North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 21, 2021

604 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $158.98/cwt +3.63 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 520 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.59/cwt -3.99 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 521 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.14/cwt -4.49 vs last sale · ≈ $939/hd at 572 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	604	1,216	629
Feeder cattle	490	1,025	505
Slaughter cattle	84	156	94
Replacement cattle	30	35	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly 2.00-8.00 lower over 600 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder bulls mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows mixed with the high dressing boner and breakers 3.00-5.00 lower than last weeks light test and all other classes steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls steady to 7.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	186.00	$186.00	$604	—
400–417	410	5	160.00–180.00	$166.83	$684	-15.84
480–490	483	4	165.00–169.00	$166.02	$802	-8.18
500–515	504	8	164.00–175.00	$168.41	$849	-7.13
564–579	572	24	160.00–171.00	$164.14	$939	-2.79
615–640	624	14	150.00–169.00	$155.64	$971	+1.07
629 thin fleshed	629	8	170.00	$170.00	$1,069	—
652–695	670	7	150.00–160.50	$155.84	$1,044	+6.65
720–730	725	3	141.00–146.00	$143.32	$1,039	-2.17
755–780	772	3	135.00–145.50	$142.08	$1,097	—
800	800	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–380	376	5	157.00–168.00	$162.03	$609	-2.62
435–445	440	2	163.00–167.00	$164.98	$726	+3.35
455–492	475	8	140.00–162.00	$153.88	$731	+0.42
500 thin fleshed	500	4	165.00	$165.00	$825	—
500–545	524	22	150.00–164.00	$157.88	$827	+2.53
560–585	571	7	132.00–153.00	$146.02	$834	+1.90
605–630	615	4	138.00–154.00	$144.31	$888	+4.30
650–690	674	4	138.00–145.00	$141.22	$952	+4.22
740	740	1	134.00	$134.00	$992	-5.62
770–797	785	6	130.00–136.00	$133.70	$1,050	+6.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	4	164.00	$164.00	$807	—
571	571	6	155.00	$155.00	$885	+2.76
658–698	685	6	141.50–148.00	$143.58	$984	-2.05
807	807	7	137.50	$137.50	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	478	2	120.00	$120.00	$574	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–340	317	4	159.00–164.00	$162.17	$514	-0.33
375–391	388	6	151.00–164.00	$161.18	$625	+4.84
402–435	416	8	147.00–161.00	$156.65	$652	+1.57
450–452	451	8	150.00–159.00	$154.50	$697	+2.79
500–540	521	24	140.00–149.00	$142.59	$743	-3.99
551–576	565	15	138.00–143.00	$141.47	$799	-1.37
605–645	624	15	128.00–137.50	$133.85	$835	-3.40
652–695	667	12	124.00–136.00	$129.12	$861	-20.88
720–745	740	9	122.00–128.00	$126.90	$939	-1.07
795	795	2	122.00	$122.00	$970	-7.00
825	825	1	117.00	$117.00	$965	-7.00
985	985	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	138.00	$138.00	$476	-13.54
375–395	382	3	130.00–140.00	$136.03	$520	-3.65
400–442	424	10	128.00–149.00	$141.03	$598	+3.56
455–485	468	6	128.00–146.00	$138.86	$650	+2.19
500–545	524	4	134.00–139.00	$136.69	$716	+0.49
565–590	584	5	118.00–139.00	$128.33	$749	-4.36
600–645	629	8	110.00–131.00	$125.42	$789	-0.93
675–690	683	3	110.00–121.00	$116.34	$795	+0.91
700–720	710	2	114.00–115.00	$114.51	$813	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523 thin fleshed	523	9	155.00	$155.00	$811	—
789	789	4	126.50	$126.50	$998	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	128.00	$128.00	$397	+8.00
360	360	1	119.00	$119.00	$428	—
405–430	419	4	107.00–120.00	$114.29	$479	+13.29
490	490	1	108.00	$108.00	$529	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–345	334	3	172.00–177.00	$175.28	$585	+2.36
358–380	367	6	164.00–177.00	$173.07	$635	-0.25
400–426	422	6	150.00–172.50	$168.94	$713	+7.09
455–490	473	9	157.00–173.00	$163.68	$774	-0.32
525–535	530	3	145.00–167.00	$156.64	$830	+0.38
550–592	572	6	145.00–153.50	$150.37	$860	+4.27
600–645	612	6	141.00–145.00	$142.69	$873	+1.96
650–695	671	4	133.00–144.00	$138.44	$929	+1.91
700–740	719	4	118.00–137.00	$127.35	$916	-4.49
758	758	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,016	+10.00
835	835	1	118.00	$118.00	$985	-5.50
850–865	858	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	164.00	$164.00	$500	+15.00
385	385	1	138.00	$138.00	$531	-17.00
400–425	408	3	130.00–146.00	$135.55	$553	-12.19
480–495	485	6	125.00–154.00	$144.57	$701	+0.67
531–540	533	8	135.00–145.00	$142.25	$758	+4.86
560–590	571	5	125.00–139.00	$135.43	$773	-5.19
615–620	618	2	129.00–134.00	$131.49	$813	+4.42
655	655	1	127.00	$127.00	$832	-0.04

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	3	125.00	$125.00	$534	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1270	1100	80-85%	17	60.00–67.00	$66.02	$726	—
985–1540	1177	80-85%	15	68.00–74.00	$70.24	$827	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1040	984	85-90%	4	50.00–55.00	$53.56	$527	—
915–1230	1055	85-90%	7	58.00–65.00	$60.78	$641	+1.77
1065–1220	1151	85-90%	6	67.00–70.00	$67.89	$781	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1320	1240	75-80%	3	65.50–66.00	$65.82	$816	—
1275–1600	1426	75-80%	4	69.00–71.00	$69.81	$995	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1650	1339	5	76.00–86.00	$81.24	$1,088	—
1355–1920	1605	6	97.00–107.00	$100.03	$1,605	—
1360–1910	1665	7	90.00–97.00	$94.19	$1,568	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1035	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	82.00–101.00	$91.12	$908

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1257	1257	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	73.00	$73.00	$712
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	71.00	$71.00	$969

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–970	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,100.00	$1,003.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	91.00	$91.00	$956

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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
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	-50.00
1000–1120	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,139.62	—
1020–1240	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–885.00	$824.07	—
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1220–1374	1343	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,086.38	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	95.50	$95.50	$506	—

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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.