Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 700 lbs steady to 4.00 higher instances 10.00-15.00 higher with quality better than last week with several groups of weaned cattle. Not enough feeder steers over 700 lbs for a trend last week. Stocker heifers under 600 lbs mostly 2.00-7.00 higher instances 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.25/cwt on 303 head.

Average price

$175.25

303 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,065

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$446

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

$71.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.07

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	189.31	1,048	119
Medium and Large 1-2	665	167.15	1,112	155
Medium and Large 2	527	163.95	864	27
Medium and Large 3	510	118.00	602	2thin

One grade step is worth $71.31/cwt here — about $446 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 sale303 hd

175.25

—

AR average9 barns · 1,302 hd

178.32

−3.07

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	1,635	102.74	1,680	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	72.43	853	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,508	70.49	1,063	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	56.47	571	30

Every lot, as filed

86 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 3	—	655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	142.54/cwt	126.00–150.00	676	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	138.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	142.71/cwt	136.00–155.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	164.58/cwt	149.00–170.00	877	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	172.82/cwt	160.00–180.00	556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	168.78/cwt	159.00–176.00	636	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	163.91/cwt	153.00–169.50	770	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	163.20/cwt	159.00–166.00	679	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	828	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	144.82/cwt	143.50–150.00	992	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	165.68/cwt	151.00–171.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	153.46/cwt	149.50–155.00	1,255	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	186.02/cwt	174.00–200.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	168.80/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,133	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	213.63/cwt	210.00–216.00	726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	173.71/cwt	165.00–174.50	985	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	212.37/cwt	210.00–220.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	209.35/cwt	200.00–216.00	873	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	195.87/cwt	180.00–203.00	1,034	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	178.12/cwt	170.00–185.00	734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,208	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,212	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,104	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	209.87/cwt	185.00–220.00	974	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	178.12/cwt	160.00–182.00	1,095	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	168.67/cwt	165.00–175.00	874	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	180.50/cwt	170.00–200.00	760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	156.87/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,049	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	179.93/cwt	170.00–186.00	835	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	63.85/cwt	56.00–68.00	687	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	66.58/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,079	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	71.97/cwt	67.00–77.00	828	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	705	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	197	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	758	36.59/cwt	35.00–38.00	277	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	73.43/cwt	71.50–76.50	1,046	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	52.32/cwt	47.00–59.00	509	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	74.07/cwt	72.50–76.00	752	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	36.43/cwt	34.00–40.00	370	3
Bulls	—	—	1,306	87.81/cwt	81.00–94.00	1,147	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	63.96/cwt	57.00–68.00	750	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	79.65/cwt	76.50–82.00	981	8
Bulls	—	—	1,893	115.74/cwt	110.00–123.00	2,191	8
Bulls	—	—	1,626	101.30/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,647	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	890	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,785	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	16,033	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,546	1,714.58/cwt	1,500.00–1,850.00	26,507	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	1,615.09/cwt	1,500.00–1,650.00	18,396	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	85.78/cwt	82.00–95.00	915	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	74.83/cwt	66.00–81.00	810	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	62.29/cwt	57.00–68.00	628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	131.51/cwt	131.00–132.00	491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	159.67/cwt	156.00–164.00	979	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	142.28/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,032	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	144.53/cwt	142.00–147.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	656	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	974	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	162.13/cwt	150.00–175.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	160.47/cwt	156.00–165.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	162.41/cwt	150.00–169.00	939	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	554	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	860	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	508	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	787	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	628	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	929	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	851	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,119	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	890	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	142.89/cwt	139.00–147.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	1

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 May 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 649Last week 520Year ago 268

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 156Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 85Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	105.00	105.00
4	—	890	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	650	133.00	133.00
9	—	563	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	126.00–150.00	142.54
1	—	310	153.00	153.00
1	—	755	121.00	121.00
5	—	591	130.00–140.00	138.05
4	—	421	136.00–155.00	142.71
2	—	365	139.00–147.00	142.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	533	149.00–170.00	164.58
10	—	322	160.00–180.00	172.82
9	—	377	159.00–176.00	168.78
16	—	470	153.00–169.50	163.91
15	—	416	159.00–166.00	163.20
2	—	578	142.00–147.00	144.53
1	—	750	133.00	133.00
1	—	735	130.00	130.00
1	—	640	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	656	148.50	148.50
49	—	554	155.25	155.25
13	—	508	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	148.00	148.00
4	—	851	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	169.00	169.00
1	—	395	181.00	181.00
6	—	685	143.50–150.00	144.82
6	—	518	151.00–171.00	165.68
3	—	322	174.00–200.00	186.02
1	—	600	158.00	158.00
1	—	585	162.00	162.00
1	—	790	136.00	136.00
1	—	720	131.00	131.00
6	—	412	170.00–185.00	178.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	818	149.50–155.00	153.46
9	—	340	210.00–216.00	213.63
7	—	373	210.00–220.00	212.37
10	—	417	200.00–216.00	209.35
23	—	528	180.00–203.00	195.87
2	—	945	134.00	134.00
21	—	653	169.00	169.00
19	—	464	185.00–220.00	209.87
17	—	615	160.00–182.00	178.12
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	671	168.00–170.00	168.80
52	—	567	165.00–174.50	173.71
25	—	795	152.00	152.00
21	—	737	164.50	164.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	120.00	120.00
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
8	—	518	165.00–175.00	168.67
4	—	421	170.00–200.00	180.50
11	—	669	155.00–159.00	156.87
11	—	464	170.00–186.00	179.93
6	—	613	156.00–164.00	159.67
4	—	725	141.00–146.00	142.28
1	—	325	200.00	200.00
7	—	578	150.00–169.00	162.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	131.00–132.00	131.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	150.00	150.00
3	—	487	164.00	164.00
1	—	435	147.00	147.00
3	—	368	150.00–175.00	162.13
2	—	323	156.00–165.00	160.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,076	56.00–68.00	63.85
6	—	973	47.00–59.00	52.32
2	—	1,015	72.50–76.00	74.07
3	—	1,017	34.00–40.00	36.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,620	65.00–69.00	66.58
4	—	1,424	71.50–76.50	73.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,151	67.00–77.00	71.97
6	—	1,172	57.00–68.00	63.96
8	—	1,232	76.50–82.00	79.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	28.00	28.00
2	—	758	35.00–38.00	36.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	81.00–94.00	87.81
8	—	1,893	110.00–123.00	115.74
10	—	1,626	95.00–107.00	101.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	890	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	945	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,083	66.00–81.00	74.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,008	57.00–68.00	62.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,546	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,714.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,139	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,615.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	82.00–95.00	85.78

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

Steers · 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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle