Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 lower, 400-500 lb weights sold 9.00 higher, over 500 lb weights sold 2.00 lower. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls as they were not reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.52/cwt on 335 head.

Average price

$140.52

335 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$31.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.41

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	146.65	775	223
Medium and Large 2	473	133.43	631	67
Medium and Large 1-2	700	124.22	869	27
Medium and Large 3	480	115.44	554	18thin

One grade step is worth $31.21/cwt here — about $221 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 sale335 hd

140.52

—

AR average9 barns · 1,563 hd

145.93

−5.41

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	1,731	81.50	1,411	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,349	55.06	743	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,140	50.24	573	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	47.52	510	11

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	—	725	119.49/cwt	117.00–124.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	561	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	864	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	459	164.91/cwt	160.00–170.00	757	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	150.09/cwt	143.00–159.00	711	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	577	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	750	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	119.75/cwt	114.00–125.00	696	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	524	158.70/cwt	155.00–161.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	609	135.32/cwt	135.00–138.00	824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	390	179.05/cwt	178.00–185.00	698	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	120.75/cwt	116.00–126.00	758	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	156.57/cwt	145.00–165.00	659	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	133.70/cwt	127.00–143.00	757	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	520	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	143.03/cwt	136.00–149.00	458	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	772	109.63/cwt	106.00–112.00	846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	163.13/cwt	160.00–170.00	617	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	133.72/cwt	125.00–145.00	706	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	139.47/cwt	133.00–150.00	509	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	127.34/cwt	120.00–134.00	791	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	138.04/cwt	133.00–142.50	573	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	134.56/cwt	132.00–137.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	120.29/cwt	117.00–124.00	794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	121.81/cwt	118.00–125.00	769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	870	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	334	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	488	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	125.40/cwt	118.00–129.00	849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	187.02/cwt	175.00–202.50	591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	706	132.52/cwt	127.00–133.50	936	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	173.01/cwt	171.00–175.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	310	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	636	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	791	124.41/cwt	124.00–127.00	984	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,115.00/cwt	1,115.00–1,115.00	13,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	332	154.54/cwt	154.50–155.00	513	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	809	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	924.74/cwt	675.00–1,225.00	10,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	680	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	544	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	300	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	450	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,280	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	828.25/cwt	450.00–975.00	8,200	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	45.41/cwt	42.00–48.00	475	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	614	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	45.90/cwt	44.00–47.00	482	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	57.81/cwt	56.00–61.00	764	3
Bulls	—	—	1,310	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	930	1
Bulls	—	—	1,836	84.13/cwt	84.00–84.50	1,545	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	54.52/cwt	54.00–55.50	755	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	598	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	50.33/cwt	45.00–54.00	516	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	80.13/cwt	70.00–85.00	712	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	840	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	286	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	51.70/cwt	50.00–54.00	579	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	710	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	476	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	57.54/cwt	56.00–61.00	784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	32.86/cwt	32.00–34.00	335	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	52.41/cwt	50.00–55.00	613	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	46.62/cwt	29.00–57.00	485	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	114.01/cwt	110.00–117.00	607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	111.02/cwt	110.00–112.00	705	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	5,508	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	51.69/cwt	46.00–56.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	114.47/cwt	107.50–125.00	469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	91.12/cwt	86.00–100.00	538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	115.61/cwt	100.00–124.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	72.50/cwt	65.00–80.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	113.55/cwt	105.00–119.00	598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	84.04/cwt	80.00–86.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	129.26/cwt	120.00–135.00	478	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	147.66/cwt	140.00–155.00	480	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	125.00/cwt	117.00–133.00	425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	124.39/cwt	120.00–129.00	643	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	140.96/cwt	133.00–149.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	840	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	114.69/cwt	107.00–119.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	111.55/cwt	108.00–118.00	646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	126.06/cwt	123.00–129.00	527	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	119.04/cwt	114.00–124.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	883	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	118.82/cwt	115.00–124.00	677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	125.87/cwt	124.00–129.00	728	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	115.02/cwt	113.00–117.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	129.04/cwt	120.00–137.50	554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	387	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	530	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	120.71/cwt	115.00–128.00	747	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	98.52/cwt	92.00–105.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	122.39/cwt	115.00–128.00	573	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	103.47/cwt	100.00–107.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	133.93/cwt	127.00–141.00	427	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	136.87/cwt	120.00–145.00	662	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	105.12/cwt	100.00–110.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	745	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	141.67/cwt	130.00–157.50	540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	110.79/cwt	105.00–118.00	530	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	124.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	123.51/cwt	114.00–132.50	445	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 Jan 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 710Last week 1,007Year ago 195

