Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Several groups of Value Added cattle sold with an up to 10.00 premium. Value Added denotes cattle weaned at least 45 days, castrated and who have been administered two sets of preconditioning vaccines. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.67/cwt on 343 head.

Average price

$149.67

343 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$51.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.32

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	329	175.23	576	60
Medium and Large 1	490	146.90	720	198
Medium and Large 2	421	143.47	604	62
Medium and Large 3	383	123.47	473	23

One grade step is worth $51.76/cwt here — about $103 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale343 hd

149.67

—

AR average8 barns · 2,474 hd

147.34

+2.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

98 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	128.98/cwt	125.00–133.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	112.02/cwt	111.00–113.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	109.98/cwt	108.00–113.00	797	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	132.74/cwt	126.00–140.00	648	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	119.89/cwt	108.00–127.00	735	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	126.87/cwt	119.00–133.00	710	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	130.67/cwt	125.00–137.00	676	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	515	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	935	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	122.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	113.99/cwt	113.00–115.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	603	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	120.37/cwt	110.00–127.00	516	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	113.20/cwt	110.00–116.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	119.68/cwt	110.00–127.00	583	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	450	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	123.58/cwt	100.00–135.00	526	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	120.56/cwt	107.00–130.00	389	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	119.13/cwt	115.00–123.00	572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	234	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	135.26/cwt	129.00–140.00	509	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	126.19/cwt	121.00–134.00	593	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	130.36/cwt	125.00–139.00	554	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	119.00/cwt	115.00–123.50	624	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	117.43/cwt	112.00–130.00	671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	137.65/cwt	132.00–143.00	443	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	115.11/cwt	110.00–120.00	713	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	108.37/cwt	105.00–110.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	970	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	873	105.33/cwt	97.00–114.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	1,060	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	835	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	785	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	389	112.14/cwt	105.00–119.00	436	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	98.02/cwt	96.00–100.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	106.48/cwt	103.00–110.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	146.17/cwt	137.00–152.50	629	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	134.31/cwt	130.00–139.00	638	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	146.94/cwt	141.00–152.50	566	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	130.92/cwt	124.00–135.50	744	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	103.91/cwt	100.00–117.00	394	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	99.48/cwt	95.00–103.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	97.12/cwt	82.00–107.50	415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	114.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	120.79/cwt	100.00–129.00	453	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	116.56/cwt	105.00–120.00	546	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	116.78/cwt	107.00–127.00	494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	103.75/cwt	90.00–111.00	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	107.98/cwt	104.00–113.00	565	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	118.73/cwt	110.00–123.00	373	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	90.39/cwt	84.00–103.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	119.56/cwt	118.00–121.00	705	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	280	156.67/cwt	150.00–162.50	439	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	373	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	615	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	144.68/cwt	140.00–152.50	462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	117.03/cwt	111.00–123.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	370	169.55/cwt	165.00–174.00	627	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	225	181.54/cwt	175.00–182.50	408	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	284	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	540	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	333	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	709	137.73/cwt	131.00–138.50	977	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	618	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	582	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	152.79/cwt	147.50–162.00	648	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	134.93/cwt	130.00–140.50	710	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	166.18/cwt	157.00–171.00	622	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	134.29/cwt	128.00–137.00	839	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	142.69/cwt	139.00–150.00	672	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	172.23/cwt	163.00–179.00	555	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	126.64/cwt	100.00–132.50	464	8

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	125.00–133.00	128.98
2	—	668	111.00–113.00	112.02
3	—	725	108.00–113.00	109.98
10	—	488	126.00–140.00	132.74
11	—	613	108.00–127.00	119.89
14	—	560	119.00–133.00	126.87
23	—	517	125.00–137.00	130.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
1	—	480	143.00	143.00
1	—	670	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	98.00	98.00
1	—	935	85.00	85.00
2	—	383	120.00–125.00	122.45
2	—	513	113.00–115.00	113.99
2	—	603	105.00–107.00	106.00
4	—	429	110.00–127.00	120.37
5	—	571	110.00–116.00	113.20
7	—	487	110.00–127.00	119.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	389	105.00–119.00	112.14
2	—	615	96.00–100.00	98.02
2	—	413	103.00–110.00	106.48
1	—	520	90.00	90.00
1	—	490	116.00	116.00
1	—	330	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	123.00	123.00
19	—	280	150.00–162.50	156.67
13	—	373	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	376	129.00–140.00	135.26
30	—	470	121.00–134.00	126.19
30	—	425	125.00–139.00	130.36
26	—	524	115.00–123.50	119.00
13	—	571	112.00–130.00	117.43
12	—	322	132.00–143.00	137.65
9	—	619	110.00–120.00	115.11
3	—	677	105.00–110.00	108.37
2	—	290	135.00	135.00
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	970	93.50	93.50
2	—	873	97.00–114.00	105.33
1	—	1,060	78.00	78.00
1	—	835	105.00	105.00
1	—	785	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	109.00	109.00
1	—	445	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	100.00–117.00	103.91
4	—	468	95.00–103.00	99.48
3	—	427	82.00–107.50	97.12
3	—	315	110.00–120.00	114.92
1	—	530	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	375	100.00–129.00	120.79
14	—	468	105.00–120.00	116.56
13	—	423	107.00–127.00	116.78
9	—	574	90.00–111.00	103.75
9	—	523	104.00–113.00	107.98
9	—	314	110.00–123.00	118.73
5	—	629	84.00–103.00	90.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	590	118.00–121.00	119.56
6	—	480	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	100.00–135.00	123.58
6	—	323	107.00–130.00	120.56
2	—	480	115.00–123.00	119.13
8	—	366	100.00–132.50	126.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	234	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	430	137.00–152.50	146.17
16	—	475	130.00–139.00	134.31
10	—	385	141.00–152.50	146.94
5	—	319	140.00–152.50	144.68
2	—	588	111.00–123.00	117.03
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
1	—	545	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	568	124.00–135.50	130.92
2	—	675	124.00–125.00	124.51
1	—	1,015	101.00	101.00
1	—	770	111.00	111.00
1	—	730	114.00	114.00
57	—	424	147.50–162.00	152.79
29	—	526	130.00–140.50	134.93
24	—	374	157.00–171.00	166.18
22	—	625	128.00–137.00	134.29
21	—	471	139.00–150.00	142.69
13	—	322	163.00–179.00	172.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	132.00	132.00
2	—	625	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	370	165.00–174.00	169.55
17	—	225	175.00–182.50	181.54
10	—	284	190.00	190.00
9	—	333	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	709	131.00–138.50	137.73
5	—	618	145.00	145.00
2	—	582	138.00	138.00
2	—	518	143.00	143.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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