North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 5, 2022

1,369 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $172.10/cwt +0.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,477/hd at 858 lb · 188 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $178.06/cwt +1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $926/hd at 520 lb · 89 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $162.44/cwt +7.72 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 458 lb · 82 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,369	1,677	627
Feeder cattle	1,141	1,580	464
Slaughter cattle	200	82	133
Replacement cattle	28	15	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs mostly 2.00-6.00 lower except for some large groups of reputation calves 1.00-7.00 higher and had 3 loads of 858 lb yearling steers steady to firm. Feeder heifers mostly 5.00-10.00 lower except the groups of reputation 350-500 lb calves 7.00-9.00 higher. Most of the offering of weights under 600 lbs was unweaned calves. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls uneven generally steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	57	190.00	$190.00	$861	+7.00
520–521	520	89	178.00–179.00	$178.06	$926	+1.20
553–591	576	37	161.00–164.50	$163.06	$939	-6.19
858	858	188	172.10	$172.10	$1,477	+0.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	5	200.00	$200.00	$600	-1.82
371–396	373	24	176.00–202.00	$199.24	$743	+1.61
440	440	8	175.00	$175.00	$770	-12.69
468	468	2	150.00	$150.00	$702	-32.78
495–497	497	4	178.00–187.00	$184.76	$918	+14.76
501–548	514	20	170.00–192.00	$181.29	$932	-6.95
575–590	581	11	162.00–186.00	$174.83	$1,016	-8.93
600 unweaned	600	1	155.00	$155.00	$930	—
630–642	632	11	174.00–184.00	$182.15	$1,151	-1.05
650	650	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,118	-6.84
664–668 unweaned	665	10	158.00	$158.00	$1,051	—
735	735	15	170.00	$170.00	$1,250	-1.74
750	750	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,140	-23.39
800	800	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,256	-6.65

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	-32.53
410–430	418	4	165.00–170.00	$167.46	$700	-1.02
453–480	466	9	151.00–170.00	$161.39	$752	-8.68
500–510	503	3	145.00–159.00	$152.62	$768	-16.84
557–596	580	15	145.00–160.00	$152.78	$886	-10.03
610–640	629	9	145.00–156.00	$151.24	$951	-6.43
645 unweaned	645	1	149.00	$149.00	$961	—
655	655	2	147.00–157.00	$152.00	$996	-2.36
780–795	788	2	147.00–162.00	$154.57	$1,218	-8.61
873	873	5	155.50	$155.50	$1,358	+6.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	3	128.00	$128.00	$663	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	7	155.00	$155.00	$541	—
383	383	34	164.00	$164.00	$628	+9.00
455–493	458	82	150.00–163.50	$162.44	$744	+7.72
504–522	511	37	143.50–149.00	$147.64	$754	-6.36
598	598	7	135.00	$135.00	$807	-18.11
622	622	5	143.00	$143.00	$889	+3.00
661	661	55	151.25	$151.25	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	7	130.00–147.00	$136.64	$448	-8.00
365–392	378	5	127.00–146.00	$139.91	$529	-7.87
405–438	427	8	127.00–141.00	$135.22	$577	-7.53
450–492	469	8	125.00–145.00	$138.16	$648	-7.31
525–545	533	5	130.00–144.00	$136.96	$730	-1.13
562	562	15	145.00	$145.00	$815	+9.70
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	-25.30
552–595	578	14	120.00–140.00	$135.60	$784	+0.30
610–645	622	14	110.00–143.00	$129.51	$806	-6.31
665 unweaned	665	1	117.00	$117.00	$778	—
655–695	677	8	118.00–129.00	$126.64	$857	-3.36
700–730	715	2	128.00–130.00	$128.98	$922	-9.02
755	755	1	124.00	$124.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	365	3	147.00–150.00	$148.92	$544	-10.03
405–440	428	8	156.00–166.00	$162.73	$696	-2.31
465–499	484	12	145.00–157.00	$148.80	$720	-12.47
500–530	514	7	144.00–162.00	$149.60	$769	-5.36
556–592	565	11	140.00–156.00	$150.61	$851	-5.59
605 unweaned	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	±0.00
605–642	628	17	141.00–156.50	$151.85	$954	+1.93
650 unweaned	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	—
655	655	1	142.00	$142.00	$930	-15.00
730	730	1	129.00	$129.00	$942	—
750–755	753	2	125.00–136.00	$130.48	$983	—
1042	1042	5	121.00	$121.00	$1,261	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	378	3	105.00–127.00	$119.16	$450	-14.40
410–435	423	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$497	+2.40
465–490	478	3	110.00–116.00	$112.29	$537	-2.44
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—
560	560	1	100.00	$100.00	$560	—
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	5	187.00	$187.00	$561	-7.48
358	358	7	180.00	$180.00	$644	-6.00
426	426	6	164.00	$164.00	$699	-9.77
465–495	478	11	148.00–174.00	$154.61	$739	-12.30
500–545	525	9	153.00–170.00	$162.02	$851	-2.14
550–570	559	13	142.00–157.00	$149.13	$834	-6.77
630–633	632	4	140.00–149.00	$142.24	$899	-10.32
640 unweaned	640	1	141.00	$141.00	$902	—
655–660	656	5	137.00–145.00	$138.61	$909	-14.39
722–745	738	13	139.00–151.00	$143.97	$1,062	+18.97
754	754	4	149.50	$149.50	$1,127	-5.50
842	842	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,044	-5.00
905	905	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,041	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	3	160.00–171.00	$165.26	$537	-19.56
360–390	378	4	146.00–165.00	$153.56	$580	-18.68
405–440	413	10	127.00–165.00	$151.75	$627	-15.08
455–495	471	9	135.00–155.00	$146.40	$690	-10.46
500–545	521	6	125.00–140.00	$134.70	$702	-12.89
550–592	569	6	128.00–140.00	$134.81	$767	-7.03
600–642	632	4	130.00–135.00	$131.19	$829	-14.81
665–695	676	6	113.00–141.00	$131.18	$887	—
700	700	1	142.00	$142.00	$994	+27.00
755–785	775	3	128.00–139.00	$131.57	$1,020	—
885	885	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1140	1090	80-85%	5	72.00–82.50	$74.69	$814	—
985–1360	1177	80-85%	6	55.00–60.00	$58.91	$693	-9.09
940–1530	1242	80-85%	32	60.00–69.00	$65.95	$819	-8.70

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–745	735	85-90%	2	31.00–35.00	$32.97	$242	—
810	810	85-90%	1	43.00	$43.00	$348	—
835–1130	935	85-90%	7	34.00–47.00	$42.26	$395	—
945–1140	1043	85-90%	2	68.00–74.00	$70.72	$738	—
905–1240	1069	85-90%	13	50.00–60.00	$54.69	$585	—
950–1165	1072	85-90%	17	59.00–67.00	$63.29	$678	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$828	—
1155–1720	1415	75-80%	17	63.00–70.00	$67.33	$953	—
1515–1880	1687	75-80%	3	72.00–74.50	$73.59	$1,241	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1730	1389	9	90.00–104.00	$94.43	$1,312	—
1130–1675	1412	6	66.00–90.00	$82.97	$1,172	—
1445–1865	1714	4	105.00–113.00	$109.39	$1,875	+0.68

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1025	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	68.00–78.00	$72.41	$665

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–825	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	87.00–90.00	$88.46	$712
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$752
1165–1220	1193	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	67.00–67.50	$67.26	$802
1178–1270	1209	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	65.00–66.00	$65.65	$794

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1355	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	810.00–1,125.00	$1,006.84
1065–1150	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–950.00	$872.12

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$884

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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.