Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 6.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-11.00, mostly 8.00 higher. No trend for Slaughter cows and bulls; not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.66/cwt on 237 head.

Average price

$141.66

237 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$46.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.12

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	152.21	822	139
Medium and Large 1-2	476	137.38	653	13thin
Medium and Large 2	487	133.48	649	59
Medium and Large 3	481	106.01	510	26

One grade step is worth $46.20/cwt here — about $312 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 sale237 hd

141.66

—

AR average8 barns · 2,172 hd

149.79

−8.12

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	—	Average	1,597	80.02	1,278	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,444	62.75	906	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	985	60.34	594	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,082	58.19	630	22

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$850	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	993	$846	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	890	$712	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	928	$868	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$800	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	615	$500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,266	$2,390	5

Every lot, as filed

119 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	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	104.55/cwt	93.00–124.00	480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	163.09/cwt	155.00–171.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	146.97/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	391	123.18/cwt	110.00–133.00	482	4
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	675	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	147.04/cwt	131.00–157.50	615	13
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	445	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	267	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	588	61.08/cwt	55.00–67.00	359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	137.53/cwt	135.00–140.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	540	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	135.63/cwt	130.00–147.00	444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	165.37/cwt	159.00–171.00	784	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	470	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	119.61/cwt	109.00–125.00	494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,164	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	128.01/cwt	126.00–130.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	124.29/cwt	120.00–140.00	967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	145.88/cwt	140.00–151.00	986	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	160.61/cwt	147.50–163.00	516	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	148.31/cwt	140.00–159.00	704	23
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	525	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	145.81/cwt	142.50–152.00	984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	679	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	172.45/cwt	160.00–180.00	897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	145.67/cwt	130.00–155.00	487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	149.64/cwt	139.00–161.00	566	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	626	175.17/cwt	171.00–177.00	1,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	712	153.49/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	170.79/cwt	163.00–180.00	716	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	177.85/cwt	165.00–187.50	578	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	299	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	435	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	239	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	308	66.36/cwt	61.00–69.00	204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	172.30/cwt	165.00–182.50	648	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	174.32/cwt	174.00–175.00	1,008	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	555	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	347	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	600	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	155.16/cwt	140.00–170.00	804	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	716	135.36/cwt	127.00–141.00	969	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	148.75/cwt	135.00–167.50	858	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	900	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	139.77/cwt	130.00–155.00	872	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	137.48/cwt	130.00–140.00	924	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	536	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	62.51/cwt	62.00–63.00	624	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,155	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	647	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,001	3
Bulls	—	—	1,784	90.31/cwt	82.00–95.00	1,611	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	59.08/cwt	58.00–61.00	631	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	968	45.24/cwt	42.00–50.00	438	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	951	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	64.49/cwt	63.00–67.00	791	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	755	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	547	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	810	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	365	1
Bulls	—	—	1,328	62.79/cwt	54.00–76.00	834	8
Bulls	—	—	1,854	99.04/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,836	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	69.31/cwt	60.00–80.00	577	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	690	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	867.72/head	675.00–1,000.00	868	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	726	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	426	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	43.39/cwt	42.00–45.00	445	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	845.53/head	815.00–875.00	846	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	60.56/cwt	50.00–71.00	679	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	711.87/head	675.00–750.00	712	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,266	2,390.28/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,390	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	130.75/cwt	127.50–135.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	153.80/cwt	147.00–162.50	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	150.63/cwt	140.00–155.00	929	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	158.13/cwt	150.00–167.50	737	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	123.23/cwt	120.00–129.00	763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	115.02/cwt	107.00–122.50	419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	137.24/cwt	125.00–147.00	578	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	139.45/cwt	125.00–149.00	657	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	127.69/cwt	120.00–133.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	151.74/cwt	141.00–158.00	783	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	137.54/cwt	131.00–142.50	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	106.50/cwt	80.00–127.50	464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	113.80/cwt	100.00–125.00	550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	104.20/cwt	89.00–120.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	608	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	111.73/cwt	111.00–112.50	374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	131.91/cwt	130.00–135.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	96.35/cwt	60.00–113.00	547	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	825	90.24/cwt	80.00–100.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	118.48/cwt	115.00–122.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	153.30/cwt	137.00–161.00	860	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	126.00/cwt	123.00–132.00	794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	1,170	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	749	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.

