North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 4, 2020

551 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $135.74/cwt +21.74 vs last sale · ≈ $725/hd at 534 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.03/cwt +12.03 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 568 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.33/cwt +15.33 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 467 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	551	424	2,224
Feeder cattle	336	199	2,224
Slaughter cattle	160	110	0
Replacement cattle	55	115	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 4.00-15.00 higher with the better 500-550 lb steers 20.00 higher than last weeks light test. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	179.00	$179.00	$600	+4.00
360	360	2	150.00–169.00	$159.50	$574	—
430–448	444	4	149.00–151.00	$149.48	$664	+9.48
455–490	474	7	138.00–150.00	$143.13	$678	+16.13
500–540	521	5	144.00–151.00	$147.15	$767	+20.15
573	573	5	140.50	$140.50	$805	+13.83
610	610	1	139.00	$139.00	$848	—
690	690	1	139.00	$139.00	$959	+12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	3	151.00–160.00	$156.45	$513	—
380	380	4	149.00	$149.00	$566	—
430–440	435	2	137.00–144.00	$140.54	$611	+15.54
450	450	1	139.00	$139.00	$626	—
515	515	1	123.00	$123.00	$633	—
630	630	1	128.00	$128.00	$806	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	322	3	132.00–142.00	$137.51	$443	+12.51
358–387	376	10	130.00–144.00	$135.73	$510	+15.73
402–420	410	8	124.00–143.00	$132.94	$545	+18.51
452–490	467	17	128.00–132.00	$129.33	$604	+15.33
500–520	510	2	125.00	$125.00	$638	+12.00
560–595	568	22	117.00–127.00	$122.03	$693	+12.03
610	610	1	117.00	$117.00	$714	—
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	—
702–720	706	5	114.00–118.50	$117.40	$829	—
810	810	1	113.00	$113.00	$915	—
860	860	2	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$924	—
975	975	1	87.00	$87.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	325	5	120.00–130.00	$126.08	$410	—
368–380	372	8	123.00–125.00	$124.75	$464	+21.75
410–420	413	8	115.00–125.00	$122.60	$506	+17.60
470–495	482	5	115.00–124.00	$119.21	$575	+16.65
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	+6.32
610–615	613	2	111.00–114.00	$112.51	$690	—
640 unweaned	640	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	—
693	693	3	114.00	$114.00	$790	+23.00
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	7	120.00	$120.00	$569	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–344	343	8	162.00–178.00	$163.95	$562	—
390–398	395	3	163.00–169.00	$164.97	$652	+24.97
400–446	423	13	145.00–168.00	$151.03	$639	+17.03
450–485	461	14	134.00–148.00	$139.22	$642	+8.59
500–545	534	31	133.50–142.00	$135.74	$725	+21.74
555–595	567	8	126.00–134.50	$130.91	$742	+13.88
622–645	627	11	122.00–127.00	$125.90	$789	—
650–685	668	9	118.00–125.00	$121.04	$809	—
715	715	2	112.00	$112.00	$801	+4.00
765	765	1	117.00	$117.00	$895	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	329	6	138.00–162.00	$151.01	$497	—
350–390	363	3	121.00–139.00	$127.44	$463	+5.44
429–435	430	7	135.00–141.00	$140.00	$602	+15.02
490	490	1	127.00	$127.00	$622	+10.84
530–545	536	4	115.00–124.00	$117.22	$628	—
570–573	572	4	101.00–124.00	$118.27	$677	—
630	630	1	114.00	$114.00	$718	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	12	141.00	$141.00	$687	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1430	1201	80-85%	50	46.00–54.00	$51.39	$617	-0.45
1045–1425	1258	80-85%	14	54.00–58.00	$55.52	$698	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	85-90%	1	24.00	$24.00	$178	—
845	845	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$338	—
940	940	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$282	-0.85
875–1065	981	85-90%	6	38.00–43.00	$40.47	$397	+0.21
860–1200	993	85-90%	16	43.00–48.00	$46.20	$459	+5.94
925–1255	1079	85-90%	13	47.00–53.00	$49.94	$539	+3.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1820	1446	75-80%	9	47.00–53.00	$51.16	$740	—
1280–1595	1448	75-80%	6	54.00–60.00	$56.13	$813	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1675	1578	2	63.00–67.50	$65.39	$1,032	—
1565–1795	1646	5	74.50–82.00	$79.20	$1,304	—
1660–2055	1803	6	82.00–89.00	$85.40	$1,540	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–935	833	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	53.00–100.00	$73.04	$608

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
912–1410	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	650.00–910.00	$807.20
870–1505	1104	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	600.00–835.00	$674.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1030	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	67.00–75.00	$70.72	$681
855–1250	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	58.00–75.00	$64.90	$683
1080–1360	1211	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	50.00–60.00	$54.15	$656

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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
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—

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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.