Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-23.00 higher mostly 7.00-14.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300-350 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower 350-700 lbs 3.00-12.00 higher. The offering included a mix of unweaned calves and weaned calves in the weaned special. Supply was heavy with good demand. Had 2 loads of yearlings that sold good with 70 head 725 lb steers at 377.50 per cwt and 62 head 828 lb steers at 347.50 per cwt. 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 $387.25/cwt on 264 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −72.86 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$387.25

264 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$742

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

$109.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.95

vs AR average

−37.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	399.69	2,207	180
Medium and Large 1-2	557	365.96	2,038	57
Medium and Large 2	554	351.50	1,946	26
Medium and Large 3	505	290.00	1,465	1thin

One grade step is worth $109.69/cwt here — about $742 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale264 hd

387.25

—

AR average9 barns · 651 hd

383.30

+3.95

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−37.62

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

−72.86

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

96 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	700–750	724	373.72/cwt	345.00–377.50	2,706	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	414.34/cwt	385.00–432.00	2,192	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	384.01/cwt	350.00–399.00	2,189	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	470.23/cwt	459.00–495.00	1,792	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	422.32/cwt	395.00–463.00	2,014	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	344.84/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,859	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	410.26/cwt	387.00–427.00	1,551	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	445.81/cwt	410.00–490.00	1,881	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	383.24/cwt	359.00–402.00	2,349	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	490.85/cwt	465.00–515.00	1,600	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	367.08/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,485	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	349.02/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,996	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	321.24/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,133	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	315.67/cwt	305.00–321.00	2,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	380.09/cwt	353.00–400.00	1,805	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	395.03/cwt	362.00–425.00	1,679	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	221.18/cwt	207.00–227.00	2,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	340.91/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,953	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	367.08/cwt	333.00–390.00	1,909	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	335.04/cwt	320.00–347.00	2,114	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	465.36/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,443	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	348.33/cwt	347.00–351.00	1,979	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	411.11/cwt	399.00–430.00	1,311	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,282	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	377.20/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,995	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	701	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,201	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	396.28/cwt	367.00–415.00	1,914	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	434.84/cwt	415.00–475.00	1,870	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	456.85/cwt	450.00–462.00	1,741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	633	348.99/cwt	333.00–354.00	2,209	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	448.62/cwt	447.00–449.00	2,140	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	346.63/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	309.39/cwt	295.00–314.00	1,785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	407	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	532	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	758	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	823	266.68/cwt	249.00–277.00	2,195	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	368.60/cwt	349.00–387.00	1,880	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	455.75/cwt	445.00–459.00	1,531	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	426.86/cwt	405.00–447.00	1,592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	287.25/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	360.88/cwt	357.00–365.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	366.33/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,198	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	323.79/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,726	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	351.73/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,326	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	328.34/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,523	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	873	278.55/cwt	260.00–297.00	2,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	310.92/cwt	297.00–327.00	1,810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	292.87/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,003	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,020	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	315.66/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,929	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	317.80/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,878	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,242	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	409.39/cwt	380.00–423.00	1,359	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	357.63/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	377.32/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	320.62/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,379	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	402.76/cwt	391.00–420.00	1,744	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	340.82/cwt	319.00–369.00	1,980	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,311	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	394.52/cwt	383.00–401.00	2,008	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,326	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,042	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,538	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	658	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,171	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	400.67/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,304	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,883	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,209	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	342.12/cwt	300.00–352.00	2,248	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	416	434.80/cwt	421.00–443.00	1,809	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	288.63/cwt	255.00–300.00	1,071	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,595	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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	326	465.00–515.00	490.85
39	350–400	381	459.00–495.00	470.23
61	400–450	422	410.00–490.00	445.81
118	450–500	477	395.00–463.00	422.32
81	500–550	529	385.00–432.00	414.34
77	550–600	570	350.00–399.00	384.01
46	600–650	613	359.00–402.00	383.24
35	650–700	677	360.00–371.00	367.08
83	700–750	724	345.00–377.50	373.72
4	750–800	760	340.00–352.00	349.02
96	800–850	829	340.00–347.50	344.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	405	465.00	465.00
35	450–500	477	447.00–449.00	448.62
22	550–600	575	395.00–411.00	400.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	445.00–459.00	455.75
4	350–400	373	405.00–447.00	426.86
17	400–450	433	391.00–420.00	402.76
2	450–500	485	360.00–395.00	377.32
10	500–550	510	349.00–387.00	368.60
16	550–600	581	319.00–369.00	340.82
1	600–650	615	347.00	347.00
3	650–700	678	355.00	355.00
17	700–750	742	310.00–333.00	320.62
1	950–1000	955	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	509	383.00–401.00	394.52
31	550–600	597	342.00	342.00
13	650–700	684	340.00	340.00
8	700–750	711	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	658	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	602	367.00	367.00
10	650–700	657	300.00–352.00	342.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	319	399.00–430.00	411.11
68	350–400	378	387.00–427.00	410.26
76	400–450	425	362.00–425.00	395.03
104	450–500	475	353.00–400.00	380.09
38	500–550	520	333.00–390.00	367.08
48	550–600	573	325.00–361.00	340.91
1	600–650	620	322.00	322.00
16	650–700	664	315.00–325.00	321.24
3	700–750	705	305.00–321.00	315.67
1	750–800	795	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	940	283.00	283.00
1	950–1000	950	289.00	289.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
81	600–650	633	333.00–354.00	348.99
7	700–750	701	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	407	347.00	347.00
3	450–500	490	345.00–350.00	346.63
2	500–550	532	319.00	319.00
8	550–600	577	295.00–314.00	309.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	255.00–300.00	288.63
1	550–600	575	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	758	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	327	350.00–385.00	366.33
18	350–400	377	330.00–380.00	351.73
2	400–450	433	357.00–365.00	360.88
6	450–500	464	310.00–345.00	328.34
22	500–550	533	300.00–345.00	323.79
10	550–600	582	297.00–327.00	310.92
6	600–650	622	280.00–312.00	287.25
7	650–700	684	280.00–295.00	292.87
1	750–800	770	279.00	279.00
6	800–850	823	249.00–277.00	266.68
2	850–900	873	260.00–297.00	278.55
1	1000–1050	1,020	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	397	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	416	421.00–443.00	434.80
10	500–550	530	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	440.00–485.00	465.36
10	350–400	381	450.00–462.00	456.85
13	400–450	430	415.00–475.00	434.84
31	450–500	483	367.00–415.00	396.28
33	500–550	529	360.00–395.00	377.20
3	550–600	568	347.00–351.00	348.33
7	600–650	631	320.00–347.00	335.04
1	800–850	815	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	945	237.00	237.00
7	1000–1050	1,029	207.00–227.00	221.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	380.00–423.00	409.39
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	418	355.00–365.00	357.63
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	591	311.00–325.00	317.80
6	600–650	611	315.00–317.00	315.66
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	732	290.00	290.00
3	750–800	755	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	859	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	503	317.00	317.00

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