North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 24, 2021

1,088 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $155.04/cwt +6.04 vs last sale · ≈ $887/hd at 572 lb · 42 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.10/cwt +11.10 vs last sale · ≈ $500/hd at 320 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $156.78/cwt +9.64 vs last sale · ≈ $810/hd at 516 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,088	346	600
Feeder cattle	903	286	218
Slaughter cattle	130	40	322
Replacement cattle	55	20	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 3.00 higher than last weeks light test in most classes except the better 600-650 lb heifers 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	322	3	191.00–199.00	$196.39	$632	+3.79
345	345	1	170.00	$170.00	$586	-22.60
355–365	360	5	182.00–185.00	$182.81	$658	-2.68
410–440	427	31	174.00–193.00	$182.37	$779	—
450–495	479	21	170.00–184.00	$177.41	$850	+0.23
507–545	527	9	159.00–175.00	$164.79	$868	-0.44
550–596	572	42	148.00–162.00	$155.04	$887	+6.04
614	614	5	141.00	$141.00	$866	-5.41
600–635	615	8	141.00–154.50	$148.81	$915	+2.40
650–685	671	8	137.00–144.00	$140.23	$941	+0.24
720	720	1	132.00	$132.00	$950	—
810	810	1	128.50	$128.50	$1,041	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427 thin fleshed	427	23	177.00	$177.00	$756	—
475–496	487	16	170.00–175.00	$172.13	$838	+9.20
528–542	534	17	150.00–155.00	$152.91	$817	—
579	579	8	148.50	$148.50	$860	—
631 thin fleshed	631	22	146.00	$146.00	$921	—
629–641	635	10	144.00–145.00	$144.50	$918	—
778–787	784	10	125.00–129.50	$128.16	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	175.00	$175.00	$578	+3.00
350–380	364	15	152.00–177.00	$171.06	$623	+5.65
415–440	427	10	156.00–173.00	$161.36	$689	-2.59
473–485	476	4	155.00–159.00	$157.98	$752	+3.02
501–526 thin fleshed	515	35	156.00–161.00	$158.08	$814	—
510–535	527	5	143.00–156.00	$147.69	$778	+0.55
550	550	1	149.00	$149.00	$820	—
577 thin fleshed	577	15	151.50	$151.50	$874	—
628	628	2	142.00	$142.00	$892	+12.00
673–690	677	4	125.00–126.00	$125.75	$851	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	4	135.00	$135.00	$440	—
390	390	1	145.00	$145.00	$566	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	320	40	150.00–162.00	$156.10	$500	+11.10
350–390	372	16	145.00–155.00	$149.49	$556	+4.47
382	382	2	141.00	$141.00	$539	-4.02
400–447	421	26	145.00–154.50	$148.90	$627	+6.90
442	442	2	139.00	$139.00	$614	-3.00
450–490	473	15	138.00–148.00	$144.92	$685	-1.32
475	475	3	136.00	$136.00	$646	-10.24
500–540	517	39	136.00–146.00	$139.96	$724	+1.77
564–588	575	19	133.00–140.00	$136.66	$786	+4.66
605–630	619	8	127.00–131.00	$128.74	$797	-2.69
650–685	677	6	125.00–134.00	$127.19	$861	—
752–790	777	6	117.00–120.00	$117.97	$917	—
844	844	4	119.00	$119.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421 thin fleshed	421	21	156.50	$156.50	$659	—
457–487	478	15	142.00–145.00	$144.16	$689	—
488 thin fleshed	488	17	146.00	$146.00	$712	—
551	551	28	129.00	$129.00	$711	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	317	3	128.00–143.00	$136.59	$433	-8.74
350–395	366	7	134.00–150.00	$142.01	$520	+5.23
410–445	430	9	120.00–144.00	$136.36	$586	+1.38
450–480	464	10	127.00–141.00	$135.56	$629	+8.55
505–525	514	4	120.00–127.00	$121.72	$626	-8.79
555–581	571	7	120.00–135.00	$122.98	$702	+0.57
600–620	614	5	115.00–126.00	$120.42	$739	—
680	680	1	110.00	$110.00	$748	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	125.00	$125.00	$428	—
410	410	3	120.00	$120.00	$492	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–342	342	4	178.00–182.00	$181.00	$619	-3.50
355–398	380	5	179.00–180.00	$179.63	$683	-7.13
403–448	413	24	169.00–181.00	$173.14	$715	-2.59
420	420	1	170.00	$170.00	$714	-5.73
450–495	472	31	154.00–179.00	$163.38	$771	+9.38
500–540	522	18	149.00–160.00	$154.07	$804	+34.07
538–540	539	3	142.00–146.00	$143.34	$773	+23.34
551–599	577	17	140.00–150.00	$145.67	$841	+6.65
605–635	614	4	137.00–146.50	$139.72	$858	+6.72
655–660	657	3	133.00–138.00	$134.68	$885	+8.68
700	700	1	129.00	$129.00	$903	+6.00
770–775	773	2	116.00–121.00	$118.51	$916	+2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	3	154.00–164.00	$160.03	$512	—
350–385	361	4	164.00–175.00	$169.61	$612	—
430	430	1	150.00	$150.00	$645	+3.70
435	435	1	143.00	$143.00	$622	-3.30
455–485	468	4	142.00–150.00	$145.21	$680	+0.27
505–530	513	3	132.00–145.00	$137.25	$704	-4.75
605–620	613	2	112.00–124.00	$118.07	$724	-1.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1510	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,627.76	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	131.00	$131.00	$419	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1315	1146	80-85%	8	54.50–60.00	$58.30	$668	—
925–1420	1161	80-85%	25	61.00–67.00	$63.64	$739	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$178	—
820	820	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$287	-3.00
865–955	916	85-90%	4	20.00–32.00	$27.87	$255	—
860–1130	982	85-90%	7	42.00–48.50	$45.82	$450	—
945–1050	993	85-90%	6	60.00–64.50	$62.09	$617	—
920–1125	1025	85-90%	9	51.00–58.50	$55.09	$565	+4.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1495	1359	75-80%	8	61.00–66.50	$63.13	$858	—
1260–1585	1398	75-80%	6	58.00–61.50	$59.71	$835	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1680	1458	4	60.00–80.00	$72.76	$1,061	—
1290–1850	1501	5	80.00–88.00	$83.39	$1,252	—
1655–2210	1854	7	90.00–97.00	$92.38	$1,713	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1115	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	53.00–95.00	$75.03	$726
960–1145	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	67.00–71.00	$68.82	$725

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
985–1355	1191	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	635.00–950.00	$770.52
1070–1440	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,125.00	$976.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$732
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	59.00	$59.00	$681
1305–1440	1373	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	60.00–63.00	$61.57	$845

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
892	892	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
800 thin fleshed	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1035–1285	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–875.00	$861.15	—
1020–1355	1254	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–910.00	$751.40	—
1310	1310	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	—
1045–1685	1337	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–1,210.00	$1,095.96	—

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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.