North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 30, 2023

884 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $271.89/cwt +21.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,267/hd at 466 lb · 64 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $301.43/cwt +10.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,570/hd at 521 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $254.25/cwt +2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,375/hd at 541 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	884	188	605
Feeder cattle	760	167	483
Slaughter cattle	112	20	92
Replacement cattle	12	1	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-10.00 higher than last weeks light test. Feeder heifers mostly 2.00-3.00 higher with the better 450-500 lbs 20.00 higher. Not enough slaughter cows for a trend last week. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Weather was much cooler today and increased buyer interest and good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	2	333.00	$333.00	$1,026	—
350–355	352	5	300.00–329.00	$316.64	$1,115	+9.64
401–434	417	15	299.00–326.00	$314.32	$1,311	+1.62
450–488	482	20	293.00–313.00	$307.57	$1,482	+6.07
500–545	521	38	287.00–308.00	$301.43	$1,570	+10.29
557–575	562	22	268.00–297.00	$286.72	$1,611	—
622–645	630	12	255.00–280.00	$271.39	$1,710	—
656–662	657	13	244.00–273.00	$268.13	$1,762	—
732	732	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,815	—
832	832	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,955	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	8	300.00	$300.00	$1,314	—
472–480	476	15	275.00–300.00	$291.29	$1,387	+28.48
529–549	538	14	287.00–296.00	$292.06	$1,571	—
562	562	8	257.00	$257.00	$1,444	—
608–625	618	7	263.00–265.00	$264.16	$1,633	—
876	876	7	231.00	$231.00	$2,024	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	280.00	$280.00	$854	+40.00
375	375	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,012	—
400–445	423	8	243.00–289.00	$270.61	$1,145	—
467–485	473	5	250.00–272.00	$266.10	$1,259	+11.10
540–545	542	6	245.00–264.00	$260.81	$1,414	+10.43
560–570	568	5	237.00–239.00	$237.39	$1,348	—
625–647	641	5	230.00–239.00	$236.42	$1,515	—
650–685	665	6	227.00–247.00	$242.70	$1,614	—
700–735	719	14	230.00–239.00	$236.84	$1,703	—
860–880	870	2	222.00–226.00	$223.98	$1,949	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	227.00	$227.00	$953	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	7	263.00	$263.00	$889	—
360–395	383	17	250.00–287.00	$267.93	$1,026	+8.57
400–445	420	9	250.00–275.00	$259.88	$1,091	+3.08
451–493	466	64	243.00–285.00	$271.89	$1,267	+21.52
505–548	541	32	237.00–259.00	$254.25	$1,375	+2.07
560–595	579	12	236.00–245.00	$243.01	$1,407	+2.01
605–645	623	8	226.00–246.00	$234.54	$1,461	+3.75
651	651	8	244.00	$244.00	$1,588	—
685–695	690	4	229.00–230.00	$229.50	$1,584	—
710	710	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,441	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	315	3	239.00–242.00	$240.34	$757	—
360–380	373	9	229.00–245.00	$238.04	$888	+3.04
405–438	425	15	225.00–244.00	$237.54	$1,010	-0.86
462–493	481	28	223.00–243.00	$237.94	$1,144	—
510–520	512	9	205.00–235.00	$229.95	$1,177	-8.08
560–590	580	4	220.00–224.00	$221.50	$1,285	+1.32
600–642	632	4	215.00–220.00	$216.19	$1,366	+16.19
670–675	674	4	190.00–228.00	$214.05	$1,443	—
712–742	718	10	204.00–218.00	$215.11	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–395	379	9	245.00–250.00	$247.69	$939	—
515–547	524	16	239.00–247.00	$241.90	$1,268	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	323	3	190.00–210.00	$202.89	$655	—
445	445	1	200.00	$200.00	$890	—
455–495	475	2	169.00–183.00	$175.71	$835	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	304.00–309.00	$306.52	$959	—
360–392	388	9	313.00–327.00	$325.56	$1,263	—
418–431	427	11	285.00–311.00	$302.78	$1,293	—
457–495	480	19	281.00–300.00	$292.42	$1,404	—
505–524	519	12	265.00–301.00	$276.45	$1,435	+18.82
564–588	568	27	240.00–272.00	$258.25	$1,467	—
615	615	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,525	—
656–670	661	6	215.00–234.00	$227.58	$1,504	—
830	830	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,569	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	323	3	255.00–285.00	$266.18	$860	—
350–392	371	4	263.00–285.00	$272.42	$1,011	+27.42
405–448	433	11	241.00–278.00	$260.89	$1,130	+10.14
470–490	480	2	230.00–231.00	$230.49	$1,106	-20.36
525	525	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,234	—
560–571	569	6	225.00–230.00	$229.18	$1,304	—
610–645	628	3	197.00–210.00	$201.89	$1,268	—
690	690	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,484	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–370	358	3	230.00–231.00	$230.34	$825	—
438	438	2	170.00	$170.00	$745	—
550	550	2	170.00	$170.00	$935	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$530	—
840–985	908	85-90%	6	80.00–86.00	$83.59	$759	+31.52
810–1115	987	85-90%	16	90.00–99.00	$94.82	$936	+10.63
960–1175	1075	85-90%	8	99.00–106.00	$102.46	$1,101	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	80-85%	1	91.00	$91.00	$814	—
980–1315	1126	80-85%	12	101.00–108.00	$104.68	$1,179	-3.80
1095–1465	1239	80-85%	13	110.00–119.00	$114.06	$1,413	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1545	1344	75-80%	5	100.00–111.00	$106.27	$1,428	—
1045–1760	1364	75-80%	19	112.00–126.00	$116.36	$1,587	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,080	—
1465–1565	1515	2	129.00–131.00	$130.03	$1,970	—
1605–2245	1855	9	133.00–145.00	$137.98	$2,560	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–945	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	124.00–125.00	$124.51	$1,152

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100–1355	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	107.00–120.00	$114.79	$1,456
1435	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,650

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–975	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,064.53

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	131.00	$131.00	$432	—

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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.