North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 21, 2021

577 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.61/cwt -2.84 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 473 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $141.51/cwt -13.02 vs last sale · ≈ $680/hd at 480 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $166.48/cwt ≈ $776/hd at 466 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	577	1,157	852
Feeder cattle	452	1,002	617
Slaughter cattle	100	135	170
Replacement cattle	25	20	65

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 2.00-8.00 lower with the better 450-500 lb steers 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Not enough slaughter bulls for an accurate trend with a few 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	179.00	$179.00	$677	-16.97
400	400	2	180.00	$180.00	$720	-5.78
463–494	483	15	164.00–169.00	$167.00	$807	-15.21
509–531	522	16	163.00–166.00	$164.49	$859	-4.32
570–592	583	14	149.00–159.50	$153.92	$897	-5.70
612–621	619	10	147.00–151.00	$150.11	$929	-2.63
730–732	731	3	136.00	$136.00	$994	-9.41
872	872	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,090	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–416	414	12	168.00–172.00	$170.01	$704	-8.99
451–478	466	21	162.00–169.00	$166.48	$776	—
512–549	536	14	154.00–160.00	$156.05	$836	-8.28
755	755	5	131.00	$131.00	$989	—
806	806	9	132.00	$132.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–345	329	6	165.00–181.00	$175.41	$577	-10.59
392–395	393	4	165.00–168.00	$165.75	$651	-8.77
412–435	417	5	143.00–163.00	$154.47	$644	-13.00
458–488	475	13	135.00–163.00	$153.63	$730	-0.90
488	488	9	124.00	$124.00	$605	-30.53
500–537	528	8	152.00–159.00	$156.89	$828	+8.91
570–580	575	4	126.00–127.00	$126.50	$727	-10.50
600–630	616	4	130.00–142.00	$138.59	$854	-7.41
665–695	679	4	133.00–137.00	$135.00	$917	+8.00
960–975	968	4	111.00	$111.00	$1,074	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–338	331	7	158.00–165.00	$159.75	$529	-8.11
365–395	379	7	150.00–166.00	$155.38	$589	+0.38
422–448	434	6	142.00–153.00	$148.38	$644	-1.62
456–492	473	22	145.00–151.00	$147.61	$698	-2.84
509–540	519	15	136.00–145.00	$139.83	$726	-6.67
560–595	567	11	132.00–135.50	$134.57	$763	-2.47
602–612	607	6	129.00–130.50	$129.76	$788	-4.59
650–665	655	4	121.00–124.00	$122.51	$802	-7.99
710	710	1	117.00	$117.00	$831	+4.00
745	745	2	122.00	$122.00	$909	-5.00
890	890	1	101.00	$101.00	$899	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–397	378	9	133.00–144.00	$137.87	$521	-4.26
400–440	425	9	125.00–147.00	$135.79	$577	-3.92
440	440	1	117.00	$117.00	$515	-22.71
452–485	463	3	128.00–132.00	$130.60	$605	-11.07
525–545	529	6	122.00–134.00	$131.27	$694	+0.03
564–575	567	7	118.00–119.00	$118.71	$673	-5.29
655–675	665	2	110.00–116.00	$112.95	$751	-4.05
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	13	145.00	$145.00	$605	-6.00
521	521	5	132.00	$132.00	$688	-9.20

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	120.00	$120.00	$462	—
510	510	1	109.00	$109.00	$556	—
555	555	1	107.00	$107.00	$594	-3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	174.00	$174.00	$665	-6.83
409–415	410	7	168.00–169.00	$168.14	$689	-8.84
450–475	463	2	164.00–167.00	$165.54	$766	+0.16
510–527	521	7	151.00–158.00	$154.40	$804	-9.68
555–585	570	4	145.00–153.00	$150.20	$856	+1.10
625	625	1	130.00	$130.00	$812	-12.50
668–670	669	3	134.00–135.00	$134.33	$899	+4.98
715–735	728	3	119.00–125.00	$122.31	$890	-9.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	356	5	150.00–160.00	$152.02	$541	-7.36
445	445	1	148.00	$148.00	$659	-5.32
495	495	1	141.00	$141.00	$698	-14.72
510–530	520	2	130.00–132.00	$131.02	$681	-2.59
585	585	1	125.00	$125.00	$731	-10.13
690	690	1	108.00	$108.00	$745	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1330	1116	80-85%	9	55.00–62.00	$60.15	$671	—
950–1475	1124	80-85%	30	63.00–73.00	$67.71	$761	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–650	648	85-90%	2	40.00–42.00	$41.00	$266	—
645–740	693	85-90%	2	22.00–24.00	$22.93	$159	—
750–820	785	85-90%	2	48.00–50.00	$48.96	$384	+3.96
870–975	913	85-90%	4	49.00–54.00	$51.61	$471	+9.36
900–1025	972	85-90%	5	24.00–40.00	$35.63	$346	+7.34
950–1130	1040	85-90%	7	60.00–64.00	$62.53	$650	+9.96
895–1175	1073	85-90%	4	44.00–50.00	$46.59	$500	-13.93

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1635	1356	75-80%	9	62.00–69.50	$65.88	$893	+7.49

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	1	59.00	$59.00	$729	—
1410–1885	1555	4	90.00–92.00	$91.52	$1,423	—
1620–2030	1860	3	94.50–100.00	$97.71	$1,817	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$385

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570	570	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	250.00	$250.00
540–810	674	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	260.00–385.00	$330.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$769
940–1295	1118	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	67.00–73.00	$70.48	$788

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860 thin fleshed	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
1130–1330	1216	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–910.00	$854.58	—
1250–1350	1298	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	950.00–1,110.00	$1,038.70	—
1215–1505	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,160.00–1,250.00	$1,209.80	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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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.