Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00-14.00, mostly 9.00 higher. On a light test, Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.98/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$174.98

144 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$114.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.72

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	181.73	904	118
Medium and Large 1-2	566	166.00	940	4thin
Medium and Large 2	542	151.37	821	17thin
Medium and Large 3	400	112.25	449	4thin
Small and Medium 3	730	67.50	493	1thin

One grade step is worth $114.23/cwt here — about $411 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 sale144 hd

174.98

—

AR average10 barns · 1,790 hd

173.26

+1.72

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	1,542	104.52	1,612	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,315	83.74	1,101	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	920	73.53	677	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,015	70.28	714	11

Every lot, as filed

81 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	—	288	176.86/cwt	175.00–177.50	509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	895	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,289	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	600	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	166.67/cwt	160.00–177.50	710	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	162.53/cwt	150.00–172.50	611	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	88.24/cwt	67.00–110.00	371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	172.72/cwt	160.00–180.00	890	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	168.76/cwt	160.00–173.00	803	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	138.77/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,057	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	156.23/cwt	155.00–157.50	1,265	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	197.51/cwt	180.00–225.00	660	11
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	730	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	191.79/cwt	180.00–204.00	715	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	184.47/cwt	170.00–205.00	871	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	147.52/cwt	140.00–155.00	895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	188.13/cwt	173.00–200.00	794	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	159.50/cwt	159.00–160.00	946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	150.02/cwt	132.50–157.00	875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	167.49/cwt	166.00–169.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	148.74/cwt	135.00–157.50	776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	159.34/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	746	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	192.43/cwt	182.00–198.00	997	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	579	180.02/cwt	176.00–186.00	1,042	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	165.51/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,023	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	159.39/cwt	151.00–167.50	904	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	745	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	950	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	878	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	75.30/cwt	72.00–77.00	725	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	574	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	75.85/cwt	72.00–78.00	849	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	592	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	805	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	515	1
Bulls	—	—	1,285	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,221	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	83.74/cwt	82.00–85.50	1,101	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	895	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	573	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	706	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	740	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	370	1
Bulls	—	—	1,678	112.62/cwt	110.50–114.50	1,890	2
Bulls	—	—	1,538	102.85/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,582	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	9,460	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,020.64/cwt	825.00–1,205.00	11,941	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,763	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	96.74/cwt	60.00–119.00	857	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	743	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	845.00/cwt	845.00–845.00	8,873	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,175	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	1,025.75/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	8,986	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	16,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	165.33/cwt	150.00–175.00	536	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	164.35/cwt	151.00–169.00	853	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	133.05/cwt	122.50–139.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	159.78/cwt	146.00–163.00	917	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	136.00/cwt	135.00–138.00	923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	137.90/cwt	120.00–148.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	143.79/cwt	127.00–152.00	601	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	618	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	145.11/cwt	140.00–155.00	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	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 Feb 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 333Last week 445Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 61Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 38Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00-14.00, mostly 9.00 higher. On a light test, Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	288	175.00–177.50	176.86
14	—	426	160.00–177.50	166.67
18	—	376	150.00–172.50	162.53
2	—	818	120.00–124.00	122.01
17	—	476	160.00–173.00	168.76
5	—	762	132.00–141.00	138.77
19	—	324	150.00–175.00	165.33
10	—	519	151.00–169.00	164.35
17	—	574	146.00–163.00	159.78
3	—	679	135.00–138.00	136.00
3	—	627	140.00–155.00	145.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	90.00	90.00
1	—	540	109.00	109.00
1	—	450	83.00	83.00
1	—	425	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	125.00	125.00
2	—	328	129.00–130.00	129.50
3	—	517	122.50–139.00	133.05
7	—	474	120.00–148.00	137.90
8	—	418	127.00–152.00	143.79
1	—	370	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	160.00	160.00
1	—	555	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	137.50	137.50
2	—	420	67.00–110.00	88.24
1	—	310	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	144.00	144.00
1	—	600	171.00	171.00
6	—	746	159.00	159.00
4	—	518	182.00–198.00	192.43
1	—	765	160.00	160.00
6	—	655	174.50	174.50
14	—	579	176.00–186.00	180.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	515	160.00–180.00	172.72
2	—	810	155.00–157.50	156.23
11	—	334	180.00–225.00	197.51
16	—	373	180.00–204.00	191.79
6	—	472	170.00–205.00	184.47
30	—	422	173.00–200.00	188.13
2	—	593	159.00–160.00	159.50
3	—	661	156.00–161.00	159.34
2	—	618	165.00–166.00	165.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	142.00	142.00
4	—	607	140.00–155.00	147.52
4	—	583	132.50–157.00	150.02
1	—	385	155.00	155.00
2	—	493	166.00–169.00	167.49
3	—	522	135.00–157.50	148.74
2	—	435	150.00–155.00	152.44
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	67.50	67.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	129.00	129.00
8	—	567	151.00–167.50	159.39
1	—	510	168.00	168.00
4	—	745	138.00	138.00
1	—	950	111.00	111.00
1	—	785	135.00	135.00
1	—	670	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	963	72.00–77.00	75.30
1	—	870	66.00	66.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,119	72.00–78.00	75.85
1	—	895	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,008	70.00	70.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	64.00	64.00
1	—	740	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,315	82.00–85.50	83.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	95.00	95.00
2	—	1,678	110.50–114.50	112.62
4	—	1,538	99.00–106.00	102.85

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 (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,170	825.00–1,205.00	1,020.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	75.00	75.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	886	60.00–119.00	96.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	77.00	77.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	845.00	845.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	820	875.00	875.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	876	950.00–1,050.00	1,025.75
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	1,650.00	1,650.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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