Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher, 500-700 lb weights sold 1.00-3.00 lower, over 700 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-7.00 lower. Several groups of long weaned cattle sold with a premium. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady against last weeks light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.84/cwt on 387 head.

Average price

$141.84

387 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$355

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

$90.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.05

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	150.00	880	212
Medium and Large 2	521	139.65	728	63
Medium and Large 1-2	696	129.07	898	101
Medium and Large 3	489	119.78	586	10thin
Small and Medium 3	875	60.00	525	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $355 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 sale387 hd

141.84

—

AR average9 barns · 2,757 hd

149.89

−8.05

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	—	High	1,567	81.46	1,277	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,341	60.86	816	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,047	51.91	544	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	760	35.99	274	3thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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	—	617	125.82/cwt	121.00–131.00	776	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	521	165.34/cwt	165.00–170.00	861	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	131.05/cwt	128.00–134.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	611	144.60/cwt	143.50–148.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	724	136.37/cwt	129.00–138.00	987	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	164.27/cwt	152.50–175.00	767	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	127.61/cwt	119.00–128.00	910	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	665	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	822	125.36/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,030	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	131.35/cwt	120.00–141.00	754	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	146.47/cwt	140.00–157.00	842	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	183.67/cwt	172.50–189.00	707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	782	124.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	870	122.47/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	156.40/cwt	147.50–162.50	518	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	147.69/cwt	140.00–155.00	628	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	154.97/cwt	145.00–162.50	806	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	136.03/cwt	130.00–143.00	860	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	182.50/cwt	181.00–184.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	139.15/cwt	135.50–141.50	857	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	124.98/cwt	123.00–127.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	139.00/cwt	138.50–141.00	717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	770	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	895	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	877	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	1,595.92/cwt	1,500.00–1,800.00	21,114	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	300	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	139.64/cwt	130.00–146.00	737	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	615.66/cwt	500.00–725.00	6,261	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	922	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,057	633.04/cwt	550.00–775.00	6,691	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	1,279.08/cwt	1,000.00–1,550.00	15,502	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	1,428.69/cwt	725.00–1,700.00	16,830	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,728	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	875	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	525	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	81.14/cwt	75.00–88.00	542	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	14,340	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	15,006	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	645	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,019	49.60/cwt	46.00–51.00	505	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	60.25/cwt	58.00–63.50	672	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	55.61/cwt	54.50–56.50	626	4
Bulls	—	—	1,885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,697	1
Bulls	—	—	1,631	83.36/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,360	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,331	61.70/cwt	59.00–64.50	821	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	58.08/cwt	57.50–58.50	799	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	948	34.54/cwt	30.00–40.00	327	2
Bulls	—	—	1,218	71.49/cwt	69.00–74.00	871	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	703	27.98/cwt	26.00–30.00	197	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	455	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	20,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,880	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	9,293	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	845.45/cwt	705.00–975.00	9,427	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,149	848.14/cwt	600.00–1,160.00	9,745	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	787.28/cwt	760.00–800.00	8,873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	105.32/cwt	90.00–116.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	117.81/cwt	110.00–125.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	128.07/cwt	118.00–135.00	547	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	113.99/cwt	113.00–115.00	380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	146.03/cwt	138.00–159.00	622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	688	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	109.69/cwt	90.00–130.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	135.95/cwt	133.00–138.00	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	126.85/cwt	120.00–132.00	614	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	136.86/cwt	128.00–144.00	776	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	119.67/cwt	116.00–126.00	809	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	153.04/cwt	140.00–167.50	574	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	119.30/cwt	117.00–125.00	919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	141.42/cwt	133.00–149.00	679	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	689	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	816	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	801	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	129.65/cwt	120.00–138.00	695	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	166.58/cwt	156.00–175.00	723	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	128.80/cwt	126.00–132.00	791	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	112.38/cwt	110.00–119.00	633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	809	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	971	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	849	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	129.77/cwt	120.00–134.00	755	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	978	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	159.89/cwt	147.50–178.00	521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	131.29/cwt	123.00–138.00	830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–115.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	142.64/cwt	131.00–164.00	676	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	157.25/cwt	145.00–165.00	596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	127.41/cwt	123.00–134.00	871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	775	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	137.69/cwt	132.00–142.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 955Last week 627Year ago 556

