Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale is scheduled for Tuesday October 8, 2024. Demand good for all classes and weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $279.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −201.30 against this barn's trailing median of $480.30.

Average price

$279.00

4 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.48

vs AR average

+10.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	279.00	1,576	4thin

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 sale4 hd

279.00

—

AR average11 barns · 637 hd

267.52

+11.48

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+10.80

This barn, trailing median6 sales

480.30

−201.30

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

17 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 1-2	600–650	637	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,637	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,016	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	262.95/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,662	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	234.70/cwt	233.75–237.00	1,920	488
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,830	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,804	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	239.18/cwt	238.50–246.00	1,909	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	2,018	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	679	250.71/cwt	248.50–258.50	1,702	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,803	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	239.56/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,473	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	686	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,619	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,612	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	224.15/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,706	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,413	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 Sep 10, 2024

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

Receipts 1,054Last week 534Year ago 1,413

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale is scheduled for Tuesday October 8, 2024. Demand good for all classes and weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	637	257.00	257.00
35	700–750	730	247.00	247.00
91	750–800	750	240.50	240.50
62	850–900	867	232.75	232.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	279.00	279.00
12	600–650	632	262.00–265.00	262.95
76	750–800	798	238.50–246.00	239.18
488	800–850	818	233.75–237.00	234.70
54	900–950	929	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	800–850	815	224.50	224.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	650–700	679	248.50–258.50	250.71
5	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	615	236.00–242.00	239.56
12	650–700	686	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	650–700	683	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	609	232.00	232.00
18	750–800	761	220.00–225.00	224.15

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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