North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 19, 2021

1,216 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.96/cwt ≈ $680/hd at 479 lb · 92 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.47/cwt +20.47 vs last sale · ≈ $868/hd at 531 lb · 86 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $165.38/cwt +4.57 vs last sale · ≈ $807/hd at 488 lb · 69 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,216	468	1,152
Feeder cattle	1,006	366	917
Slaughter cattle	170	74	155
Replacement cattle	40	28	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 4.00-9.00 higher over 500 lbs 1.00-4.00 higher than last weeks light test.. Feeder heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	9	175.00	$175.00	$611	—
395	395	11	175.00	$175.00	$691	—
440–445	442	9	162.00–175.00	$169.19	$748	—
454–467	459	36	173.00–174.50	$173.91	$798	—
528	528	4	150.00	$150.00	$792	+7.00
518–540	531	82	156.00–166.50	$164.13	$872	+21.13
555–573	562	8	146.00–148.00	$147.23	$827	—
636	636	7	144.00	$144.00	$916	+4.20
802 value added	802	59	133.00	$133.00	$1,067	—
848	848	8	130.00	$130.00	$1,102	—
914	914	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,097	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	187.00	$187.00	$580	+16.00
353	353	3	180.00	$180.00	$635	+4.09
410–443	432	17	161.00–180.00	$171.74	$742	+9.89
465–498	488	69	159.00–175.00	$165.38	$807	+4.57
511–549	532	25	163.50–173.00	$166.99	$888	+3.20
565–590	573	18	147.50–155.50	$151.67	$869	+1.51
612–624	619	11	146.00–157.00	$147.55	$913	—
621–624 unweaned	622	33	144.00–146.00	$144.97	$902	+3.47
652–664	657	13	144.00–154.00	$147.89	$972	—
659–667 unweaned	662	13	141.00–143.00	$141.77	$939	—
712	712	2	140.50	$140.50	$1,000	+3.50
770–795	783	2	129.00–133.00	$130.97	$1,025	—
815–830	825	3	127.00–133.00	$130.32	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	160.00	$160.00	$544	—
350–390	374	5	140.00–172.00	$157.03	$587	—
408–425	418	5	145.00–155.00	$150.73	$630	+0.73
463–495	476	8	140.00–158.00	$151.78	$722	+19.78
505–545	529	12	129.00–148.00	$144.32	$763	-0.68
550–590	574	6	135.00–148.00	$141.22	$811	+16.22
600–640	624	10	124.00–142.00	$135.02	$843	—
655–685	663	7	125.00–140.00	$129.93	$861	—
730	730	1	120.00	$120.00	$876	±0.00
795	795	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	—
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—
855–875	865	2	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$1,029	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	326	8	149.00–151.00	$149.38	$487	-0.48
350–390	384	18	145.00–150.00	$147.45	$566	+4.27
400–443	421	56	139.00–152.00	$146.06	$615	+6.05
450–488	468	47	132.00–148.00	$140.00	$655	+4.53
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	+5.00
500–545	523	27	126.00–135.50	$132.61	$694	-0.25
550–590	561	24	124.00–135.00	$131.55	$738	+3.75
595	595	1	121.00	$121.00	$720	-6.80
612 unweaned	612	4	129.00	$129.00	$789	—
600–640	613	3	125.00–127.00	$126.30	$774	+2.96
630	630	12	126.50	$126.50	$797	+3.16
660	660	1	126.00	$126.00	$832	+8.00
672 unweaned	672	7	126.00	$126.00	$847	—
700	700	1	124.00	$124.00	$868	+5.85
810	810	1	114.00	$114.00	$923	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	11	145.00	$145.00	$535	—
456–481	479	92	135.00–142.50	$141.96	$680	—
690	690	4	121.50	$121.50	$838	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	3	135.00–145.00	$140.43	$449	—
355–395	377	7	125.00–142.00	$136.98	$516	+2.98
400–440	429	8	124.00–136.00	$131.20	$563	+5.37
455–495	474	6	117.00–133.00	$125.27	$594	+0.44
500–545	518	12	110.00–130.00	$123.97	$642	+4.18
570–598	588	12	110.00–122.00	$118.84	$699	-2.20
605–635	621	8	103.00–122.00	$117.31	$728	+12.69
650–680	665	2	120.00	$120.00	$798	+10.00
790	790	1	108.00	$108.00	$853	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–345	332	2	168.00–180.00	$180.00	$598	—
340	340	1	160.00	$160.00	$544	—
360–388	379	3	160.00–171.00	$167.51	$635	+6.86
385	385	1	159.00	$159.00	$612	-1.65
405–445	431	4	155.00–165.00	$159.74	$688	+0.64
488	488	2	157.00	$157.00	$766	+3.00
510–545	526	5	146.00–150.00	$148.77	$783	-2.82
560–568	565	3	135.00–143.00	$137.64	$778	+2.29
600–610	604	9	135.00–138.00	$136.22	$823	—
703–735	712	5	121.00–126.00	$124.38	$886	—
780	780	1	121.00	$121.00	$944	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	—
380–390	385	2	151.00–160.00	$155.44	$598	+5.94
480	480	1	140.00	$140.00	$672	-11.00
520–545	537	3	140.00–142.00	$141.35	$759	+1.88
550–592	578	3	120.00–125.00	$121.59	$703	—
665–690	685	5	119.00–123.00	$121.01	$829	+20.01
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—
900–935	914	6	88.00–105.00	$93.76	$857	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	80-85%	1	29.00	$29.00	$202	—
930–1395	1150	80-85%	25	55.00–62.00	$59.90	$689	—
960–1505	1153	80-85%	49	62.00–68.00	$64.22	$740	—
1205	1205	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$627	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–850	830	85-90%	2	20.00–28.00	$24.10	$200	—
945–990	968	85-90%	2	31.00–35.00	$33.05	$320	+1.05
940–1020	975	85-90%	3	44.00–49.50	$46.10	$449	+14.10
865–1260	989	85-90%	10	50.00–58.00	$55.81	$552	+23.81
945–1205	1081	85-90%	11	59.00–63.50	$61.60	$666	+14.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1335	1255	75-80%	5	60.00–62.00	$60.69	$762	—
1215–1885	1581	75-80%	14	63.00–71.50	$67.02	$1,060	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1515	1227	3	75.00–79.00	$77.71	$954	—
1075–1680	1302	10	80.00–90.00	$84.96	$1,106	—
1715–1910	1809	7	90.00–99.00	$95.51	$1,728	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1010	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	65.00–92.00	$73.95	$666
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	61.00	$61.00	$631

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
935–1385	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	600.00–835.00	$726.01
1025–1400	1254	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	750.00–1,085.00	$974.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140–1315	1239	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	62.00–73.00	$65.99	$818

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–860	833	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00–985.00	$921.19
920–1015	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,100.00	$1,004.91

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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
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
995–1000	998	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–725.00	$674.87	—
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.