Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend sale closed last two weeks however most feeders were sharply higher. The offering was mostly good quality weaned cattle with good buyer attendance and active bidding. 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 $256.88/cwt on 1,004 head.

Average price

$256.88

1,004 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

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

$71.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.11

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	275.16	1,581	562
Medium and Large 2	599	234.52	1,405	78
Medium and Large 1-2	682	233.87	1,596	359
Medium and Large 3	553	203.96	1,128	5thin

One grade step is worth $71.20/cwt here — about $453 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 sale1,004 hd

256.88

—

AR average4 barns · 1,136 hd

254.77

+2.11

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

104 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,679	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	272.15/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,173	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	306.03/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,313	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	292.26/cwt	261.00–309.00	1,400	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	227.70/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,735	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	268.75/cwt	263.00–279.00	1,580	38
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	203.31/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	244.94/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,146	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	226.90/cwt	215.00–238.00	1,538	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	218.56/cwt	217.00–235.00	1,600	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	228.96/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,449	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	222.73/cwt	208.00–238.00	1,287	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,222	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,383	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	203.43/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	292.77/cwt	260.00–301.00	937	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	204.93/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	254.10/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,194	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	196.92/cwt	195.00–201.00	1,331	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	202.03/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,447	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	252.44/cwt	240.00–306.00	1,224	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	404	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,135	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	613	225.56/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,383	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	262.58/cwt	240.00–279.00	1,090	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	268.96/cwt	242.00–282.00	1,011	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,704	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	251.09/cwt	239.00–265.00	1,554	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,613	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	721	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,752	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	243.33/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,521	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	263.31/cwt	262.00–264.00	1,485	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,710	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	287.76/cwt	269.00–304.00	1,496	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	311.40/cwt	311.00–312.00	1,479	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	325.51/cwt	301.00–332.00	1,240	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	316.31/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,034	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	761	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,735	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	786	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,847	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	524	299.55/cwt	292.00–306.00	1,570	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	418	325.25/cwt	316.00–329.00	1,360	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	244.78/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,549	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	611	272.43/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,665	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	787	205.76/cwt	204.00–206.00	1,619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	726	231.40/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,680	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	230.41/cwt	200.00–263.00	836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	228.57/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,413	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	289.90/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,255	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,311	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	247.31/cwt	232.00–258.00	1,370	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	785	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	525	177.50/cwt	175.00–180.00	932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	206.91/cwt	200.00–211.00	859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	197.86/cwt	185.00–211.00	1,039	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	279.43/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,299	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	193.02/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	593	207.98/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,233	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	777	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,437	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	190.80/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,217	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	850	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	601	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,340	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	705	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	603	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,170	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,096	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	654	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,243	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	800	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	196.87/cwt	193.00–210.00	1,114	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	192.52/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,196	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	624	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,236	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	712	204.98/cwt	194.00–220.00	1,459	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	707	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,301	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	172.26/cwt	150.00–186.00	1,335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	228.67/cwt	225.00–236.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	213.23/cwt	200.00–230.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	214.56/cwt	200.00–232.00	1,026	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	179.92/cwt	170.00–198.00	1,195	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	176.79/cwt	140.00–185.00	1,255	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	197.89/cwt	195.00–204.00	1,199	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	209.28/cwt	189.00–224.00	1,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	167.27/cwt	160.00–172.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	215.42/cwt	204.00–221.00	1,252	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	240.96/cwt	224.00–257.00	1,258	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	223.75/cwt	206.00–233.00	1,262	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	208.45/cwt	203.00–211.00	1,257	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	572	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,287	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	669	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	227.04/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,183	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	519	259.03/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,344	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	250.32/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,226	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 →

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Wed Jan 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,001Last week 660Year ago 1,063

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	770	218.00	218.00
7	—	431	265.00–275.00	272.15
3	—	468	239.00–255.00	244.94
14	—	633	220.00–231.00	228.96
16	—	578	208.00–238.00	222.73
1	—	355	290.00	290.00
2	—	668	200.00–207.00	203.43
7	—	320	260.00–301.00	292.77
6	—	716	200.00–204.00	202.03
4	—	529	240.00–264.00	250.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	429	275.00–320.00	306.03
59	—	479	261.00–309.00	292.26
38	—	588	263.00–279.00	268.75
13	—	707	241.00	241.00
64	—	619	239.00–265.00	251.09
7	—	676	253.00	253.00
73	—	520	269.00–304.00	287.76
16	—	381	301.00–332.00	325.51
14	—	327	305.00–324.00	316.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	762	222.00–230.00	227.70
60	—	678	215.00–238.00	226.90
88	—	732	217.00–235.00	218.56
15	—	485	240.00–306.00	252.44
42	—	625	225.00–252.00	243.33
15	—	564	262.00–264.00	263.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	190.00–210.00	203.31
2	—	523	200.00–210.00	204.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	566	285.00	285.00
28	—	761	228.00	228.00
21	—	633	239.00–260.00	244.78
60	—	726	230.00–237.00	231.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	721	243.00	243.00
12	—	570	291.00	291.00
10	—	475	311.00–312.00	311.40
24	—	524	292.00–306.00	299.55
20	—	418	316.00–329.00	325.25
39	—	611	271.00–274.00	272.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	786	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	787	204.00–206.00	205.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	507	241.00	241.00
22	—	612	226.00	226.00
34	—	676	195.00–201.00	196.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	470	235.00–275.00	254.10
51	—	415	240.00–279.00	262.58
63	—	376	242.00–282.00	268.96
1	—	695	198.00	198.00
100	—	522	224.00–257.00	240.96
45	—	564	206.00–233.00	223.75
17	—	603	203.00–211.00	208.45
2	—	325	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	404	281.00	281.00
40	—	613	218.00–229.00	225.56
10	—	572	225.00	225.00
8	—	669	213.00	213.00
8	—	519	258.00–260.00	259.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	150.00	150.00
2	—	525	175.00–180.00	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	593	205.00–210.00	207.98
16	—	777	185.00	185.00
11	—	624	198.00	198.00
7	—	707	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	601	223.00	223.00
1	—	765	200.00	200.00
21	—	712	194.00–220.00	204.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	705	180.00	180.00
13	—	603	194.00	194.00
4	—	654	190.00	190.00
1	—	800	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	193.00–210.00	196.87
6	—	621	180.00–200.00	192.52
3	—	775	150.00–186.00	172.26
3	—	320	225.00–236.00	228.67
4	—	371	200.00–230.00	213.23
27	—	478	200.00–232.00	214.56
21	—	664	170.00–198.00	179.92
7	—	710	140.00–185.00	176.79
6	—	517	189.00–224.00	209.28
1	—	810	164.00	164.00
1	—	405	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	150.00	150.00
3	—	513	160.00–172.00	167.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	606	195.00–204.00	197.89
5	—	492	234.00	234.00
35	—	581	204.00–221.00	215.42
4	—	778	193.00	193.00
4	—	685	190.00	190.00
60	—	521	220.00–240.00	227.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	200.00–263.00	230.41
1	—	680	175.00	175.00
3	—	415	200.00–211.00	206.91
6	—	525	185.00–211.00	197.86
6	—	638	189.00–200.00	190.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	618	215.00–231.00	228.57
16	—	433	285.00–294.00	289.90
5	—	506	259.00	259.00
18	—	554	232.00–258.00	247.31
1	—	710	195.00	195.00
1	—	655	206.00	206.00
4	—	465	275.00–281.00	279.43
3	—	775	190.00–198.00	193.02
1	—	850	180.00	180.00
1	—	395	312.00	312.00

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