Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 6.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls not tested against last weeks very light offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.66/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$125.66

172 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$6.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.27

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	496	127.20	631	133
Medium and Large 2	482	120.40	580	39

One grade step is worth $6.80/cwt here — about $51 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 sale172 hd

125.66

—

AR average8 barns · 1,420 hd

127.93

−2.27

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,538	77.30	1,189	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,401	61.99	868	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,087	49.29	536	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	962	46.86	451	14

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	465	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	125.73/cwt	120.00–130.00	719	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	131.60/cwt	124.00–136.00	691	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	121.43/cwt	116.00–126.00	758	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	109.37/cwt	104.00–116.00	791	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	863	89.49/cwt	86.00–93.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	955	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	835	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	60.29/cwt	59.50–60.50	853	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	55.88/cwt	55.00–57.00	630	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	139.65/cwt	135.00–146.00	740	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	144.44/cwt	140.00–150.00	677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	103.95/cwt	97.00–113.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	116.67/cwt	112.00–119.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	115.47/cwt	113.00–118.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	133.34/cwt	129.00–138.00	760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	765	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	122.75/cwt	122.00–123.00	589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	130.88/cwt	126.00–137.00	547	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	128.33/cwt	120.00–137.50	427	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	120.79/cwt	119.00–124.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	109.31/cwt	101.00–119.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	100.98/cwt	99.00–103.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	106.29/cwt	97.00–116.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	123.50/cwt	121.00–126.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	133.36/cwt	130.00–143.00	568	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	124.24/cwt	122.00–129.50	640	29
Bulls	—	—	1,730	91.86/cwt	90.50–93.00	1,589	3
Bulls	—	—	1,698	84.26/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,431	3
Bulls	—	—	1,010	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	455	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	49.16/cwt	37.00–53.50	436	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,194	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	353	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	46.81/cwt	35.00–53.00	463	3
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	435	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	144.59/cwt	130.00–150.00	552	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	137.81/cwt	133.00–145.00	652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	142.54/cwt	138.00–144.00	610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	118.72/cwt	110.00–125.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	146.74/cwt	141.00–152.50	477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	678	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	760	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	823	40.38/cwt	38.00–45.00	332	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	705	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	204	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	56.13/cwt	52.00–58.00	619	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	44.71/cwt	42.00–47.00	407	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	331	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	49.69/cwt	47.00–53.00	539	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	63.35/cwt	61.00–66.50	880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	291	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	154.61/cwt	146.00–162.00	656	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	161.00/cwt	153.00–169.00	602	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	123.55/cwt	117.00–126.50	714	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	131.72/cwt	126.00–139.00	612	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	140.32/cwt	130.00–144.00	512	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	98.10/cwt	93.00–104.00	722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	118.96/cwt	112.00–124.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	138.38/cwt	132.50–142.50	447	3

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Thu Apr 23, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 381Last week 441Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	120.00–122.00	120.98
1	—	835	90.00	90.00
1	—	775	105.00	105.00
34	—	426	130.00–143.00	133.36
29	—	515	122.00–129.50	124.24
17	—	578	117.00–126.50	123.55
14	—	465	126.00–139.00	131.72
13	—	365	130.00–144.00	140.32
7	—	736	93.00–104.00	98.10
5	—	619	112.00–124.00	118.96
3	—	323	132.50–142.50	138.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	126.00	126.00
1	—	765	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	480	122.00–123.00	122.75
8	—	418	126.00–137.00	130.88
6	—	333	120.00–137.50	128.33
4	—	518	119.00–124.00	120.79
3	—	615	101.00–119.00	109.31
2	—	678	99.00–103.00	100.98
2	—	563	97.00–116.00	106.29
2	—	350	121.00–126.00	123.50
1	—	795	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	120.00–130.00	125.73
10	—	525	124.00–136.00	131.60
4	—	624	116.00–126.00	121.43
3	—	723	104.00–116.00	109.37
2	—	863	86.00–93.00	89.49
2	—	685	117.00	117.00
1	—	955	75.00	75.00
1	—	795	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	530	135.00–146.00	139.65
14	—	469	140.00–150.00	144.44
7	—	603	133.00	133.00
3	—	777	97.00–113.00	103.95
3	—	685	112.00–119.00	116.67
2	—	868	97.00	97.00
2	—	708	113.00–118.00	115.47
2	—	570	129.00–138.00	133.34
1	—	325	166.00	166.00
24	—	424	146.00–162.00	154.61
21	—	374	153.00–169.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	382	130.00–150.00	144.59
7	—	473	133.00–145.00	137.81
4	—	428	138.00–144.00	142.54
3	—	577	110.00–125.00	118.72
3	—	325	141.00–152.50	146.74
1	—	625	119.00	119.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	491	138.00	138.00
5	—	598	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	291	181.00	181.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,415	59.50–60.50	60.29
5	—	1,389	61.00–66.50	63.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	55.00–57.00	55.88
2	—	1,035	38.00	38.00
7	—	1,084	47.00–53.00	49.69
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	38.00–45.00	40.38
1	—	705	29.00	29.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,102	52.00–58.00	56.13
3	—	910	42.00–47.00	44.71
1	—	945	35.00	35.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,730	90.50–93.00	91.86
3	—	1,698	81.00–86.00	84.26
2	—	1,010	45.00	45.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	887	37.00–53.50	49.16
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	41.00	41.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	990	35.00–53.00	46.81

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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