North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 8, 2022

1,684 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.52/cwt +5.88 vs last sale · ≈ $853/hd at 525 lb · 76 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $176.35/cwt +14.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 626 lb · 76 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.46/cwt +5.44 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 474 lb · 70 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,684	1,476	4,191
Feeder cattle	1,352	1,253	3,979
Slaughter cattle	232	183	162
Replacement cattle	100	40	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers steady to 15.00 higher mostly 2.00-7.00 higher with the full advance on the better 550-650 lbs. Quality was mostly average to good. Stocker heifers 4.00-7.00 higher. Not enough slaughter cows observed for an accurate trend due to time. Slaughter bulls 4.00-10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–341	335	12	215.00–218.00	$217.27	$728	+14.60
360–396	383	17	191.00–217.00	$204.14	$782	+7.10
400–443	421	39	193.00–216.00	$203.91	$858	+7.13
455–497	481	69	184.00–211.00	$198.08	$953	+9.03
501–547	532	31	175.00–208.00	$189.47	$1,008	+9.86
550–595	575	48	173.00–192.00	$182.68	$1,050	+10.66
604–644	619	38	169.00–185.00	$178.69	$1,106	+15.23
634 unweaned	634	38	174.00	$174.00	$1,103	+12.05
676–686	680	30	164.50–166.00	$164.97	$1,122	+0.04
708	708	15	158.00	$158.00	$1,119	+2.00
833	833	3	149.00	$149.00	$1,241	+9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–499	487	44	179.00–191.00	$181.75	$885	—
560–586	577	70	162.00–187.00	$169.12	$976	+5.19
615–627	625	25	161.00–176.00	$163.95	$1,025	—
743 unweaned	743	23	153.10	$153.10	$1,138	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–308	308	7	191.00–197.00	$191.85	$591	+3.27
355–390	376	7	175.00–190.00	$183.08	$688	+5.08
405–430	420	6	165.00–191.00	$173.66	$729	-10.02
450–495	466	11	160.00–190.00	$172.22	$803	+3.70
500–540	527	18	140.00–172.00	$165.51	$872	+0.93
550–595	568	8	156.00–173.00	$166.39	$945	+9.72
610–645	627	5	150.00–165.00	$157.43	$987	+18.43
650–657	655	4	155.00–158.00	$157.26	$1,030	—
715–740	728	3	135.00–147.00	$141.97	$1,034	+9.47
810–845	829	4	120.00–138.00	$131.56	$1,091	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	373	2	125.00–133.00	$129.13	$482	-8.87
460	460	1	131.00	$131.00	$603	—
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–338	323	23	165.00–189.00	$177.82	$574	+6.18
360–398	382	21	164.00–179.00	$172.50	$659	+6.14
400–438	414	30	160.00–175.00	$166.75	$690	+4.08
451–498	474	70	154.00–172.00	$166.46	$789	+5.44
504–542	525	76	154.00–167.00	$162.52	$853	+5.88
550–596	575	33	147.00–163.00	$155.28	$893	+13.28
562–599	579	27	157.00–164.00	$160.44	$929	+18.44
605–645	619	46	145.00–179.00	$155.15	$960	+13.15
600–645	621	4	140.00–147.00	$144.32	$896	+2.32
652	652	2	140.00	$140.00	$913	—
698	698	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,012	—
740	740	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,058	+13.00
790	790	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–448	437	23	160.00–163.00	$161.25	$705	+2.43
490	490	24	155.00	$155.00	$760	-0.69
582–587	585	18	146.50	$146.50	$857	+4.50
655–685	660	17	142.00–144.00	$142.37	$940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	330	6	150.00–166.00	$158.20	$522	+1.47
350–388	369	10	135.00–165.00	$150.40	$555	-5.82
405–440	420	11	135.00–155.00	$149.30	$627	+0.03
470	470	2	132.00	$132.00	$620	-11.95
452–493	475	7	146.00–160.00	$152.90	$726	+8.95
505–535	517	9	130.00–154.00	$139.67	$722	-2.29
550–585	570	13	127.00–146.00	$139.33	$794	+6.01
602–640	614	5	130.00–136.00	$132.85	$816	+0.32
655–685	675	5	109.00–140.00	$126.13	$851	-5.87
730	730	1	124.00	$124.00	$905	-6.00
755–790	773	2	115.00–125.00	$119.89	$927	-14.11

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	133.00	$133.00	$439	-2.00
365	365	1	134.00	$134.00	$489	+16.14
405–430	413	3	106.00–135.00	$120.04	$496	—
455–490	466	4	112.00–129.00	$118.93	$554	-6.48
520	520	1	101.00	$101.00	$525	—
605	605	1	118.00	$118.00	$714	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	200.00–206.00	$202.86	$649	-1.14
375	375	1	199.00	$199.00	$746	+3.49
400–425	410	7	182.00–200.00	$192.33	$789	+14.09
450–490	466	10	160.00–191.00	$172.57	$804	+3.17
502–535	519	11	163.00–170.00	$165.35	$858	+3.08
550–575	556	11	154.00–167.00	$160.81	$894	+1.03
600 unweaned	600	3	151.00	$151.00	$906	—
605–627	622	22	155.00–163.50	$162.58	$1,011	+5.14
682–696	693	12	147.00–156.00	$153.78	$1,066	+2.02
700–728	722	10	134.00–149.00	$137.07	$990	-8.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	3	159.00–170.00	$164.56	$540	+14.56
370–388	382	3	160.00–183.00	$175.57	$671	+10.41
410–445	428	9	149.00–169.00	$152.80	$654	-6.68
455	455	1	123.00	$123.00	$560	-32.65
460–490	478	7	150.00–163.00	$157.26	$752	+1.61
500–545	520	12	130.00–160.00	$147.47	$767	-1.77
550–595	567	5	130.00–150.00	$139.74	$792	-9.00
610–647	629	6	134.50–144.00	$137.17	$863	+7.17
650–695	687	10	123.00–149.00	$137.14	$942	—
700	700	1	121.00	$121.00	$847	-2.51
815–832	822	15	109.00–114.00	$112.72	$927	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	130.00–150.00	$140.22	$474	—
380–390	385	2	107.00–123.00	$115.10	$443	-17.90
402	402	2	107.00	$107.00	$430	-7.00
585–595	590	2	109.00–111.00	$109.99	$649	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574	574	5	145.00	$145.00	$832	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1320	1181	80-85%	4	74.00–78.00	$76.21	$900	—
1130–1350	1241	80-85%	5	78.00–84.50	$80.76	$1,002	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$495	—
935	935	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$598	-1.68
1035–1275	1150	85-90%	3	76.00–81.50	$78.63	$904	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1515	1393	75-80%	2	82.00–84.00	$82.91	$1,155	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	2	96.00	$96.00	$1,080	—
1045–1700	1369	8	100.00–111.00	$106.19	$1,454	—
1305–2080	1699	9	113.00–131.00	$123.28	$2,095	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
579–845	644	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,281.33
1070–1300	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,168.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–930	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	73.00–100.00	$85.85	$762

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–950	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	80.00–100.00	$83.81	$738
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	84.00	$84.00	$949

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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
795–800	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,110.00	$1,080.09	—
834	834	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,135.00	$1,135.00	—

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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.