North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 10, 2021

894 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.88/cwt -5.64 vs last sale · ≈ $619/hd at 427 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.61/cwt -6.45 vs last sale · ≈ $690/hd at 516 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.00/cwt -4.77 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 558 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	894	3,456
Feeder cattle	696	3,456
Slaughter cattle	138	—
Replacement cattle	60	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly 3.00-7.00 lower with the better 550-600 lbs 19.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 6.00 lower except the better 300-400 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Quality was not as good as last week with more unweaned calves in the offering. 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
345	345	2	191.00	$191.00	$659	-11.80
369–390	373	9	179.00–184.00	$182.43	$680	-4.11
365–381	379	7	164.00–169.00	$168.31	$638	-18.23
405	405	3	159.00	$159.00	$644	-27.31
415–446	430	13	170.00–184.00	$176.59	$759	-9.72
455–497	469	20	165.00–183.00	$175.37	$822	-3.50
475	475	2	167.00	$167.00	$793	-11.87
500–528	513	8	157.00–170.00	$163.80	$840	-8.85
518	518	3	144.00	$144.00	$746	-28.65
575	575	2	135.00	$135.00	$776	-33.91
560–585	576	14	147.00–151.00	$149.46	$861	-19.45
605–618	614	11	142.00–147.00	$145.84	$895	-7.98
704	704	2	132.00	$132.00	$929	-11.78
825	825	4	120.00	$120.00	$990	-11.89
940	940	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	327	13	167.00–181.00	$168.77	$552	-16.80
358–395	369	5	142.00–179.00	$163.31	$603	+2.79
400–449	437	19	147.00–173.00	$159.91	$699	-10.10
465–491	476	10	142.00–170.00	$159.63	$760	+24.63
500–514	510	9	130.00–140.00	$133.74	$682	-20.50
552–595	567	17	133.00–147.00	$138.37	$785	+2.87
600–615	602	7	125.00–138.00	$127.43	$767	-9.95
675–690	686	6	132.00–138.00	$132.98	$912	-0.95
772	772	3	126.00	$126.00	$973	+3.53
830	830	1	106.00	$106.00	$880	-1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	6	145.00	$145.00	$751	-20.39
551–582	563	8	145.50–150.00	$148.25	$835	-5.34
694–699	697	13	132.00–136.50	$133.38	$930	-11.67

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	339	17	147.00–164.00	$158.86	$539	+4.61
355–398	378	21	146.00–161.00	$154.57	$584	-0.57
400–448	427	29	140.00–151.00	$144.88	$619	-5.64
450–498	475	18	134.00–140.00	$136.13	$647	-3.83
505–545	516	23	130.00–137.00	$133.81	$690	-6.25
525	525	1	129.00	$129.00	$677	-11.06
550–568	557	21	127.00–137.00	$133.33	$743	-1.89
585	585	1	126.00	$126.00	$737	-14.59
616	616	4	133.00	$133.00	$819	-0.61
606–645	623	8	123.00–129.00	$127.10	$792	-1.98
652	652	2	124.50	$124.50	$812	-4.08
667–697	682	6	122.00–124.50	$123.28	$841	-0.72
735	735	1	122.00	$122.00	$897	+1.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	134.00	$134.00	$462	-6.95
365–395	385	10	125.00–147.00	$134.30	$517	-2.02
400–445	428	8	122.00–138.00	$132.39	$567	-0.18
450–490	466	11	120.00–138.00	$128.33	$598	+0.31
510–542	531	10	120.00–130.00	$126.98	$674	-0.77
555–585	572	5	120.00–128.00	$124.00	$709	+6.56
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—
670	670	1	111.00	$111.00	$744	-5.82
740	740	2	100.00	$100.00	$740	-10.00
790	790	1	113.50	$113.50	$897	+10.63
845	845	1	105.00	$105.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	122.00	$122.00	$439	+1.00
435–445	441	4	113.00–118.00	$114.25	$504	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	4	122.00	$122.00	$804	-1.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–348	335	9	178.00–190.00	$180.31	$604	-10.20
355–395	369	6	174.00–187.00	$180.85	$667	—
400–445	426	15	155.00–179.00	$171.90	$732	+2.90
450–498	474	21	156.00–170.00	$161.54	$766	-0.64
507–530	513	4	134.00–137.00	$136.22	$699	-23.78
505–528	519	5	148.00–161.00	$154.37	$801	-5.63
555–587	571	12	134.00–146.00	$138.72	$792	-0.36
602–645	619	14	131.00–141.00	$134.77	$834	+0.80
665–678	672	5	120.00–128.00	$123.40	$829	-4.60
701–730	707	6	120.00–127.00	$121.51	$859	+0.51
770	770	2	113.00	$113.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–397	388	5	139.00–162.00	$155.22	$602	—
400–435	416	9	138.00–167.00	$146.86	$611	+3.10
455–475	469	5	137.00–152.00	$145.46	$682	+4.01
510–545	524	9	130.00–140.00	$135.41	$710	-0.39
555	555	3	125.00–144.00	$131.33	$729	+10.33
653	653	3	118.00	$118.00	$771	—
797	797	6	110.00	$110.00	$877	—
849	849	5	96.00	$96.00	$815	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1230	1105	80-85%	3	42.00–43.00	$42.63	$471	—
1025–1491	1179	80-85%	16	53.00–61.00	$55.81	$658	—
990–1530	1260	80-85%	19	44.00–53.00	$49.25	$621	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1100	942	85-90%	8	32.00–37.00	$34.45	$325	—
890–1035	954	85-90%	6	20.00–27.00	$23.01	$220	—
910–1165	1060	85-90%	7	50.00–53.00	$50.61	$536	—
915–1295	1060	85-90%	14	40.00–49.00	$45.03	$477	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1560	1465	75-80%	3	54.00–56.50	$55.56	$814	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1665	1467	7	60.00–75.00	$71.41	$1,048	—
1110–1925	1539	16	76.00–83.50	$80.50	$1,239	—
1735–2155	1893	4	84.00–91.00	$86.65	$1,640	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1125	851	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	56.00–67.00	$62.59	$533
860–945	903	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	50.00	$50.00	$452

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
868	868	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	975.00	$975.00
915–935 thin fleshed	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00–450.00	$424.73
920–1345	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	475.00–825.00	$618.37
900–1450	1171	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	625.00–935.00	$765.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980–1170	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	55.00–58.00	$56.37	$606
1005–1255	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	48.00–52.00	$50.37	$553

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–920	918	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.60
955	955	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
975–1025	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$849.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$634

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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
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1295–1355	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–850.00	$825.57	—
1590	1590	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.