Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-350 lbs 20.00 higher 400-600 lbs steady to 12.00 higher with full advance on some weaned calves not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers mixed from 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower generally steady. Supply was light with good demand on the weaned calves. Slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.47/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −158.88 against this barn's trailing median of $406.35.

Average price

$247.47

22 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$18.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.52

vs AR average

+5.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	250.80	1,367	18thin
Medium and Large 2	539	232.50	1,253	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.30/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $437.39, low $350.22, median $406.35 across 25 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 sale22 hd

247.47

—

AR average10 barns · 362 hd

236.96

+10.52

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

+5.59

This barn, trailing median25 sales

406.35

−158.88

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	1,624	155.14	2,520	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	135.37	1,961	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,232	128.43	1,583	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,068	115.94	1,238	43

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)	1,126	$2,038	26
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	978	$1,825	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,523	$3,108	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,432	$2,490	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,355	$2,100	3thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	134.68/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,976	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	142.15/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,068	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	208.56/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	253.64/cwt	244.00–263.00	1,225	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	224.06/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	245.17/cwt	230.00–261.00	1,297	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	271.54/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,048	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	333.00/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	272.46/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	238.40/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,526	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	140.45/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,942	2
Bulls	—	—	1,729	160.04/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,767	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	95.09/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,019	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	109.61/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,211	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	130.32/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,351	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	120.91/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,277	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	255.94/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	263.04/cwt	240.00–271.00	1,136	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	333	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	313.70/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,296	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	230.51/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	278.23/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,238	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	264.32/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,372	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	280.25/cwt	273.00–294.00	1,575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	658	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	612	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,377	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	237.98/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	370.19/cwt	360.00–381.00	1,185	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	274.04/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,685	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	306.78/cwt	273.00–341.00	1,175	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,105	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	277.92/cwt	266.00–295.00	1,192	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	294.62/cwt	289.00–307.00	1,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	270.66/cwt	259.00–274.00	1,264	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	302.33/cwt	300.00–311.00	928	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	299.14/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,400	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	245.06/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	258.50/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,879	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	255.39/cwt	244.00–265.00	1,341	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	281.50/cwt	258.00–299.00	1,351	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	260.73/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,353	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	253.83/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,421	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	2,777.09/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,777	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,523	3,107.72/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	669	205.20/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,373	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,126	2,037.70/head	1,600.00–2,450.00	2,038	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	132.60/cwt	102.00–150.00	1,403	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	159.60/cwt	131.00–183.00	1,647	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	132.41/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,430	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,306	141.55/cwt	126.00–174.00	1,849	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,487	2,487.00/head	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	262.53/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,223	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	274.91/cwt	240.00–293.00	877	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	232.84/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,593	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	122.38/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,455	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	131.98/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,656	46
Bulls	—	—	1,502	149.42/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,244	6

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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North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Wed Aug 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 369Last week 484Year ago 760

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 130Year ago 112

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 50Year ago 12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,467	129.00–139.00	134.68
2	—	1,455	140.00–144.00	142.15
1	—	1,270	128.00	128.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	139.00–142.00	140.45
31	—	1,189	115.00–127.00	122.38
46	—	1,255	128.00–139.00	131.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,072	90.00–100.00	95.09
10	—	1,105	105.00–114.00	109.61
3	—	1,037	130.00–131.00	130.32
25	—	1,056	115.00–127.00	120.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,729	157.00–165.00	160.04
6	—	1,502	147.00–155.00	149.42

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	483	244.00–263.00	253.64
9	500–550	529	230.00–261.00	245.17
1	550–600	580	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	600	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	666	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	765	200.00–217.00	208.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	307	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	383	273.00–341.00	306.78
8	400–450	445	278.00–280.00	278.23
11	450–500	480	258.00–299.00	281.50
5	500–550	519	257.00–269.00	260.73
5	550–600	560	252.00–261.00	253.83
1	600–650	610	255.00	255.00
4	650–700	685	235.00–247.00	237.98
4	700–750	713	230.00–231.00	230.51
1	800–850	820	201.00	201.00
1	950–1000	950	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	240.00–293.00	274.91
13	350–400	386	261.00–277.00	271.54
8	400–450	432	240.00–271.00	263.04
2	450–500	458	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	510	235.00	235.00
2	550–600	568	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
2	650–700	670	220.00–228.00	224.06
1	700–750	730	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	430	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	658	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	612	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	307	300.00–311.00	302.33
9	350–400	379	289.00–307.00	294.62
24	400–450	429	266.00–295.00	277.92
24	450–500	467	259.00–274.00	270.66
10	500–550	525	244.00–265.00	255.39
8	550–600	570	235.00–253.00	245.06
3	600–650	647	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	669	200.00–211.00	205.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	466	257.00–267.00	262.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	325.00–341.00	333.00
2	400–450	429	270.00–275.00	272.46
2	450–500	453	245.00–267.00	255.94
9	500–550	519	240.00–275.00	264.32
2	550–600	595	245.00	245.00
6	600–650	640	231.00–241.00	238.40
6	650–700	684	230.00–235.00	232.84
1	750–800	785	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	360.00–381.00	370.19
1	350–400	350	341.00	341.00
11	400–450	413	300.00–333.00	313.70
9	450–500	468	287.00–305.00	299.14
1	500–550	515	315.00	315.00
9	550–600	562	273.00–294.00	280.25
6	600–650	615	270.00–276.00	274.04
1	650–700	685	249.00	249.00
10	700–750	727	254.00–259.00	258.50
1	850–900	850	226.00	226.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	143.00	143.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,445	1,925.00	1,925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,278	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,343	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,777.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,523	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,107.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,487	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,487.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	978	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,126	1,600.00–2,450.00	2,037.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,058	102.00–150.00	132.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	—	1,306	126.00–174.00	141.55
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,032	131.00–183.00	159.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	130.00–135.00	132.41

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 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle