Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 9.00 lower, 400-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 1.00 higher, 400-600 lbs sold 2.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.86/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$142.86

245 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3

$65.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.53

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	149.14	736	141
Medium and Large 2	447	135.44	605	100
Medium and Large 3	417	114.67	478	3thin
Small and Medium 3	490	84.00	412	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.14/cwt here — about $325 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 sale245 hd

142.86

—

AR average9 barns · 1,651 hd

147.39

−4.53

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	1,401	83.71	1,172	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,177	66.38	781	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,085	55.75	605	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	53.22	524	13

Every lot, as filed

116 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	146.06/cwt	139.00–152.00	830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	133.41/cwt	129.00–140.00	832	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	171.28/cwt	160.00–179.00	555	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	143.31/cwt	138.00–153.00	751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	135.41/cwt	133.00–142.00	913	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	161.02/cwt	155.00–173.00	573	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	152.34/cwt	145.00–161.50	646	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	147.54/cwt	140.00–156.00	695	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	130.45/cwt	121.00–134.00	734	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	146.18/cwt	130.00–157.00	478	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	142.31/cwt	132.00–150.00	542	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	134.72/cwt	124.00–138.00	706	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	133.19/cwt	121.00–140.00	558	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	942	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	717	116.96/cwt	112.00–126.00	839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	122.93/cwt	118.00–129.00	765	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	127.30/cwt	124.00–133.00	724	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	119.68/cwt	114.00–128.00	805	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	132.53/cwt	124.00–138.00	688	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	920	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	115.50/cwt	113.00–118.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	119.99/cwt	119.00–121.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	189.62/cwt	187.00–194.00	529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	131.28/cwt	126.00–137.00	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	124.87/cwt	118.00–132.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	131.99/cwt	120.00–140.00	622	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	123.26/cwt	115.00–129.00	585	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	130.28/cwt	121.00–138.00	551	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	121.38/cwt	118.00–123.00	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	128.55/cwt	121.00–136.00	481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	115.78/cwt	115.00–118.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	114.01/cwt	110.00–117.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	108.51/cwt	108.00–109.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	129.55/cwt	123.00–136.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	129.26/cwt	124.00–135.00	667	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	142.83/cwt	138.00–146.00	528	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	147.45/cwt	140.00–152.00	503	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	126.21/cwt	121.00–130.50	722	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	134.56/cwt	129.00–144.00	638	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	126.18/cwt	123.00–130.50	779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	125.42/cwt	123.50–130.00	835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	138.87/cwt	133.00–141.00	586	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	716.04/cwt	500.00–875.00	6,774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	116.28/cwt	113.00–119.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	110.07/cwt	100.00–120.00	403	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	775.55/cwt	750.00–800.00	8,764	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,726	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	64.10/cwt	56.00–74.00	775	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	62.88/cwt	50.00–69.00	638	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	71.96/cwt	68.00–77.00	650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	476	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	60.45/cwt	50.00–67.00	652	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	692	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	50.89/cwt	45.00–57.00	417	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,915	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	939.29/cwt	900.00–975.00	9,863	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	7,788	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	14,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,600	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,560	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	490	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	820	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	435	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	39.59/cwt	21.00–46.00	374	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	66.76/cwt	65.00–70.00	732	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	56.91/cwt	56.00–58.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	410	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	500	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	365	167.50/cwt	155.00–180.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	120.99/cwt	119.00–123.00	920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	148.95/cwt	144.00–150.00	396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	125.48/cwt	120.00–127.00	903	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	886.65/cwt	700.00–1,050.00	9,993	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,169	892.44/cwt	700.00–1,125.00	10,433	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	87.97/cwt	71.00–103.00	713	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	65.22/cwt	63.00–67.00	560	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	59.03/cwt	58.00–60.00	519	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	93.79/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,618	3
Bulls	—	—	1,511	89.32/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,350	7
Bulls	—	—	1,242	77.39/cwt	64.00–85.50	961	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	70.53/cwt	69.00–72.00	906	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	45.35/cwt	30.00–52.00	491	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	63.31/cwt	61.00–66.00	681	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	57.83/cwt	55.00–60.00	652	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	780	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	195	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	815	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	408	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	825	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	380	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	57.52/cwt	57.00–58.00	736	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,244	70.60/cwt	69.00–74.00	878	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,097	66.51/cwt	66.00–67.00	730	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	540	1

