Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday November 7, 2023. Demand good for all weights and classes

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.37/cwt on 759 head.

Average price

$231.37

759 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$51.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.60

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	666	238.00	1,585	103
Medium and Large 1	717	231.65	1,662	637
Medium and Large 2	783	186.05	1,456	19thin

One grade step is worth $51.95/cwt here — about $129 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 sale759 hd

231.37

—

AR average9 barns · 2,088 hd

221.78

+9.60

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

18 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,516	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	881	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,542	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	249.77/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,426	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,556	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,783	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,794	133
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	829	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,733	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,941	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,573	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,106	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,643	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,979	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,585	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	694	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,360	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	234.26/cwt	232.00–244.00	1,609	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,847	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	253.52/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,739	122
Steers	Medium 2	—	660	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,313	13

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 Oct 10, 2023

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

Receipts 1,348Last week 1,413Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday November 7, 2023. Demand good for all weights and classes

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	610	248.50	248.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	881	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	571	248.00–250.00	249.77
44	—	634	245.50	245.50
79	—	789	226.00	226.00
133	—	819	219.00	219.00
347	—	687	232.00–244.00	234.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	666	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	694	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	829	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	797	243.50	243.50
13	—	596	264.00	264.00
59	—	934	225.50	225.50
83	—	806	245.50	245.50
71	—	730	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	627	262.00	262.00
122	—	686	252.00–255.00	253.52
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	660	199.00	199.00

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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