Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The better feeder steers 9.00-20.00 higher and the plainer kind 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-20.00 higher mostly 7.00-15.00 higher. The offering included mostly weaned cattle with some being Value Added that sold for a premium. Good buyer attendance with active bidding. 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 $177.32/cwt on 1,108 head.

Average price

$177.32

1,108 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$462

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

$54.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.63

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	181.47	1,131	686
Medium and Large 2	532	171.24	911	98
Medium and Large 1-2	664	171.05	1,136	319
Medium and Large 3	527	126.92	669	5thin

One grade step is worth $54.55/cwt here — about $462 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 sale1,108 hd

177.32

—

AR average4 barns · 1,229 hd

175.69

+1.63

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

118 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 2Value Added	—	544	179.19/cwt	172.00–182.00	975	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	694	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,097	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	375	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	806	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	163.13/cwt	160.00–164.00	899	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	717	142.51/cwt	131.00–153.00	1,022	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	880	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	175.61/cwt	162.50–185.00	831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,447	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	206.94/cwt	188.00–215.00	886	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	155.89/cwt	153.00–161.00	973	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	167.57/cwt	160.00–169.50	1,046	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	175.65/cwt	160.00–193.00	748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	187.79/cwt	180.00–200.00	616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	200.70/cwt	186.00–213.00	1,046	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	151.96/cwt	139.00–159.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	158.01/cwt	156.00–159.00	1,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	213.45/cwt	210.00–217.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	133.30/cwt	120.00–147.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	160.34/cwt	152.00–164.00	1,098	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	180.06/cwt	170.00–195.00	682	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	567	162.56/cwt	162.00–163.50	922	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	156.41/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,024	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	165.66/cwt	159.00–178.00	870	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	138.77/cwt	129.00–149.00	1,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	978	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	544	165.00/cwt	164.00–167.00	898	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	162.11/cwt	157.00–163.00	958	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	380	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	167.36/cwt	160.00–169.50	1,148	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	736	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,141	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	160.89/cwt	155.00–167.75	1,255	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	167.65/cwt	165.00–169.00	976	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	429	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,248	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	161.21/cwt	153.00–164.50	1,170	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	209.42/cwt	192.00–219.00	982	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	215.81/cwt	192.00–227.00	811	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	164.87/cwt	154.00–165.75	1,192	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,291	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	175.23/cwt	165.00–182.00	1,104	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	520	207.38/cwt	202.00–211.00	1,078	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,063	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	610	164.25/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,002	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	607	186.10/cwt	185.50–187.00	1,130	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	185.70/cwt	167.00–195.00	1,060	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	481	197.71/cwt	181.00–207.00	951	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	567	192.74/cwt	192.50–193.00	1,093	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	176.68/cwt	164.00–182.75	1,095	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	200.00/cwt	199.00–202.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	190.69/cwt	180.00–213.00	709	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	195.00/cwt	191.00–203.00	817	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	153.35/cwt	141.00–159.00	958	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	138.33/cwt	133.00–144.00	841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	143.78/cwt	138.00–148.00	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	130.16/cwt	125.00–139.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	500	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	492	125.66/cwt	112.00–140.00	618	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	154.75/cwt	154.50–156.00	1,029	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	562	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	905	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	728	145.16/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,057	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	581	159.64/cwt	153.50–165.75	928	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	686	143.12/cwt	140.00–144.00	982	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	169.28/cwt	160.00–172.00	895	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	179.29/cwt	174.00–181.00	855	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	680	152.11/cwt	143.00–158.00	1,034	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	117.79/cwt	111.00–125.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	510	167.58/cwt	166.00–168.00	855	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	622	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	149.21/cwt	140.00–157.00	634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	526	173.67/cwt	168.00–175.50	914	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	145.43/cwt	142.00–149.00	970	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	149.36/cwt	140.00–157.00	929	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	421	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	758	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	601	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	950	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	430	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	178.51/cwt	176.00–182.00	857	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,019	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	168.04/cwt	147.00–174.00	881	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	482	157.92/cwt	152.00–161.00	761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	154.27/cwt	149.00–157.00	978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	148.48/cwt	147.00–150.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	177.84/cwt	157.00–187.00	772	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	149.14/cwt	145.00–152.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	140.88/cwt	137.00–150.00	728	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	172.07/cwt	151.00–182.00	638	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	170.34/cwt	157.00–182.00	821	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	156.24/cwt	143.00–168.00	903	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	907	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	135.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	154.00/cwt	147.00–168.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	750	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	832	136.24/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,134	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	146.95/cwt	138.00–154.00	692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	177.24/cwt	163.00–180.00	580	9