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 58Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 38Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	617	121.00–131.00	125.82
1	—	870	101.00	101.00
1	—	845	112.00	112.00
6	—	331	147.50–162.50	156.40
19	—	425	140.00–155.00	147.69
9	—	676	116.00–126.00	119.67
19	—	375	140.00–167.50	153.04
44	—	480	133.00–149.00	141.42
62	—	536	120.00–138.00	129.65
1	—	720	116.00	116.00
25	—	582	120.00–134.00	129.77
1	—	755	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	170.00	170.00
24	—	713	119.00–128.00	127.61
1	—	375	175.00	175.00
4	—	782	121.00–125.00	124.00
5	—	516	138.50–141.00	139.00
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	90.00–116.00	105.32
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
12	—	427	118.00–135.00	128.07
4	—	369	133.00–138.00	135.95
7	—	484	120.00–132.00	126.85
1	—	830	84.00	84.00
5	—	563	110.00–119.00	112.38
1	—	630	110.00–115.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	112.00	112.00
1	—	450	116.00	116.00
2	—	333	113.00–115.00	113.99
1	—	375	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	689	118.50	118.50
13	—	616	130.00	130.00
7	—	589	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	521	165.00–170.00	165.34
4	—	611	143.50–148.00	144.60
36	—	724	129.00–138.00	136.37
1	—	665	139.00	139.00
11	—	822	125.00–126.00	125.36
2	—	870	121.00–124.00	122.47
2	—	410	181.00–184.00	182.50
1	—	770	133.00	133.00
2	—	300	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
2	—	713	128.00–134.00	131.05
21	—	467	152.50–175.00	164.27
29	—	575	140.00–157.00	146.47
11	—	385	172.50–189.00	183.67
25	—	520	145.00–162.50	154.97
27	—	632	130.00–143.00	136.03
1	—	340	200.00	200.00
4	—	770	117.00–125.00	119.30
9	—	434	156.00–175.00	166.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	616	135.50–141.50	139.15
15	—	809	120.00	120.00
52	—	653	130.00	130.00
21	—	770	127.00	127.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	138.00	138.00
3	—	430	110.00–125.00	117.81
2	—	688	119.00	119.00
2	—	483	90.00–130.00	109.69
1	—	360	131.00	131.00
1	—	560	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	138.00–159.00	146.03
12	—	567	128.00–144.00	136.86
5	—	326	147.50–178.00	159.89
10	—	632	123.00–138.00	131.29
8	—	474	131.00–164.00	142.64
1	—	850	109.00	109.00
8	—	379	145.00–165.00	157.25
7	—	684	123.00–134.00	127.41
3	—	513	132.00–142.00	137.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	121.00	121.00
12	—	574	120.00–141.00	131.35
1	—	720	118.00	118.00
2	—	668	123.00–127.00	124.98
1	—	895	98.00	98.00
8	—	528	130.00–146.00	139.64
10	—	614	126.00–132.00	128.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	124.00	124.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,323	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,595.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	1,225.00	1,225.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,017	500.00–725.00	615.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	64.50	64.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,057	550.00–775.00	633.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	705.00–975.00	845.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,149	600.00–1,160.00	848.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,127	760.00–800.00	787.28
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	300.00	300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	300.00	300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,212	1,000.00–1,550.00	1,279.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,178	725.00–1,700.00	1,428.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	668	75.00–88.00	81.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	31.00	31.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,019	46.00–51.00	49.60
6	—	1,115	58.00–63.50	60.25
4	—	1,125	54.50–56.50	55.61
2	—	948	30.00–40.00	34.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,331	59.00–64.50	61.70
3	—	1,375	57.50–58.50	58.08
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	26.00–30.00	27.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	52.00	52.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,631	80.00–85.50	83.36
2	—	1,218	69.00–74.00	71.49

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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