Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-400 lbs 15.00-30.00 higher 400-600 lbs 7.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300-450 lbs 15.00-20.00 higher 450-600 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher and 600-700 lbs 12.00-30.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. The offering included several groups of good quality reputation calves. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Average dress bulls 3.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.45/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −77.90 against this barn's trailing median of $406.35.

Average price

$328.45

122 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$34.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.20

vs AR average

−11.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	332.26	1,805	90
Medium and Large 1-2	546	323.20	1,763	25
Medium and Large 2	552	298.25	1,646	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.01/cwt here — about $159 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 sale122 hd

328.45

—

AR average8 barns · 388 hd

321.25

+7.20

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−11.43

This barn, trailing median25 sales

406.35

−77.90

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	1,678	179.62	3,013	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,318	152.56	2,011	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,192	149.80	1,785	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	988	127.82	1,263	20

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)	1,198	$2,328	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	858	$1,604	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$1,925	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	705	$1,825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,608	$3,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,035	$1,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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	300–350	322	489.79/cwt	461.00–505.00	1,577	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	428.48/cwt	395.00–442.00	1,388	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	411.96/cwt	387.00–423.00	1,565	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	435.00/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,388	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	279.68/cwt	273.00–303.00	2,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	407.45/cwt	391.00–425.00	1,911	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	376.56/cwt	351.00–385.00	2,128	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	323.35/cwt	300.00–342.00	2,170	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	369.84/cwt	266.00–389.00	1,712	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	390.93/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,025	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	416.09/cwt	414.00–421.00	2,172	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	382.57/cwt	382.00–383.00	2,219	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	339.58/cwt	323.00–347.00	1,773	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,423	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	550–600	590	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	488	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,806	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	325.35/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,828	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	444.49/cwt	420.00–475.00	1,676	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	460	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	355.40/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,029	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	399.03/cwt	364.00–408.00	1,660	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	690	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,015	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	391.20/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,831	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	313.35/cwt	295.00–329.00	1,933	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	373.26/cwt	355.00–389.00	1,952	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	422.19/cwt	402.00–433.00	1,786	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	900	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	428.55/cwt	407.00–453.00	1,637	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	644	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,938	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	178.68/cwt	152.00–198.00	1,789	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	410.39/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,761	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	338.86/cwt	325.00–353.00	2,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,093	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	142.89/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,602	9
Bulls	—	—	1,604	176.38/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,829	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	153.50/cwt	148.00–159.00	2,019	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	141.73/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,925	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	133.31/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,477	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	152.59/cwt	148.00–163.00	1,852	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	1,604.37/head	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,604	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	130.31/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,337	6
Bulls	—	—	1,825	186.11/cwt	185.00–187.00	3,397	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	142.89/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,483	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	944	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	116.61/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,074	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	142.90/cwt	130.00–153.00	1,518	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	158.53/cwt	149.00–163.00	2,018	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,328.10/head	1,700.00–2,900.00	2,328	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,608	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	277.05/cwt	253.00–300.00	1,177	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	333.06/cwt	313.00–357.00	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	752	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	259.99/cwt	227.00–300.00	957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	413.67/cwt	400.00–417.00	1,626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	330.60/cwt	312.00–345.00	1,584	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	392.83/cwt	350.00–407.00	1,560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	308.42/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	249.69/cwt	249.00–251.00	2,162	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	240.94/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	352.12/cwt	330.00–381.00	1,155	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	354.27/cwt	341.00–360.00	1,690	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,532	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,241	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	811	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,011	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	284.69/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	346.42/cwt	331.00–357.00	1,469	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,036	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	295.62/cwt	285.00–307.00	2,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	316.80/cwt	300.00–323.00	1,961	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,672	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	302	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	363.03/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	347.05/cwt	343.00–349.00	1,850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	269.10/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	323.49/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	395.40/cwt	390.00–399.00	1,870	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	277.53/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	498	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	234.58/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	366.74/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,753	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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,264Last week 653Year ago 677

