North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 18, 2020

1,368 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.96/cwt -0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 522 lb · 58 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.50/cwt +3.65 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 670 lb · 49 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.03/cwt +1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $594/hd at 424 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,368	2,077	1,785
Feeder cattle	1,040	2,077	1,785
Slaughter cattle	228	—	0
Replacement cattle	100	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 2.00 higher except a few better 600-700 lb steers 2.00 lower and the better 500-550 lb bulls 7.00 higher. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	333	10	172.00–176.00	$174.81	$582	+0.58
350–365	358	2	166.00–186.00	$176.21	$631	+6.88
400–446	427	22	154.00–175.00	$165.65	$707	+2.84
428 thin fleshed	428	2	181.00	$181.00	$775	—
455–498	477	18	153.00–164.00	$156.66	$747	-1.11
500–540	520	18	145.00–153.00	$149.16	$776	-0.88
550–582	566	30	138.00–146.00	$143.82	$814	+2.95
600–620	604	5	136.00–140.00	$136.82	$826	-4.88
605–648 unweaned	634	10	128.50–137.00	$131.08	$831	-2.63
655–673	669	4	131.50–139.00	$133.34	$892	-2.04
663–685 unweaned	669	4	125.00–131.00	$129.46	$866	+1.48
710–720	715	11	132.00–135.00	$134.54	$962	+1.13
730 unweaned	730	3	125.00	$125.00	$912	+0.40
812–838	825	4	130.00–132.00	$130.98	$1,081	+1.48
1005	1005	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,106	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–419	419	13	150.00–153.00	$151.85	$636	-9.87
497	497	9	148.00	$148.00	$736	-2.00
519–536	523	32	141.00–146.50	$145.27	$760	+4.03
577	577	30	138.50	$138.50	$799	+3.09
686 unweaned	686	12	130.00	$130.00	$892	—
692	692	4	132.50	$132.50	$917	+3.00
848	848	6	121.00	$121.00	$1,026	-14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	163.00	$163.00	$522	+10.88
388	388	3	153.00	$153.00	$594	+3.00
400–430	415	2	145.00–148.00	$146.45	$608	+4.97
455–485	476	9	132.00–148.00	$142.17	$677	+6.83
505–540	515	5	132.00–142.00	$138.05	$711	+5.75
566–598	585	17	125.00–137.00	$129.83	$760	-1.83
610–640	618	5	125.00–135.00	$132.61	$820	+7.53
670 unweaned	670	1	117.00	$117.00	$784	+2.00
660–695	678	4	120.00–134.00	$126.55	$858	-4.41
700–730	710	3	116.00–125.00	$121.71	$864	+0.27

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–338	324	10	140.00–153.00	$143.86	$466	+0.40
350–390	377	5	140.00–146.50	$143.43	$541	+2.19
400–445	424	36	132.00–150.00	$140.03	$594	+1.39
455–496	474	36	129.00–136.00	$133.68	$634	+0.94
500–545	522	58	125.00–133.00	$128.96	$673	-0.07
564–585	571	35	125.00–132.25	$129.66	$740	+2.90
600–625 unweaned	614	9	115.00–117.50	$115.88	$712	-2.30
628–639	637	11	120.00–124.00	$123.27	$785	-0.59
666	666	20	129.50	$129.50	$862	+5.50
667 unweaned	667	11	113.00	$113.00	$754	+3.00
660–688	677	18	119.00–125.50	$123.24	$834	+5.27
700–745	723	2	113.00–116.00	$114.55	$828	-5.45
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	—
815	815	1	115.00	$115.00	$937	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–335	324	7	125.00–135.00	$130.56	$423	+0.24
355–395	374	7	120.00–134.00	$127.70	$478	+1.04
415–445	425	10	112.00–131.00	$122.59	$521	-0.34
450–490	472	8	119.00–130.00	$125.41	$592	+0.87
500–530	518	9	112.00–126.00	$121.92	$632	+3.41
570–595	581	11	105.00–124.00	$117.68	$684	-0.39
600–648	630	11	100.00–120.00	$108.95	$686	+1.15
650–695	669	7	100.00–120.00	$107.60	$720	+0.42
745	745	1	103.00	$103.00	$767	-3.73
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–482	481	15	127.50	$127.50	$613	-4.73
511–549	544	36	126.50–127.00	$126.57	$689	+0.57
596	596	8	124.00	$124.00	$739	+0.47
603	603	7	120.00	$120.00	$724	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	±0.00
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	—
575	575	1	100.00	$100.00	$575	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–346	343	6	165.00–177.00	$175.08	$601	—
360–392	383	8	154.00–162.00	$158.29	$606	-1.23
405–448	419	14	147.00–164.00	$151.95	$637	+0.59
450–490	470	23	136.00–150.00	$145.64	$685	+2.91
502–540	519	18	130.00–145.50	$142.42	$739	+7.27
563–590	576	8	125.00–134.50	$130.68	$753	-0.32
600–618 unweaned	613	4	118.00–123.00	$121.02	$742	+1.53
600–648	619	9	120.00–128.00	$125.09	$774	+2.60
655–670	657	11	120.00–127.50	$126.08	$828	+2.36
650–670 unweaned	663	3	117.00–118.00	$117.67	$780	+3.67
702–730	712	7	114.00–124.00	$119.95	$854	+1.95
758–775	767	4	117.00–119.00	$118.01	$905	—
865	865	5	100.00	$100.00	$865	-6.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	138.00–143.00	$140.62	$450	—
370–385	374	6	138.00–151.00	$143.57	$537	-11.43
400–445	427	8	135.00–147.00	$139.87	$597	+2.02
470–495	484	5	125.00–143.00	$133.27	$645	+3.30
505–525	518	3	117.00–129.00	$124.95	$647	+1.56
555–595	577	7	120.00–127.00	$123.86	$715	+1.74
625–640 unweaned	633	2	115.00–121.00	$117.96	$747	—
650–680	660	3	117.00–122.00	$118.72	$784	+6.72
705–720	713	2	107.00	$107.00	$763	-0.03
765–775	770	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$851	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1780	1780	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,560.00	$1,560.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1335	1053	85-90%	8	30.00–40.00	$36.07	$380	—
875–1170	1058	85-90%	6	40.00–43.50	$41.31	$437	—
1095	1095	85-90%	1	47.50	$47.50	$520	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1335	1145	80-85%	7	41.00–47.00	$44.14	$505	—
1145	1145	80-85%	1	39.00	$39.00	$447	—
1045–1650	1373	80-85%	6	48.00–53.00	$49.83	$684	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1550	1523	75-80%	2	48.00–51.00	$49.53	$754	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1710	1418	7	59.00–68.00	$64.18	$910	—
1315–1995	1577	7	75.00–79.00	$76.74	$1,210	—
1685–1880	1760	4	80.00–84.00	$81.20	$1,429	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$652
945–1095	1042	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	46.50–73.00	$54.51	$568
1015–1425	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	43.00–59.00	$49.62	$594
890–1605	1261	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	45.00–59.00	$51.99	$656
1305	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	44.00	$44.00	$574

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–880 thin fleshed	813	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	550.00–600.00	$568.03
1005–1205	1102	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	750.00–985.00	$862.04

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
800–965 thin fleshed	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	510.00–685.00	$599.28
911–1015	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	825.00–910.00	$893.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
877	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	83.00	$83.00	$728

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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
1270	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00	—
1320–1470	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,060.00	$975.70	—
1430–1470	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	910.00–950.00	$929.72	—
1585	1585	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,260.00	$1,260.00	—
1600	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	60.00	$60.00	$381	—

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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.