Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-7.00 higher, except 400-500 lb weights, sold 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-7.00, mostly 4.00 lower. Several long weaned cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.54/cwt on 318 head.

Average price

$200.54

318 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$77.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.18

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	394	217.40	857	52
Medium and Large 1	481	206.61	993	221
Medium and Large 2	538	164.08	882	21
Medium and Large 3	510	139.99	714	24

One grade step is worth $77.42/cwt here — about $143 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 sale318 hd

200.54

—

AR average8 barns · 1,445 hd

186.36

+14.18

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	1,467	105.27	1,545	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,419	96.10	1,364	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	998	78.31	781	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	856	66.10	566	12

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	840	$1,187	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,143	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,120	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	873	$988	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	925	$1,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	675	$750	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,193	$1,171	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$910	1thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	994	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	1,050	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	192.70/cwt	175.00–207.50	1,108	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	765	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	985	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	152.43/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,097	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	148.53/cwt	135.00–162.50	936	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	945	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	92.86/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,224	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	725	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	1,229.20/head	985.00–1,300.00	1,229	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	86.04/cwt	83.00–89.00	903	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	1,186.83/head	1,150.00–1,225.00	1,187	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	1,170.56/head	790.00–1,475.00	1,171	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	86.26/cwt	82.50–90.00	701	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,120.00/head	1,120.00–1,120.00	1,120	1
Bulls	—	—	1,660	118.82/cwt	118.00–120.50	1,972	4
Bulls	—	—	1,301	96.20/cwt	84.00–108.00	1,252	8
Bulls	—	—	1,748	114.45/cwt	112.00–117.00	2,001	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	750	72.11/cwt	70.00–76.00	541	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	840	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	840	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	512	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	97.98/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,389	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,021	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	408	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	805	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	459	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	94.13/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,028	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	790	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	332	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	56.97/cwt	47.00–71.00	509	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,022	86.87/cwt	85.00–89.00	888	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	961	71.59/cwt	41.00–83.00	688	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,405	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	94.22/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,338	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	209.20/cwt	197.50–220.00	1,107	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	146.75/cwt	141.00–152.50	1,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	565	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	185.37/cwt	177.50–205.00	1,159	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	170.49/cwt	167.50–175.00	1,125	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	635	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,226	23
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	590	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	295	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	560	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	225.05/cwt	210.00–245.00	968	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	323	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	808	25
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	620	91.29/cwt	90.00–92.50	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	194.96/cwt	190.00–200.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	161.24/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	229.30/cwt	214.00–240.00	1,167	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	164.50/cwt	152.50–187.50	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	242.80/cwt	225.00–260.00	787	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	232.45/cwt	212.50–239.00	1,099	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	484	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,016	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	187.22/cwt	172.50–202.50	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	202.95/cwt	192.50–207.50	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	240.55/cwt	220.00–260.00	880	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	144.01/cwt	125.00–155.00	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	735	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	183.12/cwt	175.00–197.50	949	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	159.12/cwt	152.50–172.50	1,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	152.13/cwt	122.00–170.00	720	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	300	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	699	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	783	122.99/cwt	121.00–125.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	159.88/cwt	145.00–167.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	199.14/cwt	185.00–207.50	934	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	175.83/cwt	167.50–182.50	1,122	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	157.61/cwt	150.00–165.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	607	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	735	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	123.97/cwt	112.50–140.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	158.78/cwt	155.00–165.00	510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	152.34/cwt	142.50–162.50	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	643	112.57/cwt	95.00–130.00	724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	223.78/cwt	205.00–237.50	736	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	107.43/cwt	102.50–112.50	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	167.05/cwt	160.00–172.50	882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	176.43/cwt	165.00–192.50	854	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	180.57/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,049	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	436	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,046	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	205.75/cwt	195.00–215.00	883	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	177.15/cwt	162.50–192.50	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	391	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	978	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	629	182.03/cwt	180.00–183.50	1,145	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	209.44/cwt	202.50–225.00	794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	135.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	863	29

