Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend sale closed last week for the holiday. Supply was light with good demand. Quality was average with cattle with excess hair receiving discounts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.36/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −89.74 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$370.36

77 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$40.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.77

vs AR average

−8.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	380.79	2,100	57
Medium and Large 2	568	340.64	1,935	20

One grade step is worth $40.16/cwt here — about $165 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 sale77 hd

370.36

—

AR average6 barns · 176 hd

366.60

+3.77

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−8.77

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

−89.74

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	1,776	202.14	3,591	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	159.42	2,216	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,185	154.26	1,828	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	140.09	1,457	22

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)	1,242	$2,240	22
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,789	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,091	$1,750	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	715	$1,575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	870	$1,880	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	820	$1,675	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	775	$2,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 1Unweaned	600–650	632	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	340.96/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,284	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	424.25/cwt	419.00–437.00	1,616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	277.17/cwt	263.00–288.00	2,145	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	411.61/cwt	395.00–423.00	1,935	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	373.00/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	331.23/cwt	315.00–342.00	1,752	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	599	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	411.44/cwt	387.00–440.00	1,810	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	356.03/cwt	349.00–369.00	1,969	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	516.97/cwt	515.00–519.00	1,603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,662	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,955	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	373.34/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,407	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	368.49/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,592	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	382.24/cwt	353.00–402.00	2,167	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	365.47/cwt	331.00–381.00	1,725	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	318.31/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,792	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,082	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,789.23/head	1,650.00–1,960.00	1,789	6
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	367.34/cwt	353.00–373.00	1,884	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	306.28/cwt	292.00–311.00	2,221	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	820	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	705	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	888	1,709.15/head	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,674	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	924	125.98/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,164	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	153.27/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,746	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	139.15/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,453	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	159.42/cwt	154.00–170.00	2,216	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	158.67/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,921	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	148.09/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,700	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	1,750.14/head	1,375.00–1,900.00	1,750	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	2,239.87/head	2,075.00–2,725.00	2,240	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	170.28/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,771	2
Bulls	—	—	1,735	196.32/cwt	190.00–201.00	3,406	10
Bulls	—	—	1,660	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,905	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	216.35/cwt	204.00–228.00	4,035	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	368.73/cwt	325.00–397.00	1,763	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,488	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	161.22/cwt	143.00–191.00	1,557	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	303	382.97/cwt	380.00–401.00	1,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	250.03/cwt	222.00–269.00	1,920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	411.11/cwt	345.00–430.00	1,529	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	281.35/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	315.01/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,329	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	311.61/cwt	297.00–323.00	1,639	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	298.50/cwt	290.00–317.00	1,710	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	349.03/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,291	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	338.46/cwt	338.00–339.00	1,950	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	290.59/cwt	263.00–305.00	1,796	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	321.67/cwt	291.00–342.00	1,515	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	342.85/cwt	300.00–380.00	1,464	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	338.86/cwt	314.00–353.00	1,759	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	316.04/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	319.03/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,026	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	370.41/cwt	327.00–390.00	1,356	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	343.80/cwt	337.00–360.00	1,674	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,065	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	324.15/cwt	283.00–337.00	2,052	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	332.99/cwt	323.00–336.00	2,461	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	378.12/cwt	357.00–407.00	1,978	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	372.78/cwt	345.00–381.00	2,296	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	368.31/cwt	353.00–373.00	1,536	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,155	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	352.96/cwt	351.00–355.00	1,846	3

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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 714Last week 658Year ago 1,000

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 80Year ago 235

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 15Year ago 60

Compared to last week: No trend sale closed last week for the holiday. Supply was light with good demand. Quality was average with cattle with excess hair receiving discounts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	632	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	515.00–519.00	516.97
4	350–400	372	450.00	450.00
20	400–450	440	387.00–440.00	411.44
12	450–500	470	395.00–423.00	411.61
20	500–550	523	357.00–407.00	378.12
37	550–600	567	353.00–402.00	382.24
15	600–650	616	345.00–381.00	372.78
2	650–700	670	339.00–343.00	340.96
73	700–750	739	323.00–336.00	332.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	950–1000	968	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	465.00	465.00
8	350–400	372	345.00–430.00	411.11
6	400–450	417	353.00–373.00	368.31
19	450–500	478	325.00–397.00	368.73
3	500–550	523	351.00–355.00	352.96
17	550–600	576	338.00–339.00	338.46
5	600–650	635	315.00–335.00	319.03
18	650–700	659	327.00	327.00
1	700–750	715	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	760	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	377	360.00–380.00	373.34
12	400–450	432	350.00–385.00	368.49
19	450–500	472	331.00–381.00	365.47
32	500–550	529	315.00–342.00	331.23
18	550–600	563	310.00–325.00	318.31
1	600–650	605	327.00	327.00
1	650–700	655	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	686	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	299.00	299.00
1	600–650	615	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	303	380.00–401.00	382.97
15	350–400	370	331.00–360.00	349.03
5	400–450	422	280.00–335.00	315.01
38	450–500	471	291.00–342.00	321.67
24	500–550	526	297.00–323.00	311.61
15	550–600	573	290.00–317.00	298.50
18	600–650	618	263.00–305.00	290.59
5	650–700	680	279.00–285.00	281.35
5	750–800	768	222.00–269.00	250.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	473.00	473.00
4	350–400	381	419.00–437.00	424.25
3	450–500	462	360.00–380.00	373.00
6	500–550	513	353.00–373.00	367.34
4	550–600	553	349.00–369.00	356.03
1	600–650	600	347.00	347.00
3	650–700	657	325.00	325.00
4	700–750	725	292.00–311.00	306.28
11	750–800	774	263.00–288.00	277.17
1	900–950	920	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	599	312.00	312.00
1	650–700	675	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	367.00	367.00
16	350–400	366	327.00–390.00	370.41
18	400–450	427	300.00–380.00	342.85
15	450–500	487	337.00–360.00	343.80
17	500–550	519	314.00–353.00	338.86
4	550–600	585	305.00–330.00	316.04
19	600–650	633	283.00–337.00	324.15
2	650–700	668	307.00	307.00
2	1050–1100	1,065	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,070	1,650.00–1,960.00	1,789.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,091	1,375.00–1,900.00	1,750.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,242	2,075.00–2,725.00	2,239.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	165.00–177.00	170.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	155.00	155.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	775	2,250.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	705	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	888	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,709.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	966	143.00–191.00	161.22
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	1,575.00	1,575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	924	119.00–131.00	125.98
8	—	1,139	148.00–157.00	153.27
7	—	1,044	132.00–144.00	139.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,390	154.00–170.00	159.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,211	155.00–169.00	158.67
15	—	1,148	143.00–152.00	148.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,735	190.00–201.00	196.32
1	—	1,660	175.00	175.00
6	—	1,865	204.00–228.00	216.35

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

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle