Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 4.00 higher with the better 400-500 lbs 13.00-16.00 higher and the 550-600 lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows mixed with the breaker and boner cows steady to 1.00 higher and the lean cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.10/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −170.25 against this barn's trailing median of $406.35.

Average price

$236.10

62 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,291

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$28.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.74

vs AR average

−10.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	246.93	1,347	36
Medium and Large 1-2	571	226.00	1,290	8thin
Medium and Large 2	538	218.91	1,178	18thin

One grade step is worth $28.02/cwt here — about $170 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 sale62 hd

236.10

—

AR average10 barns · 444 hd

227.36

+8.74

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−10.68

This barn, trailing median25 sales

406.35

−170.25

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	1,543	141.75	2,187	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,466	118.80	1,741	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	114.41	1,382	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	98.56	1,039	35

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	918	$1,355	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	740	$1,150	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,388	$2,100	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	975	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	815	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,769	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,482	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	1,355.45/head	1,350.00–1,360.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	226.49/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,538	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	103.96/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,190	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	233.35/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,456	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	298.86/cwt	269.00–320.00	1,264	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	251.96/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	242.08/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,247	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	209.51/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	329.41/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	259.48/cwt	246.00–280.00	1,095	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	272.20/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,040	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	230.17/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	269.21/cwt	253.00–273.00	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	249.51/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	260.09/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	253.54/cwt	239.00–276.00	1,197	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	323.91/cwt	295.00–333.00	1,322	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	353.25/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,205	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	253.86/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,345	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	295.81/cwt	277.00–307.00	1,402	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	500–550	517	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	259.41/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,738	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	736	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,656	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	324.17/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,258	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	550–600	580	249.87/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,449	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	276.08/cwt	250.00–282.00	1,436	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	616	245.47/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	221.43/cwt	210.00–250.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	207.48/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,266	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	231.17/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,419	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	113.51/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,393	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	105.40/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,149	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	105.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,214	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	122.98/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,835	7
Bulls	—	—	1,601	145.91/cwt	141.00–153.00	2,336	11
Bulls	—	—	1,471	136.67/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,010	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	237.64/cwt	230.00–250.00	758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	228.41/cwt	210.00–244.00	955	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	230.26/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	284.29/cwt	265.00–299.00	1,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	219.14/cwt	209.00–233.00	1,144	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	228.43/cwt	217.00–237.00	1,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	241.75/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	190.18/cwt	180.00–203.00	1,377	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	877	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	218.56/cwt	208.00–231.00	1,230	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	236.35/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,248	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	650–700	697	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	251.30/cwt	230.00–264.00	1,319	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	221.68/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,055	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	287.17/cwt	282.00–303.00	1,108	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	245.65/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,150	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	626	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,352	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	222.66/cwt	215.00–232.00	1,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	262.17/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,156	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	241.96/cwt	234.00–249.00	1,028	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	261.02/cwt	258.00–277.00	1,258	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	455	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	673	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,555	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	190.27/cwt	180.00–206.00	1,366	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,490	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,290	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,205	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	495	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,030	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	267.03/cwt	258.00–270.50	1,410	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,404	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	270.65/cwt	251.00–277.00	1,259	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	116.37/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,664	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	123.85/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,507	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,706	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	97.70/cwt	94.00–102.00	998	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	89.17/cwt	84.00–94.00	930	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,299	1

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 756Last week 856Year ago 636

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 155Year ago 121

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 30Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	673	231.00	231.00
9	800–850	815	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	253.00–273.00	269.21
8	350–400	382	255.00–285.00	272.20
25	400–450	422	246.00–280.00	259.48
37	450–500	472	239.00–276.00	253.54
16	500–550	515	240.00–245.00	242.08
3	550–600	577	240.00	240.00
17	600–650	624	231.00–241.00	233.35
4	650–700	679	226.00–228.00	226.49
1	700–750	730	204.00	204.00
1	900–950	945	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	266.00	266.00
14	550–600	580	245.00–259.00	249.87
8	600–650	616	244.00–250.00	245.47
9	700–750	736	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	214.00	214.00
6	650–700	659	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	230.00–250.00	237.64
7	350–400	387	210.00–250.00	221.43
14	400–450	418	210.00–244.00	228.41
14	450–500	476	210.00–230.00	221.68
11	500–550	522	209.00–233.00	219.14
7	550–600	563	208.00–231.00	218.56
4	600–650	610	190.00–220.00	207.48
3	650–700	650	200.00	200.00
9	700–750	724	180.00–203.00	190.18
1	750–800	775	186.00	186.00
1	850–900	850	175.00	175.00
3	900–950	910	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	697	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	250.00	250.00
15	400–450	425	234.00–249.00	241.96
8	550–600	571	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	495	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	318	329.00–330.00	329.41
15	400–450	423	269.00–320.00	298.86
9	450–500	465	251.00–277.00	270.65
18	500–550	530	248.00–262.00	253.86
2	550–600	560	248.00–251.00	249.51
1	600–650	620	239.00	239.00
6	650–700	671	230.00–231.00	230.17
4	700–750	737	208.00–210.00	209.51
1	750–800	780	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	815	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	618	224.00	224.00
1	650–700	660	215.00	215.00
2	700–750	728	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	255.00–269.00	262.17
5	450–500	468	230.00–254.00	245.65
23	500–550	528	225.00–246.00	236.35
6	550–600	589	217.00–237.00	228.43
1	600–650	630	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	690	220.00	220.00
3	700–750	718	180.00–206.00	190.27
2	850–900	895	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	610	244.00–255.00	251.96
1	650–700	665	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	345.00–365.00	353.25
15	350–400	388	320.00–327.00	324.17
27	400–450	408	295.00–333.00	323.91
34	450–500	474	277.00–307.00	295.81
19	500–550	520	250.00–282.00	276.08
8	550–600	573	249.00–265.00	260.09
4	600–650	612	255.00	255.00
19	650–700	670	250.00–261.00	259.41
1	700–750	705	246.00	246.00
1	750–800	770	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	905	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	515	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	282.00–303.00	287.17
9	400–450	436	265.00–299.00	284.29
15	450–500	482	258.00–277.00	261.02
13	500–550	525	230.00–264.00	251.30
8	550–600	584	239.00–243.00	241.75
9	600–650	614	230.00–239.00	231.17
1	650–700	650	233.00	233.00
4	700–750	723	230.00–231.00	230.26
3	750–800	755	215.00–232.00	222.66
3	850–900	877	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	626	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	545	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	528	258.00–270.50	267.03
5	550–600	573	254.00	254.00
4	700–750	710	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	621	240.00	240.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	173.00	173.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	918	1,350.00–1,360.00	1,355.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,145	102.00–106.00	103.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	110.00	110.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,388	2,100.00	2,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,227	110.00–119.00	113.51
12	—	1,150	100.00–110.00	105.59
14	—	1,217	120.00–130.00	123.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,090	101.00–111.00	105.40
13	—	1,022	94.00–102.00	97.70
9	—	1,043	84.00–94.00	89.17
1	—	1,160	112.00	112.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,492	119.00–130.00	122.98
8	—	1,430	114.00–119.00	116.37
1	—	1,565	109.00	109.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,601	141.00–153.00	145.91
9	—	1,471	130.00–140.00	136.67

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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

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