North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 14, 2021

1,157 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.25/cwt ≈ $936/hd at 724 lb · 122 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.85/cwt -2.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,013/hd at 704 lb · 59 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $153.52/cwt ≈ $568/hd at 370 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,157	736	413
Feeder cattle	1,002	610	378
Slaughter cattle	135	110	31
Replacement cattle	20	16	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher 550-600 lbs 1.00 lower not enough over 600 lbs last week for a trend. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 lower with the better 300-350 lb and the plainer 400-500 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower on a light test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	370	16	185.00–204.00	$195.97	$725	+3.09
405–438	433	19	175.00–193.00	$185.78	$804	+1.56
450–490	465	29	174.00–188.00	$182.21	$847	+2.22
500–545	516	17	162.00–182.00	$168.81	$871	+0.08
555	555	1	151.00	$151.00	$838	-10.16
555–577	571	8	158.00–162.00	$159.62	$911	-1.54
600–646	626	14	151.00–154.00	$152.74	$956	-2.77
662–694	683	19	145.00–151.00	$149.84	$1,023	+2.29
700–731	722	8	137.00–148.00	$145.41	$1,050	—
816–830	817	13	127.00–134.00	$133.45	$1,090	—
870	870	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	9	179.00	$179.00	$786	—
528–530	529	9	159.00–167.00	$164.33	$869	—
596	596	4	155.00	$155.00	$924	—
602	602	30	150.75	$150.75	$908	—
704	704	59	143.85	$143.85	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	186.00	$186.00	$623	+1.00
360–395	378	2	174.00–175.00	$174.52	$660	-1.84
400–435	418	7	160.00–172.00	$167.47	$700	+4.03
472–485	475	10	150.00–173.00	$154.53	$734	-13.31
515–525	520	2	146.00–150.00	$147.98	$769	+1.47
597	597	5	137.00	$137.00	$818	—
605–645	620	3	145.00–147.00	$146.00	$905	+10.00
650	650	1	127.00	$127.00	$826	—
718	718	6	132.00	$132.00	$948	+7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	127.00	$127.00	$444	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–392	370	52	147.00–160.00	$153.52	$568	—
420	420	7	151.00	$151.00	$634	—
475–482	479	10	147.00	$147.00	$704	+2.00
538–549	544	13	138.00–145.00	$141.20	$768	—
724	724	122	129.25	$129.25	$936	—
805	805	43	130.00	$130.00	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	328	6	165.00–170.00	$167.86	$551	+2.31
360–390	376	12	156.00–166.00	$161.96	$609	-6.73
377	377	5	155.00	$155.00	$584	-13.69
408–445	424	40	152.00–163.00	$155.83	$661	-1.31
433	433	6	150.00	$150.00	$650	-7.14
450–485	473	24	139.50–155.00	$150.45	$712	-3.77
505–542	522	10	140.00–149.00	$146.50	$765	-0.65
570–590	576	14	134.00–141.50	$137.04	$789	-1.45
600–630	617	9	133.50–136.00	$134.35	$829	-1.29
645	645	3	130.00	$130.00	$838	-5.64
668	668	3	130.50	$130.50	$872	-4.00
700	700	11	113.00	$113.00	$791	-8.59
748	748	2	127.00	$127.00	$950	+5.41
795	795	1	122.00	$122.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	319	10	135.00–155.00	$147.34	$470	+2.34
350–398	379	8	125.00–152.00	$142.13	$539	-8.87
405–440	421	11	129.00–144.00	$139.71	$588	+4.53
455–496	482	24	132.00–149.00	$141.67	$683	+3.40
500–545	520	16	125.00–140.00	$131.24	$682	-0.70
555–590	573	6	120.00–130.00	$124.00	$711	-8.00
620–645	632	3	120.00–131.00	$123.93	$783	—
695	695	2	117.00	$117.00	$813	-3.00
710–720	715	2	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$829	+22.00
775	775	2	107.00	$107.00	$829	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–490	488	2	100.00–110.00	$105.03	$513	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	197.00	$197.00	$591	+5.45
370–385	378	17	178.00–190.00	$180.83	$684	-2.16
412–440	422	17	171.00–188.00	$176.98	$747	+3.98
462–490	475	7	160.00–170.00	$165.38	$786	-7.72
475	475	2	158.00	$158.00	$750	-15.10
501–545	515	17	150.00–170.00	$164.08	$845	+5.78
555–595	581	6	144.00–156.00	$149.10	$866	-3.77
605–645	616	5	135.00–145.00	$142.50	$878	+4.48
660–680	669	9	123.00–132.00	$129.35	$865	—
728–730	729	7	132.00	$132.00	$962	+6.00
765	765	1	119.00	$119.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	162.00–165.00	$163.50	$564	—
358–398	376	11	148.00–163.00	$159.38	$599	-3.17
415–445	433	3	144.00–164.00	$153.32	$664	-3.30
455–480	477	15	138.00–159.00	$155.72	$743	+5.67
505–530	518	2	129.00–138.00	$133.61	$692	—
570–580	576	6	120.00–142.00	$135.13	$778	+2.55
785	785	1	113.00	$113.00	$887	—
820	820	1	100.00	$100.00	$820	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	11	164.00	$164.00	$712	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	80-85%	1	33.00	$33.00	$257	—
885	885	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$442	—
855–1390	1087	80-85%	26	54.00–60.00	$57.67	$627	—
890–1415	1151	80-85%	22	60.00–66.50	$62.89	$724	-4.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–835	748	85-90%	3	20.00–32.00	$26.93	$201	-0.78
770	770	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$346	—
870–1015	918	85-90%	6	38.00–47.00	$42.25	$388	+10.12
915–1060	988	85-90%	2	24.00–32.00	$28.29	$280	—
870–1195	1010	85-90%	17	48.00–57.00	$52.57	$531	—
905–1230	1061	85-90%	8	59.50–63.00	$60.52	$642	+1.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1340	1247	75-80%	5	60.00–64.00	$62.49	$779	—
1080–1650	1379	75-80%	4	58.00–60.00	$58.39	$805	-3.01

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1405	1335	2	54.00–74.00	$64.52	$861	—
1705–1715	1710	2	80.00–84.00	$82.01	$1,402	-16.03
1710–1860	1783	4	90.00–94.00	$91.52	$1,632	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1050	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,025.00	$924.40
910–1220	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	475.00–760.00	$642.30
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$668
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$645

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
880–1225	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	885.00–1,100.00	$1,010.12

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	76.00	$76.00	$733

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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
1165–1210	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	2	77.00	$77.00	$299	—
445	445	1	86.00	$86.00	$383	—
453–486	475	6	77.00–78.00	$77.68	$369	—
845	845	1	71.00	$71.00	$600	—

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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.