Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold up to 15.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 4.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.31/cwt on 437 head.

Average price

$133.31

437 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$37.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.98

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	460	138.08	636	25
Medium and Large 1	549	135.84	745	302
Medium and Large 2	495	129.41	640	94
Medium and Large 3	530	101.00	535	16thin

One grade step is worth $37.08/cwt here — about $100 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 sale437 hd

133.31

—

AR average10 barns · 1,434 hd

135.29

−1.98

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	1,483	85.34	1,266	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,107	62.94	697	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,107	61.76	684	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	828	50.49	418	6thin

Every lot, as filed

121 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 1Fleshy	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	509	161.80/cwt	160.00–164.00	824	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	812	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	153.82/cwt	143.00–159.00	784	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.49/cwt	131.00–146.00	894	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	576	138.39/cwt	137.50–139.00	797	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	144.21/cwt	140.00–150.00	597	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	133.39/cwt	124.00–137.00	696	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	168.68/cwt	160.00–180.00	636	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	169.17/cwt	155.00–177.50	702	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	173.88/cwt	160.00–182.50	562	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	159.36/cwt	154.00–172.50	743	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	731	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	844	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	126.54/cwt	120.00–133.00	787	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	139.45/cwt	135.00–145.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	127.97/cwt	120.00–136.00	779	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	147.18/cwt	144.00–151.00	846	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	126.48/cwt	125.00–128.00	908	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	356	185.65/cwt	185.00–187.50	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	131.56/cwt	122.00–136.00	751	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	118.03/cwt	112.00–123.50	858	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	138.87/cwt	132.00–145.00	732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	157.44/cwt	145.00–162.50	499	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	120.95/cwt	116.00–126.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	137.00/cwt	136.00–138.00	653	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	603	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	129.59/cwt	129.00–130.50	868	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	709	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	961	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	64.29/cwt	55.50–71.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	117.29/cwt	113.00–120.00	853	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,063	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	6,781	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	940.98/cwt	635.00–1,100.00	10,718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	778	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	11,981	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	1,023.64/cwt	900.00–1,200.00	10,625	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	1,122.89/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	10,825	4
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	410	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	157.18/cwt	144.00–165.00	588	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	65.93/cwt	63.00–70.00	788	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	86.25/cwt	75.00–105.00	678	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	973.43/cwt	800.00–1,175.00	8,255	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	72.68/cwt	64.00–81.00	512	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	475	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	318	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	79.91/cwt	60.00–90.00	561	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	709.21/cwt	630.00–775.00	7,659	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,120	60.91/cwt	58.00–64.00	682	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	803	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	345	1
Bulls	—	—	1,345	81.01/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,090	2
Bulls	—	—	1,558	90.84/cwt	89.00–92.50	1,415	2
Bulls	—	—	1,610	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,336	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,080	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	724	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	63.29/cwt	59.00–65.00	710	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	808	54.48/cwt	53.00–56.00	440	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	53.71/cwt	51.00–55.00	548	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	809	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	51.99/cwt	50.00–54.00	446	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,665	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	884.32/cwt	735.00–1,000.00	7,145	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,134.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	11,283	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	14,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	142.81/cwt	131.00–152.50	683	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	617	108.36/cwt	100.00–115.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	99.48/cwt	88.00–112.00	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	116.10/cwt	102.50–129.00	441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,020	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	929.30/cwt	750.00–1,150.00	10,548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	138.85/cwt	130.00–143.00	457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	108.26/cwt	98.00–127.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	795	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	113.37/cwt	110.00–117.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	673	90.19/cwt	80.00–100.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	89.35/cwt	88.00–90.00	554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	122.47/cwt	117.00–128.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	131.17/cwt	124.00–133.00	878	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	417	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	121.82/cwt	117.50–126.00	817	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	424	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	134.67/cwt	130.00–143.00	778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	782	98.01/cwt	88.00–106.00	766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	121.77/cwt	119.00–127.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	139.58/cwt	132.50–147.50	543	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	117.00/cwt	115.00–119.00	858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	555	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	147.12/cwt	134.00–158.75	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	110.64/cwt	109.00–113.00	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	121.68/cwt	116.00–128.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	136.00/cwt	129.00–138.00	574	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	123.51/cwt	118.00–126.00	773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	111.81/cwt	109.00–115.00	754	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	150.63/cwt	150.00–152.50	505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	148.87/cwt	143.00–154.00	645	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	138.58/cwt	137.00–141.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	105.97/cwt	100.00–110.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	778	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	133.87/cwt	123.00–139.00	639	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	114.57/cwt	110.00–117.50	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	132.67/cwt	129.00–133.00	758	12

