Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday November 12, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $242.02/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −114.33 against this barn's trailing median of $356.34.

Average price

$242.02

137 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$101

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

$5.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.59

vs AR average

+1.67 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	624	245.50	1,532	54
Medium and Large 1-2	681	239.75	1,633	83

One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about −$101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

5 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $394.30, low $351.71, median $356.34 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale137 hd

242.02

—

AR average11 barns · 411 hd

227.43

+14.59

National average176 barns · 10,360 hd

240.35

+1.67

This barn, trailing median5 sales

356.34

−114.33

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

14 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 1-2	700–750	730	237.96/cwt	236.00–239.50	1,737	502
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	239.75/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,633	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	624	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,532	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,929	68
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	821	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,864	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,503	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,457	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,921	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	255.30/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,700	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,012	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,882	27

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 Oct 8, 2024

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

Receipts 968Last week 1,054Year ago 1,348

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday November 12, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	650–700	681	239.00–244.00	239.75
502	700–750	730	236.00–239.50	237.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	624	245.50	245.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	644	265.00	265.00
27	700–750	738	255.00	255.00
68	750–800	758	254.50	254.50
69	800–850	849	237.00	237.00
4	900–950	919	215.00	215.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	821	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	528	276.00	276.00
7	600–650	606	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	650–700	666	252.00–256.00	255.30
37	750–800	789	243.50	243.50
5	850–900	886	233.00	233.00

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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