Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 13.00-16.00 higher with instances of up to 20.00 higher on some 400-500 lb weights, over 600 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 14.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold 1.00-6.00-higher, over 600 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.37/cwt on 195 head.

Average price

$149.37

195 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$46.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.89

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	159.77	837	120
Medium and Large 2	489	138.12	675	39
Medium and Large 1-2	613	134.30	823	23
Medium and Large 3	435	113.71	494	13thin

One grade step is worth $46.06/cwt here — about $343 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 sale195 hd

149.37

—

AR average6 barns · 1,017 hd

147.48

+1.89

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	1,509	88.36	1,333	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,275	58.64	748	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	56.30	574	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	979	46.81	458	25

Every lot, as filed

111 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	—	330	199.87/cwt	192.50–207.50	660	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	127.63/cwt	123.00–138.00	733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.67/cwt	131.00–141.00	642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	133.38/cwt	132.00–143.00	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	118.85/cwt	110.00–125.00	982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	150.11/cwt	140.00–157.50	561	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	514	135.19/cwt	135.00–136.00	695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	122.96/cwt	119.00–128.00	947	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	114.61/cwt	114.00–117.00	818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	120.77/cwt	119.00–124.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	114.00/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	179.29/cwt	169.00–187.50	755	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	160.33/cwt	152.50–170.00	511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	132.49/cwt	130.00–133.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	132.64/cwt	132.00–134.00	907	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	139.66/cwt	133.00–147.00	802	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	805	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	862	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	134.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	171.93/cwt	162.50–180.00	813	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	154.96/cwt	140.00–162.50	826	29
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,640	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	55.02/cwt	40.00–65.00	446	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	742	119.48/cwt	119.00–124.00	887	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	551	164.65/cwt	160.50–177.00	907	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,188	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,799	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	92.00/cwt	82.00–100.00	779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	123.64/cwt	123.00–125.00	780	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	5,816	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	789	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	613.27/cwt	400.00–825.00	6,004	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	720	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	738	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,031.98/cwt	850.00–1,225.00	11,331	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	834.03/cwt	650.00–925.00	8,357	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,250	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	53.52/cwt	53.00–54.00	500	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	865	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	251	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	720	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	158	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,006	43.17/cwt	38.50–46.00	434	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	55.32/cwt	54.00–58.00	620	9
Bulls	—	—	1,492	91.19/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,361	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	468	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	673.35/cwt	500.00–775.00	7,010	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	59.16/cwt	56.00–65.00	748	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	62.25/cwt	61.00–63.00	680	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	788	38.71/cwt	34.00–43.00	305	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	106.61/cwt	88.00–125.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	121.33/cwt	115.00–129.00	564	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	812.28/cwt	700.00–875.00	6,409	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,023	49.04/cwt	48.00–50.00	502	3
Bulls	—	—	1,659	84.55/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,403	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	55.27/cwt	55.00–55.50	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	409	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	825	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	454	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	765	42.00/cwt	40.00–44.00	321	3
Bulls	—	—	1,310	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	141.48/cwt	135.00–147.50	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	118.31/cwt	112.50–127.00	429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	634	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	672.67/cwt	550.00–875.00	6,915	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	927.11/cwt	600.00–1,200.00	10,078	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	12,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	142.74/cwt	130.00–152.50	541	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	113.46/cwt	110.00–117.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	123.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	184.28/cwt	170.00–195.00	684	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	127.76/cwt	124.00–131.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	94.90/cwt	90.00–104.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	144.49/cwt	140.00–151.50	607	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	694	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	156.98/cwt	142.50–170.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	118.31/cwt	116.00–123.00	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	133.73/cwt	130.00–137.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	66.00/cwt	65.00–67.00	418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	738	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	685	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	111.98/cwt	84.00–127.50	431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	148.21/cwt	130.00–160.00	628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	141.36/cwt	130.00–147.50	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	88.79/cwt	85.00–90.00	642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	129.29/cwt	127.50–131.00	398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	98.23/cwt	86.00–110.00	511	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 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 482Last week 710Year ago 377

