Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 9.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-10.00, mostly 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady except 400-500 lb weights sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.99/cwt on 195 head.

Average price

$171.99

195 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$53.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.98

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	183.12	874	102
Medium and Large 1-2	442	167.15	740	7thin
Medium and Large 2	454	161.83	735	79
Medium and Large 3	411	129.39	531	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.73/cwt here — about $343 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 sale195 hd

171.99

—

AR average8 barns · 886 hd

173.98

−1.98

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	1,383	86.47	1,196	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,276	84.75	1,081	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	988	72.02	711	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	954	69.03	658	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$1,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$970	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$852	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	877	$795	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	695	$700	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	865	$735	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	745	$725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1-2	—	415	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	170.29/cwt	160.00–179.00	633	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	185.09/cwt	180.00–197.50	614	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	145.36/cwt	135.00–155.00	472	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	184.21/cwt	173.00–195.00	1,056	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	157.24/cwt	140.00–170.00	750	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,322	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	156.54/cwt	151.00–162.00	982	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	167.53/cwt	160.00–177.50	779	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	135.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	132.69/cwt	130.00–135.00	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	144.03/cwt	130.00–152.50	602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	124.50/cwt	121.00–128.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	143.61/cwt	135.00–149.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	166.14/cwt	157.50–180.00	530	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	157.60/cwt	150.00–162.00	884	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	191.77/cwt	175.00–203.00	897	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	161.42/cwt	145.00–172.50	680	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	166.94/cwt	152.50–177.00	548	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	115.30/cwt	89.00–140.00	369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	160.79/cwt	150.00–179.00	849	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	158.24/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,199	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	185.42/cwt	180.00–192.50	697	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	681	161.37/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,099	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	159.03/cwt	155.00–165.00	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	190.42/cwt	175.00–196.00	981	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	168.76/cwt	167.50–170.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	177.54/cwt	171.00–186.00	1,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	150.16/cwt	140.00–160.00	916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	179.00/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,203	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	180.78/cwt	175.00–200.00	767	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	132.29/cwt	127.50–137.50	946	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	544	141.24/cwt	125.00–148.00	768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	144.82/cwt	138.00–152.00	967	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	164.92/cwt	155.00–172.50	851	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	163.96/cwt	163.00–170.00	910	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	676	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	937	73.50/cwt	70.00–75.00	689	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	794	37.34/cwt	35.00–42.00	296	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	283	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	800	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	512	2
Bulls	—	—	1,505	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,565	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	969	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	80.11/cwt	79.00–81.00	799	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	502	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,040	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	790	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	78.41/cwt	76.00–80.00	836	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	90.78/cwt	88.50–93.00	1,269	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,274	84.09/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,071	5
Bulls	—	—	1,304	81.31/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,060	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	83.97/cwt	82.00–87.50	920	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	65.66/cwt	60.00–68.00	620	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	95.77/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,530	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	83.11/cwt	81.00–84.50	1,064	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	969.55/head	850.00–1,075.00	970	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	701	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	79.48/cwt	71.00–89.00	606	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	794.63/head	700.00–865.00	795	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	153.49/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	140.87/cwt	130.00–153.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	136.99/cwt	131.00–142.00	778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	136.13/cwt	126.00–146.00	1,055	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	167.63/cwt	157.00–174.00	714	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	134.91/cwt	120.00–149.00	782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	157.03/cwt	149.00–166.00	969	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	155.91/cwt	151.00–167.00	809	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	161.04/cwt	155.00–175.00	610	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	851.84/head	825.00–875.00	852	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	75.47/cwt	75.00–76.00	712	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	71.39/cwt	64.00–78.00	573	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	718	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	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 Aug 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 546Last week 404Year ago 354

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 75Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 39Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	165.00	165.00
4	—	463	167.50–170.00	168.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	372	160.00–179.00	170.29
17	—	477	140.00–170.00	157.24
21	—	421	145.00–172.50	161.42
11	—	328	152.50–177.00	166.94
12	—	528	150.00–179.00	160.79
4	—	681	157.00–165.00	161.37
3	—	570	155.00–165.00	159.03
2	—	610	140.00–160.00	150.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	332	180.00–197.50	185.09
16	—	573	173.00–195.00	184.21
8	—	468	175.00–203.00	191.77
4	—	758	151.00–164.00	158.24
13	—	376	180.00–192.50	185.42
14	—	515	175.00–196.00	190.42
3	—	618	171.00–186.00	177.54
1	—	730	156.00	156.00
4	—	672	177.00–185.00	179.00
25	—	424	175.00–200.00	180.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	130.00–140.00	135.72
1	—	390	133.00	133.00
2	—	320	89.00–140.00	115.30
1	—	440	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	135.00–155.00	145.36
1	—	730	131.00	131.00
1	—	530	140.00	140.00
3	—	613	130.00–135.00	132.69
7	—	418	130.00–152.50	144.03
3	—	370	135.00–149.00	143.61
1	—	695	137.00	137.00
5	—	473	130.00–153.00	140.87
4	—	568	131.00–142.00	136.99
2	—	775	126.00–146.00	136.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	782	169.00	169.00
11	—	627	151.00–162.00	156.54
17	—	465	160.00–177.50	167.53
31	—	319	157.50–180.00	166.14
28	—	561	150.00–162.00	157.60
1	—	830	127.00	127.00
2	—	665	153.00–154.00	153.49
1	—	700	143.00	143.00
26	—	426	157.00–174.00	167.63
15	—	519	151.00–167.00	155.91
19	—	379	155.00–175.00	161.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	121.00–128.00	124.50
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	715	127.50–137.50	132.29
2	—	668	138.00–152.00	144.82
1	—	800	124.00	124.00
21	—	516	155.00–172.50	164.92
16	—	555	163.00–170.00	163.96
6	—	617	149.00–166.00	157.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	125.00–148.00	141.24
3	—	580	120.00–149.00	134.91
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
1	—	625	133.00	133.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	913	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,140	85.00	85.00
2	—	998	79.00–81.00	80.11
1	—	930	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	937	70.00–75.00	73.50
13	—	1,066	76.00–80.00	78.41
7	—	1,096	82.00–87.50	83.97
4	—	945	60.00–68.00	65.66
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	794	35.00–42.00	37.34
2	—	800	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	36.00	36.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	76.00	76.00
2	—	1,398	88.50–93.00	90.78
5	—	1,274	82.00–86.00	84.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	104.00	104.00
7	—	1,304	79.00–83.00	81.31
2	—	1,598	90.00–101.00	95.77

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,280	81.00–84.50	83.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,158	850.00–1,075.00	969.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	877	700.00–865.00	794.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	695	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	885	825.00–875.00	851.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	943	75.00–76.00	75.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	87.50	87.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	74.00	74.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	1,000.00	1,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	876	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	763	71.00–89.00	79.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	802	64.00–78.00	71.39
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	745	725.00	725.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	735.00	735.00

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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