North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 20, 2022

1,109 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.83/cwt +2.35 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 408 lb · 62 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.25/cwt ≈ $1,235/hd at 920 lb · 61 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $207.00/cwt ≈ $898/hd at 434 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,109	545	577
Feeder cattle	908	480	452
Slaughter cattle	181	50	100
Replacement cattle	20	15	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-10.00 higher mostly 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 6.00 higher mostly 3.00-4.00 higher. The offering included several groups of good quality unweaned calves. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	26	213.00	$213.00	$807	—
434	434	54	207.00	$207.00	$898	—
473	473	9	169.00	$169.00	$799	—
493	493	26	180.00	$180.00	$887	—
512–528	520	19	176.00–177.00	$176.52	$918	+1.52
608–644 thin fleshed	624	11	170.00–179.00	$174.78	$1,091	—
768	768	13	153.50	$153.50	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	6	196.00–210.00	$204.95	$666	+3.00
362–387	378	6	200.00–225.00	$214.82	$812	+9.32
412–445	427	22	199.00–219.00	$206.97	$884	+5.76
436	436	4	187.00	$187.00	$815	-14.21
450–491	480	31	184.00–205.00	$198.44	$953	+7.07
502–530	517	9	189.00–190.00	$189.89	$982	-5.46
540–542	541	5	172.00–177.00	$175.00	$947	-5.55
552–594	567	45	166.00–180.00	$177.28	$1,005	—
615–630	622	5	165.50–181.00	$170.71	$1,062	+10.80
658–682	666	9	168.00–174.50	$172.01	$1,146	—
705	705	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,114	—
760	760	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	184.00	$184.00	$556	—
365–398	381	6	160.00–172.00	$166.79	$635	-9.21
422	422	2	147.00	$147.00	$620	-12.93
405–445	433	18	158.00–183.00	$177.07	$767	+17.14
455–495	479	8	157.00–180.00	$163.98	$785	+1.59
500–535	514	7	158.00–176.00	$166.82	$857	+7.76
575–590	583	3	133.00–162.00	$151.22	$882	-12.78
605–628	616	5	146.00–166.50	$159.35	$982	-6.65
658	658	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,013	+2.00
732	732	2	125.00	$125.00	$915	—
832–845	845	1	126.00–138.00	$126.00	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	140.00	$140.00	$539	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–332	326	4	165.00–177.00	$168.47	$549	+0.06
352–395	367	31	162.00–176.00	$172.13	$632	+5.98
402–445	407	57	161.00–172.00	$167.69	$682	+3.21
425	425	5	157.00	$157.00	$667	-7.48
450–480	464	24	160.00–166.00	$161.59	$750	+5.93
450–495	470	5	135.00–154.00	$145.42	$683	-10.24
500–545	512	23	150.00–164.00	$155.60	$797	+4.95
535	535	1	140.00	$140.00	$749	-10.65
554–595	567	24	148.00–158.00	$152.02	$862	+0.90
575	575	2	130.00	$130.00	$748	-21.12
600–615	604	11	142.00–157.00	$152.70	$922	+5.70
748	748	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,010	+6.46
770	770	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,040	—
835	835	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,027	-6.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	23	158.00	$158.00	$741	+3.00
920	920	61	134.25	$134.25	$1,235	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	336	4	144.00–163.00	$155.17	$521	+2.59
350–398	369	12	148.00–159.00	$153.31	$566	+2.82
415–445	426	10	137.00–159.00	$149.20	$636	+1.62
461–498	477	12	134.00–146.00	$142.38	$679	-17.62
500–540	521	8	136.00–148.00	$140.37	$731	+0.37
580–595	589	7	134.00–143.50	$139.28	$820	-1.72
628–640	632	3	130.00–136.00	$132.03	$834	—
655–695	675	2	123.00–129.00	$126.09	$851	-3.91

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	2	113.00–130.00	$121.70	$387	—
405	405	1	126.00	$126.00	$510	—
450–478	476	14	111.00–121.00	$118.60	$565	+8.60
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–348	332	5	197.00–200.00	$198.26	$658	+1.94
370–392	379	8	184.00–199.00	$190.32	$721	-2.68
388 thin fleshed	388	2	200.00	$200.00	$776	—
410 thin fleshed	410	1	200.00	$200.00	$820	—
410–445	423	4	184.00–199.00	$192.99	$816	+6.62
420–425	424	4	165.00–178.00	$168.22	$713	-18.15
472	472	2	160.00	$160.00	$755	-25.62
490–495	493	3	170.00–185.00	$180.03	$888	-5.59
504–535	509	11	169.00–179.00	$175.59	$894	-4.84
520	520	1	169.00	$169.00	$879	-11.43
560–595	580	9	159.00–171.00	$164.82	$956	—
590	590	1	154.00	$154.00	$909	—
600–618	612	3	157.00–162.00	$160.37	$981	+1.22
675–690	682	3	147.00–148.00	$147.67	$1,007	—
705–710	707	3	141.00–147.00	$144.99	$1,025	—
845	845	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,022	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	388	3	162.00–184.00	$172.58	$670	+1.58
440	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	-13.09
450–485	465	4	139.00–162.00	$150.51	$700	-4.13
490	490	1	149.00	$149.00	$730	-5.64
508–535	524	7	145.00–161.00	$153.54	$805	—
580–595	588	2	145.00–151.00	$147.96	$870	—
780	780	1	124.00	$124.00	$967	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–715	690	85-90%	2	30.00–36.00	$33.11	$228	—
695–740	718	85-90%	2	40.00–42.00	$41.03	$295	—
760–1090	938	85-90%	13	38.00–50.00	$46.41	$435	—
790–1270	983	85-90%	13	45.00–60.00	$54.10	$532	—
840–1310	1016	85-90%	25	60.00–73.00	$66.95	$680	-2.76
1015–1225	1097	85-90%	12	73.50–79.00	$75.54	$829	-1.89

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	80-85%	1	64.00	$64.00	$586	—
1035–1290	1155	80-85%	17	71.50–79.00	$75.66	$874	-10.10
1005–1455	1219	80-85%	29	79.00–86.00	$82.77	$1,009	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1640	1402	75-80%	6	76.00–82.00	$78.77	$1,104	—
1265–1605	1429	75-80%	10	83.00–89.00	$86.24	$1,232	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1630	1250	6	80.00–91.50	$85.08	$1,064	—
1225–1810	1518	6	95.00–106.00	$103.27	$1,568	—
1855–2115	1961	5	109.50–119.00	$115.48	$2,265	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1320	1159	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,210.00	$1,173.98
990–1335	1171	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	750.00–1,285.00	$1,055.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	72.00	$72.00	$698

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.