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 Mar 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 685Last week 570Year ago 601

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 56Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 15Year ago 52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	145.00	145.00
1	—	550	172.50	172.50
1	—	530	187.50	187.50
1	—	775	127.50	127.50
2	—	630	135.00–162.50	148.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	71.00	71.00
1	—	525	145.00	145.00
1	—	765	117.50	117.50
1	—	985	90.00	90.00
1	—	570	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	175.00–207.50	192.70
2	—	720	150.00–155.00	152.43
13	—	529	197.50–220.00	209.20
2	—	760	141.00–152.50	146.75
4	—	625	177.50–205.00	185.37
5	—	660	167.50–175.00	170.49
1	—	810	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	635	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	210.00–245.00	225.05
14	—	509	214.00–240.00	229.30
15	—	324	225.00–260.00	242.80
16	—	473	212.50–239.00	232.45
8	—	366	220.00–260.00	240.55
1	—	575	207.50	207.50
1	—	765	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	323	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	90.00–92.50	91.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	190.00–200.00	194.96
2	—	560	182.50	182.50
2	—	638	160.00–162.50	161.24
1	—	495	195.00	195.00
1	—	395	215.00	215.00
2	—	530	172.50–202.50	187.22
6	—	423	192.50–207.50	202.95
3	—	670	152.50–172.50	159.12
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
3	—	418	152.50–187.50	164.50
1	—	735	140.00	140.00
3	—	635	125.00–155.00	144.01
4	—	473	122.00–170.00	152.13
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	50.00	50.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	52.50	52.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	484	210.00	210.00
5	—	650	176.00	176.00
1	—	735	172.50	172.50
30	—	436	240.00	240.00
15	—	391	250.00	250.00
12	—	629	180.00–183.50	182.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	518	175.00–197.50	183.12
21	—	469	185.00–207.50	199.14
19	—	638	167.50–182.50	175.83
2	—	670	162.50	162.50
23	—	329	205.00–237.50	223.78
15	—	581	175.00–185.00	180.57
1	—	720	155.00	155.00
28	—	429	195.00–215.00	205.75
1	—	750	157.50	157.50
10	—	379	202.50–225.00	209.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	300	233.00	233.00
29	—	380	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	121.00–125.00	122.99
1	—	655	135.00	135.00
3	—	422	145.00–167.00	159.88
1	—	560	127.50	127.50
2	—	355	150.00–165.00	157.61
3	—	520	112.50–140.00	123.97
4	—	321	155.00–165.00	158.78
4	—	476	142.50–162.50	152.34
2	—	643	95.00–130.00	112.57
2	—	725	102.50–112.50	107.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	156.00	156.00
3	—	427	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	607	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	160.00–172.50	167.05
5	—	484	165.00–192.50	176.43
1	—	375	190.00	190.00
2	—	710	130.00–135.00	132.54
5	—	424	162.50–192.50	177.15
2	—	790	130.00–140.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,270	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,193	790.00–1,475.00	1,170.56
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	725	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,318	85.00–97.00	92.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,201	985.00–1,300.00	1,229.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	83.00–89.00	86.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	840	1,150.00–1,225.00	1,186.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,120.00	1,120.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	675	750.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	82.50–90.00	86.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	118.00–120.50	118.82
8	—	1,301	84.00–108.00	96.20
2	—	1,748	112.00–117.00	114.45
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	750	70.00–76.00	72.11
1	—	840	85.00	85.00
1	—	840	61.00	61.00
1	—	800	51.00	51.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	97.00–100.00	97.98
4	—	1,420	94.00–95.00	94.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	95.00	95.00
5	—	893	47.00–71.00	56.97
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	57.00	57.00
1	—	845	71.00	71.00
1	—	790	42.00	42.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	93.00–96.00	94.13
5	—	1,022	85.00–89.00	86.87
7	—	961	41.00–83.00	71.59
1	—	1,405	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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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