Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday June 11, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −195.30 against this barn's trailing median of $480.30.

Average price

$285.00

8 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.72

vs AR average

−25.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	285.00	1,662	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.75, low $444.07, median $480.30 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

285.00

—

AR average9 barns · 259 hd

289.72

−4.72

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−25.77

This barn, trailing median6 sales

480.30

−195.30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,790	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,844	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,040	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	876	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	237.24/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,559	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	255.17/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,715	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,487	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	262.93/cwt	259.00–271.00	1,670	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,877	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	351	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,299	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,607	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,051	6

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 May 14, 2024

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

Receipts 293Last week 719Year ago 447

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday June 11, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	609	294.00	294.00
10	750–800	778	237.00	237.00
60	900–950	915	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	469	317.00	317.00
8	550–600	583	285.00	285.00
24	600–650	635	259.00–271.00	262.93
11	650–700	672	247.00–270.00	255.17
62	750–800	782	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	290.00	290.00
15	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
8	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
4	500–550	531	263.00	263.00
3	550–600	577	255.00	255.00
7	600–650	629	235.00	235.00
9	650–700	657	235.00–240.00	237.24
26	700–750	734	219.00	219.00

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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