North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 1, 2022

1,476 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $179.61/cwt +4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 518 lb · 108 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.64/cwt +5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $821/hd at 524 lb · 92 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.02/cwt +3.92 vs last sale · ≈ $762/hd at 473 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,476	2,135	706
Feeder cattle	1,253	2,135	510
Slaughter cattle	183	—	110
Replacement cattle	40	—	86

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–338	337	3	200.00–204.00	$202.67	$683	-4.52
350–398	373	12	194.00–202.00	$197.04	$735	—
415–448	442	8	191.00–204.00	$196.78	$870	-0.71
461–478	468	30	183.00–201.00	$189.05	$885	+16.05
500–540	518	108	170.00–190.00	$179.61	$930	-0.07
550–590	563	31	164.00–176.00	$172.02	$968	+3.04
602–631 unweaned	610	43	155.00–166.00	$161.95	$988	+2.10
600–640	612	7	162.00–166.00	$163.46	$1,000	-1.38
655–690	659	25	161.00–165.50	$164.93	$1,087	+5.08
654–685 unweaned	677	20	150.00–158.00	$156.07	$1,057	+8.07
710–712	711	8	150.00–158.00	$156.00	$1,109	+5.05
815	815	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–442	412	14	188.50–189.00	$188.61	$777	—
586–599	590	44	162.00–165.00	$163.93	$967	-2.46
672 unweaned	672	12	153.00	$153.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	342	5	186.00–194.00	$188.58	$645	+11.63
385	385	1	178.00	$178.00	$685	-7.60
400–446	434	12	176.00–186.00	$183.68	$797	+11.15
450–495	475	10	160.00–174.00	$168.52	$800	-1.00
508–545	526	7	162.00–168.00	$164.58	$866	-2.05
568–590	574	6	145.00–160.00	$156.67	$899	-1.18
620	620	1	139.00	$139.00	$862	-8.62
635 unweaned	635	1	136.00	$136.00	$864	—
745	745	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$987	-10.84
780	780	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,076	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	138.00	$138.00	$518	+12.00
440	440	1	150.00	$150.00	$660	+11.85

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–342	311	10	159.00–180.00	$171.64	$534	+3.01
350–391	376	31	160.00–174.00	$166.36	$626	-2.56
400–445	435	61	147.00–167.00	$162.67	$708	+0.76
450–495	473	74	155.00–168.00	$161.02	$762	+3.87
500–540	524	92	147.00–161.00	$156.64	$821	+4.40
585	585	1	142.00	$142.00	$831	-4.44
550–598	588	27	140.00–152.00	$147.93	$870	+1.49
622	622	2	142.00	$142.00	$883	-4.29
622–640 unweaned	625	32	132.00–140.00	$137.75	$861	+7.75
652–692 unweaned	663	8	129.00–135.00	$133.19	$883	+0.19
700–705	703	2	133.00–135.00	$134.00	$942	-9.00
740	740	2	130.00	$130.00	$962	+4.07
752	752	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,008	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–340	324	6	153.00–161.00	$156.73	$508	+3.55
362–392	379	6	150.00–160.00	$156.22	$592	+5.76
406–445	426	25	135.00–159.00	$149.27	$636	+4.13
455–490	473	12	133.00–155.00	$143.95	$681	-1.90
500–540	519	14	134.00–148.00	$141.96	$737	+5.81
562–588	575	13	129.00–140.00	$133.32	$767	+4.82
605–625	615	9	125.00–139.00	$132.53	$815	-1.83
670 unweaned	670	1	129.00	$129.00	$864	+1.00
678	678	2	132.00	$132.00	$895	-5.00
705	705	3	130.00	$130.00	$916	+5.00
770	770	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,032	+16.99
820–830	828	4	111.00–115.00	$111.99	$927	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447–448	448	17	158.00–159.00	$158.82	$712	—
476–494	486	18	154.00–157.00	$155.69	$757	+0.88
513–533	517	30	145.00–151.00	$150.18	$776	+2.37
577	577	6	142.00	$142.00	$819	+2.34
900	900	12	127.75	$127.75	$1,150	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	135.00	$135.00	$408	—
350–385	368	2	110.00–125.00	$117.86	$434	-1.14
475–480	476	5	124.00–130.00	$125.41	$597	-0.63
595	595	1	102.00	$102.00	$607	-9.00
675	675	1	109.00	$109.00	$736	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	204.00	$204.00	$704	—
375–395	385	2	195.00–196.00	$195.51	$753	-1.49
400–420	409	9	171.00–186.00	$178.24	$729	+5.45
453–480	464	21	166.00–179.00	$169.40	$786	-2.36
500–540	519	27	158.00–172.00	$162.27	$842	-1.07
555–595	575	20	155.00–166.00	$159.78	$919	-5.22
605–648	623	10	155.00–162.00	$157.44	$981	+6.00
655–688	668	5	150.00–153.00	$151.76	$1,014	—
708	708	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,034	+9.82
755	755	1	128.00	$128.00	$966	+5.00
800	800	2	130.00–137.00	$133.50	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	-24.18
380–398	393	6	159.00–170.00	$165.16	$649	-2.66
400–447	431	12	148.00–169.00	$159.48	$687	-2.99
460–498	475	10	142.00–168.00	$155.65	$739	+3.24
500–545	515	9	135.00–158.00	$149.24	$769	+17.23
555–595	570	12	135.00–157.00	$148.74	$848	+9.74
625	625	1	130.00	$130.00	$812	-1.00
730–735	733	2	121.00–126.00	$123.51	$905	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	133.00	$133.00	$466	+2.00
425	425	1	114.00	$114.00	$484	-16.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1320	1102	80-85%	16	69.00–76.50	$73.65	$812	—
980–1515	1204	80-85%	26	78.00–86.00	$81.55	$982	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–870	868	85-90%	2	51.00–60.00	$55.51	$482	—
815–1135	948	85-90%	11	62.00–69.00	$65.68	$623	—
855–1240	1012	85-90%	16	71.00–79.00	$75.53	$764	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1340	1232	75-80%	3	72.50–78.00	$75.92	$935	—
1090–1575	1323	75-80%	16	78.50–88.50	$83.65	$1,107	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1320	1098	3	74.00–90.00	$81.26	$892	—
1135–2100	1454	16	95.00–107.00	$101.90	$1,482	—
1685–2100	1886	7	107.00–116.00	$111.52	$2,103	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1000	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	71.00–89.00	$79.85	$711

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1315	1107	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	675.00–1,175.00	$957.29

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
698–718	708	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	300.00–325.00	$312.68
727–740	732	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	340.00–350.00	$344.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1020	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	76.00–82.00	$78.96	$796
1055–1340	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	74.00–79.50	$77.54	$941

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–985	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–935.00	$789.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680	680	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	102.00	$102.00	$694

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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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.