Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-12.00 higher mostly 5.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00-13.00 higher mostly 3.00-8.00 higher. The offering was mostly long weaned cattle with a few of them Value Added. Supply was heavy and demand good. 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 $189.14/cwt on 1,072 head.

Average price

$189.14

1,072 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$503

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

$42.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.11

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	195.78	1,218	652
Medium and Large 1-2	683	180.04	1,230	344
Medium and Large 2	521	176.41	919	66
Medium and Large 3	468	152.90	715	10thin

One grade step is worth $42.88/cwt here — about $503 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 sale1,072 hd

189.14

—

AR average6 barns · 2,777 hd

194.25

−5.11

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

108 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 1	—	427	192.84/cwt	176.00–202.00	823	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	395	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	802	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	642	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,114	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	905	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	156.68/cwt	151.00–159.00	979	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	163.42/cwt	148.00–173.00	1,100	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	142.18/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,110	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	171.22/cwt	162.00–183.00	964	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	198.75/cwt	183.00–210.00	751	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	161.03/cwt	145.00–176.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	165.02/cwt	160.00–170.00	852	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	170.18/cwt	162.00–173.00	822	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	156.01/cwt	154.00–158.00	916	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	154.15/cwt	150.00–160.00	811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	781	128.42/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,003	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	164.00/cwt	158.00–170.00	526	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	174.15/cwt	171.00–177.00	731	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	124.41/cwt	120.00–132.00	601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	150.21/cwt	139.00–158.00	867	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	157.92/cwt	135.00–179.00	760	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	138.13/cwt	130.00–146.00	843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	133.66/cwt	131.00–135.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	189.00/cwt	170.00–206.00	599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	111.00/cwt	95.00–126.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	342	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	159.94/cwt	140.00–170.00	662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	136.19/cwt	107.00–147.00	562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	731	163.29/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,194	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	632	172.80/cwt	167.00–176.00	1,092	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	525	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	877	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	596	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,055	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	180.96/cwt	172.00–187.00	955	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	186.63/cwt	174.00–197.00	886	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	780	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	811	154.53/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,253	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	427	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	858	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	721	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,233	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	690	167.58/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,156	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	590	179.39/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,058	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	174.07/cwt	161.00–186.00	980	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	160.09/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,068	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	888	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	184.23/cwt	174.00–198.00	973	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	162.57/cwt	155.00–169.00	997	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	173.89/cwt	168.00–178.00	835	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	173.15/cwt	170.00–176.00	751	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	164.98/cwt	164.00–166.00	932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	168.00/cwt	160.00–184.00	882	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	194.01/cwt	173.00–209.00	920	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	950	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	197.38/cwt	190.00–205.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	716	155.67/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,115	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	436	198.08/cwt	189.00–210.00	864	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	205.43/cwt	195.00–211.00	777	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	230.62/cwt	219.00–250.00	750	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	368	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	471	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,074	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	714	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,310	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,286	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	170.91/cwt	165.00–189.00	1,401	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	184.45/cwt	173.00–192.50	1,232	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	177.02/cwt	160.00–178.50	1,354	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	195.11/cwt	181.00–206.50	1,139	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	191.67/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,185	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	209.25/cwt	197.00–222.00	1,096	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	177.34/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,295	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,439	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,364	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	177.36/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,089	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	187.64/cwt	183.00–192.00	1,004	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	221.72/cwt	204.00–232.00	1,053	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	227.03/cwt	215.00–251.00	835	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,056	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	206.54/cwt	200.00–210.00	952	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	183.82/cwt	175.00–191.00	783	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	173.03/cwt	168.00–175.00	1,274	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	149.77/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,017	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	198.16/cwt	187.00–205.00	652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	165.73/cwt	151.00–173.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	170.21/cwt	160.00–184.00	894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	179.62/cwt	166.00–180.25	1,229	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	225.93/cwt	209.00–251.00	947	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	169.81/cwt	163.00–175.00	1,061	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	156.02/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	409	255.05/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,043	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	184.73/cwt	165.00–200.00	900	15

