Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher no trend on weights over 600 lbs last week. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs mostly 1.00-10.00 higher with full advance on weights under 400 lbs except 400-450 lbs 5.00 lower. Supply was light with good demand with the offering being mostly unweaned calves. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.52/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −87.83 against this barn's trailing median of $406.35.

Average price

$318.52

80 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$25.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

vs AR average

−14.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	321.72	1,766	63
Medium and Large 1-2	536	318.00	1,704	8thin
Medium and Large 2	555	296.60	1,647	9thin

One grade step is worth $25.12/cwt here — about $119 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 sale80 hd

318.52

—

AR average8 barns · 315 hd

318.74

−0.22

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−14.30

This barn, trailing median25 sales

406.35

−87.83

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	1,612	176.46	2,845	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	145.52	1,791	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,519	144.57	2,196	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	126.03	1,290	23

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)	1,201	$2,307	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	945	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	960	$1,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,340	$2,825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$1,613	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	878	$1,635	2thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1-2	400–450	400	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,603	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	282.97/cwt	274.00–300.00	1,774	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	394.94/cwt	363.00–411.00	1,710	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	378.28/cwt	373.00–387.00	1,589	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,004	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	382.64/cwt	361.00–390.00	1,982	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	314.27/cwt	299.00–325.00	1,769	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	334.76/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,737	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	409.11/cwt	399.00–419.00	1,326	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	355.02/cwt	336.00–387.00	2,038	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	348.73/cwt	301.00–365.00	1,981	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	418.45/cwt	391.00–435.00	1,540	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	387.20/cwt	379.00–395.00	1,851	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	550–600	554	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,812	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	820	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	323.07/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,071	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	338	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,437	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	361.62/cwt	359.00–363.00	1,924	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	430.21/cwt	410.00–443.00	1,402	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	246.43/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,610	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	522	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	651	279.60/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,779	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	985	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	655	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Steers	Small 1	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	272.91/cwt	268.00–293.00	1,943	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	920	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,226	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	114.35/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,156	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	835	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	141.77/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,547	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	150.93/cwt	147.00–161.00	1,847	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	141.35/cwt	134.00–147.00	1,747	13
Bulls	—	—	1,340	162.50/cwt	156.00–169.00	2,178	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,917	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	130.29/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,324	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	143.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,184	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,303	1
Bulls	—	—	1,894	191.19/cwt	182.00–200.00	3,621	6
Bulls	—	—	1,558	173.35/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,701	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	1,635.00/head	1,635.00–1,635.00	1,635	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	151.56/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,493	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	2,307.32/head	1,800.00–2,950.00	2,307	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	288.73/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	378.55/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,817	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	387.08/cwt	381.00–393.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	270.40/cwt	269.00–279.00	2,069	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	364.00/cwt	357.00–371.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,704	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	368.13/cwt	359.00–371.00	1,944	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	323.23/cwt	302.00–345.00	1,522	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	302.89/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	457.91/cwt	429.00–461.00	1,566	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	428.10/cwt	415.00–433.00	1,648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	350.34/cwt	343.00–373.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	348.60/cwt	327.00–365.00	1,495	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,044	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	399.17/cwt	397.00–419.00	1,824	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	328.24/cwt	300.00–334.00	2,225	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	397.07/cwt	379.00–420.00	1,509	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	337.34/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	414.37/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,761	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	362.85/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,716	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	340.37/cwt	329.00–357.00	2,124	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	323.95/cwt	315.00–327.00	2,355	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 May 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 653Last week 550Year ago 419

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 90Year ago 136

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 37Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	366.00	366.00
29	450–500	462	347.00	347.00
8	500–550	536	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	399.00–419.00	409.11
37	350–400	380	379.00–420.00	397.07
29	400–450	420	373.00–387.00	378.28
21	450–500	473	350.00–375.00	362.85
18	500–550	519	325.00–360.00	334.76
35	550–600	563	299.00–325.00	314.27
6	600–650	627	274.00–300.00	282.97
1	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	738	240.00–253.00	246.43
2	750–800	762	263.00	263.00
1	900–950	945	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	554	327.00	327.00
7	650–700	651	275.00–291.00	279.60
2	800–850	820	227.00	227.00
2	900–950	920	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	341.00	341.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	376	331.00–350.00	337.34
9	400–450	429	327.00–365.00	348.60
14	450–500	471	302.00–345.00	323.23
5	500–550	529	299.00–315.00	302.89
4	550–600	588	285.00–290.00	288.73
1	800–850	815	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	303.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	410.00–443.00	430.21
23	350–400	368	391.00–435.00	418.45
18	400–450	433	363.00–411.00	394.94
25	450–500	478	379.00–395.00	387.20
11	500–550	532	359.00–363.00	361.62
23	550–600	568	301.00–365.00	348.73
7	600–650	641	320.00–337.00	323.07
1	650–700	685	325.00	325.00
11	700–750	712	268.00–293.00	272.91
1	750–800	790	267.00	267.00
2	800–850	838	255.00	255.00
3	900–950	908	227.00	227.00
2	1000–1050	1,010	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	615	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	395	357.00–371.00	364.00
4	400–450	414	343.00–373.00	350.34
1	600–650	615	287.00	287.00
1	650–700	695	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	740	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	342	429.00–461.00	457.91
7	350–400	385	415.00–433.00	428.10
19	400–450	425	405.00–425.00	414.37
10	450–500	457	397.00–419.00	399.17
28	500–550	518	361.00–390.00	382.64
28	550–600	574	336.00–387.00	355.02
12	600–650	624	329.00–357.00	340.37
6	650–700	678	300.00–334.00	328.24
4	700–750	727	315.00–327.00	323.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	425.00	425.00
18	400–450	435	409.00	409.00
2	500–550	522	347.00	347.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	381.00–393.00	387.08
4	450–500	480	360.00–385.00	378.55
1	550–600	565	331.00	331.00
1	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
7	750–800	765	269.00–279.00	270.40
1	900–950	925	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	528	359.00–371.00	368.13
6	600–650	612	334.00	334.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,340	2,825.00	2,825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	655	1,425.00	1,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	187.00	187.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	878	1,635.00	1,635.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	149.00–154.00	151.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	960	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,201	1,800.00–2,950.00	2,307.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	1,650.00	1,650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,011	110.00–120.00	114.35
1	—	780	107.00	107.00
6	—	1,091	139.00–148.00	141.77
7	—	1,016	125.00–134.00	130.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,224	147.00–161.00	150.93
13	—	1,236	134.00–147.00	141.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,518	140.00–148.00	143.86
1	—	1,525	151.00	151.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,340	156.00–169.00	162.50
6	—	1,894	182.00–200.00	191.19
6	—	1,558	169.00–178.00	173.35

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle