Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 9.00-17.00 higher. Feeder heifers 7.00-11.00 higher. The offering included several groups of weaned calves. Report based on the first 2100 head of sale due to time. Cows and bulls not reported.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.11/cwt on 998 head.

Average price

$163.11

998 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$183

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

$24.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.50

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	178.58	959	366
Medium and Large 2	524	154.73	811	86
Medium and Large 1-2	741	154.06	1,142	546

One grade step is worth $24.51/cwt here — about −$183 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 sale998 hd

163.11

—

AR average5 barns · 1,476 hd

160.61

+2.50

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,275	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	142.31/cwt	140.00–143.50	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	799	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,107	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	391	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	661	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,321	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	163.05/cwt	154.00–180.00	589	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	168.96/cwt	150.00–170.50	951	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	175.27/cwt	172.00–177.00	866	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	152.40/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,149	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	168.44/cwt	160.00–180.00	547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	153.63/cwt	134.00–159.00	803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	151.76/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,073	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	162.77/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,084	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	166.97/cwt	150.00–177.00	693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,030	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,174	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	657	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,091	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	638	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,192	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	155.69/cwt	154.75–158.00	1,289	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	191.73/cwt	172.00–207.00	903	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	193.96/cwt	175.00–209.00	739	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	305	216.72/cwt	210.00–220.00	661	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	154.20/cwt	152.00–155.00	942	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	149.50/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,000	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	163.53/cwt	158.00–176.00	832	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	174.20/cwt	159.00–183.00	908	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	156.86/cwt	147.00–162.00	976	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	731	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,111	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	361	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	773	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	194.00/cwt	175.00–213.00	830	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	167.30/cwt	155.00–177.00	969	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	679	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	971	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	887	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	497	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	502	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	155.47/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,122	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	444	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	640	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	981	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	148.68/cwt	137.00–151.00	867	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	140.67/cwt	138.00–143.00	881	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	722	136.29/cwt	133.00–145.00	984	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	444	179.55/cwt	175.00–189.00	797	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	177.15/cwt	165.00–183.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	141.00/cwt	139.00–142.00	955	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	162.39/cwt	155.00–170.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	767	138.69/cwt	129.00–147.00	1,064	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	843	141.75/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,195	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	165.00/cwt	154.00–184.00	792	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	138.98/cwt	135.00–143.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	155.50/cwt	151.00–160.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	700	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	588	144.07/cwt	137.00–150.00	847	116
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	158.37/cwt	151.00–165.00	825	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	930	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,190	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	669	156.14/cwt	140.00–156.60	1,045	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	133.13/cwt	120.00–135.00	648	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	620	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	918	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	149.52/cwt	143.00–160.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	965	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	585	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	145.88/cwt	140.00–147.00	705	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	124.50/cwt	122.00–130.00	772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	677	134.60/cwt	134.60–134.60	911	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	896	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,232	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	148.32/cwt	144.50–154.00	1,301	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	468	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	159.90/cwt	156.00–165.00	518	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	162.21/cwt	155.00–170.00	770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	142.35/cwt	140.00–152.00	830	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	159.45/cwt	145.00–167.00	615	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	532	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	139.81/cwt	134.00–152.00	433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	137.91/cwt	130.00–142.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	956	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	331	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	606	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	140.79/cwt	140.00–144.00	933	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	748	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	134.88/cwt	125.00–142.00	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	153.90/cwt	140.00–158.50	731	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	144.49/cwt	134.00–154.00	822	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	142.86/cwt	132.00–149.00	743	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	124.44/cwt	121.00–128.00	850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	792	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	128.62/cwt	120.00–138.00	660	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	138.45/cwt	133.00–140.00	864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	156.82/cwt	149.00–160.00	682	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	147.18/cwt	140.00–152.50	777	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	118.44/cwt	110.00–127.00	436	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 Dec 1, 2021

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

Receipts 3,631Last week 1,039Year ago 884

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	828	154.00	154.00
3	—	930	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,058	132.50	132.50
5	—	754	152.00–154.00	152.40
19	—	666	160.00–164.00	162.77
47	—	471	172.00–207.00	191.73
15	—	381	175.00–209.00	193.96
67	—	521	159.00–183.00	174.20
12	—	622	147.00–162.00	156.86
40	—	428	175.00–213.00	194.00
39	—	579	155.00–177.00	167.30
19	—	722	149.00–159.00	155.47
1	—	300	190.00	190.00
10	—	877	144.50–154.00	148.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	140.00–143.50	142.31
15	—	799	138.50	138.50
14	—	361	154.00–180.00	163.05
3	—	325	160.00–180.00	168.44
11	—	523	134.00–159.00	153.63
14	—	415	150.00–177.00	166.97
12	—	475	155.00–170.00	162.21
12	—	583	140.00–152.00	142.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	563	150.00–170.50	168.96
23	—	494	172.00–177.00	175.27
50	—	707	146.00–152.00	151.76
3	—	783	145.00	145.00
6	—	648	159.00	159.00
8	—	1,186	99.00	99.00
20	—	1,204	99.00	99.00
238	—	828	154.75–158.00	155.69
14	—	669	146.00–152.00	149.50
16	—	509	158.00–176.00	163.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	657	166.00	166.00
3	—	638	163.50	163.50
12	—	305	210.00–220.00	216.72
29	—	361	214.00	214.00
3	—	455	195.00	195.00
6	—	444	199.50	199.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	611	152.00–155.00	154.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	679	143.00	143.00
62	—	640	153.25	153.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	502	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	391	169.00	169.00
2	—	532	147.00	147.00
18	—	637	150.00	150.00
33	—	331	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	767	129.00–147.00	138.69
8	—	843	138.00–143.00	141.75
3	—	930	128.00	128.00
157	—	669	140.00–156.60	156.14
7	—	620	148.00	148.00
8	—	896	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	123.00	123.00
1	—	670	134.00	134.00
1	—	965	119.00	119.00
3	—	585	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	588	137.00–150.00	144.07
40	—	677	134.60	134.60
3	—	792	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	487	120.00–135.00	133.13
8	—	620	122.00–130.00	124.50
3	—	310	134.00–152.00	139.81
3	—	372	130.00–142.00	137.91
10	—	598	125.00	125.00
12	—	428	125.00–142.00	134.88
2	—	683	121.00–128.00	124.44
19	—	513	120.00–138.00	128.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	483	140.00–147.00	145.88
3	—	323	145.00	145.00
73	—	520	132.00–149.00	142.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	324	156.00–165.00	159.90
41	—	386	145.00–167.00	159.45
1	—	750	124.00	124.00
5	—	663	140.00–144.00	140.79
48	—	475	140.00–158.50	153.90
34	—	569	134.00–154.00	144.49
7	—	624	133.00–140.00	138.45
31	—	435	149.00–160.00	156.82
41	—	528	140.00–152.50	147.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	110.00–127.00	118.44
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	583	137.00–151.00	148.68
9	—	626	138.00–143.00	140.67
6	—	722	133.00–145.00	136.29
5	—	444	175.00–189.00	179.55
4	—	384	165.00–183.00	177.15
3	—	677	139.00–142.00	141.00
9	—	480	154.00–184.00	165.00
1	—	805	124.00	124.00
21	—	521	151.00–165.00	158.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	160.00	160.00
2	—	330	155.00–170.00	162.39
2	—	553	135.00–143.00	138.98
2	—	470	151.00–160.00	155.50
1	—	635	135.00	135.00
4	—	430	143.00–160.00	149.52

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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