North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 29, 2021

716 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.13/cwt -2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $819/hd at 620 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.54/cwt +0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 586 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.52/cwt +1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 527 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	716	760	685
Feeder cattle	570	587	541
Slaughter cattle	106	118	104
Replacement cattle	40	55	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly 1.00-6.00 lower over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers mixed with the better heifers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher the plainer kind and weights over 600 lbs mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	325	3	167.00–187.00	$175.43	$570	—
365–385	373	3	156.00–163.00	$160.69	$599	-7.80
400–435	417	5	156.00–166.00	$160.75	$670	-1.36
450–480	464	8	145.00–155.00	$149.46	$693	-3.42
520–535	526	11	143.00–153.50	$148.46	$781	-4.82
550–595	564	18	136.00–160.00	$146.20	$825	-6.45
605–645	630	12	142.00–154.50	$151.26	$953	+1.76
658–670	662	14	145.00–148.00	$146.15	$968	+7.65
735	735	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,036	+0.13
750	750	6	143.50	$143.50	$1,076	—
920	920	2	128.00–133.00	$130.50	$1,201	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	2	149.00–165.00	$157.43	$516	+6.43
350–390	377	5	129.00–158.00	$148.37	$559	-8.80
440–445	442	3	142.00–145.00	$143.99	$636	-4.32
465–495	484	10	135.00–144.00	$141.50	$685	+4.37
500–545	517	9	128.00–143.00	$136.25	$704	-4.70
550–592	579	13	120.00–145.00	$135.34	$784	+3.46
605–625	615	12	124.00–139.00	$130.19	$801	-3.44
665–695	680	4	137.00–143.00	$139.93	$952	+3.93
700–735	712	3	133.00–140.00	$135.41	$964	+0.41
798	798	2	138.50	$138.50	$1,105	—
866	866	7	110.50	$110.50	$957	—
930	930	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,107	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	8	147.00	$147.00	$750	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	127.00	$127.00	$381	—
505–515	510	2	100.00–117.00	$108.58	$554	—
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	3	131.00–137.00	$132.85	$438	-5.20
363–386	376	7	139.00–140.00	$139.59	$525	+2.38
405–448	437	21	131.00–139.50	$137.15	$599	+1.27
465–492	480	13	130.00–144.00	$133.21	$639	-1.46
500–545	527	22	128.00–137.50	$134.52	$709	+1.72
552–596	586	26	124.00–138.00	$134.54	$788	+0.07
600–636	620	28	124.00–135.00	$132.96	$824	-2.32
620 unweaned	620	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$747	-6.50
655–695	676	8	127.50–132.00	$130.72	$884	-5.48
735	735	2	128.00	$128.00	$941	+0.51
762	762	2	127.00	$127.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	334	4	118.00–127.00	$123.25	$412	-14.75
350–388	367	6	110.00–125.00	$119.68	$439	-10.74
400–442	414	15	110.00–127.00	$118.66	$491	-11.79
452–498	475	13	110.00–126.00	$119.25	$566	-7.78
500–545	515	13	111.00–125.00	$119.29	$614	-3.20
550–595	579	7	110.00–123.00	$119.26	$691	+7.26
610 unweaned	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	—
600–645	628	6	110.00–115.00	$111.20	$698	-5.16
685–690	688	3	116.00–119.00	$118.00	$812	+0.20
700–725	713	2	108.00–110.00	$108.98	$777	—
810	810	1	103.00	$103.00	$834	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	21	135.50	$135.50	$1,030	—
921	921	5	100.00	$100.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	317	3	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$352	+0.99
355	355	1	111.00	$111.00	$394	+1.00
460–470	465	3	87.00–104.00	$96.37	$448	-1.25
560–585	573	2	85.00–93.00	$88.91	$509	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	159.00–178.00	$171.67	$575	—
385	385	2	154.00	$154.00	$593	-4.00
420–435	428	2	135.00–149.00	$141.88	$607	-12.12
455–462	460	3	143.00–150.00	$145.31	$668	-9.27
550–570	564	6	129.00–136.00	$132.17	$745	+0.15
630–640	635	2	125.00–132.00	$128.47	$816	-10.53
655–685	675	3	121.00–132.00	$127.31	$859	+4.31
678 unweaned	678	3	110.00	$110.00	$746	—
705–738	719	8	113.00–128.00	$122.05	$878	-2.93
820	820	2	103.00	$103.00	$845	-18.00
990–993	992	4	80.00–100.00	$84.99	$843	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	3	121.00–152.00	$140.09	$525	+5.09
405–422	416	7	130.00–145.00	$137.15	$571	+3.57
455–465	458	6	123.00–141.00	$130.00	$595	+5.16
505–520	513	2	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$629	-3.01
555–575	565	2	111.00–120.00	$115.42	$652	-5.25
600 unweaned	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—
615–635	625	4	115.00–120.00	$117.54	$735	-5.19
680–685	683	2	104.00–112.00	$108.01	$738	-10.96
755–783	777	6	90.00–112.00	$103.09	$801	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	95.00	$95.00	$437	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1225	1075	80-85%	5	47.50–51.50	$49.66	$534	—
935–1630	1229	80-85%	22	52.00–58.00	$55.07	$677	—
1140–1515	1321	80-85%	18	59.00–68.50	$62.83	$830	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–925	903	85-90%	2	33.00–37.00	$34.95	$316	—
880–1310	1067	85-90%	10	40.00–48.00	$44.69	$477	-3.11
930–1440	1105	85-90%	12	50.50–56.00	$53.92	$596	-1.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1430	1408	75-80%	3	56.00–58.50	$57.49	$809	—
1305–1550	1420	75-80%	3	60.00–68.00	$62.91	$893	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	74.00	$74.00	$999	—
1475–2050	1748	6	86.00–88.50	$87.50	$1,530	—
1560–1910	1766	4	90.00–95.50	$92.21	$1,628	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	$642

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1205	1076	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–1,000.00	$857.61
1088–1160	1112	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,000.00	$991.31
1050–1208	1147	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	850.00–1,260.00	$1,154.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	77.00	$77.00	$785
995–1100	1054	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	54.50–67.00	$61.44	$648
920–1285	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	53.00–73.00	$60.98	$698
1130–1225	1178	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	50.00–51.00	$50.52	$595

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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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
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.