North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 5, 2022

843 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.69/cwt -5.17 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 472 lb · 31 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.62/cwt -2.62 vs last sale · ≈ $567/hd at 362 lb · 25 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $132.42/cwt -2.69 vs last sale · ≈ $550/hd at 415 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	843	1,600	941
Feeder cattle	592	1,084	689
Slaughter cattle	211	256	220
Replacement cattle	40	260	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend sale closed past two weeks for the holidays.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–342	342	7	200.00–216.00	$202.27	$692	-7.28
372–397	380	21	184.00–205.00	$196.18	$745	-10.27
435–440	438	2	185.00–189.00	$186.99	$819	-13.98
450–491	474	21	181.00–201.00	$192.51	$912	+6.43
520–545	540	14	167.00–190.00	$174.24	$941	-5.20
550–585	569	24	158.00–193.00	$175.83	$1,000	+3.50
610–626	623	17	159.00–161.00	$160.00	$997	+5.48
659–695	663	9	152.00–164.00	$155.61	$1,032	+2.20
670 unweaned	670	1	145.00	$145.00	$972	—
747	747	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,120	+2.99
800	800	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,200	+1.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	170.00	$170.00	$544	-2.79
350–388	376	6	151.00–179.00	$164.89	$620	-5.83
415–448	434	11	145.00–176.00	$165.90	$720	-5.01
450–480	470	10	151.00–173.00	$165.41	$777	+2.59
512–545	518	6	145.00–160.00	$157.37	$815	+1.27
550–595	574	5	143.00–153.00	$147.18	$845	±0.00
615	615	1	145.00	$145.00	$892	+2.38
618 unweaned	618	2	125.00	$125.00	$772	—
655–665	660	2	135.00–140.00	$137.48	$907	-5.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	6	175.00	$175.00	$775	-10.02
613	613	5	155.00	$155.00	$950	+3.33
674	674	7	156.00	$156.00	$1,051	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	324	11	147.00–165.00	$155.24	$503	-0.09
350–390	362	25	145.00–165.00	$156.62	$567	-2.62
400–430	423	12	148.00–156.00	$150.61	$637	-1.92
455–490	472	31	138.00–158.00	$146.69	$692	-5.17
500–545	516	18	133.00–150.00	$143.82	$742	-3.22
555–585	568	15	141.00–147.00	$144.39	$820	+1.77
615 unweaned	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	+5.00
600–640	622	12	130.00–142.00	$137.63	$856	+2.63
660–670	664	5	129.00–139.00	$136.41	$906	-4.59
683	683	6	135.50	$135.50	$925	+3.96
810	810	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	316	5	135.00–145.00	$139.26	$440	-2.60
358–385	368	9	125.00–148.00	$135.71	$499	-2.08
400–436	415	25	128.00–150.00	$132.42	$550	-2.69
455–498	482	18	125.00–142.00	$133.03	$641	+1.35
500–545	518	12	125.00–134.00	$129.21	$669	-7.79
550–590	566	8	107.00–129.00	$124.21	$703	-4.09
600–625	604	8	119.00–120.00	$119.87	$724	-8.13
660–670	667	3	120.00–121.00	$120.34	$803	-1.68
705	705	2	114.00	$114.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492–496	494	11	138.00–141.00	$139.37	$688	—
626	626	4	133.00	$133.00	$833	-1.58

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	105.00	$105.00	$399	-11.18
440	440	1	107.00	$107.00	$471	-11.31

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	177.00–180.00	$178.50	$544	-3.93
365–390	380	5	180.00–202.00	$184.22	$700	+0.27
418–435	430	7	169.00–174.00	$170.39	$733	-0.18
462–485	470	3	168.00–175.00	$170.41	$801	+6.94
505–545	523	8	160.00–165.00	$161.30	$844	+2.91
550–565	555	4	144.00–155.00	$149.23	$828	+3.37
600–615	610	4	132.00–139.00	$135.24	$825	-11.65
690	690	1	138.00	$138.00	$952	-6.68
730	730	1	129.00	$129.00	$942	-7.07
800	800	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$900	-15.50
865	865	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,003	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	379	7	150.00–172.00	$163.10	$618	+33.10
415–435	423	3	147.00–167.00	$159.78	$676	+7.72
490	490	2	149.00–157.00	$153.00	$750	+3.67
505–545	530	6	130.00–150.00	$144.10	$764	+5.10
550–595	580	5	135.00–146.00	$140.54	$815	—
635	635	1	134.00	$134.00	$851	—
650–675	663	2	122.00–126.00	$124.04	$822	-0.79
735	735	1	111.00	$111.00	$816	—
775	775	1	124.00	$124.00	$961	+5.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
714 thin fleshed	714	14	138.50	$138.50	$989	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1250	1185	80-85%	3	52.00–54.00	$52.64	$624	-4.21
1015–1530	1225	80-85%	24	54.00–63.00	$59.44	$728	+9.44
1150–1555	1310	80-85%	20	63.00–72.00	$66.20	$867	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–835	789	85-90%	6	15.00–25.00	$18.69	$147	—
815	815	85-90%	1	32.00	$32.00	$261	—
800–845	818	85-90%	3	41.00–48.00	$45.03	$368	—
855–1020	962	85-90%	6	22.00–30.00	$25.71	$247	—
905–1305	1055	85-90%	11	35.00–46.00	$40.65	$429	—
985–1405	1148	85-90%	12	48.00–55.00	$52.03	$597	+10.03
1140–1260	1203	85-90%	3	58.00–63.00	$60.15	$724	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1580	1477	75-80%	14	64.00–73.50	$66.52	$983	+6.52
1300–1840	1504	75-80%	7	60.00–64.00	$62.14	$935	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1610	1309	8	67.50–78.00	$73.69	$965	—
1340–1900	1635	6	82.00–90.00	$86.72	$1,418	—
1660–2035	1848	6	96.50–105.00	$101.24	$1,871	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1105	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–105.00	$82.45	$808

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060–1302	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	67.00–81.00	$69.01	$850
1205–1355	1324	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	61.50–62.50	$61.78	$818

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900 thin fleshed	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1085–1165	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	700.00–760.00	$731.07
1125–1450	1326	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	825.00–1,025.00	$918.26

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1110	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	690.00–1,060.00	$946.80

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205–1345	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	68.50–87.00	$77.24	$985

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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
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1575	1575	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	±0.00

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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.