Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 4.00 lower not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs mostly 2.00-6.00 higher. Light run with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $291.70/cwt on 266 head.

Average price

$291.70

266 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$30.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.26

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	300.14	1,589	21
Medium and Large 1	508	295.54	1,502	202
Medium and Large 2	557	269.56	1,502	43

One grade step is worth $30.58/cwt here — about $86 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 sale266 hd

291.70

—

AR average7 barns · 1,772 hd

296.96

−5.26

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	—	Average	1,578	130.12	2,053	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	112.41	1,614	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,254	103.35	1,296	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	82.51	860	28

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 Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	985	$2,044	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,225	1thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	571	250.45/cwt	241.00–265.00	1,430	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,337	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	308.62/cwt	285.00–332.00	1,148	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	285.58/cwt	271.00–315.00	1,357	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,677	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	446	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,053	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	514	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	286.98/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,607	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	685	235.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	199.58/cwt	199.00–202.00	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	231.73/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	268.57/cwt	231.00–287.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	257.44/cwt	243.00–271.00	1,527	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	309.09/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	280.48/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	313.47/cwt	309.00–320.00	1,486	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	330.21/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,423	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	307.97/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,192	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	309.45/cwt	301.00–317.00	1,625	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	371.94/cwt	347.00–387.00	1,168	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	335.42/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,241	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	283.31/cwt	273.00–298.00	1,609	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	325.55/cwt	300.00–343.00	1,078	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	753	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,724	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	239.31/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,776	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	112.41/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,614	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	89.46/cwt	84.50–95.00	1,083	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	103.47/cwt	97.00–108.00	1,271	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	93.67/cwt	87.00–99.00	1,054	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	63.68/cwt	60.00–70.00	620	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	79.47/cwt	74.00–87.00	803	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	112.44/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,480	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	106.30/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,193	3
Bulls	—	—	1,371	124.22/cwt	112.00–129.00	1,703	7
Bulls	—	—	1,550	107.89/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,672	2
Bulls	—	—	1,714	137.91/cwt	131.00–148.00	2,364	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	2,043.59/head	1,125.00–2,300.00	2,044	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,538	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	271.49/cwt	240.00–283.00	994	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,295	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	257.13/cwt	235.00–281.00	1,065	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	276.67/cwt	230.00–300.00	899	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	322.72/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,239	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	255.92/cwt	230.00–270.00	842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	582	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	311.74/cwt	289.00–321.00	1,350	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	310.77/cwt	299.00–317.00	1,470	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	272.56/cwt	266.00–295.00	1,464	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	392	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	182.39/cwt	176.00–195.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	246.17/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,354	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	191.67/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	265.80/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	296.66/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,261	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	274.94/cwt	228.00–288.00	1,050	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	294.56/cwt	293.00–300.00	948	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	916	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	232.93/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	235.63/cwt	215.00–239.00	1,484	7

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 659Last week 1,045Year ago 1,270

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 111Year ago 202

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 10Year ago 225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	571	241.00–265.00	250.45
1	—	655	220.00	220.00
20	—	372	285.00–332.00	308.62
53	—	475	271.00–315.00	285.58
5	—	735	199.00–202.00	199.58
8	—	528	257.00–275.00	265.80
23	—	425	291.00–300.00	296.66
6	—	322	293.00–300.00	294.56
7	—	630	215.00–239.00	235.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	548	244.00	244.00
9	—	496	273.00	273.00
5	—	317	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	329	230.00–270.00	255.92
3	—	718	176.00–195.00	182.39
4	—	475	235.00–250.00	246.17
6	—	767	190.00–192.00	191.67
5	—	685	190.00	190.00
16	—	382	228.00–288.00	274.94
2	—	563	230.00–236.00	232.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	582	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	392	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	559	300.00	300.00
30	—	446	236.00	236.00
7	—	514	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	560	275.00–289.00	286.98
19	—	474	309.00–320.00	313.47
3	—	672	256.00	256.00
2	—	805	231.00	231.00
14	—	431	307.00–340.00	330.21
6	—	758	236.00	236.00
20	—	525	301.00–317.00	309.45
14	—	314	347.00–387.00	371.94
8	—	370	330.00–351.00	335.42
4	—	602	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	230.00–240.00	235.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	225.00	225.00
3	—	670	230.00–235.00	231.73
3	—	537	231.00–287.00	268.57
2	—	700	236.00	236.00
9	—	593	243.00–271.00	257.44
6	—	333	300.00–315.00	309.09
2	—	415	260.00–300.00	280.48
1	—	470	298.00	298.00
5	—	1,010	204.00	204.00
1	—	635	263.00	263.00
10	—	387	300.00–321.00	307.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	545	295.00	295.00
6	—	490	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	249.00	249.00
4	—	366	240.00–283.00	271.49
4	—	414	235.00–281.00	257.13
2	—	490	225.00	225.00
4	—	325	230.00–300.00	276.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	568	273.00–298.00	283.31
6	—	331	300.00–343.00	325.55
3	—	753	229.00	229.00
3	—	725	238.00–240.00	239.31
1	—	830	214.00	214.00
19	—	384	300.00–333.00	322.72
11	—	433	289.00–321.00	311.74
30	—	473	299.00–317.00	310.77
2	—	652	245.00	245.00
7	—	537	266.00–295.00	272.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	544	238.00	238.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,436	110.00–114.00	112.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,211	84.50–95.00	89.46
8	—	1,228	97.00–108.00	103.47
6	—	1,316	108.00–119.00	112.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,125	87.00–99.00	93.67
6	—	973	60.00–70.00	63.68
12	—	1,010	74.00–87.00	79.47
3	—	1,122	102.00–111.00	106.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,371	112.00–129.00	124.22
2	—	1,550	102.00–112.00	107.89
11	—	1,714	131.00–148.00	137.91

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)	4	—	985	1,125.00–2,300.00	2,043.59
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,240	124.00	124.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,225.00	1,225.00

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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Steers · 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