North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 3, 2023

1,070 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest North Arkansas Livestock report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $209.77/cwt -0.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,081/hd at 515 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $216.22/cwt -3.26 vs last sale · ≈ $909/hd at 420 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $258.55/cwt +0.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,215/hd at 470 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,070	998	775
Feeder cattle	773	675	649
Slaughter cattle	222	223	100
Replacement cattle	75	100	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450 lbs 4.00-11.00 lower 450-650 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher not enough over 650 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers 1.00-5.00 higher except the better 400-500 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower. The offering included several new crop calves some of them fleshy that sold at a discount. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	267.00	$267.00	$841	-31.93
351–373	360	7	260.00–265.00	$262.78	$946	-11.81
382–385	384	4	247.00–255.00	$251.02	$964	+4.02
418–435	425	5	239.00–250.00	$245.50	$1,043	-27.07
400–449	438	10	265.00–280.00	$267.60	$1,172	-4.97
452–492	467	28	250.00–277.00	$260.54	$1,217	+2.65
498	498	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,195	-17.89
518	518	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,228	-11.01
508–545	520	24	242.00–271.00	$253.53	$1,318	+5.52
555–560	556	5	220.00–235.00	$228.41	$1,270	+2.72
615–635	628	6	217.00–229.00	$225.69	$1,417	+5.69
650	650	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	328	8	237.00–267.00	$250.06	$820	—
355–395	378	4	220.00–250.00	$232.80	$880	-10.74
410–442	429	11	215.00–240.00	$236.51	$1,015	-4.11
460–498	480	23	210.00–247.00	$229.03	$1,099	+18.73
500–545	522	6	220.00–234.00	$228.48	$1,193	+8.54
595	595	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,190	-4.58
605	605	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,264	+0.98
650–688	682	7	188.00–208.00	$193.16	$1,317	—
740	740	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,406	—
797	797	11	179.00	$179.00	$1,427	-2.50
860	860	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	6	255.00	$255.00	$898	—
403	403	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,028	+3.00
494	494	10	243.00	$243.00	$1,200	-3.79
579	579	8	215.00	$215.00	$1,245	—
610–618	615	13	212.00–218.00	$215.71	$1,327	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	141.00	$141.00	$931	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	327	18	219.00–238.00	$229.53	$751	+2.01
361–395	367	18	220.00–231.00	$226.53	$831	+3.04
375	375	2	210.00	$210.00	$788	-13.49
400–435	415	11	210.00–212.00	$210.37	$873	+4.37
400–445	423	21	215.00–225.00	$219.29	$928	-3.57
451–470	458	8	200.00–210.00	$207.43	$950	-14.44
450–474	466	7	216.00–218.00	$217.72	$1,015	-4.15
501–545	513	31	200.00–220.00	$210.66	$1,081	+0.88
548	548	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,074	-13.78
553–592	572	14	190.00–215.00	$198.46	$1,135	+5.97
600–635	621	7	182.00–194.00	$189.24	$1,175	+1.54
650–655	653	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,175	-6.00
710	710	9	191.50	$191.50	$1,360	+13.50
730–748	742	3	160.00–175.00	$164.92	$1,224	-24.58
782	782	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,361	—
835	835	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	329	9	190.00–210.00	$204.39	$672	+6.15
355–390	372	11	185.00–218.00	$200.44	$746	+0.65
405–440	414	9	190.00–217.00	$203.72	$843	+1.87
450–498	475	21	190.00–212.00	$200.92	$954	-2.01
545	545	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,057	+7.12
550–580	559	4	170.00–184.00	$178.01	$995	-1.99
615–635	624	4	169.00–175.00	$173.47	$1,082	-9.43
660–675	668	2	160.00–165.00	$162.53	$1,086	-3.68
710–720	717	3	160.00–167.00	$162.68	$1,166	+22.68
925	925	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	7	220.00	$220.00	$867	+0.78
409–440	426	22	210.00–216.00	$214.07	$912	+4.07
485–496	489	23	206.00	$206.00	$1,007	-5.67
784	784	8	178.00	$178.00	$1,396	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	160.00–162.00	$160.99	$512	-11.49
442	442	2	180.00	$180.00	$796	+35.00
465	465	1	159.00	$159.00	$739	+9.00

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	329	5	227.00–250.00	$244.78	$805	-31.37
360–375	368	5	240.00–255.00	$248.72	$915	-16.28
382	382	2	242.00	$242.00	$924	-23.00
400–445	422	17	220.00–250.00	$235.62	$994	+6.45
450–485	461	9	225.00–260.00	$237.18	$1,093	+9.70
500–545	521	14	210.00–232.00	$220.96	$1,151	+11.96
563–595	580	8	200.00–220.00	$207.13	$1,201	+0.05
605–640	616	7	201.00–220.00	$214.36	$1,320	+12.74
655–698	682	8	193.00–202.00	$196.06	$1,337	-4.29
700–705	702	6	174.00–199.00	$186.18	$1,307	+4.18
755	755	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,518	+28.00
863	863	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,355	—
946	946	4	127.00	$127.00	$1,201	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	3	215.00–230.00	$220.37	$723	+42.81
370–398	388	9	190.00–227.00	$207.13	$804	-24.05
445	445	1	220.00	$220.00	$979	+16.50
450–480	468	4	195.00–222.00	$211.87	$992	+6.59
505–540	522	3	185.00–205.00	$196.82	$1,027	-17.13
625–635	630	2	151.00–188.00	$169.35	$1,067	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1365	1124	80-85%	11	78.00–84.00	$81.50	$916	-8.51
850–1475	1183	80-85%	55	84.00–93.00	$89.58	$1,060	—
925–1500	1286	80-85%	30	93.00–101.00	$96.54	$1,242	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$243	—
810–1040	923	85-90%	5	45.00–64.00	$59.00	$545	-12.10
785–1030	929	85-90%	7	69.00–74.00	$71.13	$661	+0.03
810–1090	937	85-90%	21	74.00–85.00	$80.61	$755	+9.51
870–1280	1071	85-90%	9	85.00–93.00	$88.39	$947	+28.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1608	1352	75-80%	16	88.00–93.00	$90.60	$1,225	-10.06
1240–1490	1375	75-80%	4	94.00–97.00	$95.38	$1,311	-5.28

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1860	1354	9	105.00–114.00	$109.03	$1,476	—
1360–1450	1405	2	85.00–92.00	$88.39	$1,242	—
1270–2085	1727	12	115.00–129.00	$121.70	$2,102	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1135	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	93.00–110.00	$99.65	$957

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1000	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,086.69
790–1415	1262	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	900.00–1,350.00	$1,218.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$716

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
510–1130	837	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	685.00–1,300.00	$1,014.81
720–1005	863	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	880.00–1,200.00	$1,066.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	113.00	$113.00	$977

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1095–1275	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,053.80	-46.20
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	+200.00
1265–1499	1428	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,575.00	$1,477.96	—
1235–1542	1498	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,325.00–1,675.00	$1,633.78	—

↑ Back to top

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.