Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 2.00-10.00 lower on a light test not enough over 500 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs steady to 10.00 lower not enough over 650 lbs for a trend. Supply was light and with quality average. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.05/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −106.30 against this barn's trailing median of $406.35.

Average price

$300.05

15 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$107

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

$2.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs AR average

−16.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	302.48	1,573	2thin
Medium and Large 1	561	299.68	1,680	13thin

One grade step is worth $2.80/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale15 hd

300.05

—

AR average10 barns · 174 hd

297.33

+2.72

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−16.50

This barn, trailing median25 sales

406.35

−106.30

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	—	Low	1,501	159.30	2,391	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	143.08	1,989	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,169	142.55	1,666	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	967	121.69	1,177	53

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)	1,114	$2,071	20
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,060	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	852	$1,850	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$1,725	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	650	$1,375	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,325	$2,706	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,432	$2,817	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,176	$2,359	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,106	$2,194	33
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	813	210.94/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,715	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,059	2,280.49/head	1,600.00–2,550.00	2,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	850–900	855	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,753	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	158.28/cwt	149.00–169.00	1,391	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	315.35/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,607	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	340	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	410.63/cwt	391.00–420.00	1,523	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,542	2,906.11/head	2,700.00–3,150.00	2,906	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	2,070.89/head	1,675.00–2,500.00	2,071	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,981	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	2,191.03/head	1,400.00–2,425.00	2,191	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	2,363.31/head	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,363	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	149.59/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,764	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	159.41/cwt	148.00–183.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	442	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,198	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,706.04/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	244.94/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,629	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	156.33/cwt	142.00–171.00	1,648	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	325.91/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	968	180.03/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	302.48/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,573	2
Bulls	—	—	1,419	153.82/cwt	142.00–159.00	2,183	18
Bulls	—	—	1,815	182.22/cwt	178.00–189.00	3,307	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	138.50/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,392	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,229	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	145.58/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,705	18
Bulls	—	—	1,609	165.26/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,659	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	147.19/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,105	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	140.34/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,913	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,351	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	110.62/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,035	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	138.25/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,613	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	95.14/cwt	90.00–100.00	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	360.38/cwt	360.00–361.00	1,539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	306.26/cwt	299.00–329.00	1,467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	317.47/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	362.81/cwt	351.00–375.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	325.80/cwt	309.00–331.00	1,430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	894	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,868	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	299.80/cwt	257.00–323.00	1,394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	412.30/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,690	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	278.35/cwt	269.00–283.00	1,690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	380.19/cwt	369.00–385.00	1,791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	391.56/cwt	381.00–399.00	1,296	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	410	348.14/cwt	335.00–359.00	1,427	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	373.81/cwt	364.00–385.00	1,596	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	756	217.59/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,645	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	335.14/cwt	327.00–339.00	1,773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	714	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,828	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	793	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	379.51/cwt	360.00–393.00	1,381	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	411.19/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,480	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	405.98/cwt	400.00–421.00	1,332	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,358	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	248.32/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	298.90/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,686	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,323	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,738	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	403.60/cwt	361.00–411.00	1,735	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	2,455.43/head	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,455	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2

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 Apr 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 638Year ago 351

Slaughter CattleReceipts 143Last week 124Year ago 112

Replacement CattleReceipts 115Last week 185Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	317.00–335.00	325.91
1	550–600	590	299.00	299.00
1	650–700	685	245.00	245.00
2	800–850	813	207.00–215.00	210.94
2	950–1000	968	170.00–190.00	180.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	400.00–421.00	405.98
7	350–400	371	391.00–420.00	410.63
9	400–450	430	361.00–411.00	403.60
3	500–550	529	327.00–339.00	335.14
9	550–600	559	300.00–326.00	315.35
3	600–650	638	270.00	270.00
3	750–800	764	241.00–255.00	248.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	369.00	369.00
1	400–450	420	301.00	301.00
3	450–500	465	257.00–323.00	299.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	267.00	267.00
5	650–700	661	263.00	263.00
4	750–800	756	200.00–235.00	217.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	855	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	331	381.00–399.00	391.56
19	350–400	364	360.00–393.00	379.51
22	400–450	427	364.00–385.00	373.81
3	450–500	470	342.00	342.00
1	500–550	520	309.00	309.00
12	550–600	564	290.00–301.00	298.90
5	600–650	607	269.00–283.00	278.35
1	650–700	650	244.00	244.00
1	700–750	735	243.00	243.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	173.00	173.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
4	400–450	439	309.00–331.00	325.80
9	450–500	479	299.00–329.00	306.26
2	500–550	520	300.00–305.00	302.48
1	600–650	645	241.00	241.00
2	650–700	665	241.00–249.00	244.94
1	700–750	735	209.00	209.00
4	850–900	894	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	672	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	335.00–359.00	348.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	714	256.00	256.00
3	750–800	793	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	351.00–375.00	362.81
2	350–400	388	397.00	397.00
5	400–450	427	360.00–361.00	360.38
1	450–500	475	331.00	331.00
2	550–600	578	315.00–320.00	317.47
1	600–650	600	297.00	297.00
1	950–1000	950	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	431.00	431.00
7	350–400	360	402.00–425.00	411.19
17	400–450	410	410.00–415.00	412.30
12	450–500	471	369.00–385.00	380.19
1	500–550	510	325.00	325.00
4	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	401.00	401.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,059	1,600.00–2,550.00	2,280.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,542	2,700.00–3,150.00	2,906.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,550.00	2,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,104	1,400.00–2,425.00	2,191.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,152	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,363.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,110	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,380	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,455.43
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,114	1,675.00–2,500.00	2,070.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	153.00	153.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,013	148.00–183.00	159.41
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,054	142.00–171.00	156.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	879	149.00–169.00	158.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	146.00–153.00	149.59
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	650	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,725.00	1,725.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	852	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,325	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,706.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,419	142.00–159.00	153.82
3	—	1,815	178.00–189.00	182.22
5	—	1,609	160.00–170.00	165.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,005	132.00–145.00	138.50
22	—	984	120.00–130.00	124.90
15	—	936	105.00–117.00	110.62
4	—	874	90.00–100.00	95.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,171	141.00–151.00	145.58
1	—	1,145	118.00	118.00
7	—	1,167	135.00–141.00	138.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	145.00–150.00	147.19
3	—	1,363	139.00–142.00	140.34

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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