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 Aug 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 643Last week 670Year ago 842

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 134Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 117Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	568	139.00–152.00	146.06
9	—	624	129.00–140.00	133.41
10	—	324	160.00–179.00	171.28
10	—	524	138.00–153.00	143.31
15	—	674	133.00–142.00	135.41
16	—	356	155.00–173.00	161.02
18	—	424	145.00–161.50	152.34
37	—	471	140.00–156.00	147.54
4	—	279	187.00–194.00	189.62
3	—	720	126.00–137.00	131.28
2	—	825	118.00–132.00	124.87
1	—	885	118.00	118.00
1	—	780	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	155.00	155.00
3	—	410	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	121.00–134.00	130.45
8	—	327	130.00–157.00	146.18
16	—	381	132.00–150.00	142.31
17	—	524	124.00–138.00	134.72
23	—	419	121.00–140.00	133.19
31	—	471	120.00–140.00	131.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	117.00	117.00
1	—	350	117.00	117.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	129.00	129.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	117.00	117.00
2	—	942	91.50	91.50
3	—	717	112.00–126.00	116.96
6	—	622	118.00–129.00	122.93
10	—	569	124.00–133.00	127.30
11	—	673	114.00–128.00	119.68
17	—	519	124.00–138.00	132.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	790	98.50	98.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	111.00	111.00
1	—	830	85.00	85.00
1	—	920	70.00	70.00
2	—	540	113.00–118.00	115.50
2	—	555	119.00–121.00	119.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	117.00	117.00
1	—	315	115.00	115.00
4	—	481	113.00–119.00	116.28
4	—	366	100.00–120.00	110.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	475	115.00–129.00	123.26
16	—	423	121.00–138.00	130.28
8	—	532	118.00–123.00	121.38
6	—	374	121.00–136.00	128.55
4	—	613	115.00–118.00	115.78
3	—	560	110.00–117.00	114.01
2	—	723	110.00–111.00	110.49
2	—	678	108.00–109.00	108.51
2	—	333	123.00–136.00	129.55
1	—	770	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	516	124.00–135.00	129.26
25	—	370	138.00–146.00	142.83
23	—	341	140.00–152.00	147.45
19	—	572	121.00–130.50	126.21
13	—	474	129.00–144.00	134.56
11	—	617	123.00–130.50	126.18
10	—	666	123.50–130.00	125.42
10	—	422	133.00–141.00	138.87
3	—	760	119.00–123.00	120.99
6	—	266	144.00–150.00	148.95
6	—	720	120.00–127.00	125.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	180.00	180.00
1	—	410	171.00	171.00
1	—	500	171.00	171.00
2	—	365	155.00–180.00	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	119.00	119.00
1	—	550	117.00	117.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	946	500.00–875.00	716.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,130	750.00–800.00	775.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,209	56.00–74.00	64.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,014	50.00–69.00	62.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	903	68.00–77.00	71.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	780	61.00	61.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,079	50.00–67.00	60.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	71.00	71.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	820	45.00–57.00	50.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,127	700.00–1,050.00	886.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,169	700.00–1,125.00	892.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	900.00–975.00	939.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	890.00	890.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,185	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,600	97.50	97.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	811	71.00–103.00	87.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	63.00–67.00	65.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	880	58.00–60.00	59.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	53.00	53.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	945	21.00–46.00	39.59
4	—	1,096	65.00–70.00	66.76
2	—	988	56.00–58.00	56.91
1	—	900	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	69.00–72.00	70.53
9	—	1,082	30.00–52.00	45.35
11	—	1,076	61.00–66.00	63.31
13	—	1,127	55.00–60.00	57.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	25.00	25.00
1	—	815	50.00	50.00
1	—	825	46.00	46.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	57.00–58.00	57.52
4	—	1,244	69.00–74.00	70.60
6	—	1,097	66.00–67.00	66.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,725	92.00–95.00	93.79
7	—	1,511	86.00–91.50	89.32
11	—	1,242	64.00–85.50	77.39

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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I-40 Livestock Auction

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I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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