Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mixed with under 700 lbs steady to 21.00 higher mostly 10.00-20.00 higher except the better 500-550 lbs and the plainer kind under 550 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower no trend on weights over 700 lbs last week. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs mostly 4.00-10.00 higher except the better 350-400 lbs and some plainer kind 1.00-4.00 lower. Heavy supply with several large groups of weaned yearlings and groups of good quality unweaned calves. Demand was good on the yearlings and groups of good calves. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.40/cwt on 456 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −159.70 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$300.40

456 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$484

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

$84.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs AR average

−4.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	314.17	1,779	252
Medium and Large 1-2	528	287.59	1,519	135
Medium and Large 2	559	277.23	1,550	66
Medium and Large 3	563	230.00	1,295	3thin

One grade step is worth $84.17/cwt here — about $484 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale456 hd

300.40

—

AR average10 barns · 655 hd

299.26

+1.14

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

−4.74

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

−159.70

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

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	241.73/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,605	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	314.85/cwt	295.00–318.00	1,341	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	320.87/cwt	313.00–323.00	1,197	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	240.90/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,616	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	546	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	316.37/cwt	309.00–320.00	1,522	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	204.75/cwt	204.75–204.75	2,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	280.25/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,586	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,256	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	288.86/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,242	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	304.66/cwt	297.00–314.00	1,097	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	234.04/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	284.07/cwt	273.00–297.00	1,207	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	272.36/cwt	253.00–283.00	1,280	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	274.23/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,612	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	540	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	261.56/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,399	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	261.05/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	274.03/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,250	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	248.92/cwt	236.00–256.00	1,299	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	912	176.58/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,028	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	301.20/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,292	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	306.74/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,190	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	289.84/cwt	270.00–303.00	1,125	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	290.51/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,377	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	265.39/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	281.87/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,494	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	340.73/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,118	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	689	239.67/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,651	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	290.86/cwt	273.00–302.00	922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	230.53/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	284.58/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,520	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	550–600	562	262.73/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,477	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	760	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,782	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	862	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	663	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	663	259.37/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,720	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	622	265.70/cwt	256.00–273.00	1,653	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	385.13/cwt	373.00–389.00	1,406	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	381.94/cwt	377.00–391.00	1,245	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	276.45/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,869	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	318.60/cwt	307.00–328.00	1,701	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	312.96/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,800	198
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	303.53/cwt	301.00–311.00	1,439	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	351.16/cwt	329.00–370.00	1,468	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	255.95/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,559	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	297.52/cwt	285.50–311.00	1,845	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	329.21/cwt	314.00–340.00	1,524	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	267.17/cwt	251.00–279.00	1,531	91
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	253.67/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	825	214.31/cwt	214.00–214.50	1,768	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	254.95/cwt	250.00–274.00	1,670	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	204.75/cwt	204.75–204.75	2,160	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,434	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	288.58/cwt	275.00–314.00	1,509	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,420	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	248.21/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,070	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	283.52/cwt	265.00–307.50	1,800	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	636	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,587	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	227.48/cwt	219.00–236.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,111	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	238.00/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	301.82/cwt	290.00–322.00	1,413	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	324.86/cwt	311.00–351.00	1,040	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	776	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,095	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	279.22/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,466	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	288.39/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,211	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	752	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	1,780	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	290.78/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	319.34/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,364	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,840	3

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.

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Receipts 2,726Last week 653Year ago 1,175

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	320	311.00–351.00	324.86
27	350–400	373	313.00–323.00	320.87
42	400–450	426	295.00–318.00	314.85
74	450–500	468	290.00–322.00	301.82
164	500–550	525	260.00–288.00	279.22
91	550–600	573	251.00–279.00	267.17
34	600–650	609	240.00–259.00	255.95
15	650–700	664	235.00–248.00	241.73
5	700–750	721	224.00–234.00	230.53
1	750–800	785	212.00	212.00
3	850–900	893	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	360	297.00–314.00	304.66
51	400–450	420	270.00–299.00	288.39
49	450–500	474	265.00	265.00
11	500–550	509	279.00	279.00
28	550–600	589	243.50	243.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	273.00–302.00	290.86
8	350–400	388	270.00–303.00	289.84
22	400–450	425	273.00–297.00	284.07
56	450–500	470	253.00–283.00	272.36
17	500–550	522	236.00–256.00	248.92
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	705	197.00	197.00
3	900–950	912	170.00–190.00	176.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,028	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	562	260.00–272.00	262.73
45	600–650	622	256.00–273.00	265.70
66	650–700	663	249.00–268.00	259.37
18	750–800	760	234.50	234.50
13	850–900	862	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	636	249.50	249.50
18	800–850	825	214.00–214.50	214.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
47	750–800	752	236.75	236.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	337.00	337.00
14	400–450	427	310.00–325.00	319.34
4	450–500	474	301.00–311.00	303.53
21	500–550	534	275.00–297.00	284.58
5	550–600	566	275.00–298.00	290.78
3	600–650	635	251.00–255.00	253.67
7	650–700	671	238.00–243.00	240.90
4	700–750	700	235.00–243.00	238.00
1	800–850	835	228.00	228.00
2	850–900	853	219.00–236.00	227.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	388	300.00–317.00	306.74
5	400–450	430	275.00–297.00	288.86
13	450–500	456	260.00–289.00	274.03
5	500–550	535	258.00–270.00	261.56
4	550–600	585	255.00–263.00	261.05
2	600–650	623	233.00–235.00	234.04
1	650–700	695	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	546	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	414	323.00	323.00
60	450–500	481	309.00–320.00	316.37
119	500–550	523	275.00–314.00	288.58
16	550–600	566	275.00–289.00	280.25
131	600–650	635	265.00–307.50	283.52
15	650–700	655	250.00–274.00	254.95
17	700–750	723	249.50	249.50
76	800–850	834	241.00–250.00	248.21
65	900–950	902	234.00	234.00
11	950–1000	978	204.75	204.75
45	1050–1100	1,055	204.75	204.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	337.00–347.00	340.73
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
50	400–450	429	291.00–311.00	301.20
28	450–500	474	270.00–305.00	290.51
28	500–550	530	267.00–295.00	281.87
31	550–600	588	265.00–280.00	274.23
5	600–650	606	260.00–269.00	265.39
9	650–700	689	237.00–254.00	239.67
4	700–750	736	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	815	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	860	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	302.00	302.00
3	550–600	563	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	663	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	377.00–391.00	381.94
15	350–400	365	373.00–389.00	385.13
8	400–450	418	329.00–370.00	351.16
81	450–500	463	314.00–340.00	329.21
54	500–550	534	307.00–328.00	318.60
198	550–600	575	285.00–325.00	312.96
121	600–650	620	285.50–311.00	297.52
18	650–700	676	272.00–281.00	276.45
2	700–750	738	262.00	262.00
7	750–800	751	268.00	268.00
1	950–1000	970	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
52	750–800	776	270.00	270.00

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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