North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 20, 2021

506 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $149.46/cwt +1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $859/hd at 575 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.46/cwt +0.03 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 566 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $171.94/cwt +7.31 vs last sale · ≈ $793/hd at 461 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	506	814	493
Feeder cattle	355	631	384
Slaughter cattle	106	123	84
Replacement cattle	45	60	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 1.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. Slaughter cows mixed with the breakers and boners steady and lean cows steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough bulls for a trend.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	4	175.00–205.00	$183.17	$603	+10.17
360–385	373	2	176.00–179.00	$177.45	$662	+3.32
402–440	415	3	164.00–178.00	$173.05	$718	-4.23
455–462	461	13	159.00–173.00	$171.94	$793	+7.31
500–525	517	13	132.00–167.00	$146.98	$760	-9.36
551–586	575	17	144.50–155.00	$149.46	$859	+1.16
605 unweaned	605	2	136.00	$136.00	$823	—
610–630	617	3	142.00–147.00	$143.70	$887	—
656–692 unweaned	676	9	134.00–139.00	$136.16	$920	—
765	765	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,071	—
800	800	3	143.50	$143.50	$1,148	+6.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	159.00	$159.00	$509	-14.00
375–395	384	5	143.00–171.00	$164.50	$632	+6.10
415–445	434	8	145.00–161.00	$152.32	$661	+0.59
475–485	480	4	137.00–155.00	$147.95	$710	+15.59
505–545	523	6	128.00–147.00	$139.81	$731	+4.80
605	605	1	135.00	$135.00	$817	-4.50
705	705	1	116.00	$116.00	$818	-15.68
960	960	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	133.00	$133.00	$426	—
435	435	1	115.00	$115.00	$500	—
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	140.00	$140.00	$448	-5.57
370–393	390	8	139.00–156.00	$153.98	$601	+6.06
400–445	423	5	142.00–151.00	$146.15	$618	+6.33
455–481	474	10	141.00–146.00	$143.32	$679	+4.91
510–548	535	7	138.50–140.50	$139.49	$746	+3.83
551–560	554	9	134.00–136.00	$135.78	$752	+3.35
592	592	4	125.00	$125.00	$740	-7.43
605–628	620	4	128.00–135.00	$130.21	$807	-2.62
655–675	665	2	128.00–130.00	$129.02	$858	+1.02
700–720	714	4	122.00–129.00	$126.73	$905	—
772	772	2	123.00	$123.00	$950	—
860	860	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,084	—
980–982	981	4	109.00–115.00	$112.75	$1,106	—
1010	1010	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	321	4	124.00–138.00	$130.51	$419	—
350–375	370	8	125.00–135.00	$128.68	$476	-2.50
405–435	418	8	115.00–135.00	$127.14	$531	+7.20
450–485	467	9	120.00–140.00	$127.14	$594	-1.14
500–530	513	3	105.00–128.00	$119.84	$615	+0.47
560	560	1	126.00	$126.00	$706	+4.78
605–635	615	3	105.00–125.00	$118.12	$726	-4.07
655–680	671	8	113.00–125.00	$121.22	$813	-8.78
720–730	725	2	100.00–108.00	$104.03	$754	+3.03
760	760	1	96.00	$96.00	$730	-4.00
905	905	1	95.00	$95.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	105.00	$105.00	$383	-9.48
400–435	415	3	100.00–114.00	$107.79	$447	+3.45
565–590	578	4	96.00–100.00	$98.98	$572	—
718	718	6	80.00	$80.00	$574	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	167.00	$167.00	$635	+5.17
402–435	414	5	164.00–182.00	$170.06	$704	+9.90
460–485	473	2	160.00–168.00	$163.89	$775	+6.79
500–545	523	6	135.00–158.00	$148.93	$779	-1.86
550–598	570	11	131.00–143.00	$138.91	$792	+1.05
605–630	618	2	134.00–135.00	$134.49	$831	+2.02
622 unweaned	622	5	125.00	$125.00	$778	—
665–685	675	6	132.00–134.00	$132.84	$897	-0.53
710–748	734	4	126.00–133.00	$128.47	$943	+1.73
765	765	1	122.00	$122.00	$933	-1.77
800	800	1	124.00	$124.00	$992	+5.00
885–895	890	2	117.50–123.00	$120.23	$1,070	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–395	377	5	138.00–160.00	$142.61	$538	—
430–440	432	5	132.00–145.00	$141.80	$613	-11.20
465–488	478	4	130.00–149.00	$134.67	$644	-5.01
520–545	535	5	118.00–134.00	$128.73	$689	+1.19
550–575	563	4	119.00–126.00	$122.47	$690	-3.31
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	-12.00
660–665	663	2	122.00–124.00	$123.00	$815	—
745	745	1	113.00	$113.00	$842	—
950	950	1	85.00	$85.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	2	100.00–110.00	$104.82	$435	—
570	570	1	103.00	$103.00	$587	-7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1095	1037	80-85%	3	45.00–46.00	$45.52	$472	—
960–1365	1186	80-85%	14	50.50–59.00	$54.65	$648	-0.18
1020–1425	1271	80-85%	18	59.00–65.00	$61.10	$777	-1.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–685	640	85-90%	4	14.00–20.00	$15.91	$102	—
925–1015	970	85-90%	7	19.00–36.00	$27.24	$264	-1.91
955–1205	1038	85-90%	6	38.00–44.00	$41.40	$430	+2.24
1020–1175	1095	85-90%	6	44.50–54.00	$50.52	$553	+2.61
1135–1420	1270	85-90%	5	55.00–60.00	$57.55	$731	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1410	1355	75-80%	2	52.00–54.00	$52.96	$718	-11.90
1295–1585	1436	75-80%	5	62.00–68.00	$64.87	$932	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1140	1065	3	59.00–69.00	$65.11	$693	—
1715	1715	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,509	-0.86
1840–1920	1880	2	82.00–84.00	$82.98	$1,560	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	45.00	$45.00	$374

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–860	828	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	62.00–83.00	$72.91	$604
910–1440	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	45.00–65.00	$56.52	$651
1095–1515	1246	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	56.00–65.00	$60.63	$755

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1660	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	700.00–1,060.00	$856.07
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,235.00	$1,235.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
920–939	936	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	850.00–900.00	$891.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–955	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	80.00–90.00	$85.28	$772
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	88.00	$88.00	$827

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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
1181–1320	1251	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	910.00–1,260.00	$1,075.27	—
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-226.91
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	+258.09

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	67.00	$67.00	$288	—

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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.