North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 16, 2022

742 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.42/cwt +5.39 vs last sale · ≈ $697/hd at 429 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $168.04/cwt +0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 518 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $203.37/cwt +8.55 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 476 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	742	1,177	346
Feeder cattle	549	724	286
Slaughter cattle	168	230	40
Replacement cattle	25	223	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00-7.00 higher. Quality and condition of most feeder cattle good. Breaker and boner cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Lean cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–325	317	4	203.00–209.00	$205.80	$652	-4.61
365–390	374	12	200.00–206.00	$204.00	$763	+1.50
403–445	409	11	204.00–212.00	$205.35	$840	-0.34
455–498	476	20	182.00–224.00	$203.37	$968	+6.64
506–540	513	13	180.00–195.00	$190.71	$978	-0.64
555–589	571	19	164.00–197.50	$190.86	$1,090	+6.35
616–630	619	7	165.00–176.00	$173.54	$1,074	+9.78
652–695	661	13	152.00–172.00	$167.38	$1,106	—
735	735	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	—
758–780	765	3	150.50–151.00	$150.83	$1,154	—
820	820	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,107	—
890	890	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	323	11	160.00–195.00	$178.74	$577	—
365–392	377	12	167.00–185.00	$179.90	$678	+13.00
408–410	409	3	171.00–190.00	$183.65	$751	+34.64
457–490	470	5	160.00–185.00	$177.71	$835	+20.64
538	538	4	167.50	$167.50	$901	+3.64
555–565	560	3	135.00–153.00	$141.95	$795	-20.27
622	622	2	155.00	$155.00	$964	+6.07
666	666	4	150.00	$150.00	$999	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345–348	346	9	199.00–200.00	$199.45	$690	—
486	486	7	185.00	$185.00	$899	+11.91

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–356	355	12	125.00–144.00	$129.69	$460	+0.69
415–420	418	2	115.00–139.00	$126.93	$531	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	321	8	158.00–182.00	$174.51	$560	+3.60
350–395	369	10	158.00–180.00	$167.66	$619	+4.81
380	380	1	150.00	$150.00	$570	-12.85
400–445	429	22	152.00–171.00	$162.42	$697	+4.38
455–495	471	18	147.00–168.00	$160.70	$757	+2.04
502–545	518	14	142.00–160.00	$154.40	$800	+1.14
550–595	568	16	138.00–150.00	$146.23	$831	+1.24
600–625	621	8	136.00–147.00	$142.00	$882	+7.60
670	670	1	131.00	$131.00	$878	—
723	723	3	133.00	$133.00	$962	—
740	740	2	129.00	$129.00	$955	—
775	775	2	121.00–135.00	$128.00	$992	—
790	790	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,059	—
810–812	811	10	130.00–136.00	$131.80	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	330	3	151.00–155.00	$153.40	$506	+15.17
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	-25.97
360–370	365	5	126.00–150.00	$138.87	$507	-7.10
405–445	424	7	125.00–152.00	$141.18	$599	+8.79
480–490	485	3	125.00–136.00	$131.01	$635	-1.48
500–545	522	15	113.00–140.00	$130.37	$681	-0.89
565–575	568	3	125.00–137.00	$132.29	$751	+7.80
605–630	618	2	120.00	$120.00	$742	-8.44
650	650	1	129.00	$129.00	$838	—
720	720	1	124.00	$124.00	$893	+5.00
830	830	2	96.00	$96.00	$797	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	7	154.00	$154.00	$835	+13.79
625	625	4	135.00	$135.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	3	110.00–111.00	$110.33	$469	+0.33
450	450	1	105.00	$105.00	$472	-9.00
580	580	1	105.00	$105.00	$609	—
670–675	673	2	105.00–115.00	$110.02	$740	+0.02

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	337	9	187.50–206.00	$193.57	$652	-2.43
373	373	3	185.00	$185.00	$690	-6.66
390	390	1	140.00	$140.00	$546	-51.66
425–449	443	9	180.00–196.00	$182.43	$808	+2.87
460–490	473	13	174.00–196.00	$179.45	$849	+8.68
500–510	505	2	135.00–164.00	$149.64	$756	-17.96
509–538	520	18	152.00–182.00	$170.09	$884	+2.49
550–595	572	12	147.00–171.00	$160.04	$915	+9.23
615–628	621	7	153.00–163.00	$158.59	$985	+7.21
660–690	682	7	140.00–146.00	$144.60	$986	+1.87
721	721	5	135.50	$135.50	$977	+3.50
768	768	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,029	+4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	3	150.00–169.00	$159.58	$598	-6.93
400–435	413	6	131.00–172.00	$154.01	$636	-3.07
450–475	460	4	145.00–153.00	$148.91	$685	+5.64
640	640	1	134.00	$134.00	$858	—
655	655	1	135.00	$135.00	$884	—
765–780	773	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$862	+16.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	114.00	$114.00	$542	+1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$760	—
975–1375	1157	80-85%	12	70.00–80.00	$76.00	$879	—
1005–1505	1232	80-85%	33	81.00–92.00	$86.02	$1,060	+14.29

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1105	996	85-90%	9	50.00–58.00	$55.14	$549	—
895–1145	1011	85-90%	8	30.00–47.00	$38.06	$385	-19.15
955–1260	1059	85-90%	8	70.00–78.00	$73.84	$782	+8.66
910–1390	1096	85-90%	18	60.00–69.00	$64.80	$710	-0.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1655	1486	75-80%	10	84.00–93.50	$88.01	$1,308	—
1505	1505	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,189	+0.22

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1465	1216	5	78.00–96.00	$89.71	$1,091	—
1415–1935	1635	12	98.00–111.00	$105.92	$1,732	—
1410–2150	1721	12	112.00–121.00	$116.34	$2,002	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$731
720–1250	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	85.50–94.00	$88.61	$873
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,046

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1145–1265	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,085.00	$1,040.38

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
708	708	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00	$800.00
870–1045	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,325.00	$1,232.68

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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
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-950.00
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	89.00	$89.00	$423	—
515	515	1	50.00	$50.00	$258	—
610	610	1	79.00	$79.00	$482	—
740	740	1	74.00	$74.00	$548	—

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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.