North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 18, 2022

947 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.72/cwt -10.28 vs last sale · ≈ $945/hd at 535 lb · 51 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.12/cwt ≈ $730/hd at 474 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.01/cwt -12.99 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 521 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	947	585	1,216
Feeder cattle	745	389	1,006
Slaughter cattle	162	166	170
Replacement cattle	40	30	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 600 lbs steady to 13.00 lower mostly 7.00-9.00 lower than last weeks light test. Stocker heifers 1.00-7.00 lower. The offering included mostly unweaned calves with some of them fleshy. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls near steady on a light test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	16	197.00	$197.00	$881	—
468	468	2	196.00	$196.00	$917	+1.13
528–538	535	51	172.25–187.50	$176.72	$945	-10.28
557–594	587	26	165.00–165.25	$165.20	$970	—
655	655	11	165.00	$165.00	$1,081	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	201.00	$201.00	$653	—
361–390	376	8	204.00–205.00	$204.52	$769	-11.43
405–447	433	10	189.00–205.00	$196.21	$850	-13.63
450–490	470	13	191.00–203.00	$196.21	$922	+2.23
505–535	520	4	185.00–199.00	$190.46	$990	-7.90
551–598	564	13	165.50–188.00	$177.87	$1,003	-0.31
585	585	1	160.00	$160.00	$936	-18.18
613–620	617	8	170.00	$170.00	$1,049	+0.50
610–630 unweaned	620	4	155.00–160.00	$157.54	$977	-5.46
663 unweaned	663	3	150.00	$150.00	$994	—
715–718	718	6	153.00–153.50	$153.42	$1,102	—
890	890	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,219	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	178.00–194.00	$183.67	$579	+5.14
350–355	353	2	190.00–198.00	$194.03	$685	+16.88
400–432	415	5	160.00–195.00	$179.30	$744	-2.28
455–495	475	11	162.00–188.00	$171.28	$814	-2.91
500–545	527	6	166.00–175.00	$170.95	$901	-0.34
555–595	583	10	145.00–167.00	$158.78	$926	—
605–630	613	9	150.00–160.00	$155.45	$953	+0.27
650–675	663	2	140.00–154.00	$146.87	$974	+8.87
830	830	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,079	—
865	865	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,159	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	3	150.00–157.00	$152.35	$492	+11.35
375–390	383	2	156.00–160.00	$157.96	$605	+9.79
400–440	424	15	142.00–155.00	$148.62	$630	-0.44
458–495	474	19	129.00–150.00	$143.42	$680	-7.75
500–541	524	20	132.00–152.00	$142.28	$746	+3.28
558–595	581	17	131.00–145.00	$137.72	$800	+3.72
600–640	617	15	130.00–137.00	$135.25	$834	+10.25
660–667	664	16	133.00–135.00	$134.00	$890	—
682	682	2	132.00	$132.00	$900	—
700–730	730	1	120.00–125.00	$120.00	$876	-0.02
905	905	1	95.00	$95.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	332	7	165.00–171.00	$167.54	$556	-5.43
352–399	381	19	160.00–173.00	$166.80	$636	-1.03
410–440	425	2	160.00	$160.00	$680	-7.17
435	435	2	154.00	$154.00	$670	+10.00
455–475	460	8	155.00–163.00	$161.47	$743	-2.48
468–495	475	8	149.00–156.00	$151.69	$721	-12.26
515–535	523	17	150.00–157.00	$155.71	$814	-6.95
525	525	1	145.00	$145.00	$761	-17.66
558	558	2	146.00	$146.00	$815	-11.50
550–590	566	16	145.00–150.50	$149.28	$845	-8.22
604	604	5	148.00	$148.00	$894	+3.50
600–644	636	7	137.00–142.00	$141.33	$899	-3.17
695	695	1	141.00	$141.00	$980	—
855	855	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	15	150.00	$150.00	$664	—
473	473	9	150.00	$150.00	$710	—
461–499	474	25	150.00–160.00	$155.61	$738	—
520–524	521	28	146.00–150.00	$147.01	$766	-12.99
555–581	574	14	142.50–145.00	$143.19	$822	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	127.00	$127.00	$489	+12.00
415–425	420	3	110.00–130.00	$119.96	$504	+22.34
555–565	560	2	100.00–110.00	$104.96	$588	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	323	8	196.00–207.00	$203.50	$657	-7.40
358–391	375	22	189.00–202.00	$196.34	$736	-11.66
400–420	410	7	175.00–187.00	$181.54	$744	-0.59
474	474	5	160.00	$160.00	$758	-10.00
470–495	486	4	166.00–175.00	$172.03	$836	+2.03
500–545	528	11	154.00–171.50	$160.71	$849	-10.00
550–585	562	7	151.00–164.00	$157.48	$885	-2.88
610–628	624	5	151.00–159.00	$154.98	$967	-4.02
605–648	637	10	138.00–149.00	$140.36	$894	-18.64
650–675	663	2	148.00	$148.00	$981	-4.22
705–712	711	5	139.00–147.00	$145.41	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	311	4	167.00–195.00	$185.09	$576	+15.96
365–390	378	3	170.00–175.00	$173.33	$655	+12.53
405–442	426	4	145.00–169.00	$162.78	$693	+11.56
450–490	476	9	144.00–169.00	$158.39	$754	-5.66
500–545	524	4	141.00–162.00	$150.56	$789	—
568–585	574	3	139.00–142.00	$140.02	$804	+2.04
620–630	625	2	147.00–152.00	$149.48	$934	—
670–680	675	4	126.00–140.00	$132.51	$894	—
830	830	4	116.00	$116.00	$963	—
855	855	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	6	160.00	$160.00	$835	—
627	627	9	144.00	$144.00	$903	—
687	687	5	141.50	$141.50	$972	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145	1145	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1245	1073	80-85%	5	62.00–68.00	$64.84	$696	—
970–1440	1166	80-85%	32	69.00–75.50	$73.24	$854	+0.36
1005–1430	1204	80-85%	26	76.00–88.50	$79.77	$960	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–705	687	85-90%	3	30.00–40.00	$34.78	$239	—
765	765	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$444	+15.52
775–840	810	85-90%	4	40.00–48.00	$44.09	$357	—
905–1000	940	85-90%	4	29.00–45.00	$35.76	$336	—
875–1085	988	85-90%	10	60.00–69.00	$63.78	$630	+10.33
935–1050	1006	85-90%	6	50.00–58.00	$54.57	$549	+14.42
925–1395	1146	85-90%	17	69.00–76.50	$73.42	$841	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1490	1327	75-80%	3	70.00–75.00	$73.31	$973	—
1055–1625	1357	75-80%	13	75.00–87.00	$81.32	$1,104	+0.47

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1660	1380	2	82.00–85.00	$83.80	$1,156	—
1260–1835	1468	6	95.00–100.00	$96.89	$1,422	—
1725–1815	1771	4	108.00–114.00	$110.67	$1,960	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
808	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	91.00	$91.00	$735
755–925	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	77.00–84.00	$80.85	$679

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	79.00	$79.00	$711
945–1065	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	71.50–80.00	$75.50	$759
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	87.00	$87.00	$953
970–1150	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	68.00–78.00	$73.08	$802

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655 thin fleshed	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
995–1155	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,250.00	$1,059.42
1215–1585	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,200.00	$1,122.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740 thin fleshed	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
770	770	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
1082	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
892	892	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

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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.