Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale, next sale is scheduled for January 9, 2024. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $244.36/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$244.36

161 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$420

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

$20.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.42

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	422	264.00	1,114	6thin
Medium and Large 1	630	243.60	1,534	155

One grade step is worth $20.40/cwt here — about −$420 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 sale161 hd

244.36

—

AR average9 barns · 2,180 hd

249.77

−5.42

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	—	635	237.41/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,508	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,414	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,114	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,565	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	618	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,372	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	541	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,217	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,251	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,385	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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Receipts 246Last week 600Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale, next sale is scheduled for January 9, 2024. Demand was 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
64	—	635	237.00–238.00	237.41
19	—	476	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	666	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	618	222.00	222.00
17	—	541	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	235.00	235.00
3	—	653	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	574	218.00	218.00
5	—	689	201.00	201.00

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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