North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 6, 2021

627 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.68/cwt -0.78 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 524 lb · 29 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 bulls $126.37/cwt +7.72 vs last sale · ≈ $854/hd at 676 lb · 22 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.23/cwt -0.92 vs last sale · ≈ $559/hd at 410 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	627	716	3,634
Feeder cattle	464	570	3,478
Slaughter cattle	133	106	111
Replacement cattle	30	40	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 5.00 lower except a few better kind under 500 lbs 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 1.00-5.00 lower except 450-500 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower with the quality better than last week. Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	372	5	167.00–177.00	$171.51	$638	+10.82
405–440	431	4	153.00–174.00	$163.03	$703	+2.28
465–492	480	7	137.00–173.00	$157.62	$757	+8.16
505–543	524	29	142.00–151.00	$147.68	$774	-0.78
565–585	575	4	134.00–146.00	$139.75	$804	-6.45
615 unweaned	615	1	131.00	$131.00	$806	—
605–627	617	11	145.00–154.00	$149.99	$925	-1.27
652–685	663	3	136.00–148.00	$143.87	$954	-2.28
675 unweaned	675	1	129.00	$129.00	$871	—
723–724	724	9	142.00–147.00	$143.67	$1,040	+2.67
760–775	768	2	136.00–144.00	$139.96	$1,075	-3.54
825–838	829	6	131.00–143.00	$138.46	$1,148	—
892	892	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	139.00	$139.00	$598	-4.99
535–540	536	5	128.00–136.00	$134.39	$720	-1.86
560–592	575	6	129.00–138.00	$132.58	$762	-2.76
615–628	624	3	133.00–135.00	$134.34	$838	+4.15
652–695	667	8	128.00–140.00	$135.07	$901	-4.86
702	702	3	135.00	$135.00	$948	-0.41
765–785	775	2	131.00–132.00	$131.51	$1,019	-6.99
870	870	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	+17.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
806	806	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	125.00	$125.00	$512	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	331	4	138.00–145.00	$140.54	$465	+7.69
362–382	373	9	120.00–139.00	$135.01	$504	-4.58
400–442	410	17	130.00–139.00	$136.23	$559	-0.92
455–480	472	12	130.00–142.00	$136.71	$645	+3.50
500–542	516	17	125.00–138.00	$130.80	$675	-3.72
570–590	582	11	123.00–134.50	$129.61	$754	-4.93
605–640	619	4	128.00–133.00	$131.21	$812	-1.75
710–740	730	4	122.00–131.00	$126.23	$921	-1.77
798	798	2	125.00	$125.00	$998	—
810–830	820	2	113.00–120.00	$116.46	$955	—
850–865	858	2	118.00–122.00	$119.98	$1,029	—
905	905	1	110.00	$110.00	$996	—
960	960	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	124.00–130.00	$126.86	$406	+3.61
365–395	373	6	111.00–133.00	$122.33	$456	+2.65
400–445	419	10	105.00–125.00	$115.88	$486	-2.78
455–476	471	9	114.00–129.00	$125.85	$593	+6.60
500–545	524	9	101.00–124.00	$115.04	$603	-4.25
550–595	573	5	100.00–113.00	$107.61	$617	-11.65
600–649	633	10	110.00–122.00	$116.83	$740	+5.63
650–682	669	4	105.00–120.00	$115.12	$770	-2.88
705–740	723	5	109.00–120.00	$115.09	$832	+6.11
835	835	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,027	+20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	3	124.00	$124.00	$750	—
676	676	6	133.00	$133.00	$899	—
730	730	6	120.00	$120.00	$876	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	95.00	$95.00	$428	-1.37
515	515	1	80.00	$80.00	$412	—
605	605	1	92.00	$92.00	$557	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	159.00	$159.00	$544	-12.67
382	382	2	174.00	$174.00	$665	+20.00
415–425	421	6	152.00–157.00	$152.84	$643	+10.96
465–485	475	4	145.00–151.00	$146.76	$697	+1.45
507–528	514	8	127.00–141.00	$133.09	$684	—
552–575	564	6	120.00–128.00	$124.57	$703	-7.60
602 unweaned	602	3	120.00	$120.00	$722	—
610–645	624	6	128.00–134.00	$130.33	$813	+1.86
670–690	676	22	122.00–132.00	$126.37	$854	-0.94
705–730	714	5	122.00–134.00	$128.65	$919	+6.60
785	785	1	108.00	$108.00	$848	—
830	830	1	117.00	$117.00	$971	+14.00
860	860	1	110.00	$110.00	$946	—
905–915	910	2	107.00–114.00	$110.52	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–340	339	3	132.00–147.00	$137.02	$464	—
350–385	368	3	145.00–156.00	$151.12	$556	+11.03
409	409	4	117.00	$117.00	$479	-20.15
465–478	474	4	130.00–135.00	$131.98	$626	+1.98
480	480	3	109.00	$109.00	$523	-21.00
500–535	512	10	110.00–132.00	$117.68	$603	-4.86
565–595	576	5	112.00–130.00	$121.77	$701	+6.35
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	-25.42
600–622	615	5	106.00–113.00	$110.02	$677	-7.52
680	680	1	107.00	$107.00	$728	-1.01
710–715	713	3	111.00–113.00	$111.66	$796	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
675	675	1	85.00	$85.00	$574	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1300	1135	80-85%	6	44.00–49.00	$46.71	$530	—
935–1480	1194	80-85%	32	49.50–58.50	$54.60	$652	—
1175–1500	1312	80-85%	23	58.50–67.00	$62.84	$824	+0.01

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–965	875	85-90%	3	22.00–32.00	$28.05	$245	—
915–1085	995	85-90%	5	37.50–43.00	$40.57	$404	—
830–1365	1133	85-90%	28	47.00–55.50	$50.19	$569	-3.73
1165	1165	85-90%	1	56.00	$56.00	$652	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1485	1360	75-80%	2	54.00–58.00	$55.82	$759	—
1280–1820	1586	75-80%	13	60.00–70.00	$64.83	$1,028	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1340	1254	4	57.00–74.00	$65.36	$820	—
1380–1740	1567	3	80.00–86.00	$84.24	$1,320	—
1530–1785	1623	3	89.50–91.50	$90.86	$1,475	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715 thin fleshed	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	40.00	$40.00	$286
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	55.00	$55.00	$468
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	52.00	$52.00	$463

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1165	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	710.00–1,035.00	$947.73
1010–1410	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	700.00–1,025.00	$822.81
1180	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	56.00–66.00	$61.00	$625
920–1230	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	58.00–69.00	$62.71	$674
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$840
1260–1550	1406	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	60.00–67.00	$62.30	$876

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–950	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	660.00–950.00	$806.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	98.00	$98.00	$730

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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
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.