Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 650 lbs 18.00-30.00 higher than two weeks ago not enough over 650 lbs two weeks ago for a trend. The better feeder heifers under 600 lbs 20.00-40.00 higher than two weeks ago The plainer kind and 600-650 lbs 7.00-17.00 higher. The offering included mostly unweand calves with one consignment of over 500 head and 2 loads of 700 lb yearlings. 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 $310.33/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −149.77 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$310.33

197 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$36.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.16

vs AR average

−15.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	313.97	1,708	170
Medium and Large 1-2	517	308.00	1,592	9thin
Medium and Large 2	537	277.11	1,488	18thin

One grade step is worth $36.86/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 sale197 hd

310.33

—

AR average2 barns · 201 hd

310.17

+0.16

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−15.04

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

−149.77

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

94 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 2Value Added	600–650	622	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	504	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	285.62/cwt	254.00–288.00	1,737	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,683	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	252.33/cwt	235.00–261.00	1,734	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	242.93/cwt	230.00–261.00	1,528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,578	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	551	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	420	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	299.14/cwt	270.00–309.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	311.28/cwt	303.00–329.00	1,348	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	641	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	442	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	900–950	922	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	265.67/cwt	225.00–280.00	1,283	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	257.98/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	329.22/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	279.79/cwt	250.00–300.00	918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	241.41/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	263.71/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,126	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	243.11/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	234.27/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,841	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	877	189.99/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	978	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	186.65/cwt	180.00–193.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	282.41/cwt	249.00–297.00	1,454	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	219.50/cwt	217.00–222.00	724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	257.03/cwt	240.00–270.00	936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	768	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	967	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	298.27/cwt	271.00–311.00	1,718	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	333.43/cwt	300.00–357.00	1,624	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	381.20/cwt	350.00–411.00	1,456	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	233.43/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	373.41/cwt	360.00–387.00	1,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	269.73/cwt	249.00–271.50	1,950	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	2,078	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	284.51/cwt	277.00–293.00	1,778	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	324.05/cwt	302.00–342.00	1,682	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	357.24/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,533	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	335.29/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,261	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	288.50/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,676	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	224.51/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	307.45/cwt	276.00–329.00	1,445	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	273.25/cwt	252.00–297.00	1,424	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	216.12/cwt	210.00–236.00	1,643	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	229.51/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	278.02/cwt	268.00–290.00	1,824	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	403.02/cwt	373.00–431.00	1,354	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	323.28/cwt	300.00–339.00	1,397	120
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	341.48/cwt	313.00–361.00	1,458	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	413	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,392	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	266.05/cwt	245.00–272.50	1,516	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	245.04/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,507	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	317.92/cwt	290.00–341.00	1,507	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	274.30/cwt	272.00–279.00	1,670	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	315.81/cwt	303.00–321.00	1,806	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,869	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	313.90/cwt	290.00–323.00	1,635	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	238.32/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,597	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	264.91/cwt	264.50–266.00	1,897	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	242.53/cwt	237.00–243.50	1,610	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,423	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	334.00/cwt	297.00–355.00	1,075	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,338	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,472	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	245.47/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	618	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	867	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,985	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	406	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,612	25

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	319.00	319.00
5	550–600	551	278.00	278.00
2	600–650	622	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
129	600–650	608	254.00–288.00	285.62
104	700–750	716	264.50–266.00	264.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	517	308.00	308.00
11	600–650	612	275.00	275.00
8	700–750	736	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	350.00	350.00
5	350–400	385	317.00–335.00	329.22
5	400–450	433	303.00–329.00	311.28
4	450–500	480	270.00–309.00	299.14
10	500–550	515	249.00–297.00	282.41
3	550–600	587	250.00–262.00	257.98
4	600–650	629	230.00–261.00	242.93
17	650–700	687	235.00–261.00	252.33
2	700–750	735	235.00–251.00	243.11
9	750–800	786	230.00–249.00	234.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	450	203.00	203.00
1	600–650	620	200.00	200.00
3	750–800	768	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	336	373.00–431.00	403.02
33	350–400	382	350.00–411.00	381.20
26	400–450	429	340.00–385.00	357.24
129	450–500	487	300.00–357.00	333.43
94	500–550	519	302.00–342.00	324.05
62	550–600	576	271.00–311.00	298.27
28	600–650	625	277.00–293.00	284.51
19	650–700	656	268.00–290.00	278.02
78	700–750	723	249.00–271.50	269.73
66	750–800	769	270.25	270.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	337.00	337.00
14	550–600	572	303.00–321.00	315.81
11	600–650	619	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	795	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	406	397.00	397.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	413	337.00	337.00
5	500–550	504	272.00	272.00
6	550–600	558	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	478	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	529	269.00	269.00
7	550–600	598	258.00	258.00
11	650–700	680	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	299.00	299.00
6	600–650	641	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	250.00–300.00	279.79
5	350–400	364	240.00–270.00	257.03
14	400–450	427	235.00–275.00	263.71
8	450–500	483	225.00–280.00	265.67
5	500–550	512	230.00–251.00	241.41
1	550–600	580	232.00	232.00
2	600–650	642	232.00	232.00
1	650–700	690	190.00	190.00
2	750–800	778	180.00–193.00	186.65
1	900–950	930	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	978	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	922	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	217.00–222.00	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	618	244.00	244.00
2	700–750	705	230.00	230.00
6	850–900	867	229.00	229.00
7	950–1000	967	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	322	297.00–355.00	334.00
48	350–400	376	310.00–355.00	335.29
120	400–450	432	300.00–339.00	323.28
109	450–500	470	276.00–329.00	307.45
52	500–550	521	252.00–297.00	273.25
160	550–600	570	245.00–272.50	266.05
38	600–650	615	237.00–252.00	245.04
16	650–700	670	231.00–245.00	238.32
2	700–750	720	229.00–230.00	229.51
6	750–800	760	210.00–236.00	216.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
118	650–700	664	237.00–243.50	242.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	500–550	523	281.50	281.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	483	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	590	251.00	251.00
2	600–650	635	242.00–249.00	245.47
1	700–750	720	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	785	205.00	205.00
3	850–900	877	185.00–200.00	189.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	378	360.00–387.00	373.41
16	400–450	427	313.00–361.00	341.48
27	450–500	474	290.00–341.00	317.92
29	500–550	521	290.00–323.00	313.90
7	550–600	581	275.00–294.00	288.50
18	600–650	609	272.00–279.00	274.30
2	650–700	673	227.00–240.00	233.43
4	750–800	770	221.00–227.00	224.51
1	850–900	885	219.00	219.00

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