Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Higher undertone market trend for both steers and heifers. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next pot load sale scheduled for Tuesday April 11, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.88/cwt on 237 head.

Average price

$195.88

237 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$67

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

$4.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.13

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	596	196.80	1,173	10thin
Medium and Large 1	674	196.12	1,322	211
Medium and Large 1-2	646	192.13	1,240	16thin

One grade step is worth $4.68/cwt here — about −$67 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

195.88

—

AR average11 barns · 1,104 hd

212.01

−16.13

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

22 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 2	—	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	778	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,369	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	168.27/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,237	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	450	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	429	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	854	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	981	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,320	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	497	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,262	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	530	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	991	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	589	189.18/cwt	188.50–189.50	1,114	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	604	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,280	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	664	197.72/cwt	192.50–204.00	1,313	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	461	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	991	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	785	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,222	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	633	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,149	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,193	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	824	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,426	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 Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Mar 14, 2023

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

Receipts 460Last week 670Year ago 0

Higher undertone market trend for both steers and heifers. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next pot load sale scheduled for Tuesday April 11, 2023.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	745	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	778	176.00	176.00
34	—	604	212.00	212.00
134	—	664	192.50–204.00	197.72
5	—	824	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	231.00	231.00
16	—	746	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	497	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	682	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	447	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	191.00	191.00
12	—	735	165.00–173.00	168.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	450	207.00	207.00
12	—	429	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	530	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	589	188.50–189.50	189.18
6	—	785	169.00	169.00
27	—	675	181.00	181.00
40	—	633	181.50	181.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	461	215.00	215.00

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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