Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2022-06-08

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 8
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,352 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 1,253▼ 2,627 vs year ago 3,979 · −66.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
232 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 183▲ 70 vs year ago 162 · +43.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 40▲ 50 vs year ago 50 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers steady to 15.00 higher mostly 2.00-7.00 higher with the full advance on the better 550-650 lbs. Quality was mostly average to good. Stocker heifers 4.00-7.00 higher. Not enough slaughter cows observed for an accurate trend due to time. Slaughter bulls 4.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.13/cwt on 579 head.
Average price
$179.13
579 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$452
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$58.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.27
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545186.791,018340
Medium and Large 1-2584169.48989162
Medium and Large 2517167.6686673
Medium and Large 3440128.575664thin
One grade step is worth $58.22/cwt here — about $452 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 sale579 hd
179.13
—
AR average10 barns · 1,725 hd
171.86
+7.27
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,500113.211,69819
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39382.911,1552thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21478.749569thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05770.987505thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,028$1,6009
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)834$1,1354thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)798$1,0802thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)644$1,28113
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,148$1,1693thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 3—555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
SteersMedium and Large 3—460131.00/cwt131.00–131.006031
SteersMedium and Large 2—527165.51/cwt140.00–172.0087218
SteersMedium and Large 2—728141.97/cwt135.00–147.001,0343
SteersMedium and Large 2—420173.66/cwt165.00–191.007296
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323177.82/cwt165.00–189.0057423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414166.75/cwt160.00–175.0069030
HeifersMedium and Large 1—652140.00/cwt140.00–140.009132
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—634174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,10338
SteersMedium and Large 1—532189.47/cwt175.00–208.001,00831
SteersMedium and Large 1—833149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—437161.25/cwt160.00–163.0070523
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525162.52/cwt154.00–167.0085376
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382172.50/cwt164.00–179.0065921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—490155.00/cwt155.00–155.0076024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474166.46/cwt154.00–172.0078970
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—585146.50/cwt146.50–146.5085718
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330158.20/cwt150.00–166.005226
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369150.40/cwt135.00–165.0055510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675126.13/cwt109.00–140.008515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0581
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621144.32/cwt140.00–147.008964
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575155.28/cwt147.00–163.0089333
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520101.00/cwt101.00–101.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365134.00/cwt134.00–134.004891
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475152.90/cwt146.00–160.007267
SteersMedium and Large 3—373129.13/cwt125.00–133.004822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—577169.12/cwt162.00–187.0097670
SteersMedium and Large 2—376183.08/cwt175.00–190.006887
SteersMedium and Large 2—655157.26/cwt155.00–158.001,0304
SteersMedium and Large 2—627157.43/cwt150.00–165.009875
SteersMedium and Large 2—466172.22/cwt160.00–190.0080311
SteersMedium and Large 2—568166.39/cwt156.00–173.009458
SteersMedium and Large 1—708158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,11915
SteersMedium and Large 1—575182.68/cwt173.00–192.001,05048
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—487181.75/cwt179.00–191.0088544
SteersMedium and Large 2—829131.56/cwt120.00–138.001,0914
SteersMedium and Large 2—308191.85/cwt191.00–197.005917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—625163.95/cwt161.00–176.001,02525
SteersMedium and Large 1—619178.69/cwt169.00–185.001,10638
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—743153.10/cwt153.10–153.101,13823
SteersMedium and Large 1—481198.08/cwt184.00–211.0095369
SteersMedium and Large 1—335217.27/cwt215.00–218.0072812
SteersMedium and Large 1—421203.91/cwt193.00–216.0085839
SteersMedium and Large 1—680164.97/cwt164.50–166.001,12230
SteersMedium and Large 1—383204.14/cwt191.00–217.0078217
BullsMedium and Large 2—428152.80/cwt149.00–169.006549
BullsMedium and Large 1—466172.57/cwt160.00–191.0080410
BullsMedium and Large 1—320202.86/cwt200.00–206.006492
BullsMedium and Large 1—375199.00/cwt199.00–199.007461
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—600151.00/cwt151.00–151.009063
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—455123.00/cwt123.00–123.005601
CowsLean 85-90%—93564.00/cwt64.00–64.005981
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39382.91/cwt82.00–84.001,1552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24180.76/cwt78.00–84.501,0025
CowsLean 85-90%—90055.00/cwt55.00–55.004951
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15078.63/cwt76.00–81.509043
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18176.21/cwt74.00–78.009004
Bulls——1,369106.19/cwt100.00–111.001,4548
Bulls——1,12596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0802
Bulls——1,699123.28/cwt113.00–131.002,0959
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2—7981,080.09/head1,050.00–1,110.001,0802
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8341,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1354
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1481,168.94/head1,100.00–1,200.001,1693
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—6441,281.33/head1,100.00–1,450.001,28113
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—88885.85/cwt73.00–100.007622
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,0281,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6009
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,13084.00/cwt84.00–84.009491
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—88083.81/cwt80.00–100.007384
BullsMedium and Large 1—556160.81/cwt154.00–167.0089411
BullsMedium and Large 1—693153.78/cwt147.00–156.001,06612
BullsMedium and Large 2—382175.57/cwt160.00–183.006713
BullsMedium and Large 3—590109.99/cwt109.00–111.006492
BullsMedium and Large 1—410192.33/cwt182.00–200.007897
BullsMedium and Large 1—622162.58/cwt155.00–163.501,01122
BullsMedium and Large 2—822112.72/cwt109.00–114.0092715
BullsMedium and Large 3—402107.00/cwt107.00–107.004302
BullsMedium and Large 3—385115.10/cwt107.00–123.004432
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420149.30/cwt135.00–155.0062711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570139.33/cwt127.00–146.0079413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—614132.85/cwt130.00–136.008165
HeifersMedium and Large 3—605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 3—413120.04/cwt106.00–135.004963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open—660142.37/cwt142.00–144.0094017
HeifersMedium and Large 2—773119.89/cwt115.00–125.009272
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517139.67/cwt130.00–154.007229
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730124.00/cwt124.00–124.009051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—790136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0742
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—698145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—579160.44/cwt157.00–164.0092927
BullsMedium and Large 1—722137.07/cwt134.00–149.0099010
BullsMedium and Large 1—519165.35/cwt163.00–170.0085811
BullsMedium and Large 2—520147.47/cwt130.00–160.0076712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—619155.15/cwt145.00–179.0096046
HeifersMedium and Large 3—466118.93/cwt112.00–129.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330133.00/cwt133.00–133.004391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—574145.00/cwt145.00–145.008325
BullsMedium and Large 2—629137.17/cwt134.50–144.008636
BullsMedium and Large 2—700121.00/cwt121.00–121.008471
BullsMedium and Large 2—328164.56/cwt159.00–170.005403
BullsMedium and Large 2—567139.74/cwt130.00–150.007925
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—470132.00/cwt132.00–132.006202
BullsMedium and Large 3—338140.22/cwt130.00–150.004742
BullsMedium and Large 2—478157.26/cwt150.00–163.007527
BullsMedium and Large 2—687137.14/cwt123.00–149.0094210

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.