Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold 1.00-18.00, mostly 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-7.00 higher, except 500-600 lb weights sold 3.00 lower. Several groups of Long weaned or Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.15/cwt on 373 head.

Average price

$155.15

373 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$52.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.70

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	163.22	845	244
Medium and Large 2	512	142.13	727	117
Medium and Large 1-2	563	140.00	788	3thin
Medium and Large 3	484	110.48	535	9thin

One grade step is worth $52.74/cwt here — about $310 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 sale373 hd

155.15

—

AR average9 barns · 2,857 hd

164.85

−9.70

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

88 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 2	—	422	148.21/cwt	120.00–157.50	625	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	137.78/cwt	130.00–150.00	739	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	114.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	141.06/cwt	136.00–144.00	935	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	813	119.48/cwt	118.00–121.00	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	142.03/cwt	134.00–150.00	1,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	131.51/cwt	121.00–135.00	817	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	148.00/cwt	135.00–160.00	472	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	171.60/cwt	160.00–185.00	819	41
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	821	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	151.27/cwt	125.00–165.00	569	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.96/cwt	132.00–144.00	942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	140.50/cwt	131.00–145.00	865	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	523	183.70/cwt	182.50–185.00	961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	602	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	146.92/cwt	120.00–157.50	699	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	127.49/cwt	120.00–130.00	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	183.92/cwt	170.00–198.00	692	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	155.59/cwt	150.00–162.50	882	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	157.82/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,065	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	414	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	140.93/cwt	120.00–148.00	827	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	172.54/cwt	170.00–175.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	159.25/cwt	155.00–177.50	834	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	174.00/cwt	171.00–177.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	170.17/cwt	160.00–185.00	722	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	128.95/cwt	126.00–132.00	984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	135.19/cwt	124.00–138.00	888	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	892	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,066	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,154	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,131	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	133.24/cwt	129.00–140.00	833	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	126.75/cwt	120.00–130.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	147.40/cwt	139.00–160.00	756	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	143.65/cwt	139.00–150.00	799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	133.01/cwt	127.00–144.00	686	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	792	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	710	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	959	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	120.09/cwt	120.00–121.00	769	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	123.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	99.43/cwt	89.00–110.00	363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	148.07/cwt	131.00–163.00	545	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	122.12/cwt	120.00–125.00	696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	648	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	137.89/cwt	127.00–143.00	798	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	111.50/cwt	110.00–113.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	103.75/cwt	100.00–107.50	316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	126.75/cwt	120.00–135.00	535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	103.86/cwt	97.00–115.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	121.62/cwt	114.00–126.00	646	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	126.99/cwt	120.00–131.00	474	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	149.57/cwt	139.00–161.00	698	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	150.65/cwt	137.50–165.00	493	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	126.29/cwt	120.00–131.00	412	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	119.67/cwt	115.00–124.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	119.87/cwt	110.00–128.00	810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	127.74/cwt	119.00–137.50	602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	695	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	152.22/cwt	149.00–155.00	787	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	150.72/cwt	137.50–162.50	647	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	147.72/cwt	140.00–159.00	923	39
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	538	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

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

Receipts 1,094Last week 630Year ago 737

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	422	120.00–157.50	148.21
23	—	536	130.00–150.00	137.78
1	—	1,005	116.00	116.00
2	—	813	118.00–121.00	119.48
7	—	621	121.00–135.00	131.51
8	—	319	135.00–160.00	148.00
10	—	376	125.00–165.00	151.27
28	—	476	120.00–157.50	146.92
4	—	653	120.00–130.00	127.49
24	—	587	120.00–148.00	140.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	100.00	100.00
2	—	340	110.00–120.00	114.93
1	—	575	101.00	101.00
1	—	385	122.50	122.50
2	—	523	125.00–127.00	125.99
1	—	605	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	127.00	127.00
9	—	663	136.00–144.00	141.06
4	—	721	134.00–150.00	142.03
41	—	477	160.00–185.00	171.60
19	—	376	170.00–198.00	183.92
11	—	567	150.00–162.50	155.59
2	—	325	170.00–175.00	172.54
45	—	524	155.00–177.50	159.25
48	—	424	160.00–185.00	170.17
39	—	625	140.00–159.00	147.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	182.50–185.00	183.70
2	—	602	164.00	164.00
11	—	675	157.00–160.00	157.82
5	—	414	187.50	187.50
2	—	570	171.00–177.00	174.00
1	—	725	152.00	152.00
1	—	450	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	113.00	113.00
4	—	673	132.00–144.00	139.96
9	—	616	131.00–145.00	140.50
13	—	516	127.00–144.00	133.01
19	—	368	131.00–163.00	148.07
19	—	579	127.00–143.00	137.89
24	—	467	139.00–161.00	149.57
20	—	327	137.50–165.00	150.65
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
31	—	429	137.50–162.50	150.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	144.00–145.00	144.50
3	—	695	140.00	140.00
16	—	517	149.00–155.00	152.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	133.00	133.00
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	792	115.00	115.00
2	—	648	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	710	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	80.00	80.00
2	—	518	100.00	100.00
3	—	365	89.00–110.00	99.43
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
2	—	305	100.00–107.50	103.75
2	—	443	100.00	100.00
3	—	567	97.00–115.00	103.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	570	120.00–125.00	122.12
2	—	778	110.00–113.00	111.50
8	—	422	120.00–135.00	126.75
12	—	531	114.00–126.00	121.62
11	—	373	120.00–131.00	126.99
7	—	326	120.00–131.00	126.29
3	—	623	115.00–124.00	119.67
10	—	676	110.00–128.00	119.87
10	—	471	119.00–137.50	127.74
1	—	725	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	129.00	129.00
7	—	635	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	126.00–132.00	128.95
1	—	830	115.00	115.00
13	—	657	124.00–138.00	135.19
10	—	892	119.50	119.50
9	—	1,154	98.00	98.00
7	—	625	129.00–140.00	133.24
9	—	513	139.00–160.00	147.40
7	—	556	139.00–150.00	143.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	120.00–130.00	126.75
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
11	—	640	120.00–121.00	120.09
3	—	567	120.00–125.00	123.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
1	—	525	100.00	100.00

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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