North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 15, 2022

625 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $135.43/cwt -4.24 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 523 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $148.76/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $687/hd at 462 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.70/cwt +1.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,004/hd at 588 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	625	1,684	1,007
Feeder cattle	483	1,352	786
Slaughter cattle	125	232	195
Replacement cattle	17	100	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 650 lbs steady to 4.00 lower except the better 500-550 lbs 3.00 higher on a light test in most classes. Stocker heifers mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher than the few reported last week. Not enough slaughter bulls for a trend. Light run due to heat and farmers busy in the hay fields.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–335	308	8	188.00–191.00	$188.67	$581	-3.18
378–392	385	10	181.00–197.00	$188.85	$727	+5.77
422–425	423	5	160.00–186.00	$165.23	$699	-8.43
475–498	482	18	155.00–180.00	$164.55	$793	-7.67
505–540	523	13	154.00–180.00	$163.64	$856	-1.87
565–592	577	7	145.00–162.00	$156.53	$903	-9.86
605	605	4	145.00–154.00	$147.25	$891	-10.18
672–688	680	5	137.00–156.00	$144.71	$984	-12.55
760	760	3	142.50	$142.50	$1,083	—
805	805	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,087	+3.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	4	179.00	$179.00	$841	-2.75
518	518	7	180.00	$180.00	$932	—
582–590	588	24	167.50–172.00	$170.70	$1,004	+1.58

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–347	339	7	206.00–221.00	$212.45	$720	-4.82
360–390	372	3	200.00–211.00	$205.46	$764	+1.32
425–430	428	2	207.00–210.00	$208.51	$892	+4.60
450–475	465	6	180.00–213.00	$197.51	$918	-0.57
500–533	522	5	180.00–196.00	$192.74	$1,006	+3.27
600–633	628	11	169.00–177.00	$174.41	$1,095	-4.28

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	323	5	144.00–162.00	$154.68	$500	-3.52
360–398	373	16	132.00–161.00	$149.08	$556	-1.32
405–448	429	5	141.00–150.00	$145.77	$625	-3.53
458–495	462	25	137.00–150.00	$148.76	$687	+16.76
505	505	1	123.00	$123.00	$621	-16.67
502–545	524	27	126.00–142.00	$135.89	$712	-3.78
555–595	570	3	142.00–144.00	$143.35	$817	+4.02
600–640	616	5	128.00–135.00	$131.16	$808	-1.69
675	675	1	126.00	$126.00	$850	-0.13
765	765	1	116.00	$116.00	$887	-3.89

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	175.00	$175.00	$578	-2.82
377–385	381	8	168.00–169.00	$168.63	$642	-3.87
435–448	444	3	168.00–173.00	$169.63	$753	+2.88
455–494	476	19	158.00–167.00	$163.74	$779	-2.72
520–528	524	5	148.00–156.00	$151.20	$792	-11.32
550	550	2	152.00	$152.00	$836	-3.28
612	612	2	150.00	$150.00	$918	-5.15
605–626	624	10	144.00–148.00	$145.40	$907	+1.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	4	160.00	$160.00	$688	-1.25
517–535	532	21	149.00–156.00	$153.17	$815	—
559	559	7	146.00	$146.00	$816	-0.50
610	610	6	145.00	$145.00	$884	—
626	626	7	146.50	$146.50	$917	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	129.00	$129.00	$458	-5.00
445	445	1	114.00	$114.00	$507	-6.04
455–480	471	4	91.00–130.00	$114.03	$537	-4.90
525	525	1	107.00	$107.00	$562	+6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	322	3	154.00–190.00	$167.04	$538	+2.48
360–395	374	6	155.00–187.00	$176.29	$659	+0.72
405–448	433	5	150.00–169.00	$158.20	$685	+5.40
455–495	478	9	143.00–177.00	$157.20	$751	-0.06
500–545	523	10	129.00–168.00	$156.24	$817	+8.77
557–595	569	11	136.00–153.00	$149.23	$849	+9.49
625–645	633	4	134.00–149.00	$144.47	$914	+7.30
650–690	670	2	109.00–127.00	$118.27	$792	-18.87
735	735	1	124.00	$124.00	$911	+3.00
795	795	2	112.00	$112.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	190.00	$190.00	$589	-12.86
385	385	1	207.00	$207.00	$797	+8.00
420–445	432	6	175.00–192.00	$184.17	$796	-8.16
470–475	473	2	171.00–174.00	$172.51	$816	-0.06
500	500	1	191.00	$191.00	$955	+25.65
555–595	573	3	160.00–177.00	$170.15	$975	+9.34
695	695	1	139.00	$139.00	$966	-14.78
700–715	708	2	133.00–140.00	$136.46	$966	-0.61
840	840	2	118.00–123.00	$120.50	$1,012	—
855	855	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,094	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–795	732	85-90%	3	21.00–36.00	$30.57	$224	—
740–800	770	85-90%	2	50.00–67.50	$59.09	$455	—
715–815	780	85-90%	3	44.00–48.00	$45.69	$356	—
880	880	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$396	—
850–1020	929	85-90%	8	51.00–64.00	$57.83	$537	-6.17
875–1270	978	85-90%	19	68.00–77.00	$72.01	$704	—
625–1235	1081	85-90%	10	77.00–86.00	$80.73	$873	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1050	1000	80-85%	2	69.00–70.00	$69.53	$695	—
950–1520	1141	80-85%	16	76.00–81.50	$78.95	$901	—
1000–1570	1233	80-85%	20	82.00–95.50	$85.04	$1,049	+4.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1540	1369	75-80%	13	85.00–94.00	$88.71	$1,214	+5.80
1430–1445	1438	75-80%	2	80.00–82.00	$81.01	$1,165	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	1	93.00	$93.00	$856	—
1500–1660	1580	2	113.50–116.00	$114.69	$1,812	—
1175–2005	1590	2	100.00–111.00	$106.94	$1,700	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–850	764	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	63.00–85.00	$73.41	$561
985–1265	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–82.00	$78.94	$888

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$562
1085–1435	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	79.00–89.00	$86.07	$1,063

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	89.00	$89.00	$699

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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.