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 Apr 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 957Last week 716Year ago 381

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 76Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 68Last week 58Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	509	160.00–164.00	161.80
3	—	405	182.00	182.00
19	—	709	135.50	135.50
1	—	605	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	510	143.00–159.00	153.82
23	—	632	131.00–146.00	141.49
34	—	377	160.00–180.00	168.68
39	—	415	155.00–177.50	169.17
19	—	323	160.00–182.50	173.88
18	—	466	154.00–172.50	159.36
29	—	575	144.00–151.00	147.18
2	—	718	125.00–128.00	126.48
1	—	800	120.00	120.00
2	—	763	116.00–126.00	120.95
9	—	669	124.00–133.00	131.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	185.00–187.50	185.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	684	121.50	121.50
4	—	422	155.00	155.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	47.50	47.50
1	—	475	67.00	67.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	478	131.00–152.50	142.81
1	—	1,020	100.00	100.00
5	—	733	115.00–119.00	117.00
6	—	370	134.00–158.75	147.12
4	—	676	116.00–128.00	121.68
6	—	626	118.00–126.00	123.51
1	—	770	115.00	115.00
4	—	335	150.00–152.50	150.63
14	—	433	143.00–154.00	148.87
6	—	527	137.00–141.00	138.58
12	—	571	129.00–133.00	132.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	100.00–115.00	108.36
2	—	380	102.50–129.00	116.10
1	—	540	121.00	121.00
1	—	795	90.00	90.00
1	—	425	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	480	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	812	110.00	110.00
29	—	576	137.50–139.00	138.39
1	—	545	145.00	145.00
56	—	670	129.00–130.50	129.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	414	140.00–150.00	144.21
44	—	522	124.00–137.00	133.39
5	—	458	135.00–145.00	139.45
26	—	609	120.00–136.00	127.97
20	—	571	122.00–136.00	131.56
14	—	727	112.00–123.50	118.03
31	—	317	145.00–162.50	157.44
23	—	374	144.00–165.00	157.18
16	—	671	117.50–126.00	121.82
3	—	775	109.00–113.00	110.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	477	136.00–138.00	137.00
7	—	447	135.00	135.00
2	—	532	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	88.00–112.00	99.48
2	—	575	105.00–107.00	106.01
1	—	385	102.50	102.50
4	—	430	98.00–127.00	108.26
2	—	673	80.00–100.00	90.19
2	—	488	110.00–111.00	110.50
3	—	620	88.00–90.00	89.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	329	130.00–143.00	138.85
1	—	575	123.00	123.00
2	—	520	110.00–117.00	113.37
5	—	782	88.00–106.00	98.01
6	—	389	132.50–147.50	139.58
26	—	422	129.00–138.00	136.00
5	—	674	109.00–115.00	111.81
4	—	706	100.00–110.00	105.97
29	—	477	123.00–139.00	133.87
6	—	622	110.00–117.50	114.57
1	—	800	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	424	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	622	120.00–133.00	126.54
5	—	527	132.00–145.00	138.87
3	—	727	113.00–120.00	117.29
8	—	578	130.00–143.00	134.67
4	—	665	119.00–127.00	121.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	117.00–128.00	122.47
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
1	—	665	114.00	114.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,155	55.50–71.00	64.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,139	635.00–1,100.00	940.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,195	63.00–70.00	65.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,080	630.00–775.00	709.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	68.00	68.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	995	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,134.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,135	750.00–1,150.00	929.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,038	900.00–1,200.00	1,023.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	964	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,122.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,400.00	1,400.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	786	75.00–105.00	86.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	705	64.00–81.00	72.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	702	60.00–90.00	79.91
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	848	800.00–1,175.00	973.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	808	735.00–1,000.00	884.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	58.00–64.00	60.91
1	—	1,080	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	67.50	67.50
12	—	1,122	59.00–65.00	63.29
3	—	1,020	51.00–55.00	53.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	44.00	44.00
2	—	808	53.00–56.00	54.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	50.00–54.00	51.99
1	—	850	46.00	46.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	80.00–82.00	81.01
2	—	1,558	89.00–92.50	90.84
1	—	1,610	83.00	83.00

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