Cattle Market Pulse

North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 3, 2021

739 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.64/cwt +2.30 vs last sale · ≈ $808/hd at 619 lb · 46 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $159.62/cwt ≈ $819/hd at 513 lb · 27 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.00/cwt +3.00 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 583 lb · 26 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 739 804 551
Feeder cattle 587 599 336
Slaughter cattle 117 170 160
Replacement cattle 35 35 55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower over 600 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers mixed with the better kind mostly steady to 4.00 higher and the plainer kind mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 4.00 lower with quality not as good as last week. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–330 319 4 185.00–204.00 $197.60 $630 -3.22
382 382 3 183.00 $183.00 $699 +4.43
415–436 428 7 178.00–183.00 $178.99 $766 -5.94
475 475 1 164.00 $164.00 $779 -9.09
502–547 534 14 157.00–162.50 $160.82 $859 -2.93
550–598 584 12 145.00–160.00 $153.63 $897 +0.49
625 625 4 143.00–147.00 $147.00 $919 -0.17
651–676 664 22 142.00–151.00 $145.92 $969 +1.24
742 742 6 145.00 $145.00 $1,076 —
754–775 763 11 139.50–145.00 $142.58 $1,088 -3.92
800 800 3 143.00–150.00 $147.67 $1,181 +2.67
861–885 871 10 136.50–145.00 $141.17 $1,230 +5.17
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
378 378 7 179.00 $179.00 $677 —
418–419 419 12 170.00–180.00 $176.67 $740 —
507–536 513 27 159.50–160.00 $159.62 $819 —
583 583 26 145.00 $145.00 $845 +3.00
635 635 5 143.00 $143.00 $908 —
952 952 4 132.50 $132.50 $1,261 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330–345 340 3 175.00–180.00 $178.38 $606 -0.62
405–418 414 3 160.00–174.00 $164.57 $681 +5.90
455–498 487 6 139.00–160.00 $154.28 $751 -1.22
512–538 525 5 147.00–154.00 $152.60 $801 +13.33
550–595 578 6 131.00–145.00 $140.39 $811 +7.34
610–640 626 5 120.00–142.00 $133.74 $837 —
680–690 683 4 135.00–141.00 $136.52 $932 -1.98
855 855 1 122.00 $122.00 $1,043 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335–348 341 8 147.00–155.00 $150.04 $512 +1.04
355–390 373 8 143.00–159.00 $153.05 $571 +7.89
400–445 431 7 135.00–152.00 $146.63 $632 -1.34
480–495 490 5 138.00–145.00 $141.22 $692 -3.94
500–535 518 16 132.00–141.00 $136.34 $706 +3.19
555–595 571 23 129.00–139.50 $133.01 $759 +0.86
600–640 unweaned 611 20 121.00–129.00 $127.34 $778 +1.75
600–638 622 17 130.00–134.00 $131.34 $817 +1.97
628–640 629 9 134.00–137.00 $136.66 $860 +7.29
660 660 1 128.00 $128.00 $845 -3.89
680 680 2 136.50 $136.50 $928 +4.61
775 775 1 130.00 $130.00 $1,008 —
774–790 780 7 130.00–132.00 $131.42 $1,025 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–345 323 8 130.00–140.00 $135.31 $437 -0.93
350–391 380 11 122.00–140.00 $128.82 $490 -1.32
400–440 421 5 118.00–138.00 $128.54 $541 -0.83
450–495 471 11 120.00–138.00 $130.77 $616 +7.03
505–545 526 4 114.00–126.00 $119.94 $631 -10.74
580–590 585 2 119.00–120.00 $119.50 $699 -4.05
610 610 1 115.00 $115.00 $702 -6.93
660–685 669 5 113.00–125.00 $119.74 $801 +4.17
708 708 2 100.00 $100.00 $708 -8.00
730 730 1 110.00 $110.00 $803 +2.00
750–790 777 3 112.00–114.50 $113.70 $883 +5.20
815 815 1 110.00 $110.00 $896 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
337 337 4 138.00 $138.00 $465 —
409–430 423 18 140.00–142.00 $140.64 $595 +0.64
464 464 5 140.00 $140.00 $650 —
527 527 5 133.00 $133.00 $701 -1.00
553 553 13 132.75 $132.75 $734 —
659 659 4 126.00 $126.00 $830 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
470 470 2 90.00–110.00 $100.00 $470 —
500–548 532 3 100.00 $100.00 $532 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315–325 318 3 177.00–190.00 $183.27 $583 —
355–370 363 2 178.00–179.00 $178.49 $648 —
422–445 434 11 160.00–172.00 $162.35 $705 -6.71
455–475 466 5 153.00–169.00 $159.38 $743 +6.90
500–544 519 17 140.00–158.00 $149.07 $774 +1.54
550–595 565 8 137.00–147.00 $143.83 $813 +6.67
600–640 615 5 125.00–139.00 $134.27 $826 +4.27
655–695 671 7 128.00–140.00 $132.36 $888 +1.16
755 755 1 132.00 $132.00 $997 +8.33
810 810 1 125.00 $125.00 $1,012 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360–365 363 2 147.00–175.00 $161.10 $585 -2.93
420–440 428 7 130.00–158.00 $147.44 $631 -3.56
450–495 473 5 130.00–140.00 $135.69 $642 -11.84
500–545 518 3 128.00–139.00 $134.82 $698 +14.82
600–610 607 3 119.00–125.00 $122.65 $744 +2.65
725–745 738 3 110.00 $110.00 $812 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
490 490 1 98.00 $98.00 $480 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1140 1140 80-85% 1 44.00 $44.00 $502 —
985–1520 1218 80-85% 31 51.00–58.00 $54.95 $669 -0.30
1070–1415 1254 80-85% 20 58.00–61.50 $59.80 $750 -4.10
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
740 740 85-90% 2 20.00–25.00 $22.50 $166 —
925–1050 1003 85-90% 4 25.00–33.50 $29.57 $297 +1.08
920–1305 1056 85-90% 4 34.00–42.00 $39.28 $415 -2.15
1000–1140 1070 85-90% 2 55.00–61.50 $58.46 $626 +17.03
915–1300 1112 85-90% 19 47.00–53.00 $51.21 $569 +1.07
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1175–1600 1340 75-80% 5 54.00–59.00 $57.15 $766 —
1330–1610 1432 75-80% 5 60.00–62.00 $60.94 $873 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1250–1495 1395 6 68.00–77.50 $74.44 $1,038 +4.17
1630–1820 1732 5 84.00–86.50 $85.02 $1,473 —
1925–2035 1990 3 87.50–91.00 $89.64 $1,784 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
675–835 thin fleshed 755 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 39.00–42.00 $40.66 $307
725–985 787 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 18 57.00–90.00 $76.87 $605

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
870–1380 1125 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 61.50–69.00 $64.40 $724
1090–1180 1135 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 49.50–59.50 $54.70 $621
1025–1450 1238 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 59.00–72.00 $66.62 $825
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
930 930 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 1 900.00 $900.00
1050–1145 1098 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 750.00–800.00 $776.08
1265 1265 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 1 920.00 $920.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
795 795 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 830.00 $830.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1255 1255 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 900.00 $900.00 +120.00
1360 1360 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 1,000.00 $1,000.00 -123.85

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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.