North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 31, 2023

1,419 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $228.34/cwt +16.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,219/hd at 534 lb · 99 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $269.61/cwt +23.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,397/hd at 518 lb · 92 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $243.14/cwt +17.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,482/hd at 609 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,419	821	1,476
Feeder cattle	1,175	590	1,253
Slaughter cattle	219	211	183
Replacement cattle	25	20	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly 6.00-15.00 higher with the better 500-550 lbs 23.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher 500-600 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher not enough over 600 lbs for a trend last week. The offering included several groups of good quality calves with good demand. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	318	4	270.00–277.00	$275.26	$875	+13.76
355–380	365	14	260.00–303.00	$279.40	$1,020	+7.77
431–439	436	15	278.00–286.00	$283.37	$1,235	+17.13
452–499	475	26	253.00–267.00	$263.21	$1,250	+1.76
502–548	518	92	246.00–283.00	$269.61	$1,397	+23.61
550–587	583	31	240.00–249.00	$248.01	$1,446	+7.33
601–619 unweaned	607	69	228.00–251.50	$245.08	$1,488	—
608–640	623	12	224.00–235.00	$232.01	$1,445	+6.45
650–694	672	12	219.00–229.00	$223.97	$1,505	—
674–694 unweaned	680	28	208.00–224.00	$219.33	$1,491	—
725	725	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,559	—
800–835	832	13	207.00–209.00	$208.85	$1,738	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–397	388	16	261.00–266.00	$264.51	$1,026	—
401–437	418	35	250.00–259.00	$251.68	$1,052	—
553–593	569	61	224.00–244.00	$233.52	$1,329	—
695 unweaned	695	15	200.00–204.00	$202.93	$1,410	—
761	761	7	214.00	$214.00	$1,629	—
812	812	15	206.00	$206.00	$1,673	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	2	249.00–257.00	$252.72	$816	+7.72
360–387	383	11	235.00–263.00	$245.13	$939	+3.89
407–430	413	14	230.00–249.00	$235.60	$973	+0.88
450–492	486	34	220.00–241.00	$238.27	$1,158	+6.40
525–545	540	5	214.00–230.00	$219.31	$1,184	-9.14
592–595	593	3	210.00–225.00	$215.02	$1,275	-3.35
605–610	608	2	190.00–219.00	$204.56	$1,244	-5.89
651–666	659	8	197.00–215.00	$206.10	$1,358	+19.10
735–748	742	4	190.00–201.00	$195.55	$1,451	—
782	782	6	201.00	$201.00	$1,572	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–375	373	2	175.00–200.00	$187.58	$700	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	225.00	$225.00	$720	-8.69
360–373	371	6	233.00–253.00	$236.24	$876	+1.93
412–445	431	13	235.00–251.00	$239.65	$1,033	+6.66
454–499	474	50	222.00–242.00	$228.20	$1,082	+2.61
500–549	534	99	208.00–233.00	$228.34	$1,219	+16.49
570–594	578	29	208.00–235.00	$225.00	$1,300	+15.49
610–637	630	22	204.00–226.00	$213.92	$1,348	+8.92
672	672	8	204.00	$204.00	$1,371	—
695	695	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,265	—
745	745	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,416	—
745	745	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,408	—
830–840	837	3	178.00–179.00	$178.67	$1,495	+6.67
888	888	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381–389	386	12	219.00–233.00	$223.60	$863	—
409	409	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,059	—
453–490	463	38	212.00–233.00	$224.44	$1,039	+12.44
564	564	10	222.00	$222.00	$1,252	—
615	615	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,371	—
629	629	5	199.00	$199.00	$1,252	—
650	650	11	175.00	$175.00	$1,138	—
744	744	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,339	—
801	801	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,202	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	323	9	210.00–225.00	$215.34	$696	+2.94
362–390	371	18	200.00–220.00	$207.51	$770	-4.46
405–445	426	31	197.00–221.00	$214.03	$912	+5.36
450–495	474	9	195.00–219.00	$206.18	$977	+5.26
515	515	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,087	+16.60
550–580	567	9	190.00–203.00	$197.35	$1,119	+9.69
607	607	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,135	+7.00
632	632	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,194	+9.00
682–685	684	4	180.00–186.00	$183.01	$1,252	—
814	814	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,140	—
855	855	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,325	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	185.00	$185.00	$592	+55.00
385	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	—
480–490	485	2	161.00–165.00	$162.98	$790	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	370	3	249.00–270.00	$256.60	$949	-12.54
505–540	520	11	217.00–238.00	$227.06	$1,181	+0.96
562–595	578	6	207.00–226.00	$216.67	$1,252	+22.27
634	634	5	208.50	$208.50	$1,322	—
670–685	677	3	187.00–205.00	$194.07	$1,314	—
715	715	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,387	+16.99
757–780	761	17	163.00–178.00	$174.64	$1,329	—
875	875	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	200.00–205.00	$202.58	$669	+2.58
375–395	385	3	203.00–226.00	$217.03	$836	+6.89
405–445	426	5	195.00–234.00	$211.18	$900	-13.82
450–495	476	6	214.00–231.00	$221.21	$1,053	+12.95
510–548	530	10	190.00–216.00	$204.89	$1,086	+7.89
550–580	566	6	190.00–200.00	$197.16	$1,116	+2.07
650–670	663	4	160.00–187.00	$169.18	$1,122	-6.46
705	705	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,058	—
765	765	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	-10.00
800	800	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,000	—
885	885	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	200.00	$200.00	$740	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1090	960	80-85%	2	85.50–90.00	$88.05	$845	—
920–1505	1163	80-85%	37	90.00–101.00	$96.80	$1,126	—
1005–1485	1173	80-85%	37	101.00–114.00	$105.27	$1,235	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$518	—
760–1065	913	85-90%	2	76.00–82.00	$78.50	$717	+2.71
885–960	923	85-90%	2	70.00–72.00	$71.04	$656	-4.75
825–1215	970	85-90%	22	85.00–94.00	$89.19	$865	—
915–1175	1044	85-90%	7	93.00–99.00	$95.91	$1,001	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1490	1366	75-80%	10	95.00–103.00	$99.12	$1,354	+4.12
1240–1655	1451	75-80%	14	104.00–120.00	$107.90	$1,566	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1895	1408	8	107.00–124.00	$117.93	$1,660	—
1120–1865	1667	10	126.00–144.00	$133.50	$2,225	+1.50

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–835	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	91.00–114.00	$101.88	$808

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
920–1230	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	900.00–1,475.00	$1,204.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–980	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	93.00–101.00	$96.77	$898
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,087

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

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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
1345–1565	1477	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,300.00–1,750.00	$1,658.51	—

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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.