Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trend due to sale not recently reported

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.20/cwt on 36 head, up $64.82 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 23 of 24 comparable sales and sits +25.10 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$485.20

▲ 64.82 vs prior sale

36 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$13.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.20

vs AR average

−2.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	486.72	2,642	32
Medium and Large 1-2	510	473.00	2,412	4thin

One grade step is worth $13.72/cwt here — about $230 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 sale36 hd

485.20

—

AR average9 barns · 210 hd

461.00

+24.20

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−2.15

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

+25.10

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	1,741	196.12	3,414	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,389	168.96	2,346	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,149	163.20	1,874	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,000	122.42	1,224	4thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$3,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,335	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$2,893	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$2,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	970	$1,475	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,061	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,444	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,289	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	811	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	423.21/cwt	382.00–445.00	2,400	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	761	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,861	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,531	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	652	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,458	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	449.76/cwt	439.00–461.00	2,766	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	432.02/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,251	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,435	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,892.79/head	2,650.00–3,100.00	2,893	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,881	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,106	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	632.27/cwt	615.00–645.00	2,030	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	529.04/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,198	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	466.28/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,669	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	175.07/cwt	169.00–180.00	2,267	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	975	147.88/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,442	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	162.68/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,061	6
Bulls	—	—	1,452	183.43/cwt	177.00–186.00	2,663	3
Bulls	—	—	1,913	206.35/cwt	204.00–210.00	3,947	4
Bulls	—	—	1,776	195.54/cwt	191.00–198.00	3,473	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	477.90/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,437	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	396	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,298	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	457.13/cwt	435.00–485.00	1,952	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	544.19/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,520	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	411.15/cwt	399.00–415.00	2,524	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	548.96/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,311	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	482.31/cwt	439.00–505.00	2,715	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	685	382.18/cwt	380.00–383.00	2,618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	457.38/cwt	420.00–489.00	2,168	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	436	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	458.95/cwt	417.00–480.00	2,419	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	584.26/cwt	560.00–605.00	2,249	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	509.83/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,835	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	624.96/cwt	615.00–630.00	2,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	309	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,437	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,382	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	559.61/cwt	545.00–630.00	2,177	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,642	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	171.69/cwt	168.00–178.00	2,362	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	164.40/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,318	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	122.42/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,224	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	173.38/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,001	1

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 Feb 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 469Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 0

No market trend due to sale not recently reported

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	475.00	475.00
6	450–500	458	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	560.00	560.00
11	350–400	360	495.00–535.00	509.83
13	400–450	427	435.00–485.00	457.13
21	450–500	474	420.00–489.00	457.38
13	500–550	521	400.00–445.00	432.02
6	550–600	567	382.00–445.00	423.21
5	700–750	716	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	652	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	342	520.00–535.00	529.04
4	350–400	379	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	418	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	470.00	470.00
3	350–400	358	450.00–475.00	466.28
1	450–500	475	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
4	550–600	580	379.00	379.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	491.00	491.00
1	600–650	630	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	500.00	500.00
4	550–600	589	415.00	415.00
4	650–700	674	361.00	361.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	615.00–645.00	632.27
1	350–400	385	585.00	585.00
6	400–450	437	545.00	545.00
3	450–500	470	487.00	487.00
2	600–650	635	361.00	361.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	545.00–630.00	559.61
2	400–450	408	505.00	505.00
2	450–500	452	453.00	453.00
6	500–550	527	417.00–480.00	458.95
4	550–600	574	441.00	441.00
1	600–650	645	379.00	379.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	485.00	485.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	615	439.00–461.00	449.76
7	650–700	685	380.00–383.00	382.18
6	700–750	701	397.00	397.00
5	750–800	761	376.00	376.00
4	800–850	811	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	385	560.00–605.00	584.26
17	400–450	421	530.00–575.00	548.96
12	450–500	463	540.00–555.00	544.19
7	500–550	510	465.00–480.00	477.90
19	550–600	563	439.00–505.00	482.31
12	600–650	614	399.00–415.00	411.15
1	650–700	670	337.00	337.00
1	750–800	775	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	351	600.00	600.00
4	500–550	510	473.00	473.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	615.00–630.00	624.96
1	450–500	460	435.00	435.00
2	700–750	728	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	309	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	511.00	511.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	3,550.00	3,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,025.00	2,025.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	2,950.00	2,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,265	2,650.00–3,100.00	2,892.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	168.00	168.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	150.00	150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	3,200.00	3,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	173.00	173.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	1,900.00	1,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	169.00–180.00	175.07
4	—	975	144.00–154.00	147.88
6	—	1,267	159.00–167.00	162.68
4	—	1,071	170.00–179.00	173.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,376	168.00–178.00	171.69
3	—	1,410	160.00–170.00	164.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,000	118.00–126.00	122.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,452	177.00–186.00	183.43
4	—	1,913	204.00–210.00	206.35
5	—	1,776	191.00–198.00	195.54

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