Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 19.00-24.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 7.00-8.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 20.00-30.00 higher. Feeder supply included many groups of high quality weaned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.38/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −138.44 against this barn's trailing median of $394.81.

Average price

$256.38

79 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$456

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

$85.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.64

vs AR average

−26.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	265.23	1,429	62
Medium and Large 1-2	528	241.25	1,273	4thin
Medium and Large 2	543	230.47	1,252	10thin
Medium and Large 3	540	180.03	973	3thin

One grade step is worth $85.20/cwt here — about $456 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.06, low $325.67, median $394.81 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale79 hd

256.38

—

AR average7 barns · 688 hd

266.02

−9.64

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−26.94

This barn, trailing median31 sales

394.81

−138.44

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

63 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	750–800	752	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	242.98/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	225.88/cwt	200.00–270.00	980	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	172.54/cwt	165.00–180.00	902	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	238.77/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	715	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	350–400	355	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	285.01/cwt	277.50–310.00	1,334	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	254.29/cwt	225.00–275.00	1,210	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	306.69/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	269.23/cwt	257.50–287.50	1,553	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	253.37/cwt	247.00–269.00	1,576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	326.31/cwt	295.00–340.00	1,051	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	256.54/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,462	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	303.46/cwt	272.50–315.00	1,581	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	212.67/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	890	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	253.96/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,625	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,342	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	223.72/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,237	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	238.31/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,621	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	240.21/cwt	237.50–243.00	1,845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	333.51/cwt	305.00–357.50	1,434	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	772	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,953	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	312.61/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,647	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	272.38/cwt	252.50–285.00	1,397	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	263.51/cwt	263.00–267.50	1,600	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	278.85/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,227	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	342.93/cwt	310.00–367.50	1,303	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	313.46/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,163	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	297.38/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,267	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	320.01/cwt	292.50–342.50	1,526	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	293.57/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,667	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	277.17/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,735	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	228.69/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,301	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	231.66/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,219	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	286.51/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,266	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	269.17/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,766	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	292.82/cwt	292.00–293.00	1,815	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,195	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	355.78/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,156	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	270.31/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,800	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	257.89/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	279.97/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,352	2

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 →

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	442	282.50–292.50	286.51
2	450–500	488	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	500	235.00	235.00
2	550–600	555	247.50	247.50
2	750–800	752	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	265.00–272.50	269.17
1	400–450	400	272.50	272.50
11	450–500	476	225.00–275.00	254.29
6	500–550	526	215.00–245.00	231.66
4	550–600	569	220.00–240.00	228.69
1	600–650	640	212.50	212.50
1	750–800	760	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	295.00–340.00	326.31
19	350–400	371	280.00–335.00	313.46
19	400–450	426	285.00–320.00	297.38
14	450–500	468	277.50–310.00	285.01
34	500–550	513	252.50–285.00	272.38
28	550–600	570	242.50–265.00	256.54
34	600–650	640	235.00–260.00	253.96
4	650–700	674	240.00–245.00	242.98
1	750–800	770	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	200.00–270.00	225.88
1	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	523	165.00–180.00	172.54
1	550–600	575	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	245.00	245.00
2	850–900	890	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	607	263.00–267.50	263.51
17	700–750	715	247.00	247.00
2	750–800	768	237.50–243.00	240.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	305.00–307.50	306.69
16	500–550	521	272.50–315.00	303.46
7	550–600	577	257.50–287.50	269.23
8	600–650	622	247.00–269.00	253.37
11	650–700	680	230.00–250.00	238.31
2	700–750	723	237.50–240.00	238.77
1	750–800	760	225.00	225.00
3	800–850	813	210.00–214.00	212.67
1	900–950	905	175.00	175.00
1	950–1000	950	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	520	257.50	257.50
4	550–600	553	212.50–230.00	223.72
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	395	302.50	302.50
2	400–450	440	270.00–287.50	278.85
2	450–500	483	275.00–285.00	279.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	325	335.00–375.00	355.78
15	350–400	380	310.00–367.50	342.93
33	400–450	430	305.00–357.50	333.51
22	450–500	477	292.50–342.50	320.01
31	500–550	527	295.00–330.00	312.61
25	550–600	568	280.00–322.50	293.57
11	600–650	626	260.00–288.00	277.17
15	650–700	666	260.00–275.00	270.31
3	700–750	727	249.00–265.00	257.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	620	292.00–293.00	292.82
9	750–800	772	253.00	253.00
1	800–850	825	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	278	370.00	370.00

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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