Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend sale closed past two weeks due to inclement weather. Supply was heavy with very good demand with prices sharply higher than three weeks ago. The offering included several groups of weaned cattle in the weaned special along with the regular sale. 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 $337.84/cwt on 285 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −122.26 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$337.84

285 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$853

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

$143.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs AR average

−10.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	343.03	1,923	134
Medium and Large 1-2	555	338.32	1,877	134
Medium and Large 2	541	298.99	1,618	16thin
Medium and Large 3	535	200.00	1,070	1thin

One grade step is worth $143.03/cwt here — about $853 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

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 sale285 hd

337.84

—

AR average4 barns · 362 hd

337.73

+0.11

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−10.40

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

−122.26

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

98 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 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,067	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,898	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,815	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	497	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,556	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	346.83/cwt	346.00–350.00	1,814	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	323.53/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	338.87/cwt	300.00–357.00	1,254	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	777	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,857	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	334.43/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,983	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	453	366.27/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	263.19/cwt	249.00–266.00	2,037	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,511	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	800–850	845	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	374.55/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,446	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	349.96/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	263.33/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,496	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	265.71/cwt	253.00–279.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	345.68/cwt	289.00–373.00	1,497	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	304.91/cwt	282.00–329.00	1,601	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	230.50/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	285.97/cwt	277.00–299.00	1,650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	269.43/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	247.67/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	207.38/cwt	200.00–230.00	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	277.80/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,833	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	276.27/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	939	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	387.92/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	306.22/cwt	251.00–342.00	1,265	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	466	393.40/cwt	382.00–417.00	1,833	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	550–600	568	304.27/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,728	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	825	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,889	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	728	247.60/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,803	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	753	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,867	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	656	274.50/cwt	252.00–279.00	1,801	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	285.42/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,732	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	422.61/cwt	407.00–440.00	1,581	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	348.33/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,794	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	399.93/cwt	397.00–415.00	1,764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	292.40/cwt	263.00–299.00	2,114	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	444.35/cwt	427.00–487.00	1,462	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	349.94/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,491	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	288.67/cwt	286.00–299.00	1,989	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	348.17/cwt	321.00–401.00	1,685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	322.75/cwt	306.00–331.00	1,833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	422.13/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,765	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	260.78/cwt	256.00–262.50	2,350	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	320.82/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	376.75/cwt	353.00–395.00	1,771	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,199	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	333.47/cwt	321.00–347.00	1,924	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	293.11/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,685	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,191	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	333.98/cwt	301.00–343.50	2,057	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,064	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	343.06/cwt	327.00–357.00	1,612	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	361	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	263.73/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,735	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	277.05/cwt	277.00–278.00	1,635	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	684	295.61/cwt	293.00–300.00	2,022	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	334.14/cwt	305.00–357.00	1,557	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	405.25/cwt	383.00–423.00	1,516	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,688	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,272	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	327.94/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,066	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	317.47/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,724	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	374.48/cwt	363.00–407.00	1,255	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	369.28/cwt	335.00–387.00	1,374	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	356.95/cwt	348.00–364.00	2,002	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	347.87/cwt	343.00–360.00	1,461	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	606	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,806	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	298.64/cwt	297.00–301.00	1,741	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	259.78/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	313.80/cwt	285.00–338.00	1,625	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	360.88/cwt	351.00–377.00	1,859	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	362.78/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,542	10

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 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
63	500–550	523	346.00–350.00	346.83
26	550–600	584	325.00	325.00
77	600–650	638	324.00	324.00
54	650–700	684	293.00–300.00	295.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	545	333.00	333.00
35	550–600	593	327.00–337.00	334.43
7	600–650	602	325.00	325.00
6	650–700	693	284.00	284.00
19	750–800	759	272.00	272.00
90	850–900	859	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	370.00–400.00	387.92
7	350–400	386	360.00–379.00	374.55
9	400–450	433	289.00–373.00	345.68
6	450–500	477	315.00–329.00	323.53
11	500–550	525	282.00–329.00	304.91
5	550–600	577	277.00–299.00	285.97
2	600–650	640	260.00–279.00	269.43
16	650–700	660	260.00–283.00	277.80
10	750–800	774	249.00–266.00	263.19
1	850–900	850	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	453	360.00–375.00	366.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	247.00	247.00
1	500–550	535	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	466	382.00–417.00	393.40
21	500–550	515	351.00–377.00	360.88
25	550–600	561	348.00–364.00	356.95
22	600–650	630	315.00–330.00	327.94
5	650–700	672	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	329	427.00–487.00	444.35
58	350–400	374	407.00–440.00	422.61
47	400–450	418	400.00–445.00	422.13
62	450–500	470	353.00–395.00	376.75
8	500–550	515	343.00–350.00	348.33
80	550–600	577	321.00–347.00	333.47
62	600–650	616	301.00–343.50	333.98
48	650–700	689	286.00–299.00	288.67
279	700–750	723	263.00–299.00	292.40
236	800–850	801	274.50	274.50
38	900–950	901	256.00–262.50	260.78
1	1050–1100	1,090	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	420	343.00–360.00	347.87
26	450–500	497	313.00	313.00
62	500–550	501	337.00	337.00
71	550–600	590	277.00–278.00	277.05
34	650–700	658	259.00–266.00	263.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	345.00–355.00	349.96
10	350–400	370	300.00–357.00	338.87
7	400–450	413	251.00–342.00	306.22
4	450–500	489	260.00–295.00	276.27
1	500–550	535	267.00	267.00
4	550–600	568	250.00–273.00	263.33
3	600–650	627	246.00–250.00	247.67
4	650–700	688	230.00–231.00	230.50
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	805	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	777	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	475	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	845	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	200.00–230.00	207.38
1	400–450	425	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	460	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	568	304.00–305.00	304.27
37	650–700	656	252.00–279.00	274.50
22	700–750	728	246.00–249.00	247.60
3	750–800	753	248.00	248.00
4	800–850	825	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	335	363.00–407.00	374.48
23	350–400	372	335.00–387.00	369.28
62	400–450	426	325.00–375.00	349.94
45	450–500	466	305.00–357.00	334.14
67	500–550	518	285.00–338.00	313.80
47	550–600	575	271.00–300.00	293.11
4	600–650	616	250.00–265.00	259.78
2	650–700	665	257.00	257.00
4	750–800	755	209.00	209.00
1	950–1000	960	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	355	395.00	395.00
10	400–450	425	360.00–370.00	362.78
31	450–500	470	327.00–357.00	343.06
28	500–550	543	315.00–325.00	317.47
36	550–600	583	297.00–301.00	298.64
21	600–650	606	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	269.00	269.00
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	568	253.00–279.00	265.71
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	705	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	435.00	435.00
16	350–400	374	383.00–423.00	405.25
6	400–450	441	397.00–415.00	399.93
4	450–500	484	321.00–401.00	348.17
13	500–550	527	300.00–335.00	320.82
11	550–600	568	306.00–331.00	322.75
9	600–650	607	270.00–289.00	285.42
3	650–700	657	286.00	286.00

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