North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 30, 2022

1,086 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.65/cwt +6.20 vs last sale · ≈ $799/hd at 468 lb · 77 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.89/cwt +5.14 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 527 lb · 73 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $195.22/cwt +11.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,083/hd at 555 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,086	679	537
Feeder cattle	885	615	416
Slaughter cattle	186	59	96
Replacement cattle	15	5	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers and heifers steady to 11.00 higher mostly 2.00-6.00 higher with several groups of weaned calves in the offering. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	322	9	202.00–228.00	$216.09	$696	+0.45
360–388	372	11	190.00–222.00	$206.98	$770	+9.01
400–434	425	13	199.00–229.00	$209.72	$891	+2.52
450–495	472	23	190.00–215.00	$206.76	$976	-0.24
510–535	518	12	185.00–203.00	$193.13	$1,000	-0.67
550–570	555	60	186.00–198.00	$195.22	$1,083	+11.74
615–649	644	13	170.50–174.00	$171.01	$1,101	—
652–698	670	31	154.00–170.00	$166.05	$1,113	+13.06
700	700	2	147.00–156.00	$151.50	$1,060	—
770	770	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,132	+3.33
830	830	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,199	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	15	202.00	$202.00	$846	+13.00
457	457	5	192.00	$192.00	$877	+0.39
535	535	5	170.00	$170.00	$910	-18.00
896	896	34	141.50	$141.50	$1,268	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	366	5	162.00–182.00	$175.57	$643	-7.21
402–440	432	14	168.00–193.00	$180.41	$779	+1.89
460–495	476	4	158.00–178.00	$164.60	$783	+18.60
500–540	521	11	160.00–176.00	$169.75	$884	+4.08
555–582	575	15	140.00–170.00	$164.18	$944	+1.13
600–628	617	5	140.00–150.00	$146.11	$901	-7.89
660	660	1	147.00	$147.00	$970	-3.00
765	765	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,056	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	330	3	125.00–132.00	$129.39	$427	—
410–445	435	5	116.00–151.00	$126.46	$550	—
495	495	1	138.00	$138.00	$683	—
590	590	1	138.00	$138.00	$814	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–343	331	28	168.00–181.00	$174.75	$578	-4.25
355–398	379	23	160.00–185.00	$172.74	$655	+11.42
400–445	420	41	160.00–180.00	$171.57	$721	+7.80
450–495	468	77	158.00–175.00	$170.65	$799	+6.20
500–547	524	42	147.00–167.50	$162.34	$851	+3.59
532	532	31	166.00	$166.00	$883	+7.25
550–592	569	17	150.00–166.00	$156.22	$889	+4.03
592	592	10	155.00	$155.00	$918	+2.81
605–640	624	10	144.00–155.00	$148.56	$927	-1.44
655–670	665	4	139.00–150.00	$142.71	$949	-2.29
676	676	7	145.00	$145.00	$980	±0.00
830	830	1	120.00	$120.00	$996	—
865	865	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,003	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–340	327	7	150.00–165.00	$155.57	$509	+6.83
360–390	378	9	133.00–160.00	$149.81	$566	+8.88
400–445	420	10	143.00–158.00	$151.40	$636	+8.09
450–480	465	12	127.00–159.00	$149.32	$694	+8.77
507	507	3	146.00	$146.00	$740	+17.52
585–590	588	2	132.00–140.00	$136.02	$800	+6.02
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	-7.50
705	705	2	125.00	$125.00	$881	+10.00
752–760	756	4	115.00–116.00	$115.50	$873	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	158.00	$158.00	$739	-2.00
558	558	8	148.00	$148.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	102.00–120.00	$111.00	$333	—
400–445	417	3	100.00–131.00	$113.24	$472	—
460	460	1	117.00	$117.00	$538	—
530	530	1	119.00	$119.00	$631	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–332	329	8	200.00–210.00	$201.16	$662	+11.16
350–396	385	17	182.00–210.00	$188.94	$727	—
415	415	1	187.00	$187.00	$776	+12.00
450–490	463	3	170.00–171.00	$170.35	$789	-2.61
500–545	516	18	162.00–183.00	$170.83	$881	+4.83
600–640	625	5	148.00–158.00	$152.73	$955	+9.73
650–695	678	6	138.00–147.00	$143.65	$974	-0.92
750–785	775	6	125.00–139.00	$129.07	$1,000	—
805–835	825	4	109.00–114.00	$110.73	$914	+0.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	323	8	160.00–179.00	$172.62	$558	+3.62
350–395	370	9	147.00–168.00	$161.93	$599	-14.10
415–440	430	12	137.00–165.00	$152.66	$656	—
455–490	477	8	130.00–170.00	$153.80	$734	+18.80
500–540	516	7	128.00–163.00	$146.58	$756	-5.42
555–590	566	4	129.00–157.00	$144.27	$817	-4.73
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	-1.00
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	129.00	$129.00	$535	—
535	535	1	103.00	$103.00	$551	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1480	1222	80-85%	21	68.00–79.00	$75.43	$922	-10.34
1000–1480	1223	80-85%	36	79.50–91.00	$83.85	$1,025	-1.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$380	—
745	745	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$268	—
795–1060	911	85-90%	13	20.00–42.00	$35.07	$319	—
910–1190	997	85-90%	13	58.00–68.00	$62.50	$623	-4.35
935–1120	1009	85-90%	9	43.00–56.00	$49.73	$502	—
945–1275	1064	85-90%	14	71.00–80.00	$75.03	$798	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1430	1365	75-80%	3	72.00–80.00	$75.14	$1,026	-3.86
1120–1610	1425	75-80%	15	83.50–90.00	$85.50	$1,218	-2.71

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1370	1178	3	70.00–90.00	$82.31	$970	—
1375–1565	1436	4	103.50–110.00	$105.84	$1,520	—
1340–2035	1739	12	113.00–127.00	$118.61	$2,063	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–875 thin fleshed	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	45.00–57.00	$52.07	$387
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	91.00	$91.00	$910

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1025	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	67.00–90.00	$80.43	$706
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$592
980–1115	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	72.00–75.00	$73.60	$771

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	82.00	$82.00	$791

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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
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.