Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 1.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 5.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Several groups of long weaned or Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.65/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$144.65

268 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$478

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

$95.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.73

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	149.91	796	212
Medium and Large 1-2	610	138.00	842	4thin
Medium and Large 2	462	131.08	605	41
Medium and Large 3	473	105.47	499	9thin
Small and Medium 3	580	54.75	318	2thin

One grade step is worth $95.16/cwt here — about $478 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 sale268 hd

144.65

—

AR average9 barns · 2,026 hd

147.38

−2.73

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

77 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	—	610	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,003	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	150.81/cwt	145.00–159.00	502	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	149.92/cwt	142.50–155.00	640	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	174.27/cwt	160.00–185.00	643	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	169.95/cwt	160.00–180.00	556	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	147.02/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	105.00/cwt	90.00–120.00	486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	112.21/cwt	100.00–125.00	483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	163.29/cwt	155.00–172.50	691	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	145.52/cwt	130.00–155.00	694	21
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	350	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	144.74/cwt	130.00–155.00	466	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	678	167.40/cwt	161.00–174.00	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	150.78/cwt	140.00–158.00	573	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	528	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	172.61/cwt	159.00–177.50	887	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	592	185.33/cwt	184.00–186.00	1,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	795	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	162.41/cwt	155.00–175.00	780	45
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	173.51/cwt	164.00–174.50	1,032	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	137.94/cwt	135.00–143.00	920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	930	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	143.00/cwt	135.00–150.00	885	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	759	134.88/cwt	132.50–139.00	1,024	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	148.42/cwt	142.50–155.00	840	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,097	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	98.64/cwt	83.00–113.00	1,266	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	103.97/cwt	87.00–113.00	1,159	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	719	137.99/cwt	137.00–139.00	992	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	152.75/cwt	143.00–160.00	807	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	465	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	130.33/cwt	130.00–131.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	695	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	109.50/cwt	100.00–119.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	381	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	121.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	105.75/cwt	100.00–117.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	133.07/cwt	129.00–139.00	431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	132.79/cwt	127.00–138.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	132.45/cwt	120.00–137.00	554	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	149.80/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,032	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	128.46/cwt	123.00–131.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	135.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	152.63/cwt	141.00–159.00	737	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	147.14/cwt	142.00–152.00	833	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	127.08/cwt	120.00–134.00	736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	150.94/cwt	140.00–157.50	798	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	145.68/cwt	142.50–151.00	549	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	132.85/cwt	130.00–140.00	509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	140.53/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	149.10/cwt	146.00–151.00	911	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,130	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	144.62/cwt	140.00–155.00	610	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,250	5

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 Nov 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 821Last week 506Year ago 795

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 46Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	160.00	160.00
3	—	560	159.00	159.00
18	—	619	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	333	145.00–159.00	150.81
1	—	910	124.00	124.00
19	—	689	135.00–152.00	149.80
4	—	775	130.00–140.00	135.01
35	—	483	141.00–159.00	152.63
16	—	566	142.00–152.00	147.14
49	—	529	140.00–157.50	150.94
13	—	377	142.50–151.00	145.68
4	—	719	134.00–145.00	140.53
8	—	611	146.00–151.00	149.10
3	—	807	140.00	140.00
28	—	422	140.00–155.00	144.62
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	67.00	67.00
1	—	695	42.50	42.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
2	—	545	100.00–119.00	109.50
1	—	370	103.00	103.00
2	—	335	100.00	100.00
3	—	572	100.00–117.00	105.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	324	129.00–139.00	133.07
5	—	477	127.00–138.00	132.79
1	—	655	129.00	129.00
12	—	418	120.00–137.00	132.45
1	—	795	122.00	122.00
4	—	521	123.00–131.00	128.46
1	—	600	131.00	131.00
6	—	579	120.00–134.00	127.08
6	—	383	130.00–140.00	132.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	93.00	93.00
1	—	975	126.00	126.00
11	—	369	160.00–185.00	174.27
8	—	327	160.00–180.00	169.95
1	—	665	170.00	170.00
2	—	710	144.00–150.00	147.02
23	—	423	155.00–172.50	163.29
1	—	840	125.00	125.00
31	—	514	159.00–177.50	172.61
45	—	480	155.00–175.00	162.41
40	—	595	164.00–174.50	173.51
5	—	774	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
12	—	427	142.50–155.00	149.92
1	—	525	152.50	152.50
21	—	477	130.00–155.00	145.52
12	—	322	130.00–155.00	144.74
12	—	380	140.00–158.00	150.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	120.00–125.00	122.52
3	—	463	90.00–120.00	105.00
2	—	430	100.00–125.00	112.21
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	50.00	50.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	161.00–174.00	167.40
2	—	528	182.50	182.50
3	—	592	184.00–186.00	185.33
1	—	795	159.00	159.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	135.00–143.00	137.94
2	—	930	91.00	91.00
13	—	619	135.00–150.00	143.00
4	—	759	132.50–139.00	134.88
15	—	566	142.50–155.00	148.42
1	—	825	133.00	133.00
1	—	1,010	80.00	80.00
4	—	719	137.00–139.00	137.99
30	—	528	143.00–160.00	152.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	124.00	124.00
1	—	735	120.00	120.00
3	—	520	130.00–131.00	130.33
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
3	—	572	120.00–125.00	121.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	90.00	90.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,283	83.00–113.00	98.64
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,115	87.00–113.00	103.97

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