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 51Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 32Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	330	192.50–207.50	199.87
8	—	604	132.00–143.00	133.38
4	—	826	110.00–125.00	118.85
3	—	770	119.00–128.00	122.96
2	—	935	111.00–117.00	114.00
21	—	421	169.00–187.50	179.29
3	—	684	132.00–134.00	132.64
9	—	574	133.00–147.00	139.66
18	—	473	162.50–180.00	171.93
29	—	533	140.00–162.50	154.96
1	—	720	122.00	122.00
7	—	371	170.00–195.00	184.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	142.00	142.00
4	—	551	160.50–177.00	164.65
1	—	450	182.50	182.50
3	—	513	165.00	165.00
1	—	720	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	114.00	114.00
6	—	527	130.00–140.00	134.33
8	—	379	130.00–152.50	142.74
2	—	688	110.00–117.00	113.46
2	—	638	130.00	130.00
4	—	316	142.50–170.00	156.98
1	—	880	103.00	103.00
1	—	1,020	80.00	80.00
7	—	424	130.00–160.00	148.21
7	—	476	130.00–147.50	141.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	627	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	88.00–125.00	106.61
3	—	465	115.00–129.00	121.33
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
3	—	385	84.00–127.50	111.98
2	—	308	127.50–131.00	129.29
2	—	520	86.00–110.00	98.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	123.00–138.00	127.63
1	—	540	136.00	136.00
1	—	685	119.00	119.00
1	—	795	98.00	98.00
1	—	920	94.00	94.00
3	—	631	123.00–125.00	123.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
1	—	830	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	93.00	93.00
1	—	685	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	470	131.00–141.00	136.67
11	—	374	140.00–157.50	150.11
5	—	714	114.00–117.00	114.61
4	—	625	119.00–124.00	120.77
5	—	319	152.50–170.00	160.33
6	—	533	130.00–133.00	132.49
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
6	—	576	120.00–130.00	123.95
17	—	420	140.00–151.50	144.49
1	—	945	90.00	90.00
3	—	687	116.00–123.00	118.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	135.00–136.00	135.19
10	—	742	119.00–124.00	119.48
10	—	563	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	657	122.50	122.50
14	—	522	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	80.00	80.00
1	—	335	122.00	122.00
3	—	363	112.50–127.00	118.31
1	—	755	84.00	84.00
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
2	—	633	65.00–67.00	66.00
2	—	435	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	135.00–147.50	141.48
2	—	665	110.00–115.00	112.46
5	—	466	124.00–131.00	127.76
2	—	530	110.00	110.00
3	—	770	90.00–104.00	94.90
4	—	416	130.00–137.00	133.73
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
4	—	723	85.00–90.00	88.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	975.00	975.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	789	700.00–875.00	812.28
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	811	40.00–65.00	55.02
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	847	82.00–100.00	92.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	705	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,385	57.00	57.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	979	400.00–825.00	613.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	52.00	52.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,041	500.00–775.00	673.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,028	550.00–875.00	672.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,087	600.00–1,200.00	927.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,098	850.00–1,225.00	1,031.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,002	650.00–925.00	834.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,250.00	1,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	53.00–54.00	53.52
3	—	1,092	61.00–63.00	62.25
1	—	975	44.00	44.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	29.00	29.00
5	—	1,006	38.50–46.00	43.17
9	—	1,121	54.00–58.00	55.32
3	—	1,023	48.00–50.00	49.04
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	22.00	22.00
2	—	788	34.00–43.00	38.71
1	—	825	55.00	55.00
3	—	765	40.00–44.00	42.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,265	56.00–65.00	59.16
2	—	1,340	55.00–55.50	55.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,492	91.00–93.00	91.19
4	—	1,659	83.00–87.00	84.55
2	—	1,310	79.00	79.00

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.

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