Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mixed with the better kind steady to weak and the plainer kind 3.00-7.00 lower over 600 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on heavy supply. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.93/cwt on 778 head.

Average price

$154.93

778 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$26.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	159.87	835	337
Medium and Large 3	342	158.00	540	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	680	154.10	1,048	310
Medium and Large 2	544	146.45	797	104
Medium and Large 2-3	511	133.84	684	25

One grade step is worth $26.03/cwt here — about $150 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 sale778 hd

154.93

—

AR average8 barns · 2,199 hd

155.15

−0.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 3	—	473	107.44/cwt	102.00–110.00	508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	342	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	137.55/cwt	137.00–138.00	869	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	133.06/cwt	125.00–143.00	498	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	119.33/cwt	115.00–127.00	759	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	132.85/cwt	130.00–139.00	769	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	757	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	930	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	146.74/cwt	144.00–153.00	605	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	126.71/cwt	115.00–135.00	588	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,098	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	149.27/cwt	148.00–152.00	769	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	703	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	625	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	160.99/cwt	154.00–167.00	810	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	154.39/cwt	145.00–159.00	939	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	715	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	161.20/cwt	155.00–162.00	840	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	147.00/cwt	144.50–152.50	848	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	177.73/cwt	167.00–179.00	757	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	153.37/cwt	150.00–159.00	684	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	166.43/cwt	155.00–172.00	644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	156.85/cwt	156.85–156.85	1,269	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	148.30/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,007	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	607	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	829	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	151.79/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,070	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	147.15/cwt	136.00–158.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	893	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	165.81/cwt	160.00–173.00	763	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	153.29/cwt	145.00–165.00	852	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	179.17/cwt	176.00–180.00	649	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	713	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	829	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	165.45/cwt	155.00–172.00	713	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	147.66/cwt	143.00–157.00	765	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	472	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	125.00/cwt	120.00–135.00	710	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	136.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	647	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	124.75/cwt	118.00–130.00	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	190.79/cwt	187.00–195.00	614	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	157.79/cwt	150.00–164.00	581	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	888	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	177.06/cwt	170.00–181.00	660	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	602	135.32/cwt	132.00–137.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	149.47/cwt	143.00–155.00	474	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	148.73/cwt	139.00–151.00	711	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	718	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	661	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	705	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	131.85/cwt	120.00–141.00	687	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	703	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	658	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	144.53/cwt	136.00–155.00	620	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	159.79/cwt	154.00–161.00	732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	143.68/cwt	130.00–147.85	665	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	152.95/cwt	143.00–155.00	590	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	121.46/cwt	115.00–133.00	634	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	628	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	673	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	855	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	123.56/cwt	120.00–127.00	717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	137.89/cwt	132.00–144.00	728	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	152.04/cwt	150.00–156.00	482	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	638	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	852	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	132.10/cwt	124.00–135.00	801	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	131.17/cwt	130.00–132.00	697	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	131.16/cwt	122.00–140.00	560	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	115.10/cwt	114.50–116.00	552	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	481	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	143.02/cwt	141.00–145.00	871	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	593	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	771	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	141.51/cwt	133.00–145.00	444	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	121.75/cwt	115.00–125.00	819	6

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 →

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

Receipts 2,049Last week 587Year ago 2,077

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	102.00–110.00	107.44
3	—	432	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	374	125.00–143.00	133.06
17	—	636	115.00–127.00	119.33
15	—	464	115.00–135.00	126.71
31	—	522	115.00–133.00	121.46
5	—	580	120.00–127.00	123.56
2	—	775	110.00–115.00	112.48
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
28	—	427	122.00–140.00	131.16
8	—	314	133.00–145.00	141.51
6	—	673	115.00–125.00	121.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	579	130.00–139.00	132.85
26	—	412	144.00–153.00	146.74
1	—	650	128.00	128.00
72	—	478	139.00–151.00	148.73
53	—	386	143.00–155.00	152.95
23	—	528	132.00–144.00	137.89
14	—	317	150.00–156.00	152.04
10	—	606	124.00–135.00	132.10
1	—	785	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	125.00	125.00
17	—	593	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	720	120.00	120.00
3	—	673	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	550	127.75	127.75
105	—	463	130.00–147.85	143.68
43	—	531	130.00–132.00	131.17
9	—	637	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	129.00	129.00
12	—	638	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	133.00	133.00
5	—	740	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	480	114.50–116.00	115.10
7	—	408	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	120.00	120.00
11	—	632	137.00–138.00	137.55
1	—	735	138.00	138.00
2	—	930	130.00	130.00
49	—	515	148.00–152.00	149.27
5	—	783	131.50	131.50
5	—	575	142.00	142.00
2	—	680	130.00–135.00	132.50
16	—	446	150.00–159.00	153.37
5	—	387	155.00–172.00	166.43
4	—	469	136.00–158.00	147.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	342	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	473	160.00	160.00
7	—	719	139.00	139.00
60	—	521	155.00–162.00	161.20
58	—	577	144.50–152.50	147.00
150	—	809	156.85	156.85
4	—	638	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	139.00	139.00
109	—	503	154.00–167.00	160.99
12	—	608	145.00–159.00	154.39
42	—	426	167.00–179.00	177.73
16	—	679	145.00–152.50	148.30
13	—	705	142.00–157.00	151.79
2	—	305	187.00	187.00
36	—	460	160.00–173.00	165.81
22	—	556	145.00–165.00	153.29
22	—	362	176.00–180.00	179.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	495	142.00	142.00
8	—	577	124.00	124.00
5	—	445	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	607	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	609	141.00–145.00	143.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	502	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	628	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	431	155.00–172.00	165.45
25	—	518	143.00–157.00	147.66
6	—	322	187.00–195.00	190.79
3	—	663	134.00	134.00
4	—	556	136.00	136.00
13	—	373	170.00–181.00	177.06
3	—	602	132.00–137.00	135.32
6	—	458	154.00–161.00	159.79
1	—	705	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	139.00	139.00
2	—	520	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	568	120.00–135.00	125.00
7	—	474	135.00–140.00	136.44
5	—	627	118.00–130.00	124.75
7	—	368	150.00–164.00	157.79
1	—	720	112.00	112.00
6	—	317	143.00–155.00	149.47
4	—	661	125.00	125.00
7	—	521	120.00–141.00	131.85
8	—	429	136.00–155.00	144.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	705	93.00	93.00

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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