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I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Thu Nov 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 699Last week 821Year ago 1,262

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 127Year ago 141

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 30Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
13	—	418	131.00–157.50	147.04
1	—	505	121.00	121.00
2	—	573	135.00–140.00	137.53
23	—	475	140.00–159.00	148.31
10	—	334	130.00–155.00	145.67
13	—	378	139.00–161.00	149.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	459	93.00–124.00	104.55
4	—	391	110.00–133.00	123.18
1	—	340	135.00	135.00
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
6	—	413	109.00–125.00	119.61
1	—	675	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	65.00	65.00
1	—	445	60.00	60.00
2	—	588	55.00–67.00	61.08
1	—	525	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	145.00	145.00
20	—	474	159.00–171.00	165.37
3	—	675	142.50–152.00	145.81
1	—	935	117.00	117.00
7	—	520	160.00–180.00	172.45
1	—	555	149.00	149.00
1	—	625	151.00	151.00
15	—	419	163.00–180.00	170.79
6	—	325	165.00–187.50	177.85
24	—	376	165.00–182.50	172.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	180.00	180.00
4	—	679	159.00	159.00
1	—	535	181.00	181.00
5	—	626	171.00–177.00	175.17
4	—	712	151.00–161.00	153.49
3	—	578	174.00–175.00	174.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	155.00–171.00	163.09
1	—	810	128.00	128.00
1	—	970	120.00	120.00
5	—	778	120.00–140.00	124.29
7	—	676	140.00–151.00	145.88
10	—	321	147.50–163.00	160.61
9	—	361	147.00–162.50	153.80
17	—	617	140.00–155.00	150.63
21	—	466	150.00–167.50	158.13
23	—	516	141.00–158.00	151.74
1	—	725	141.00	141.00
33	—	561	137.00–161.00	153.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	146.00–148.00	146.97
3	—	540	162.00	162.00
3	—	763	147.00	147.00
1	—	620	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	327	130.00–147.00	135.63
2	—	668	126.00–130.00	128.01
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	900	90.00	90.00
4	—	619	120.00–129.00	123.23
16	—	421	125.00–147.00	137.24
17	—	471	125.00–149.00	139.45
2	—	785	110.00–111.00	110.50
3	—	572	120.00–133.00	127.69
4	—	384	131.00–142.50	137.54
4	—	521	130.00–135.00	131.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	447	135.00	135.00
2	—	538	133.00	133.00
7	—	474	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	364	107.00–122.50	115.02
5	—	436	80.00–127.50	106.50
5	—	483	100.00–125.00	113.80
1	—	675	80.00	80.00
2	—	525	89.00–120.00	104.20
2	—	608	100.00–101.00	100.50
2	—	335	111.00–112.50	111.73
5	—	568	60.00–113.00	96.35
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	57.00	57.00
1	—	435	55.00	55.00
3	—	308	61.00–69.00	66.36
1	—	555	62.50	62.50
2	—	600	67.50	67.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	518	140.00–170.00	155.16
6	—	716	127.00–141.00	135.36
39	—	577	135.00–167.50	148.75
1	—	900	90.00	90.00
16	—	624	130.00–155.00	139.77
9	—	672	130.00–140.00	137.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	127.50–135.00	130.75
2	—	678	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
2	—	825	80.00–100.00	90.24
3	—	630	123.00–132.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	115.00–122.00	118.48
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,170	64.00	64.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	840	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	56.00	56.00
4	—	998	62.00–63.00	62.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	56.00	56.00
3	—	1,540	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,068	58.00–61.00	59.08
5	—	968	42.00–50.00	45.24
1	—	1,330	71.50	71.50
7	—	1,227	63.00–67.00	64.49
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	72.50	72.50
1	—	810	45.00	45.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,784	82.00–95.00	90.31
8	—	1,328	54.00–76.00	62.79
4	—	1,854	98.00–100.00	99.04

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	833	60.00–80.00	69.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	69.00	69.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	615	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	928	675.00–1,000.00	867.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	64.00	64.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	51.00	51.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	42.00–45.00	43.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	993	815.00–875.00	845.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,122	50.00–71.00	60.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	890	675.00–750.00	711.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	72.50	72.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,266	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,390.28

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

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Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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I-40 Livestock Auction

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

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I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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