Sale reports / Arkansas / North Arkansas Livestock Auction / 2023-07-26

North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · GreenForest, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 26
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2050
Feeder Cattle receipts
529 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 389▲ 9 vs year ago 520 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 97▼ 73 vs year ago 163 · −44.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 20▲ 37 vs year ago 10 · +370.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 9.00 higher mostly 3.00-9.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Supply light with good demand. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $225.62/cwt on 175 head.
Average price
$225.62
175 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$438
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.08
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514233.451,20090
Medium and Large 1-2479229.251,09730
Medium and Large 2513212.471,09151
Medium and Large 3401189.757614thin
One grade step is worth $43.70/cwt here — about $438 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 sale175 hd
225.62
—
AR average9 barns · 1,099 hd
221.54
+4.08
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—High1,658132.152,19111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,392113.331,57712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,176106.291,25042
CowsLean 85-90%Average99196.5695715

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,271$1,44026
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$1,4252thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—578226.51/cwt219.00–229.001,30916
BullsMedium and Large 1—375307.31/cwt267.00–327.001,15211
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320190.00/cwt190.00–190.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477215.84/cwt200.00–227.001,0306
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561211.24/cwt205.00–215.001,1857
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—428244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,04412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—770150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1551
HeifersMedium and Large 1—795203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471234.66/cwt230.00–240.001,10526
SteersMedium and Large 1—640241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—442249.68/cwt245.00–251.001,10414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Replacement—8431,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,50013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345267.00/cwt267.00–267.009211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524213.39/cwt202.00–223.001,1188
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373249.63/cwt243.00–257.009314
SteersMedium and Large 3—558193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0776
SteersMedium and Large 2—396263.68/cwt235.00–273.001,0448
SteersMedium and Large 2—514229.40/cwt215.00–251.001,17914
SteersMedium and Large 1—822229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8822
SteersMedium and Large 1—474274.56/cwt261.00–283.001,3015
SteersMedium and Large 1—363308.66/cwt289.00–319.001,1205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—577237.64/cwt236.00–238.501,37118
SteersMedium and Large 2—486243.72/cwt239.00–246.001,1843
SteersMedium and Large 1—508263.83/cwt259.00–275.001,3409
SteersMedium and Large 3—455228.02/cwt220.00–230.001,0375
SteersMedium and Large 2—416242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0075
SteersMedium and Large 3—540195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—549254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,39421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—691235.93/cwt230.00–238.001,63015
SteersMedium and Large 1—440272.37/cwt269.00–284.001,19814
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—646244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5767
SteersMedium and Large 1—708235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6642
SteersMedium and Large 1—590246.43/cwt244.00–261.001,4547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—824225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,85410
SteersMedium and Large 2—636238.88/cwt227.00–240.001,51911
SteersMedium and Large 1—336314.00/cwt295.00–331.001,0556
SteersMedium and Large 1—668254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6974
BullsMedium and Large 1—610228.00/cwt223.00–233.001,39110
BullsMedium and Large 1—310295.00/cwt295.00–295.009151
BullsMedium and Large 1—663206.34/cwt206.00–207.001,3683
BullsMedium and Large 1—422263.19/cwt249.00–277.001,1117
CowsLean 85-90%—92592.73/cwt88.00–95.008587
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,279106.58/cwt105.00–109.001,3634
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,154103.08/cwt94.00–107.001,19026
Bulls——1,774140.03/cwt134.00–145.002,4847
Bulls——1,503126.15/cwt122.00–128.001,8963
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,448116.71/cwt109.00–124.001,6908
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,213111.50/cwt108.00–120.001,35216
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04899.92/cwt95.00–106.001,0478
Bulls——1,31095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,233113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,3995
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2711,440.39/head1,425.00–1,460.001,44026
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,270106.73/cwt105.00–108.501,35510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1051,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3551,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
BullsMedium and Large 2—317249.33/cwt211.00–260.007905
BullsMedium and Large 1—511230.40/cwt223.00–238.001,17710
BullsMedium and Large 1—803193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5503
BullsMedium and Large 2—635195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2381
BullsMedium and Large 2—363254.83/cwt250.00–260.009252
BullsMedium and Large 2—590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573217.11/cwt215.00–220.001,2447
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5351
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—842208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7514
BullsMedium and Large 1—468245.02/cwt232.00–260.001,1477
BullsMedium and Large 2—477220.85/cwt220.00–223.001,0536
BullsMedium and Large 1—740213.43/cwt212.00–219.001,57914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—615212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623213.82/cwt209.00–219.001,3322
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333222.73/cwt200.00–235.007424
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4072
BullsMedium and Large 2—680204.00/cwt190.00–209.001,3875
BullsMedium and Large 2—531222.40/cwt220.00–230.001,1815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514229.98/cwt223.00–232.001,18221
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370197.50/cwt195.00–200.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568227.40/cwt220.00–238.001,29217
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545174.00/cwt174.00–174.009481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—663197.01/cwt180.00–212.001,3068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474220.89/cwt218.00–223.001,04711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—411224.83/cwt211.00–232.009248
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363224.80/cwt200.00–238.008165

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.