North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 27, 2022

761 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest North Arkansas Livestock report →

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.19/cwt -4.64 vs last sale · ≈ $687/hd at 424 lb · 30 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $207.00/cwt -7.82 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 381 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.91/cwt -2.04 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 523 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	761	1,109	554
Feeder cattle	520	908	452
Slaughter cattle	156	181	70
Replacement cattle	85	20	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly 1.00-4.00 lower except the better 500-600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00-5.00 lower. Quality of most feeders not as good as last week. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–333	325	7	195.00–216.00	$208.87	$679	+3.92
350–395	379	17	205.00–213.00	$210.00	$796	-4.82
390	390	3	190.00	$190.00	$741	-24.82
400–430	412	5	200.00–211.00	$205.11	$845	-1.86
430–449	446	10	175.00–192.00	$179.22	$799	-7.78
465–495	477	5	189.00–211.00	$194.30	$927	-4.14
516	516	9	164.00	$164.00	$846	-25.89
500–533	517	9	182.00–199.00	$190.10	$983	+0.21
550–564	562	7	180.00–188.00	$181.12	$1,018	+3.84
564	564	7	166.00	$166.00	$936	-11.28
602 unweaned	602	3	166.00	$166.00	$999	—
600–640	624	6	166.00–172.00	$167.86	$1,047	-2.85
660 unweaned	660	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,056	—
661	661	13	169.50	$169.50	$1,120	-2.51
890	890	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–475	458	14	180.00–192.50	$190.65	$873	+21.65
520	520	17	178.00	$178.00	$926	+1.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	182.00	$182.00	$592	-2.00
362–390	372	4	165.00–205.00	$187.15	$696	+20.36
405–440	426	5	165.00–188.00	$172.83	$736	+25.83
461–495	475	13	150.00–183.00	$170.36	$809	+6.38
525–540	533	2	155.00–160.00	$157.54	$840	-9.28
550–585	567	3	150.00–170.00	$159.79	$906	+8.57
775	775	1	123.00	$123.00	$953	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	150.00	$150.00	$540	-22.13
350–390	364	5	162.00–176.00	$166.60	$606	-5.53
400–436	418	16	156.00–173.00	$165.22	$691	+8.22
409–439	430	14	154.00–162.00	$158.73	$683	+1.73
465–480	471	4	150.00–169.00	$156.44	$737	+11.02
480–493	488	5	152.00–153.00	$152.61	$745	+7.19
500–545	521	15	148.00–163.50	$154.09	$803	-1.51
533	533	3	147.00	$147.00	$784	+7.00
563–595	573	7	146.00–153.00	$150.39	$862	+20.39
620	620	6	147.00–149.00	$148.67	$922	-4.03
650–695	668	5	137.00–148.00	$142.17	$950	—
720–735	728	2	129.00–135.00	$131.97	$961	-3.03
745	745	13	137.00	$137.00	$1,021	+2.00
865	865	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,099	—
1005	1005	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,085	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	333	5	148.00–160.00	$151.34	$504	-3.83
370	370	2	130.00	$130.00	$481	-23.31
350–390	375	11	142.00–158.00	$146.73	$550	-6.58
405–445	424	11	132.00–155.00	$144.73	$614	-4.47
465–495	476	4	143.00–150.00	$147.44	$702	+5.06
500–540	520	5	138.00–146.00	$141.39	$735	+1.02
570–590	581	5	128.00–142.00	$135.20	$786	-4.08
623	623	3	138.00	$138.00	$860	+5.97
655	655	1	111.00	$111.00	$727	-15.09
705–735	723	4	110.00–115.00	$112.26	$812	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	5	160.00	$160.00	$594	—
475–492	485	10	152.00–155.00	$153.18	$743	-4.82
509	509	10	146.00	$146.00	$743	—
645	645	5	147.00	$147.00	$948	—
990	990	5	99.00	$99.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	130.00	$130.00	$468	—
435	435	3	118.00–120.00	$118.67	$516	-7.33

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	199.00	$199.00	$673	+0.74
368–392	380	4	190.00–200.00	$195.16	$742	+4.84
389	389	4	168.00	$168.00	$654	-22.32
445	445	3	178.00	$178.00	$792	+9.78
455–495	482	13	175.00–180.00	$176.87	$853	+16.87
495	495	2	150.00	$150.00	$742	-30.03
515	515	2	166.00	$166.00	$855	-3.00
550–595	572	3	157.00–174.00	$165.44	$946	+0.62
600–645	622	13	145.00–168.00	$155.15	$965	-5.22
658–678	668	8	137.00–152.00	$145.55	$972	-2.12
742	742	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,128	+7.01
760	760	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,102	—
820	820	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,017	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	175.00–183.00	$179.03	$605	—
375	375	1	188.00	$188.00	$705	+15.42
445	445	2	160.00–175.00	$167.50	$745	+7.50
450–495	478	6	140.00–159.00	$152.20	$728	+3.20
508–545	519	7	138.00–156.00	$147.57	$766	-5.97
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	—
790	790	2	103.00	$103.00	$814	-21.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	132.00	$132.00	$541	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1255	1149	80-85%	9	70.00–78.00	$73.95	$850	—
1010–1450	1177	80-85%	29	79.00–88.00	$82.94	$976	+7.28

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$321	+2.97
850	850	85-90%	1	15.00	$15.00	$128	—
860–1095	965	85-90%	3	36.00–42.00	$38.33	$370	-15.77
860–1145	978	85-90%	11	44.00–57.00	$51.80	$507	-2.30
875–1170	1016	85-90%	14	60.00–72.00	$66.80	$679	-0.15
965–1175	1043	85-90%	4	73.00–80.00	$76.49	$798	+9.54

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$777	—
1115–1580	1370	75-80%	17	82.00–88.00	$85.17	$1,167	—
1255–1625	1456	75-80%	4	79.00–81.50	$80.70	$1,175	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1540	1309	4	75.00–94.00	$87.34	$1,143	—
1200–1800	1510	4	95.00–102.00	$98.97	$1,494	-4.30
1545–2175	1852	14	110.00–121.50	$114.95	$2,129	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1140	834	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	73.00–126.00	$91.64	$764
835–985	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	61.00–72.00	$66.95	$609

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–875	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	71.00–81.00	$76.07	$656
755–1285	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	61.00–83.50	$75.17	$767
795–1380	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	72.00–86.00	$79.42	$886

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
556–875	626	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	400.00–520.00	$484.79

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
842–935	898	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	885.00–1,100.00	$1,019.35
972	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	98.00	$98.00	$872
790–1015	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	106.00–107.00	$106.56	$962

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
640–714	677	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	590.00–700.00	$648.01	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–902	869	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	685.00–750.00	$735.31	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1170	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,167.86	—

↑ Back to top

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.