Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 lower, except 4.00 higher for the better 400-500 lb weights. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower, except 2.00 higher for the better 400-500 lb weights. Several Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.45/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$126.45

189 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$474

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

$77.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	132.50	719	133
Medium and Large 1-2	614	124.87	767	15thin
Medium and Large 2	516	115.60	597	26
Medium and Large 3	486	99.06	481	13thin
Small and Medium 3	445	55.00	245	2thin

One grade step is worth $77.50/cwt here — about $474 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 sale189 hd

126.45

—

AR average8 barns · 1,227 hd

127.68

−1.23

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	1,401	77.11	1,080	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,243	60.10	747	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,100	51.93	571	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	48.85	499	8thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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 2	—	538	114.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	113.50/cwt	111.00–116.00	420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	128.04/cwt	116.00–134.00	866	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	495	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	80.00/cwt	70.00–90.00	296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	817	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	607	140.79/cwt	137.00–141.00	855	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	113.72/cwt	110.00–117.50	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	131.05/cwt	129.00–141.00	470	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	125.69/cwt	122.50–127.50	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	131.15/cwt	121.00–141.00	556	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	99.38/cwt	91.00–108.00	476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	110.52/cwt	105.00–116.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	145.68/cwt	142.00–157.50	769	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	150.86/cwt	142.50–165.00	626	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	109.08/cwt	100.00–117.00	470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	671	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	913	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	129.48/cwt	120.00–137.50	482	9
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	465	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	152.93/cwt	145.00–165.00	494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	129.92/cwt	127.00–133.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	136.50/cwt	130.00–143.00	457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	123.90/cwt	120.00–128.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	770	135.67/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.02/cwt	138.00–140.00	936	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	595	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	149.06/cwt	140.00–160.00	711	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	132.41/cwt	128.00–137.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	616	151.92/cwt	146.00–160.00	936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	132.33/cwt	117.50–142.50	630	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	122.50/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	157.65/cwt	143.00–170.00	602	12
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	465	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	957	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	143.66/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,046	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	128.10/cwt	120.00–135.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	127.06/cwt	120.00–134.00	738	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	880	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	120.42/cwt	107.00–129.00	809	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	125.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	774	6
Bulls	—	—	1,602	88.51/cwt	87.50–90.00	1,418	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	454	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,243	60.10/cwt	57.00–62.50	747	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	58.89/cwt	58.00–61.00	684	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	33.71/cwt	30.00–37.00	318	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	59.04/cwt	57.00–61.00	632	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	52.76/cwt	51.50–54.00	558	3
Bulls	—	—	1,335	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,135	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	44.22/cwt	43.00–45.00	476	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,027	47.04/cwt	46.00–50.00	483	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	54.97/cwt	53.00–57.00	630	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	840	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	378	1
Bulls	—	—	1,352	73.28/cwt	50.00–80.00	991	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	4,592	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,738	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	610.54/cwt	590.00–645.00	6,197	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,101	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,151	811.42/cwt	700.00–945.00	9,339	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,293	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	599	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	57.65/cwt	54.00–61.00	719	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	815.71/cwt	800.00–830.00	9,854	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	822.79/cwt	700.00–915.00	9,544	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	56.86/cwt	54.00–59.50	684	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	58.02/cwt	53.00–63.00	635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	120.97/cwt	119.00–123.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	130.53/cwt	128.00–133.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	138.30/cwt	129.00–143.00	581	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	125.33/cwt	121.00–132.00	792	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	118.76/cwt	110.00–127.50	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	135.53/cwt	131.00–139.00	465	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.69/cwt	110.00–117.00	642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	133.26/cwt	129.00–139.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	312	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	395	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	390	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	131.20/cwt	125.00–138.00	754	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	128.63/cwt	120.00–138.00	679	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	107.64/cwt	91.00–116.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	104.47/cwt	97.50–110.00	442	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	119.94/cwt	118.00–122.00	864	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	114.88/cwt	111.00–119.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	95.02/cwt	90.00–100.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	428	126.04/cwt	125.00–127.00	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,036	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 Oct 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 462Last week 402Year ago 705

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 143Year ago 91

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 115Year ago 64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	112.00–116.00	114.02
2	—	370	111.00–116.00	113.50
4	—	620	110.00–117.50	113.72
4	—	428	122.50–127.50	125.69
4	—	463	110.00–127.50	118.76
7	—	565	110.00–117.00	113.69
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	676	116.00–134.00	128.04
14	—	359	129.00–141.00	131.05
2	—	808	105.00–116.00	110.52
2	—	765	119.00–123.00	120.97
2	—	713	128.00–133.00	130.53
19	—	420	129.00–143.00	138.30
13	—	632	121.00–132.00	125.33
4	—	343	131.00–139.00	135.53
6	—	483	129.00–139.00	133.26
14	—	575	125.00–138.00	131.20
15	—	528	120.00–138.00	128.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	55.00	55.00
1	—	395	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	643	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	607	137.00–141.00	140.79
12	—	671	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	69.00	69.00
1	—	390	80.00	80.00
1	—	615	75.00	75.00
6	—	479	91.00–116.00	107.64
4	—	423	97.50–110.00	104.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
1	—	510	119.00	119.00
2	—	428	125.00–127.00	126.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	70.00–90.00	80.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
5	—	479	91.00–108.00	99.38
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
6	—	431	100.00–117.00	109.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	121.00–141.00	131.15
1	—	635	127.00	127.00
9	—	372	120.00–137.50	129.48
2	—	530	127.00–133.00	129.92
2	—	335	130.00–143.00	136.50
1	—	565	122.00	122.00
2	—	668	120.00–128.00	123.90
19	—	476	117.50–142.50	132.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	528	142.00–157.50	145.68
27	—	415	142.50–165.00	150.86
8	—	323	145.00–165.00	152.93
1	—	585	139.00	139.00
2	—	673	138.00–140.00	139.02
16	—	477	140.00–160.00	149.06
1	—	760	128.00	128.00
2	—	618	128.00–137.00	132.41
1	—	860	129.00	129.00
2	—	835	118.00–127.00	122.50
12	—	382	143.00–170.00	157.65
6	—	728	140.00–146.00	143.66
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	50.00	50.00
1	—	595	47.50	47.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	770	134.00–136.00	135.67
1	—	670	150.00	150.00
7	—	616	146.00–160.00	151.92
10	—	580	165.00	165.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	120.00–135.00	128.10
23	—	581	120.00–134.00	127.06
2	—	880	104.00	104.00
1	—	770	118.00	118.00
7	—	672	107.00–129.00	120.42
6	—	615	120.00–128.00	125.85
2	—	720	118.00–122.00	119.94
1	—	1,045	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	111.00–119.00	114.88
2	—	673	90.00–100.00	95.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,602	87.50–90.00	88.51
1	—	1,335	85.00	85.00
11	—	1,352	50.00–80.00	73.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	47.00	47.00
2	—	943	30.00–37.00	33.71
2	—	1,070	57.00–61.00	59.04
3	—	1,058	51.50–54.00	52.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,243	57.00–62.50	60.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,162	58.00–61.00	58.89
5	—	1,076	43.00–45.00	44.22
5	—	1,027	46.00–50.00	47.04
7	—	1,146	53.00–57.00	54.97
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	45.00	45.00

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
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	585.00	585.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,015	590.00–645.00	610.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,151	700.00–945.00	811.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	57.00	57.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,248	54.00–61.00	57.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,208	800.00–830.00	815.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	700.00–915.00	822.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,203	54.00–59.50	56.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,094	53.00–63.00	58.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,205	86.00	86.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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