Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers limited comparable sales to establish a market trend. Feeder heifers were limited to comparison were mostly uneven. However, there was an offering of 12 head of replacements bought a premium 363.00. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower: Slaughter bulls sold 12.00-15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.26/cwt on 28 head, down $1.44 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 24 comparable sales and sits +15.15 against this barn's trailing median of $460.10.

Average price

$475.26

▼ 1.44 vs prior sale

28 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$52.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.29

vs AR average

−0.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	477.12	2,610	27
Medium and Large 2	585	425.00	2,486	1thin

One grade step is worth $52.12/cwt here — about $124 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 sale28 hd

475.26

—

AR average9 barns · 253 hd

469.96

+5.29

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−0.30

This barn, trailing median24 sales

460.10

+15.15

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	1,572	194.02	3,050	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,394	163.12	2,274	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,183	152.89	1,809	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	949	129.08	1,225	6thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,315	$3,070	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,315	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,277	$2,746	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,252	$2,633	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	985	$2,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1Value Added	400–450	437	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,404	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	353.38/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	497.65/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,846	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,188	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	395.53/cwt	387.00–406.00	2,492	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	447.26/cwt	437.00–481.00	2,138	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,252	2,632.69/head	2,250.00–3,050.00	2,633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,612	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,107	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	541.55/cwt	521.00–570.00	2,009	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	3,069.71/head	2,950.00–3,250.00	3,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,219	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,277	2,745.95/head	2,400.00–3,300.00	2,746	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,049	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,592	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	142.97/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,773	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	163.57/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,012	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	152.43/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,709	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	194.78/cwt	193.00–198.00	3,185	4
Bulls	—	—	1,428	181.81/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,596	3
Bulls	—	—	1,632	205.21/cwt	201.00–210.00	3,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,556	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,080	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	145.24/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,312	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,271	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	165.67/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,298	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	159.29/cwt	157.00–162.00	2,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,428	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	178.10/cwt	176.00–180.00	2,200	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	371.12/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	463.86/cwt	460.00–479.00	2,561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	628.07/cwt	605.00–635.00	2,267	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	616.12/cwt	600.00–625.00	2,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,770	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	768	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,788	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,037	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	371.56/cwt	363.00–377.00	2,129	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	493.55/cwt	463.00–501.00	2,167	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	480.13/cwt	469.00–509.00	2,622	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	495.86/cwt	470.00–523.00	2,385	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	430.69/cwt	413.00–447.00	2,623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,039	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	2,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	363.59/cwt	359.00–375.00	2,501	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	421.17/cwt	391.00–435.00	2,207	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	432.14/cwt	417.00–441.00	2,429	12

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 366Year ago 650

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 58Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 9Year ago 225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	437	550.00	550.00
11	650–700	661	419.00	419.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	685.00	685.00
3	350–400	364	600.00–625.00	616.12
18	450–500	481	470.00–523.00	495.86
22	500–550	546	469.00–509.00	480.13
5	550–600	552	460.00–479.00	463.86
8	600–650	609	413.00–447.00	430.69
1	700–750	710	370.00	370.00
3	750–800	775	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	520.00	520.00
6	400–450	436	509.00	509.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	425.00	425.00
2	600–650	633	365.00–377.00	371.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	600.00	600.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	605.00	605.00
10	350–400	371	485.00–515.00	497.65
9	400–450	439	463.00–501.00	493.55
31	500–550	524	391.00–435.00	421.17
11	550–600	573	363.00–377.00	371.56
5	600–650	635	347.00–357.00	353.38
1	650–700	655	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	775	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	513.00	513.00
3	450–500	457	461.00	461.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	451.00	451.00
2	350–400	362	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	500	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	768	363.00	363.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	521.00–570.00	541.55
2	400–450	418	533.00	533.00
3	500–550	547	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	361	605.00–635.00	628.07
4	400–450	420	485.00	485.00
8	450–500	478	437.00–481.00	447.26
4	500–550	509	477.00	477.00
12	550–600	562	417.00–441.00	432.14
10	600–650	630	387.00–406.00	395.53
6	650–700	688	359.00–375.00	363.59
1	700–750	715	353.00	353.00
1	800–850	840	311.00	311.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	605	387.00	387.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,252	2,250.00–3,050.00	2,632.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	174.00	174.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,315	2,950.00–3,250.00	3,069.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,277	2,400.00–3,300.00	2,745.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	162.00	162.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,590	163.00	163.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	2,500.00	2,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	303.00	303.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	130.00	130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,235	176.00–180.00	178.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	140.00–145.00	142.97
3	—	1,230	159.00–168.00	163.57
5	—	1,121	149.00–158.00	152.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	110.00–112.00	111.00
2	—	903	140.00–151.00	145.24
2	—	970	130.00–132.00	130.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	165.00–166.00	165.67
2	—	1,405	157.00–162.00	159.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	193.00–198.00	194.78
3	—	1,428	178.00–185.00	181.81
3	—	1,632	201.00–210.00	205.21

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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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