Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly pot load sale, next sale is scheduled for December 12, 2023. Demand moderate to good

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.18/cwt on 458 head.

Average price

$229.18

458 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

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

$46.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.22

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	744	231.30	1,721	206
Medium and Large 1	746	230.72	1,722	234
Medium and Large 2	706	185.00	1,306	18thin

One grade step is worth $46.30/cwt here — about $415 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 sale458 hd

229.18

—

AR average9 barns · 1,860 hd

249.40

−20.22

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

10 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - 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 1Value Added	—	544	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,452	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	666	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,306	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,721	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,718	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,741	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	544	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,355	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	662	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,779	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	648	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,494	48

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 Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Nov 7, 2023

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

Receipts 600Last week 1,348Year ago 0

Monthly pot load sale, next sale is scheduled for December 12, 2023. Demand moderate to good

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	544	267.00	267.00
10	—	666	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	706	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	755	228.00	228.00
68	—	722	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	767	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	544	249.00	249.00
6	—	662	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	738	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	648	230.50	230.50

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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