Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 10.00 higher mostly 3.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00-12.00 higher mostly 5.00-9.00 higher. The offering was mostly weaned cattle with some being value added that sold for a premium. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.49/cwt on 814 head.

Average price

$169.49

814 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$667

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

$44.44/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	627	172.16	1,079	474
Medium and Large 1-2	586	168.47	988	254
Medium and Large 2	522	158.89	830	83
Medium and Large 3	323	127.72	413	3thin

One grade step is worth $44.44/cwt here — about $667 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 sale814 hd

169.49

—

AR average8 barns · 2,710 hd

169.85

−0.36

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

109 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 1-2	—	571	166.79/cwt	159.00–172.00	952	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	194.66/cwt	179.00–208.00	930	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	170.25/cwt	168.00–172.50	928	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	903	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	770	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	168.74/cwt	159.00–178.00	1,050	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	910	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	147.00/cwt	143.00–149.00	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	127.72/cwt	125.00–129.00	413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	164.02/cwt	151.00–179.00	697	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	148.32/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,000	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	157.96/cwt	143.00–163.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	185.65/cwt	181.00–191.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	166.42/cwt	161.00–170.00	779	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	178.41/cwt	165.00–187.00	687	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	586	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	156.53/cwt	156.00–157.00	806	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	151.79/cwt	142.00–159.50	862	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	152.06/cwt	147.00–160.00	880	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	467	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	817	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	643	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	159.05/cwt	153.00–168.00	757	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	202.34/cwt	193.00–209.00	775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	184.15/cwt	170.00–197.00	959	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	198.51/cwt	185.00–209.00	842	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	205.12/cwt	196.00–209.00	679	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	174.24/cwt	170.00–176.00	981	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	154.14/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,045	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	554	188.57/cwt	188.00–189.00	1,045	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	614	170.41/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,046	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	150.00/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,097	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	157.20/cwt	150.00–159.75	1,071	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	175.37/cwt	165.00–188.00	1,008	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	201.75/cwt	198.00–204.00	960	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	524	192.93/cwt	187.00–199.00	1,011	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	758	159.59/cwt	159.00–159.75	1,210	161
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	570	160.13/cwt	153.00–165.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,077	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	165.14/cwt	163.50–166.50	1,052	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	198.25/cwt	197.00–200.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	190.51/cwt	181.00–200.00	711	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	166.61/cwt	163.00–177.00	866	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	177.49/cwt	173.00–183.00	744	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	137.50/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,049	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	332	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	161.37/cwt	150.00–174.00	616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	808	129.61/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,047	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	175.03/cwt	162.00–191.00	819	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	159.16/cwt	150.00–169.00	745	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	135.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	875	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	127.44/cwt	120.00–135.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	634	146.75/cwt	143.00–148.75	930	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	143.75/cwt	137.00–151.00	909	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	719	132.69/cwt	122.00–141.00	954	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	151.14/cwt	141.00–166.00	852	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	135.68/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,071	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.33/cwt	131.00–144.00	938	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,048	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	719	130.69/cwt	126.00–133.50	940	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	683	140.49/cwt	138.00–146.50	960	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,073	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	595	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	931	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	720	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	965	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	159.65/cwt	142.00–167.00	739	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	147.11/cwt	140.00–154.25	933	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	155.57/cwt	154.50–156.50	902	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	893	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	156.20/cwt	156.00–156.50	906	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	145.33/cwt	145.00–146.00	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	754	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	129.00/cwt	128.00–129.50	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	160.21/cwt	142.00–168.00	682	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	140.46/cwt	127.00–154.00	447	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	154.61/cwt	139.00–159.00	804	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	856	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	149.44/cwt	140.00–153.00	797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	167.75/cwt	147.00–175.00	540	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	167.85/cwt	158.00–171.00	626	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	125.13/cwt	115.00–135.00	701	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	127.77/cwt	115.00–135.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	134.21/cwt	128.00–140.00	624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	138.00/cwt	130.00–142.00	588	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	128.33/cwt	120.00–137.00	648	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	767	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,012	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	143.17/cwt	129.00–150.00	560	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	126.85/cwt	120.00–133.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	123.46/cwt	122.00–125.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	160.17/cwt	151.00–166.00	577	11

