North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 29, 2022

1,389 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $184.39/cwt +8.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,036/hd at 562 lb · 81 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.77/cwt +7.54 vs last sale · ≈ $897/hd at 565 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.86/cwt -3.73 vs last sale · ≈ $833/hd at 518 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,389	1,166	923
Feeder cattle	1,017	1,032	736
Slaughter cattle	322	124	170
Replacement cattle	50	10	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers mostly steady to 4.00 higher with the better 550-600 lbs 8.00 higher. Stocker heifers under 500 lbs mostly steady to 2.00 lower over 500 lbs 1.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00-6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	6	205.00	$205.00	$687	-2.00
385–392	389	4	201.00–206.00	$203.48	$792	+14.48
412–442	427	19	200.00–213.00	$204.74	$874	+2.98
450–492	485	28	190.00–213.00	$199.78	$969	+38.78
502–547	521	21	188.00–206.00	$191.84	$999	+0.15
550–570	560	40	180.00–205.50	$190.27	$1,066	+8.92
605–634	626	19	173.00–182.00	$177.62	$1,112	+4.22
665–673	670	6	171.00–172.00	$171.67	$1,150	-2.90
700	700	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,120	-2.99
752–775	763	9	155.00–166.00	$160.61	$1,225	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496 value added	496	6	185.00	$185.00	$918	-2.85
556–584	562	81	167.00–190.00	$184.39	$1,036	+8.67
620 value added	620	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,085	+7.00
644	644	6	168.00	$168.00	$1,082	—
655–699	664	34	154.00–167.00	$163.46	$1,085	-4.54
745	745	12	162.00	$162.00	$1,207	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–348	342	4	185.00	$185.00	$633	-5.80
400–430	419	9	168.00–192.00	$181.87	$762	+9.05
465–485	478	6	167.00–185.00	$173.52	$829	+0.97
508–545	523	24	145.00–185.00	$168.44	$881	±0.00
558–598	579	15	140.00–165.00	$159.86	$926	-1.10
605–625	618	3	160.00–162.00	$160.65	$993	-0.02
650–695	678	15	150.00–164.00	$155.67	$1,055	-1.33
711–745	718	9	141.00–150.00	$147.28	$1,057	—
775	775	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,162	—
855–895	875	4	135.00–151.00	$145.37	$1,272	+6.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	138.00	$138.00	$828	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	330	8	165.00–168.00	$166.75	$550	-8.94
350–398	380	28	159.00–177.00	$166.27	$632	-0.76
410–445	419	6	160.00–170.00	$164.84	$691	-0.01
450–495	465	20	161.00–174.00	$169.07	$786	-1.98
482	482	3	155.00	$155.00	$747	-16.05
502	502	2	146.00	$146.00	$733	-12.89
500–545	516	39	154.00–169.00	$161.22	$832	+2.33
538	538	5	164.00	$164.00	$882	+5.11
550–595	564	61	150.00–168.00	$158.57	$894	+7.34
598	598	2	165.00	$165.00	$987	+13.77
622	622	2	157.00	$157.00	$977	+4.38
620–640	632	8	147.00–157.00	$154.02	$973	+1.40
651	651	9	157.00	$157.00	$1,022	+12.88
672	672	2	135.00	$135.00	$907	-9.12
650–687	673	8	143.00–150.00	$145.12	$977	+1.00
730–735	733	2	130.00–143.00	$136.48	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	320	6	157.00–160.00	$159.53	$510	+2.38
365–390	373	3	150.00–159.00	$155.87	$581	+2.89
410–440	424	12	134.00–159.00	$150.20	$637	-4.76
455–499	483	19	139.00–160.00	$147.67	$713	-1.81
515–540	534	16	139.00–150.00	$143.69	$767	+4.57
550–595	574	12	130.00–147.00	$138.04	$792	-1.61
610	610	1	142.00	$142.00	$866	+11.00
605–645	623	13	120.00–139.00	$132.21	$824	+1.21
670–680	675	2	120.00–133.00	$126.45	$854	—
682	682	2	132.00	$132.00	$900	—
700	700	2	126.00	$126.00	$882	+14.86
705–725	715	3	105.00–120.00	$112.63	$805	+1.49
848	848	3	110.00	$110.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	6	159.50	$159.50	$702	-2.90
472–492	486	15	152.00–156.00	$155.02	$753	-0.98
505–543	516	19	152.00–158.00	$154.29	$796	-0.71
533 value added	533	9	159.00	$159.00	$847	+3.00
576–582	578	15	147.00–150.00	$148.21	$857	—
617	617	8	142.00	$142.00	$876	—
683	683	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,024	+6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	135.00	$135.00	$412	—
380	380	1	129.00	$129.00	$490	—
410	410	2	139.00	$139.00	$570	—
480	480	1	100.00	$100.00	$480	-24.00
565	565	1	115.00	$115.00	$650	—
600	600	2	110.00	$110.00	$660	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	329	6	150.00–191.00	$181.73	$598	+14.91
350–382	374	4	150.00–175.00	$166.08	$621	-9.37
400–448	424	6	154.00–175.00	$159.54	$676	-1.46
460–480	473	8	141.00–169.00	$152.90	$723	+8.13
508–545	530	8	145.00–160.00	$154.53	$819	-1.30
552–592	570	8	135.00–155.00	$143.59	$818	+8.59
601–640	613	8	138.00–150.00	$144.08	$883	—
672–690	678	3	132.00–135.00	$133.98	$908	—
715–728	724	7	118.00–135.00	$128.29	$929	+3.29
752	752	2	123.00	$123.00	$925	-8.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	4	200.00	$200.00	$600	—
430	430	1	180.00	$180.00	$774	-3.00
465–475	468	4	179.00–180.00	$179.25	$839	-1.75
520–536	530	10	162.00–176.00	$171.84	$911	-0.04
570–574	573	6	162.00–163.00	$162.83	$933	-2.25
600–645	623	8	153.00–159.00	$155.61	$969	-2.78
650–695	674	5	140.00–154.00	$146.27	$986	-0.08
710–717	714	5	134.00–145.00	$138.37	$988	-6.91

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	135.00	$135.00	$526	+1.00
430	430	1	142.00	$142.00	$611	—
575–590	583	2	110.00–125.00	$117.60	$686	+2.60

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1495	1137	80-85%	59	72.00–82.00	$78.36	$891	+0.56
940–1560	1242	80-85%	60	82.00–92.50	$85.43	$1,061	-2.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$342	+16.76
730	730	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$263	—
785–915	864	85-90%	4	55.00–65.00	$60.85	$526	+12.85
790–1195	993	85-90%	2	42.00–50.00	$45.18	$449	-27.55
830–1280	1006	85-90%	37	69.00–76.00	$72.64	$731	—
935–1465	1085	85-90%	42	75.00–87.50	$79.15	$859	-1.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1475	1331	75-80%	9	84.00–91.00	$86.19	$1,147	-3.12
1455–1610	1516	75-80%	6	81.00–83.00	$82.01	$1,243	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1635	1186	7	80.00–100.00	$91.85	$1,089	—
1380–1695	1559	8	100.00–110.00	$107.37	$1,674	—
1580–1910	1746	6	113.00–118.50	$115.37	$2,014	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	74.00	$74.00	$536

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–840	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	66.00–81.50	$74.04	$600
905–1040	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	60.00–80.00	$70.69	$688
1085–1275	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	76.00–86.00	$83.99	$1,018
1020–1555	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	72.50–87.00	$84.08	$1,068

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–920	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$862

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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
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	-50.00
1015–1365	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,186.40	—
1135–1298	1224	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,288.66	—
1645	1645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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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.