Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00-7.00 higher, mostly 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 7.00-9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.72/cwt on 221 head.

Average price

$146.72

221 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$46.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.79

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	151.71	798	143
Medium and Large 1-2	439	145.00	637	10thin
Medium and Large 2	459	138.41	635	64
Medium and Large 3	545	105.51	575	4thin

One grade step is worth $46.20/cwt here — about $223 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 sale221 hd

146.72

—

AR average9 barns · 1,391 hd

149.51

−2.79

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	—	Low	1,472	79.42	1,169	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,209	59.63	721	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	961	52.79	508	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	968	48.51	470	41

Every lot, as filed

96 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	—	567	129.98/cwt	125.00–134.00	737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	140.16/cwt	133.00–143.00	657	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	148.45/cwt	144.00–161.00	551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	151.94/cwt	145.00–160.00	498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	122.77/cwt	115.00–128.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	158.49/cwt	157.00–160.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	124.93/cwt	116.00–130.00	655	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	113.65/cwt	104.00–119.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	133.90/cwt	125.00–140.50	762	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	137.68/cwt	130.00–147.00	719	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	129.52/cwt	124.00–134.00	794	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	119.65/cwt	112.00–127.00	806	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	816	105.18/cwt	98.00–109.00	858	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	122.10/cwt	113.00–128.00	883	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	112.01/cwt	109.00–115.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	950	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	568	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	587	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	135.77/cwt	125.00–137.00	830	41
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	815	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	135.21/cwt	124.00–147.00	654	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	148.98/cwt	137.00–158.00	560	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	141.60/cwt	130.00–149.50	593	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	128.27/cwt	126.00–135.00	736	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	131.48/cwt	125.00–137.00	688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	146.90/cwt	142.00–151.00	499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	803	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	850	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	383	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	845	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	465	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	143.99/cwt	133.00–145.00	887	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	158.03/cwt	150.00–167.00	672	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	149.29/cwt	141.00–158.00	706	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	150.21/cwt	142.00–158.00	790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	141.16/cwt	138.00–150.00	820	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	185.09/cwt	185.00–186.00	539	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	136.89/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,009	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	172.45/cwt	164.00–187.00	635	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	173.55/cwt	164.00–184.00	561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	134.29/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,031	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	114.51/cwt	113.00–116.00	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	136.17/cwt	130.00–141.00	507	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	133.32/cwt	120.00–139.00	641	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	131.78/cwt	126.00–139.00	564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	135.63/cwt	130.00–140.00	427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	110.58/cwt	108.00–113.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	685	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	733	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	60.74/cwt	58.00–63.00	634	4
Bulls	—	—	1,168	69.93/cwt	50.00–75.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	143.42/cwt	141.00–153.00	620	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	133.37/cwt	125.00–137.00	704	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	637	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	951	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	61.32/cwt	58.00–66.00	672	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	781	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	59.57/cwt	45.00–65.00	612	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	61.70/cwt	59.00–65.00	745	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	605	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,064.32/cwt	925.00–1,175.00	12,080	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	938.06/cwt	750.00–1,300.00	9,765	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,012	847.08/cwt	775.00–925.00	8,572	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	889.70/cwt	825.00–950.00	8,853	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	746.34/cwt	675.00–900.00	7,292	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	123.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	606	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	54.87/cwt	53.00–57.00	557	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	505	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	325	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	61.29/cwt	60.50–62.50	772	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,005	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	533	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	751	35.85/cwt	30.00–40.00	269	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	848	52.00/cwt	51.00–53.00	441	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	850	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	374	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	815	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	375	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,039	48.60/cwt	47.00–50.00	505	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	989	54.60/cwt	52.00–56.00	540	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	956	37.50/cwt	30.00–43.00	359	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	60.64/cwt	59.50–63.00	643	4
Bulls	—	—	1,570	83.42/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,310	5
Bulls	—	—	1,804	88.64/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,599	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	64.19/cwt	56.00–74.00	586	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	451	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	93.45/cwt	87.00–98.00	756	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	849.52/cwt	675.00–950.00	8,657	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	940.02/cwt	750.00–1,115.00	10,096	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,069	717.39/cwt	625.00–750.00	7,669	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	857.98/cwt	725.00–975.00	8,065	2

