Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-7.00 higher, with the exception of feeder steers 400-500 lbs, sold 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.40/cwt on 559 head.

Average price

$127.40

559 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$31.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	129.87	724	415
Medium and Large 1-2	645	126.75	818	62
Medium and Large 2	474	118.27	560	70
Medium and Large 3	469	98.43	461	12thin

One grade step is worth $31.44/cwt here — about $262 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 sale559 hd

127.40

—

AR average9 barns · 2,906 hd

127.82

−0.42

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	1,490	63.14	941	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,144	50.88	582	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	47.00	510	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,016	41.28	419	16

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 1Value Added	—	805	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	127.70/cwt	116.00–130.00	739	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	684	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	566	139.24/cwt	138.00–142.50	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	149.92/cwt	143.00–161.00	643	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	145.30/cwt	140.00–150.00	680	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	627	137.70/cwt	135.00–141.00	863	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	131.48/cwt	126.00–132.50	727	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	134.96/cwt	134.00–137.50	642	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	119.49/cwt	114.00–125.00	627	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	136.26/cwt	130.00–140.00	792	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	137.00/cwt	130.00–141.00	723	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	717	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	862	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	116.72/cwt	111.00–121.00	774	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	144.66/cwt	137.00–152.50	479	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	128.07/cwt	124.00–132.00	868	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	127.89/cwt	120.00–133.00	802	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	123.30/cwt	118.00–128.00	826	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	128.79/cwt	115.00–138.00	670	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	144.93/cwt	135.00–152.50	533	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	140.69/cwt	134.00–144.50	609	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	629	127.98/cwt	127.00–128.00	805	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	732	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	939	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	800	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	702	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	559.65/cwt	525.00–600.00	4,589	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	118.16/cwt	114.50–123.00	734	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	721	115.54/cwt	109.00–121.00	833	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	49.60/cwt	42.00–57.00	585	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	685.90/cwt	625.00–750.00	6,688	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	53.87/cwt	53.00–55.00	598	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	117.00/cwt	110.00–121.00	847	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	800	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	440	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	264	1
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	541	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	281	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	78.94/cwt	60.00–92.00	665	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	168.00/cwt	157.50–175.00	623	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	172.48/cwt	167.50–180.00	552	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	45.32/cwt	37.00–50.50	495	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,910	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	713	75.95/cwt	73.00–79.00	542	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	780	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	468	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	660	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,459	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,144	50.88/cwt	49.00–54.00	582	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	51.61/cwt	49.50–54.00	565	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	510	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	956	33.18/cwt	30.00–35.00	317	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	685	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	117.41/cwt	101.00–125.00	378	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	820	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	654.63/cwt	525.00–750.00	7,247	3
Bulls	—	—	1,321	54.00/cwt	48.00–70.00	713	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	983	39.07/cwt	37.00–41.00	384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	87.07/cwt	84.00–90.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	111.30/cwt	108.00–112.50	588	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	126.13/cwt	120.00–136.00	468	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	319	1
Bulls	—	—	1,702	76.46/cwt	74.50–77.50	1,301	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	46.76/cwt	44.00–48.00	516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	121.53/cwt	120.00–129.00	696	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	541	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	50.15/cwt	45.00–54.00	479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	128.88/cwt	120.00–136.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	150.10/cwt	135.00–161.00	473	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	147.45/cwt	142.00–152.50	761	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	130.20/cwt	121.00–140.00	634	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	118.23/cwt	113.00–124.00	679	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	127.06/cwt	121.00–132.50	523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	96.47/cwt	90.00–110.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	129.37/cwt	126.50–132.50	705	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	758	131.75/cwt	131.50–132.00	999	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	143.46/cwt	137.00–149.00	528	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	762	110.65/cwt	104.00–117.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	98.50/cwt	97.00–100.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	132.49/cwt	127.50–134.00	450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	818	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	737	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	885	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	107.71/cwt	100.00–110.00	613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	137.13/cwt	125.00–146.00	588	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	119.89/cwt	115.00–124.00	730	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	98.76/cwt	90.00–103.00	453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	133.61/cwt	118.00–139.00	631	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	121.12/cwt	114.00–130.00	570	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	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 Nov 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,372Last week 861Year ago 870

