Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2022-06-15

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 15
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
869 vs last sale 1,352 303 vs year ago 786 · 38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
107 vs last sale 232 70 vs year ago 195 · 35.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
83 vs last sale 100 9 vs year ago 26 · 34.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 650 lbs steady to 4.00 lower except the better 500-550 lbs 3.00 higher on a light test in most classes. Stocker heifers mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher than the few reported last week. Not enough slaughter bulls for a trend. Light run due to heat and farmers busy in the hay fields.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.98/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$147.98
191 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.66
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499159.1679450
Medium and Large 1-2552150.5383145
Medium and Large 2474142.9967789
Medium and Large 3458115.165287thin
One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $266 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 sale191 hd
147.98
AR average9 barns · 1,665 hd
151.64
−3.66
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
BullsAverage1,452107.251,5575thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37887.681,20815
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18281.6696538
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95265.8762746

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2675126.00/cwt126.00–126.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 2765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 2462148.76/cwt137.00–150.0068725
HeifersMedium and Large 3471114.03/cwt91.00–130.005374
HeifersMedium and Large 3525107.00/cwt107.00–107.005621
HeifersMedium and Large 1444169.63/cwt168.00–173.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 2323154.68/cwt144.00–162.005005
SteersMedium and Large 2385188.85/cwt181.00–197.0072710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532153.17/cwt149.00–156.0081521
HeifersMedium and Large 2616131.16/cwt128.00–135.008085
HeifersMedium and Large 2429145.77/cwt141.00–150.006255
HeifersMedium and Large 3355129.00/cwt129.00–129.004581
HeifersMedium and Large 2570143.35/cwt142.00–144.008173
SteersMedium and Large 2423165.23/cwt160.00–186.006995
HeifersMedium and Large 1624145.40/cwt144.00–148.0090710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559146.00/cwt146.00–146.008167
HeifersMedium and Large 2373149.08/cwt132.00–161.0055616
SteersMedium and Large 2805135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0871
SteersMedium and Large 1465197.51/cwt180.00–213.009186
SteersMedium and Large 1428208.51/cwt207.00–210.008922
SteersMedium and Large 1628174.41/cwt169.00–177.001,09511
HeifersMedium and Large 1381168.63/cwt168.00–169.006428
HeifersMedium and Large 1476163.74/cwt158.00–167.0077919
SteersMedium and Large 2577156.53/cwt145.00–162.009037
SteersMedium and Large 2680144.71/cwt137.00–156.009845
SteersMedium and Large 2308188.67/cwt188.00–191.005818
SteersMedium and Large 2523163.64/cwt154.00–180.0085613
SteersMedium and Large 2605147.25/cwt145.00–154.008914
SteersMedium and Large 2482164.55/cwt155.00–180.0079318
SteersMedium and Large 1372205.46/cwt200.00–211.007643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518180.00/cwt180.00–180.009327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470179.00/cwt179.00–179.008414
SteersMedium and Large 1522192.74/cwt180.00–196.001,0065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588170.70/cwt167.50–172.001,00424
SteersMedium and Large 2760142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0833
SteersMedium and Large 1339212.45/cwt206.00–221.007207
BullsMedium and Large 1500191.00/cwt191.00–191.009551
BullsMedium and Large 1573170.15/cwt160.00–177.009753
BullsMedium and Large 1708136.46/cwt133.00–140.009662
BullsMedium and Large 1473172.51/cwt171.00–174.008162
BullsMedium and Large 1385207.00/cwt207.00–207.007971
BullsMedium and Large 1310190.00/cwt190.00–190.005892
CowsLean 85-90%88045.00/cwt45.00–45.003961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00069.53/cwt69.00–70.006952
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14178.95/cwt76.00–81.5090116
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78045.69/cwt44.00–48.003563
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight73230.57/cwt21.00–36.002243
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23385.04/cwt82.00–95.501,04920
CowsLean 85-90%92957.83/cwt51.00–64.005378
CowsLean 85-90%1,08180.73/cwt77.00–86.0087310
CowsLean 85-90%97872.01/cwt68.00–77.0070419
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36988.71/cwt85.00–94.001,21413
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43881.01/cwt80.00–82.001,1652
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight77059.09/cwt50.00–67.504552
Bulls1,590106.94/cwt100.00–111.001,7002
Bulls92093.00/cwt93.00–93.008561
Bulls1,580114.69/cwt113.50–116.001,8122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23586.07/cwt79.00–89.001,0633
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12578.94/cwt75.00–82.008882
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-276473.41/cwt63.00–85.005614
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-278589.00/cwt89.00–89.006991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-286565.00/cwt65.00–65.005621
BullsMedium and Large 2670118.27/cwt109.00–127.007922
BullsMedium and Large 2322167.04/cwt154.00–190.005383
BullsMedium and Large 2569149.23/cwt136.00–153.0084911
BullsMedium and Large 1695139.00/cwt139.00–139.009661
BullsMedium and Large 2633144.47/cwt134.00–149.009144
BullsMedium and Large 1840120.50/cwt118.00–123.001,0122
BullsMedium and Large 1432184.17/cwt175.00–192.007966
BullsMedium and Large 1855128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0941
BullsMedium and Large 2735124.00/cwt124.00–124.009111
BullsMedium and Large 2795112.00/cwt112.00–112.008902
BullsMedium and Large 2374176.29/cwt155.00–187.006596
BullsMedium and Large 2433158.20/cwt150.00–169.006855
HeifersMedium and Large 2524135.89/cwt126.00–142.0071227
HeifersMedium and Large 1550152.00/cwt152.00–152.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 1524151.20/cwt148.00–156.007925
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy505123.00/cwt123.00–123.006211
BullsMedium and Large 2523156.24/cwt129.00–168.0081710
BullsMedium and Large 2478157.20/cwt143.00–177.007519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610145.00/cwt145.00–145.008856
HeifersMedium and Large 3445114.00/cwt114.00–114.005071
HeifersMedium and Large 1330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open626146.50/cwt146.50–146.509177
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open612150.00/cwt150.00–150.009182

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.