North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 27, 2023

980 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $298.96/cwt -3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,366/hd at 457 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $242.96/cwt -12.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,054/hd at 434 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $273.99/cwt +2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,488/hd at 543 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	980	1,228	1,677
Feeder cattle	855	939	1,580
Slaughter cattle	105	204	82
Replacement cattle	20	85	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 4.00-20.00 lower mostly 4.00-15.00 lower a few 600-650 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 12.00 lower mostly 4.00-9.00 lower. Full decline seen on the unweaned calves . Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower except the high dressing breaker cows 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00-9.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	329	10	285.00–329.00	$305.68	$1,006	—
386	386	7	302.00	$302.00	$1,166	-15.10
412–446	436	7	281.00–302.00	$286.67	$1,250	-19.66
451–490	457	37	292.00–302.00	$298.96	$1,366	-3.28
520–545	533	8	279.00–284.00	$280.47	$1,495	-13.60
562–596	580	14	267.00–285.00	$274.99	$1,595	-0.01
602	602	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,662	+4.00
612–635 unweaned	621	6	262.00–265.00	$263.67	$1,637	+0.54
650–675	655	5	259.00–269.00	$266.94	$1,748	—
655–660 unweaned	658	2	250.00–256.00	$252.99	$1,665	—
730	730	3	247.00	$247.00	$1,803	—
755	755	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,623	-37.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	287.00	$287.00	$875	+12.00
355–372	368	4	275.00–277.00	$276.52	$1,018	-3.48
426–435	427	7	249.00–265.00	$262.67	$1,122	-7.69
450–495	480	10	255.00–281.00	$264.64	$1,270	+1.52
500–545	530	11	225.00–263.00	$245.82	$1,303	-17.36
568–599	588	12	235.00–260.00	$246.81	$1,451	-10.34
600–630	619	5	245.00–255.00	$250.61	$1,551	+0.94
640	640	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,408	-29.67
695	695	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,682	-3.62
735–740	739	4	215.00–227.00	$217.98	$1,611	—
773	773	5	234.00	$234.00	$1,809	—
923	923	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,708	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	5	272.00	$272.00	$1,153	-30.26
541–544	543	33	270.00–281.00	$273.99	$1,488	+2.14
699	699	14	250.00	$250.00	$1,748	-3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	217.00	$217.00	$944	—
450–465	458	2	200.00–221.00	$210.67	$965	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	333	18	250.00–277.00	$263.18	$876	—
365–391	382	23	247.00–261.00	$256.33	$979	+1.33
402–438	426	20	250.00–256.00	$251.22	$1,070	-9.67
460–495	478	21	241.00–274.00	$255.55	$1,222	-5.06
500–545	523	22	235.00–259.00	$250.29	$1,309	-0.31
525–539	533	7	223.00–230.00	$227.05	$1,210	-23.55
555–589	583	6	228.00–250.00	$241.60	$1,409	-4.15
607 unweaned	607	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,360	—
619	619	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,529	+12.85
625	625	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,369	-15.15
650	650	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,450	-13.00
698 unweaned	698	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,480	—
705–731	726	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,561	—
830	830	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,685	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	311	7	210.00–248.00	$225.67	$702	-11.93
365	365	1	215.00	$215.00	$785	-20.59
355–396	379	7	221.00–235.00	$226.10	$857	-9.49
405–445	428	16	217.00–240.00	$224.29	$960	-10.31
445	445	1	200.00	$200.00	$890	-34.60
450–487	472	11	215.00–233.00	$225.14	$1,063	-12.81
500–545	534	19	209.00–229.00	$223.00	$1,191	-5.41
558–580	562	5	190.00–197.00	$191.44	$1,076	-37.06
550–599	579	16	200.00–230.00	$218.79	$1,267	-9.71
615–638	627	7	200.00–221.00	$207.30	$1,300	-7.46
650–698	681	5	200.00–211.00	$204.10	$1,390	-13.14
735–745	740	6	180.00–210.00	$198.30	$1,467	-6.70
750	750	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,552	+5.52
805–825	815	2	189.00–191.00	$190.01	$1,549	+15.01
868	868	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,476	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–448	434	34	240.00–247.00	$242.96	$1,054	-12.56
453	453	7	244.00	$244.00	$1,105	-2.98
636	636	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,463	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–323	319	4	200.00–210.00	$202.39	$646	-4.99
490	490	1	170.00	$170.00	$833	-21.62
505–520	513	2	150.00–190.00	$170.29	$874	—
665	665	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,130	±0.00
765	765	1	120.00	$120.00	$918	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–392	381	13	233.00–285.00	$270.84	$1,032	+14.64
405–448	418	18	225.00–266.00	$251.71	$1,052	+0.69
460–495	474	16	221.00–256.00	$251.28	$1,191	+0.78
500–545	522	26	229.00–257.00	$245.50	$1,282	+9.91
555–559	559	8	210.00–220.00	$218.76	$1,223	-10.00
605–649	636	19	205.00–235.00	$219.54	$1,396	+7.17
650–690	673	7	180.00–216.00	$202.42	$1,362	-0.38
718–740	726	5	175.00–204.00	$197.92	$1,437	-16.08
760	760	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,543	+33.00
810	810	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,450	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–370	366	10	285.00–299.00	$292.73	$1,071	-8.63
438–447	444	8	281.00–294.00	$289.19	$1,284	+3.05
450–470	466	10	270.00–283.00	$278.22	$1,297	+4.79
500–539	519	13	255.00–277.00	$264.12	$1,371	-20.20
558–595	572	18	246.00–255.00	$247.16	$1,414	-7.24
605–637	626	11	239.00–245.00	$240.76	$1,507	-8.07
650–695	664	14	226.00–245.00	$239.64	$1,591	+1.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	9	260.00	$260.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	215.00	$215.00	$806	—
578	578	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,214	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1465	1196	80-85%	17	86.00–95.50	$91.02	$1,089	-12.23
1160–1365	1263	80-85%	2	74.00–83.00	$78.87	$996	—
1010–1665	1264	80-85%	15	96.50–106.00	$102.02	$1,290	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1050	937	85-90%	6	50.00–68.00	$62.69	$587	—
900–1055	968	85-90%	3	86.00–89.00	$87.34	$845	+8.55
955–1125	1015	85-90%	3	92.50–94.00	$93.13	$945	+4.79
865–1155	1025	85-90%	8	70.00–81.00	$75.51	$774	-12.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1580	1421	75-80%	6	90.00–99.00	$95.00	$1,350	-11.03
1355–1790	1530	75-80%	7	100.00–120.00	$110.69	$1,694	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1470	1376	4	75.00–100.00	$83.01	$1,142	—
1135–1565	1402	6	101.00–116.50	$110.43	$1,548	—
1250–2530	1739	10	116.00–126.00	$121.87	$2,119	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1165	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	89.00–125.00	$103.59	$1,023
920–1090	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	94.00–95.00	$94.46	$949

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,625.00–1,650.00	$1,637.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	84.00	$84.00	$836

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270	1270	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00

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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
1490	1490	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.