Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders for an accurate trend. Light run due to cold weather in the area. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower on a light test. No trend on bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.44/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −131.91 against this barn's trailing median of $406.35.

Average price

$274.44

22 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$28.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.83

vs AR average

−29.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	279.56	1,510	18thin
Medium and Large 2	562	251.43	1,412	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about $98 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

274.44

—

AR average10 barns · 522 hd

276.27

−1.83

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−29.98

This barn, trailing median25 sales

406.35

−131.91

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	1,848	142.00	2,623	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,420	132.00	1,874	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	124.06	1,525	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	96.10	969	11

Every lot, as filed

59 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	450–500	479	313.08/cwt	285.00–327.00	1,500	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	245.67/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	329.84/cwt	329.00–341.00	1,300	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	319.62/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,378	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,148	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,729	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	272.58/cwt	265.00–293.00	995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	261.64/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	252.85/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	333.73/cwt	327.00–363.00	1,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,098	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,116	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	108.16/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,204	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	80.82/cwt	75.00–89.00	744	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	93.34/cwt	90.00–101.00	913	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	118.74/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,339	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,874	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	127.68/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,583	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	298.14/cwt	290.00–300.00	954	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,089	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,575	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	118.62/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,440	8
Bulls	—	—	1,965	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	3,124	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	258.34/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,502	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,889	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	319.44/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,683	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,221	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	355.24/cwt	339.00–363.00	1,325	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	263.07/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	421.01/cwt	413.00–439.00	1,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	335.41/cwt	329.00–357.00	1,580	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	340.00/cwt	329.00–347.00	1,744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	283.14/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,506	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	321.28/cwt	313.00–357.00	1,394	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,154	4

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 →

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Wed Jan 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 921Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 108Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 40Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders for an accurate trend. Light run due to cold weather in the area. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower on a light test. No trend on bulls.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	363.00	363.00
9	350–400	373	339.00–363.00	355.24
6	400–450	431	305.00–327.00	319.62
13	450–500	479	285.00–327.00	313.08
15	500–550	532	269.00–290.00	283.14
3	550–600	580	260.00–265.00	261.64
8	600–650	613	243.00–266.00	263.07
3	650–700	680	243.00–251.00	245.67
2	700–750	722	238.00	238.00
2	1050–1100	1,098	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	290.00–300.00	298.14
4	350–400	365	265.00–293.00	272.58
2	500–550	525	245.00–261.00	252.85
2	550–600	598	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	682	231.00	231.00
2	700–750	732	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	413.00–439.00	421.01
1	350–400	355	391.00	391.00
2	400–450	428	383.00	383.00
8	450–500	471	329.00–357.00	335.41
4	500–550	513	329.00–347.00	340.00
5	550–600	562	337.00	337.00
2	600–650	605	314.00	314.00
6	650–700	682	277.00	277.00
1	750–800	765	258.00	258.00
1	800–850	815	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	375	359.00	359.00
6	400–450	430	327.00–363.00	333.73
4	500–550	549	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
1	900–950	920	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	314	389.00	389.00
14	350–400	394	329.00–341.00	329.84
13	400–450	434	313.00–357.00	321.28
7	450–500	486	309.00	309.00
6	500–550	527	309.00–335.00	319.44
6	550–600	551	297.00	297.00
1	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
3	650–700	663	257.00–261.00	258.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	311.00	311.00
1	400–450	444	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	515	291.00	291.00
1	550–600	555	271.00	271.00
1	600–650	615	245.00	245.00

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	—	1,300	133.00	133.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	105.00–111.00	108.16
4	—	920	75.00–89.00	80.82
3	—	978	90.00–101.00	93.34
2	—	1,128	117.00–120.00	118.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	132.00	132.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,240	125.00–131.00	127.68
8	—	1,214	114.00–124.00	118.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,965	159.00	159.00
1	—	1,730	125.00	125.00

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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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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle