Name: North Arkansas Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher: Over 450lbs sold 15.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Demand good and supply light to moderate. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 15.00-20.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $421.58/cwt on 57 head, down $0.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 25 comparable sales and sits +15.23 against this barn's trailing median of $406.35.

Average price

$421.58

▼ 0.11 vs prior sale

57 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$58.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.90

vs AR average

−1.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	424.64	2,294	54
Medium and Large 2	539	366.43	1,974	3thin

One grade step is worth $58.22/cwt here — about $320 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

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 sale57 hd

421.58

—

AR average9 barns · 285 hd

414.68

+6.90

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−1.61

This barn, trailing median25 sales

406.35

+15.23

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	—	High	1,874	225.46	4,226	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	177.26	2,670	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	169.21	1,921	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,007	144.33	1,453	10

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)	1,045	$3,148	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,011	$2,999	16
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,898	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,004	$2,875	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,303	$2,740	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$2,475	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	912	$2,121	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,198	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	432.67/cwt	411.00–441.00	2,254	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	506.10/cwt	485.00–537.00	2,632	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	636.80/cwt	630.00–660.00	2,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,448	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	3,148.33/head	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,148	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,474.70/head	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	430.23/cwt	419.00–441.00	2,470	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,279	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	2,998.84/head	2,950.00–3,050.00	2,999	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	511.95/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,258	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	455.27/cwt	427.00–475.00	2,413	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,736	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,898.36/head	2,775.00–3,000.00	2,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	464.48/cwt	461.00–490.00	2,494	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,133	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	2,740.12/head	2,500.00–2,950.00	2,740	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	2,121.49/head	1,750.00–2,275.00	2,121	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	190.74/cwt	177.00–207.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	360.14/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,989	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	168.38/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,928	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	129.48/cwt	121.00–139.00	1,256	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	155.38/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,510	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	147.18/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,562	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	180.48/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,731	2
Bulls	—	—	2,007	236.17/cwt	232.00–239.00	4,740	3
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,190	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,154	1
Bulls	—	—	1,690	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,532	1
Bulls	—	—	1,803	220.24/cwt	219.00–222.00	3,971	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	175.12/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,630	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	160.52/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,705	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	178.03/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,122	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	457.06/cwt	437.00–467.00	1,979	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	507.74/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	464.84/cwt	449.00–480.00	2,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	488.51/cwt	483.00–497.00	2,335	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	439.09/cwt	425.00–481.00	2,086	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	539.49/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,937	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	542.60/cwt	537.00–575.00	1,785	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	398.82/cwt	390.00–407.00	2,620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,595	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	603.90/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,150	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	413.50/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	573.01/cwt	515.00–585.00	2,367	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	496.53/cwt	475.00–519.00	2,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,366	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,160	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	473.56/cwt	449.00–489.00	2,212	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	507.79/cwt	489.00–541.00	2,138	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	540.79/cwt	520.00–585.00	2,558	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	430.01/cwt	411.00–461.00	2,507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	417.19/cwt	389.00–421.00	2,328	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	482.63/cwt	481.00–485.00	2,085	5

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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 453Last week 676Year ago 638

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 144Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 30Year ago 185

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,305	182.00	182.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	912	1,750.00–2,275.00	2,121.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	177.00–207.00	190.74
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	181.00	181.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,004	2,875.00	2,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,045	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,148.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,270	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,474.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,011	2,950.00–3,050.00	2,998.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	2,775.00–3,000.00	2,898.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,303	2,500.00–2,950.00	2,740.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	3,050.00	3,050.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	500.00–515.00	507.74
1	350–400	390	510.00	510.00
4	400–450	433	437.00–467.00	457.06
9	450–500	475	425.00–481.00	439.09
2	500–550	518	350.00–370.00	360.14
1	550–600	580	379.00	379.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	537.00–575.00	542.60
14	350–400	359	535.00–545.00	539.49
22	400–450	421	489.00–541.00	507.79
26	450–500	467	449.00–489.00	473.56
26	500–550	521	411.00–441.00	432.67
28	550–600	558	389.00–421.00	417.19
3	650–700	682	359.00	359.00
1	700–750	710	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	481.00–485.00	482.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	630.00–660.00	636.80
10	350–400	360	600.00	600.00
34	400–450	413	515.00–585.00	573.01
7	450–500	473	520.00–585.00	540.79
15	500–550	520	485.00–537.00	506.10
4	550–600	583	411.00–461.00	430.01
2	600–650	612	427.00	427.00
5	650–700	657	390.00–407.00	398.82
2	700–750	722	379.00	379.00
2	800–850	848	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	550.00	550.00
2	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
17	450–500	478	483.00–497.00	488.51
8	500–550	537	461.00–490.00	464.48
2	550–600	563	449.00–480.00	464.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	625.00	625.00
8	350–400	356	575.00–620.00	603.90
2	400–450	408	580.00	580.00
4	450–500	470	475.00–519.00	496.53
14	500–550	530	427.00–475.00	455.27
10	550–600	574	419.00–441.00	430.23
9	600–650	614	400.00–421.00	413.50
8	650–700	681	381.00	381.00
1	700–750	740	359.00	359.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	510.00–520.00	511.95
1	450–500	475	449.00	449.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	510.00	510.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,145	165.00–172.00	168.38
10	—	1,062	158.00–163.00	160.52
11	—	1,192	174.00–184.00	178.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	121.00–139.00	129.48
3	—	972	155.00–156.00	155.38
4	—	1,061	145.00–151.00	147.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	180.00–181.00	180.48
3	—	1,502	169.00–178.00	175.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,007	232.00–239.00	236.17
1	—	1,690	209.00	209.00
3	—	1,803	219.00–222.00	220.24

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

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Arkansas Livestock - GreenForest, AR

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle