Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 12.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.69/cwt on 287 head.

Average price

$134.69

287 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$380

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

$70.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	142.19	721	179
Medium and Large 1-2	580	135.37	786	19thin
Medium and Large 2	491	127.59	627	65
Medium and Large 3	490	107.88	528	17thin
Small and Medium 3	474	71.92	341	7thin

One grade step is worth $70.28/cwt here — about $380 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 sale287 hd

134.69

—

AR average5 barns · 859 hd

137.80

−3.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2	—	436	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	132.54/cwt	125.00–135.00	965	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	705	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	146.35/cwt	142.00–149.00	976	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	155.06/cwt	147.00–169.00	591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	128.76/cwt	127.50–130.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	879	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	135.73/cwt	120.00–145.00	714	12
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	745	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	149.39/cwt	135.00–160.00	480	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,124	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	640	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	118.21/cwt	110.00–125.00	517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	141.69/cwt	135.00–147.50	601	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	154.61/cwt	150.00–162.50	728	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	184.21/cwt	171.00–190.00	665	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	132.02/cwt	130.00–142.00	811	15
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	655	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	187.36/cwt	170.00–217.50	620	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	142.48/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,003	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	142.06/cwt	125.00–149.00	672	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	137.50/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,042	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	158.67/cwt	150.00–170.00	662	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	154.84/cwt	149.00–164.00	807	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	152.08/cwt	146.00–161.00	867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	153.47/cwt	141.00–163.00	959	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	155.83/cwt	140.00–163.00	1,043	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	141.85/cwt	126.00–151.00	810	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	134.60/cwt	119.00–147.50	833	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	781	118.69/cwt	112.00–124.00	927	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	124.06/cwt	115.00–130.00	893	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	821	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	540	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	808	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	949	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	92.60/cwt	85.00–100.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	113.34/cwt	110.00–115.00	953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	136.89/cwt	131.00–145.00	710	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	123.87/cwt	115.00–129.00	660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	820	130.46/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	118.23/cwt	117.50–119.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	146.43/cwt	141.00–150.00	696	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	327	116.26/cwt	105.00–122.50	380	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	137.32/cwt	130.00–149.00	706	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	126.56/cwt	119.00–136.00	845	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	473	70.71/cwt	55.00–88.00	334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	142.37/cwt	135.00–148.00	888	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	107.21/cwt	80.00–118.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	147.11/cwt	142.00–153.00	611	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	580	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	644	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	517	69.06/cwt	61.00–75.00	357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	134.43/cwt	130.00–141.00	755	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	130.06/cwt	124.00–137.00	628	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	124.83/cwt	117.50–129.00	702	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	108.31/cwt	105.00–110.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	84.70/cwt	65.00–105.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	121.08/cwt	114.00–128.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	150.67/cwt	145.00–162.50	491	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	112.66/cwt	112.50–113.00	425	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	410	77.41/cwt	70.00–85.00	317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	135.16/cwt	121.00–142.50	505	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	131.15/cwt	120.00–138.00	548	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	124.07/cwt	115.00–129.00	660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	151.82/cwt	142.50–163.00	586	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	133.08/cwt	130.00–137.50	439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	989	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 Sep 9, 2021

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

Receipts 777Last week 800Year ago 781

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	145.00	145.00
9	—	703	125.00	125.00
6	—	493	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	728	125.00–135.00	132.54
8	—	667	142.00–149.00	146.35
1	—	980	103.00	103.00
3	—	841	110.00–115.00	113.34
35	—	519	131.00–145.00	136.89
19	—	475	141.00–150.00	146.43
12	—	624	135.00–148.00	142.37
20	—	415	142.00–153.00	147.11
23	—	562	130.00–141.00	134.43
18	—	326	145.00–162.50	150.67
27	—	386	142.50–163.00	151.82
1	—	860	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	100.00	100.00
2	—	705	115.00–120.00	117.48
12	—	483	124.00–137.00	130.06
10	—	562	117.50–129.00	124.83
2	—	683	114.00–128.00	121.08
7	—	374	121.00–142.50	135.16
13	—	418	120.00–138.00	131.15
13	—	532	115.00–129.00	124.07
4	—	330	130.00–137.50	133.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	129.00–132.00	130.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	105.00–122.50	116.26
4	—	515	80.00–118.00	107.21
3	—	572	105.00–110.00	108.31
2	—	665	65.00–105.00	84.70
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
3	—	377	112.50–113.00	112.66
1	—	610	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	55.00–88.00	70.71
3	—	517	61.00–75.00	69.06
2	—	410	70.00–85.00	77.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	128.00	128.00
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
3	—	437	110.00–125.00	118.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	381	147.00–169.00	155.06
2	—	708	127.50–130.00	128.76
12	—	526	120.00–145.00	135.73
8	—	321	135.00–160.00	149.39
1	—	885	127.00	127.00
1	—	845	127.50	127.50
10	—	424	135.00–147.50	141.69
15	—	614	130.00–142.00	132.02
1	—	675	136.00	136.00
1	—	580	121.00	121.00
1	—	750	127.00	127.00
34	—	473	125.00–149.00	142.06
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	63.00	63.00
1	—	640	82.50	82.50
1	—	655	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	471	150.00–162.50	154.61
14	—	361	171.00–190.00	184.21
11	—	331	170.00–217.50	187.36
4	—	704	136.00–149.00	142.48
2	—	758	137.00–138.00	137.50
47	—	417	150.00–170.00	158.67
1	—	1,010	110.00	110.00
20	—	521	149.00–164.00	154.84
9	—	570	146.00–161.00	152.08
12	—	625	141.00–163.00	153.47
8	—	669	140.00–163.00	155.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	85.00	85.00
44	—	571	126.00–151.00	141.85
10	—	619	119.00–147.50	134.60
8	—	781	112.00–124.00	118.69
7	—	720	115.00–130.00	124.06
1	—	1,095	85.00	85.00
1	—	865	93.00	93.00
4	—	808	117.50	117.50
19	—	514	130.00–149.00	137.32
8	—	668	119.00–136.00	126.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	114.00	114.00
7	—	533	115.00–129.00	123.87
1	—	555	123.00	123.00
2	—	628	117.50–119.00	118.23
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	696	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	90.00	90.00
2	—	605	100.00–104.00	102.02
2	—	538	85.00–100.00	92.60

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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