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 →

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Receipts 2,363Last week 1,063Year ago 1,879

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	427	176.00–202.00	192.84
1	—	720	140.00	140.00
1	—	825	150.00	150.00
14	—	625	151.00–159.00	156.68
22	—	673	148.00–173.00	163.42
1	—	855	121.00	121.00
5	—	781	135.00–144.00	142.18
30	—	563	162.00–183.00	171.22
39	—	378	183.00–210.00	198.75
10	—	317	170.00–206.00	189.00
64	—	528	172.00–187.00	180.96
76	—	475	174.00–197.00	186.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	395	203.00	203.00
9	—	642	173.50	173.50
12	—	427	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	474	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	145.00–176.00	161.03
6	—	526	150.00–160.00	154.15
4	—	781	120.00–135.00	128.42
10	—	321	158.00–170.00	164.00
1	—	705	132.00	132.00
1	—	810	130.00	130.00
9	—	577	139.00–158.00	150.21
13	—	481	135.00–179.00	157.92
2	—	610	130.00–146.00	138.13
3	—	693	131.00–135.00	133.66
10	—	414	140.00–170.00	159.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	516	160.00–170.00	165.02
33	—	483	162.00–173.00	170.18
3	—	390	176.00	176.00
6	—	314	179.00	179.00
10	—	587	154.00–158.00	156.01
13	—	420	171.00–177.00	174.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	120.00–132.00	124.41
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
2	—	625	95.00–126.00	111.00
4	—	342	115.00	115.00
6	—	413	107.00–147.00	136.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	731	158.00–165.00	163.29
24	—	632	167.00–176.00	172.80
3	—	780	162.00	162.00
9	—	811	149.00–159.00	154.53
17	—	690	163.00–169.00	167.58
23	—	590	178.00–180.00	179.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	167.00	167.00
36	—	596	177.00	177.00
27	—	721	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	563	161.00–186.00	174.07
9	—	667	158.00–166.00	160.09
25	—	528	174.00–198.00	184.23
9	—	613	155.00–169.00	162.57
20	—	474	173.00–209.00	194.01
1	—	950	102.00	102.00
2	—	320	190.00–205.00	197.38
8	—	716	140.00–158.00	155.67
11	—	436	189.00–210.00	198.08
16	—	378	195.00–211.00	205.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	168.00–178.00	173.89
1	—	680	144.00	144.00
6	—	434	170.00–176.00	173.15
2	—	565	164.00–166.00	164.98
3	—	525	160.00–184.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	325	219.00–250.00	230.62
37	—	820	165.00–189.00	170.91
24	—	668	173.00–192.50	184.45
97	—	765	160.00–178.50	177.02
100	—	584	181.00–206.50	195.11
49	—	618	180.00–200.00	191.67
57	—	524	197.00–222.00	209.25
76	—	730	168.00–180.00	177.34
55	—	475	204.00–232.00	221.72
24	—	368	215.00–251.00	227.03
20	—	419	209.00–251.00	225.93
6	—	913	162.00	162.00
1	—	950	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	251.00	251.00
14	—	471	228.00	228.00
60	—	714	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	735	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	828	173.75	173.75
22	—	793	172.00	172.00
25	—	614	175.00–179.00	177.36
45	—	535	183.00–192.00	187.64
4	—	366	215.00	215.00
5	—	422	215.00	215.00
7	—	571	185.00	185.00
15	—	461	200.00–210.00	206.54
49	—	736	168.00–175.00	173.03
97	—	684	166.00–180.25	179.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	175.00–191.00	183.82
4	—	679	140.00–159.00	149.77
7	—	329	187.00–205.00	198.16
5	—	573	151.00–173.00	165.73
10	—	525	160.00–184.00	170.21
14	—	625	163.00–175.00	169.81
1	—	350	195.00	195.00
2	—	718	151.00–161.00	156.02
15	—	487	165.00–200.00	184.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	159.00	159.00
3	—	625	134.00	134.00
2	—	352	160.00	160.00
2	—	348	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	409	250.00–259.00	255.05
2	—	350	285.00	285.00

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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