Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale is scheduled for Tuesday October 10, 2023. Demand good for all classes and weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $252.87/cwt on 693 head.

Average price

$252.87

693 head · 746 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$484

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

$64.17/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 1-2	467	308.52	1,442	92
Medium and Large 1	788	244.35	1,926	601

One grade step is worth $64.17/cwt here — about −$484 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 sale693 hd

252.87

—

AR average10 barns · 2,347 hd

260.99

−8.12

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,283	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,140	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	243.04/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,560	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,840	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	248.26/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,405	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	241.42/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,620	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	269.46/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,582	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	266.23/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,648	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,442	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	242.47/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,991	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	534	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,479	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	245.14/cwt	243.00–246.50	1,790	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	238.39/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,697	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	492	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,205	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	2,174	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	458	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,438	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	710	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	584	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,460	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	619	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,560	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	241.84/cwt	235.50–242.00	1,852	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,023	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,759	12

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 Sep 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,413Last week 942Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale is scheduled for Tuesday October 10, 2023. Demand good for all classes and weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	251.00	251.00
9	—	456	250.00	250.00
37	—	642	240.00–244.00	243.04
68	—	783	235.00	235.00
72	—	566	247.00–249.00	248.26
74	—	671	239.00–243.00	241.42
334	—	712	237.00–241.00	238.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	492	245.00	245.00
20	—	584	250.00	250.00
61	—	619	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	710	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	587	264.00–274.00	269.46
50	—	619	265.00–268.00	266.23
173	—	821	234.00–244.00	242.47
20	—	730	243.00–246.50	245.14
120	—	944	230.25	230.25
167	—	766	235.50–242.00	241.84
7	—	987	205.00	205.00
12	—	669	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	530	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	534	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	458	314.00	314.00

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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