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 1,879Last week 592Year ago 2,063

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	571	159.00–172.00	166.79
20	—	545	168.00–172.50	170.25
36	—	491	184.00	184.00
13	—	405	190.00	190.00
4	—	925	144.00	144.00
4	—	722	145.00	145.00
25	—	678	152.00–155.00	154.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	478	179.00–208.00	194.66
40	—	622	159.00–178.00	168.74
1	—	790	143.00	143.00
8	—	383	193.00–209.00	202.34
35	—	521	170.00–197.00	184.15
25	—	424	185.00–209.00	198.51
8	—	331	196.00–209.00	205.12
19	—	731	149.00–155.00	150.00
43	—	681	150.00–159.75	157.20
51	—	575	165.00–188.00	175.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	134.00	134.00
3	—	630	143.00–149.00	147.00
10	—	425	151.00–179.00	164.02
10	—	674	140.00–151.00	148.32
4	—	516	143.00–163.00	157.96
4	—	326	181.00–191.00	185.65
8	—	385	165.00–187.00	178.41
19	—	579	147.00–160.00	152.06
18	—	476	153.00–168.00	159.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	125.00–129.00	127.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	563	170.00–176.00	174.24
2	—	725	147.00	147.00
17	—	665	162.00	162.00
45	—	637	163.50–166.50	165.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	554	188.00–189.00	188.57
12	—	614	170.00–171.00	170.41
11	—	476	198.00–204.00	201.75
6	—	524	187.00–199.00	192.93
161	—	758	159.00–159.75	159.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	153.00–165.00	160.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	622	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	468	161.00–170.00	166.42
2	—	505	160.00	160.00
3	—	643	146.50	146.50
36	—	580	154.50–156.50	155.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	586	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	515	156.00–157.00	156.53
22	—	580	156.00–156.50	156.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	568	142.00–159.50	151.79
9	—	789	133.00–136.00	135.68
41	—	463	142.00–167.00	159.65
1	—	810	134.00	134.00
28	—	634	140.00–154.25	147.11
6	—	673	145.00–146.00	145.33
3	—	718	128.00–129.50	129.00
65	—	426	142.00–168.00	160.21
87	—	520	139.00–159.00	154.61
16	—	322	147.00–175.00	167.75
11	—	360	151.00–166.00	160.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	467	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	130.00	130.00
20	—	634	143.00–148.75	146.75
22	—	683	138.00–146.50	140.49
5	—	795	135.00	135.00
10	—	595	156.50	156.50
2	—	720	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	110.00	110.00
13	—	719	126.00–133.50	130.69
15	—	767	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	133.50	133.50
7	—	479	157.50	157.50
6	—	424	159.00	159.00
20	—	567	151.00	151.00
11	—	533	140.00–153.00	149.44
13	—	373	158.00–171.00	167.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	318	127.00–154.00	140.46
2	—	685	120.00–125.00	122.48
10	—	560	115.00–135.00	125.13
6	—	465	128.00–140.00	134.21
15	—	426	130.00–142.00	138.00
8	—	505	120.00–137.00	128.33
12	—	391	129.00–150.00	143.17
3	—	627	120.00–133.00	126.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	115.00–135.00	127.77
1	—	450	110.00	110.00
1	—	510	122.00	122.00
2	—	365	122.00–125.00	123.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	627	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	125.00	125.00
4	—	332	197.00–200.00	198.25
7	—	373	181.00–200.00	190.51
13	—	520	163.00–177.00	166.61
6	—	419	173.00–183.00	177.49
2	—	763	136.00–139.00	137.50
9	—	808	121.00–132.00	129.61
20	—	468	162.00–191.00	175.03
16	—	632	137.00–151.00	143.75
8	—	719	122.00–141.00	132.69
20	—	564	141.00–166.00	151.14
21	—	673	131.00–144.00	139.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	140.00	140.00
6	—	382	150.00–174.00	161.37
1	—	545	143.00	143.00
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
9	—	468	150.00–169.00	159.16
2	—	570	130.00–140.00	135.00
2	—	625	120.00–135.00	127.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	332	120.00	120.00

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