North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 14, 2020

918 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.90/cwt -7.90 vs last sale · ≈ $602/hd at 474 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $127.91/cwt -1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $657/hd at 514 lb · 19 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $117.82/cwt -6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $497/hd at 422 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	918	3,478	747
Feeder cattle	651	3,478	558
Slaughter cattle	167	—	164
Replacement cattle	100	—	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly 4.00-10.00 lower with the better 400-500 lbs 15.00-20.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 3.00-10.00 lower. Not enough feeders over 600 lbs for a trend. The feeder offering included mostly unweaned calves compared to several weaned calves in last weeks offering. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	323	6	143.00–161.00	$152.73	$493	—
350–396	388	11	131.00–151.00	$141.30	$548	-6.69
415–445	427	5	130.00–140.00	$135.10	$577	-10.72
470–495	483	11	123.00–141.00	$133.92	$647	-0.14
500–548	524	9	116.00–134.00	$122.50	$642	-6.10
557–590	570	11	120.00–129.00	$126.21	$719	-5.00
610–645	630	4	118.00–123.00	$120.04	$756	-6.90
675	675	1	123.50	$123.50	$834	-3.91
715–730	719	4	114.00–124.00	$119.52	$859	-7.65
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	—
1005	1005	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,085	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–322	315	3	171.00–175.00	$172.27	$543	-1.03
355–370	367	5	155.00–173.00	$158.48	$582	-4.39
417–443	425	10	144.50–150.00	$148.28	$630	-23.38
460–493	477	7	145.00–153.00	$147.48	$703	-16.41
505–512	508	11	135.00–138.00	$136.63	$694	+3.63
551–579	569	19	130.50–135.50	$132.28	$753	-10.75
610–618 unweaned	614	4	125.50–126.00	$125.75	$772	—
725	725	1	125.00	$125.00	$906	-19.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562–582	575	9	127.50–135.00	$132.56	$762	-8.39

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	332	6	109.00–125.00	$116.94	$388	-9.43
350–395	376	16	110.00–126.00	$118.54	$446	-4.56
405–445	422	19	110.00–126.00	$117.82	$497	-6.28
455–485	471	11	109.00–122.00	$117.55	$554	-3.03
455–495	475	2	99.00–102.00	$100.44	$477	-20.14
515	515	2	96.00	$96.00	$494	-9.00
505–542	525	14	105.00–119.00	$111.10	$583	-4.88
555	555	1	85.00	$85.00	$472	-30.09
555–590	574	9	105.00–119.00	$115.00	$660	-0.09
610–645	623	15	105.00–115.50	$109.81	$684	-1.47
650	650	1	111.00	$111.00	$722	+2.48
705–742	728	5	108.00–116.50	$111.97	$815	+3.37
835–845	840	2	100.00–106.00	$102.98	$865	—
900	900	1	96.00	$96.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	140.00	$140.00	$434	-7.27
390–397	395	4	132.50–135.00	$133.12	$526	-12.07
410–447	429	13	124.00–128.00	$125.85	$540	-14.77
450–495	474	34	122.00–131.00	$126.90	$602	-7.90
500–540	517	15	117.00–130.00	$126.55	$654	-3.93
565–575	572	5	116.00–125.00	$119.47	$683	-10.11
590	590	1	116.00	$116.00	$684	-19.39
600–620 unweaned	611	4	113.00–115.00	$114.00	$697	—
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	-13.00
735 unweaned	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	130.00	$130.00	$515	—
571	571	8	117.00	$117.00	$668	-2.78

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	108.50	$108.50	$396	+2.54
415–432	429	6	95.00–99.00	$95.64	$410	-16.30
460–490	475	2	90.00–100.00	$94.84	$450	-10.02

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	5	170.00	$170.00	$518	+13.00
370–382	378	8	144.00–151.00	$149.50	$565	-18.50
450–465	454	11	130.00–147.00	$138.02	$627	-1.98
501–540	514	19	120.00–135.00	$127.91	$657	-1.75
553–585	561	14	115.00–127.00	$121.17	$680	-2.93
620–645	635	3	113.00–128.00	$118.75	$754	-3.25
640 unweaned	640	1	118.00	$118.00	$755	+9.00
650–675	667	3	115.00–116.00	$115.68	$772	+5.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	3	125.00–136.00	$131.91	$435	—
360–380	367	3	132.00–139.00	$135.93	$499	+0.51
412–440	424	5	129.00–136.00	$132.47	$562	-2.92
450–498	483	11	120.00–128.00	$123.16	$595	-6.62
500–535	519	4	113.00–120.00	$117.45	$610	+2.09
565–595	575	4	102.00–113.00	$105.73	$608	-0.77
605–645	630	3	108.00–118.00	$112.43	$708	-0.59
680	680	1	98.00	$98.00	$666	-12.00
785–795	792	3	96.00–98.00	$96.66	$766	-7.34
895	895	1	93.00	$93.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	8	70.00	$70.00	$816	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1355	1110	80-85%	35	49.00–54.00	$52.13	$579	—
1045–1395	1224	80-85%	10	54.00–58.00	$55.80	$683	—
1085–1370	1228	80-85%	2	46.00–48.00	$47.12	$579	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$308	—
815	815	85-90%	1	26.00	$26.00	$212	—
835	835	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$292	—
885–1035	975	85-90%	3	52.00–53.50	$52.80	$515	—
860–1100	986	85-90%	13	35.00–44.00	$41.04	$405	—
995	995	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$298	—
950–1050	1016	85-90%	5	45.00–52.00	$48.34	$491	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1780	1408	75-80%	6	50.50–54.50	$52.82	$744	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1895	1431	7	60.00–70.00	$66.86	$957	—
1265–2320	1671	16	71.00–81.00	$75.60	$1,263	—
1450–2000	1689	8	82.00–89.50	$84.54	$1,428	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1235	986	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	50.00–57.00	$53.63	$529

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–885	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	685.00–735.00	$709.93
850–1065	952	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	650.00–850.00	$772.59
900–1330	1137	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	700.00–950.00	$835.35
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$650
1055–1065	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	55.00–56.00	$55.50	$588
805–1275	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	50.00–68.00	$56.75	$633
885–1255	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	44.00–59.00	$52.49	$588

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
745–1175	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	675.00–950.00	$827.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$624
970–1280	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	56.00–71.00	$62.47	$703

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850 thin fleshed	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
985–1050	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	535.00–600.00	$568.54	—
1149–1480	1229	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	700.00–860.00	$827.64	—
1100–1605	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–900.00	$864.16	—
1225–1380	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–800.00	$774.52	—
1470–1485	1478	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–865.00	$795.36	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.