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	544	172.00–182.00	179.19
10	—	694	158.00	158.00
8	—	610	159.00–166.00	164.25
8	—	481	181.00–207.00	197.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	375	215.00	215.00
107	—	723	154.00–165.75	164.87
11	—	504	211.00	211.00
89	—	620	164.00–182.75	176.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	162.50–185.00	175.61
6	—	624	153.00–161.00	155.89
8	—	426	160.00–193.00	175.65
4	—	328	180.00–200.00	187.79
4	—	570	139.00–159.00	151.96
4	—	676	156.00–159.00	158.01
11	—	379	170.00–195.00	180.06
13	—	525	159.00–178.00	165.66
2	—	778	129.00–149.00	138.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	514	185.00	185.00
28	—	624	160.00–169.50	167.57
24	—	685	152.00–164.00	160.34
9	—	582	165.00–169.00	167.65
4	—	975	142.00	142.00
30	—	763	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	916	158.00	158.00
11	—	428	188.00–215.00	206.94
78	—	521	186.00–213.00	200.70
2	—	340	210.00–217.00	213.45
1	—	1,060	127.00	127.00
75	—	686	160.00–169.50	167.36
84	—	780	155.00–167.75	160.89
69	—	726	153.00–164.50	161.21
57	—	469	192.00–219.00	209.42
29	—	376	192.00–227.00	215.81
22	—	848	152.25	152.25
100	—	630	165.00–182.00	175.23
2	—	950	145.00	145.00
39	—	571	167.00–195.00	185.70
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	121.00	121.00
2	—	518	120.00–147.00	133.30
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	475	210.00	210.00
5	—	429	215.00	215.00
10	—	520	202.00–211.00	207.38
69	—	607	185.50–187.00	186.10
17	—	567	192.50–193.00	192.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	551	160.00–164.00	163.13
3	—	717	131.00–153.00	142.51
1	—	880	122.00	122.00
1	—	810	134.00	134.00
3	—	300	199.00–202.00	200.00
10	—	372	180.00–213.00	190.69
11	—	419	191.00–203.00	195.00
9	—	625	141.00–159.00	153.35
12	—	665	154.50–156.00	154.75
1	—	750	150.00	150.00
22	—	529	160.00–172.00	169.28
14	—	477	174.00–181.00	179.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	133.00–144.00	138.33
3	—	573	138.00–148.00	143.78
3	—	512	125.00–139.00	130.16
1	—	805	125.00	125.00
1	—	470	152.00	152.00
1	—	420	155.00	155.00
1	—	380	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	492	112.00–140.00	125.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	567	162.00–163.50	162.56
28	—	655	150.00–159.00	156.41
4	—	380	190.00	190.00
13	—	736	155.00	155.00
21	—	526	168.00–175.50	173.67
8	—	421	180.00	180.00
10	—	601	158.00	158.00
12	—	480	176.00–182.00	178.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	661	148.00	148.00
12	—	544	164.00–167.00	165.00
19	—	591	157.00–163.00	162.11
12	—	634	149.00–157.00	154.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	145.00	145.00
1	—	500	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	134.00	134.00
3	—	775	138.00	138.00
9	—	667	142.00–149.00	145.43
17	—	622	140.00–157.00	149.36
22	—	524	147.00–174.00	168.04
60	—	434	157.00–187.00	177.84
36	—	371	151.00–182.00	172.07
80	—	482	157.00–182.00	170.34
25	—	578	143.00–168.00	156.24
9	—	327	163.00–180.00	177.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	562	161.00	161.00
13	—	686	140.00–144.00	143.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	728	138.00–148.00	145.16
100	—	581	153.50–165.75	159.64
72	—	680	143.00–158.00	152.11
10	—	510	166.00–168.00	167.58
3	—	622	148.00	148.00
1	—	750	140.00	140.00
16	—	832	133.00–137.00	136.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
2	—	418	111.00–125.00	117.79
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
2	—	688	110.00	110.00
2	—	335	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	425	140.00–157.00	149.21
2	—	380	147.00–150.00	148.48
5	—	586	145.00–152.00	149.14
8	—	517	137.00–150.00	140.88
1	—	720	111.00	111.00
2	—	615	130.00–140.00	135.04
3	—	345	147.00–168.00	154.00
10	—	471	138.00–154.00	146.95
1	—	660	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	162.00	162.00
6	—	482	152.00–161.00	157.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	627	162.50	162.50
4	—	492	150.00	150.00
33	—	516	175.75	175.75

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