Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly steady to 4.00 lower 600-700 lb yearlings 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 3.00-6.00 lower except the better 400-450 lbs 15.00 higher. The offering included more unweaned calves than last week. Supply was moderate with good demand, No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.94/cwt on 433 head.

Average price

$254.94

433 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$484

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

$102.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.29

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	279.43	1,302	164
Medium and Large 1-2	550	246.34	1,354	158
Medium and Large 2	473	238.77	1,130	97
Medium and Large 3	462	177.08	818	14thin

One grade step is worth $102.35/cwt here — about $484 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 sale433 hd

254.94

—

AR average7 barns · 1,318 hd

253.65

+1.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,768	131.59	2,326	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,454	110.37	1,605	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	108.90	1,287	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	933	78.02	728	15

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$1,400	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,310	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	778	$1,068	2thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1-2	—	653	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,639	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	312.89/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,136	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	298.77/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,261	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	291.89/cwt	290.00–293.00	943	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	231.38/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,418	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	306.82/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,135	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	309.20/cwt	291.00–317.00	1,633	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	239.52/cwt	233.00–241.50	1,325	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	302.41/cwt	289.00–315.00	1,107	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	278.36/cwt	263.00–281.00	1,314	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	223.74/cwt	200.00–247.00	1,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	263.15/cwt	245.00–272.00	1,400	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	240.86/cwt	225.00–269.00	1,146	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	263.64/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,247	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	220.26/cwt	205.00–231.00	1,286	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	374.74/cwt	367.00–392.00	1,248	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	262.36/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,118	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	233.47/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,233	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	213.50/cwt	197.00–230.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	313.79/cwt	275.00–335.00	998	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	280.76/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	332.41/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,406	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	289.61/cwt	281.00–297.00	1,633	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	271.98/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,529	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	338.33/cwt	327.00–359.00	1,259	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	964	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	278.40/cwt	264.00–312.00	1,295	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	307.14/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,490	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	260.88/cwt	240.00–273.00	1,474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	318.03/cwt	305.00–339.00	1,485	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,756	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	281.83/cwt	263.00–290.00	1,575	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	768	208.14/cwt	201.00–222.00	1,599	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	300.02/cwt	279.00–317.00	1,395	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	682	237.55/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	325.17/cwt	313.00–335.00	1,210	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	222.23/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,629	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	990	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	93.87/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,012	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	74.27/cwt	69.00–81.00	652	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	560	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	224	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	111.97/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,639	9
Bulls	—	—	1,835	135.72/cwt	129.00–147.00	2,490	13
Bulls	—	—	1,659	124.88/cwt	121.00–129.00	2,072	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	112.68/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,368	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	104.44/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,195	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	836	61.06/cwt	60.00–64.00	510	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,310	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	1,068.33/head	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,068	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	120.40/cwt	111.00–132.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	293.93/cwt	284.00–304.00	1,561	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	226.85/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	289.06/cwt	265.00–300.00	925	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	278.00/cwt	260.00–293.00	1,182	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	324.34/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,080	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	259.68/cwt	237.00–275.00	1,610	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,218	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	289.42/cwt	253.00–297.00	1,091	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	234.87/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	632	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	654	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,452	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	310	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	309.19/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,360	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,518	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	198.70/cwt	189.00–207.00	1,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	238.40/cwt	230.00–263.00	1,001	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	705	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,579	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	158.50/cwt	145.00–172.00	773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,414	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	265.23/cwt	241.00–278.00	989	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	249.38/cwt	230.00–269.00	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	221.59/cwt	220.00–223.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	572	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,401	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	557	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	249.30/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,421	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,335	8

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 →

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Wed Feb 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,045Last week 3,532Year ago 1,270

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 65Year ago 202

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	653	251.00	251.00
7	—	1,227	174.00	174.00
11	—	562	270.00–277.00	271.98
17	—	485	305.00–308.00	307.14
33	—	800	219.50	219.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	363	305.00–321.00	312.89
2	—	435	299.00–315.00	306.82
5	—	318	275.00–335.00	313.79
1	—	545	292.00	292.00
4	—	964	166.00	166.00
8	—	465	264.00–312.00	278.40
4	—	565	240.00–273.00	260.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	528	291.00–317.00	309.20
13	—	333	367.00–392.00	374.74
11	—	609	265.00–285.00	280.76
27	—	423	325.00–361.00	332.41
40	—	564	281.00–297.00	289.61
3	—	653	262.00	262.00
8	—	372	327.00–359.00	338.33
3	—	748	240.00	240.00
1	—	915	210.00	210.00
1	—	815	228.00	228.00
11	—	467	305.00–339.00	318.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	242.00	242.00
2	—	490	200.00–247.00	223.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	422	265.00–310.00	298.77
8	—	323	290.00–293.00	291.89
11	—	613	225.00–245.00	231.38
15	—	366	289.00–315.00	302.41
15	—	472	263.00–281.00	278.36
14	—	532	245.00–272.00	263.15
16	—	570	240.00–263.00	249.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	553	233.00–241.50	239.52
49	—	473	256.00–269.00	263.64
17	—	426	257.00–267.00	262.36
6	—	546	259.00	259.00
8	—	648	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	476	225.00–269.00	240.86
19	—	584	205.00–231.00	220.26
17	—	528	228.00–243.00	233.47
2	—	610	197.00–230.00	213.50
3	—	667	189.00–207.00	198.70
10	—	420	230.00–263.00	238.40
21	—	373	241.00–278.00	265.23
7	—	335	230.00–269.00	249.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	180.00	180.00
1	—	390	200.00	200.00
6	—	488	145.00–172.00	158.50
2	—	320	220.00–223.00	221.59
3	—	557	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	230.00	230.00
27	—	705	224.00	224.00
21	—	572	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	654	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	559	263.00–290.00	281.83
5	—	768	201.00–222.00	208.14
27	—	465	279.00–317.00	300.02
5	—	682	228.00–240.00	237.55
8	—	372	313.00–335.00	325.17
6	—	733	219.00–229.00	222.23
54	—	531	284.00–304.00	293.93
1	—	865	194.00	194.00
3	—	333	323.00–325.00	324.34
43	—	620	237.00–275.00	259.68
28	—	440	305.00–315.00	309.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	215.00	215.00
2	—	533	200.00–255.00	226.85
3	—	320	265.00–300.00	289.06
19	—	425	260.00–293.00	278.00
5	—	700	211.00	211.00
6	—	456	267.00	267.00
9	—	377	253.00–297.00	289.42
2	—	570	230.00–240.00	234.87
2	—	750	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	544	279.00	279.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	100.00	100.00
6	—	1,078	89.00–96.00	93.87
3	—	878	69.00–81.00	74.27
4	—	836	60.00–64.00	61.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	40.00	40.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,464	107.00–117.00	111.97
1	—	1,365	96.00	96.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,214	107.00–118.00	112.68
11	—	1,144	96.00–107.00	104.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,835	129.00–147.00	135.72
8	—	1,659	121.00–129.00	124.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	778	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,068.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,310.00	1,310.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,095	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,028	111.00–132.00	120.40

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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North Arkansas Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle