Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 10.00-25.00 higher 500-600 lbs 3.00-8.00 higher Not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers 300-350 lbs 2.00-5.00 lower 350-600 lbs 2.00-13.00 higher mostly 6.00-10.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows 6.00-10.00 higher than last weeks light test. Slaughter bulls 14.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.29/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −152.81 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$307.29

118 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$27.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.57

vs AR average

−11.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	310.05	1,703	57
Medium and Large 1-2	537	309.12	1,660	51
Medium and Large 2	526	282.24	1,483	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.81/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.30, low $387.02, median $460.10 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale118 hd

307.29

—

AR average9 barns · 317 hd

302.72

+4.57

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−11.00

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

−152.81

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	1,697	155.49	2,638	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,309	130.46	1,708	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,137	124.57	1,416	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	964	101.84	982	30

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,096	$1,538	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,007	$1,788	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,413	$1,907	2thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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	800–850	805	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	239.36/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	788	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	310.74/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,063	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	278.56/cwt	247.00–295.00	1,320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,655	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	253.58/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,352	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,479	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,461	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,016	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	115.05/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,398	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	117.65/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,076	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	1,788.37/head	1,300.00–2,250.00	1,788	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	1,538.20/head	1,350.00–1,775.00	1,538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	323.44/cwt	299.00–357.00	1,523	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	289.50/cwt	261.00–300.00	909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	257.48/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	340.18/cwt	333.00–349.00	1,082	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	205.04/cwt	185.00–217.00	1,351	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	293.66/cwt	278.00–321.00	1,395	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	261.57/cwt	245.00–283.00	1,125	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	236.44/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,360	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	330.98/cwt	327.00–333.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	288.59/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,071	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	292.31/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	285.82/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,486	9
Bulls	—	—	1,640	143.83/cwt	130.00–151.00	2,359	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,738	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,301	131.07/cwt	126.00–140.00	1,705	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	103.65/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,145	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	117.70/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,282	19
Bulls	—	—	1,712	158.67/cwt	151.00–166.00	2,716	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	213.25/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	128.49/cwt	121.00–139.00	1,489	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	98.11/cwt	94.00–104.00	962	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	90.62/cwt	82.00–92.00	803	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	116.37/cwt	104.00–120.00	1,161	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	398	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	218.85/cwt	191.00–231.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	247.78/cwt	224.00–271.00	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	873	172.00/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	597	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	498	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	348	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	283.41/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,630	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	549	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,405	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,553	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	290.03/cwt	273.00–305.00	1,671	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	356.49/cwt	340.00–369.00	1,116	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	620	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	369.49/cwt	347.00–415.00	1,604	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	262.75/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	680	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	311.16/cwt	295.00–319.00	1,749	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	327.97/cwt	309.00–343.00	1,699	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	381.80/cwt	357.00–407.00	1,378	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	352.61/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,668	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	267.07/cwt	254.00–281.00	1,501	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	308.44/cwt	283.00–343.00	1,428	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	342.95/cwt	310.00–387.00	1,475	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	325.38/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,341	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,413	1,906.55/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	282.73/cwt	261.00–301.00	1,482	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	327.09/cwt	305.00–349.00	1,220	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	325.70/cwt	318.00–351.00	1,068	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	315.05/cwt	285.00–323.00	1,660	13

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 Mar 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 687Last week 1,828Year ago 783

Slaughter CattleReceipts 175Last week 100Year ago 91

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 130Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	333.00–349.00	340.18
3	350–400	390	327.00–333.00	330.98
3	400–450	403	286.00	286.00
7	450–500	475	278.00–321.00	293.66
9	500–550	520	265.00–300.00	285.82
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
6	600–650	634	261.00	261.00
2	650–700	660	256.00	256.00
3	700–750	730	238.00–240.00	239.36
1	800–850	805	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	307.00	307.00
46	500–550	534	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	565	301.00	301.00
5	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
6	850–900	858	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	421.00	421.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	472	329.00	329.00
15	550–600	575	274.00–292.00	283.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	389.00	389.00
28	350–400	361	357.00–407.00	381.80
34	400–450	434	347.00–415.00	369.49
23	450–500	473	330.00–385.00	352.61
21	500–550	518	309.00–343.00	327.97
21	550–600	562	295.00–319.00	311.16
1	600–650	635	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	621	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	545	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
9	450–500	488	277.00	277.00
8	550–600	594	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	261.00–300.00	289.50
5	350–400	371	280.00–299.00	288.59
15	400–450	430	245.00–283.00	261.57
5	450–500	486	224.00–271.00	247.78
1	500–550	525	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	575	230.00–240.00	236.44
5	600–650	620	191.00–231.00	218.85
4	650–700	659	185.00–217.00	205.04
2	700–750	708	190.00	190.00
2	850–900	873	171.00–173.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	309.00	309.00
2	450–500	498	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	549	256.00	256.00
3	550–600	597	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	615	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
3	650–700	680	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	318.00–351.00	325.70
14	350–400	373	305.00–349.00	327.09
37	400–450	412	300.00–337.00	325.38
44	450–500	463	283.00–343.00	308.44
37	500–550	524	261.00–301.00	282.73
13	550–600	562	254.00–281.00	267.07
1	600–650	605	247.00	247.00
1	650–700	660	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	885	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	250.00–325.00	310.74
1	350–400	380	225.00	225.00
3	400–450	418	291.00–293.00	292.31
5	450–500	474	247.00–295.00	278.56
2	500–550	530	255.00–260.00	257.48
4	550–600	559	240.00–267.00	253.58
3	600–650	615	200.00–230.00	213.25
2	750–800	788	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	340.00–369.00	356.49
2	350–400	368	337.00	337.00
15	400–450	430	310.00–387.00	342.95
27	450–500	471	299.00–357.00	323.44
13	500–550	527	285.00–323.00	315.05
10	550–600	576	273.00–305.00	290.03
6	600–650	627	251.00–271.00	262.75
2	700–750	712	237.00	237.00
1	800–850	810	217.00	217.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	122.00	122.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,215	114.00–116.00	115.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,096	1,350.00–1,775.00	1,538.20
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	915	114.00–122.00	117.65
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,007	1,300.00–2,250.00	1,788.37
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,413	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,906.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,640	130.00–151.00	143.83
11	—	1,712	151.00–166.00	158.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	118.00	118.00
41	—	1,301	126.00–140.00	131.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	101.00–106.00	103.65
19	—	1,089	112.00–121.00	117.70
44	—	1,159	121.00–139.00	128.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	981	94.00–104.00	98.11
7	—	886	82.00–92.00	90.62
9	—	998	104.00–120.00	116.37

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle