North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 17, 2021

1,422 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.68/cwt -1.49 vs last sale · ≈ $686/hd at 529 lb · 43 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $148.16/cwt +1.07 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 517 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $166.36/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $802/hd at 482 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,422	2,049	1,368
Feeder cattle	1,039	2,049	1,040
Slaughter cattle	233	—	228
Replacement cattle	150	—	100

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower except the better 600-650 lbs 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower except the better 400-450 lbs and 500-550 lbs 1.00 higher. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week. Only a few cows observed today due to time.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	322	3	175.00–180.00	$177.74	$572	-9.26
364–390	377	16	172.00–185.00	$176.72	$666	-2.45
410–448	419	18	165.00–181.00	$175.59	$736	-2.14
469 value added	469	7	178.00	$178.00	$835	—
470–496	486	24	159.00–170.00	$162.97	$792	-2.84
505–544	527	25	155.00–162.00	$159.54	$841	-1.45
550–558 value added	552	10	164.50–165.00	$164.90	$910	—
560–585	572	21	147.00–160.00	$153.21	$876	-0.08
605	605	3	156.00	$156.00	$944	+1.61
600–645 unweaned	619	26	127.00–150.00	$144.24	$893	+1.22
660 unweaned	660	3	144.00	$144.00	$950	—
658–685	672	4	144.00–146.00	$145.02	$975	-3.28
718 unweaned	718	6	137.00	$137.00	$984	—
710–740	727	3	136.00–139.00	$137.31	$998	-14.48
756	756	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,051	±0.00
820	820	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,164	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–437	431	18	165.00–169.00	$166.67	$718	—
499	499	7	165.00	$165.00	$823	+5.00
535	535	8	155.00	$155.00	$829	-6.20
632–638 unweaned	635	17	132.00–138.00	$135.19	$858	-1.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	330	7	164.00–172.00	$168.95	$558	—
350–395	368	10	149.00–168.00	$154.96	$570	-11.47
400–435	428	14	140.00–162.00	$146.28	$626	-7.09
485–495	490	2	150.00–151.00	$150.51	$737	+3.36
500–545	517	13	137.00–151.00	$146.43	$757	-2.84
585	585	1	142.00	$142.00	$831	±0.00
600–630	615	2	129.00–139.00	$134.12	$825	-3.43
670	670	1	142.00	$142.00	$951	+9.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–346	333	13	140.00–151.00	$148.40	$494	-3.64
350–388	365	18	138.50–160.00	$152.13	$555	-0.82
400–438	424	28	145.00–154.00	$148.01	$628	+1.27
450–498	466	18	133.00–149.00	$143.66	$669	-5.07
500–545	521	23	130.00–145.50	$139.12	$725	+1.23
535	535	2	122.00	$122.00	$653	-15.89
550–598	579	18	127.00–139.00	$132.75	$769	-0.10
600–629 unweaned	611	21	123.50–125.00	$124.55	$761	-0.45
670	670	1	127.00	$127.00	$851	±0.00
730	730	1	130.00	$130.00	$949	+10.00
772	772	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,042	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	330	10	115.00–139.00	$127.89	$422	-13.62
350–390	377	10	118.00–142.00	$126.79	$478	-6.27
400–440	428	14	120.00–135.00	$125.71	$538	-5.45
452–493	481	26	115.00–138.00	$130.74	$629	+4.03
505–548	533	12	115.00–129.00	$122.65	$654	+1.19
560–590	574	9	120.00–127.50	$123.02	$706	-0.54
585	585	1	105.00	$105.00	$614	-18.56
665–694	688	5	126.00–130.00	$126.77	$872	+5.02
690–695	693	2	106.00–110.00	$107.99	$748	-13.76
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	-10.00
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	5	143.00	$143.00	$565	—
412–447	432	12	140.00	$140.00	$605	—
454–477 value added	466	12	141.50–143.00	$142.23	$663	—
501–549	529	43	124.00–133.50	$129.68	$686	-1.49
604–621	613	10	120.50–125.50	$122.97	$754	-3.53

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	323	7	110.00–120.00	$115.04	$372	—
365–385	377	3	105.00–120.00	$111.66	$421	—
418	418	3	91.00	$91.00	$380	-9.00
450–495	471	12	102.00–114.00	$108.42	$511	+0.98
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—
555–570	560	4	90.00–100.00	$95.04	$532	—
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	172.00–179.00	$175.31	$566	-15.48
370–388	382	5	150.00–173.00	$165.79	$633	-11.27
416–435	418	9	156.00–165.00	$157.04	$656	-8.41
450–485	460	12	146.00–162.00	$153.94	$708	-5.85
502–535	517	33	144.00–152.00	$148.16	$766	+0.50
550–585	572	12	132.00–147.00	$140.32	$803	+4.32
600–620	612	5	135.00–140.00	$138.42	$847	+3.10
650–699	678	9	125.00–144.00	$137.17	$930	+3.17
700–725	712	6	119.00–138.00	$130.83	$932	+1.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	148.00	$148.00	$511	-1.47
350–390	374	11	132.00–162.00	$146.64	$548	-11.15
400–410	408	9	130.00–160.00	$141.55	$578	-2.98
450–485	465	12	125.00–143.00	$133.76	$622	-2.68
500–543	515	21	120.00–144.00	$137.17	$706	+5.32
580–590	583	3	120.00–138.00	$130.35	$760	+5.35
610–640	623	6	105.00–131.00	$115.92	$722	-8.83
652–660	655	3	115.00–119.00	$117.66	$771	-7.34
710–740	725	2	100.00–105.00	$102.45	$743	-9.55

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–440	416	6	90.00–100.00	$95.17	$396	—
465	465	1	115.00	$115.00	$535	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–795	745	85-90%	2	19.00–25.00	$22.20	$165	—
860	860	85-90%	2	25.00	$25.00	$215	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	80-85%	1	44.00	$44.00	$537	—
1265	1265	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$632	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	75-80%	1	53.00	$53.00	$824	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1710	1478	8	65.00–73.00	$69.17	$1,022	—
1100–2105	1632	15	75.00–82.00	$79.65	$1,300	—
1435–2130	1797	7	82.00–89.50	$84.90	$1,526	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1120	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	54.00–72.00	$62.04	$628

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	45.00	$45.00	$488
1115–1445	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	53.00–54.00	$53.44	$684
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	45.00	$45.00	$594
1540	1540	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	58.50	$58.50	$901

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–775	731	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	210.00–320.00	$262.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1220–1225	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$825.05

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	380.00	$380.00	—

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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.