Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale July 9, 2024. Value Added is weaned 45 plus day and 2 rounds of preconditioning shots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.07/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −145.44 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$267.07

72 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$5.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.81

vs AR average

+1.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	269.92	1,467	36
Medium and Large 1-2	515	264.22	1,361	36

One grade step is worth $5.70/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.81, low $382.25, median $412.51 across 4 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 sale72 hd

267.07

—

AR average11 barns · 648 hd

253.25

+13.81

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

+1.70

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

−145.44

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 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	518	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,414	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	681	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,648	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	589	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,526	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,735	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	399	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,157	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	514	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,488	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	664	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,833	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800–850	839	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	694	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,704	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,594	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,709	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	508	244.26/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,241	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	527	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,449	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,646	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,882	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,640	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	552	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,436	4

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 Jun 11, 2024

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

Receipts 425Last week 293Year ago 353

Monthly Pot Load sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale July 9, 2024. Value Added is weaned 45 plus day and 2 rounds of preconditioning shots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	518	273.00	273.00
17	650–700	681	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	399	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	543	274.00	274.00
45	600–650	640	249.00	249.00
76	650–700	694	245.50	245.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	508	243.00–245.00	244.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	527	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	491	282.50	282.50
5	550–600	592	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	269.00	269.00
4	550–600	552	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	589	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	700–750	732	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	555	308.00	308.00
20	650–700	664	276.00	276.00
5	800–850	839	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	536	307.00	307.00
23	650–700	665	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	542	302.50	302.50

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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