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 92Year ago 139

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 20Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	322	461.00–505.00	489.79
48	350–400	377	420.00–475.00	444.49
58	400–450	423	402.00–433.00	422.19
22	450–500	469	391.00–425.00	407.45
55	500–550	518	384.00–400.00	390.93
64	550–600	565	351.00–385.00	376.56
1	600–650	615	341.00	341.00
1	650–700	660	329.00	329.00
19	700–750	747	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	522	414.00–421.00	416.09
19	550–600	580	382.00–383.00	382.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
5	350–400	393	400.00–417.00	413.67
1	400–450	410	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	478	350.00–387.00	366.74
3	500–550	533	343.00–349.00	347.05
6	600–650	619	300.00–323.00	316.80
3	700–750	735	285.00–307.00	295.62
3	850–900	866	249.00–251.00	249.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	644	301.00	301.00
1	650–700	660	323.00	323.00
1	700–750	745	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	498	282.00	282.00
1	500–550	530	309.00	309.00
4	750–800	752	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	421	412.00	412.00
56	450–500	473	390.00–399.00	395.40
13	500–550	543	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	324	395.00–442.00	428.48
56	350–400	380	387.00–423.00	411.96
49	400–450	416	364.00–408.00	399.03
63	450–500	463	266.00–389.00	369.84
43	500–550	522	323.00–347.00	339.58
41	550–600	562	300.00–333.00	325.35
20	600–650	617	295.00–329.00	313.35
1	700–750	735	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	760	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	960	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	354	402.00	402.00
22	400–450	434	353.00	353.00
43	450–500	477	341.00–360.00	354.27
15	500–550	516	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	590	322.00	322.00
6	800–850	811	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	406.00	406.00
15	450–500	488	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	568	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	460	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	690	292.00	292.00
1	900–950	900	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	368	227.00–300.00	259.99
2	400–450	425	253.00–300.00	277.05
2	450–500	493	230.00–252.00	240.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	330.00–381.00	352.12
6	350–400	365	345.00–380.00	363.03
7	400–450	424	331.00–357.00	346.42
18	450–500	479	312.00–345.00	330.60
4	500–550	525	300.00–312.00	308.42
3	550–600	588	270.00–295.00	284.69
2	600–650	620	265.00–273.00	269.10
2	700–750	720	229.00–240.00	234.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	420.00–450.00	435.00
16	350–400	382	407.00–453.00	428.55
14	400–450	429	395.00–420.00	410.39
21	450–500	468	370.00–395.00	391.20
41	500–550	523	355.00–389.00	373.26
7	550–600	571	337.00–360.00	355.40
4	600–650	606	325.00–353.00	338.86
28	650–700	671	300.00–342.00	323.35
7	700–750	723	273.00–303.00	279.68
1	950–1000	985	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	420.00	420.00
4	350–400	397	350.00–407.00	392.83
1	400–450	445	337.00	337.00
3	450–500	487	355.00	355.00
4	500–550	515	313.00–357.00	333.06
2	550–600	570	322.00–325.00	323.49
6	650–700	666	250.00–285.00	277.53

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	—	1,035	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,608	3,000.00	3,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,001	152.00–198.00	178.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,062	130.00–153.00	142.90
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	1,925.00	1,925.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	705	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	858	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,604.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,273	149.00–163.00	158.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,198	1,700.00–2,900.00	2,328.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,121	139.00–147.00	142.89
3	—	1,108	129.00–137.00	133.31
40	—	1,214	148.00–163.00	152.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,315	148.00–159.00	153.50
2	—	1,358	140.00–144.00	141.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,026	124.00–132.00	130.31
6	—	1,038	139.00–147.00	142.89
1	—	935	101.00	101.00
7	—	921	110.00–123.00	116.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,604	165.00–180.00	176.38
3	—	1,825	185.00–187.00	186.11

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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Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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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

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North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

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