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 592Last week 643Year ago 505

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 114Year ago 142

Replacement CattleReceipts 83Last week 78Year ago 63

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00-7.00 higher, mostly 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 7.00-9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	567	125.00–134.00	129.98
10	—	469	133.00–143.00	140.16
9	—	371	144.00–161.00	148.45
8	—	328	145.00–160.00	151.94
4	—	661	115.00–128.00	122.77
2	—	738	113.00–115.00	114.01
2	—	278	157.00–160.00	158.49
41	—	611	125.00–137.00	135.77
23	—	432	141.00–153.00	143.42
21	—	528	125.00–137.00	133.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	113.00–116.00	114.51
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	372	130.00–141.00	136.17
10	—	481	120.00–139.00	133.32
6	—	428	126.00–139.00	131.78
5	—	315	130.00–140.00	135.63
2	—	620	108.00–113.00	110.58
2	—	525	118.00–119.00	118.50
1	—	555	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	116.00–130.00	124.93
4	—	570	104.00–119.00	113.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	569	125.00–140.50	133.90
22	—	522	130.00–147.00	137.68
10	—	613	124.00–134.00	129.52
7	—	674	112.00–127.00	119.65
5	—	816	98.00–109.00	105.18
3	—	723	113.00–128.00	122.10
2	—	763	109.00–115.00	112.01
1	—	950	97.00	97.00
1	—	490	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	71.00	71.00
1	—	380	105.00	105.00
2	—	493	120.00–126.00	123.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	484	124.00–147.00	135.21
13	—	376	137.00–158.00	148.98
12	—	419	130.00–149.50	141.60
7	—	574	126.00–135.00	128.27
5	—	523	125.00–137.00	131.48
4	—	340	142.00–151.00	146.90
1	—	675	119.00	119.00
1	—	630	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	616	133.00–145.00	143.99
22	—	425	150.00–167.00	158.03
16	—	473	141.00–158.00	149.29
13	—	526	142.00–158.00	150.21
12	—	581	138.00–150.00	141.16
11	—	291	185.00–186.00	185.09
9	—	737	136.00–137.00	136.89
6	—	368	164.00–187.00	172.45
5	—	323	164.00–184.00	173.55
3	—	768	130.00–137.00	134.29
2	—	678	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	439	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	45.00	45.00
1	—	845	55.00	55.00
1	—	810	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,044	58.00–63.00	60.74
2	—	1,015	53.00–57.00	54.87
1	—	1,010	50.00	50.00
1	—	855	38.00	38.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,260	60.50–62.50	61.29
1	—	1,005	53.00	53.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	751	30.00–40.00	35.85
2	—	848	51.00–53.00	52.00
1	—	850	44.00	44.00
1	—	815	46.00	46.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,039	47.00–50.00	48.60
11	—	989	52.00–56.00	54.60
6	—	956	30.00–43.00	37.50
4	—	1,060	59.50–63.00	60.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,168	50.00–75.00	69.93
5	—	1,570	80.50–85.00	83.42
4	—	1,804	87.00–91.00	88.64

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,096	58.00–66.00	61.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	64.00	64.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,028	45.00–65.00	59.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,207	59.00–65.00	61.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	960	63.00	63.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,019	675.00–950.00	849.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,074	750.00–1,115.00	940.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,069	625.00–750.00	717.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	940	725.00–975.00	857.98
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,135	925.00–1,175.00	1,064.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,041	750.00–1,300.00	938.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,012	775.00–925.00	847.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	825.00–950.00	889.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	977	675.00–900.00	746.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,350	90.00	90.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	913	56.00–74.00	64.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	53.00	53.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	809	87.00–98.00	93.45

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle