North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 10, 2023

1,005 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $215.12/cwt +5.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,108/hd at 515 lb · 59 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $230.29/cwt +14.07 vs last sale · ≈ $963/hd at 418 lb · 58 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $227.16/cwt +2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 375 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,005	1,070	585
Feeder cattle	858	773	389
Slaughter cattle	122	222	166
Replacement cattle	25	75	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs 4.00-10.00 lower 550-650 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher no trend on weights over 650 lbs. Feeder heifers mostly 4.00-10.00 higher with some plainer 400-600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	339	15	251.00–265.00	$258.22	$875	-8.78
387	387	6	255.00–261.00	$258.00	$998	+6.98
400–443	428	21	255.00–258.00	$256.27	$1,097	+10.77
432	432	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,002	-35.60
460–473	466	29	251.00–255.00	$254.54	$1,186	-6.00
505–548	523	18	240.00–253.00	$243.43	$1,273	-10.10
554–585	564	16	226.00–242.00	$235.30	$1,327	+6.89
604–610	605	6	201.00–214.00	$211.82	$1,282	-13.87
720–725	723	2	195.00–197.00	$196.00	$1,417	—
780–790	785	2	189.00–191.00	$189.99	$1,491	—
865	865	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,548	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	6	250.00	$250.00	$875	-5.00
465–494	484	28	239.00–247.00	$244.51	$1,183	+1.51
517–533	522	26	237.50–239.00	$238.32	$1,244	—
602–620	613	11	215.00–219.00	$217.57	$1,334	+1.86
699	699	23	206.00	$206.00	$1,440	—
774–781	778	18	174.00–185.50	$179.72	$1,398	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	321	4	220.00–251.00	$241.51	$775	-8.55
365–385	372	6	232.00–245.00	$234.76	$873	+1.96
400–440	426	7	231.00–243.00	$236.18	$1,006	-0.33
470–498	487	10	215.00–237.00	$221.61	$1,079	-7.42
505	505	3	220.00–232.00	$228.00	$1,151	-0.48
550–598	579	4	185.00–210.00	$201.47	$1,167	+1.47
610–625	614	11	190.00–211.00	$197.21	$1,211	-11.79
660	660	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,056	-33.16
925	925	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,536	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	360	2	200.00–205.00	$202.57	$729	—
470–490	480	2	190.00–208.00	$198.81	$954	—
525–535	530	2	186.00–200.00	$193.07	$1,023	—

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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	329	10	220.00–240.00	$237.24	$781	+7.71
350–392	375	46	217.00–237.00	$227.16	$852	+17.16
400–445	418	58	214.00–240.00	$230.29	$963	+19.92
452–493	480	11	200.00–213.00	$210.40	$1,010	-7.32
460–497	484	30	214.00–224.00	$217.96	$1,055	+0.24
505	505	1	195.00	$195.00	$985	-15.66
500–548	515	58	198.00–222.00	$215.47	$1,110	+4.81
550–598	579	30	194.00–207.50	$203.07	$1,176	+4.61
605	605	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,119	-4.24
600–625	613	2	190.00–191.00	$190.51	$1,168	+1.27
680–695	687	3	169.00–181.00	$173.29	$1,191	-6.71
760	760	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,284	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	210.00–219.00	$214.53	$714	+10.14
355–395	370	9	190.00–211.00	$203.62	$753	+3.18
400–425	411	10	190.00–214.00	$202.70	$833	-1.02
450–495	469	11	187.00–200.00	$195.60	$917	-5.32
520–545	533	8	187.00–195.00	$191.25	$1,019	-2.75
550–590	572	6	166.00–187.00	$178.28	$1,020	+0.27
605–635	623	4	175.00–177.00	$175.98	$1,096	+2.51
655	655	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,081	+2.47
830	830	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,120	—
958	958	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–495	473	16	208.00–213.00	$210.33	$995	+4.33
662	662	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,185	—
679	679	5	174.00	$174.00	$1,181	—
897	897	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,256	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	173.00	$173.00	$796	+14.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	304	4	237.00–261.00	$255.07	$775	+10.29
350–385	363	4	239.00–255.00	$248.29	$901	-0.43
408–425	419	12	235.00–251.00	$241.83	$1,013	+6.21
425	425	2	215.00	$215.00	$914	-20.62
454–455	454	8	217.00–241.00	$233.74	$1,061	-3.44
477	477	5	212.00	$212.00	$1,011	-25.18
515–525	520	2	190.00–200.00	$195.05	$1,014	-25.91
500–540	530	12	200.00–232.00	$213.25	$1,130	-7.71
560–586	573	16	193.00–211.00	$203.13	$1,164	-4.00
625–638	630	5	180.00–185.00	$182.61	$1,150	-31.75
665	665	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,097	-31.06
660–685	672	5	175.00–195.00	$184.97	$1,243	-11.09
700–710	703	3	175.00–179.00	$177.65	$1,249	-8.53
770	770	5	173.00	$173.00	$1,332	-28.00
890	890	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,308	-10.00
900	900	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	225.00	$225.00	$738	+4.63
355–395	378	4	200.00–235.00	$215.05	$813	+7.92
425–442	431	6	195.00–221.00	$205.61	$886	-14.39
450–490	470	16	190.00–219.00	$208.46	$980	-3.41
505–545	526	9	160.00–206.00	$187.58	$987	-9.24
590	590	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,032	—
790	790	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,240	—
832	832	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	161.00	$161.00	$502	—
425	425	1	177.00	$177.00	$752	—
500	500	1	155.00	$155.00	$775	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$723	—
920–1300	1089	80-85%	26	84.00–93.00	$88.22	$961	—
1040–1370	1211	80-85%	14	93.00–103.00	$95.84	$1,161	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–800	740	85-90%	3	35.00–40.00	$37.72	$279	—
790–1000	905	85-90%	5	67.00–71.00	$69.64	$630	+10.64
795–1125	976	85-90%	7	44.00–60.00	$54.37	$531	—
865–1290	1036	85-90%	9	74.00–84.00	$78.68	$815	—
1125–1325	1213	85-90%	3	88.00–89.00	$88.69	$1,076	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1415	1310	75-80%	5	93.00–101.00	$96.00	$1,258	—
1350–1475	1411	75-80%	7	89.00–94.00	$90.72	$1,280	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1630	1387	3	104.00–114.00	$109.49	$1,519	+0.46
1450–1510	1480	2	94.00–96.00	$94.98	$1,406	—
1255–1900	1609	8	117.00–126.00	$121.40	$1,953	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–1300	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	785.00–1,450.00	$1,191.74
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,071
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,040
1125–1270	1212	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	94.00–103.00	$99.87	$1,210

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

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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
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	+6.20

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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
760	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.