Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher over 550 lbs 3.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 higher except the better 350-400 lbs 6.00 lower. Had some gray Brahman replacement heifers in the feeder sale that sold per head. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough slaughter bulls for an accurate trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.64/cwt on 240 head.

Average price

$151.64

240 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$20.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.71

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	156.19	820	87
Medium and Large 1-2	505	153.67	776	113
Medium and Large 2	505	136.05	686	40

One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $133 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 sale240 hd

151.64

—

AR average10 barns · 1,456 hd

149.93

+1.71

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	1,643	108.64	1,785	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,419	85.91	1,219	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,183	80.85	956	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	60.64	595	24

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1Guaranteed Open	—	744	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	997	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	750	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	639	148.56/cwt	147.00–149.00	949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	148.74/cwt	135.00–156.00	488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	152.80/cwt	143.00–159.50	792	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	603	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	886	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	158.75/cwt	153.00–161.00	816	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	1,065	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	752	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	12,408	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	161.32/cwt	155.00–166.00	598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	164.45/cwt	154.00–170.50	801	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	178.52/cwt	172.00–190.00	760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	182.02/cwt	180.00–183.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	163.05/cwt	156.00–174.00	942	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	182.78/cwt	167.00–187.00	674	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	207.20/cwt	186.00–224.00	881	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,102	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	754	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,037	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	165.67/cwt	155.00–182.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	154.00/cwt	145.00–156.00	942	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	183.48/cwt	178.00–186.50	1,073	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	193.80/cwt	188.00–200.00	1,012	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,006	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	191.61/cwt	185.00–194.50	931	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	166.60/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,038	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	143.67/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,034	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	197.97/cwt	194.00–200.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	767	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,116	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	152.99/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,059	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	215.64/cwt	210.00–221.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	917	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	133.74/cwt	132.00–139.00	976	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	872	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	53.11/cwt	46.00–59.00	506	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	85.77/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,065	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	76.07/cwt	72.00–82.00	838	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	66.85/cwt	60.00–71.00	664	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	30.92/cwt	28.00–34.00	274	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	88.21/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,260	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,098	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	76.42/cwt	72.00–80.00	863	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	683	30.36/cwt	28.00–33.00	207	2
Bulls	—	—	1,265	85.21/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,078	2
Bulls	—	—	1,879	121.51/cwt	118.00–125.00	2,283	4
Bulls	—	—	1,455	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,513	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	756	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	577	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	84.61/cwt	80.00–89.00	946	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	176.03/cwt	169.00–180.00	643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	835	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	850	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	172.96/cwt	171.00–175.00	816	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	143.00/cwt	139.00–145.00	897	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	144.57/cwt	140.00–149.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	664	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	847	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	163.77/cwt	153.00–167.00	676	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	152.19/cwt	139.00–160.50	864	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	128.48/cwt	125.00–132.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	158.19/cwt	156.50–165.00	702	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	143.31/cwt	135.00–158.00	603	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	140.55/cwt	139.00–145.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.93/cwt	140.00–145.00	528	5

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 Mar 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 615Last week 549Year ago 903

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 168Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 25Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	744	134.00	134.00
2	—	750	138.00	138.00
9	—	639	147.00–149.00	148.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	150.00	150.00
10	—	514	153.00–161.00	158.75
5	—	371	155.00–166.00	161.32
4	—	654	145.00	145.00
12	—	487	154.00–170.50	164.45
1	—	310	179.00	179.00
22	—	413	153.00–167.00	163.77
16	—	568	139.00–160.50	152.19
1	—	880	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	135.00–156.00	148.74
1	—	880	110.00	110.00
1	—	640	131.00	131.00
2	—	715	115.00	115.00
2	—	533	125.00–132.00	128.48
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
11	—	421	135.00–158.00	143.31
6	—	472	139.00–145.00	140.55
5	—	375	140.00–145.00	140.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	518	143.00–159.50	152.80
10	—	369	163.50	163.50
24	—	611	145.00	145.00
6	—	452	160.00	160.00
25	—	444	156.50–165.00	158.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	1,200.00	1,200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	752	1,650.00	1,650.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	664	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	426	172.00–190.00	178.52
3	—	342	180.00–183.00	182.02
13	—	578	156.00–174.00	163.05
11	—	369	167.00–187.00	182.78
6	—	678	150.00	150.00
2	—	480	146.00	146.00
10	—	754	137.50	137.50
3	—	518	155.00–182.00	165.67
9	—	612	145.00–156.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	425	186.00–224.00	207.20
7	—	585	178.00–186.50	183.48
7	—	522	188.00–200.00	193.80
3	—	757	143.00–144.00	143.67
6	—	608	170.00	170.00
3	—	450	207.00	207.00
3	—	385	194.00–200.00	197.97
3	—	692	150.00–155.00	152.99
4	—	324	210.00–221.00	215.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	195.00	195.00
6	—	689	160.00	160.00
9	—	565	178.00	178.00
5	—	519	188.00	188.00
48	—	486	185.00–194.50	191.61
26	—	623	165.00–167.00	166.60
10	—	406	189.00	189.00
9	—	734	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	601	152.50	152.50
10	—	480	174.00	174.00
17	—	506	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	175.00	175.00
2	—	308	190.00	190.00
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
4	—	730	132.00–139.00	133.74
2	—	525	166.00	166.00
6	—	472	171.00–175.00	172.96
5	—	627	139.00–145.00	143.00
2	—	680	140.00–149.00	144.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	121.00	121.00
1	—	515	152.00	152.00
1	—	470	135.00	135.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	325	169.00	169.00
3	—	365	169.00–180.00	176.03
2	—	582	149.00	149.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	953	46.00–59.00	53.11
7	—	1,101	72.00–82.00	76.07
8	—	994	60.00–71.00	66.85
2	—	885	28.00–34.00	30.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,242	82.00–90.00	85.77
10	—	1,129	72.00–80.00	76.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	86.00–90.00	88.21
1	—	1,390	79.00	79.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	28.00–33.00	30.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	84.00–87.00	85.21
4	—	1,879	118.00–125.00	121.51
1	—	1,455	104.00	104.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	76.00	76.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	78.00	78.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,118	80.00–89.00	84.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	900.00	900.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

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