Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all weights and classes. Next scheduled sale is Tuesday March 12, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.06/cwt on 791 head.

Average price

$255.06

791 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.93

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	698	255.82	1,787	709
Medium and Large 1-2	682	248.51	1,694	82

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about $92 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 sale791 hd

255.06

—

AR average10 barns · 2,202 hd

281.99

−26.93

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

32 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	—	639	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,534	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	795	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,654	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,227	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,137	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,589	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	238.73/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,817	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	251.35/cwt	247.00–254.00	1,727	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,503	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	221.99/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,867	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	774	238.43/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,845	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	307.98/cwt	304.00–316.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,744	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	331.79/cwt	326.00–338.00	1,440	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	284.22/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,310	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,554	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,701	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	739	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,781	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	678	234.57/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,590	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	227.43/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,642	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	245.29/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,756	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	313.71/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,675	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,310	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,155	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	241.34/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,494	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,196	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	552	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,468	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	705	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,593	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,214	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	247.07/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,421	31

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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Receipts 1,304Last week 246Year ago 670

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all weights and classes. Next scheduled sale is Tuesday March 12, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	639	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	795	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	282.00	282.00
5	—	541	259.00	259.00
9	—	399	285.00	285.00
10	—	662	240.00	240.00
27	—	461	284.00–285.00	284.22
42	—	722	224.00–234.00	227.43
96	—	619	235.00–245.00	241.34
31	—	575	246.00–248.00	247.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	445	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	678	231.00–240.00	234.57
26	—	552	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	502	261.00	261.00
9	—	392	305.00	305.00
21	—	453	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	761	238.00–244.00	238.73
73	—	687	247.00–254.00	251.35
27	—	567	265.00	265.00
12	—	841	220.00–223.00	221.99
37	—	434	326.00–338.00	331.79
6	—	484	321.00	321.00
39	—	642	265.00	265.00
54	—	716	245.00–247.00	245.29
69	—	534	296.00–316.00	313.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	774	237.00–242.00	238.43
24	—	739	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	462	304.00–316.00	307.98
56	—	736	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	705	226.00	226.00

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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