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.09/cwt	121.00–152.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	130.00/cwt	123.00–141.00	595	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	115.42/cwt	111.00–120.00	652	2

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 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 570Last week 587Year ago 541

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 118Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 55Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	87.00–104.00	96.37
1	—	355	111.00	111.00
3	—	317	110.00–112.00	110.99
2	—	573	85.00–93.00	88.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	110.00–115.00	111.20
3	—	688	116.00–119.00	118.00
2	—	713	108.00–110.00	108.98
13	—	515	111.00–125.00	119.29
1	—	810	103.00	103.00
7	—	579	110.00–123.00	119.26
6	—	367	110.00–125.00	119.68
15	—	414	110.00–127.00	118.66
13	—	475	110.00–126.00	119.25
4	—	334	118.00–127.00	123.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	120.00–121.00	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	527	128.00–137.50	134.52
2	—	762	127.00	127.00
13	—	480	130.00–144.00	133.21
28	—	620	124.00–135.00	132.96
7	—	376	139.00–140.00	139.59
21	—	437	131.00–139.50	137.15
8	—	676	127.50–132.00	130.72
26	—	586	124.00–138.00	134.54
3	—	330	131.00–137.00	132.85
2	—	735	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	921	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	760	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	798	138.50	138.50
2	—	328	149.00–165.00	157.43
3	—	712	133.00–140.00	135.41
3	—	442	142.00–145.00	143.99
12	—	615	124.00–139.00	130.19
2	—	930	119.00	119.00
4	—	680	137.00–143.00	139.93
5	—	377	129.00–158.00	148.37
9	—	517	128.00–143.00	136.25
10	—	484	135.00–144.00	141.50
7	—	866	110.50	110.50
13	—	579	120.00–145.00	135.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	141.00	141.00
12	—	630	142.00–154.50	151.26
5	—	417	156.00–166.00	160.75
8	—	464	145.00–155.00	149.46
3	—	373	156.00–163.00	160.69
6	—	750	143.50	143.50
18	—	564	136.00–160.00	146.20
14	—	662	145.00–148.00	146.15
3	—	325	167.00–187.00	175.43
11	—	526	143.00–153.50	148.46
2	—	920	128.00–133.00	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	127.00	127.00
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
2	—	510	100.00–117.00	108.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	510	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	121.00–132.00	127.31
8	—	719	113.00–128.00	122.05
2	—	428	135.00–149.00	141.88
4	—	992	80.00–100.00	84.99
2	—	635	125.00–132.00	128.47
2	—	820	103.00	103.00
6	—	564	129.00–136.00	132.17
3	—	335	159.00–178.00	171.67
3	—	460	143.00–150.00	145.31
2	—	385	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	120.00–125.00	122.54
7	—	416	130.00–145.00	137.15
4	—	625	115.00–120.00	117.54
6	—	777	90.00–112.00	103.09
2	—	683	104.00–112.00	108.01
3	—	375	121.00–152.00	140.09
6	—	458	123.00–141.00	130.00
2	—	565	111.00–120.00	115.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,075	47.50–51.50	49.66
18	—	1,321	59.00–68.50	62.83
22	—	1,229	52.00–58.00	55.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	33.00–37.00	34.95
10	—	1,067	40.00–48.00	44.69
12	—	1,105	50.50–56.00	53.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	60.00–68.00	62.91
3	—	1,408	56.00–58.50	57.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	74.00	74.00
4	—	1,766	90.00–95.50	92.21
6	—	1,748	86.00–88.50	87.50

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	77.00	77.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,112	975.00–1,000.00	991.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,178	50.00–51.00	50.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,145	53.00–73.00	60.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,147	850.00–1,260.00	1,154.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,076	700.00–1,000.00	857.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,054	54.50–67.00	61.44
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	60.00	60.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,355	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	800.00	800.00

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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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