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 225Year ago 137

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 80Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	129.00	129.00
4	—	684	135.00	135.00
6	—	566	138.00–142.50	139.24
9	—	627	135.00–141.00	137.70
15	—	516	142.00–152.50	147.45
21	—	715	130.00	130.00
138	—	758	131.50–132.00	131.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	429	143.00–161.00	149.92
36	—	468	140.00–150.00	145.30
33	—	581	130.00–140.00	136.26
2	—	805	116.00	116.00
11	—	528	130.00–141.00	137.00
3	—	678	124.00–132.00	128.07
9	—	627	120.00–133.00	127.89
1	—	725	115.00	115.00
1	—	770	116.00	116.00
28	—	371	157.50–175.00	168.00
9	—	320	167.50–180.00	172.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	505	142.00	142.00
34	—	663	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	368	135.00–152.50	144.93
14	—	433	134.00–144.50	140.69
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
1	—	635	106.00	106.00
6	—	573	120.00–129.00	121.53
3	—	530	120.00–136.00	128.88
8	—	315	135.00–161.00	150.10
1	—	715	108.00	108.00
3	—	778	90.00–110.00	96.47
21	—	472	118.00–139.00	133.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	101.00–125.00	117.41
1	—	820	90.00	90.00
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	594	124.00	124.00
4	—	331	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	103.00	103.00
31	—	579	116.00–130.00	127.70
1	—	465	123.00	123.00
11	—	663	111.00–121.00	116.72
24	—	520	115.00–138.00	128.79
11	—	621	114.50–123.00	118.16
4	—	721	109.00–121.00	115.54
3	—	762	104.00–117.00	110.65
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	114.00	114.00
1	—	655	106.00	106.00
1	—	750	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	553	126.00–132.50	131.48
16	—	476	134.00–137.50	134.96
55	—	629	127.00–128.00	127.98
73	—	732	128.25	128.25
1	—	800	104.00	104.00
46	—	545	126.50–132.50	129.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	525	114.00–125.00	119.49
17	—	331	137.00–152.50	144.66
6	—	670	118.00–128.00	123.30
12	—	724	110.00–121.00	117.00
1	—	755	106.00	106.00
54	—	487	121.00–140.00	130.20
23	—	574	113.00–124.00	118.23
24	—	368	137.00–149.00	143.46
1	—	805	96.00	96.00
50	—	429	125.00–146.00	137.13
10	—	609	115.00–124.00	119.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
2	—	568	84.00–90.00	87.07
1	—	420	76.00	76.00
1	—	675	89.00	89.00
2	—	340	115.00	115.00
4	—	459	90.00–103.00	98.76
1	—	525	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	528	108.00–112.50	111.30
13	—	371	120.00–136.00	126.13
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
7	—	412	121.00–132.50	127.06
2	—	685	97.00–100.00	98.50
4	—	340	127.50–134.00	132.49
11	—	569	100.00–110.00	107.71
18	—	471	114.00–130.00	121.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	645	126.75	126.75
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	541	52.00	52.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	73.00–79.00	75.95
1	—	780	60.00	60.00
1	—	660	66.00	66.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	820	525.00–600.00	559.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,180	42.00–57.00	49.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,110	53.00–55.00	53.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,093	37.00–50.50	45.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,130	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,107	525.00–750.00	654.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	52.00	52.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	955	45.00–54.00	50.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	625.00–750.00	685.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	450.00	450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	80.00	80.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	843	60.00–92.00	78.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	78.00	78.00
6	—	1,321	48.00–70.00	54.00
3	—	1,702	74.50–77.50	76.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,144	49.00–54.00	50.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,094	49.50–54.00	51.61
4	—	956	30.00–35.00	33.18
3	—	983	37.00–41.00	39.07
4	—	1,104	44.00–48.00	46.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	47.00	47.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	17.00	17.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

I-40 Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle