Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders for an accurate trend last week however there was a higher undertone. Slaughter cows 3.00-6.00 higher than last weeks light test. Not enough bulls for a trend last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.26/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$148.26

157 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$17.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.49

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	152.95	761	114
Medium and Large 2	484	135.81	657	43

One grade step is worth $17.14/cwt here — about $105 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 sale157 hd

148.26

—

AR average10 barns · 1,194 hd

141.77

+6.49

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	1,545	93.31	1,442	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,437	74.51	1,071	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	71.67	854	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,036	57.95	600	36

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	—	675	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	157.55/cwt	145.00–159.00	603	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	147.62/cwt	142.00–150.50	768	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	137.80/cwt	130.00–146.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	135.51/cwt	121.00–146.00	576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	154.18/cwt	144.00–159.00	735	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	169.49/cwt	155.00–173.00	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	149.18/cwt	143.00–156.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	171.14/cwt	164.00–175.00	806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	131.39/cwt	128.00–136.00	745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	136.15/cwt	120.00–144.00	719	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	191.56/cwt	177.00–203.00	898	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	157.58/cwt	154.50–159.00	961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	182.52/cwt	176.00–183.50	982	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	149.29/cwt	140.00–152.50	838	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	169.14/cwt	161.00–180.00	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	151.20/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,016	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	193.81/cwt	183.00–209.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,164	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	164.49/cwt	156.00–174.00	836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	176.34/cwt	162.00–180.00	980	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	199.37/cwt	195.00–204.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	169.67/cwt	159.00–174.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	191.80/cwt	190.00–200.00	781	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	152.15/cwt	147.00–154.00	887	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	164.22/cwt	149.00–172.00	851	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	178.48/cwt	173.00–185.00	755	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	168.79/cwt	165.00–170.00	800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	74.92/cwt	70.00–83.50	922	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	64.91/cwt	60.00–69.00	721	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	76.39/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,106	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	755	22.03/cwt	21.00–23.00	166	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	69.81/cwt	67.00–72.00	984	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	287	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	51.01/cwt	50.00–52.00	492	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	66.49/cwt	64.00–70.00	718	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	59.76/cwt	55.00–64.00	635	18
Bulls	—	—	1,373	72.44/cwt	66.00–79.00	995	2
Bulls	—	—	1,697	102.14/cwt	96.50–108.50	1,733	7
Bulls	—	—	1,366	88.30/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,206	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	71.41/cwt	66.00–75.00	823	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	1,092.58/cwt	1,060.00–1,125.00	11,013	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	77.93/cwt	66.00–93.00	705	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	96.65/cwt	93.00–100.00	918	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,023	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	813	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,893	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	940.84/cwt	900.00–975.00	11,365	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	1,028.04/cwt	875.00–1,250.00	12,758	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	964.53/cwt	750.00–1,160.00	10,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	845	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	997	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	143.97/cwt	138.00–148.00	847	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	146.24/cwt	145.00–148.00	992	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	148.15/cwt	145.00–150.00	919	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	162.84/cwt	147.00–168.50	697	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	957	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	162.00/cwt	140.00–168.00	753	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	180.93/cwt	176.00–185.00	695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	167.84/cwt	163.00–173.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	141.18/cwt	125.00–151.00	535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	143.80/cwt	138.00–147.00	466	4

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 Jan 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 423Last week 103Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 22Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 6Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	111.00	111.00
3	—	473	130.00–146.00	137.80
5	—	425	121.00–146.00	135.51
5	—	567	128.00–136.00	131.39
15	—	528	120.00–144.00	136.15
1	—	890	109.00	109.00
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
8	—	379	125.00–151.00	141.18
4	—	324	138.00–147.00	143.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	138.00	138.00
11	—	383	145.00–159.00	157.55
20	—	520	142.00–150.50	147.62
1	—	890	129.00	129.00
29	—	477	144.00–159.00	154.18
5	—	323	155.00–173.00	169.49
27	—	561	140.00–152.50	149.29
14	—	428	147.00–168.50	162.84
5	—	660	145.00	145.00
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	561	143.00–156.00	149.18
4	—	471	164.00–175.00	171.14
1	—	750	139.00	139.00
1	—	710	131.00	131.00
5	—	380	161.00–180.00	169.14
1	—	875	133.00	133.00
7	—	508	156.00–174.00	164.49
2	—	625	151.00	151.00
4	—	434	159.00–174.00	169.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	469	177.00–203.00	191.56
10	—	610	154.50–159.00	157.58
38	—	538	176.00–183.50	182.52
10	—	672	149.00–152.00	151.20
4	—	369	183.00–209.00	193.81
1	—	730	150.00	150.00
5	—	556	162.00–180.00	176.34
3	—	327	195.00–204.00	199.37
2	—	773	143.00	143.00
6	—	407	190.00–200.00	191.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	583	147.00–154.00	152.15
6	—	518	149.00–172.00	164.22
1	—	730	139.00	139.00
5	—	423	173.00–185.00	178.48
4	—	474	165.00–170.00	168.79
7	—	678	145.00–148.00	146.24
11	—	620	145.00–150.00	148.15
4	—	384	176.00–185.00	180.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	118.00	118.00
3	—	588	138.00–148.00	143.97
1	—	445	155.00	155.00
1	—	675	135.00	135.00
11	—	465	140.00–168.00	162.00
2	—	383	163.00–173.00	167.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,231	70.00–83.50	74.92
12	—	1,110	60.00–69.00	64.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,448	74.00–81.00	76.39
6	—	1,409	67.00–72.00	69.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	21.00–23.00	22.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	31.00	31.00
4	—	964	50.00–52.00	51.01
11	—	1,080	64.00–70.00	66.49
18	—	1,063	55.00–64.00	59.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	66.00–79.00	72.44
7	—	1,697	96.50–108.50	102.14
4	—	1,366	87.00–91.00	88.30

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,153	66.00–75.00	71.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	68.00	68.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	69.00	69.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,208	900.00–975.00	940.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,241	875.00–1,250.00	1,028.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	1,060.00–1,125.00	1,092.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	750.00–1,160.00	964.53
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	905	66.00–93.00	77.93
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	950	93.00–100.00	96.65
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	950.00	950.00

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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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

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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