North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 6, 2022

668 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.50/cwt -5.36 vs last sale · ≈ $806/hd at 518 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.71/cwt -6.53 vs last sale · ≈ $750/hd at 467 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $188.07/cwt -3.77 vs last sale · ≈ $976/hd at 519 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	668	1,389	469
Feeder cattle	450	1,017	351
Slaughter cattle	200	322	83
Replacement cattle	18	50	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers mostly 1.00-3.00 lower on a light or no test in some classes. Stocker heifers steady to 7.00 lower mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 6.00 higher. A light run due to extreme heat in the area.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	192.00	$192.00	$749	-11.48
425–432	430	4	190.00–200.00	$192.75	$829	-11.99
478–480	479	6	187.00–199.00	$194.99	$934	-4.79
500–538	519	16	181.00–193.00	$188.07	$976	-3.77
552–562	557	4	174.00–184.00	$179.04	$997	-11.23
558	558	2	165.00	$165.00	$921	-25.27
600–630	607	10	170.00–176.00	$172.83	$1,049	-4.79
615 unweaned	615	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,009	—
652	652	2	152.00	$152.00	$991	-19.67
669	669	4	170.50	$170.50	$1,141	-1.17
717–725	719	4	158.00–163.00	$159.26	$1,145	-0.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–322	322	4	156.00–170.00	$159.48	$514	-25.52
387–392	389	5	145.00–170.00	$155.08	$603	—
405–442	430	3	184.00–189.00	$185.57	$798	+3.70
450–495	470	3	165.00–179.00	$171.21	$805	-2.31
510–540	531	5	156.00–168.00	$163.14	$866	-5.30
555–570	562	3	155.00–165.00	$160.32	$901	+0.46
602 unweaned	602	2	134.00	$134.00	$807	—
610–645	622	3	143.00–146.00	$144.96	$902	-15.69
672 thin fleshed	672	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,095	—
670–680	676	5	137.00–155.00	$147.81	$999	-7.86
700–705	703	2	120.00–149.00	$134.55	$946	-12.73
770–785	778	2	141.00–143.00	$142.01	$1,105	-7.99
830–840	835	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,211	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	3	180.00	$180.00	$864	—
575–587	584	7	166.00–171.00	$167.41	$978	-16.98
753	753	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,145	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	147.00	$147.00	$786	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	330	3	161.00–172.00	$167.24	$552	+0.49
360–390	377	6	159.00–170.00	$165.26	$623	-1.01
410–440	430	5	154.00–160.00	$157.54	$677	-7.30
460	460	1	153.00	$153.00	$704	-16.07
452–492	467	15	157.00–172.00	$161.22	$753	-7.85
500–528	517	6	147.00–150.00	$147.99	$765	-13.23
502–535	519	16	148.00–166.00	$158.31	$822	-2.91
555	555	1	145.00	$145.00	$805	-13.57
555–592	568	6	151.00–158.00	$155.08	$881	-3.49
600	600	1	147.00	$147.00	$882	-10.00
605	605	4	155.50	$155.50	$941	-1.50
745	745	1	130.00	$130.00	$968	-6.48
765	765	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,040	—
760–778	772	3	130.00–139.00	$136.05	$1,050	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–338	333	12	145.00–154.00	$146.38	$487	-13.15
385–395	392	3	142.00–147.00	$143.64	$563	-12.23
405–425	408	15	139.00–152.00	$141.57	$578	-8.63
452–475	460	3	142.00–147.00	$145.28	$668	-2.39
515	515	1	123.00	$123.00	$633	-20.69
505–535	519	4	132.00–148.00	$137.64	$714	-6.05
567–595	574	8	136.00–144.00	$141.72	$813	+3.68
605–630	614	4	132.00–146.00	$139.57	$857	-2.43
625–640	633	6	117.00–137.00	$128.49	$813	-3.72
658	658	2	129.00	$129.00	$849	+2.55
660–682	671	4	135.00–137.00	$135.98	$912	+9.53
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	-6.00
700–728	716	5	125.00–131.00	$127.39	$912	+14.76
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–405	404	6	157.00–159.00	$158.00	$638	—
466–498	481	11	154.00–155.00	$154.54	$743	-0.48
778	778	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,011	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–318	310	4	124.00–135.00	$126.90	$393	-8.10
505	505	1	105.00	$105.00	$530	—
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	+10.00

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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	325	8	160.00–170.00	$167.60	$545	-14.13
360–390	381	7	140.00–166.00	$160.74	$612	-5.34
410–445	434	5	149.00–160.00	$155.10	$673	-4.44
465	465	2	140.00–167.00	$153.50	$714	+0.60
500–502	501	3	120.00–127.00	$122.33	$613	-32.20
508–520	513	9	130.00–152.00	$136.63	$701	-17.90
550–580	562	5	123.00–134.00	$127.09	$714	-16.50
622–645	629	4	130.00–136.00	$133.71	$841	-10.37
630	630	2	111.00	$111.00	$699	-33.08
696	696	4	130.00	$130.00	$905	-3.98
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	-18.29

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	175.00	$175.00	$534	-25.00
560	560	1	160.00	$160.00	$896	-2.83
585	585	1	144.00	$144.00	$842	-18.83
625	625	1	149.00	$149.00	$931	-6.61
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	-28.37

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1225	1050	80-85%	2	58.00–69.00	$64.42	$676	—
1015–1510	1216	80-85%	48	72.00–83.00	$79.00	$961	-6.43
990–1505	1308	80-85%	27	83.00–94.00	$85.69	$1,121	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–732	722	85-90%	4	40.00–47.00	$45.33	$327	+9.33
795	795	85-90%	2	48.00	$48.00	$382	—
930–1185	1011	85-90%	6	66.00–68.00	$66.66	$674	-5.98
895–1300	1076	85-90%	19	69.00–76.00	$72.84	$784	-6.31
908–1265	1101	85-90%	29	77.00–87.50	$81.26	$895	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1625	1402	75-80%	22	84.00–92.00	$88.16	$1,236	—
1430	1430	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,101	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1725	1259	7	80.00–98.00	$89.83	$1,131	—
1105–1810	1486	7	101.00–112.00	$107.12	$1,592	—
1460–2030	1743	12	113.00–134.00	$122.35	$2,133	+6.98

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–810	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	67.00–92.00	$79.02	$616

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	88.00	$88.00	$832
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$892
1010–1140	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	75.00–80.00	$77.65	$835
1035–1435	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	79.00–93.00	$86.94	$1,036

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940	940	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	88.00	$88.00	$827

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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
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	5	60.00	$60.00	$314	—

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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
864	864	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.