Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 7.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 3.00 lower, 400-600 lb weights sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 lower. Feeder supply was mostly average to plain in quality. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.76/cwt on 254 head.

Average price

$152.76

254 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$110.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	441	165.58	730	140
Medium and Large 1-2	542	148.86	807	22
Medium and Large 2	460	139.54	641	75
Medium and Large 3	491	113.99	560	16thin
Small and Medium 3	845	55.00	465	1thin

One grade step is worth $110.58/cwt here — about $265 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 sale254 hd

152.76

—

AR average8 barns · 972 hd

156.33

−3.57

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	—	Average	1,651	87.03	1,437	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,221	67.94	830	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	986	51.45	507	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	944	49.49	467	6thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	68.29/cwt	57.00–80.00	553	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,714	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	122.07/cwt	119.00–127.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	125.58/cwt	119.00–129.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	115.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	121.61/cwt	115.00–128.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	145.90/cwt	132.50–167.50	474	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	157.01/cwt	151.00–166.00	820	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	181.78/cwt	180.00–182.50	509	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	109.27/cwt	107.50–111.00	475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	154.81/cwt	149.00–155.50	864	10
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	845	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	159.98/cwt	157.50–162.50	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	254	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	154.51/cwt	153.00–156.00	715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	149.01/cwt	137.00–157.50	563	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	132.41/cwt	120.00–142.50	689	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	345	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	420	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	151.43/cwt	143.00–160.00	636	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	602	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	202	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	390	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	163.57/cwt	151.00–170.00	695	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	980	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	115.03/cwt	110.00–129.00	542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	151.70/cwt	147.00–157.50	956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	133.61/cwt	127.00–140.00	760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	138.96/cwt	125.00–149.00	656	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	143.08/cwt	135.00–150.00	601	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	821	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	176.71/cwt	170.00–180.00	650	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	144.71/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	157.40/cwt	151.00–171.00	759	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	175.45/cwt	169.00–185.00	575	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	360	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	342	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	730	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	131.03/cwt	127.00–137.00	862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	128.70/cwt	120.00–136.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	140.07/cwt	130.00–145.00	791	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	880	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	963	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	367	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	63.17/cwt	62.00–64.50	689	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,100	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	638	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	730	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	164	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	800	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	424	1
Bulls	—	—	1,711	88.71/cwt	85.50–90.00	1,518	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,244	70.34/cwt	67.50–71.50	875	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	765	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	64.56/cwt	63.50–65.50	738	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	53.54/cwt	52.00–55.00	498	2
Bulls	—	—	1,470	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,029	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	943	41.26/cwt	31.00–49.50	389	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	988	60.49/cwt	58.00–63.00	598	3
Bulls	—	—	1,470	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,382	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,041	54.61/cwt	52.00–56.00	568	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	735	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	235	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,161	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	59.22/cwt	58.50–60.00	609	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	676	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	841.57/cwt	800.00–880.00	8,020	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	58.48/cwt	54.00–62.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	130.81/cwt	121.00–140.00	561	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	125.58/cwt	120.00–138.00	585	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	485	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	132.77/cwt	123.00–141.00	501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	152.93/cwt	142.50–165.00	567	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	137.26/cwt	130.00–144.00	765	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	112.85/cwt	110.00–116.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	139.28/cwt	133.00–144.00	862	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	137.03/cwt	130.00–144.00	714	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	145.08/cwt	141.00–155.00	678	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	107.51/cwt	90.00–117.00	509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	121.63/cwt	115.00–128.00	705	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	545	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	354	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	340	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	187	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	520	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	148.17/cwt	146.00–150.00	765	7

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 522Last week 1,000Year ago 392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 155Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 70Year ago 20

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	810	57.00–80.00	68.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	54.00–62.00	58.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,028	58.50–60.00	59.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	65.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	953	800.00–880.00	841.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	770.00	770.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
1	—	450	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	119.00–127.00	122.07
4	—	521	119.00–129.00	125.58
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
8	—	429	121.00–140.00	130.81
11	—	466	120.00–138.00	125.58
5	—	377	123.00–141.00	132.77
3	—	580	115.00–128.00	121.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	150.00	150.00
2	—	463	153.00–156.00	154.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	131.00	131.00
2	—	343	157.50–162.50	159.98
5	—	254	165.00	165.00
8	—	230	182.50	182.50
22	—	420	143.00–160.00	151.43
24	—	371	142.50–165.00	152.93
16	—	557	130.00–144.00	137.26
1	—	800	116.00	116.00
11	—	619	133.00–144.00	139.28
17	—	521	130.00–144.00	137.03
13	—	467	141.00–155.00	145.08
1	—	880	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	80.00	80.00
1	—	485	58.00	58.00
1	—	545	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	498	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
1	—	685	60.00	60.00
3	—	535	110.00–116.00	112.85
4	—	473	90.00–117.00	107.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	127.00–137.00	131.03
3	—	620	120.00–136.00	128.70
1	—	770	114.00	114.00
7	—	565	130.00–145.00	140.07
1	—	880	118.00	118.00
1	—	845	114.00	114.00
7	—	516	146.00–150.00	148.17
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	55.00	55.00
1	—	520	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	127.00	127.00
4	—	530	110.00–120.00	115.05
2	—	435	107.50–111.00	109.27
3	—	602	111.00	111.00
1	—	330	110.00	110.00
5	—	471	110.00–129.00	115.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	115.00–128.00	121.61
12	—	325	132.50–167.50	145.90
12	—	378	137.00–157.50	149.01
9	—	520	120.00–142.50	132.41
1	—	980	101.00	101.00
1	—	795	123.00	123.00
1	—	600	133.00	133.00
7	—	569	127.00–140.00	133.61
17	—	472	125.00–149.00	138.96
12	—	420	135.00–150.00	143.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	143.00	143.00
28	—	522	151.00–166.00	157.01
11	—	280	180.00–182.50	181.78
10	—	558	149.00–155.50	154.81
14	—	202	193.00	193.00
20	—	425	151.00–170.00	163.57
1	—	845	131.00	131.00
3	—	630	147.00–157.50	151.70
2	—	678	150.00	150.00
12	—	368	170.00–180.00	176.71
4	—	721	142.00–149.00	144.71
23	—	482	151.00–171.00	157.40
10	—	328	169.00–185.00	175.45
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	55.00	55.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	153.00	153.00
8	—	570	146.00	146.00
10	—	549	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	161.00	161.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	95.00	95.00
1	—	730	47.00	47.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	41.00	41.00
2	—	1,090	62.00–64.50	63.17
2	—	930	52.00–55.00	53.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	58.00	58.00
6	—	1,244	67.50–71.50	70.34
1	—	1,205	63.50	63.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	22.50	22.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	53.00	53.00
1	—	735	32.00	32.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	63.50–65.50	64.56
6	—	943	31.00–49.50	41.26
3	—	988	58.00–63.00	60.49
4	—	1,041	52.00–56.00	54.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,711	85.50–90.00	88.71
1	—	1,470	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,470	94.00	94.00

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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