Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00-11.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-10.00 higher with full advance on 400-500 lb weights. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.19/cwt on 357 head.

Average price

$162.19

357 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$532

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

$92.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.05

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	167.41	847	255
Medium and Large 2	472	152.84	721	83
Medium and Large 3	406	137.18	557	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	615	134.00	824	5thin
Small and Medium 3	420	75.00	315	1thin

One grade step is worth $92.41/cwt here — about $532 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 sale357 hd

162.19

—

AR average7 barns · 1,219 hd

157.15

+5.05

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	1,609	81.02	1,303	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,233	63.03	777	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,064	55.96	595	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,076	51.43	553	29

Every lot, as filed

100 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 2	—	378	166.55/cwt	150.00–180.00	630	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	122.50/cwt	119.00–127.00	761	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	131.99/cwt	126.00–137.50	771	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	666	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	892	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	823	80.50/cwt	80.00–81.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	127.16/cwt	127.00–127.50	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	130.65/cwt	128.00–133.00	882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	132.23/cwt	130.00–138.00	821	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	124.66/cwt	123.00–126.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	161.91/cwt	150.00–175.00	536	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	210.80/cwt	200.00–230.00	698	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	155.29/cwt	145.00–165.00	646	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	156.69/cwt	150.00–165.00	592	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	129.98/cwt	124.00–134.00	736	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	152.92/cwt	144.50–164.00	870	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	943	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	723.42/cwt	500.00–900.00	8,667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	123.02/cwt	120.00–124.00	822	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	172.02/cwt	161.00–185.00	821	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	870	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	828	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	882.79/cwt	775.00–1,000.00	9,799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	193.80/cwt	185.00–215.00	723	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	179.41/cwt	170.00–200.00	773	69
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	67.18/cwt	58.00–80.00	594	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	645.14/cwt	500.00–725.00	7,142	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,570	1,900.00/cwt	1,900.00–1,900.00	29,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	767	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	997	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	942	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	999.52/cwt	975.00–1,025.00	8,616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	6,606	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	420	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	315	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,250	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	807	35.72/cwt	31.00–42.00	288	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	56.33/cwt	54.00–59.00	654	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	63.07/cwt	60.00–65.00	798	10
Bulls	—	—	1,343	66.93/cwt	50.00–83.50	899	4
Bulls	—	—	1,648	94.10/cwt	92.00–96.50	1,551	2
Bulls	—	—	1,855	88.56/cwt	87.50–90.00	1,643	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,120	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	580	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	348	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,317	65.81/cwt	64.50–69.00	867	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,186	61.48/cwt	59.00–63.50	729	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	884	36.89/cwt	19.00–46.00	326	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	910	50.49/cwt	50.00–51.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	460	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	873	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	43.76/cwt	41.00–46.00	410	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	52.76/cwt	50.00–55.00	510	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	113.00/cwt	104.00–118.00	661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	144.58/cwt	135.00–152.50	470	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,186	64.44/cwt	63.00–67.00	764	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	142.41/cwt	135.00–145.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	121.70/cwt	112.00–135.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	154.71/cwt	142.50–167.50	738	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	710	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	604	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	87.51/cwt	68.00–101.00	725	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	884.12/cwt	600.00–1,225.00	9,858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	795	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	139.85/cwt	130.00–148.00	736	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	186.01/cwt	180.00–199.00	616	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	127.58/cwt	103.00–139.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	119.75/cwt	119.00–120.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	142.45/cwt	128.00–147.50	598	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	134.40/cwt	123.00–142.50	640	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	139.30/cwt	135.00–149.00	528	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	118.52/cwt	118.00–119.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	162.00/cwt	150.00–173.00	855	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	130.98/cwt	127.00–134.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	143.59/cwt	137.50–149.00	448	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	145.37/cwt	140.00–157.50	685	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	134.26/cwt	126.00–142.50	761	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	156.58/cwt	145.00–169.00	670	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	146.50/cwt	145.00–147.50	642	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	131.66/cwt	125.00–137.00	694	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	123.23/cwt	119.00–132.00	817	4

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 Feb 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 829Last week 482Year ago 508

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 79Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 58Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	378	150.00–180.00	166.55
20	—	477	142.50–167.50	154.71
11	—	526	130.00–148.00	139.85
8	—	331	180.00–199.00	186.01
1	—	895	85.00	85.00
4	—	624	127.00–134.00	130.98
13	—	567	126.00–142.50	134.26
12	—	428	145.00–169.00	156.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	134.00	134.00
18	—	767	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	615	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	768	127.00–127.50	127.16
3	—	675	128.00–133.00	130.65
8	—	621	130.00–138.00	132.23
18	—	331	200.00–230.00	210.80
1	—	1,065	90.00	90.00
61	—	569	144.50–164.00	152.92
1	—	720	131.00	131.00
25	—	477	161.00–185.00	172.02
27	—	373	185.00–215.00	193.80
69	—	431	170.00–200.00	179.41
16	—	528	150.00–173.00	162.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	135.00–152.50	144.58
4	—	376	135.00–145.00	142.41
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
4	—	470	103.00–139.00	127.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	70.00	70.00
2	—	823	80.00–81.00	80.50
1	—	645	112.00	112.00
1	—	860	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	584	126.00–137.50	131.99
3	—	635	123.00–126.00	124.66
1	—	870	103.00	103.00
1	—	820	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,035	91.00	91.00
4	—	663	119.00–132.00	123.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	85.00	85.00
1	—	795	80.00	80.00
1	—	625	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	621	119.00–127.00	122.50
2	—	798	106.00	106.00
28	—	331	150.00–175.00	161.91
30	—	416	145.00–165.00	155.29
38	—	378	150.00–165.00	156.69
28	—	566	124.00–134.00	129.98
21	—	668	120.00–124.00	123.02
22	—	471	140.00–157.50	145.37
31	—	527	125.00–137.00	131.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	140.00	140.00
1	—	365	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
1	—	625	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	115.00	115.00
4	—	468	112.00–135.00	121.70
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
1	—	385	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	104.00–118.00	113.00
1	—	790	88.00	88.00
4	—	536	119.00–120.00	119.75
15	—	420	128.00–147.50	142.45
24	—	476	123.00–142.50	134.40
8	—	379	135.00–149.00	139.30
2	—	623	118.00–119.00	118.52
5	—	312	137.50–149.00	143.59
1	—	725	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	137.00	137.00
10	—	438	145.00–147.50	146.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	60.00	60.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,198	500.00–900.00	723.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,110	775.00–1,000.00	882.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,107	500.00–725.00	645.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	862	975.00–1,025.00	999.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	69.00	69.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	52.00	52.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,115	600.00–1,225.00	884.12
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	884	58.00–80.00	67.18
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	829	68.00–101.00	87.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	925.00	925.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,570	1,900.00	1,900.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,085	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	755	875.00	875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	807	31.00–42.00	35.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,161	54.00–59.00	56.33
10	—	1,265	60.00–65.00	63.07
7	—	884	19.00–46.00	36.89
2	—	910	50.00–51.00	50.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	64.50–69.00	65.81
9	—	1,186	59.00–63.50	61.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	41.00–46.00	43.76
3	—	967	50.00–55.00	52.76
4	—	1,186	63.00–67.00	64.44
1	—	1,115	56.00	56.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	50.00–83.50	66.93
2	—	1,648	92.00–96.50	94.10
4	—	1,855	87.50–90.00	88.56

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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