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 142Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 108Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	117.00–124.00	119.49
28	—	474	143.00–159.00	150.09
1	—	940	100.00	100.00
16	—	421	145.00–165.00	156.57
18	—	566	127.00–143.00	133.70
1	—	850	114.00	114.00
21	—	378	160.00–170.00	163.13
25	—	528	125.00–145.00	133.72
14	—	621	120.00–134.00	127.34
1	—	765	119.00	119.00
7	—	677	118.00–129.00	125.40
7	—	316	175.00–202.50	187.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	154.00	154.00
15	—	459	160.00–170.00	164.91
6	—	524	155.00–161.00	158.70
13	—	609	135.00–138.00	135.32
12	—	390	178.00–185.00	179.05
18	—	706	127.00–133.50	132.52
3	—	425	171.00–175.00	173.01
1	—	310	205.00	205.00
7	—	791	124.00–127.00	124.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	685	127.00	127.00
5	—	764	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	108.00	108.00
1	—	590	103.00	103.00
3	—	532	110.00–117.00	114.01
2	—	635	110.00–112.00	111.02
3	—	410	107.50–125.00	114.47
4	—	473	100.00–124.00	115.61
2	—	340	117.00–133.00	125.00
2	—	360	114.00–132.50	123.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	325	140.00–155.00	147.66
5	—	570	115.00–124.00	118.82
2	—	708	113.00–117.00	115.02
7	—	429	120.00–137.50	129.04
7	—	619	115.00–128.00	120.71
19	—	484	120.00–145.00	136.87
2	—	683	117.00–118.00	117.51
7	—	381	130.00–157.50	141.67
5	—	525	120.00–130.00	124.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	577	130.00	130.00
1	—	520	133.00	133.00
6	—	683	125.00	125.00
11	—	332	154.50–155.00	154.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	581	114.00–125.00	119.75
14	—	628	116.00–126.00	120.75
11	—	320	136.00–149.00	143.03
5	—	365	133.00–150.00	139.47
22	—	415	133.00–142.50	138.04
1	—	790	114.00	114.00
3	—	660	117.00–124.00	120.29
17	—	517	120.00–129.00	124.39
2	—	453	133.00–149.00	140.96
3	—	735	107.00–119.00	114.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	334	146.00	146.00
7	—	387	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	117.00	117.00
7	—	590	86.00–100.00	91.12
2	—	368	115.00–118.00	116.49
2	—	695	65.00–80.00	72.50
3	—	725	80.00–86.00	84.04
9	—	478	105.00–118.00	110.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	105.00–119.00	113.55
10	—	370	120.00–135.00	129.26
9	—	579	108.00–118.00	111.55
14	—	418	123.00–129.00	126.06
2	—	713	92.00–105.00	98.52
4	—	683	109.00–111.00	110.00
33	—	468	115.00–128.00	122.39
2	—	635	100.00–107.00	103.47
7	—	319	127.00–141.00	133.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	772	106.00–112.00	109.63
2	—	513	132.00–137.00	134.56
6	—	631	118.00–125.00	121.81
1	—	450	135.00	135.00
1	—	710	114.00	114.00
2	—	665	114.00–124.00	119.04
3	—	883	107.00	107.00
8	—	578	124.00–129.00	125.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	81.00	81.00
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	100.00–110.00	105.12
1	—	745	50.00	50.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	67.00	67.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	62.00	62.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	888	70.00–85.00	80.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	46.00	46.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,165	675.00–1,225.00	924.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	990	450.00–975.00	828.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	45.00–54.00	50.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,041	29.00–57.00	46.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,177	46.00–56.00	51.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	1,115.00	1,115.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	810.00	810.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,045	42.00–48.00	45.41
2	—	1,078	57.00	57.00
4	—	1,119	50.00–54.00	51.70
2	—	1,018	32.00–34.00	32.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,050	44.00–47.00	45.90
3	—	1,322	56.00–61.00	57.81
7	—	1,170	50.00–55.00	52.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,384	54.00–55.50	54.52
2	—	1,220	49.00	49.00
6	—	1,363	56.00–61.00	57.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	34.00	34.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	71.00	71.00
4	—	1,836	84.00–84.50	84.13

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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