North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 30, 2022

2,043 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.10/cwt +12.44 vs last sale · ≈ $925/hd at 567 lb · 183 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.70/cwt +11.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,096/hd at 627 lb · 118 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $183.93/cwt ≈ $995/hd at 541 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,043	1,149	3,796
Feeder cattle	1,759	641	3,631
Slaughter cattle	230	258	115
Replacement cattle	54	250	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: The better steers under 650 lbs mostly steady to 2.00 higher with some unweaned 600-650 lb calves 11.00 higher and the plainer kind steady to 9.00 lower. Not enough over 650 lbs two weeks ago for a trend. Feeder heifers under 600lbs 2.00-13.00 higher except some plainer kind under 450 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. The offering included some large groups of reputation calves that were in good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower on the small amount observed due to time limits. Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	186.00–190.00	$187.92	$616	—
351–387	364	27	184.00–228.00	$220.12	$801	—
410–440	427	3	190.00–215.00	$201.84	$862	+2.08
458–473	462	70	188.00–207.00	$201.45	$931	+1.70
508–525	522	40	181.00–196.00	$191.21	$998	-0.10
555–596	577	21	170.00–190.00	$180.93	$1,044	+2.53
608–635 unweaned	627	116	162.00–175.50	$174.68	$1,095	+11.67
642	642	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,130	—
663–693 unweaned	676	7	153.00–161.00	$154.96	$1,048	-2.70
716	716	8	173.00	$173.00	$1,239	—
754 unweaned	754	8	155.50	$155.50	$1,172	—
760–785	777	3	159.00–162.00	$161.02	$1,251	—
837	837	3	157.50	$157.50	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	7	185.00	$185.00	$644	—
429–439	435	33	178.00–181.00	$179.89	$783	—
515–545	541	110	176.00–186.00	$183.93	$995	—
576–591	582	17	171.00	$171.00	$995	-0.67
666	666	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,066	—
713	713	11	168.50	$168.50	$1,201	—
715 unweaned	715	68	166.00	$166.00	$1,187	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	337	9	170.00–185.00	$181.37	$611	—
360–398	380	7	155.00–185.00	$176.24	$670	+21.24
455–495	475	15	150.00–176.00	$159.22	$756	-9.07
500–542	526	19	140.00–171.00	$160.18	$843	-0.32
562–595	578	17	146.00–165.00	$158.25	$915	-2.61
675–695	685	4	135.00–160.00	$153.04	$1,048	-5.94
870	870	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,218	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	145.00	$145.00	$566	+35.00
400–410	405	2	130.00–140.00	$135.06	$547	-0.16
476	476	9	125.00	$125.00	$595	—
532	532	3	111.00	$111.00	$591	—
665	665	1	128.00	$128.00	$851	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	2	155.00–160.00	$157.33	$508	-3.75
355–395	372	25	150.00–178.00	$161.31	$600	+2.29
402	402	2	155.00	$155.00	$623	-4.72
401–446	436	84	154.00–177.50	$173.15	$755	+13.43
455–499	473	51	165.00–171.00	$169.50	$802	+4.68
500–545	526	48	150.00–171.00	$162.98	$857	+9.13
550–588	567	183	148.00–166.00	$163.10	$925	+12.44
603–640	615	18	145.00–161.00	$156.30	$961	—
671 unweaned	671	51	153.50	$153.50	$1,030	+9.50
665–688	682	4	152.00–155.00	$152.73	$1,042	+22.73
885	885	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,133	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	17	140.00–150.00	$145.14	$473	-1.86
360–395	380	26	130.00–148.00	$141.83	$539	-0.55
405–448	428	29	130.00–150.00	$145.82	$624	-0.55
450–493	477	13	135.00–159.00	$146.98	$701	+1.24
510–545	529	6	135.00–148.00	$142.33	$753	+0.99
555–590	568	4	132.00–150.00	$141.13	$802	+26.31
608–640	622	4	125.00–143.00	$130.33	$811	-11.63
660–695	683	3	125.00–128.00	$126.02	$861	-0.83
810	810	1	105.00	$105.00	$850	-22.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	8	156.00	$156.00	$507	—
425–426	426	17	148.00–152.00	$149.88	$638	—
453–462	459	17	145.00–150.00	$146.74	$674	—
500–510	506	14	150.00–161.00	$153.88	$779	+1.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	313	3	115.00–130.00	$121.65	$381	—
353–392	369	8	120.00–130.00	$123.69	$456	+5.63
410–420	417	3	115.00–125.00	$119.96	$500	+4.77
473–490	478	15	112.00–125.00	$121.40	$580	+3.44
505–540	523	6	95.00–125.00	$111.11	$581	—
575–591	588	6	120.00–131.00	$121.79	$716	—
615	615	1	95.00	$95.00	$584	-8.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	10	137.00	$137.00	$575	—
459	459	9	130.00	$130.00	$597	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	16	140.00–167.00	$154.42	$506	-15.58
360–397	386	15	145.00–170.00	$161.13	$622	+11.20
405–445	428	46	135.00–176.00	$146.10	$625	-8.90
455–490	475	9	139.00–155.00	$145.28	$690	-18.05
505–545	515	16	130.00–158.00	$135.53	$698	—
553–595	569	25	129.00–140.00	$133.37	$759	-7.99
600–625	621	7	124.00–130.00	$125.69	$781	-10.31
660–675	668	2	120.00–129.00	$124.45	$831	—
745	745	1	121.00	$121.00	$901	—
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	4	175.00	$175.00	$560	—
365–394	388	5	176.00–181.00	$180.06	$699	-14.84
400–435	428	6	174.00–186.00	$182.79	$782	+0.28
450–467	463	13	167.00–173.00	$170.07	$787	+1.00
515–540	532	9	150.00–163.00	$157.68	$839	-6.12
555–575	564	8	151.00–162.00	$153.03	$863	-3.74
600–630	618	7	153.00–160.00	$157.59	$974	+5.61
665–680	673	2	142.00–146.00	$143.98	$969	-1.69

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	11	132.00	$132.00	$532	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	125.00	$125.00	$444	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$917	—
1200–1610	1345	80-85%	8	62.00–67.00	$64.20	$863	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1245	1151	85-90%	5	57.50–64.00	$59.97	$690	—
1440	1440	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$720	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	75-80%	1	66.00	$66.00	$937	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1695	1420	10	64.00–89.00	$79.12	$1,124	-6.79
1190–2130	1612	14	89.00–100.00	$93.22	$1,503	—
1615–2100	1874	5	103.00–114.00	$108.37	$2,031	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1200	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,000.00	$870.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1245–1260	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	75.00–76.00	$75.50	$946

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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.