North Arkansas Livestock Market Report

GreenForest, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 16, 2025

1,117 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $306.86/cwt ≈ $2,338/hd at 762 lb · 164 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $383.68/cwt +58.68 vs last sale · ≈ $2,000/hd at 521 lb · 47 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $378.95/cwt -1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,813/hd at 478 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,117	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–338	317	7	455.00–460.00	$456.42	$1,447	+25.42
350–386	368	20	417.00–445.00	$428.15	$1,576	+16.96
405–445	430	24	397.00–435.00	$412.60	$1,774	+0.30
442–446	445	7	382.00–393.00	$385.12	$1,714	-27.18
460–491	478	38	370.00–401.00	$382.31	$1,827	+2.12
482	482	4	347.00	$347.00	$1,673	-33.19
505–540	521	35	337.00–400.00	$375.69	$1,957	+50.69
522 fancy	522	12	407.00	$407.00	$2,125	—
564 value added	564	7	380.00	$380.00	$2,143	—
570–593	583	18	330.00–361.00	$343.51	$2,003	—
603–640	611	32	317.00–356.50	$338.01	$2,065	—
650–675	659	4	303.00–311.00	$308.95	$2,036	—
680 unweaned	680	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,938	—
700–710	701	26	291.00–299.00	$298.07	$2,089	+23.07
760–763	762	164	299.50–308.50	$306.86	$2,338	—
825	825	15	283.00	$283.00	$2,335	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–389	373	12	421.00–440.00	$428.43	$1,598	—
458–499	472	12	380.00–385.00	$381.76	$1,802	—
551	551	9	335.00	$335.00	$1,846	—
682	682	23	310.00	$310.00	$2,114	—
803	803	22	278.00	$278.00	$2,232	—
878	878	36	263.50	$263.50	$2,314	—
973	973	25	243.50	$243.50	$2,369	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,232	+22.19
397	397	3	399.00	$399.00	$1,584	+2.00
410–415	413	2	330.00–335.00	$332.48	$1,373	-27.90
400–446	433	6	355.00–385.00	$369.82	$1,601	+9.44
555–595	571	6	273.00–329.00	$310.63	$1,774	-6.84
615–620	618	2	315.00–325.00	$320.02	$1,978	+23.02
705–728	720	3	270.00–277.00	$274.72	$1,978	—
752	752	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,970	—
905–907	907	7	221.00–245.00	$241.58	$2,191	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–338	328	8	390.00–405.00	$395.79	$1,298	+4.23
350–395	373	13	301.00–391.00	$379.47	$1,415	-0.04
400–435	425	15	357.00–380.00	$367.36	$1,561	-6.45
450–480	469	23	337.00–351.00	$343.42	$1,611	+1.42
475	475	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,568	-12.00
510	510	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,530	-9.00
500–518 value added	515	17	337.00–355.00	$340.09	$1,751	—
500–533	525	18	321.00–333.00	$329.61	$1,730	+20.61
550–595	566	19	293.00–313.00	$302.86	$1,714	+3.96
576	576	6	289.00	$289.00	$1,665	-9.90
604–618	610	14	280.00–287.00	$284.84	$1,738	+6.49
610	610	2	289.00	$289.00	$1,763	+10.65
652–690	678	13	269.00–271.00	$269.59	$1,828	+25.59
678–695	687	12	250.00–252.00	$250.99	$1,724	—
700	700	2	251.00	$251.00	$1,757	-5.00
728	728	5	264.00	$264.00	$1,922	+21.00
770	770	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,848	+1.00
835	835	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,912	—
860–885	875	3	203.00–230.00	$214.07	$1,873	—
905–935	915	4	201.00–213.00	$207.01	$1,894	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	9	319.00	$319.00	$1,509	—
612	612	26	295.00	$295.00	$1,805	—
675	675	32	273.00	$273.00	$1,843	—
782	782	9	248.00	$248.00	$1,939	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	5	360.00–383.00	$369.75	$1,231	+70.75
360–395	378	10	309.00–371.00	$338.78	$1,281	+38.78
408 thin fleshed	408	3	362.00	$362.00	$1,477	—
415–449	440	14	300.00–340.00	$328.88	$1,447	+3.08
470–495	489	9	300.00–323.00	$313.33	$1,532	+7.07
510	510	1	279.00	$279.00	$1,423	-23.48
525	525	4	289.00–300.00	$294.25	$1,545	-8.23
590–595	593	2	263.00–275.00	$268.97	$1,595	—
620–640	632	3	240.00–271.00	$250.14	$1,581	+9.14
700	700	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,463	±0.00
755	755	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,653	—
800	800	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,720	—
890	890	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,593	-30.00
945	945	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,701	—
965	965	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,959	—
1025	1025	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,640	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	11	235.00	$235.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	310	2	255.00–300.00	$277.86	$861	—
420	420	1	289.00	$289.00	$1,214	—
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	$910	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	332	3	440.00–460.00	$453.27	$1,505	+47.29
365–395	380	2	409.00–410.00	$409.48	$1,556	-1.15
425–440	431	14	350.00–409.00	$375.56	$1,619	-28.04
457–490	466	8	345.00–375.00	$365.59	$1,704	+65.79
510–530	519	4	329.00–379.00	$363.28	$1,885	+28.14
575–599	591	13	307.00–347.00	$323.63	$1,913	+8.28
605–629	622	9	289.00–317.00	$295.93	$1,841	+25.93
660–675	668	2	309.00–311.00	$310.01	$2,071	—
703	703	9	284.00	$284.00	$1,997	—
795	795	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,836	-17.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	333.00	$333.00	$1,016	—
350–365	361	4	340.00–370.00	$347.27	$1,254	—
390	390	1	321.00	$321.00	$1,252	—
425–434	433	6	350.00–365.00	$352.46	$1,526	+81.46
710	710	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,541	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,155	—
445	445	1	307.00	$307.00	$1,366	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,261	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1180	1073	80-85%	4	120.00–130.00	$125.62	$1,348	—
905–1360	1150	80-85%	11	143.00–147.00	$144.95	$1,667	+6.70
955–1405	1172	80-85%	23	130.00–142.00	$136.86	$1,604	-8.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1070	951	85-90%	13	107.00–117.00	$110.46	$1,050	-14.44
830–1225	1010	85-90%	13	119.00–130.00	$124.09	$1,253	-14.41
1025–1065	1042	85-90%	3	139.00–142.00	$140.35	$1,462	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1480	1310	75-80%	6	140.00–144.00	$142.17	$1,862	—
1285–1905	1504	75-80%	11	145.00–156.00	$148.80	$2,238	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1835	1640	4	167.00–173.00	$169.95	$2,787	+4.69
1585–2135	1811	5	175.00–201.00	$185.90	$3,367	+3.68

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1035	919	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	140.00–193.00	$173.53	$1,595
860–1110	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	138.00–177.00	$152.20	$1,476

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1235	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,475.00–1,775.00	$1,587.92
1145–1360	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,100.00–2,375.00	$2,274.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,628

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
631	631	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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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
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—

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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.