North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 18, 2023

1,092 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $181.27/cwt -3.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,050/hd at 579 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $177.07/cwt -9.34 vs last sale · ≈ $843/hd at 476 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.59/cwt -10.37 vs last sale · ≈ $882/hd at 517 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,092	2,363	131
Feeder cattle	741	2,363	103
Slaughter cattle	251	—	22
Replacement cattle	100	—	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 14.00 lower mostly 6.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 12.00 lower mostly 6.00-10.00 lower. Quality not as good as last week with more unweaned calves in the offering. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	5	207.00	$207.00	$847	-8.00
484–490	486	21	187.00	$187.00	$909	-19.54
573–599	579	34	179.00–182.00	$181.27	$1,050	-3.73
665–683	673	11	165.00–170.00	$167.31	$1,126	-12.31
807	807	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,315	-10.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–338	333	6	221.00–235.00	$224.16	$746	-6.46
352–395	372	9	213.00–239.00	$226.50	$843	-0.53
405–440	430	9	212.00–223.00	$215.83	$928	-10.10
460–485	477	3	205.00–212.00	$208.61	$995	-13.11
512–543	526	18	191.00–197.00	$195.18	$1,027	-14.07
605	605	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,053	-17.67
673	673	3	173.00	$173.00	$1,164	-11.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	+5.00
415	415	1	195.00	$195.00	$809	+11.18
450	450	1	175.00	$175.00	$788	—
510–548	526	11	165.00–190.00	$171.02	$900	+0.81
550–592	574	9	154.00–176.00	$166.62	$956	+0.89
600–635	614	4	161.00–172.00	$168.79	$1,036	-1.02
728	728	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,208	+9.98
785	785	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	145.00	$145.00	$529	-15.00
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	—
633	633	3	140.00	$140.00	$886	+6.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	329	7	186.00–192.00	$188.46	$620	-0.54
350–391	379	12	174.00–193.00	$186.67	$707	-12.08
400–440	415	15	170.00–193.00	$185.76	$771	-7.08
455–483	476	30	168.00–185.00	$177.07	$843	-9.56
501–548	517	29	160.00–174.00	$170.59	$882	-10.37
555–595	575	7	157.00–172.00	$163.44	$940	-7.78
603	603	7	165.00	$165.00	$995	+8.32
600–625	607	11	151.00–160.00	$155.55	$944	-1.13
655	655	1	147.00	$147.00	$963	-16.42
704–745	710	7	140.00–146.00	$140.90	$1,000	+0.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	315	9	155.00–175.00	$164.90	$519	+0.90
358–395	378	11	145.00–170.00	$161.91	$612	+0.88
402–445	421	11	140.00–170.00	$158.63	$668	-1.31
452–485	466	14	140.00–160.00	$151.32	$705	-6.60
505–549	535	19	141.00–160.00	$152.31	$815	-1.84
550–585	573	20	130.00–168.00	$139.15	$797	-11.06
600	600	1	137.00	$137.00	$822	-1.13
685	685	1	131.00	$131.00	$897	-2.66
758	758	2	110.00	$110.00	$834	-18.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–487	483	23	160.00–175.00	$164.71	$796	-5.47
508–527	518	6	156.00–161.00	$158.55	$821	-6.47
626	626	4	150.00	$150.00	$939	—
668	668	3	146.00	$146.00	$975	—
678	678	8	150.00	$150.00	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	2	130.00	$130.00	$530	-6.19
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	+5.59
685	685	2	103.00	$103.00	$706	-13.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	324	5	209.00–215.00	$210.26	$681	+12.88
362–380	377	16	206.00–223.00	$208.87	$787	+3.44
400–445	433	9	190.00–209.00	$196.25	$850	-1.83
460–482	469	11	185.00–200.00	$189.01	$886	-5.00
500–525	515	6	170.00–192.00	$178.47	$919	-5.76
550–592	575	26	153.00–174.50	$167.95	$966	+14.95
652–690	669	22	152.00–166.00	$164.90	$1,103	+4.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	2	160.00–189.00	$174.31	$662	—
413–430	417	4	141.00–173.00	$149.24	$622	-23.91
458–482	471	10	161.00–171.00	$166.53	$784	-7.36
510–548	538	14	140.00–168.00	$156.69	$843	-11.31
552–582	568	8	149.00–165.00	$154.20	$876	-10.78
610–645	634	7	130.00–151.00	$142.11	$901	—
694	694	4	125.00	$125.00	$868	-19.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	130.00	$130.00	$556	—
575–582	579	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$709	—
650	650	1	123.00	$123.00	$800	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1440	1179	80-85%	44	67.00–78.00	$72.88	$859	—
965–1365	1196	80-85%	10	60.00–67.00	$64.92	$776	—
1020–1511	1277	80-85%	26	78.00–89.00	$81.84	$1,045	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1250	1029	85-90%	4	25.00–51.00	$38.83	$400	—
890–1340	1050	85-90%	11	53.00–60.00	$56.87	$597	—
885–1225	1061	85-90%	30	60.00–70.50	$64.15	$681	—
1040–1265	1144	85-90%	15	70.00–79.00	$73.09	$836	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1675	1423	75-80%	8	74.00–78.00	$75.96	$1,081	—
1215–1790	1529	75-80%	8	78.00–84.00	$80.66	$1,233	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1505	1392	5	76.00–92.00	$82.62	$1,150	—
1525–1780	1653	2	92.00–96.00	$94.15	$1,556	—
1655–1845	1733	3	102.00–112.00	$105.98	$1,837	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
803 fancy	803	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
584–930	654	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	72.00–95.00	$77.56	$507
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	54.00	$54.00	$386

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1295	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	950.00–1,225.00	$1,108.11
885–1430	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	800.00–1,525.00	$1,252.28
1237	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	935.00	$935.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1080	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	62.00–89.00	$76.33	$708
845–1110	1022	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	64.00–77.00	$73.42	$750
955–1480	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	70.00–83.00	$75.02	$855
995–1450	1187	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	48.00–83.00	$72.79	$864

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1125–1255	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,036.82	—
1000–1428	1357	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,231.57	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	1	94.00	$94.00	$747	—

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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.